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

After the farce ended, Xie An found the official with a fifty-liang silver note.

The leader of the officers looked at Xie An with a smile: "Young General Xie, are you just going to keep cleaning up their messes? I don't believe you can't see that for those people, the more you clean up their messes, the more arrogant they will become. In the end, it will be you and your family that will suffer."

Xie An regained his gentle demeanor and replied with a smile: "After all, we are all members of the Xie family, so we should help each other. As for the future, no matter how deep the relationship is, it will eventually wear out."

Xie Hong feels guilty towards the people in the second and third rooms. Now these are just some minor matters. When the day comes when something big happens, Xie An believes that his father will know how to make choices. Of course, now these minor matters are also gradually consuming Xie Hong's feelings for them. One day a decision will be made, and Xie An is waiting for that day.

The official did not say much to Xie An. The reason why he took the initiative to remind him this time was because of the favor Xie Hong had said to him in the past. If he continued talking, it would inevitably be like talking too much.

After the Shen family knew about the farce, they didn't take it to heart, especially Shen Qianxue. Whether she was in the capital or on the road of exile, if it weren't for the face of Xie An's family, Wang would have been rude to her a long time ago. She still wanted to eat the snacks she prepared? She could just dream on.

While cooking, the villagers were whispering about the farce in General Xie's family. They all felt sorry for General Xie's family. How could such a loyal and brave general end up with such a family?

Song Shiwei sat in the tent with his legs crossed, listening to the noise outside. He waited until Zhang Wu came back and said that the young man they rescued had woken up. Then he got up and left the tent. The two of them walked towards Huang Changyuan, one in front and one behind, wanting to know whether Master Xu Shihe and his disciple were willing to go with them.

It would definitely be safer if hundreds of people were fleeing famine with a doctor. Even Song Shiwei sincerely hoped that Xu Shihe would agree to go with them. After all, medicine was not his forte, and there was no spiritual energy to practice here. He could still prescribe some simple medicine, but forget about treating illnesses. That was too complicated, especially the profound Chinese medicine.

The two men walked up to Huang Changyuan and nodded to the others as a greeting.

Huang Changyuan did not say much to Song Shiwei, but looked at Master Xu and his apprentice expectantly: "Brother Xu, you should think carefully about what I just said. We will rest here today and set off at the beginning of the morning hour tomorrow."

Xu Shihe glanced at his disciple, and a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind. Then he smiled and waved his hand: "No need to wait until tomorrow. My disciple and I are going to Xingren Prefecture anyway, so we just happen to be going the same way as you. However, my disciple and I's food was robbed by the refugees, and we only have some silver that we hid in advance. I hope Brother Huang will sell us some food later."

Huang Changyuan had just bought a lot of food in Yingchang Prefecture a few days ago. Hearing this, he nodded without thinking: "Don't worry, Brother Xu, there is extra food at home. I will ask Xiao Hai to bring it over later. On the way, we will all rely on Brother Xu."

"Brother Huang, you are too polite. I only have this medical skill to show off, but now I am old, and there are many things I am willing to do but unable to do. But my disciple has inherited all my true teachings. If anyone has a headache or a fever, just go to him directly."

Hearing Xu Shihe say this, the villagers who had been secretly eavesdropping on the conversation felt relieved. Huang Changyuan was even more overjoyed. He didn't expect that two doctors would come as soon as they arrived. He immediately asked Huang Hai to go home and get some food.

"Village chief, we will inevitably have to trouble Doctor Xu on the way. Why don't you stop selling grain to him? There are dozens of households in our village. If each household gives half a pound of grain, it will be a lot."

"Yes, Village Chief, Daming is right. Everyone has a headache or fever. Anyway, I just bought a lot of food in the city a few days ago."

The other villagers also agreed and were willing to give some food. Elder Huang Changyuan was pleased and happily asked his son to go back and get the food bags. Then he turned to look at Xu Shihe and said, "Brother Xu, you heard it all. It's not that I don't want to take the money. Everyone volunteered to give it."

"How can this be possible? Food is precious now. We can't just accept your food for free. We have to pay you to feel at ease."

Before Huang Changyuan had time to say anything after hearing this, the villagers around him started to persuade him at once, and he was happy to listen to them.

"Doctor Xu, please don't talk about giving us money. If you accept money, we will be embarrassed to come to you if we have any problems in the future."

"Doctor Xu, just accept it. The food is not much. It is just a small token of our appreciation. After you and your apprentice have eaten our gift, we will still need you to pay for it."

"Doctor Xu, don't worry. We just bought some food in the city, but they are all coarse grains. I don't know if you two can get used to them."

Having said this, Xu Shihe could no longer refuse, so he nodded in agreement, stood up, bowed, and thanked everyone.

Huang Hai collected the grain from every household, which totaled several dozen kilograms. Even the officials sent a few kilograms of grain after hearing about Xu Shihe and his apprentice.

After dealing with the doctor, everyone began to discuss the next itinerary.

Liu Daming looked at the village chief and then at the others, his eyes rolling around. After a while, he smiled and said, "Village chief, I think it would be better for us to go up the mountain. There are many trees in the mountains and we won't be exposed to the sun. Besides, we don't have to worry about finding a place to rest every day. There are so many caves in the mountains, which are much better than this broken inn. Also, the chance of finding water in the mountains is higher than on the official road."

When everyone heard this, they felt it made perfect sense and all looked at the village chief.

Huang Changyuan also had this idea, and smiled: "Okay, I'll go ask the officials what they think. If everyone agrees, we'll continue our journey into the mountains tomorrow."

Traveling into the mountains does have many advantages over taking the official road, but it also has disadvantages. There are many wild animals in the mountains. Now it is a disaster year and people have nothing to eat, so the wild animals naturally cannot find food. The only thing to be afraid of is that the wild animals in the mountains will get too hungry and attack people.

The officials agreed to go up the mountain together without Huang Changyuan's explanation. Song Shiwei didn't care either, as they could go anywhere. Therefore, the idea of ​​going into the mountain was approved unanimously, and the next step was to arrange things after reaching the mountain.

Old hunters like Chen Qiang and Liu Dong have been walking in the mountains for many years and are very experienced. When the time comes, they will be divided into several teams, each of them will lead other strong laborers in the village to explore the way forward while avoiding ferocious wild beasts. Song Shiwei also let Zhang Wu participate, and they will open the way together with Liu Daming, Huang Hai and others.

After arranging the trip into the mountains, the villagers couldn't wait until tomorrow and asked Huang Changyuan to set off in the afternoon. Thinking that they had to set off at the morning hour tomorrow when it was still dark, it would be unsafe to go into the mountains. Therefore, they asked everyone to start packing their luggage and prepare to go into the mountains. According to the map given by the official, they could enter the mountains behind the broken inn.