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As Yao Shusicheng walked, he looked around with binoculars from time to time, trying to find an open place nearby to use as a camping ground.
Just as he was looking around again with the telescope, he suddenly felt that someone was watching him. He looked over with a telescope based on his feeling, and then he discovered that there was a lookout point on the opposite corner of the mountain, and someone was looking at his side with a telescope.
"Everyone, stop for a moment. There is a situation ahead. Let everyone rest where you are." After saying that, he put the telescope in Ma Donglai's hand.
"Ma Donglai, you go and inform everyone, I will go forward to check first." Sicheng put everything on the side and prepared to go forward to check.
"Brother Cheng, let me go with you." Yun Qi followed closely and put the things together.
"I can go alone. Besides, with my current skills and strength, I will be fine." "No,
I will follow you wherever you go, not to mention I won't hold you back." Yun Qi was very insistent.
"Let's go. Anyway, the other side has spotted us. Let's go and check first." Sicheng knew Yun Qi's temper. Even if he didn't take her with him, she would follow him from a distance, so it would be better to bring her directly. Be more at ease.
Ma Donglai and the others were worried and wanted to follow them, but Sicheng refused.
The two couples continued walking along the river. The village ahead became clearer and clearer as they walked. They could also see smoke from cooking fires in the distance. It seemed that dinner was being prepared.
"The village road ahead is quite big, and there should be a lot of people there, but I don't know if it's an enemy or a friend?" "
If it's a big village, then it might be a bandit's lair. Take that gun from before Be ready and show off if something happens." Sicheng looked at the team behind her, which was some distance away, and then reminded Yunqi to find the gun she had captured earlier from the space. Although there were only three bullets in it, It can still shock others.
Soon I came to a large wall. It looked like the high wall was higher than the wall in my own village.
"Stop, where are you from? What are you doing in our village?" The person standing on the lookout shouted when he saw the two people walking in.
"We are just passing by here and want to go to province S. Please make it easier for us." Sicheng also shouted.
"Wait." After saying this, he disappeared directly in front of their eyes without waiting for their reply.
"They didn't know how to set up an alarm, and they weren't afraid that we would have crawlers to climb over directly." Yunqi saw that they actually had to use manpower to report the news, and even left such a big gap for them, which was too careless. .
"They should have set up a trap inside, or they would only have one person guarding it here." "
If that's the case, then we have to learn from their experience, so that we can be more safe when we return to the village in the future." Yunqi accepted this statement very normally. After all, he had seen many strange defenses in his previous life.
"Our village does not allow outsiders to stay overnight. You can take a detour and leave." Soon a middle-aged man came up from the observation platform. He first looked at the couple, then looked at the team behind him with his binoculars, and refused directly. Let them in.
"I want to ask you again, is it through here when you go to S Province? If you take a detour, where should you go?" Sicheng looked at the tall city wall in front of him with mountains on both sides. This was where he wanted to go around.
"..."
"Village Chief, it seems that there is really no place to go around. In the past, we had to pass through this place." The young man from before said in a low voice, but Sicheng, who had sharp ears, heard him clearly.
"We don't care anyway. There are so many of you and we can't let you into the village. You should find another way." The other party simply acted rogue.
"Well, I want to know, what is the name of our village?" Yun Xiang asked while flipping through the map Yun Zhi gave him.
"Our place is called Yao Village. You should find another way out while it's still early." Since they are not allowed to enter the village, it is better to let them leave as soon as possible.
"Yao Village," Yunqi searched the map and soon found the mark at the very edge.
"Brother Cheng, this is it. When we reach the intersection of provincial boundaries, we only need to pass through Yao Village to reach S Province. But this is the only way we must pass. If we want to go around, besides climbing two high mountains, the rest We have to go around further." Yun Qi looked up at the high wall in front of him with a headache. He could save a lot of time by just crossing this wall.
"Hello! I would like to ask if we have a veteran named Yao Shu here." Sicheng thought that Uncle Zhong seemed to have mentioned to him a few days ago that his former adjutant lived in Yaojia Village.
"Do you know Ashu?" The village chief was surprised. From what they said, it seemed that they might actually be acquaintances of Ashu.
"Ask him if he knows Yun Zhizhong. If he does, it means he is right." Sicheng really hopes that this person does not have the same name. If he is Uncle Zhong's adjutant, then it is really possible to borrow a link from here.
This time the two of them waited a bit long to wait for someone.
"Who are you? How do you know Yunzizhong?" As soon as the man stood on the observation deck, Sicheng felt a familiar aura.
"We are his relatives. This time we want to find salt in province S and want to borrow a road from your village." "
Then how do I know whether what you say is true or not?"
"Then how do we know if you are really Yao Shu? "Yun Qi was not to be outdone and replied directly to him.
"I know he has a son named Yun Xun, right?"
"You are wrong. My middle uncle's son is named Yuntao." Yun Qi rolled his eyes at him angrily. It seemed that he was right, but this was just a test. It's too casual.
"Looking at my memory, Yun Xun is his brother's son." Yao Shu would not admit that he was testing before. Knowing that he was an acquaintance, he turned around and started discussing with the village chief and the others.
"Uncle, this is the family of our former commander. They are not pretending to be that group of people. Make it easier for them and let them pass." "Since they are acquaintances, there must be no problem, but I just heard that they were going to find them
. Salt, right?"
"Uncle, you mean..."
"This salt is a necessity of life. Although our village still has some stock, it will be used up one day. I just saw that their team is very strong, otherwise we will Let some people go with him this time." The Yao family village chief said his plan.
"Then I'll talk to them later. If they are the chief's family, it's not a big problem." "
Then let them in first, but what about the large army behind them? Our village can't accommodate so many of them."
" It's really not possible to let them stay at the entrance of the village for one night. It's better to come here than to other places." Yao Shu also knew that letting so many people enter the village would cause a certain amount of panic to the villagers, so it was better to let them stay here first At the entrance of the village, even if we pass through the village tomorrow, it will only take a short time.
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"It seems like you are really lucky this time. You can actually find an acquaintance. Otherwise, you really don't know how to get around." Yun Qi wiped away the uneasiness he had felt before and felt that his feet were beginning to ache after he relaxed. got up.
"Come in first, do you want us to notify your people to come over? But they can't enter the village yet, so they can only settle down at the entrance of the village." Yao Shu opened the iron gate in the corner and welcomed them in.
When you enter, you realize that the houses in the village are no worse than those in Pinghe Village. The rows of blue brick and cement houses are completely different from the villages below.
"Let me use your observation tower." Sicheng took out a red flag from his backpack. Yao Shu knew his intention. It seemed that this young man had also retired from the army.
"Please." When Sicheng turned around, he discovered that the corner of the wall was densely covered with animal traps. No wonder they could safely leave them outside without fear of them climbing the wall and coming in.
"There are several blacksmiths in our village. We had a lot of pig iron at home before. These animal traps were made during this period." Seeing their surprised looks, Yao Shu explained to them directly.
Only then did Yun Qi remember that there was a big killer weapon like a bear trap. Why didn't he have some spare ones before? Even if he didn't put them at the entrance of the village, he could go to the back mountain to act as a line of defense. He didn't know if Yao Village could follow them by then. Return some in exchange.
Sicheng walked to the observation deck and waved the flag in his hand. Soon there was a response from the other side, and then he turned around and came down.
