The agonizing winter was finally about to pass.
For the elderly, winter was a hurdle. If they could get through it, they could experience spring, summer, and autumn once again and enjoy the scenery of the four seasons. If they could not, they would remain stuck in this winter forever.
For the people in the Three Jin region, this winter was particularly challenging. Not just the elderly, but people of all ages and genders had experienced the havoc of war. The unclaimed skeletons by the roadside were now the most common sight.
For the people of Yanjing too, this winter had been agonizing. But after all, they had made it through.
The Yan Army's eventual victory, after an initial defeat, refocused everyone's attention onto their own lives.
In their eyes, life was nothing more than firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, with perhaps some tea added for flavor.
