Gu Qi, she just wants to farm

Chapter 252 Lushan County (1)
The group of people walked for more than ten days, relying on a hand-drawn topographic map that Zhou Li did not know where to avoid the main line of the official road, and walked along the branch line through the mountain trails before reaching the hinterland.

When they came out of Yuan'an Town, Jiang Ping and others prepared some rations and water in advance. There were only 11 people in the group. These rations were consumed in only three days.

Naturally, there is not much water left in the water bag. Fortunately, there are many rivers and streams along the road with a small amount of water remaining, but the water quality is not satisfactory. After several times of tossing with the method of filtering in an earth pit, the entrance is still a stream. Sedimentary.

Gu Qi didn't feel much about this. After all, when he first traveled to Yuzhou, he drank this kind of water, and it was even worse. It has improved a lot.

Jiang Ping, Huang Shanhai, and Shunzi are all in Yuzhou for the first time, and they didn't notice much difference when they were in Yuan'an Town. Now, the more they go to the hinterland of Yuzhou, the more clearly they can feel that the situation in Yuzhou is really bad. How far is it.And this is obviously just across the state border.

For example, it takes a lot of hard work to find this shallow water source that is more muddy than mud on the river channel.

When they tried to drink this kind of water at the beginning, they were still very unaccustomed to it, and they almost vomited out after the first sip.

But when I saw that Gu Qi had a normal expression, he calmly filtered the water and swallowed it slowly, as if it was no different from drinking clean and clear well water.It made Jiang Ping and other men find it unbelievable but also a little bit ashamed.

What's more is the mentality of not admitting defeat. It doesn't make sense that Seventh Sister and a girl can take it lightly, but these rough men are hypocritical.

After a few days like this, the group gradually got used to it.Later on, Gu Qi didn't even need to remind him, he would spontaneously find a water source for treatment, and then store it for emergencies.

The closer you are to Lushan County, the less water you can find, so everyone has to plan in advance and don't miss any storage opportunity.

Except for the water source, the problem of rations is not very easy to solve.

I have encountered many villages along the road, but there are not many villagers left in the villages, and these villagers naturally regard the little food left as treasures, how can they be willing to sell the rations to Gu Qi and the others? .

I often have to pass through two or three villages before I can barely get a few steamed buns or sweet potatoes at a high price.

Most of the time, Gu Qi would take them into the mountains to find some wild game.It is said to be game, but in fact, there are only a handful of live animals that can be found.

The drought lasted for such a long time, but those who had flesh on their bodies were plundered by the famished refugees, and there were not even bones left. That is to say, they deliberately took a detour to take a short cut in these uninhabited mountains. Live one or two hungry skinny wild mountain rabbits or a few huge mountain mice, there are too many people, and even if they are divided up, they will not be able to fill their stomachs, but it can be regarded as a taste of fat.

Fortunately, it is approaching the vernal equinox at this time, when all things are officially recovering, coupled with the few rains half a month ago.As a result, a lot of vegetation has grown lushly on these mountains that no one has stepped into for a long time.

If you search carefully, you can also dig out a lot of wild vegetables that have just sprouted and taste fresh.For example, Malantou, Chinese toon head, alfalfa, etc., the number is not small.

And these vivid greenery that can be seen at a glance also gave Gu Qi more confidence in this trip to Yuzhou Mansion.

At this time, Yuzhou Mansion looks like an old man who is seriously ill and is preparing to return from the Jedi. A rain, a touch of green means that this place is already being reborn.

It also means that, as long as it is done properly, there are a lot of opportunities to make money here.
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When the group arrived in front of the city gate of Lushan County, it was nightfall, the city gate had already been closed tightly, and there was no nearby village where they could stay overnight, so they could only simply camp near the city gate.

I don't know if it was good luck or bad luck.

Near the end of Yinshi, quarter of an hour before the city gate would open, there was a sudden gust of wind, followed by lightning and thunder.

Before Gu Qi and the others could react, rainwater the size of pearls slammed down, but it turned into a torrential rain in a moment, blowing the tent that Jiang Ping and the others had simply fixed between the two carriages with tarpaulins.

The horses tied to the tree trunk were also frightened by the thunder, neighing continuously, raising their hooves and trampling the soil around the tree trunk restlessly.

But Jiang Ping, Huang Shanhai, Shunzi and the others did not sleep in the carriage last night, but just wrapped their clothes in quilts and slept under the tarpaulin.

At this moment, due to not cleaning up in time, the quilt that was originally kept out of the cold was completely soaked by the rain.Naturally, the clothes couldn't be kept, and everyone was in a mess like a drowned rat.

Gu Qi rested alone in the carriage, and his situation was much better than theirs.However, it is obvious that the situation at this time cannot always hide in the carriage.

There was a sound of thunder, and lightning struck one after another, splitting the entire night sky before dawn as bright as day.

For the convenience of resting, the original horses and carriages were placed under the trees. It just so happened that there were only two big trees at the gate of Lushan County. Looking around, there was an open space that was not flat, except for the city wall and the city gate. nothing.

When the weather is good, these two big trees are naturally a good place to repair and camp, but now that the thunder and lightning are so fierce, it is obviously the most unsafe place under the trees.

"Except for Jiang Ping and Shunzi, everyone is now hiding in the carriage."

Gu Qi put on his coir raincoat and bamboo hat, leaned out half of his body from the carriage, and handed the remaining two sets of coir raincoat and bamboo hat to Jiang Ping and Shunzi.

After ordering the others to enter the carriage, and letting Jiang Ping and Shunzi take charge of the driving respectively, he jumped out of the carriage, untied the reins of the other two single horses tied to the tree, and turned to Jiang Ping and Shunzi after comforting him. Said: "Come with me, don't keep it under the tree."

At this time, it was getting closer and closer to the opening of the city gate in Lushan County, Gu Qi did not take people away, but found an open space to wait quietly.

Perhaps the rain was so sudden that the city gates of Lushan County were opened half an hour earlier than usual, and it was not until the second quarter of the [-]th that there were only two guards in straw coir raincoats who lazily opened the city gates.

"It's really unlucky. Yesterday, the third son insisted on finding me to change shifts. As a result, I caught up with such a heavy thunderstorm just as I went out today, which shocked me. Look at the thunder now, I'm afraid it's going to kill the sky. split."

The one who spoke was a very young yamen servant, wearing baggy uniforms, muttering all over his mouth, expressing his dissatisfaction with being temporarily replaced.

(End of this chapter)