"Are you all from Pinghe Village? It seems that your village does not have such a large population." "
These are all gathered from several villages near us. After all, salt is indispensable. Your wall is high enough and prepared It's very sufficient." Seeing their defenses, Sicheng suddenly felt that Pinghe Village needed to be strengthened.
"There is nothing we can do about it. If you came from the front, you should have seen the village in front of you. That village was not prepared at that time, and was wiped out by a nearby force overnight. If our village had not prepared in advance, Then we will be the unlucky ones next." Village Chief Yao couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the tragic situation in the lower reaches of the village.
At this time, the young people who were on the observation deck moved two benches, and Yao Shu motioned them to sit down and wait here.
"We went in and took a look at that village. There was only one pregnant woman in it, but she didn't seem to want to see outsiders." Now that the topic was brought up, Sicheng asked casually.
"Actually, we don't know what happened there at that time. The group of forces came to us some time ago and wanted to rob our village, but we had built a wall before, which prevented them from succeeding, but our village was afraid that they would come. At that time, no one dared to leave the village. It was not until a few days ago that Yao Shu passed by the downstream village when he returned from the army and discovered that the villagers there were in trouble. At that time, there were corpses everywhere, and Yao Shu Shu was so frightened that he was worried about the village and ran all the way back without even paying attention to check." Yao Shu also took over
what Village Chief Yao said at this time, "My first reaction at that time was whether our village would also suffer, so They ran back all the way without taking a closer look. Fortunately, some preparations were made here, otherwise they would not have escaped. Later, when the village heard about the tragic situation in the downstream village, they felt that the corpses should not be left exposed like this. Only then did they organize people to go to their place and bury them all together. It was then that everyone discovered that there was a survivor, the pregnant woman you met. It seems that she said that her parents-in-law and her whole family were there to protect her. Bottom, she was frightened and fainted before escaping. Our village originally persuaded her to move to our place, and there were several of her relatives here, but she rejected them all. She said she wanted Stay there so that you can be closer to her family. Our village has no choice but to visit her after such a long time, bring her some daily necessities, and let her keep the child in her belly safe. Give birth."
At this time, Sicheng couldn't help but doubt the purpose of the woman's last words. Maybe she didn't say those words to kindly advise them to pay attention, but to scare them away and prevent them from coming up to disturb the village. If these people were afraid of trouble at that time, they might have turned around and walked back.
Yun Qi also thought of this and couldn't help but fall into self-examination. It seemed that he had lived too comfortably during this period and completely forgot about the sinister nature of people's hearts. Fortunately, the woman before had no ill intentions. Otherwise, she and Yaojiacun As long as she had a few animal traps nearby, it would be enough for them to drink a pot.
"By the way, Uncle Yao, I heard my uncle and the others saying that aren't there personnel assigned to guard every place? Why is the security here so chaotic?" Yun Qi followed Yun Zhizhong's connection and shouted.
"Originally, there were people stationed here, but because there are many residents nearby, every household is busy with things every day, so we slowly called them back, and then the rest Even three or two people can't make it happen, so let's just disband them all." Yao Shu also looked helpless when talking about this. You can't force things like this. After all, everyone has their own responsibilities, not to mention that there is no one at all now. manage.
"You have to pay more attention on the next journey. For example, when we are discharged from the army, we take our guns back directly. Although we have made an agreement not to use guns against people, we do not rule out that some people will not keep their promise. "Yao Shu himself also brought the gun back with him. Because of this worry, he now easily dares not leave the village. At least in the village, having him around can have a little bit of a deterrent effect on others.
Sicheng and Yunqi looked at each other, why is this situation more complicated now than in the last life? At least last time, almost all the guns were in the hands of the troops, and there was no trace of the security base built here in the future. Could it be that my own butterfly effect blew away all of this?
In fact, it really has nothing to do with them. Although they were not fully prepared in the previous life, the main force of each unit is still there and has not been dispersed. This time, due to the intervention of the reborn person, although preparations were made, it was originally well-intentioned to transfer all the army personnel back to their registered residence, but I did not expect that this would speed up the soldiers' discharge and return home, causing many troops to Disband directly, and guns will flow into the hands of the people. In this way, the security of many places will also become chaotic. It will be very difficult to reorganize the troops in the future, so they are about to face a more chaotic end of the world.
"I see that the walls here are very strong and the houses are well maintained." You must know that Pinghe Village still uses branches and thatch as roofs, and they use a row of cement boards here, which is no different from the village before the disaster. No difference.
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Yao Shu, the medicinal material, also knew that Pinghe Village was making its own Sanhe soil at that time. At that time, he was thinking of returning to the village to look for limestone. Unexpectedly, the village was more powerful and directly recovered a large number of building materials from nearby towns.
"Going past our village is the junction with Province S. At that time, a large service area was being built there. Later, the construction was stopped due to policies, but a lot of building materials were left there. After the big earthquake, our village went there first. We will transport this batch of materials back first, but our village also said at that time that the money for these materials will be paid to them when things return to normal." At this point, Village Chief Yao himself felt embarrassed, because he knew that In the long days that followed, it was impossible to recover.
Yun Qi wanted to ask why the people in the downstream village didn't go back to transport some building materials for construction, but he couldn't swallow the words. Also, if it were you, you would think of building your own home first.
"Village chief, they are here." Just when everyone was thinking about how to end this topic, Sicheng and his large team also arrived at the entrance of the village.
"Let's go out and talk to them. We will camp at the entrance of the village tonight." "
I'll go out with you too. Maybe we can see some acquaintances." Yao Shu knew that many military relatives were assigned to them at that time. .
"Brother Cheng, are you okay?" As soon as the door opened, several people from Pinghe Village swarmed over him.
"It's okay. It's safe here. Let's camp here tonight and continue our journey early tomorrow morning." "Uncle Yao, why are you here?" Yun Xun and Yun Tao recognized Yao Shu and said hello in surprise
. .
"My hometown is here, are you surprised to see me?" Yao Shu was also very happy to see the children of his two comrades, especially Yun Tao. You must know that he also watched Yun Tao grow up little by little.
"If we knew you were here, we wouldn't have to worry." Wu Yong and the others also knew Yao Shu. When they gathered to go to the village before, Yao Shu was still in charge.
"Although my home is here, there are so many of us, so I won't invite you in. If there weren't so many people, my small house wouldn't be able to fit in." Yao Shu joked and explained the reason why he didn't take them into the village. Also said it.
"It's okay. We all have families with us, and it's not very convenient for us to visit at home." Seeing everyone gathered around in a mess, Sicheng asked them to work as a village and find a place to set up a stove to cook first
. It was inconvenient when it got dark, so Yun Qi also started to get busy with his group.
At this time, Village Chief Yao and the others also saw that Sicheng was the leader of this team. Yao Shu took him aside and directly told him the plan of his village.
"Your village is looking for well salt, right?" Yao Shu asked straight to the point.
"We are looking for well salt. Do you know the place?"
"If I could take you there before the disaster, but now the earth's crust is moving so violently, we don't even know if that place still exists. But our village also wants to follow you. Go look for it. After all, everyone will continue to use salt in the future." Yao Shu said his purpose.
"As you can see, these are all villagers near us. They all agreed at the time that everything would be at my disposal. But I don't know your village well, so it's not easy for me to say anything. I don't have any objection to you wanting to follow us to find salt. , but you have to manage your own team, and we can't take responsibility for it." Sicheng naturally would not refuse others to go looking for salt together, not to mention that such a large group of people would have to pass through their village on their way back and forth, and they might have frequent interactions with each other in the future. But some things are better said up front.
