Defeat natural disasters with farming

No matter how long the story is, it needs an explanation.

So Lu Wen said with a full face: "When Dilong turned over, our Liaodong County was not in good condition, especially the ground, which was shaken out of countless cracks, and most people were either crushed under the ruins or fell into deep pits. "

He described the horror of the crack pit in just a few words, "I once stood by the crack and looked down, and I couldn't see the bottom at a glance. It was dark inside, and I couldn't see anything. I thought I could see it." Those who fell in could still be saved, but when I actually saw it, I didn’t think so, it was really terrifying.”

"We are not sure whether the crack will expand again, so those who survived quickly moved away from that area. We chose to go to a yellow sand plain to recuperate."

Hearing this, Shen Fu frowned slightly, as if there was something he couldn't figure out, he pondered for a while before asking: "Could it be possible for you to be the remaining dozens of people?"

You must know that although Liaodong County is considered a remote place in the northeast, the resident population of the entire county is more than [-]. Even if there is only one county guard stationed in the county, there are at least a few thousand people.

If there are only a few dozen people left, the disaster in Liaodong County will be much more serious than their Donghai County.

Lu Wen waved his hand, "That's not the case. At the beginning, about a quarter of the population of the entire county survived. I took these people away from the county. Originally, I thought that the imperial court would send people to help the disaster, so I didn't dare to leave. It was too far away until I met a group of refugees, from whom I knew that the most severely affected place in Dilong turned over was the capital city, so no one will come to rescue the disaster, and we can only rely on ourselves."

"Actually, everything went smoothly at first. If it keeps going smoothly, not to mention going back to the past, simple food and clothing will be more than enough." Lu Wen's voice was getting lower and lower at this time, Shen Fu and the two couldn't help but listen attentively.

"However, unforeseen circumstances, for some reason, the ocean suddenly flooded a few years ago, and a wind volume of tens of meters high swept from the ocean, carrying huge waves and engulfing everything on the shore. We call it The storm, if the storm is only for a while we can go through it, but this time obviously it is not the case, every other year there will be two months in the storm, especially in July, the whole month is the worst .”

When Shen Fu heard his words, he remembered one thing. Deputy Han and the others in the Chenhui caravan encountered such a situation once, and only a dozen or so survived in the entire caravan.

According to Ye Yu, these are tornadoes and tsunamis.

That being the case, after two-phase verification, what Lu Wen said should be the truth.

Lu Wen didn't know what he was thinking, but he just sighed and said, "Originally there were not many people, and when the storm came irregularly, there were a lot of people who were swept away by the wind and fell into the sea. There are not many people left, and there will be all kinds of inconveniences on the way to escape, most of the young children and the elderly have not survived, only a few dozen of us are left."

"It's really difficult." Ye Zhouyuan couldn't help but sighed.

Thinking of those dead people, Lu Wen couldn't help but have a sore nose. He coughed twice and continued: "I sometimes feel that God just doesn't leave us a way to survive. We were already settled in a suitable place two years ago. We only need to settle down well, but within a month, we encountered a volcanic eruption that is rare in a hundred years. If we were not sleeping in the cave at that time, it is estimated that even these dozens of people would have disappeared. "

Shen Fu was stunned when he heard the words, and then pointed in a direction, "Is the erupting volcano over there?"

Lu Wen nodded, "That's right, that's where we came from."

Sure enough, Shen Fu verified his thoughts, and he also sighed, "The volcano there also had a very bad impact on our village, and it took several months to recover."

After he finished speaking, he asked again: "I don't know why you came here a year after the volcano erupted?"

After all, they had been there before, but it only took a few days to arrive.

Lu Wen immediately replied: "We didn't want to go this way at first. We wanted to go to the south to make a living. The main reason is that there are many disasters in the north, and sometimes there are droughts. No matter how you say it, the south will not be worse than the north, but because The distance was too far, so we couldn’t make it in the end. Later, we came across a small village nearby. There were not many people in it, and it was surrounded by mountains and rivers. I thought it was impossible to stay there, and I was not afraid of your jokes. I understand now that in today's world, the only way to survive is to hold together."

Then another question arises, "Then why did you leave that village in such a cold day?"

