The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 33 Childhood Wild Sweet Potatoes
With the company of "Journey to the West", the children did not have nightmares at night, and discussed with relish before going to bed, all the peaches on Huaguo Mountain are a pity, so many peaches, how can they finish eating!
For three days, there were continuous aftershocks. After the aftershocks were over, they helped to dig out all the villagers of this tribe. Except for the dozen or so who were still alive on the first day, everyone else died.

The dozen or so survivors also suffered injuries of varying degrees, and were sent to the nearest county medical center one after another.Hearing that the disaster in this county was not too serious, everyone still added some medicinal materials, especially diarrhea medicine, in the medical center in the county.

The further north you go, the more people on the road. It turns out that this wave of earthquakes also destroyed many houses.

In the current countryside in the southwest of Daxia, the earth wood and straw structure is the most common house structure.The loess is combined with chopped grain stalks, and ramming the earth is a laborious task. It is not difficult for a family with a few boys to have three or five houses. Wood is easy to say. There are not too many mountains and forests in the southwest. .

After losing their houses, many shallow wells stopped producing water, and the fields had nothing to produce, so they had no choice but to escape from famine.To the north, it is closer to the Great Yellow River. Where there is water shortage, the Great Yellow River must not be short of water, right?This is the most simple idea of ​​the people going north, they can live with water.

The unsatisfactory situation is: the epicenter of this earthquake may be in the north direction, the more cracks in the road surface go north, detours have become the norm, there are still more refugees who have just come out of the tribe, and there are actually fewer people going backwards. It can't be annihilated, can it?Uneasy.

No one dared to enter the village again, and everyone moved forward at full speed. This uneasiness was confirmed when they entered Bazhou.

The city of Bazhou is closed, plague!It turned out that the epicenter was in Datong County under the Bazhou Prefecture, and it was also the place where their group traveled northwest.Two-thirds of the entire county was buried, and the county government was completely annihilated.

The victims are simply unable to do a good job in rescue and disposal of corpses. Now that the weather has averaged around 33 degrees, the decay of corpses is even faster.The environment of the entire county spread to the surroundings, and when fever, dysentery, and vomiting spread, the plague was out of control.

The gates of Fucheng are closed, and entry and exit are strictly prohibited. Refugees and plague people are mixed together. Seeing the persuasion of the previous batch of people who went to Bazhou and returned, Cuihua and the others' scalps are numb.

The plague, my God, is still in a state of no cure in this dynasty.Withdrew quickly and hid in a remote hill in the distance. It was getting dark.

The more serious situation is that they are still short of water. There is not much left in everyone's water bladders, including the big leather water bladders on the car. There are trees on the hills, and there is water in the lush vegetation.

The hills seemed to be mainly thorns and shrubs, and there were cracks everywhere on the hillside. After searching for an hour separately, we selected a mountain depression for rest.

This mountain depression is very mysterious. Surrounded by three hills, there seems to be a large pond on one side. Now it is dry and cracked. If they can't find a better way in a short time, they may have to live here for a while Now, try not to mix with the crowd, and it is difficult to find a water source at night, so arrange a night watch and rest for a night.

The head of the Fu family's entourage, Fu Yi, was reporting the situation with several masters.

"Old lady, lady, I can't go to the Bazhou capital! The plague ahead looks very serious, even if we get people to get in through the relationship, there is no guarantee that the city will be safe and sound. For now, we have to detour, brother tomorrow Let’s go to explore the road again, you wait here for news from your subordinates.”

"It should be like this, thank you for your hard work!" Mrs. Fu agreed with the guard's words very much, she was not blind, and had to rely on these people.

"This is what the subordinates should do. We will keep ten people here, and the rest will go out to explore the way." The guard sighed. Fortunately, the wife in charge understood the truth.

"Okay, you can make arrangements! Just tell me how much money you need!" Mrs. Fu is not a stingy person either.

The old lady didn't make a sound. After the earthquake, and now the plague, she was scared to death. She has seen her daughter-in-law lose her temper. Didn't she see that she didn't make a sound without water to wash?