"That's what we should do. When the time comes, we can just follow your team and set off together. I can also mark the next route for you." "Aren't you going to set off with us?" Sicheng didn't expect this kind of thing
. Fortunately, someone marked the route, which will undoubtedly make the rest of the journey smoother.
"Our place is still quite chaotic right now, and I can't leave yet. We'll go back and arrange the number of people in a moment. I just don't know what you brought here for exchange?" "The things you brought this time are quite complicated, like our village
capital They brought more medicinal materials. Most of the other villages brought dried meat and dried fish." "
You actually have medicinal materials there? What kind of medicines are they?" Even the village chief's eyes lit up when he heard the medicinal materials.
"There are many kinds of medicinal materials, including those for repelling insects, treating colds, treating snake venom, etc., but they are all Chinese medicinal materials." "
You actually have medicine for treating snake venom. I have been bitten by a snake for more than a month. Is there no way?" Yao Shu asked quickly, thinking of the child who couldn't walk now.
"I want to ask you more about this," Sicheng called to Yunyang who had just passed by. "Yunyang, go and find Uncle Nan Yao and Feng Ya." He turned around when he saw Yun Yang looking for someone
. Introduced to them, "Uncle Nan Yao is the doctor of our village. He has prepared these traditional Chinese medicines, and they are quite effective. Fengya is the ancestral snake catcher of our village. He has the anti-snake venom formula left by his ancestors." ."
"Your village is really secretive. Since there was a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in the village at that time, why did you need to find a new doctor?" Yao Shu knew that the Yun brothers had found a gynecologist among the residents and came to the village.
"Now Dr. Xia is responsible for diagnosis and treatment in the village, and Uncle Nan Yao is researching formulas." In order to open up the medicinal material trade in the future, Sicheng began to promote the doctors in the village.
"Your village has the foresight to provide you with both Chinese and Western medicine." Village Chief Yao was really envious at this time.
"Acheng, why did you call us here?" When he found the Yunnan medicine, he was studying the grass on the ground with a medicine book.
"Doctor, there is a child in our village who has been bitten by a snake for more than a month. Now his entire lower body is swollen and looks unsightly. I wonder if there is any way to cure it now?" The injured child is the village chief's nephew.
"Then we have to see. If the poisoning is deeper, the treatment time will be longer." Hearing that his feet were only swollen after being poisoned for more than a month, he knew that the snake that bit him was not highly venomous.
"Then please come with us and take a look. The children are still young! They can never lie down like this in the future." Seeing this, I hope the village chief will invite them into the village quickly.
"I'll go take a look with you too. I just happened to be carrying the medicine box for our uncle Yao." Yunnan medicine is now a key protected object in the village, so Sicheng naturally has to follow him personally to feel relieved.
When Liu Fengya heard that he was going to treat snake venom, he realized that he had not brought the medicine bag.
"Wait for me, I'll go over and get the medicine kit."
"Boy Ya, help me bring the medicine kit here." During this period, Liu Fengya was learning some basic pharmacology from him, so the Yunnan Medicine Envoy called him over. You're welcome.
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Yao Shu took them into a bungalow in the village. A middle-aged couple was sitting at the door, their eyes were lifeless, and there was an aura of despair surrounding them.
"Brother, Xiao Lie may be saved this time. He has found a doctor." The village chief was helpless when he saw his brother and sister-in-law like this. Since Xiao Lie's accident, they had not spoken much, except in front of his nephew. Smile, this is basically the state at other times.
"Is there a doctor?" The couple immediately stepped forward and grabbed Village Chief Yao's hands, asking excitedly.
"Yes, they happened to pass by us. Take them to see Xiaolie quickly." After hearing this,
the couple saw the three people following them, especially the medicine box Liu Fengya was carrying, standing excitedly. It was overwhelming there.
Seeing that his brother and sister-in-law were so excited that they didn't know how to react, Village Chief Yao led Sicheng and the others directly into the house.
When they arrived in the room, they saw the young man named Xiao Lie lying there looking at them excitedly. It seemed that he had already heard his uncle's words in the room.
"This is my nephew Xiaolie, please take a look." The village chief turned sideways and gave his place to Yunnan Yao and the others.
Yunnan Yao first looked at Xiaolie and found that his face was already swollen. Then he pulled away the blanket covering him and found that his entire foot was swollen and even turned purple.
"Were emergency measures taken at that time? Fortunately, the snake that bit you was not very poisonous, otherwise it would not have survived now." "Yes,
I was next to him when he was bitten, and I immediately tied his feet with clothes. After living there, I sucked out some of the poisonous blood, but there was no medicine around here, so it ended up like this." The child's parents didn't know when they were standing in the house.
"Doctor, please save our little lie, he is still so young." Xiaolie's mother seemed to see hope when she saw the doctor, and she could no longer hold back her tears.
After Yunnan Yao carefully looked at the wound, he asked Xiao Lie some more questions.
"We are using traditional Chinese medicine. The effect may not be that fast and requires a longer recovery period." Yunnan Medicine saw his symptoms and knew that it was just the lack of disinfection and inflammation control after being bitten that caused edema, like this The situation can be restored by using Liu Fengya's family's ancestral snake medicine. But this kind of recovery requires a process, so naturally we have to say something first.
"It's good if he can recover. It doesn't matter if it takes longer." Hearing that there was hope for their son, the couple held their hands tightly together, knowing that they had already prepared for the worst these days.
"You come and take a look too." Yunnan Yao gave up his position to Liu Fengya again.
"From his wound, it seems that the one who bit him was a venomous snake. You can see that he only has three hole-like wounds, and the surrounding area is very swollen. If it is a row of teeth marks, it is a non-venomous snake. Fortunately, you gave first aid at the time. , and the snake that bit him was not very poisonous, so he can survive until now. Now there is no serum injection, so he can only rely on medicine to recover slowly." Liu Fengya also told what he saw.
"You should treat this kind of wound for him, apply your ancestral medicinal materials, and go to my place later to find some anti-inflammatory and detoxifying medicinal materials to boil water for him to drink. Fortunately, this time we have prepared some antidotes to bring out." After saying that, Yunnan Yao looked at Sicheng to see if he had any questions.
"Then let's go out first and let Fengya give him some medicine here. It's useless to have so many people crowded here." Sicheng knew that Uncle Nan Yao now dislikes crowded places less and less. If it wasn't this time If he wanted to go out to find other medicinal materials, he would not leave the village at all.
"Yes, baby, hurry up and prepare the food. The doctor has worked hard all the way, so he will just stay here for a while today." Xiaolie's father quickly reminded his wife to greet his son in the hope of saving his life.
"No, our village has already started cooking. Just go and get the medicinal materials later." Yunnan Yao didn't want to continue socializing with them here. What he wanted most at this time was to find a place to rest quietly. , after all, I am getting a little older, and traveling for several days in a row is a bit too much for my body.
"No need to bother. We are almost ready at the entrance of the village. Besides, after walking for a day, my uncle also wants to take a rest." Sicheng also saw the fatigue on Yunnan Yao's face and helped him to refuse directly.
The couple looked at the village chief, trying to let him make an idea. The village chief was also speechless. Could you please stop looking at me like this? Doesn't this make me embarrassed? You can't let two doctors live in the village and leave the others at the entrance of the village. That way people won't feel at ease.
"Why don't you just stay here for one night? I'll ask the people on duty to keep an eye on the village entrance." The village chief still didn't dare to let so many people enter the village. Although he knew that they all knew each other, he didn't want to risk it at this time. A little bit risky.
