The days were getting colder, but the villagers of Liu Family Village were getting more restless by the day.
Counting the days, the conscripted laborers who went to the border to transport grain should be returning around this time.
Women and children from other families ran to the village entrance four or five times a day, just hoping their men could return safely.
Those who had a little spare time would group into threes and fives to check out the main road at Lower River Village, and inquire if anyone's family member had returned yet.
Knowing that laborers from the same county town had returned home, their hearts grew ever more excited and anxious.
Only Qin Yao and her four children acted as if everything was normal, eating and drinking as usual.