Lu Wen didn't hide it from them either, "Because of the expansion of the mountain forest, the forest has expanded from the mountain to the foot of the mountain in just one year, and even poisonous insects and snakes have entered the village, and many people have been bitten."

This makes sense, after all, the same situation happened on their side. The forest under Dongshan Mountain has been burned by them, leaving only bare land. Now it is the first choice for future land reclamation, because after the flames Incineration, the branches and leaves are burned into plant ash, which is rich in nutrients and can increase fertility when it falls into the soil.

But Shen Fu still had a question, "How did you know about our city?"

Jiwang City has just been built and is located in a remote place. If they didn't know about it, how could they find it.

Lu Wen replied truthfully: "Not long after we arrived in the village, another pair of mother and daughter passed by. They said that they originally wanted to visit Sicheng, but her child was sick, and the rest sent them to the village. She stayed where she was, so she had no choice but to find a nearby place for the child to recuperate. After the child recovered, the two of them would stay. In fact, if the village was not too remote, and there were mountains and forests nearby, it was not suitable for farming. , it’s good for us to stay there.”

He quickly realized that he had strayed from the topic, so he pulled it back, "The two of them came from Yejia Village, so there are two options for where to go, one is your place, the other is Wangsi City, but Wangsi The city is far away, so we decided to join you first."

Shen Fu frowned and repeated: "Mother and daughter?"

"Yes." Lu Wen nodded and said, "Mother's surname is Zheng, daughter's surname is Li."

As soon as this restriction came out, Shen Fu immediately knew who the mother and daughter were, the daughter-in-law and granddaughter of Mrs. Li.

He and Ye Zhouyuan looked at each other, and they both understood each other's thoughts.

"Aren't they here today?" Ye Zhouyuan asked.

"It's not just the two of them," Lu Wen said: "There are still more than 30 people in the village who have not come here. Not everyone agrees to leave, and most of them are older people who believe in returning to their roots. After passing through the village, some of the remaining people just don't believe that the situation in the village will continue to deteriorate."

Shen Fu nodded and said: "Okay, please wait outside for a while."

After Lu Wen left, Shen Fu went up to the tower and told Father Ye everything in detail.

Father Ye thought for a while, and then asked the people around him, "What do you think about this?"

Ye Zhong was the first to speak: "If it's what they said, it wouldn't be a bad thing to accept defection."

The main reason is that after they built the city, there was a huge population gap. Both men and women needed it. You must know that population is the primary productive force.

Doctor Xiao Hao who was standing aside also nodded, "I still remember Zheng's mother and daughter. Although she is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Li, she is kind and much better than her mother-in-law."

Others said different things, but they meant the same thing. Basically, everyone agreed with Lu Wen and the others.

So Father Ye made a decision: "Send someone to inform them, but the rules must be settled first."

Shen Fu took over the task.

He first pushed open the city gate to let them in, and then called the city soldiers to pour each of them a cup of hot tea.

When everyone was relaxed, Shen Fu said: "I hope you can understand one thing, that is, you can't live in the inner city for the time being, you have to live in the outer city for a period of time, and wait for the doctor to diagnose and treat one by one to make sure that you are not infected. , to enter the inner city.”

Lu Wen held the cup and nodded, "It should be so."

Others also agreed.

Then Shen Fu told them other rules one by one. Lu Wen listened carefully. The most important thing for them was to settle down and divide the land. It is treated equally.

Finally, there is the matter of food that Lu Wen and the others are very concerned about. Shen Fu promised: "It's freezing today, and it's impossible to grow food. I don't know if you still have food in your hands. Of course, there is no need to say more. If not, our city will Give the right amount of food to survive, but the food is not given to you for free. We will open up wasteland next year. For you, it is equivalent to exchanging labor for food. If you don’t want to work, you can just return the same food back later. .”

This is as it should be, they are already very relaxed, some places don't care about the life and death of defectors at all, they exchange things with others for food, if they don't have to exchange, they can only starve.

After all the rules were explained one by one, Lu Wen said: "You send someone to follow me to the village, and you have to inform them."

Upon hearing this, Shen Fu called Ye Hai and asked him to lead a small team to go there with Lu Wen.