"No need to go to such trouble. I've gotten used to it during this time. It's the same everywhere." Yunnan Yao really didn't want to continue chatting with them, so he took the lead and walked out the door.
"Feng Ya, you can go back by yourself after you finish processing. I'll take Uncle Nan Yao back first." "Okay,
Brother Cheng, please tell Xiaojie and I'll go back in a moment." This time, the Liu family asked the young couple to follow them. from.
Sicheng responded and followed Yunnan Yao away.
Seeing them leaving like this, the village chief and the four of them were stunned.
"How could you let them leave like this? They didn't even entertain them properly." Xiaolie's mother was a little at a loss. She looked at the village chief and wanted him to make an idea. After all, he was the one who brought the people back.
The village chief looked at Yao Shu again, wanting to see what he had to say.
"Auntie, make some food later and I'll send it to the doctor."
After hearing what Yao Shu said, the couple naturally agreed and hurried to the kitchen to prepare.
Then the village chief also left in a hurry. He also wanted to call everyone to see who would be arranged to follow him to find salt, and even prepare what items he would bring in exchange.
Yao Shu also took advantage of this time to run home and ask his family to prepare a few dishes. He couldn't care about others, but the children of his comrades always had to prepare a meal since they were here.
When Sicheng and the others returned to the village entrance, each village found its own place and began to bury pots for cooking. Finally, they found a relatively safe place. Everyone was more relaxed and started talking and laughing.
"Acheng," he just came out of the village and was stopped by Uncle Gao before he could find Yun Qi.
"Uncle, what's the matter?" Sicheng looked at his uncle in front of him. Although he knew that he was in the team these days, he had not even gone to say hello because he had too many chores.
"It's okay, I just wanted to come and see you." Uncle Gao didn't know why, but when he came in front of Sicheng, he had so many things on his mind that he couldn't say a word.
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"The journey has been going well, right? I haven't found a chance to say hello to you." "
It's going well, it doesn't matter. We know you are very busy." After Uncle Gao said this, both of them fell into it. silence.
"Uncle, our food is ready. Do you want to have a meal with us?" Yun Qi saw the two of them chatting from a distance, and hurried over to say hello to his uncle.
"No need, Xiaojie also called me before, but we are all cooking together over there, and the meal is almost ready, so I will go over first, and you should pay attention to safety in front." Gao Ci'an finished. Without waiting for their answer, he turned around and left.
"What's wrong with uncle? It feels like he's a little afraid of you." Yun Qi asked Sicheng in a low voice.
"It's nothing. Is the food ready? Let's go over and eat. We can rest early and try to leave early tomorrow." Sicheng understood that his uncle might be a little embarrassed because of what happened last time, so he changed the subject directly.
As soon as Gao Ci'an returned to the camp in his village, he saw Gao Liang standing there looking at him.
"Dad, are you looking for your cousin?"
"I went to say hello and ask them to be safe in front." Gao Ci'an knew what his son was worried about, but didn't he say anything?
Although Gao Liang was still a little skeptical when he heard this, he didn't say anything more. He turned his head and glanced at Gao Dongxing not far away, and found that he was also looking here, and couldn't help but snorted.
"You, no matter what, Dongxing is also your cousin, can't you two get along well?" Gao Ci'an still wanted his son and nephew to get along well, so that they can help each other in the future.
"We have different values, and we can't get along well with each other. When they change their minds, they can talk to me about this matter again." During this period, Gao Liang was tormented by his aunt and his son. I basically took root at their place and helped out. All the farm work at home fell on me and my mother. In addition to these, I had to guard against my father sneaking in and bringing things to them every day. Although I have brought Gao Liang out now, my aunt and mother are still in the village. I still don’t know how to pinch them?
"I hope I find that my family is still fine when I get home, otherwise you can see how I can have a good relationship with them then." Thinking of his mother at home, Gao Liang couldn't help but glared at Gao Dongxing.
Gao Ci'an also had a headache when he thought about his sister's character. In fact, although he had been helping their family during this period, he had also thoroughly touched their two characters.
Both my sister and my son are the kind of lazy people. Although they say they are helping them build a house, everything basically falls on his head. It is not easy for him to take these things home and complain about them, so he can only complain about them. Swallow inside.
"Don't help Gao Dongxing carry things tomorrow. He is such a big boy. He doesn't carry as much as me, and he is always complaining. You too, why are you so sincere? As soon as he complains, you take over and take care of yourself. It was so hard." Gao Liang couldn't help but get angry every time he saw the backpack on his father that didn't belong to him.
"It's not that Dongxing has never done any work before and he can't adapt to it. It will be fine after a few days." Gao Ci'an felt that it didn't matter if he helped carry more things, but he forgot that most of the things at home were on his son's back. Although Gao Liang didn't cry tired along the way, it didn't mean that he wasn't really tired.
"Dad, please help me carry a bag tomorrow. My mother has prepared so many things for me that I can hardly carry them." Gao Liang saw that his father was still there and stubbornly wanted to continue to help Gao Dongxing. I simply don’t want to bear it anymore.
"Why are you acting like this? That's your cousin? I'm just helping him. Do you need to make excuses like this?" "
I'll make excuses, okay." Gao Liang was offended by his father's matter-of-fact tone. He pulled him directly to where the luggage was piled.
"Now you try my bag and Gao Dongxing's bag to see which one weighs more." "Uncle An, who is your son? Xiaoliang is afraid that you will be tired, so he carries all the heavy bags on his back
. It's on you. You'd better not help him, but help someone else as a porter!" Gao Liang, a clan brother, couldn't stand it and said something fair.
"If it's serious, then just say something. If you don't tell me, how will I know." Gao Ci'an still felt that his son was making trouble unreasonably. If he felt serious, then tell himself, why are you playing there? Guess what?
"Now that we know it, let's change a bag to carry it tomorrow." Gao Liang felt that his father was not only blind, but also blind. He even asked someone else to talk about a problem that others could see.
"I'll carry it if I carry it." Gao Ci'an felt that if his son made a fuss at this time, others would see the joke in vain. If he had something to do, he couldn't call him aside to talk about it in private. He had to say it in public. . Seeing the scrutinizing eyes of the tribesmen on the side, the fire in Gao Ci'an's heart kept pouring out, feeling that his son was not sensible at all.
Seeing Gao Ci'an being confused like this, the tribesmen around him all shook their heads. It was impossible to find another father who was so confused. They couldn't help but sympathize with Gao Liang in their hearts, and at the same time, they felt sorry for Gao Dongxing. He became even more unhappy.
Gao Dongxing was like an old man, sitting there waiting for the meal to be served, not even helping to pick up a few firewood. As for his behavior, if it weren't for the previous distribution in the village. No one wanted to hang out with him anymore.
Across the wall, Yaojia Village is also holding a village meeting. Everyone agrees to go with the large army to find salt, but they have to discuss who should go and what should be taken.
Village Chief Yao talked about the items brought by Sicheng and the others, especially when he talked about the medicinal materials, the whole village became excited.
"Village chief, can we exchange some medicinal materials with them? You must know that there is no medicine now. If you accidentally get sick, it will be fatal." "Yes, if there were medicine, my grandma would not have died because of it before.
A cold will go away."
