Spatial medical concubine, taking the whole family to farm

Chapter 33
"It's all right, let's see if your legs are cold." Xiao Ningxue frowned slightly after touching her thighs and calves, "It's still cold, I'll boil water for you later, don't be careless."

Xiao Ningxue took out her little hand as if nothing had happened, and continued to eat noodles.

Wu Chongwen's body was tense, and he held his breath for a long while and didn't let it go.

This little girl is a pain in the ass!
After lunch, Wu Chongwen took the medicine and fell asleep.

After Xiao Yue ate cheap food from others, she rushed to wash the dishes, and only remembered that the water tank was empty when she was scooping up water.

"Xiao Ningxue, your house is out of water, you have to go to the canal to get it."

Counting, it has not rained for more than 70 days, and the stream has completely stopped flowing. Now the draft water has to be picked up from the ditch in the southeast of the village.

Only then did Xiao Ningxue think of this.

"I'll pick it up now." As she said that, she went to the kitchen to carry a bucket out, Xiao Yue hurriedly said, "Why don't I help you, I'll go home and pick up a bucket."

Her words happened to be heard by Guilan who came to look for her, and Guilan stepped forward and pulled Xiao Yue out of the yard.

"Damn girl, your water tank is still empty, so how can you meddle in your own business?"

"Mom, don't you have my brother to carry water? A man is strong, let him carry it."

"Aren't you stronger? They're all scrambling to sell free coolies~~ You won't be allowed to eat unless you fill up the water tank today."

Guilan scolded and dragged Xiao Yue away.

Xiao Ningxue shook her head helplessly, Xiao Yue was quite sad to have such parents.

Originally, Xiaohong could also pull water, but Xiao Ningxue didn't need it. She had a portable space, so she went to the river to fill up the buckets and basins in the space. I don't know how long it would last.

Carrying the bucket is just for show, so as not to make people suspicious.

On the way to the canal, we encountered several quarrels over water.

If there is too much water in the upstream, there will be no water in the downstream, and the seedlings are heading. Once the water is short, the grains will not be full. Can you not quarrel?
People carrying water from the canal lined up in a long line, Xiao Ningxue simply went to the Luo River.

Anyway, it is not convenient for so many people to enter the portable space.

Luohe River is located in the east of Taohua Village, and it takes half an hour to walk along the path.When I arrived at the Luohe River, Xiao Ningxue felt a bit of coolness in her heart.

A river in Nuoda has dried up to only a quarter of its width, exposing a large riverbed.

Many birds fell on the river bed to pick up dead fish, or maybe the spring on the mountain dried up, and they came to the river to drink.

Fortunately, the Taohua Village is low-lying, otherwise how could the canal get water? Seeing this situation, Xiao Ningxue was also shrouded in deep uneasiness.

The Luohe River is about to dry up, what is the situation of the villages and towns that do not rely on the river? It is scary to think about it.

It seems that she is still short of food, and she has to go to the town as soon as possible to exchange all the silver for food.

By the way, water is also extremely important, so pack a little more to be prepared.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ningxue spent a lot of time, filling all the pots and buckets sold in the space supermarket with water, and then picked up a small half bucket of water to go home.

On the way, I saw Xiao Wenjie, the patriarch's grandson, rushing over.

"Xue girl, I found you. Your father is back and is looking for you everywhere."

"Do you know why?"

Xiao Ningxue's heart skipped a beat. Her father went to Guhuai Village in Tongnan County for an autopsy, and why did he come back suddenly? "It seems to be related to the case in Tongnan County, and Catcher Gao is also here. You can go and see it." .”

In the old house of the Xiao family, Xiao Shan and Gao Tutou tied up the horses and entered the courtyard.

"I heard from Xiao Zhao that Xue girl is engaged?" Gao Catcher took the teapot and asked while pouring tea.

"Yes." Xiao Shan smiled all over his face, "Old Gao, sit down first, I'll go into the room to see my son-in-law."

"Hey~~ I can't even close your mouth when you laugh, this son-in-law must be very good." Catcher Gao teased and drank tea.

The door of the room was ajar, Xiao Shan pushed the door open a crack, peeked his head, saw Wu Chongwen was soundly asleep, then gently closed the door again.

Worried that his speech would disturb him, he asked Catcher Gao to move the table outside the courtyard and sit under the shade of a tree.Before he had even had a sip of tea, the head of the village came over together with several chiefs of the village.

"Xiao Shan, catch the head high."

"Li Zhang, all patriarchs, come and sit down."

Xiao Shan hurriedly moved stools to fetch tea, and greeted everyone to sit down.

After drinking two sips of tea and exchanging some pleasantries, the head of the village and the chiefs of various ethnic groups began to inquire about the drought situation outside.

"Tongnan County is fine." Xiao Shan said, "There is still water in the artificially dug channels over there, and the crops can still be kept."

"I just came back from Pingzhou." Gao Butou answered, "It's in the lower reaches of the Luo River, and the rice fields are irrigated by the water from the Luo River, so they should last until the rice is harvested."

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Pingzhou has vast fertile fields. As long as there is nothing wrong there, there will be no famine." "Yes, yes, the big deal is that food is more expensive, as long as you can buy it."