Fu Yi is quite willing to discuss with Father Hu and Qian Tuhu now, and has seen the force of these people, especially that eldest daughter of Father Hu.

After seeing them, this group of people just finished fighting, and they can help Heiman search and rescue regardless of past suspicions. This is a group of chivalrous and capable people.It took only one month from the observation at the beginning to the recognition now.What's more, they all have a common destination, Zhonghan Mansion.

The second time of the night, it was no longer a small circle. Everyone simply lit the bonfire and sat in a circle. The adults hugged the children and listened to the story together.It's really annoying to break something!Every time I listen to it, my heart itch, and the two children and the children of the Hu family even begged for a private update, but Cuihua sternly refused.

On the second day, the downstream village also sent 15 men to go with the Fu family. They were divided into two groups, going north and east.

The rest of Cuihua's troops scattered to search for water sources, but there was almost no water to drink, and only Cuihua's water bladder had surplus.Of course, this is all the result of smuggling, but the cheating can't be too obvious, didn't you see that the second head was staring at her water bag all the time.

At noon, those who looked for water came back one after another and shook their heads. These hills were only a few hundred meters above sea level. After searching for half a day, there was no place where there was any sign of water storage.

Mrs. Fu's grandma, Tong Shi, brought her daughter Qiaojie to find Cuihua on a rare occasion. She wanted to ask them if they had any extra water, but seeing that the lips of this group of people were all chapped, it's not good to talk about it anymore. After a while, she went back to her carriage.

Old man Yuan and his two cousins ​​were digging a hole at the bottom of the cracked pond, and the machete was now being used as a hoe.

Seeing the little cubs chewing hard on the jerky, Cuihua's heart ached terribly. The more they chewed this kind of jerky, the more they wanted to drink water, but they had almost eaten their dry food, and the most surplus now was jerky , The radish strips brought by the scholar lady also ate up.

She had to find a reasonable source of water today, and she was not reconciled, so she put on her back and set off again, heading for the hills she had never been to.

What did she see under a thicket?Wild sweet potatoes!this!It was when the wild sweet potatoes were ripe, she said, how could she smell such a familiar smell from afar.

Why is it familiar, don't have too many fields on the ridge of her space, this is one of her favorite fruits in childhood, none of them.The soil in the space is extremely fertile, and sweet potatoes grow bigger than cherries, which she doesn't like to eat when she gets older. Now, she can do it again.

The wild sweet potatoes in this woodland are about half an acre, densely packed, and a few are the size of a thumb. They are all dark red and ripe.First, I picked out most of the basket on the field ridge in the space, broke open one, the fig-like inner flesh, took a sip, and there was a special fragrance on it, sweet and sweet.

Back to the valley with most of the wild sweet potatoes in the basket, seeing mother's smiling face, he left behind the younger sister he had just met and ran to meet her.When they saw so many wild sweet potatoes in their mother's back basket, a group of cubs went crazy with joy. They often ate these things in their hometown.

"Wow, aunt, this sweet potato is so big! It's delicious and sweet!" Xiao Chuan spoke while gnawing like a hamster.

"Mom, you're really good! You take me there later, and I'll dig it for you! When I was back in my hometown, I was so good at digging sweet potatoes!" Ertou asked to go with him.

"Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow, there's still a piece of the boss, enough for you to eat for a few days, don't grab it! Leave some for the adults too!"

Like a mouse falling into a rice vat, a group of cubs are sitting around the basket, unable to walk, talking about wild sweet potatoes.

It was the first time for Sister Qiao to eat this kind of wild fruit, and she squinted her eyes with joy, "Mother, it's sweet!" Grandma Fu felt sad. When she was at home, she couldn't eat a few bites of any fruit that was peeled and diced. Daughter, now I am so happy because of a few mouthfuls of wild animals.Thanks again to Cuihua, and gave back a box of peanut candies.

The next few days will be the children's wild sweet potato festival. These wild fruits have relieved part of the famine caused by water shortage, but it has been three days since no water has been dug out at the bottom of the puddle. like wild plantains.

Hey, no! Banana tree!Did you forget something?

(End of this chapter)