"Let's see what they need. Let's exchange it with them, otherwise we don't know when we will get the medicine next time." "I heard
they also have medicine to detoxify snake venom. How about this medicine? You need to prepare some. Xiaolie was in such pain because he didn't take medicine in time before." "
I just don't know if they will be willing to change with us. After all, they went there for the salt." "
It really doesn't work. I'll wait for the return trip. Let's follow them back to the village when the time comes, and we'll have a place to look for medicinal materials in the future." "
Prepare some more commonly used medicines then. It's really hard to live without medicines, otherwise we'll be on tenterhooks all day long."
Everyone said something to each other . , even the main purpose of this meeting was forgotten, and I was only thinking about how to exchange some medicinal materials and keep them in the village for later use.
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village chief Yao was very excited when he saw everyone discussing. He knocked on the table in front of him to signal everyone to quiet down.
"It's definitely not possible to change the medicinal materials this time. Their main purpose this time is salt. Let's discuss who will change the salt first. As for the medicinal materials, we will negotiate with them when the time comes." "I see that among their team There are
a lot of women, or our village can allocate and set off together like them. In this way, since the village is protected, we can bring back as much salt as possible." Yao Shu said his suggestion.
"I think it will work. This time we will travel together like them, and we will go with the large army. Safety is more guaranteed. It will be safer than our village organizing our own trips in the future." Several elderly people in their village were also very happy. Agree with this approach, after all everyone is important now.
If Sicheng and the others were here, they would find that many of the rules of Yaojia Village are very similar to Pinghe Village, and it is also a very united village.
Maybe they had often discussed things like this before, so they quickly decided on the people to travel with. As for the items to be replaced, each family decided on their own. The whole meeting ended in less than an hour.
They had just finished their work here, and the meals prepared by Xiaolie's family were waiting outside with Yao Shu to deliver them to the doctor at the entrance of the village.
"Uncle, feel free to travel with them tomorrow. I will help you take care of the house." Yao Shu's family's meals were still being prepared, so he helped Xiaolie's family bring them over first.
"I want to thank you all this time. Xiaolie just drank the medicine and has fallen asleep now. He hasn't slept so soundly for a long time." Xiaolie's father said this and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. God knows how their family survived this period of time. They had prepared for the worst, but hope suddenly appeared. Next, he will definitely have to work harder to keep this small family that has finally managed to survive.
"Everything will be fine. As long as people are alive, there is hope." Yao Shu was extremely grateful for the arrival of Sicheng and the others. If Sicheng had not thought of his name at that time, he would have completely missed his village.
Sicheng saw them opening the door and went to greet them. When he saw their hands full of dishes, he knew what they meant.
"Why are you so polite? We are all ready here."
"Thank you for your life-saving grace. It's just that this little meal is nothing. Look where you put it." Xiaolie's father also knows now The young man in front of me is the leader of this team, and his attitude is even more polite.
"Come with me." Sicheng took them directly outside Yunnan Yao's tent.
"Uncle Nan Yao, get up and eat." After Yun Nan Yao came back from the village, he hid in the tent to rest and asked everyone to wait until dinner time to find him. Naturally, everyone in the village agreed. You must know that Yunnan Medicine is now a key protected object in the village. Now he is basically not allowed to do some of the heavy work in the village. Usually, the big guys take turns to help him clear out the fields at home, and he brought several small children along the way. Disciple, don't spread all his things on him, so that he can have more time to study the surrounding herbs.
"Here, we need to eat. I'm so hungry that I can't even sleep. Why is there so much?" As soon as he came out, he saw the food placed on the makeshift rocks.
"This is from Xiaolie's family in Yaojia Village." Sicheng looked at Xiaolie's father standing there obediently and didn't know what to say. Just help him out.
"Why are you being so polite? This is something that anyone who meets me will help." "
That's right. If I hadn't met you, I don't know how long Xiao Lie would have been able to stay. Don't dislike this little meal. "Yao Shu also hurriedly chatted to the side.
"Okay, I haven't had such a delicious meal in many days. Let's get over it." "Thank you, doctor!"
Xiaolie's father didn't know how to express it, so he bowed directly to Yunnan Medicine and then turned around. Return to the village.
When Yao Shu left, he took away Yun Xun and Yun Tao, mother and son. He had greeted them before and asked them to come home for dinner together. I originally wanted to invite Sicheng and the others, but he refused.
"Let's eat, we're almost starving." Seeing that everyone had left, Yunnan Yao asked people to bring the food together so that everyone could have a taste.
Early the next morning, the village opened the village entrance door early to let everyone pass through, and the people who set off with them were also waiting inside. According to the arrangement, they will follow the team directly according to the village points this time.
Yao Shu and the village chief followed Sicheng in the front and took everyone along. They walked all the way from the village and found that every household in the village was well built. They also discovered that although they had intercepted some water in the water flow in the village, the water level was still high. Obviously not very high.
"Uncle Yao, you'd better be prepared to store water. The water level has dropped sharply recently, and the flow is almost drying up in some places." Sicheng couldn't help but give a reminder. He didn't want such a good village to It also fell into a water shortage and drought.
"The village was also aware of it, but although we blocked the river, the water level still dropped every day." In fact, even if Sicheng didn't remind him, several old people in the village also noticed something strange. Although they made some preparations, The effect doesn't seem to be very good.
Sicheng knew that the water was flowing down the ground and that if the river bed below did not repair the leak, it would not be able to store water.
Sicheng simply told him how Pinghe Village made a water reservoir, not to mention that Yaojia Village had an advantage over them. In his opinion, there should be some cement stored in the village, which was more stable than using Sanhe soil in his own village. Some.
"This is a good method. Otherwise, if I saw the water level dropping every day, my hair would fall out in a hurry." The village chief was also anxious during this period, and his hair would fall out in large quantities.
"Our village will also start digging a reservoir later. Even if we can't dig one for every household like you, we still have to dig a big one in the village." "I think you should dig separate ones and slowly store water in batches.
" . Or I'm afraid that after you dig the reservoir, there will be no water." Sicheng is not optimistic about large reservoirs at this time. It would be very time-consuming to dig a reservoir big enough for the village. Effortless.
"It seems that my head is not as fast as you young people. If you hadn't reminded me, it might have delayed the matter." Village Chief Yao realized at this time that he really couldn't operate as he said, otherwise he would have waited. I dug the reservoir myself, but there was another drought. Then I really don’t know what to do.
"You're just too nervous. Even if I don't say it, you will remember it later." Sicheng didn't dare to take credit.
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The next journey to the service area is not as smooth as before. When we leave Yaojia Village, we are greeted by a stretch of mountains. At first, we can still walk along the previous section of the highway, which is said to be a highway. But the top is already full of potholes and overgrown with weeds, so even this is less strenuous than climbing a mountain.
The more mountains you encounter, the more animals you will encounter, especially snakes, which are always endless. The original ten people clearing the way in front have increased to twenty people.
On this day, it happened to be the turn of the people from Pinghe Village to clear the way in front, but due to the increase in the number of people, other people could not share so much luggage, so each of them still carried some things on their backs, even Sicheng was fully loaded.
Yunqi took the lead and walked in front, constantly picking out venomous snakes from the grass. There were too many snakes now. If they were not highly venomous snakes, she didn't want to kill them, so she just threw them into the corner and ignored them.
"Sister, there are too many snakes here. Maybe they will imitate us and migrate inland?" Yuntao followed and took the snake gallbladder. These snake gallbladders were ordered by Yunnan Medicine. You must know that there are big venomous snakes near Pinghe Village. Basically they have all been wiped out. Now that the opportunity is so rare, let them collect some quickly.
