In this situation, she has to give out water before anyone is willing to exchange it for food rations, right?
After dawn, Xia Qiyue began to observe which family was short of water and which family had food.
After eating a full meal and drinking chicken soup in the middle of the night, they were not hungry at all, so they did not plan to eat in the morning.
Xia Qiyue took advantage of the time when others were having breakfast to secretly go farther away to collect firewood. There was not much charcoal in the space, so she had to collect more firewood and wanted to cook some porridge.
There are also gold coins in the space, and she can buy some more chicks to raise.
By the time we came back, everyone was ready to go.
Xia Qiyue also successfully discovered whose house was short of water.
That is An Laozhuang's family. After their eldest son was injured, most of the water in the house was used to make medicine for him. The water shortage in the house was serious.
Xia Qiyue, carrying two children on her back, slowed down a little, walked a little closer to An Laozhuang's wife, Wang Dazuizi, and then spoke quietly.
"Auntie Big Mouth, why is your mouth so dry and you don't want to drink water?"
Wang Dazuizi became a little depressed after the death of his son, and he didn't like to gossip as usual.
Seeing Xia Qiyue approaching, she didn't want to talk to him at first, but when the water was mentioned, she couldn't help it.
"Aunt An's house is out of water, isn't it? The children are so thirsty that they can't stand it anymore. Is there any water at your place?"
Xia Qiyue grimaced, moved a little closer, and then said, "To tell you the truth, Auntie, I still have some water here, but we don't have a morsel of food. You also know that when we separate, you will give us that little bit."
Things, it’s too difficult to buy some rations now..."
Wang Dazuizi's eyes lit up when he heard that Xia Qiyue had water, but when he heard what she said, he didn't understand anything. He wanted to exchange the water with her for food rations.
But their family didn't have much food. She had to use it to change the water and then she had no food rations. What should she do?
"Auntie, this person can tolerate not eating, but he can't bear not drinking water!" Xia Qiyue added.
Seeing that her sister was doing this just to get them some food, Xia Jiuyue secretly made up her mind that when her sister gave them food at night, she would eat less and save more.
Wang Dazui licked his chapped lips, then looked at the similarly chapped mouths of several grandsons of different sizes, and finally agreed to exchange five wild vegetable steamed buns for a pound of water in Xia Qiyue's hand.
In this way, Xia Qiyue and the others had lunch under everyone's eyes, but each of the five of them only ate half of the wild vegetable steamed bun, and they could make another meal at noon the next day.
There was water. I bought the water from the Liulin County magistrate, and Xia Qiyue always carried it in plain sight.
After walking for more than ten days in a row, I didn't dare to walk on the main roads, which were all woods or mountain roads. Xia Qiyue also tried his best to eat something in front of people, but it was just a little bit of wild vegetable steamed buns that he bought or exchanged with others.
Steamed buns and stuff like that.
When they were so pitiful and almost stopped, Lao An's family looked on with cold eyes. The old couple who could care about their grandson before became completely indifferent.
However, the five of them were not really hungry, because late at night Xia Qiyue could always cook porridge or stew chicken for them, or eat steamed buns, steamed buns, and corn pancakes.
The pickles she pickled are now ready to eat. Every time a few people eat them secretly late at night, she is very careful. When it’s dark and she wants to rest, she tries to find a place farther away from people. Several times, Mrs. An and Wang asked
Why, she said she has a younger sister of the right age and she has to consider her reputation.
From then on, no one doubted them anymore, but she was still afraid of being discovered. During the day, she would rub a little loess on the faces of the five of them, and also put a little bit on their hair. In this way, their rosy faces could not be seen at all.
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When they were approaching Anyang Fucheng, Li Zheng and the clan leader combined their efforts to stop the team and choose a very secluded place.
Then he selected a few young and strong boys from the team to explore the road.
Check to see if the Liulin County government officials are chasing you, whether they will let you enter the city, and whether there is any danger.
It is much better to send a few young and strong boys than to send the whole team.
After sleeping in the open for more than ten days, the people in Shanbei Zhuangzi could no longer bear it. Not to mention whether they still had food rations in their hands, they had almost no water. Their lips were chapped, their faces were pale, and they were weak.
Xia Qiyue also asked her younger siblings and two children to try their best to be like everyone else, even if they were pretending, they had to pretend to be a little bit like them.
But I had already gotten two wooden sticks to use as crutches, and followed the team slowly step by step.
She can only sneak into the space at night, but she has saved eight points of land and will soon have an acre of land.
Moreover, 3,300 jins of corn have been grown in the space. In addition to the 100 jins for the chickens, there are still 3,200 jins left.
She didn't eat a few cabbage heads, and there were more than 480 cabbage heads left.
A total of three chickens were eaten. There are now five adult chickens in the chicken coop, and more than 1,300 eggs have been saved, which are just placed next to the chicken coop.
This is all because they eat late at night every day. If they didn't eat, they would have saved more.
However, I spent a lot of gold coins. I bought four chickens for 400 gold coins. I bought buns and steamed buns every day. I spent more than 150 gold coins in more than ten days. Now I still have more than 1,100 gold coins left.
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Xia Qiyue can only look inside during the day, and she doesn't even dare to drink water now.
She didn't dare to take out the sugar cane. After chewing it, she didn't know where to throw it. She didn't dare to throw it away because there was no room for it.
When we got here, the weather wasn't that hot anymore. The temperature was just right during the day while traveling, but it was a bit cold at night and I couldn't bear it without a quilt.
However, the folks who have never been out of any courtyard think that after autumn, the boundaries of Anyang Fucheng should be like this.
After sending people to explore the road, the villagers all sat down and rested.
Shanbei Zhuangzi, which was supposed to have a population of more than 400 people, now only has more than 350 people left.
During this journey of more than ten days, many people died, including the elderly, infants and young children, and pregnant women.
Xia Qiyue shook her head, why didn't Ge Mingyu die? Although he kept shouting that it hurt so much and he was overheated, he just couldn't die, so he limped along with a cane.
On the other hand, Yang Qiuju and Liu Mei were in trouble. Liu Mei was fine, but An Qingling was at least five years old. She stared at her. She was so young that she had to trot to keep up with the team, and he didn't dare to let her carry it on her back.
But An Qinghua, who was only two years old, couldn't do it, so Yang Qiuju had to carry her all the way.
The relationship between the sisters-in-law was not good at first, but now, Yang Qiuju and Ge Mingyu have reached a point of tension.
Just because Mrs. An ordered Yang Qiuju to help carry the child, Ge Mingyu acted bossy. Yang Qiuju, who was about to be unable to bear it, almost threw An Qinghua into Ge Mingyu's hands.
Although the second wife only has her twelve-year-old son An Qingzheng, who wouldn't want to only care about their own son?