Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

The people who went out hunting this time were gone for a long time. From time to time, the village chief stood at the door of the dilapidated temple and looked around for a while. The hunters who went out hunting also asked their children to look outside.

Zhang Wu's skills are better than those of ordinary guards, and he gives him guidance from time to time. He also trains diligently. As long as he doesn't encounter a group of wild wolves or tigers, it will be easy for him to escape unscathed. Song Shiwei is not worried.

The moon was high in the sky, and a group of people who went out hunting hurried back into the night amid everyone's worry.

Huang Changyuan was almost unable to hold back and organized people to go out and look for him. When he heard the noise, he hurried out from the main hall.

Huang Hai and Zhang Wu walked in the front, with several pheasants hanging around their waists.

Huang Hai walked up to Huang Changyuan with a smile on his face, his face full of excitement and his voice loud and clear: "Dad, we have a big harvest this time."

Huang Changyuan slapped him on the back, puffed his beard and glared: "You idiot, do you know what time it is now? You've been out for so long, and I don't know how worried your family is."

"Oh, my dear father, there are so many people here, please give me some face. Besides, we still have Brother Zhang Wu here, what can go wrong?"

Hearing this, Huang Changyuan slapped him again: "You just rely on Xiao Zhang's good skills and don't care about anything. What if you encounter a difficult beast and Xiao Zhang can't take care of himself, what will you do? I think you are too bold, I will deal with you when I go back."

Huang Changyuan looked at the others after he finished speaking. He saw that the people in the middle seemed to be carrying something big. His eyes widened. "What are you hunting?"

Huang Hai grinned: "We were lucky this time. We hunted three roe deer. Now we have meat to eat. We also shot a lot of pheasants."

One of the men carrying the roe deer also laughed: "Yes, village chief, if it weren't for hunting these animals, we would have returned long ago. We thought that although there were many pheasants, there was not enough meat for everyone to eat, so we were delayed. Huang Hai also wanted to let everyone eat meat, so don't blame him."

"We originally encountered wild boars this time, but unfortunately there were too many of them, so we didn't dare to act rashly, so we waited for a while, and finally we saw the roe deer."

When the villagers heard that a few roe deer had been hunted, the crowd became excited.

Huang Changyuan's stern face eased a little. After glaring at Huang Hai, he arranged for everyone to boil water and make fire. The rest of the people went to deal with the roe deer. They would stew one for everyone to share, and divide the remaining two equally among each household. As for the pheasants and rabbits caught by those who went out hunting, Huang Changyuan decided to keep them for themselves, which could be considered as income for the family.

Although this distribution was not very fair to the hunters, no one had any objections and they even felt proud that the villagers had shared the meat.

Zhang Wu went out this time and hunted three pheasants and five rabbits, and processed them all before bringing them back. There was no need to process them again now. After turning around and saying something to Huang Hai, he walked towards where his master was.

Song Shiwei had heard the noise a long time ago. Thinking that there were many people making a fuss, he simply did not go out and stayed in the tent. He only came out after hearing the sound of Zhang Wu coming back.

"Master, I'm back."

Song Shi smiled and nodded: "I'm glad you're back. Go to bed early. We have to leave early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, I'll pickle the pheasants and rabbits with salt and go to sleep. The master should also rest early."

"Well," Song Shiwei glanced at the bustling scene outside, thought for a moment and said, "Let's pack it up and send a wild rabbit to the village chief's house."

Zhang Wu smiled and agreed: "Then I'll send it over after I pickle it. We didn't hunt many wild animals this time when we went to the Yellow Sea. There are so many people in their family, so I don't think there will be enough to go around."

"Just do whatever you want," Song Shiwei said as she entered Zhang Wu's tent, put two pieces of ice there and went straight back to her own tent.

Zhang Wu glanced at Song Shiwei's back, then looked at his own tent and grinned.

While they were processing the hunted prey here, the villagers were even more busy. It was very lively and they couldn't contain their excitement on their faces.

After Zhang Wu packed up the prey, he carried a wild rabbit and walked to where the village chief's family was.

Normally, older people would be sleepy at this late hour, but Huang Changyuan had no desire to sleep at all. He was watching the busy people in the village with a rosy face, and the wrinkles on his face had not disappeared. He was thinking of calling his eldest son to send the wild animals to Zhang Wu and the others first, when he turned around and saw Zhang Wu coming over, and immediately walked over with a smile.

"You've come just in time. We'll divide the meat right away, and you can take some back with you. Oh, and by the way, I also got you some water this afternoon, so you can take that back with you as well. We don't know where the next source of water will be when we set out on the road tomorrow."

Zhang Wu also smiled at the village chief and said, "Thank you, village chief and everyone. I went out hunting with everyone this afternoon and indeed forgot to fetch water. Thanks to the village chief for remembering it."

Then he handed over the hare and said, "My master said that thanks to everyone's care along the way, he asked me to bring a hare to the village chief."

Huang Changyuan shook his head quickly, his face full of disapproval: "It's not worth being so polite, it's just a small matter. The harvest is bad now, food is life, you and your son have a hard time, take this rabbit back and keep it for later. I appreciate your kindness, but I don't know what will happen along the way."

"Village chief, you should accept it. I won't be polite to you, and you don't have to be polite to us. It's just a wild rabbit. Just hunt it. There are so many mountains and forests along the way. Are you afraid that you can't catch it? Besides, there are only two mouths for me and my son. We can't eat all the meat. It would be a pity if it went bad."

Having said this, it would be impolite to refuse any further, so Huang Changyuan took the rabbit with a smile on his face, turned around and handed it to the old woman behind him, then asked Huang Ping to cut the meat and Huang Hai to fetch the water.

Zhang Wu took a wild rabbit and came back with things in his hands. He looked at the roe deer meat and a bucket of water, with a helpless smile on his face.

At 3:00 a.m. on the second day, when it was still dark, the villagers of Dahe Village got up early to pack their luggage. After Zhang Wu prepared breakfast, he woke up Song Shiwei.

Zhang Wu made wild vegetable porridge for breakfast. After they finished eating, they found that Huang Changyuan was talking with the villagers and seemed to be arguing about something.

Song Shiwei glanced at Zhang Wu, and Zhang Wu quickly stopped what he was doing, walked towards Huang Changyuan, and after a while he trotted back.

There was no need for Song Shiwei to ask, he just said it all out loud.

"Master, the village chief and his men are discussing whether to continue taking the official road or go into the mountains. Huang Ping and his men think it is safer to take the official road, while the hunters in the village think that although the mountain road is dangerous, they can find water sources and hunt wild animals in the mountains, so they are discussing it there."

Song Shiwei nodded. According to his own ideas, he was more inclined to take the mountain road. After all, the official road was not safe at this time. There were so many refugees along the way. The people from Dahe Village alone were not enough to fill their teeth. By then, there would inevitably be another trouble.

Sure enough, the villagers of Dahe Village were finally persuaded by several hunters. There happened to be a mountain road behind the ruined temple, and everyone unanimously decided to go into the mountains.

"Master, if we take the mountain road, the carriage may not be able to move forward."

Song Shiwei also thought of this: "Let's go for a walk first, if it doesn't work, just abandon the carriage."

Zhang Wu was a little reluctant to give it up. He had watched the carpenter complete it piece by piece, and it was very expensive.