There were also several gangs among the refugees. Usually, those from the same hometown would gather together to help each other out.
As for the two thieves, they came from Xingyuan Prefecture. Three years ago, they had followed their families to the south to avoid the war. However, in the process of escaping, their parents, siblings, had starved to death and died of illness. Only they had made it here alive.
They had come here on foot three years ago. Because they had been on the road for three years, they appeared to be around 20 when they were actually only 16 years old this year. The exhaustion from the journey made them look prematurely older.
Their parents had starved to death on the road and they only managed to survive with the help of their fellow villagers, so when they grew up, they took care of people younger than them or those who were already old and weak.
