In the mountains, where time seemed nonexistent, Qin Liuxi went to rescue Feng Xiu in March, and when she returned to the worldly smoke and fire, it was already the end of May, while Da Feng seemed to have entered a year filled with disasters.
First, last year's snow disaster resulted in no harvest; not only did the rivers thaw late, but repeated heavy snowfalls caused many irrigation channels to collapse and become blocked. When spring came, planting was difficult, and shortly after finally sowing the crops, drought struck the north with no rain, while the south experienced continuous rainfall after the Dragon Boat Festival, flooding numerous fields and houses, leaving people homeless and starving, suffering terribly.