Therefore, during this period of time, the villagers in Pinghe Village carried snake galls hanging everywhere on their loads, because only in this way can they be better dried and preserved.
"Animals are sometimes much smarter than people. You see, you didn't know where they were hiding when it was frozen, but now they all jump out." At this time, Yunqi directly picked up a mountain and knocked his seven inches. , and then handed him to Zhao Dongwei behind him. Zhao Dongwei skillfully took out a bottle from a row of bottles and skillfully extracted the snake venom. Zhao Dongwei was also learning medicine from Uncle Nan Yao during this time, and taking snake venom is now very common for him.
"There is a flat land in front of us. It seems to be the previous service area. Why don't we spend the night there." Yun Qi walked ahead and quickly discovered a flat land in front of him.
"When the time comes, take a look around to see if it's suitable for camping." Sicheng really didn't have time to take a look with his telescope at this time.
If you can keep walking along this road, you won't be afraid of taking the wrong road, so no one will go and change another route unless it is absolutely necessary.
However, there is one disadvantage of walking along the road, that is, it is inconvenient to get water. Sometimes you don’t even come across a water point after walking for a whole day. At this time, everyone can only make do with some dry food. This is also the reason why Sicheng couldn't agree immediately.
When everyone walked to the service area, they found that it was completely destroyed. There were a lot of rotten bricks and broken glass on the ground. But fortunately, the cement floor in the middle is still relatively well preserved.
"Let's clean up the area and see if there is any water source nearby." Sicheng asked the 20 people who explored the area to spread out, while the others were cleaning up in place.
"Brother, there is water here." Yunyang shouted excitedly.
"The water is not clean." The monkey hurriedly ran over not far from him.
"It looks like there should be no problem. Let's get some water and boil it later."
Yun Qi also led Yun Xun and Yun Tao to the original refueling point, but at this time they didn't have much hope. Along the way they I have also encountered many such refueling points. Either explosions occurred or all the fuel inside was emptied.
As they expected, there were already traces of oil being taken away from the place. The surrounding garbage had been cleared away, and it was covered with weeds. It looked like it had been taken away for a while.
"Sister, there seems to be some more in here." Yun Tao stepped forward to check without giving up, and found something extra.
"But we don't have a container to put it in. It's empty even if we can't take it away." As soon as Yun Xun heard that there was oil, he walked around and found that there was not even a container.
"Leave it alone for now, and we'll think of a solution later." Yun Qi wondered whether he should organize people to dig out the ruins in front of him. Looking at the collapsed ruins, there seemed to be no sign of being touched. Maybe he would be lucky. You can also find some useful items.
A few of them cleaned up the haystacks nearby, and except for a few venomous snakes, nothing else was found.
When he returned, Yunqi told Sicheng his suspicions. In his previous life, Yunqi relied on intuition and judgment to constantly find supplies from the ruins. They also relied on this to persist. .
"Camp here. We will organize manpower to clear the ruins later and notify other villages. If they are willing to participate, they can also participate." Sicheng has always believed in Yunqi's judgment. Besides, except for gasoline, everything else in this area is No one had touched it, and there was even so much gas left. Maybe something happened behind the people who came to get gas before, so they didn't continue.
At first, everyone was slowly preparing dinner there, but when they heard the announcement that the ruins would be excavated later, everyone speeded up as if they were on steroids. Only later, some people in Yaojia Village didn't understand. Why do you need to dig up rubble? But the person in charge of their village also asked them to act together this time, because their village chief specifically told them before they left that they must follow the footsteps of other villages and do more and ask less.
Because there were mountains everywhere, Sicheng was worried that animals would sneak up on them in the dark, so he ordered two bonfires to be lit in every corner and inserted the wood thorns they had just whittled into the middle, so that even if there were animals, Come here, if you accidentally step on a wooden thorn, everyone can take precautions immediately.
"Has everyone finished eating?" Sicheng heard everyone's response and then assigned the next task.
"Each team leaves two people to prepare drinking water and dry food for tomorrow, and everyone else digs out the rubble together. Whatever they dig will be distributed among everyone. Of course, if nothing is dug, it will be treated as a meal. It's time to exercise." Sicheng thought for a moment and then continued to add, "If you don't want to participate, you can quit now." No one in the entire team said they wanted to quit. Only Gao Dongxing wanted to raise his hand to quit, but was stopped by his uncle
. After suppressing the situation, the nephew was not worried at all during this period. Many people in the village began to express their dissatisfaction. He could not be isolated at this time.
Gao Dongxing also knew that people in Gaojiacun didn't like him very much during this period, and even felt a slight rejection of him, so he followed his uncle's wishes and stopped being lazy.
Although Sicheng saw these actions, he saw that the two of them had reached a consensus in private, so he stopped talking.
Sicheng led everyone to the ruins. He took the lead in moving a few huge cement blocks away. The others also followed suit. Only then did the people in Yaojia Village realize that he specifically picked up large cement blocks and moved them. It was easy to understand why so many people chose him to be the leader.
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More than a thousand people in the inventory acted together, and the speed was no worse than that of machinery. In less than half an hour, all the ruins above were cleared, and the contents inside were gradually revealed, and screams of exclamation broke out all of a sudden.
"There are a lot of tables and chairs, and they are quite complete. They haven't been damaged much." "
Your place should be a restaurant. I found a lot of disposable lunch boxes here. Unfortunately, these things are not very practical." "
Everyone take what you found. Put them all on the flat ground, and we will allocate them together when the time comes." After Sicheng moved the largest stones away, he checked nearby to avoid any sudden danger.
"I'm rich now. I may have found their warehouse." I don't know who suddenly screamed in joy.
"Where?" Many people followed the voice and walked over.
"Here, these things are all in boxes." Bai Dongzhi said while moving away the debris on the side, so that the situation underneath became more obvious.
Now everyone started to clean up this area, and gradually everything was revealed to everyone.
"The boss of this service area is really interesting. Why does he store so much paper? If there is no disaster, when will the paper be used up?" "If there is no disaster, then he will not worry about running out of it.
No. Seeing such a large service area, it is very fast to operate." "
But these are just timely help. Although they are not extremely important necessities, it is really inconvenient without them. During this period, my old man wants to save us money. They used paper and started collecting leaves." When talking about the primitive life now that everything is lacking, every family is about to live a primitive life.
"Since there are so many papers, let's look for edible salt. If we can find it, then we don't have to go so far to look for it." After hearing this, everyone speeded up and picked up all the papers on it.
After moving it to the flat ground, maybe the boss arranged it based on weight. On the second floor, there was actually a pile of cotton clothes. Because there was a layer of plastic bags in the middle, they didn't look dirty.
"This is the rhythm that makes everyone rich." Seeing more and more materials, everyone became excited. Although there are more than a thousand people here, everyone can get some on average.
After everyone sorted everything out, they discovered that such a large warehouse actually only stored four boxes of edible salt. I harvested a lot of washing powder and soap at the bottom, but now that the water is almost dry, it won't be of much use to take these things back. Although some grains were found, most of them were discolored, probably because they were damp, and only some that were vacuum-packed could still be barely eaten. In addition to these, there are a wide variety of others, including even children's toys.
"I don't know what the boss who stored this was thinking. He stored so much material but only kept a little bit of salt. I don't know if he forgot it or took it away." "This must be an abandoned warehouse
. In the later stage, those with stronger economic strength will store some at every point." Yunqi really didn't expect that he could find so many things here. He doesn't rule out that something happened to the boss here, or because the distance has changed. Abandoning this place would make it easier for my group of people.
