Farming in space: the struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 71

"Young Master Yang, please help us find a way, we are really desperate..."

The corners of Yang Erlang's mouth twitched indistinctly, thinking ironically in his heart,

There are people, food, horse-drawn carts, and goods and money, all of which are desperate, so what are they who are about to run out of food? Isn’t it not even desperate?

But thinking about the bargaining chips they offered, it is really difficult to say the words of rejection directly.

A cart of grain, at least a few hundred catties or a thousand catties, will allow them to eat until Heshan Village has leftovers.

A load of cloth is definitely not cheap, even if it is used for a long time, they are short of decent clothes now, and they need to resettle when they arrive in Heshan Village, let alone winter.

Can some people be separated to go to Heshan Village, and some people can send them to Bazhou County and come back?

But soon he realized that this is not realistic.

Not to mention whether Xu Gui and the others agreed that only twenty or so people would escort them, not to mention how long the escort process would take and whether they would be in danger, there was no way to solve the problem of choosing the leader alone.

He must lead the way to Heshan Village, otherwise others will never find the location of the mountain village, but if he goes to Heshan Village, then Muyu can only lead people to Bazhou County.

Now in this team, apart from him and Mu Yu, there is no third person who can do this.

He subconsciously looked at Mu Yu who was sleeping beside him, but Mu Yu who was sleeping there was nowhere to be seen.

What about people?

He turned his head suddenly, looked left and right but didn't see the familiar figure, where could she go at this time?
His heart beat heavily, and before he could think about anything, he felt something tugging at the corner of his clothes.

Yang Erlang turned his head and saw the Mu Yu he was looking for standing behind him.

Mu Yu's face still had marks left by the straw mat, but his eyes were frighteningly bright, and he blinked straight at him.

Yang Erlang frowned slightly, what does she mean, let him agree?
He turned back to look at Xu Gui and the others, because of his sudden reaction just now, these people looked at him with puzzled eyes.

He looked at Mu Yu again, saw that she was still nodding, and understood that he was right, and thought that Mu Yu had a way to deal with it, so he said to Xu Gui and the others,

"I'll think about it again. We will rest for half a day tomorrow morning, and I will let you know the result."

Both Xu Gui and the old butler looked relieved, the old butler bowed to express his thanks,
"Then thank Mr. Yang first."

Watching Xu Gui and the others leave, and sending away Song Gao and other spectators, before Yang Erlang had time to ask Mu Yu, he saw Mu Yu turn his head and go back to sit on the straw mat beside the fire, and gave a loud slap yawn.

Yang Erlang sat down beside Mu Yu, poured her a bowl of water, watched her drink half of the bowl in one go, then handed her a clean cloth towel to wipe her mouth, then asked,

"When did you wake up?"

"When he said that he would give a cart of grain and a cart of cloth as a thank-you gift."

Yang Erlang smiled, and said softly, "I knew it."

"Ah? What did you say?"

Mu Yu didn't hear what he said clearly.

"It's nothing," Yang Erlang resumed his seriousness, "Is there any solution for you to ask me to agree?"

Mu Yu turned around, "No."

Yang Erlang: ...

"……what?"

"There is no way, there is no way now, but the way is someone's idea."

Yang Erlang looked at Mu Yu and didn't speak.

Mu Yu coughed twice and said,

"I'm serious. I think it's much easier to solve the problem of escorting them to Bazhou County than to solve the food problem."

Yang Erlang turned his head to show that he thought the same way.

"We agreed to solve the food problem. As for how to solve the problem of going to Bazhou, this problem is actually not so urgent.

Anyway, the direction is the same for the time being, we can walk together for a while, and then resolve it according to the situation when we have to separate. "

Yang Erlang was thinking.

Mu Yu is also thinking,
"This is indeed feasible in the early stage. We will consider whether to divide the army into two groups when we have to separate in [-] days or so.

Maybe instead of splitting the troops into two groups, we can use the thank-you gift of the cart to talk to them about other benefits, and let them directly give the benefits to those in the team who are willing to go to Bazhou for this.

In this way, Xu Shaodong's family can be escorted, and the escort can get benefits to start life in Bazhou, and we don't have to risk dividing our troops into two groups.

The only downside is probably that our population will decrease. "

She paused, then said,
"But if we don't do this, some people will starve to death when we run out of food in a few days, and we will still have to reduce our staff.

So, it might as well be like this, it's better for everyone, isn't it? "

Yang Erlang was silent for a moment, then nodded,
"You're right. It's the best way."

Mu Yu got his approval, and suddenly became more confident, swept away the depression just now, smiled at him, and continued,
"Although I don't know why, I think they have a very low attitude when communicating with you. If you propose to collect part of the food first, they will most likely agree.

In this way, our most worrying food problem at the moment will be solved. "

……

Early the next morning, after Mu Yu and Yang Erlang had breakfast together, they discussed the details of the plan they made yesterday for a long time.

When the sun was gradually rising, someone called Xu Gui and the others to come and talk.

Soon, Xu Gui and the others came over with joy on their faces.

"Master Yang intends to agree to our request?"

Yang Erlang nodded, "I just have a request."

Xu Gui was overjoyed, "What request?"

Yang Erlang pondered for a moment, then said casually,
"Before we escaped from the famine, we didn't get much money and supplies, and our food supply was relatively tight along the way.

So, I hope you can pay us part of the food in advance, so that we can help you better. "

Xu Gui was about to agree, but the old butler sitting behind him grabbed his clothes and stopped what he was about to say.

Both Mu Yu and Yang Erlang "thumped" in their hearts, for fear that something would happen.

The old housekeeper smiled at Yang Erlang, and said,

"Mr. Yang's request is of course reasonable, but this old slave would like to take the liberty of asking,
During our time together, how can Mr. Yang help us?

After Mr. Yang arrives at the destination, how will Mr. Yang help us? "

Hearing that the old man asked these things, Mu Yu breathed a sigh of relief inwardly. She had already discussed these things with Yang Erlang.

Sure enough, Yang Erlang answered the two questions frankly according to what had been discussed earlier, the old housekeeper and Xu Gui nodded repeatedly.

The old housekeeper was amazed, "Mr. Yang is thoughtful, it's the old slave who is being rude."

Xu Gui's face was full of joy, the big stone in his heart finally fell, and he said,
"I'll send someone to bring over a cart of grain immediately. I hope Mr. Yang will send someone to our caravan as soon as possible to check the arrangements."

(End of this chapter)