There are six people in a team, all of them are young and middle-aged, not only excellent in martial arts, but also have a tacit understanding, which is enough to deal with ordinary situations.

And Lu Wen's family members are all in this group, they are equivalent to hostages.

But Ye Yu didn't participate in the next thing, mainly because he didn't know if they were carrying germs, so it's better not to get close to people with low immunity like Ye Yu and Shen Qingyu.

Ye Yu could only listen to his mother's gossip, or learn some news when Ye Mu took him to the old house to chat with Mrs. Ye and the others.

Aunt Ye counted with her fingers, then clicked her tongue and said, "There are more than 100 people, how much food will they get!"

Mother Ye said: "Actually, there are not many. Some of them have food in stock. Those who need us to help are two to 30 people. What we give back is coarse grain, and the skins are not peeled. No matter what the taste is, anyway, they can barely eat and wear. Wait for the spring Then they are ready-made strong laborers who can definitely help with the work."

"It's true if you say so. Wild vegetables start to grow on the ground in spring. They will never be hungry." Aunt Ye nodded.

Second Aunt Ye interjected at this moment: "What's the situation with Mrs. Zheng and her daughter? Wasn't she driven away by the village? Why was she separated from the others? And what about Mrs. Li?"

The barrage of questions clearly showed her curiosity.

Mother Ye waved her hands when she heard these questions and said, "Come one by one. Speaking of which, they are actually very unlucky. The group of people who just left the village were divided into two groups. They followed the team that visited Sicheng, and Mrs. Li They followed the other team, but the child got dysentery halfway through the journey. In the end, he became dehydrated and was not cured. People who went to visit Sicheng said that the child could not be saved, and the journey could not be delayed because of her, so Just leave them halfway, if there is not a village over there, they will starve to death."

Second Aunt Ye sighed, "So that's how it is."

"Then are they infected?"

Mother Ye shook her head and replied: "No, in fact, there are almost no old, weak, sick or disabled among them. The youngest child is four or five years old. According to the village chief, many people have died in their village since the last drought. If we can’t keep it, there will be more rain this year.”

Mrs. Ye paused her hand peeling the garlic, "It's good if you're not sick. There are a lot of newborn babies in our village, so you have to be careful. And Brother Bao, don't run outside. stay at home."

Ye Yu responded, and he opened the chestnut shell in his hand. The golden and yellow chestnut kernels shone with a greasy luster under the light of the oil lamp, and when he ate them, they were extremely soft and sweet in his mouth.

Some of the chestnuts are planted on the fruit mountain, and the other part is picked in the east mountain. The taste is almost the same, and there is no difference.

After a while, Yue Ling came out of the room holding Ye Ru in his arms. Ye Ru reached out to Mrs. Ye, calling "milk" indistinctly.

Sister-in-law Ye didn't forget to ask Yue Ling when she took Ye Ru over, "Why are you looking after sister Gu Ru? Where's his second uncle?"

Yue Ling smiled sharply, "He fell asleep, I thought my sister woke up and was looking for you, so I just carried her out."

Aunt Ye also smiled, and lowered her head to tease Ye Ru, "Quickly call your second aunt and your uncle."

Ye Ru began to parrot, she still spoke slowly, but she had already opened her mouth, which made Uncle Ye and his wife feel relieved.

The whole afternoon was spent chatting, and before Ye Yu left, he suddenly remembered something, so he asked his mother, "Miss, is the wheat born?"

Maizi is the descendant of Xiaomi. No matter how smart Xiaomi is, he is only a hound after all. He didn’t live long and passed away a few years ago. Ye Yu and the others set up a monument for him. Coincidentally, Maizi is the longest among all descendants. The one most like Xiaomi is a bitch.

After hearing the question, Mrs. Ye turned her head and replied: "In the past few days, it is estimated that it is pregnant with four puppies. When it is born, you come here to choose two."

This was agreed a long time ago, mainly because Ye Yu's family is small, and it is safer to have two hounds to guard the house.

"Okay." Ye Yu's heart trembled when he thought of Xiaomi. Although he and Xiaomi couldn't stick together every day after the separation, Xiaomi often came to him and often stayed overnight, so it was no different from before the separation. .

Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, but the pain left behind is obvious.