"But how can we carry so many things? We all have to exchange for salt." Everyone was looking forward to it when they didn't find it, but now that they have found it, everyone feels a headache when they see this pile of items.
"Let's take stock of the items first. Should we allocate them now or wait until we get back?" Sicheng also regretted it at this time. He had known better to wait until he came back to dig. There are so many things now, and we need to find a place to put them first.
"Let's all distribute them together when we come back. It's better to find a place to store them now, and don't give them to others when the time comes." After several village leaders gathered together to discuss, they all agreed that it would be better to wait until the return trip before distributing them.
"If it doesn't work, let's bury them back again. Otherwise, there is no such a big place for us to store them nearby." "Everyone, let's look around and see if there is any place suitable for storing so many."
Sicheng
Rang They searched together around here, and he started to look ahead with a searchlight.
He walked a little further along the road and found a ditch on the side of the road, but the bottom of the ditch was cracked and there was no water at all. If he couldn't find something suitable elsewhere, he would have to make do with it. Store it here first and then do some masking on top.
"How is it? Is there anything suitable?"
Everyone began to shake their heads, and they were even thinking about carrying the things back or burying them in the ruins again if it didn't work out.
"Everyone, let's rest first. We'll go see some places tomorrow." Sicheng saw that everyone's excitement had subsided and everyone's faces were full of exhaustion, so he asked everyone to take the time to rest. Of course, they were arranged to be on night duty. People can't go to rest yet.
The next day, everyone searched around the area as usual, and finally decided to store everything in the ditch first. However, for safety reasons, Sicheng still found a few large rocks from the ruins and pressed them on top.
"If I had known it would be so troublesome in the end, I shouldn't have dug up the rubble. It would have saved a lot of trouble to deal with it when I got back." Yunqi felt a little sorry for his husband who was working as a porter there.
"No one can calculate this. I thought there were just some small warehouses inside, but who knew there were so many stored there. This is an unexpected gain. It doesn't matter even if it's a little hard work." Liu Jun said nonchalantly. Today it happened to be Liujiacun's turn to clear the way in front. Although Liu Jun was missing an arm, he held a special extended machete to clear the way in front. He was no worse than the others.
"Brother Jun, everyone was carrying limestone in our village some time ago. Why didn't your village pass by?" Yun Qi followed everyone to clear the way. Although it was not their village's turn today, Sicheng refused to let her carry the luggage. She felt that it was not good to walk like this, so she simply walked to the front to help, so she became more and more proficient in kung fu during this period. She was still teasing herself, saying that she was fighting monsters and leveling up like this.
"Later, we went to a construction site in the county and exchanged some cement with them. Each family barely built a house. During this time, we were busy with farm work, so we just had to live there." An elderly person from both families said. They were comrades in arms, and since they had dealt with Sicheng before when changing oil, the expression on Liu Jun's face was not so serious.
"Then you are much luckier than us. If it weren't for the limestone behind our village, and we are still living in thatched houses, we might not even be able to survive the cold." Liu Jun was really not a good partner to chat with, and he was speechless
. After chatting for a few words, the topic was lost. Because apart from answering questions, he would not take the initiative to ask questions at all.
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Perhaps because of the terrain, it became harder and harder for the boy to find water as he walked. For several days, no one dared to light a fire to cook, so they ate some dry food at will.
"Brother Cheng, we may have to change our route. If we can't find enough water today, we won't be able to continue on our way tomorrow." The puddles we encountered in the past few days were all stored in the space by Yunqi first. The water was poured in, but the puddle was originally very dry. Once it was poured in, most of it was absorbed by the earth, which wasted a lot to supply water for so many people. I don’t know how far I have to go next. If I continue like this, even if I take out all the water stored in the space, it won’t be enough.
Sicheng also knows this truth. Besides, it can't be just Yunqi who discovers the source of water every time. If the number of times increases, everyone will be aware of it.
"If we follow the previous map, there is a town ahead. Let's go down and look for it when the time comes. Even if it delays the trip, we must solve this problem first." "Looking at the distance, we should be almost there. I hope there is enough salt there
. , otherwise our trip will be in vain." Yunqi has stored a lot of books, including road maps. Every day during her break, she secretly studies the route with Sicheng. In the past, she relied on navigation when going out. No one among them is familiar with the direction. If they don't identify carefully, a random fork in the road may lead them astray.
"We can't take so many people to look for it. There are too many of us, and we are afraid of arousing people's defenses. Moreover, it is not convenient for so many people to move together. We will find a place to settle down for everyone first, and let's go look for it together. Let's look for it." Yun Qi thought that if it didn't work, he would have no choice but to risk getting some more water. If he found a water source, he could also replenish some in his space first.
By the time we reach the intersection of the three intersections, this area is relatively wide and can accommodate so many people gathered together. Sicheng asked everyone to rest where they were. He and Yun went to look around to see if there was any water source.
"Brother Cheng, how about I go with you and let Yunqi take a rest here." Monkey and the others were embarrassed to let a woman go out to look for water all the time.
"It's okay, and maybe my luck is better than yours. I should find the water source this time." Yunqi simply attributed the reason for finding the water source every time to luck.
"Why don't we go with more people, and the chance of finding them will be higher." "
We won't go very far, and people are needed to maintain safety here. Besides, we don't know what the situation is here, and there are so many people going there. It's not necessarily a good thing." Sicheng refused directly. Those who wanted to follow him to find water sources were all better in force. They should stay here to make everyone feel more at ease.
"Brother Cheng, whether you have found the water source or not, you have to come back as soon as possible. If you haven't come back in two hours, we will go find you then." "Let's check the time. We will definitely be back within three hours
. , and I will leave messages along the way. If there is any delay, let the monkey bring people to find us." He said this because only the monkey and the big bear knew the code words between them.
With everyone's expectations, the couple embarked on their first joint adventure after the catastrophe.
After walking out of the ruins of the toll station, they saw two routes, one on the left and one on the right. However, standing in the middle of the road and looking to both sides, they could see nothing. There were only messy weeds in front of them.
"Which way to go?" Sicheng gave the choice directly to Yun Qi, because the two of them were like this in their previous life, and Yun Qi's luck had always been better than his.
Yunqi took out a coin directly from the space and said, "Heads go to the left, tails go to the right." "
Let's go, left." Every time she encounters a situation where she doesn't want to choose, she will leave her fate to the coin, which is what she has always done. It was a habit she had kept from her previous life. Although the coin in her hand was not the same one from her previous life, she always put it where she could easily reach it.
Sicheng left an obscure mark when he went left. Although he felt that it was not needed, he still followed the agreement.
The two of them walked forward for another half hour. Only then could I vaguely hear the braying of a cow. "Brother Cheng, did you hear the braying of a cow just now?"
Yun Qi asked a little uncertainly. You must know that he had bought a cow through his family before, and it was directly killed in the earthquake. Because the former farmland in my hometown has been replaced by mechanization, there has never been the habit of raising cattle near them. As for the beef in the past, it was beef cattle bred by farmers, which could not go to the ground at all, not to mention after a long period of cold weather. During the freezing weather, even the beef cattle disappeared. After all, it was impossible to find fodder to feed them in that kind of freezing weather.
As they moved forward, the sounds became clearer. Now when they heard that it was indeed a cow braying, the couple became excited. You must know that they were also asking around during this time, wondering if they could find some cows to take back.
