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

Huang Changyuan only called people from Dahe Village to gather water. He did not tell Song Shiwei and the other two people or the police. After all, it was their own business. Besides, it didn't seem like the two sides were short of water, so he didn't tell them and it was not convenient to make arrangements for them.

But Huang Changyuan called so many people over to discuss something, and Song Shiwei had already heard it clearly. After thinking for a moment, he called Zhang Wu.

"Since you think the villagers are good, let's show our attitude. There is still half a bucket of water in the bucket. You can take it to the village chief to express your attitude."

Zhang Wu agreed at first, then frowned: "Those officials are also here, I don't think they have any intention of bringing out the water, should we..."

Song Shi raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes were extremely cold: "So what? What does it have to do with me?"

Zhang Wu grinned immediately: "I listen to my master."

After saying that, he got on the carriage, took down the remaining half bucket of water, and walked towards Huang Changyuan's position.

The officials looked at him with vague eyes, but Zhang Wu remained calm. Amid the puzzled gazes of everyone, he placed the water in front of Huang Changyuan and said loudly, "Village Chief, my master said that since we left together, we should share our water with everyone else. There is no need to divide it so clearly."

Huang Changyuan's face was full of emotion. He looked at Shui and then at Zhang Wu. His weathered face finally showed a smile: "Okay, okay, we will share the good and bad times in the future, without any distinction between us."

Many villagers were also moved, and their feelings for the two deepened.

On the officials' side, many people looked unhappy, especially the second and third branches of the Xie family and some officials. They felt that Zhang Wu's sudden behavior made it difficult for them to live. On the other hand, Xie Hong and his son and the Shen family didn't have any ideas.

Song Shiwei didn't care what these people were thinking. He kept his opinions to himself. If they were looking for trouble, that would be even better. He had been feeling irritated these past two days, and it just so happened that someone offered him blood for sacrifice.

Zhang Wu went out with half a bucket of water, and when he came back there was only one-third of the original amount in the bucket, which was enough for him to drink sparingly.

After setting up the tents, everyone prepared to sleep in their respective positions. There were still very few people on Song Shiwei's side, so in order to look after each other, there were people sitting around them.

Huang Changyuan was arranging people to keep watch at night. When the police heard about it, in order to get back their previous position, they also arranged for several police officers to come and join in, including Xie An.

After arranging the night watchmen, Huang Changyuan asked the rest to go back and rest so that they could set off earlier the next day.

Xie An was very skilled and took the initiative to guard until the second half of the night. At that time, he was building a simple straw hut for his family, which was better than using the sky as a blanket.

Shen Qianxue came quietly at this time, and as soon as she arrived, she called Xie An to come to the side and handed him a small cloth bag.

"If you're hungry at night, just have some snacks, don't leave it for the second room and the others."

Xie An looked at Shen Qianxue with extremely gentle eyes and nodded gently: "I understand, you should go back and rest, we have to continue our journey early tomorrow morning."

Seeing that he agreed, Shen Qianxue said no more. After giving another instruction, she returned to the Shen family's resting place.

Xie An watched her leave and looked in the direction of Shen Qianxue for a long time.

Ever since the information in his mind disappeared, Song Shiwei has paid more attention to Shen Qianxue and Xie An. Although he was lying in the tent now, every word and action between the two was echoing in his ears. When he heard Shen Qianxue bringing snacks to Xie An, Song Shiwei curled the corners of his mouth.

The village was too deserted, so the people did not choose to live in empty houses. Instead, they all set up tents in the threshing ground. With more people, everyone felt more at ease. Even if there were disaster victims who were traveling at night and came following the fire, they would not dare to make any plans easily when they saw so many people.

Most people were worried about the water problem and tossed and turned in bed, but Song Shiwei and his friend had no stress in this regard and fell into a deep sleep after a while.

In the morning, Song Shiwei woke up before everyone else. He quickly went into the space to wash and came out again. He was afraid that people would smell the smell of soap, so he only used clean water to wash each time. After he had packed up and eaten some dry food, he heard Huang Changyuan calling on everyone to hurry up.

It is still dark and the heat has not yet risen, so it is a good time to set off.

Song Shiwei did not enter the carriage for a while, but sat outside with Zhang Wu to drive the carriage.

"Master, I see that the supplies for the officials are running out. Do you think we can make it to the city today?" As early as yesterday, Zhang Wu noticed the mule carts loaded with grain by the officials. There were only a few bags of grain on the mule carts. If the food for the exiles was not counted, it would be enough for them to eat through the day.

Song Shiwei naturally noticed it, and thought about the map he had seen before, and said slowly: "It depends on how many people are on the road today. If we hurry, we can reach the city in the afternoon."

However, now not only are there a huge number of disaster victims on the road, but the weather is also extremely hot, and every step taken during the day is torture.

"Master, when we get to the capital, shall we buy some?"

Song Shiwei paused as he looked forward, then turned to look at him in surprise: "If we don't buy anything, won't it attract too much attention?"

Zhang Wu scratched the back of his head and grinned, "I just asked casually. We must buy some. If we don't, people will think we eat a lot."

Since you already know the answer, why are you asking? Song Shiwei rolled his eyes.

The group started their journey at the end of Yin hour. At this time, they had not met other victims on the road. They all knew that the food was almost consumed, so they quickened their pace. It was not until the end of Chen hour that they had to stop because it was too hot.

Huang Changyuan asked people to stop in a shaded place on the side of the road. The road was much wider than the one he walked on in the past. There were trees on both sides. There used to be a long river on the left, but as expected, it has now dried up. On the right side was a large forest.

Many hunters in the village felt itchy when they saw the mountains and forests. They had not eaten meat for two days and their food at home was running out. If they did not add some food to their families, they were afraid that the food would be gone.

Therefore, as soon as they settled down at home, Chen Qiang and his friends found Huang Changyuan and said that they wanted to take the young men in the village for a walk in the woods. Huang Changyuan naturally knew what everyone was thinking, so he agreed without saying much, and only asked them to be careful and come back early.

Liu Daming also trotted over to find Zhang Wu and asked him if he wanted to go with him.

Zhang Wu had just set up two tents and frowned when he heard this: "You guys go ahead. It's too hot today. I really don't want to go out."

The main reason is that I have no hope of catching any wild animals.

Song Shiwei came over after feeding the horse, glanced at the two of them and said, "I'll go out with you guys."

Liu Daming's eyes lit up instantly.

Zhang Wu frowned and said, "Master, it's too hot today. The wild animals in the mountains are probably looking for places to cool off. It will be difficult to fight them."

Song Shiwei waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm just going out for a walk, it doesn't matter whether I can catch prey or not."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wu stopped persuading him. When Song Shiwei followed Liu Daming away, he silently picked up his long sword and followed.

Led by Chen Qiang, Liu Daming, Chen Chun and others took their equipment and prepared to enter the forest. Just as they were about to set off, Xie An and Shen Yan came along.