The scorching sun is scorching the earth, which has not had a drop of rain for more than two years, making people feel hot on their feet.
Big beads of sweat appeared on Xia Qiyue's forehead, and his eyes were half-squinted due to the strong sunlight. His pace became increasingly difficult, and it was obvious that he could no longer keep up with the large army.
"Mom..." The two children on her back were not much better. Her daughter's weak voice sounded, and Xia Qiyue paused slightly and raised her head.
"Mom, please let us come down and walk on our own! We have gained strength after eating." Ke'er saw her mother stop and listen to her words, and she quickly spoke.
Xia Qiyue still insisted on shaking her head. Although she could no longer hold on, she looked at the people not far behind and in front of her. They were in similar situations. Some old people had even stopped and sat on the ground to rest. Li Zheng would definitely not ignore it.
Yes, you can rest then.
Sure enough, not long after she insisted on leaving, Li Zheng's voice rang out.
"There's shade in front of the trees, let's go there and rest for a while!"
Although they were fleeing the famine, everyone was still happy when they heard this. They didn't dare to fall behind, but after walking for more than two hours, they were already unbearable, so it was a good time to rest.
When we arrived at the woods that Li was talking about, although it was dry, the trees still grew leaves, but they were wilting.
Xia Qiyue found a shade tree far away from Lao An's house, released the two little ones, then took them out, untied them, took out the thin mattress and spread them out.
"Xuan'er, Ke'er, sit on the mattress and rest for a while, it's quite cool here!"
The two children are very obedient and almost do whatever she says.
"Mom, come and sit too! Let's sit together." The little daughter was still very clinging to her, holding her hand and not letting go.
Xia Qiyue folded the quilt and put it into the backpack, then used the backpack to cover it and took out the water bag from the space.
The total amount of water was less than one and a half kilograms, and they had already drank almost half a kilogram.
Now there is only about one kilogram left, which is the amount of a bottle of mineral water, which makes Xia Qiyue very uneasy.
It would be fine if I could pump that ten-pound bucket of water tomorrow, but if I couldn't, the water wouldn't even be enough to save my life.
But looking at the chapped lips of the two children, she felt cruel and took out the water bag.
"Xuan'er, Ke'er, come and drink some water!"
Not far away, in the queue of Lao An's family, Liu Mei turned around and saw Xia Qiyue feeding her two children water, mumbling and looking unkind.
"Let's see, with just that little water, she will definitely come to us if she loses it! I don't agree with my parents leaving her alone then!"
The boss, An Zicheng, was pushing the trolley all the way and was too tired to talk to her.
Although she was resting, Mrs. An had no intention of giving them water to drink. There were many people swallowing saliva watching Xia Qiyue's movements.
Xia Qiyue felt the gazes from around her and hurriedly let the two children take a sip of water. She also took a sip and then put the water bag away.
It was really uncomfortable for a person who was dying of thirst to only drink a sip of water. She didn't want to eat anything now, she just wanted to drink a lot of water to fill herself up. It was so uncomfortable.
After cooling off under the shade of a tree, Xia Qiyue's tense nerves suddenly relaxed. Xia Qiyue sat with one in her arms and leaned against the basket on her back, and just fell asleep.
By the time she was woken up, it was already half an hour later, and Li Zheng had already started making arrangements to set off.
She got up resigned to her fate, put away the mattress, put the two children into the backpack, and followed the large army on her back.
When the sun was setting, Li Zheng found a forest.
Let everyone stop and spend the night here tonight.
Xia Qiyue's sharp eyes saw a big tree with three people hugging each other. He quickly walked a few steps with his backpack on his back and occupied the place next to the tree.
This place was already considered the outer edge of the forest. No one wanted to go out any further, so they all tried to find a place inside. In the end, her side became the outermost place.
She spread the mattress behind the big tree, and the mother and son could not be seen from inside.
"Fourth sister-in-law, why are you here? It's safer to go in a little closer to home!"
It was An Zihao who put down the burden in his hands, walked over, looked at the mattress that had been spread, and spoke to remind him.
Xia Qiyue shook her head, "It's fine just here, but I can't go there."
She found that the seventeen-year-old brother-in-law was a bit innocent in character and looked like a child. She didn't know whether he cared out of his own intention or came here under the instruction of the old couple.
An Zihao didn't stay much longer. Hearing that Xia Qiyue couldn't make sense, he left.
The sky gradually darkened and the temperature dropped. Xia Qiyue took out a wild vegetable steamed bun from the space, broke it open for the two children, and ate half of it himself. The mother and child each drank a sip of water, put the things away, and then
Lie down and prepare to rest.
After she coaxed the two children to sleep, she didn't know whether it was because she was too nervous or because she was scared. She stared and couldn't fall asleep.
Listening to the snoring one after another, she was in a daze, thinking about all the things that had happened throughout the day. She felt very tired, and the road ahead was uncertain, which made her feel powerless.
I don’t know how I fell asleep, but when I woke up again I was woken up by the sound of the alarm clock.
Yes, it was the alarm clock that kept ringing in her head. She jumped up and found that the alarm clock had stopped ringing.
She knew it was the space that was responsible. Seeing that no one was moving around, she covered her two children with quilts and entered the space.
Sure enough, the sign-in lottery board has been updated, and the one point taken away in yesterday's lottery has appeared again.
She was so excited that she quickly ran over and pressed the red button in the middle of the lottery board. The pointer started to rotate, then slowed down from rapid rotation.
I passed by the option of a bucket of water several times and drew it away in Xia Qiyue's hopeful eyes.
Xia Qiyue was so angry that she stared at the pointer with big bell-like eyes and slowly stopped. She clicked to receive the reward with some disappointment.
It's a pound of wheat.
After she got the wheat, some planting rules and a health bar appeared on the screen.
It turns out that the condition for upgrading is farming. If you plant enough space for one thousand kilograms of wheat, you can upgrade to level two. By then, items, crops, and corresponding livestock will also be unlocked.
She has always known that you can raise chickens at the first level, but you cannot raise chickens without a chicken coop, and the chicken coop can only be obtained by paying a lottery. So she has never had the extravagant hope.
After getting the wheat seeds, she couldn't wait to start planting. She only had one piece of land, and the introduction to space crop production clearly stated that one acre of land requires twenty kilograms of seeds, which mature in one hour.
That is to say, one fen of land requires two kilograms of seeds, and she only has one kilogram of seeds in her hand, which is not enough for planting. She can only plant half of the acreage.
She was worried about not having any farm tools, and saw a glimpse of the planting method. It turned out that it could be controlled by her thoughts. She learned how to do it after a few operations.
I successfully planted the wheat and looked at the crop yields. One acre of land produced one thousand kilograms of wheat, one hundred kilograms produced eighty kilograms of flour, and twenty kilograms of wheat bran.
In other words, half of the land she planted only produced fifty kilograms? This space is too cheap and stingy. If this continues, when will she be able to plant a thousand kilograms of upgrade space?