The south is rich and prosperous, and there has been no famine for decades. Which households have no property? Even if they buy rice, it is not difficult to survive this disaster year.

Besides, don’t there still be crops in the field, no matter how low the harvest is, it’s no problem to feed the whole family, right?
"Food prices will definitely rise." Xiao Shan took a sip of his tea, "When I came back, I noticed that there were suddenly more people buying grain in the grain store in the town."

"From the accent, it looks like a stranger from the north." Gao Catcher added.

After hearing this, the head of the village and the other patriarchs began to discuss.

"The northerners came to us to grab food. Does that mean that the disaster in the north is worse than our south?"

"It must be. There is little rain in the north."

"In that case, food prices will definitely skyrocket."

"Isn't it? We have to inform everyone as soon as possible. It's best to store more food at home to be prepared."

They came here just to inquire about the news, and after asking, everyone left one after another.

Which household is not busy? Carrying more water can save one more crop, and saving one more crop can save money to buy food. Which one can sit still?
As soon as they left, Xiao Ningxue and Xiao Wenjie rushed back.

Xiao Wenjie carried the bucket into the backyard, and Xiao Ningxue sat down at the table. "Uncle Gao, father."

After saying hello, Xiao Ningxue poured herself a bowl of tea, gulped down half a bowl, and then wiped the sweat from her brow and looked at them curiously.

She was very interested in the case of Tongnan County when the policeman Xiao Zhao came to report to Xiao Shan, but because she had to take care of Wu Chongwen, she didn't go with her father.

Father and Uncle Gao ran back here on purpose, they must have encountered some kind of problem.

Without further ado, Catcher Gao stretched out the autopsy sheet towards Xiao Ningxue.

"Xueya has a unique mind. Let's analyze it. How did these people die?"

Tongnan County was at a loss for what to do about this case, so they specially invited Gao Catcher, a well-known "God Catcher", to help with the investigation.

Xiao Ningxue took the autopsy sheet in her hand and flipped through it, while Catcher Gao talked about the case in detail.

More than 20 days ago, people in Guhuai Village went missing one after another, and there were no dead or dead. It was not until a few days ago that a cave was found full of corpses.

Among these bones, some have already turned into white bones, and some who have just disappeared are still covered with flesh.In addition, it was highlighted on the corpse list that the flesh and flesh of the deceased had been devoured, but the clothes on his body were intact.

This can almost immediately rule out the possibility that the deceased was eaten by ferocious beasts such as jackals, tigers and leopards. May I ask which leopard or tiger will avoid the clothes of the prey when eating? It has already been bitten to pieces.

But the list of corpses clearly stated, "The clothes were not damaged and were worn on the dead body completely." '

That alone is bizarre enough!
"It has been spread in the market that there is a water monster in Xitang, which is a man-eating person." Xiao Shan said.

There have always been rumors of water monsters in the pond, and now after such a bizarre case happened, everyone rumored that the water monster had been cultivated into a monster and started to eat people!
If it weren't for a demon, what could have such spiritual wisdom? Only eat meat and not clothes? I can't think of it even if I think about it!
After reading the list of corpses, Xiao Ningxue was also confused.

"The first guess should be some kind of animal." Xiao Ningxue handed the list of corpses to Gao Butou, "As for whether it is a fine animal, it can only be revealed after catching it."

She really didn't dare to pat her chest to guarantee that there would be absolutely no demons in this world.

Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about herself, how many advanced things did she bring with her when she traveled from the modern age? If it is revealed, everyone will probably regard her as a 'monster'.

There is no absolute in everything, and she dare not say enough.

"If it's an animal, it will always leave clues when it drags its prey into the cave, right?" Catcher Gao frowned, "But we searched the cave for a radius of five miles, but we didn't find any traces of blood or blood. footprint."

"Does the grass and trees fall down?" Xiao Ningxue asked.

"No, it's surrounded by barren grassland, and there's no fallen vegetation. I've even sniffed it with dogs. It can't be something like a snake."

Xiao Ningxue pinched her chin with her small hands, helpless.

Is it true that there are man-eating water monsters? Ordinary animals are not so particular about hunting.

"Uncle Gao, Dad, I'm going to take a look at the scene." Xiao Ningxue's tone was affirmative. She was really interested in this case.

""Brother Wen has no one to take care of him, you can't do without!" Xiao Shan wondered.

The county magistrate only gave him three days, if he could not find out the truth in three days, nothing would happen, and only a legend of the water demon cannibal would be left in the end.

Xue girl is careful, he really hopes that Xue girl can go to the scene to see, but what will Wen brother do when she leaves? "Take Ah Wen together." Xiao Ningxue said firmly, "His injury can't ride a horse, It shouldn't be a problem to ride in a carriage."

She was absolutely determined not to leave Wu Chongwen alone again, his leg would break out at some point, and it was too dangerous to have no one by his side!
"Then do it like this." Xiao Shan drank the tea in the bowl in one gulp, stood up, "Lao Gao, don't you want to go to the county? Then let's go first, and call the coachman to come directly to the village to pick up the snow tomorrow." Girls and them."

"Okay." Gao Butou nodded, and then rode to the county with Xiao Shan.

(End of this chapter)