Dressed as an old woman, I carry the system and my son to escape the famine

Seeing that there was no food outside the city, Yao Shu had no choice but to look at the food stores in the city.

But if you want to bribe the officers and soldiers guarding the city, it will definitely cost a lot of money. She doesn't have much money in her purse. If she really does this, she probably won't last long.

Moreover, the risk of doing so is too high, and the other party may not be able to do the job even after receiving the money.

After all, they are just a group of refugees. Even if they are really bullied, it is difficult to seek justice.

Because of all the annoyances lingering in her mind, Yao Shu walked a little absent-mindedly. She didn't even notice the village chief walking over until she knew he called out.

"sister in law."

"Village chief, why are you here?"

Yao Shu forced a smile. At this moment, she was a little afraid to face the village chief, because she could vaguely guess the village chief's intention, and he just wanted her to help him come up with ideas.

But the current dilemma facing the village is not something that can be easily solved.

"I need your help with something."

As Yao Shu guessed, the village chief came to ask for help.

She smiled wryly and shook her head.

"You think highly of me. I really can't do anything about the food problem. Our family is also suffering from famine now. We will run out of food in a few days."

"Ugh!"

The village chief sighed, who among you is not like this?

"I think we should all take another route instead of taking the official road. Let's go through the mountain. Maybe we can encounter prey. There should be more food on the mountain."

There are always places on the mountain that people have never been to, and if they can find some food, it will be a good thing. It would be great if they can catch prey later. They haven't eaten meat for a long time.

This idea was right. The products on the mountain were indeed richer, but Yao Shu hesitated.

"The mountains are dangerous. If we encounter big insects or jackals, we will be in danger. Don't risk your life by then."

The fear of facing the tiger was still fresh in Yao Shu's memory. She was really afraid.

There are too many ferocious beasts in the mountains, and they can become prey if they are not careful.

The village chief also knew this, but there were not many choices left for them, so he said helplessly.

"If we don't go into the mountains, we won't be able to hold on much longer. If we're hungry for a few more days, we won't even have the energy to hunt."

The situation will only get worse by then. He has already seen that the porridge that some people drink is so clear that people can be seen, so how can this be used?

Yao Shu was silent. Although the Shen family had not reached this level yet, they were not far behind.

"Just follow your arrangement."

She had no choice but to venture into the mountains.

In this way, everyone deviated from the official road and started to enter the mountain. The road in the mountain was not easy to walk, and everyone slowed down.

It was now early winter, and the ground was covered with withered yellow leaves. We could only find some edible things here and there, which finally allowed everyone to survive.

As for prey, it was very rare. At most, some people picked up bird eggs and shot sparrows, but other than that, no other prey was caught.

These little things don't work at all and can only keep them alive.

On the way forward, Yao Shu's eyes were searching everywhere. Almost everyone was like this, pointing to where they could find something to eat.

But no matter how dazzled Yao Shu was, she couldn't find any food.

It was time to eat again at noon. Everyone set up a fire, but there was nothing in the pot.

Yao Shu was adding firewood to the fire. In today's weather, this was an easy and comfortable job. Even the firewood was collected by Shen Qiu and several other children.

She numbly filled the firewood team with firewood. Suddenly she sniffed and asked Shen Nanshan beside her with some confusion.

"Do you smell anything?"

"No."

Yao Shu straightened her body and took a deep breath. She was sure it was the smell of food or coming from the fire in front of her.

But she clearly didn't throw food into the firewood.

Food is the most important thing now. She used a wooden stick to pull the fire in front of her, and the good pile of firewood was almost extinguished.

"Old woman, what are you doing?"

Shen Nanshan was frightened by her sudden move. What kind of trouble was this? It was not easy to light a fire. Their family hadn't cooked yet.

If he didn't eat something, he felt like he was going to starve to death.

"Find something."

"What are you looking for?"

Yao Shu didn't have time to answer Shen Nanshan's question carefully. She was eager to confirm her guess. Unfortunately, the fire was full of sparking firewood, and the original appearance was no longer visible.

She reluctantly pulled at the unburnt firewood beside her, and suddenly laughed while holding a handful of dead grass.

"Hahaha!"

When everyone's life was miserable, Yao Shu's laughter was too sudden, which frightened everyone so much that they all turned to look in Yao Shu's direction.

"Why is Yao so crazy?"

"Are you really crazy? Isn't the daughter-in-law of the Dazhuang family driven crazy by this hard life?"

Everyone else had such worries, let alone Shen Nanshan.

"Old lady, don't scare me."

Shen Nanshan immediately panicked at the thought that something might happen to Yao Shu. Yao Shu was the backbone of their family, so nothing could happen to her.

"I don't have time to scare you now. Who brought this back?"

She was so focused on food that she had no time to pay attention to Shen Nanshan. What she was holding was not ordinary dry grass, but branches and leaves of food, but the edible part happened to be missing.

No wonder she asked about the familiar smell just now.

Being questioned like this by her, the Shen family was a little scared, fearing that she had done something wrong and that Yao Shu was settling a score. They were all very scared.

"it's me."

Shen Qiu replied bravely.

"Where was this thing found? Take me there quickly."

Yao Shu urged excitedly, no wonder she was so excited, what she was holding were potato branches and leaves!

If we can find potatoes, it will be enough for everyone's rations for a period of time. Moreover, potatoes have a high yield, which is the hope of the entire Zhuangzi.

Shen Qiu was a little worried about Yao Shu's current mental state. He didn't know whether he should do what his mother said, so he could only look at Shen Nanshan for help.

"Look what your father is doing? Why don't you lead the way?"

Yao Shu had no patience at all. She couldn't wait any longer and urged again.

"Take your mother quickly."

Shen Nanshan said helplessly.

He couldn't stop Yao Shu at all, so he just let the other party do whatever he wanted. It would be fine if Yao Shu found something and calmed down.

His parents said so, and Shen Qiu could only lead the way. He didn't pay much attention when collecting firewood, but it was a bit difficult to find the previous place.