Get the golden finger at the beginning: Enjoy the journey of escaping from the famine

The third brother looked at her with some worry in his eyes. Shen Li smiled slightly, "Third brother, I'm fine."

Shen Yuanzhou saw the smile on her face and said nothing more.

Shen Li walked over. Her parents were making whole-grain cakes. Shen Li picked one up from the winnowing basket, squeezed it, and then put it down silently.

Shen Li rolled up her sleeves to wash, and after washing her hands, she went over to help.

At the beginning of the afternoon, Shen Jingyuan came back driving a mule cart. Xu Taohua's mother and brother did not come with them. The mother and son did not want to hold Xu Taohua back.

Shen Jingyuan tried to persuade them a few times, but failed. He told them a brief account of what happened and then returned on his own.

At night, Shen Li returned to her room, closed the door, and waited until everyone in the family fell asleep before she blew out the oil lamp and slipped into the space.

In the space, two black and white balls, one big and one small, are sleeping together, and the picture is extremely warm.

When Shen Li appeared beside them, the giant panda opened its eyes alertly and hugged the cub tightly with one hand. After seeing that it was Shen Li, the whole bear relaxed a lot.

Looking at its appearance, the lotus pod must have taken effect, and it has regained some of its spirit now.

Shen Li picked up a bunch of bamboo shoots, a dozen cucumbers and a small pile of spiritual fruits, and piled them all in front of the giant panda.

"You must be hungry. Eat something so your injury heals quickly."

There was a big tree behind the giant panda. He pushed the cub aside, endured the pain, sat up, and started peeling bamboo shoots and eating.

When Shen Li saw that it could eat, she finally let out a sigh of relief.

As long as it can eat, it's good. Being able to eat means it is slowly recovering.

Shen Li did not stand there disturbing the giant panda, but turned around to go and see the crops she had grown.

I picked all the cucumbers, beans, peppers and other vegetables that needed to be picked, and now there is a small pile of vegetables at the edge of the space.

Although there isn’t much fruit, it’s enough!

It would be great if there were strawberries. The strawberries grown in this space would definitely be big and red and delicious.

After Shen Li finished her work, she came to the giant panda, which had already finished eating the small pile of food she had prepared.

"Hey~"

The little guy also woke up. Now the little guy trusted Shen Li very much. He ran straight to her and pulled the corner of her skirt.

The giant panda was no longer surprised by this scene and did not move at all, still leaning against the tree to rest.

Shen Li held the little boy in her arms and rubbed him hard. She laughed softly when she heard the gurgling sound coming from the little guy's stomach.

For fear of making the little girl angry, the laughter did not last long.

They had collected some wild goats outside before, some of which had babies. Shen Li took a large bowl and squeezed some goat milk for Tuanzi.

Its mother had just been injured and had lost too much blood. If she were to feed the little boy milk now, she probably wouldn't recover so quickly.

Anyway, there is goat milk in the space. Just look at the little cub burying his head while drinking and you will know that it is not picky about food.

The next morning, Shen Zhenyuan sent his little grandson to invite Shen Changshan over.

Shen Changshan did not refuse and immediately got up and went to the village chief's house. There were already more than a dozen influential people in the village.

"Fourth uncle."

"Changshan is here, please sit down."

Shen Changshan looked at the place his fourth uncle pointed to, walked over and sat down.

"I'm sure you're all aware of the water shortage and skyrocketing food prices in recent months."

"I won't say much about this old man. Recently, more than a dozen beggars from the south have appeared in Taohua Town. They fled here after the spring this year to escape the disaster."

More than a dozen people had the same expression, frowning in confusion, full of doubt.

The south is quite far away from them, so it would not be strange if there were a dozen beggars begging all the way here.

These people thought so, but when they saw the serious expression on the village chief's face, they realized that something was wrong. If it was so simple, it would not be worth it for the village chief to call them together.

Although the Shen family is the most common surname in Sanli Village, there are not only members of the Shen family, but also other surnames, but they are not numerous.

Shen Zhenyuan saw the expressions on their faces and said in a deep voice: "The south is in chaos. The people of the three states and counties are displaced and have left their homes."

"I learned from several beggars that a large number of refugees will pass through Yizhou soon."

As soon as the words fell, everyone was shocked.

"If you pass by us..."

"Well, then don't we have to move to the county town? Otherwise, how can we protect this village from refugees?"

It’s not that they think too much, but the refugees have experienced so many disasters, and those who can get here are probably not simple characters and cannot be treated with a normal attitude.

"Village Chief, what should we do?"

Everyone didn't know what to do at this moment and looked at Shen Zhenyuan.

Shen Zhenyuan sighed, "Everyone, prepare food and water first and prepare for the worst."

"In addition, each family will select one able-bodied man to patrol the village at night starting tomorrow."

Everyone had no objection, and doing so was also for everyone's safety.

"Okay, go and notify each household."

More than a dozen villagers filed out. Shen Changshan also wanted to leave, but was stopped by Shen Zhenyuan.

"Changshan, I'll have someone keep an eye on the situation in town. If there's any emergency, we still have time."

"Fourth uncle did the right thing."

Shen Changshan returned home. He looked around and found that there was no change. He just packed a lot of things in the room, waiting for the arrival of the refugees.

A few days passed, and beggars came to Taohua Town in batches, but the number never exceeded 20.

It was not until three days later that news came that Jiangyang County had been captured by refugees and bandits, with heavy casualties among the people in the city, and all the wealthy households and shops along the streets had been looted.

Moreover, these people did not stop but continued to move forward.

As soon as the news came, the villagers of Taohua Town and the villages below were all surprised and panicked. Even a big city like Jiangyang County guarded by soldiers had been robbed. They couldn't resist at all!

Suddenly everyone felt in danger and long queues formed outside the grain store in the town. They had to prepare for the worst, so they planned to buy some food at the last minute.

However, these grain shops have already raised their prices. The price of brown rice has risen to 200 wen per catty, brown flour to 100 wen per catty, old rice to 300 wen per stone, and millet and sorghum to 50 wen per catty.

As for refined rice and refined flour, they are no longer sold to the public.

With food prices so high, ordinary people couldn't buy much even if they gritted their teeth.

Shen Li had been coming to the town every day recently. After hearing the news, she immediately drove the mule cart back. The mule seemed to feel the owner's eagerness and ran much faster than usual.

Rushing all the way back to Sanli Village, when passing by the village chief's house, Shen Li thought about it and decided to stop the mule cart.

"Knock, buckle, buckle~"