The Female Officer Became a Farmer After Getting Reborn

Chapter 73 73 Missing relatives in heavy rain

This night was the most peaceful night these people slept since they went out. Li Yu slept until he woke up naturally. When he got out of the tent, he saw that the grass at the entrance of the tent had been cut. Everyone was still looking for those green leaves to cut for the animals. Prepare fodder.

Zhou Jia walked to Li Yu, looked at her refreshed look, and said with a smile: "Looking at them like this, I'm thinking about staying here."

Li Yu smiled bitterly and said, "This is unrealistic. Think about it, what can you do with just the little water in the cave? When everyone finishes eating the food they brought, there will be so many people chewing on the tree bark!"

Zhou Jia nodded, "What you said makes sense. You go have something to eat first and we'll rest here for two days before making any plans."

Li Yu looked at the children's cheerful smiles and said, "Well! Just rest here for two days and wait until everyone is full of energy before leaving."

While resting on the mountain, Li Yu secretly filled the water tank in the space with water when no one was paying attention.

The team rested on the mountain for two days. After the elderly and children recovered, everyone packed their luggage and started on the road again.

The team walked on the road without any danger for more than a month. They gradually discovered that the grass on the road was no longer withered and yellow, there were no locusts in the sky, and there was no shortage of water along the road.

It was overcast at noon that day, and the wind blew the trees on both sides of the mountain road swaying. The village chief looked at the sky and shouted worriedly: "Everyone, walk faster, I'm afraid it's going to rain."

Everyone speeded up. As soon as the team came down from the mountain, they saw dark clouds shrouding their heads. A loud thunder exploded above their heads. The village chief shouted from behind: "The rain is coming. Quickly find a place on higher ground to stop." , the heavy rain is coming soon."

Jixiang was driving the mule cart ahead and saw a half-hanging cliff. Jixiang pointed to the cliff in front and said, "Let's take shelter under the cliff in front of us."

Everyone led the animals to the cliff and took out the tarpaulin from the car. They opened the tent and moved all the gifts into the tent and stacked them up. Heavy rain fell from the sky. Everyone stood under the tarpaulin and looked at the long-lost scene. It was raining heavily, so everyone raised their heads and enjoyed the rare coolness and comfort.

The rain was getting heavier and the fog was filling the air, making it difficult to see the road ahead. Everyone had to unpack their luggage and plan to stay.

Laidi watched Heavy Rain walk up to Li Yu and whispered with a smile: "Cousin, is there anything else delicious? Let's cook something delicious!"

Li Yu looked at her and laughed, "Okay! Go and see what else is delicious in the pool and the bamboo basket. We will take out and cook whatever you like."

"This girl..." Li Mei looked at Laidi, whose face was as thin as the size of a palm. She swallowed the blame on her lips and helped to prepare in silence.

When everyone saw Li Yu starting to prepare delicious food, they smiled and said to Li Yu: "Little fish, eat from the big pot."

"Okay! Eat a big pot of rice." Li Yu smiled and asked Aunt He to take out the last few pieces of pork belly from the bamboo basket, then mix a handful of red beans for the East family, a handful of beans for the West family, and other grains, and stew them together. A delicious meal of bacon and multigrain rice.

At night, Li Yu quietly took out some dried meat from the space and distributed it to Zhao Di, Lai Di, and Li Qing. Several children took the dried meat and asked Li Yu in surprise, "Sister, can you do magic tricks? Today Grandma He put the bamboo The baskets are all empty!"

Li Yu laughed and said, "I put it in a cloth bag and forgot to eat it a few days ago. Seeing that you are greedy for meat, I finally remembered it."

The rain did not stop until noon the next day. The mountain road was slippery and muddy and difficult to walk on. We decided to rest for the night before walking.

Jixiang, Ruyi and Chen Yaohui went hunting in the mountains. Li and a few women found some wild vegetables, bracken and mushrooms at the foot of the mountain, washed them and waited for them to come back.

Just after Haishi, a few people came down the mountain laughing, carrying a wild goat, two roe deer, a bunch of pheasants, and a bunch of hares.

Butcher He led a few people to find a pond and collected the wild animals. They set up firewood and iron pots, and a goat and two roe deer were spread with aniseed and salt and skewered on pine sticks for barbecue. The pheasants were stewed with bracken. and mushrooms, and hare braised in hot sauce.

The hundred and ten people gathered around the fire and the iron pot and ate with their mouths full of oil. Chen Gui wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a hearty laugh: "I didn't even think in my dreams that during these two months of fleeing the famine, I would... Although it is bitter and difficult, it is the most interesting life I have lived in all these years."

The village chief sighed, "Yes! I used to think about how to dig food out of the soil every day when I opened my eyes. The day the locusts came, I thought the sky was falling. I gritted my teeth when I looked at Chuanzhou and the others. I decided to go out with Xiaoyu and the others to find a way to survive. There is no drought in this land now. Are we still in drought? Are there still locusts? How are the patriarch and uncle at home, and how are the villagers doing? Already?"

After hearing this, everyone fell into silence. After a while, Chen Yaohui comforted the village chief with a wry smile, "Dad, after we settle down, we will go back and take a look when we have time."

The village chief shook his head and sighed, "Oh! Who knows if I can wait until that day."

Li Yu listened to the village chief's words and felt sad when he thought that he would never be able to go back.

Seeing Li Yu's sad expression, Zhou Jia thought she was thinking of her home in Xishan Village. He squeezed her hand distressedly and comforted her with a smile, "Yes, we will go back and see."

Seeing his worried look, Li Yu felt warm in his heart and nodded at him, "Okay, we will go back and take a look."

Mrs. Liu's family and the villagers who had returned to Xishan Village returned to the village together after two days of walking on the road. They found that many houses in the village had been burned into ruins, and not even a soul could be seen in the village.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the situation in front of them. The Xu brothers sighed, "If I had known that I would be like this when I came back, why would I have come back?"

The Xu brothers looked at the scorching sun without even a cloud, and there were locusts flying everywhere. The water reserves had been used up, and the food they were carrying would become less and less. Everyone silently packed up, saluted, and left the village to join the escape. team, Xishan Village fell into silence again.

Zhang Defa sat at the door of the shop and looked at the empty street with a frown, thinking that the well at home had dried up, and what would he do with such a big family?

A skinny beggar with a dirty face and chapped lips walked up to the shop. Zhang Defa was about to drive him away when the beggar looked at him and shouted, "Brother, I'm back."

After hearing this, Zhang Defa looked carefully and shouted in surprise: "Second brother, is it you? How did you become like this?"

There were streaks of blood on Zhang Decai's chapped lips, and he said to Zhang Defa in a hoarse voice: "Brother, find me something to eat quickly. I haven't touched rice or water in a few days."

Zhang Defa quickly went into the house and took a bamboo tube and handed it to Zhang Decai, "You drink some water first to cushion your stomach. I'll close the door and let's go home."

Zhang Decai couldn't wait to take the bamboo tube, drank a few sips before he recovered, and sat down on the ground. Zhang Defa closed the shop and helped Zhang Decai back.

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