Zhou Yunshu went out in disguise, firstly to stock up on water, and secondly, to buy some handy weapons.
Unfortunately, most of what the blacksmith shop could sell were farm tools and kitchen utensils. After asking around for a long time, Zhou Yunshu found a blacksmith who often made bows, arrows and knives for hunters.
The blacksmith was about two meters tall and muscular. There was a scar across the right half of his face, and he looked fierce.
When Zhou Yunshu walked up to him, he just glanced at her casually and said, "What do you want?"
"I want a bow and arrow, and I want six machetes."
The blacksmith put down the hammer he was using to hammer the iron pieces, "Hey, let's go and rob!"
Zhou Yunshu:......
"Defense yourself."
"Twenty taels of silver for a bow and arrows, and three taels for a machete."
When Zhou Yunshu didn't say anything, the blacksmith thought that she disliked the price of his bow and arrows. "My bow and arrows are made of cherry wood. They are very durable and can be passed down to your grandson."
"I want to take a look."
"OK."
The blacksmith happily turned around and walked to the inside of the shop. He first took out six machetes from a large wooden box, then went out from the back door of the shop and brought in a dark wood-colored bow. The one that matched the bow was sixty An arrow.
The machete is of good quality, and the blade must have been specially ground so it is very sharp.
What satisfied Zhou Yunshu the most was the bow and arrow, which felt very comfortable in her hand, as if it was tailor-made for her.
Because she was satisfied with the goods, Zhou Yunshu gave the money very happily, and even asked for two more daggers before leaving.
After buying the weapons, all that's left is to stock up on water.
The only water in the space was the lotus pond, but Zhou Yunshu didn't want to move the water inside until she had to.
So she bought fifty bathtubs, found ten households with sweet water wells in the city, and spent a lot of money to fill the fifty bathtubs.
It was getting late when she finished everything and returned to the inn. Zhou Yunshu picked three bamboo baskets full from the apple trees, persimmon trees and jujube trees in the space and took them back. She only said that she bought them outside.
Both the medicinal materials and crops in the space are of good quality, which can be regarded as a supplement of high-quality vitamins for the family.
As expected, the three fruits brought back by Zhou Yunshu were particularly popular, and Li Jialan also wanted to make some of the persimmons into persimmon cakes.
When we left the next morning, the two mule carts were full again, especially the manned mule cart. In addition to fifty large-capacity water bladders, there was also a bucket at the back of the carriage. Next to the bucket was Zhou Yunshu. Bought spirits.
Everyone set out after dinner and bought fifty steamed buns, twenty sesame seed cakes and some cooked food before leaving.
There was a lot of food, but it was only enough to feed them for two days.
There were two hundred taels of silver in the baggage Wei Zhong had given Feng Xujie. He kept one hundred taels for himself and gave the rest to Fang Huiwen.
He felt that he would eat and drink with the Zhou family from now on, and the food expenses must be paid.
Zhou Yunshu liked his self-consciousness very much, especially that no matter what she asked him to do, he would do it seriously and honestly without any complaints.
When Zhou Yunshu decided to accept Feng Xujie before, she had thought about what she would do if Feng Xujie had the temper of a young master. But looking at him now, it would save her a lot of trouble.
After meeting up with the people from Dujiacun, they spent the whole day on the road, and even ate on the way.
The further they walked toward Luzhou, the more desolate the land became. The sun was dazzling in the sky, but they still felt the chill.
Especially when I saw the victims in ragged clothes on the road, dragging their families and families to flee the famine north, I felt even more chilled.
They looked like they would die on the road tomorrow even if they survived today.
There are a lot of people fleeing famine in Dujia Village, so when they meet other lonely families fleeing famine on the road, they basically avoid them. If they encounter a similar number of people, they will be wary of each other and quickly separate.
Of course, some who are a little bolder will ask them why they want to go south. You know, the deeper you go into Luzhou, the more miserable the drought situation will be.
After Du Laozhuang told the person with whom he exchanged news about the news from the north, the person was stunned for a moment, then sat on the ground in despair and cried loudly, while crying and cursing God for not leaving a way for people to survive.
After the team slept in the wild for two days, they finally passed by a village in the evening, a village that looked relatively smoky.
But before they could turn around and go to the village for the night, more than twenty men with their faces covered and holding knives and farm tools climbed out of the ditches on both sides of the road.
The moment they appeared, the people in Dujia Village, especially the young men in the periphery, also took out their farm tools and knives.
The two groups of people confronted each other, and no one was convinced by the other.
Wei Zhong and Du Laozhuang stood beside Du Laozhuang with long knives in their hands. Du Laozhuang held a pipe in his hand and said to the people in front of them: "We are just fleeing from other places. If we don't enter the village, you don't have to be afraid." "
While Zhou Yunshu was negotiating with the group of people at Du Laozhuang, she came out of the carriage with a bow and arrow.
She glanced at the men who stopped them. From the time they jumped out until now, except for the man who seemed to be the leader, who had been negotiating with Du Laozhuang, the rest of them were either staring at the food in the convoy or at the people in the convoy. women.
The eyes staring at them were no different from seeing a fat sheep straying into a pack of wolves.
"Hey, who said we were scared?"
The leading man touched the machete still stained with blood on his hand, then pointed the knife at Du Laozhuang who was standing in front of him and said: "I will leave my words here today."
"This road was built by our village. If you want to pass by this road, just pay me the toll!"
"Otherwise, go back to where you came from!"
Du Laozhuang's face darkened slightly, they were in danger.
Du Youtian walked through the crowd and walked to Du Laozhuang and whispered: "Second uncle, why don't you ask how much tolls you'll pay? I'll pay you. Just treat it as a loss of money and avoid disaster."
This group of people looks like desperadoes at first glance, and they are not afraid of wearing shoes even if they are barefoot. There are so many people in Dujia Village, so it is better not to go head-to-head with this group of local snakes who are not easy to deal with at first glance.
Du Laozhuang looked back at his long team. Even though the other team had a small number of people, looking at the people on the other team who had experienced hundreds of battles, if there was a conflict, there would definitely be casualties in his team.
"How many do you want?"
When Du Laozhuang said these words, Zhou Yunshu sighed helplessly.
In her opinion, toughness is the best solution at this time. After all, these people in front of her don't seem to be satisfied casually.
Sure enough, after Du Laozhuang said this, the leading man laughed three times and said: "I want half of your food, and also..."
The man licked his lips, pointed at the women in the team with the tip of his knife, and said with a smile: "Twenty young and beautiful women!"
After the man finished speaking, the people in Dujia Village exploded instantly. Food is their life, women are their family members, and they cannot give them away!
Du Laozhuang also had a gloomy face, these people in front of him were simply pushing their limits.
He looked at the man in front of him who didn't take him seriously at all and said, "So, we don't have to talk anymore?"
"Damn old man, I'm just talking to you to give you face..."
As the man spoke, he took a step forward and swung the long knife, but before his foot could fall, an arrow shot through the air and nailed him directly in front of him.