"Hey, what are you doing? How did you find this place?" A sudden voice startled Sicheng and the others. Just now, they only noticed the cow braying and forgot to observe the surrounding situation.
I followed the voice and saw that it was a little boy in his teens. He had been behind the mound watching the cows in front of him, so they didn't notice.
"Are you a resident nearby? We were passing by and wanted to find some water from you." Yunqi directly stated his purpose.
"Why did you come to us? We haven't had anyone here for a long time." The little boy looked at them curiously, thinking that he wanted to make sure that the two people in front of him were harmless before asking.
"We were going to Province S and passed by you. Since we didn't find any water on the original highway, we found you here. How far is the water nearby?" "Are you two just there?
"
"No, there are still our companions there."
The little boy looked at Sicheng who was silent on the side. He did not tell them, but pointed to a place not far away, "My house is in front, do you want to go there?"
Sicheng and Yunqi looked at the little boy in front of them in surprise. You must know that since the catastrophe, there has never been such a generous invitation to others.
"Is that your village ahead?" Sicheng picked up the telescope and looked in that direction, but there were only a few small houses in front of him.
"Yes, but now they all go to work in the fields. If you want to find water, you have to go in that direction, because the only water source in our village is there." "Does your village live near you
? "Yun Qi still couldn't help but ask. "Our place is relatively remote. Most of the people here have moved out a long time ago. There are still a few families living here." Hearing what he said, you knew that this was probably a remote area, and it was also
possible to build such a highway opening here.
Want to help them improve their lives.
Chapter 170 168. Gaozhuang
In the end, they followed the little boy and walked in the direction he pointed. Along the way, Yunqi was chatting with him and also asking about the situation here.
It turns out that they are a poor county. Before the highway was built, every time they went to the county seat in their village, they had to walk for most of the day. Even though the traffic improved later, they still spent the same time in the village every day. Self-sufficient.
Yunqi and the others were the first people to arrive in their village since the catastrophe.
Their place is called Gaozhuang, and there are only seven or eight households in total. After the great disaster, they also went to the county to ask for help, but found that everything was the same everywhere, and there was no peace in the county, so they simply returned to the village. I'll figure it out myself.
Maybe it was because they were relatively well-known as poor people in the area, so no one came to visit them. Coupled with the freezing weather that followed, they slowly gave up the idea of going out.
The little boy's name is Gao Baiyun. He should be in junior high school now, but because of this damn disaster, he can only help the family manage a few cattle every day.
Yes, they in Gaozhuang have made a living by raising cattle for generations. However, due to the spread of mechanization, people gradually no longer need cattle. Although they have reduced their breeding in the village now, every household still has to raise cattle. Get a few heads. It was also because of their special affection for cattle that they were able to continue to feed them in the difficult environment that followed.
Especially when Yun Qi found out that there were dozens of cows in the village, his heart was beating faster. This kind of cattle would be a necessity in the future. In addition to farming, it could also pull It's a heavy thing, but it's more cost-effective than raising a horse.
She wanted to ask Gao Baiyun whether the cattle in their village could be sold? But he didn't know how much it would cost to get a cow back. It would be better to discuss these matters with his parents.
"Master, we have a guest." Gao Baiyun shouted to the ground, and soon a man stood up straight and looked over.
"Yun, who's here?" Grandpa Gao hurriedly walked over from the field when someone arrived.
Sicheng and the others hurriedly took a few steps forward and said, "Hello! We are passing by and want to come to the village to find some water." "
Didn't the county send someone here?" The old man was obviously disappointed.
When Sicheng and Yunqi heard this, they didn't know how to tell the old man in front of them that they would have to survive on their own for a long time in the future.
"None of us have been here before, and I don't know if we have all been forgotten." Grandpa Gao was a little helpless and disappointed. He had nothing to do if he stayed here all his life. But the younger generation will eventually get out. Otherwise, given Gaozhuang's current situation, it's unclear whether they can survive in the future.
Although a little disappointed, Grandpa Gao still took them home politely.
Knowing that they were looking for water, they pointed to the canal not far away on the road, "That is the drinking water in our village, but for some unknown reason, the water has become less and less during this time." The honest old man
said He also asked his grandson to prepare meals for the guests, "It's fate that you found this place. Let my daughter-in-law come back later to cook you some special dishes here." Yun Qi quickly grabbed Gao Baiyun and said, "Uncle, don't bother me
. Well, we have to continue on our way. Besides, there are people from our village waiting there at the highway intersection, so we can’t delay for too long." "Then call all the people from your village over. It won’t matter if you look at the sky
. It's early, why don't we rest here for the night and continue our journey tomorrow."
Sicheng and the others hadn't seen such an upright person for a long time.
"Uncle, there are a lot of people here, more than a thousand people. We really came here to look for water because we couldn't find it on the road. Wait a minute, we can just go back and bring some people here to get water. I dare not trouble you again."
"There are so many people! So where are you going this way? The road is not easy to walk now."
Yun Qi told the old man in front of him the purpose of his group.
"That place is not far from here. If it had only taken two or three hours to get there before." Grandpa Gao's words confused Yunqi and the others. According to the previous marks on the map, it would have been much longer. How many days to go?
"Uncle, we are mainly going to province S this time to exchange for salt. Their famous Yancheng is still a few days away." "That's right. I also worked there when I was young. The salt well is in the next county
. . As for the Yancheng you are talking about, that is the city under their jurisdiction. The trading is over there, but the salt production is next door. The salt we use here is basically wholesaled directly to the salt well." Sicheng They
wanted to knock themselves at this moment, why didn't they think of it? The salt well will definitely not be built in the city. The name in the book almost misled me. If they had not arrived at Gaozhuang, the group might have missed their destination and would have had to walk a lot of wrong roads. The two hurriedly confronted each other. Thank you to Grandpa Gao.
"Brother Cheng, let's go and notify them to come over to get water first, and then continue on our way tomorrow."
Yunqi originally wanted to stay here and look for opportunities to fill the space with some water, but Sicheng didn't feel comfortable leaving him alone. .
When they brought people over to get water, they found that more than 20 people in the village were waiting for them. It may have been too long since no strangers had arrived here, so they always seemed to have endless questions. Sicheng and the others also told them about the situation outside, and even vaguely reminded them that there was drought everywhere now, so that they should prepare in advance.
When we arrived at the water point of their village, we discovered that the original stream looked like the flow of water in a small ditch.
While everyone was washing and getting water, Yunqi found Grandpa Gao again. Their son and daughter-in-law were also at home at this time.
After introduction, I found out that the couple also worked in the south before the catastrophe. Later, he returned to his hometown because of the disaster warning, and now the family relies on the harvest from the fields.
"Uncle, I see there are still so many farm cattle in our village. I wonder if I can exchange a few of them with you? Don't worry, as long as you bring it up, if we can do it, we will definitely exchange it with you." Grandpa
Gao Gao Shitou, his son, glanced at his family, and then hesitantly stated his plan.
"We still have five cattle in our family, and one of them is still pregnant with a calf. I wonder if we can trade the cattle for a piece of land with you." At this point, Yun Qi looked at him with puzzled eyes. Looking at himself, he realized that he had not made his words clear, "We are thinking of leaving two cattle, and the other cattle will be treated the same as in your village, because it is becoming more and more difficult for us here, except for the fast water. The crops were exhausted and crops couldn’t be grown. We had to find another way. Now that we see so many people here, the most important thing is that the atmosphere you get along with makes people very comfortable, so we thought about whether we could move to your place. ."