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

"Master is right. Those people really risked their lives for food. I just don't know how the village chief and the others are doing."

Song Shiwei understood his worries and patted his shoulder: "I made a special observation before. Those disaster victims are just stealing food and water. Qitian Town is rich and they won't kill anyone. The village chief and his men are not that stupid. After seeing the situation clearly, they will naturally get out in time like us. You don't need to worry too much. Just wait for a while."

Zhang Wu nodded in agreement, led the horse to a slightly more spacious area nearby, and then fed and watered it.

The two of them stayed in the woods for two cups of tea. Song Shiwei estimated the time and turned to Zhang Wu and said, "Ride back to Qitian Town to see if the village chief and his men are still there. If not, go to the nearby mountains."

“What if we can’t find it in the mountains?”

Song Shiwei patted the horse that Zhang Wu brought over and said, "If we still can't find it after all this, then let's go directly to the north. We have the same goal anyway, so we will meet sooner or later."

Zhang Wu deeply felt that this was the truth, so he said yes and led the horse to deal with the forest, and then rode towards Qitian Town.

After Zhang Wu left, Song Shiwei put the conspicuous carriage into the space, then climbed up the tree, leaned on the branches and closed his eyes to rest.

An hour later, Zhang Wu came back on horseback, covered in dust.

Seeing the disappointment in his eyes, Song Shi smiled and jumped down from the tree: "Didn't find it?"

Zhang Wu nodded. "I went to Qitian Town first. There were only many disaster victims there, but no familiar people. Later, I walked in the mountains for a while and found many traces, but no people. The mountains are too big, and they cleared the traces later. I think the village chief and his men have either left or found a safe place to rest."

"The only people who can choose to go up the mountain in Qitian Town should be the village chief and his friends. Since they are fine, you don't have to worry too much. If you are really worried about them, you can go find them. I don't mind anyway."

Zhang Wu immediately raised his head and looked at Song Shiwei, his eyes firm: "Compared to others, the master is the first in my heart."

Song Shiwei chuckled: "Zhang Wu, you have been with me for a while now, I think you have a general understanding of my personality. I don't like to force anyone. People are always selfish. As long as you don't cause me trouble and don't get in my way, I will be very tolerant to my own people. Are you sure you don't want to go find them?"

Zhang Wu shook his head: "Since I chose to follow the master, I must put the master first in everything. Just like you said, our destination is the same, and we will meet each other in the end."

"Since you insist on following me, don't be sad like a woman on the road. Think positively about everything. When we reach the north, maybe the village chief and his men will have already arrived."

Zhang Wu knew that Song Shiwei sometimes had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, so he smiled and said, "I know, please rest assured, Master."

After saying that, Zhang Wu was about to tie the horse to the carriage. He looked around but didn't see the carriage, so he looked at Song Shiwei and said, "Master, don't you want to continue on your journey?"

"Let's hurry up. We can settle down in the Northland as soon as possible."

"That carriage..."

Song Shiwei suddenly realized it, and with a wave of his hand, a horse appeared in the open space. Then two bundles appeared in his hand, and he threw one to Zhang Wu: "Let's ride the horses. We will take the official road for the rest of the journey."

After saying this, Song Shiwei put the bag on the horse's back and jumped onto it lightly.

After mounting the horses, the two men shouted "go!" and the horses galloped out of the woods.

Zhang Wu followed Song Shiwei closely on horseback. Along the way, the two saw many disaster victims walking north. Most of them were traveling on their own, carrying shoulder poles. Their relatives followed closely behind them, all with a haggard and numb look on their faces.

The two men did not look away, and even when they met someone who wanted to block their way in the middle of the road, they did not stop at all, leaving behind a cloud of dust.

The heat was rolling, and after only an hour's journey, Song Shiwei was sweating profusely. He immediately tightened the reins and stopped by the roadside.

"Let's take a rest today and continue our journey tomorrow."

Zhang Wu naturally responded well. He immediately took the reins from Song Shiwei and led the two horses towards the woods.

Song Shiwei took out the two people's tent, and after thinking about it, he decided to put the horse into the space and put the carriage out.

It is really not easy to bear traveling in such a scorching heat. It will be more comfortable to put ice cubes in the carriage in the future.

However, the one hour they had just ridden on horseback was already longer than the entire day's walk.

While Zhang Wu was setting up the tent, Song Shiwei also took out food from the carriage. There was no one else around at the moment, so Song Shiwei took out two cabbages and a handful of green vegetables from the space.

"One stir-fried vegetable, one cabbage and egg soup, and one fried rabbit."

Zhang Wu quickly agreed: "Master, I will go and prepare. You go into the tent and rest for a while."

Song Shiwei had just this idea, so he threw him a water bag and went into the tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, Song Shiwei couldn't wait to take out the ice and put it on the tent, then got into the space. He didn't prepare much men's clothing at the beginning, and it was inevitable that they would be torn when he was rushing through the mountains. It was only him and Zhang Wu on the road ahead, so Song Shiwei took out brand new women's clothing, washed up, and put it on.

While there was still some time for cooking, Song Shiwei changed into women's clothes and went to the planting area to check on the ginseng that had been planted before. She also watered the area with spiritual spring water and then added fodder to the various livestock in the space. Only after finishing all this did she leave the space.

Zhang Wu had just finished cooking and was about to call Song Shiwei, but before he could say anything, the words were stuck in his throat when Song Shiwei lifted the door curtain and came out.

Seeing Song Shiwei changing into women's clothes, Zhang Wu was stunned for a moment, then blinked.

"Master, the meal is ready."

Song Shiwei responded with a sound. He originally wanted to lift up his clothes and sit down as usual, but when his fingertips just touched the clothes, he realized that he was now wearing women's clothes. He had to sit down slowly with his legs tilted and close together.

Zhang Wu saw that his master looked unhappy. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. He had to think about the sad things in the past, but his shoulders still shook uncontrollably.

Song Shiwei put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked lightly, "Why, am I really so funny now?"

Zhang Wu was startled and shook his head repeatedly: "It's not funny, I'm just used to seeing the master wearing men's clothes, so I'm a little uncomfortable for a while."

Song Shiwei rolled his eyes at him and said, "Then hurry up and eat, and clean up quickly after eating, so that those disaster victims won't catch up and cause more trouble."

"Yes, I will eat it right away."

After dinner, Zhang Wu cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and Song Shiwei filled the bucket on the carriage with water, and then filled the empty water bag used during the day with the spiritual spring water in the space. Then he went into the tent and went to sleep in the space. He got up in the middle of the night and took turns to keep watch with Zhang Wu.