The moment the sound of horse hooves was heard, the entire team panicked. They were afraid that the people coming were the bandits who had massacred the troupe during the day.
When Wei Zhong heard the sound of horse hooves, he and his men immediately picked up their knives and mounted their horses and mules to protect the team in the middle. People in Dujia Village also picked up knives and farm tools to surround the elderly and children at home.
When Zhou Yunshu came out carrying a bow and arrow, Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen stayed in the carriage with the children with machetes.
Outside, Chunque was sitting on the carriage shaft with a knife in both hands. Feng Xujie and four of Wei Zhong's men were also surrounding the carriage. Zhou Yunshu glanced at it, thinking that Wei Zhong should be the one sent to protect Feng Xujie.
Yes, Zhou Yunshu always felt that Wei Zhong seemed to know Feng Xujie's true identity, otherwise he would not have fished Feng Xujie out of Tongcheng.
She didn't know what kind of deal there was between Wei Zhong and Feng Xujie, but seeing that their deal was beneficial to her, she ignored it.
The rapid sound of horse hooves gradually slowed down, and they also saw the lights in the wilderness, as well as the refugees holding knives and farm tools next to the lights, who were watching them warily.
Being stared at coldly by such a group of people with weapons, the people on horseback felt a bit oppressed, especially since the number of refugees was not small. If a conflict really broke out, not to mention delaying their mission, there would definitely be casualties.
So in order to prevent conflicts, the person on the horse shouted loudly before approaching the group of resting refugees: "We are just passing by."
"We were just passing by!"
Although the people on the horse declared loudly, Wei Zhong and others were riding on the horse with knives and did not give in. They only looked at the approaching horse team coldly and stared at their every move.
It was a team of twenty people, wearing uniform blue shorts and long knives hanging on their waists. It looked like they were well-trained.
They said they were just passing by, but their right hands were always pressed on the handle of the knife. As long as there was a slight movement, the long knife at their waist would be unsheathed.
"We'll watch you leave." Wei Zhong did not step forward or step back, he only spoke to the person who just spoke.
"good."
The man looked at Wei Zhong a few more times, wondering why there was a person like Wei Zhong in such a group of refugees.
He feels a bit like a military commander on the battlefield.
Strange, really strange.
The sound of horse hooves is getting closer and closer, and then gradually getting further away.
When they could no longer hear the sound of horse hooves, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. However, after this, they never put down their weapons, and there were twice as many people patrolling at night as usual.
There is really too little water in the team, so now several families are cooking together, and no water is wasted at all. Even so, many people in the team have begun to run out of water.
Even if Zhou Yunshu prepared enough water, and she secretly visited Chen Cang from time to time, in order to prevent Fang Huiwen, who was responsible for cooking and cooking, from noticing the abnormality, the current water in their house could not last for five days.
After entering Luzhou, Fang Huiwen only dared to secretly open a small stove at night when the lights were dim to make some white flour and rice for her children and Zhou Yunshu, and then eat some bacon and sausages.
Among them, eggs are the most nutritious. She doesn't know how many eggs her sister-in-law bought at the beginning. Four children and Zhou Yunshu, who is pregnant, eat one egg a day. She has been eating until now, and there is still half a bamboo basket left.
Sometimes Fang Huiwen wonders if she has been on the run for too long and is hallucinating, or else why she always feels like there is always so much eggs and water.
But she didn't dare to tell anyone about this secret thing, for fear of causing other people to covet her.
In her opinion, if you have something to eat, eat it as soon as possible. If you run out of savings, you won’t have to eat it.
For lunch, she only dared to bake sweet potatoes, potatoes, or make some cornmeal porridge for everyone.
There were too many people in the team, and she didn't dare to let people like herself have too special meals under so many pairs of eyes during the day.
Tonight, Fang Huiwen cooked a large pot of sweet potato porridge with bacon slices and salted duck eggs. After eating, she felt full of strength.
After dinner, Zhou Yunshu was about to take the children to study when Du Laoer and Wei Zhong came over together saying something.
Wei Zhong looked at Zhou Yunshu, who was teaching the children to recite, and said, "Sir, we have something to discuss with you."
Zhou Yunshu handed Xixi in her arms to Li Jialan, stood up and said, "Let's go."
When Zhou Yunshu followed Du Laoer and Wei Zhong, the discussion that originally consisted of Du Youtian and Mao Ziping suddenly expanded to more than a dozen people.
When those people saw Zhou Yunshu approaching, they all moved out of the way. In their eyes, scholars are the most powerful, especially those who have no selfish intentions towards them.
With Zhou Yunshu here, maybe their current problems can really be solved.
Although Du Laozhuang no longer smokes, he still keeps the cigarette rod in his hand.
Du Laozhuang habitually tapped the ground with his cigarette pole and asked in a hoarse voice: "How many people don't have water at home now?"
Their family has a large population, and the remaining water can last at most two days.
Du Laosan continued: "I just counted, six households have no water, and ten households will also have no water tomorrow."
Not to mention other people, he was also very thirsty now, and even if he swallowed dryly, there was nothing left to swallow.
Wei Zhong also said with a gloomy look: "We must find water tomorrow, otherwise people will die if we continue walking like this."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a scream from the crowd behind him. Before Du Laosan and others rushed over to see what happened, they heard the man crying loudly: "Water, who still has water! Wow, my family is going to choke to death!"
It turned out that the child was too eager to eat the black flour pancake, and he choked and rolled his eyes.
Someone rushed over with water, and endured the pain and drank two or three mouthfuls before letting the child swallow the black flour pancake.
The child habitually wanted to hold the water bag and take a few more sips, but was pulled back by the rescuer.
Although it was to save people, these few mouthfuls of water made him feel distressed and unable to sleep.
This is not the first time that something like this has happened. As Wei Zhong said, if they can't find water again, they will probably die of thirst before encountering the refugees and bandits who rob them.
Since entering Luzhou, Du Laozhuang's brows have not relaxed. He sighed deeply and said, "Is there anything you can do?"
Du Youtian and others looked at each other, they were not the Dragon King of Rain, what could they do.
In the silence, Du Laozhuang could only look at Zhou Yunshu.
His intuition told him that Zhou Yunshu must have a way.
"Mr. Zhou."
Ever since Zhou Yunshu saved the entire team from the robbers and taught Wu Qin Xi to the people in the team, now everyone in the team including Zhou Laozhuang calls Zhou Yunshu Mr. Zhou.
"I do have a way to alleviate it, but it's difficult to implement."
