"What are you asking?" Aqima said squintingly.

"Scroll..." Wendyll grabbed her hand with some concern. If Tilly said correctly, these people were not even coming to Wudong City, but had already had differences within the Sleeping Island Witches. If they were not handled properly, it would not only involve the Witch Alliance, but also reduce the trust of newcomers in them, which would be less worth the loss.

"It's okay," the latter raised an eyebrow at her, and then pointed at the witch who wanted to return to the East. "Since you are concerned about your hometown, you should not be abandoned by your family, but under the pressure of the church, you have to leave the East and follow other fugitives to the Sleeping Island. Am I right?"

"So what?" Aqima answered quickly.

"This is the situation in the East," Shuju did not care at all in the face of the aggressiveness of the red-haired witch. "Since Queen Gassia robbed Haifeng County and Jinsui City, the land has not recovered. First, the evil epidemic spread by the church was flooded, and then it was messed up by Tifeko. The fields were abandoned and the income was not enough, and many people became refugees."

The witch showed a clear look of worry on her face, and Aqima still insisted, "If you don't go and see with your own eyes, who knows if what you said is true."

"Since two years ago, His Majesty Roland has launched a refugee shelter plan. Now the population of Wu Winter City has exceeded 100,000, and more than 70% of them come from all over Grey Castle, especially those in the East and South." The book said in an orderly manner, "Your familiar relatives may also tell me where you have lived? There is any unique landscape around towns or villages, and the output is OK."

"Do you want to find her family based on this clue? She is not a child born in a big city. Every street and alley around has a name, and every neighbor knows what each other is called!"

The book did not reply, but closed its hair and stared at the witch with encouragement, as if she was waiting patiently for the students' answers in class.

"My village... has no name," hesitated for a long time before whispering, "There are no nearby villages, which are far away from Jinsui City. If you want to sell wheat at home, you can only sell them to past travel merchants at a low price. If you have to say anything, some people who have gone out call it Sixteen."

"Ten...six?" Wendy repeated unconsciously.

"Because when they returned from Jinsui City, the 16th village they passed by was home."

Shujuan closed his eyes and asked slowly, "Let me think about it... There is a tributary of the Three Wan Rivers behind that village, right?"

"In the eastern border, the tributaries of the Sanwan River are everywhere." Aqima snorted, "How can the village take root without river water?"

"But that's different," the book waved his hand, "it is shallow and narrow, not only cannot access the ship, but even the riverbed will be exposed during the dry season. This is also the reason why the villages built on it cannot transport food by water. However, when it reaches Village No. 16, the tributary will suddenly stop and become a huge lake. Even when the river is cut off, the lake water will not dry up. Therefore, the wheat fields in the village always grow more lush than those in other villages, right?"

The witch couldn't help but widen her eyes, "Have you been there?"

"I've heard people mention it," Shujuan was silent for a while, "that man is now in Wudong City, but he is not a resident of the Sixteenth Village."

"What's the meaning?"

"You'd better ask him personally," she turned to look at the city hall clerk who was in charge of registration. "Watt, ID number 0024578, furnace workers should now recycle waste slag in North Slope No. 2 and bring him over."

"Yes, sir." The latter left.

Half an hour later, the clerk led a big red-faced man to the residential area.

"I don't know him..." The witch looked at him a few times, shook her head and denied.

"There is nothing to say now, right?" Aqima sneered, "There are so many people in the entire East Realm, you think you can do it whatever you want."

"Ah, are you... Are you Tielan's daughter?" The big man interrupted her with a happy voice, "God bless you, you are still alive, and you are so big!"

The witch was stunned, "The Tilan you mentioned... is my mother?"

"Otherwise, there is anyone else, your eyes look very similar to her, especially the mole next to the corner of your eyes, which is exactly the same!" Watt shouted, "But then, you look much better than your mother. Wait, don't you remember me? No wonder, you were still young when I left the village, and you were no longer there when you came back. At that time, you were... Lanwa, I remember correctly? The names Tilan gave you are all the names of beautiful flowers."

"That's just the nickname of my childhood," the witch said embarrassedly, "My name is Dorice now."

"Oh, this name is also good. Do you know that when I was digging a canal in the Sixteenth Village, the most talked about is about you. They all think you were kidnapped by a witch. And..."

After listening to Watt's nagging for a long time, Wendy understood the whole story. It turned out that the red-faced man lived next to the Sixteenth Village. According to the naming rules, it should be called the Sixteenth Village. The two villages were not far apart, so they had close contacts. Because he envied the water source of the neighboring village, he first went to Jinsui City to learn the digging technology. After he finished his studies, he returned to his hometown to gather a group of villagers, intending to widen the lake to the Sixteenth Village. Because of this, he had been in the Sixteenth Village for a long time.

"Then my parents and elder brother, are they still in the village now?" Doris obviously believed Watt's statement. After finally waiting for the other party to finish nagging, she asked anxiously, "Or, are they all coming to the West?"

Shuju sighed softly.

The red-faced man's expression also dimmed, "They failed to arrive in Wudong City smoothly... The third prince's army stole everyone's food, and the group rushed to the capital hungry and thirsty, but encountered a fierce plague. The nobles in the city kept us out and let us wail and struggle by the walls. The people in several villages died almost in large numbers, and only a few people sent a rescue team to His Majesty." He paused, "And your family... could not survive."

"No..." Doris covered her mouth, stood there for a moment, and then started crying helplessly.

"Sorry, child," Watt was a little panicked, as if he wanted to comfort her, but didn't know what to do. Finally, he had to walk over and gently press his hand on her head. "Telan repeatedly mentioned your name before leaving. If she knew that you were still alive and had a good life, she would definitely feel very relieved, so... don't cry."
Chapter completed!