339 Conceited bandits

There were only a few hundred refugees in this small settlement. Ren Xiaosu saw a child running around the entrance of a mud shelter a distance away. By the looks of it, this small settlement was formed only a short time ago.

There were many rivers in the valley. In Ren Xiaosu's opinion, places near rivers should be lush with vegetation. However, the valley here was not like that.

Most of the sand here had turned into soil, and where the rivers cut through, the flow of water would sweep away the soil from the two banks. Perhaps in another few years when the rivers dried out or changed course, the riverbed here would turn into a new valley like a scar running across the ground. Across the land here, the formations all looked to have been carved out by rivers.

The area the refugees chose to settle was relatively flat and suitable for planting crops.