Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 71 0071 Cheng Chen's Decisiveness
“This, this water, so much water...!” Zhou Zhennan was extremely excited.

Even the others were very excited. It had been two years since they had heard such a sound of flowing water.

"Everyone, be careful, don't get close to the puddle. It's more than ten feet deep, don't fall in." Cheng Zongyang reminded with a smile.

The woman looked after the child while she sorted things out. The man started to clean up a place for the elderly and children to rest.

"This is a nice place, the ground is relatively flat." Zhou Hansong took a quick look and was quite satisfied.

"You will feel better after you see it clearly tomorrow." Cheng Zongyang said with a smile.

After that, everyone stopped chatting.

We lit a few fires first to ensure lighting and temperature within the rest area for tonight.

At Cheng Zongyang's suggestion, he asked his two cousins ​​to bring some children with torches and start burning the ground, which would kill or drive away the insects on the ground.

Prevent insects from crawling around and biting people.

The two uncles took out the tools they brought and prepared to cut down the trees.

Cheng Zongyang said at this time: "It will take time to cut down trees at this time. I have placed bamboos on the other side. I will go over and drag them over. You two just need to clean the ground and dig the hole."

"Okay!" Zhou Hansong and his brother didn't say much.

So, Cheng Zongyang went to the other side and took out the bamboo that had been cut in the wilderness world.

It's easier to get things done when there are more people.

With the help of six or seven people, a simple sloping-roof bamboo house of about 200 square meters was built in less than an hour.

It is just a temporary residence, so it doesn't need to look very nice. It just needs to be able to block the wind and rain.

Cheng Zongyang took out a packet of insect repellent and sprinkled it around the house, driving away all the insects hiding underground.

It was already the Chou hour.

There was clean water in sufficient quantity, so everyone simply washed up. A few adults stayed behind while the others went to rest in the bamboo house.

Cheng Zongyang briefly told everyone about the development plan for the next period of time.

Simply put, he would do the moving, while others would clear the trees and build the house, so as to speed up the return to normal life.

Rice, flour, grain, oil and other things will also be brought up as soon as possible.

Seeing Cheng Zongyang's request, everyone agreed to this plan.

Then Cheng Guanghai volunteered to keep watch, and the rest of the people went to sleep.

The next morning.

After a simple wash, Cheng Zongyang told the adults and children not to cross the river, then went down the mountain alone to move things.

Zhou Hansong looked at this place and was very satisfied.

"I have to say that the place Yang'er found is good. As long as it is cleaned up, it will be very good whether it is a place to live or to farm."

Although he had stayed up all night, Cheng Guanghai was not very sleepy.

He also looked around and thought that after the trees were removed, it would be a very nice new home.

"Okay, brother-in-law. Go take a rest. Hanchang and I will cut down the trees first.

Zhenyuan, Zhendong, the two of you use the bamboo broom your aunt made to sweep the things off the ground. Be careful, beware of bugs."

"Okay, Dad/Uncle." Zhou Zhenyuan and Zhou Zhendong agreed at the same time.

They proceeded to assign some tasks and started to act.

Cheng Zongyang took a shortcut down the mountain.

The road we found yesterday was for the elderly and children.

Now that he was alone, he naturally didn't need to do that. In less than half an hour, he arrived at the entrance of the village.

Looking at the quiet village, there is no longer the smoke from cooking that could be seen occasionally in the past.

Entering the village road, the sound of Cheng Zongyang's footsteps echoed in the village, and other than that, it was silent.

The silence was chilling. I walked all the way home, entered, and locked the door.

The next step is to organize the things so that they can be collected at one time.

In the county town, in the south of the city, in a residential alley.

Li Lu walked into the house with a tired look on his face.

He took off his yamen official uniform, placed it on a chair in the main room, and sat aside in silence.

"Boss, what's the situation?"

Li Wang, who had been frightened all night, closed the door and hurried to the main room to ask.

Li Lu said after a while:

"Go to the clinic to find the Cheng family's sister-in-law and tell her that I can't contact Dr. Cheng right now, but after asking around, he should be fine."

Li Wangshi said anxiously: "It's already this time, why are you still caring about this?! We should think about what to do about the plague. Otherwise, we can leave the county and go south to Furong County, or north to Bowang County..."

"okay!"

Li Lu was anxious and interrupted and shouted:
"Will you go to another county and starve? How much better can other county towns be? No place is safe in this year! At least here I can have a meal from the government!

Also, if you don’t want our whole family to be arrested, just keep your mouth shut. If your son is implicated, I will beat you to death... and divorce you!”

Li Wangshi was so frightened by this roar that she became silent.

Suddenly, all the fear and anxiety from last night disappeared. Finally, with red eyes, she said hesitantly, "I, I know, but at this time, instead of caring about other people's affairs, it's better to make plans for our own family."

Li Lu sighed and said slowly: "Didn't you hear what I said last night? As long as we are in the county, we can't do without the doctor.

I am helping his family now, and I am also helping us!
If the disease really spreads, doctors are the only way to survive. If we are infected, at least we have a good relationship with the Cheng family, and they should help us.

No matter what, we should do our best and leave the rest to fate. The Cheng family is not the kind of heartless people."

Now, Li Wangshi understood. She said softly:

"I, I'll go right away."

Li Lu then asked, "How much money is left at home?"

Li Wangshi immediately responded, "There are still thirty-two taels, five qian and eighty-five wen."

Li Lu nodded slightly after hearing this. After deducting the cost of martial arts training and household expenses from the overt and covert income, it was not bad to be able to save this much.

"Give me twenty-two taels this afternoon. I can use my connections to get you a slightly lower price so you can buy more rice and flour to store."

Li Wang nodded and had no objection.

Then he hurriedly left home and rushed to Cheng's Clinic.

Cheng's Medical Clinic.

"Mom, what are we going to do?" Cheng Zongwen was a little confused as he watched his mother busy all morning in the room.

Cheng Chen did not tell the children about the situation at home. After thinking about it all night, she made a decision.

In response to her son's question, Cheng Chen looked at the three children who were worried and forced a smile:
"Your father has gone to the government office to treat a patient, and he probably won't be back soon. My family is busy right now, and the clinic is planning to close for a few days, so today I'm taking you to your uncle's house to stay for a few days. I'll pick you up when your father comes back."

"Okay, okay."

Ten-year-old Cheng Zongyan didn’t think too much about it, and didn’t know the situation in the county or the village. She just knew that she could go to the village to play with her cousins, and she was immediately very happy.

But the two older ones could see that their family was in trouble, so they wanted to send them to the village to take shelter first.

"Mom, I don't want to go." Cheng Zongwen frowned.

"Be obedient. The carriage has been hired and we will leave soon." Cheng Chen said in a tone that could not be refused.

She had to do it.

Although the village is chaotic, it is much safer than the county town!
The epidemic had already occurred, and her husband had been taken away by people from the government office without knowing the situation. She could not leave her child in the county and take the risk.

(End of this chapter)