Fast-travel counterattack: The villain boss, teasing the wrong person

Chapter 150: Survival in the Drought Year (40)

Suning and others also learned about the situation at the foot of the mountain.

Now the temperature is almost the same as in summer. If the water is not watered, the seedlings in the field will die of drought. After watering, I found that the water level in the river has dropped by at least [-] centimeters, and even the wells at home have also appeared. a similar situation.

In addition, there has been no rain for almost two months. At this time, the people in the village can finally be sure that a severe drought is coming.

Now every household only eats porridge, and dare not eat any of it, let alone meat, most of which are exchanged for sweet potatoes.

There is a poor family who has run out of food and finds some boiled wild vegetables on the mountain every day.

In the end, grandpa looked at Suning gratefully. If his granddaughter hadn't reminded him, their family would be the same as other families in the village. How could they have so much food and water?

Compared with the obvious drought in the village, it can't be seen in the mountains at the moment, but compared with previous years, the vegetation is obviously shorter and thinner, and even the flowers on the trees are less than in previous years.

There is no way, no matter how obvious it is, there is also a lack of water.

"We need to save some of the water we save. Now, while there is still water in the stream, let's use it first, and eat the food as soon as it spoils." Grandpa ate the dry tobacco and spit out a circle Bai Yan, "From today on, Dali and I will go down to build a house."

Building a house is also the main task of the two when they come back this time.

After the family finished talking and had lunch, grandpa took his father and mother down to the small garden at the bottom of the cliff.

After this, she never came up again. Every day, grandma would take Suning to put the food and water in the basket and hang it down.

After about ten days, the old lady came up to change the grandma, and Suning also went down to take a look. The house was half built.

In order to save time and water, the house did not use soil embryos, but directly used wood, which is very similar to Uncle Yu's cabin in the chestnut forest.

But they need two more rooms.

In addition, there is a wide shed built with thin wooden boards along the mountain wall, which is the place to put water tanks, pickles, and grain.

After another 20 days, the house was considered complete.

Because there is no straw, the roof is covered with thin wood boards.

The house can be lived in after two days. During this period, grandpa and dad made three more beds out of wood, and other furniture will be made later when there is time.

Grandpa and Papa have been away long enough to go back to the village, otherwise they will be suspicious.

But this time when they go back, Grandpa and Dad will face a big problem - military service.

In Yuanshen's memory, someone from above did come to recruit soldiers, but at that time the Li family had no males, and the family was hungry every day, and there was a patient to take care of, Yuanshen didn't pay attention to this matter, but afterwards, The men in the village are all staying at home,

Therefore, Suning guessed that because of the drought, the matter of conscription was over,

But in this life, she is not sure, because she and Cheng Yongxu, two outsiders, the main line remains the same, but many small things have changed.

I don't know if the conscription will be canceled due to the drought like in the original life.

Cheng Yongxu also left together this time.

According to the timeline given by the egg, half a month later, it will be the time when the heroine princess passes by here.

It was time for Cheng Yongxu to leave.

The Li family didn't know, they only thought that Cheng Yongxu was tired of staying in the mountains and wanted to go out for a walk, but they didn't know that he would never come back after leaving.

Suning felt pretty good, Cheng Yongxu had too much aura, and being with him brought too much pressure.

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After the three of them left, the old lady took her two younger brothers to live in the small garden, taking care of the vegetable field by the way.

Suning and grandma stayed outside, one is to get water conveniently, the other is to take care of the vegetable fields, and the third is to occasionally hunt prey to improve everyone's food.

But as May enters, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, as long as you go out for a walk, your clothes will definitely be soaked.

Suning and grandma had harvested the vegetables in the vegetable field, the land was dry, and even the water level in the nearby stream had dropped by half, barely enough for people to drink, and it would not be worthwhile to water the field again.

During this period, grandpa and dad came back once.

He told them the news that Cheng Yongxu and the princess had left, and at the same time brought the cloth, snacks and two pieces of gold that the princess rewarded them, a total of twelve taels.

The gold was hidden in the house in the small garden by grandma. After the drought, this will be the capital of their family.

The imperial court's conscription work is the same as in the previous life. Due to the drought, it was temporarily canceled. It is said that it was the result of the request of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

The river near the village is almost dry, and there is still some water in the well at home, but now no one dares to waste it, and hardly uses it except for drinking.

As for the wheat in the fields at home, due to lack of water, there is no grouting, and they are all shriveled shells. It can be said that there is no harvest this year.

But grandpa and dad still plan to go back and harvest the wheat again. At least a little bit is better than gnawing tree bark and eating Guanyin soil.

The whole family agrees with this.

So Grandpa and Dad stayed for two days, made a table, shot a wild boar, and went down the mountain again.

A month later, some wheat was sent back, and half a month later, the two of them ran back in disgrace, with their clothes in tatters. Oh, no, it should be said that they escaped.

The river at the foot of the mountain has dried up without a drop of water. In addition, there is no grain harvest this year, and the village is in complete chaos. The words of the village chief and the elders don't work. There are looters everywhere, even their house was robbed once. .

It was inevitable that someone would find out that their house had been evacuated. On the night after the robbery, grandpa and father packed up the remaining things, left the village overnight and returned to Dagou Mountain.

Changed clothes, ate food and drank water. Grandpa sighed regretfully: "There is still a lot of water in our well. I secretly let Shuanzi move to our house. I don't know if they can resist the big head Chen Erhu and the others. .”

As long as he thinks that his home is taken over by Datou and Chen Erhu's gang, he would like to ruin it.

Su Ning comforted: "Don't worry, Uncle Shuanzi will definitely protect you. Besides, aren't there Uncle Dazhuang and Uncle Gouwa?"

Grandpa had been very cold-blooded before, but when the crisis really came, he still couldn't bear to abandon those people in the village.

But what can they do if they are reluctant, they can't protect themselves, how long can they care about others?

Another month later, the stream in the mountain completely dried up without a drop of water, and everyone in the Li family took refuge in the small garden.

The hot spring water cannot be drunk directly without clear ingredients, that is to say, the snow water stored in winter must be drunk for three years.

Compared with the food stored, it is much less, and the whole family saves. In addition to cooking and drinking water, they use hot spring water for bathing and washing clothes.

Only two or three times, when the clothes are put on, there is a sulfur smell on the body.

But that's all for now.

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