Chapter 254 The vicious female partner escapes to farm (5)
After Xu Yin decided, she started packing her luggage.
A stone and a half of millet were all ground into rice in the past two days, and the husks were dried in the sun, dusted and stuffed into two pillows.
Half stone sweet potato, half dried, half mixed with rice these days to eat.
Although the bedding is shabby, it is impossible to leave without one.
It doesn’t matter if it’s hot now or not, but what if it rains or the temperature drops.
Xu Yin took out the bedding at home and threw away the ones that were really rotten. She dried and fluffed the ones that could be used and sewed clean sheets on them to make two beds.
I didn't have many changes of clothes, so I only packed them all in one baggage.
Pick out the pots and pans that are relatively intact and bring them with you. Even if someone breaks into your home, they probably won't bother to steal them if they have a lot of nicks.
In addition, she dismantled an old door panel used to build a bed and found some wood. If it was not enough, she went to the foot of the mountain to cut down a tree and planned to make a push-type splicing cart.
The wooden wheel was still a bit difficult to make according to the drawings produced by the system. It took her a lot of time. After making it, she tried it. The hard wheel rolled very badly, but it was better than nothing.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for her to carry so much luggage and two children, no matter how strong she was.
Although she had a lot of ready-made tires on hand, it would definitely not work if they were too eye-catching.
Running away and still showing off your wealth is equivalent to writing "Come and rob me if I have more money" written on your face.
This reminded her of the time in the Yan Dynasty, which was also in a backward ancient plane. With Yan Kejin as a royal backer, she even dared to drive a four-wheeled iron car when going out.
When I think of "him", I feel a little lonely. I don't know if there is "him" in this small world.
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It was five days after I packed everything up.
The water level in the river has obviously dropped by a few inches, and you can clearly see the bottom of the river bed. The fish and shrimp trapped in the shallow water have been fished out, no matter whether they are alive or dead.
The fields are becoming increasingly dry and cracked, with cracks radiating out.
Villagers lined up in long lines to carry water from the river every day. The village chief arranged for people to maintain order. A family could carry no more than two buckets a day, otherwise the river water would not be enough.
But two buckets of water, not to mention the food, drink and washing of the whole family, were all poured into the rice fields, which was just a drop in the bucket.
Moreover, there are vegetable plots in front of and behind the house that are in urgent need of irrigation.
Villagers who live close to the mountains have never thought of going to the mountain pools to fetch water.
The mountain road is difficult to walk, so hard work is nothing! Just have water!
However, after only a few visits, I found the footprints of a large insect near the waterhole, and I did not dare to go there again.
The water pool may have become the territory of giant insects.
Compared with lack of water, life is more important after all.
For a time, people were panicked.
Ever since Xu Yin decided to flee the famine, she never went to the river to carry water.
There is some water left at the bottom of the tank to deal with the villagers who occasionally come to the house to inquire about the situation. The daily drinking water is basically the Lingxu Sect mountain spring water transferred from the system warehouse.
The mountain spring water containing spiritual energy has washed away a lot of impurities from the two boys' bodies. We don't expect them to become strong and healthy instantly, but we try to make them less sick.
The water in the water tank was completely gone and it was time to set off.
Xu Yin tied the luggage onto the trolley and laid the rice bags in the center of the trolley. When the time came, let the two children sit on the rice bags so that their buttocks would suffer less.
"Sister-in-law, where are we going?"
"Let's find a place with water." Xu Yin touched the heads of the two children, "Don't worry, just get through this year and it will be fine. There will be more rain in spring next year, so we will come back. By then, your eldest brother should also be back.
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When the two children heard this, they nodded their heads: "Wherever my sister-in-law goes, we will go."
Xu Yin pinched their little noses: "I'm not afraid that my sister-in-law will betray you!"
"Sister-in-law is so kind to us, so she is reluctant to sell us." Erlang made a face.
The third sister giggled.
Xu Yin sighed in her heart: What a silly boy!
Just as she was about to set off, Xu Yin suddenly remembered, do you need a road guide when going out these days? Otherwise, would you be able to leave the city?
She patted her forehead and told the two children: "You guys wait at home, I'll go to the home to raise a family."
At this time, the men from each family saw that the village was completely without water, so they went to look for water outside the village with buckets. The younger students were guarding the foot of the mountain to prevent wild beasts from running down the mountain and harming the crops. Suddenly they heard a "buzz" coming from the west.
the sound of.
"It's not good! It's not good! The locusts are coming!"
"A plague of locusts! It's a plague of locusts!"
The villagers who were the first to discover it stumbled over, shouting heartbreakingly as they ran: "It's over, it's over! My land! The rations for my family of eleven!"
The villagers' faces turned pale, and they rushed home in confusion. They held up butterfly nets and broken fishing nets to fight against the locusts in order to save the life-saving food in the fields.
But there are fewer people and more locusts.
Trillions of locusts swept across the sky.
"Locusts cover the sky and the sun is colorless, and the wild fields shed tears and blood." Locusts pass through the border and nothing is harvested. This is not just a saying.
The villagers stared blankly at the rice fields that had been eaten away by locusts, feeling regretful.
One man's eyes were bloodshot and he slapped himself hard.
Why didn’t you listen to Dalang’s wife and harvest the millet earlier?
What does it matter if the green millet is not weighed? After all, it is the ration of the family. If you save it, you can survive the famine years.
It's fine now. It was eaten by locusts and nothing was harvested!
No harvest!
"Oh my God!"
Even the normally resolute man couldn't help but burst into tears.
Not to mention those women.
When Xu Yin saw this scene while running, her heart was severely pinched.
In such a tragic situation, not only one Lijia Village, but all the surrounding villages were inevitably hit by the locust plague.
A woman wiped her tears and scolded Aunt Li: "It's all your fault, you bitch! I had already planned to harvest the rice that day. If you insist that the elder man's daughter-in-law is not well-meaning and our family has no harvest, I will fight with you!"
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How could Aunt Li let her beat and scold her? Although she also regretted it, she couldn't hold back her words: "Did I force you? Did I push you away? It's obvious that you were vacillating on your own, but you blamed me! Damn you, how dare you scratch me?
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"That's enough! Shut up, everyone!" The director closed his eyes in despair.
It's his fault! He's not decisive enough!
He is guilty!
"Long..."
"Let's go!" The village chief waved his hand to them, "The drought is followed by the locust plague. Our village will not be the only one suffering. Life will not be easy this year. If you have relatives in other places, go and seek refuge as soon as possible before there are people on the road.
If there are too many, hurry up and leave! If we delay it any longer, there will be more and more people, and the city gate may be closed, and then we won’t be able to go anywhere!”
When everyone heard this, they stopped fighting and quarreling, wiped away their tears, and went home in silence to pack their bags.
Regardless of whether you have relatives in other places, leave here first and then talk about it.
As the village chief said: There is a locust plague in a hundred miles radius, and the water shortage is so serious, where can we go to find food and water?
There might be a way to escape.
When escaping due to a disaster, there is no need for road guides.
Xu Yin ran home to try to get time to leave the village early.
When people in each village realize that they can no longer stay in their hometowns, the roads will be filled with people fleeing famine.
She has experienced the life of a peasant girl fleeing from famine, with many people and chaos.
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