This nameless small town was not only scarce in supplies, but the lives of its common people also looked far from easy.
Because of exorbitant taxes, levies, and the turmoil of war, the clothes of most townspeople were patched together, and they looked sallow and emaciated, far from healthy.
Most of the houses were built of yellow mud, with low, dilapidated eaves. Although they had already witnessed the poverty of this town yesterday, seeing it again now stirred up a different kind of emotion in their hearts.
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