Nongmen Jiao Nv: Escape from the famine with space

Chapter 221 Detour (12)

The villagers didn't think much about Yang Jin's words, but after reading many novels, she had already made up part of the plot in her mind. According to the novels, disasters like drought didn't happen suddenly, Not all places have it at the same time. In some places, the drought will be earlier, and the disaster will naturally be earlier. It's just that the news is blocked. The villagers like them have no channels, so naturally they don't know anything.

In fact, the drought started a long time ago, and the higher authorities also started to shake the disaster early. However, the food for the disaster was pulled down layer by layer, and the corrupt officials in the middle were also deducted layer by layer, and the people were detained. Isn't there just a bowl of porridge left here to hang my life.

But Wen Xin didn't dare to talk nonsense at this time, she just asked: "Other places are more serious than ours, so where shall we go?"

Yes, everyone followed the village head and left directly. It’s not scary for them to have no destination, but it’s scary if they don’t know where they’re going. .

The village chief sighed and said, "Actually, we have already inquired about this before. This time, the affected area is extensive, and most of them are in the south, but the south is a land of fish and rice. I think the situation in the north must be better. But none of us can guarantee whether it is true or not. There are two counties near the water along our road. Let's go there first to see how the situation is. One way, let's not take a detour."

But the distance from the south to the north cannot be reached in a day or two.

After finishing speaking, the village head continued: "But the most important thing for us now is to avoid the direction in which these thieves are walking, and it is best to be behind them, so I plan to go around this road and go to the next door first." Let’s take a look at the county town over there, since this group of thieves walked along our village, they probably wouldn’t go to the next county.”

Of course, this is just the village head's idea, so everyone can agree or disagree.

Not long after, someone raised an opinion, "Village Chief, we are fleeing from disaster, so going to the next county would be a waste of time, or let's go straight ahead."

"It's not that I haven't thought about going straight forward. The main thing is that the thieves ride horses, and we walk. No matter how fast we go, it is still easy for the thieves to catch up with us. And let's go from here, all the way to the next county. There are rivers and mountains, if you are really unlucky to meet a thief or the thief goes to the next county, we also have a place to hide."

This walking plan was not decided by the village chief himself, but was decided after discussing with the elders in the village and Yang Jin. Their main purpose was to escape for their lives before fleeing famine, but no matter how they escape, the most important thing is to escape safely. Yes, so they don't think it's a big deal to take shelter from the limelight and go around.

Since these people came out with the village chief, they naturally believed in the village chief's character and his considerations. After all, the village chief's family also followed them. If it was not safe, they would not be safe either. Everyone really has no objections for the time being.

But the remaining villagers are fine, but the expressions of those villagers who bought food are a little unhappy. Even if the village chief has already told them in advance and told them that the price of food has risen, there will always be some people who will take chances Psychologically, no, the villagers entered the village, and after inquiring about the price, they accepted their fate.

But as I said earlier, not only the price of food has increased, but also the price of entering the city. The food is one tael per catty, and the entrance fee is also one tael per person. The reduction has been a lot, but so many people want food and can't get it even if there are fewer people.

And now people have already entered the city, and the entry fee has already been spent. It is useless to think it is expensive at the moment. You can’t just spend the entry fee for nothing, so these people who went in more or less bought it. Some food, but not much. The main reason is that everyone does not have much money in their hands. Rural people, how can they have so much income.

But it is precisely because of knowing the price of grain that everyone along the way should not be too casual about eating. After all, who knows when it will be stable.

The group followed the route planned by the village chief. It took half a month from their Yuntong County to Lin County next door, and at noon there would be an hour for the villagers to rest and eat.

Of course, although the villagers all stay together, every household eats separately. Everyone brings their own small pots at home when they travel, just to make it easier to cook hot food on the road.

The same goes for the Wen family, but because of the donkey cart, they brought all the two stoves and two pots they used for business, and lent the other stove and pot to the Wang family on the grounds that the donkey cart couldn’t fit. In order to reflect the friendship between the two families, Aunt Wang is naturally grateful. It doesn't matter what they do. This journey is hard. I still hope that Wang Xiaoni can eat better, so the two families naturally cook better than others It's more comfortable.

The food for the big guys is also simple, the batter is boiled with a fire, and the cold buns made at home can be eaten without a fire, but the Wen family is particular, even if they have cold buns, they still have to be hot. Eat it after a while. In addition, just eating steamed buns is not enough. Wenxin also brought out some small pickles and let everyone eat them. By the way, some hot water was boiled on the stove. How can drinking cold water be okay in October?

After lunch, they leaned against the tree for a lunch break, otherwise they would not have the strength to hurry.

After walking like this for 3 days, someone finally couldn't help but didn't want to leave, "My feet are not working anymore, these shoes are too tiring to walk, my shoes are all worn out.

Like everyone in this situation, cloth shoes can be used for walking, but the soles are too thin, which is really not suitable for long-distance travel. What's more, the land has not been repaired at the moment, and the yellow land is full of large and small stones. It's even more embarrassing, but it's okay not to mention this matter. Once someone mentions it, everyone can't help but agree, "Yes, my feet hurt too."

"It's easy for you people who have donkey carts and ox carts, but we have come out step by step. We can't lift our feet now." Depressed, it's only been a few days since she complained, but to be honest, she hasn't been in a donkey cart for the past three days, and walking on the road is really tiring, so she also put a pair of thickened on the soles of her shoes The cotton insoles, although the shoes are a bit more comfortable to walk on, are still really hot.

Seeing everyone talking about it, she whispered in Wen Yu's ear, "Second brother, is there anyone in our village who knows how to weave straw sandals? Putting the straw sandals on the outside of cloth shoes can save shoes and not tire your feet."

Wen Yu naturally knew that straw sandals were easy to walk on, but he didn't find any grass on the ground that could be used to weave straw sandals. So, it's not that Wen Xin didn't mention it before, but that the conditions simply didn't allow it.

(End of this chapter)