Spatial medical concubine, taking the whole family to farm

Chapter 173 Worried About Landslides
In order to ensure Xiao Wenzhao's safety, more than a dozen yamen servants including Gao Butou stayed, and Wang Yonggui also selected a hundred young and strong young men to stay here to help.

Moving and distributing food requires a lot of manpower, and one more thing, the people in the government office are all local aliens, unreliable, Xiao Wenzhao plans to replace all of them with his own people at that time.

After arranging everything, everyone spent some money and went to the market to buy ox carts and horse carts.

The ice and snow have melted, and the sled is useless, which is an indispensable means of transportation.

Fortunately, in the past few months, I have been hunting in Qiganling and renting out shops, so I have accumulated some money.

After everything was ready, they stayed for one night at the Sheriff's Mansion or outside the West City Gate that night, and assembled their troops and set off early the next morning.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Han, and the 13-year-old Xiao Yu stayed. It was time to train them, so naturally they had to stay and help their father.

Mrs. Xiao and Dong's mother and daughter left with the team.

It's not safe for the girl's family to stay here, not to mention that the sheriff's office has decided to move westward, and they will leave Changning City and go to Xinkang City in less than two months.

Outside the west city gate, the villagers from Taohua Village and the villagers from Qigan Ridge walked together. They were resettled near Ji'an County. It was safe for them to go on the road together.

Compared to Peach Blossom Village, they were in a lot of trouble. They didn't have horses and ox carts, so they could only carry them on their shoulders.

But it was good enough. Every household received enough food for two months, and the county governor also said that they would receive relief food in the future. What is there to be dissatisfied with them who are desperate?
So this team of more than [-] people quickly left Changning City and meandered among the loess mottled slopes and snow hills.

The blue sky, the towering snow-capped mountains and the circling goshawks, the vast, beautiful and desolate land.

This is Su'an County.

This is the Loess Plateau in the west!
The sun in early February shone warmly on people, and it also melted the white snow a little bit.

All you can see are the slopes where the snow has melted, and there are yellow and sparse shrubs and thorns. It can be seen that the soil erosion is particularly serious.

The snow melted, and the road was so muddy that even the horses slipped, and when going uphill, the carriage couldn't get on, and people had to push it behind.

Except Mrs. Xiao who was sitting in the carriage, all the others got down and walked. After a while, all of them were splashed with yellow mud.

"What kind of crops do you grow in this kind of place? What do you live on?"
Wang Yonggui's trouser legs were full of mud spots, and he tapped his long-running bong. Looking at the endless slope in front of him, his brows were tightly frowned.

Just looking at the low bushes and thorns, one can tell how barren the land is, and what can be grown there? What's more, these undulating soil slopes, how can there be fields?
where about water
Without trees, without rivers, where will the water come from?
It's really frustrating to watch!
"Nobody farms, it's all about grazing."

Wu Chongwen raised his eyes, and under the snow-capped mountains in the distance, flocks of cattle and sheep were like floating clouds, quite spectacular.

But everyone knows that it is the property of the locals, and those from Pingyang County who moved westward will end up being dragged to death by horses even if they touch a blade of grass.

"These pastures are owned by their owners, so it's impossible for us to graze them?" Wang Yonggui's tone was full of helplessness.

"Yes." Wu Chongwen nodded and looked away.

Looking at the undulating soil slopes in front of me, "Isn't there such a vast land besides the grassland?"

After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Previously, I heard from Mo Chen that the conditions in the west were difficult, and everyone didn't take it seriously, but now I know how to deal with hardship.

It turned out that the place where they wanted to live was this barren and water-deficient soil slope abandoned by the locals.

They are not afraid of opening up wasteland and suffering, but how can they grow crops without water? They can only hope that the resettlement land will be better than this kind of place, at least there must be water!
With trepidation, everyone walked for a day, and in the evening, they chose a flat place and planned to spend the night there.

After the tent was set up, everyone started cooking.

Stones are certainly impossible to find, but country folks know how to make yellow bricks.

Just dig some yellow mud, and make bricks in two or three strokes, and it will harden when it is baked in a fire, and the pot stand will be stable.

The firewood from the previous demolition of the village was running out. After the fire was lit, Wang Yonggui directed everyone to cut bushes and thorns on the hillside to burn.

Although it is very sharp when cut, it is still easy to burn, and it is all dry, which shows that this place has not rained for a long, long time.

The temperature difference between day and night is large, and the muddy yellow land freezes again at night, but it is still clean.

After the big guys had a meal, they took a hasty wash and laid out thatched mats, ready to rest.

Xiao Ningxue went to the space to bring hot water out, took a bath with Wu Chongwen and changed their clothes before going to bed.

Everyone was tired from walking, and soon there was silence in the camp, Xiao Ningxue nestled in Wu Chongwen's arms, and after the two of them had exchanged a few words, she also fell asleep.

And Wu Chongwen was already breathing evenly at this time, perhaps with Xiao Ningxue, he could relax to the greatest extent, so he fell asleep after a while.

'Crack~
When Xiao Ningxue was in a daze, she suddenly heard a slight sound hitting the tent, and she woke up immediately.

Hyundai's many years of experience in the police force sometimes make her even better on guard than Wu Chongwen.

She pricked up her ears, but she didn't hear clearly just now, and she didn't know what was making the sound.

smack~ smack~
There were two more sounds, like gravel hitting the tent.

No, no, the loess is everywhere here, where did the gravel come from? Unless it is crushed snow, the crushed snow that has melted and then been frozen solid, collapsed under some kind of external force, bounced down the hillside, and hit the tent. sound.

Xiao Ningxue couldn't calm down anymore, she opened her eyes suddenly, feeling a bad premonition in her heart.

The ice and snow melted, and the snow water seeped into the soil. After the temperature dropped at night, the wet soil on the surface was frozen into one piece, like a thick "shell" covering the entire mountain.

And this shell of snow and mud is at least one or two feet deep, and the weight can be imagined.

The place where they are stationed is a basin surrounded by relatively steep high slopes. Once a landslide occurs, the consequences will be disastrous.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ningxue didn't feel sleepy at all, and was about to get up and go out to check.

As soon as she moved, Wu Chongwen woke up, holding Xiao Ningxue in his arms nervously, full of vigilance.

"What happened?"

"I heard the sound of crushed snow hitting the tent, worried about the landslide, and wanted to go out and have a look."

Xiao Ningxue explained that she hadn't finished her sentence yet, and there were a few more bangs, and Wu Chongwen heard it clearly. The two hurriedly put on their clothes and went out to check with flashlights.

(End of this chapter)