Farming in space: the struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 69 069 Food shortage crisis
"The master plans to send them to Bazhou County?"

Mu Yu turned to look at Tao Hua who asked this question, Tao Hua immediately lowered her head,

"Master, I shouldn't ask these questions."

"We are going to the mountain village to avoid disaster and farm, so naturally we will not take the risk of sending them to the distant Bazhou.

I asked Song Gao to pay attention to their situation because I had other plans. "

Seeing that he had already reached the front of the team, Mu Yu dismissed the dejected Tao Hua and said,

"Tonight there will be eight people taking turns to watch the night. Tomorrow, we have reserved ten cart pushers, five firewood pickers, and five corporal leaders who also have a share of food. You have to remember to cook the meals for these people tomorrow.

It's getting late, tomorrow you have to get up early to cook, go to rest now. "

After sending Tao Hua away, Mu Yu gave Song Gao a few more instructions,

"Not only Xu Shaodong's caravan, but also other strangers who followed up. If there is anything wrong, you can come and tell me at any time."

Sending Song Gao off, Yang Erlang just came over and sat down beside her.

When she went to distribute meals, Yang Erlang went to camp to inspect the surrounding situation, and the two were separated.

Mu Yu asked him, "How about it, is it okay to camp here?"

Yang Erlang shook his head,

"No big problem, here is very close to the city, there will be no wild wolves, but there are too many people and we need to pay attention.

How is your side? Is the division of ranks going well? "

"This is going well, after all, they are all selected from the ruined temple for more than three months, so there will be no uncertainties about this matter.

However, those people who came up from behind the team are interesting and worth thinking about. "

"Who is following? The carriage?"

"Yes, they came to me and said that they are businessmen and they want us to send them to Bazhou County in the south."

Yang Erlang listened carefully and analyzed,

"Although Bazhou County and Heshan Village are almost in the same direction, Bazhou County is much farther away, and the distance should be doubled, and the mountain must be bypassed.

I also heard that there was a military disaster in Bazhou, so it's not a good place to go..."

"I didn't want to agree, the Xu Shaodong family who came here looked down on us, he just had nowhere to go.

I'm sure he won't be paid much either.

These days, slaves in Huangsha City sell themselves for only a few dozen catties of food, and the food consumed on the way to Bazhou alone has to exceed this amount. It is good that they can feed us on the road, but how much can they give afterwards?
There is no benefit, the road is tiring, and you have to take risks. The victims who cannot survive will do this kind of thing, but I will not. "

Yang Erlang nodded, and said "Yes".

"It's not cost-effective to escort them to Bazhou, but they do have food, much more than us.

I was wondering if there was any way I could exchange some food from them. "

It was getting dark, but fortunately there was a fire to see this small area clearly.

Mu Yu rested her chin and looked at the burning fire, the flames danced on her face, sly and agile.

"You also know that the food and water here will only last for another four or five days. By then, we will not be out of food, but we will have to grit our teeth and starve."

Yang Erlang was silent for a moment, then said,
"It's not easy to do this."

Mu Yu sighed slightly,

"I know that their supplies and preparations are much better than ours, that is, they are short of people, but we also lack people, and it is absolutely impossible to give them to him.

Just thinking about it, maybe there is a way? "

The two sat in front of the fire for a long time, and neither of them spoke.

Mu Yu yawned, and Yang Erlang said,

"Go to sleep, the mats and cushions are laid out for you, I will keep watch, don't worry."

Mu Yu was really sleepy, he yawned and said,

"Wake me up in the middle of the night, and I will watch the second half of the night."

"Ah."

Of course Yang Erlang didn't wake Mu Yu up in the middle of the night, even when the others were changing shifts, he also told him to keep his voice down so as not to wake up others.

The first night of fleeing famine and sleeping outside was passed safely like this.

……

Mu Yu blamed Yang Erlang for not waking her up last night, and even more blamed him for keeping watch all night without rest.

But it was important to hurry, so I could only ask him to rest tonight and temporarily put this matter on hold.

At dawn, they started cooking, and when it was almost done, they woke up everyone to eat, pack up their things and prepare to go.

The task of rushing on the second day is not as light as that of the first day, and even heavier. You have to try your best to do it.

At the end of the day, Mu Yu was exhausted.

Of course, the others were not much better than her. The cart pushers sat or stood beside the cart panting, the beggars were far apart, and some fell behind at the end.

After a while, Taohua got up and went to cook. To her surprise, this girl was unexpectedly tenacious.

In any case, as long as the situation is still within the controllable range, it is necessary to continue to speed up.

If you arrive one day earlier, you will be more stable, and if you arrive earlier, you will save one day of food consumption. For this reason, it is nothing to be tired and troublesome.

The third and fourth days are high-intensity rush.

On the fourth day, when resting in the evening, Yang Erlang discussed with Mu Yu,

"Tomorrow we will rest for half a day, let everyone rest for a while, and wait for those who are left behind.

I was on the road for four consecutive days, and I couldn't bear it any longer. I saw it just now, at least fifteen or six people were left behind. Before we wait, there are not many of us left. "

Mu Yu nodded heavily, rested, it was time to rest.

"We've used up more than half of our water. I know you added another bucket, but you still have to make sure that one bucket is empty, otherwise you won't be able to explain it when the time comes."

Mu Yu nodded, there was no extra water in the mustard space.

Yang Erlang looked at her with a strange expression,
"why do not you talk?
It seems that you didn't talk much today, what's wrong with you? "

Mu Yu looked at him, opened his mouth, his voice was so low that there was almost no sound,

"My voice is hoarse."

I was on the road all day, and I only had a short break at noon a day, and then I could rest when I camped in the evening, and I rushed to my throat.

But she is the leader, the one who makes the rush plan, how can she shrink back and cry tired?

So I persisted all the way, and then it was like this.

Yang Erlang turned his head away, as if he wanted to laugh, but he turned back quickly,
"Rest well, don't watch the night tonight, after these days, there is already a regulation for the watch, so you don't need to watch it yourself.

Let Taohua cook some pure grain porridge for you, don't eat coarse bran with us, it's bad for your throat. "

Mu Yuxin said, in fact, there is not much chaff left, the food in Mustard Space has been taken out and placed outside, so it can last for two days.

Sad.

Her voice is half tired and half sad.

After two days have passed and the food is gone, is it really necessary to eat the seedlings in the mustard space?
Although she has been working hard to grow weeds in the past few days, the place is so big that if you plant seedlings, you can't grow many weeds. Dozens or hundreds of weeds will not be of much use at all.

Where should I get some food?
(End of this chapter)