Rebirth of the Pastoral Wife

Chapter 269
Aunt Niu took out a hard pancake and turned it over a few times in her hand. She was a little bit reluctant, but she took it out anyway. The youngest son who was around saw Aunt Ma take out the pancake and immediately stepped forward, "Mother, I I also want to eat..."

As soon as the child said that, other children also surrounded him and stared straight at Aunt Niu. Only then did Baoniang realize that there were other farmers living in the cave, and everyone watched this scene helplessly. On the other hand, it seems that everyone has nothing to eat, so she can't just add mouth and earn food.

"Auntie, I'm not hungry yet, you can feed the children first, I'm not hungry..." Tim touched his dry lips and swallowed secretly, she was hungry and thirsty now.

The water was flooding outside, and it was muddy. There was no clear water to drink. Everyone was extremely thirsty. The farmers in the cave were just leaning against the rock wall to catch a little dew to quench their thirst. Bao Niang looked at them, The thoughtfulness in the eyes also intensified.

It seems that there are quite a few down-and-out farmers like them trapped on the mountain.

Farmers can still have a high place to stay when the flood hits. What about those who have been living in the city?Even if the house is full of gold, silver and treasures, it is useless to have no food in the current flood!
The real trapped people are in dire straits.

Up to now, I still haven't heard any edict issued by the higher-ups. It seems that the imperial court didn't intervene in the management of this matter at all.

Or is it that the imperial court does not have that ability?

I wonder if Xiao Yuanshan can control it?It is also difficult to think about it!
Baoniang didn't eat the pancakes in Aunt Niu's hand, and neither did the children.

Uncle Niu, who was looking at the situation inside, had grief flashing across his vicissitudes face. The farmer's family can't grow fields, eat food, and can't fill their stomachs!
The youngest son is just eight years old, and he has been malnourished since birth. Now, he is still trapped on the mountain by the flood, which is really going to kill them.

No, we must try to find something to eat.

Bao Niang couldn't bear the dull atmosphere in the cave, so she went out and stood outside the cave, watching the raging flood below, spreading all the grass, trees, and rocks.Then cover them both below the water level.

Panic struck all of a sudden.

"Uncle Niu, how high are our caves here? Can it hold back those floods? It seems that they have been increasing, and I don't know when they will stop!" water waves.

"I don't know, this mountain is the highest in our place. If it is submerged, there is nothing we can do. We can only resign ourselves to fate!" Uncle Niu said, the look in his eyes also dissipated, showing some astigmatism, and his expression became erratic. .

"The most important thing now is not the height of the water level, but our food and clothing, the village chief. Judging from this situation, we will either be drowned or starved to death. It has been five days and we haven't eaten anything. There are not many wild vegetables left in the cave, how do you spend the rest of the day, you are the village chief, come and find a way?" Ma San looked helpless, and although his words were not pleasant, they were true. All the facts.

"Ma San, how can you say that? The village head is already very worried about food and clothing for all of us. If he could find food, he would have looked for it long ago. You can wait until now. It's not like you don't know what's going on now. It's too unfair to embarrass the village chief like this?" Niu Tian looked at Ma San with a cold face.

Ma San didn't refute, and just said, "Whatever the situation, the village chief can figure it out." He turned and went into the cave.

"Uncle Niu, don't worry too much. Maybe the water will fall in a few days. It's summer again. We can't find any animals or weeds? We will definitely find something to eat!"

"I know, but right now food is indeed the most important thing. Let's last the night first, and then we'll go out to find something to eat when the morning dawns..." Uncle Niu lowered his eyes and entered the cave dully after speaking.

Bao Niang stood outside and waited until it was dark before going in. Aunt Niu found a place for her, leaned on the fire, and it was not cold, and the hay on her body was clean and not wet.

She is the most comfortable in the whole cave.

A few women are just laying a little hay and hugging their children, leaning against the rock wall. On the other hand, the men on the other side are just leaning against the rock wall dryly, sleeping on their sides.

Until, in the middle of the night, when everyone gradually fell asleep, Bao Niang turned over and opened her eyes, and saw that the sky outside was gradually getting brighter. It seemed that it was the darkest time in the morning, and I was afraid that the sky would be bright soon .

She had already learned the way out from Uncle Niu, as long as she rowed the boat straight ahead, it was the way out of the mountain.

A plan flashed in her mind, and her movements were even faster, and she started to do it as she spoke.

He quickly entered the space, and without disturbing Dabai, he took a few bags of grain at a very fast speed, including wheat, rice, and corn, all of which were produced by planting low-level crops when the space was not upgraded before. She couldn't finish it, let alone sell it, so she piled it in the warehouse of the space. Now it seems that it is necessary to prepare more food in the space.

Five and a half sacks of grain were enough for them to eat for a while. Now, she had to borrow their boat to go out. She didn't want much, just a small boat.

She really doesn't want to do this and take someone else's boat away, but if they send it off, they will not be able to find a place to stand when they go out of the mountain, and they will be delayed. Why not borrow a boat by yourself, so that you can go wherever you want just go there.

She also had the idea of ​​going out by boat, since she had space anyway, she wouldn't die of starvation, but she needed a tool to hide her from the outside, and that was it.

After putting away the food, looking at the small boat tied beside the big boat, he bent over to untie the rope, picked up one oar, and jumped in lightly. Finally, he saw the same thing in the distance, and the splashing waves gradually drifted away.

The villagers who were sleeping in the cave got up quickly when they heard the noise outside.

Uncle Niu opened his eyes and looked straight out of the cave, his ears were erect, listening to the sound of wind and water outside.

"Uncle Niu, what's the matter? Is the flood coming?" Niu Tian's voice followed closely, and the sound of people getting up and mobilizing came from the whole cave.

"No, I'll go out and have a look..."

"I am with you!"

Niu Tian and Uncle Niu got up and walked towards the entrance of the cave together. It was not dark in the morning, and there was a trace of clarity in the darkness. They looked straight at the exit of the cave and didn't pay attention to their feet. Niu Tian stumbled and fell in front of him. .

"Who put something on this road? It's a vile thing, trip me to death!" Niu Tian shouted with complaints, his voice was extremely loud in the cave.

"It's all right, who put something?" Uncle Niu bent over and wiped it, his eyes began to roll.

(End of this chapter)