Xie Yushu put away her dagger and followed her out.
Haitang plays with Xiao Jinyu
Xiao Yi found a rattan basket from nowhere.
Xie Yushu poured the remaining water into the wooden bucket and covered it, and vacated a few gourds to bring to fill the water tomorrow?
Looking at the eight large gourds in front of me, I visually estimated that each one can hold four or five kilograms, which is more than a large bottle of certain bi.
Today I drank half the gourd, used half the gourd for cooking, and the rest was enough for a bucket. If I save it, it will probably last three or four days. If everything goes well, she will bring water back in three or four days.
Since you are going into the mountains, you must see if there is any food and medicinal materials. Nowadays, coarse grains have increased from the usual five copper coins, that is, five cents per catty, to two taels of silver per catty. White flour is divided into three grades: good ones are fifteen cents per catty, medium ones are ten cents per catty, and inferior ones are like coarse grains. The prices are all five cents per catty. First-class polished rice is usually thirty copper coins per catty, and broken rice is fifteen cents per catty. But these are impossible to buy now!
A thousand copper coins here is equivalent to one tael of silver. The people's main rations are coarse grains such as sorghum and corn. Only a few rich people can afford rice and white flour. The price of coarse grains is five copper coins per catty. It turns out that one tael of silver can buy two One hundred kilograms of grain, still new rice, if it is old rice, can buy about two hundred and fifty to three hundred kilograms. But now, only two taels of silver can buy one kilogram of rice. It is simply a waste of money!
Although Xiao Yi still has some money, she doesn't eat like this, and more than twenty taels are not easy to spend in these years. It would be better if she can find some food and save some money. Although the money is now It is no longer valuable, but after this disaster is over and food prices return to normal, money will still be a good thing.
Xie Yushu went back to the house to find a cloth bag, planning to stuff it with whatever she came across. When everything was ready, it was completely dark, and everyone went back to the house to rest.
The next day, when the genius was bright and Xie Yushu hadn't gotten up yet, she heard voices talking in the yard. It sounded like it was Mrs. Xiao again!
"It's not safe for your daughter-in-law to go looking for water alone. Today your father, your eldest brother, sister-in-law, and the fourth daughter-in-law will go with your daughter-in-law to take care of each other."
Xie Yushu was amused when she heard this, and she said something nice. It would be better not to use her as a trap when there is danger. I hope they will take care of her, unless the sun comes out in the west!
Xiao Yi's voice seemed a little embarrassed, and he only said that he would discuss it with him when he woke up.
Xie Yushu had no objection to taking them with her.
She was not a holy mother, but years of education in serving people prevented her from being indifferent to others' difficulties.
Not to mention Xiao Yi's family, even other people, she can help if she can. However, it is one thing that she is willing to help others. If someone wants to be a monster because of her good talk, there is no way!
After putting on her clothes, combing her hair, putting the dagger on her waist and hiding it, and taking a few clean handkerchiefs with her, Xie Yushu took the cloth bag and went out. Old Mrs. Xiao was still scolding Xiao Yi endlessly. When Xiao Yi saw her coming out, she said
"Dad and eldest brother want to go find water with you."
"Then let's go together! I'm going into the mountains today. You know what's going on in the mountains better than I do. If you want to go, take someone with you who can take advantage of you. Don't wait until you're in danger of being left empty-handed!"
Mrs. Xiao prepared a lot of words to scold Xie Yushu, but unexpectedly Xie Yushu agreed happily! He stared with all the words stuck in his throat.
Although Old Man Xiao and Xiao Dayong have heard about what is going on in the mountains, they are farmers and have never been into the mountains. Only Old Man Xiao has a pickaxe in his hand, and the rest of them have gourds filled with water. I heard what Xie Yushu said , Mr. Xiao and his wife went back and got two sickles.
Everything was ready. Xie Yushu picked up Xiao Yi's newly made backpack, put on her straw hat, picked up a shovel and took the lead to go out.
The sun hadn't come out yet in the early morning, but it wasn't too cool. The group walked quickly because it would be even hotter when the sun came out.
After walking for three hours at a stretch, they passed Luofengpo and climbed five not too high mountains. At about eleven o'clock in the morning, the group arrived at the edge of the forest in the Qinglong Mountains. Along the way, they were visited by someone yesterday. Sure enough, all the occupied waterholes were dried up, and we met a few familiar faces, who all started to look for them in the mountains.
The air began to turn into a heat wave again, and I felt toasty even when I took a breath.
"Second daughter-in-law, where did you get the water yesterday? How far is it? Why don't we take a look again and dig for water? If we keep going like this, we'll die of heat before we reach the mountains. !" Old Man Xiao asked
"It's so hot, the place where we got water yesterday must have dried up! If you want to get water, you have to go inside!"
"When Old Man Xiao heard this, he looked at the sun above his head, bowed his head and walked resignedly."
Xie Yujiao said angrily
"You haven't even gone, how do you know we've done it? How far have we gone! You won't take us around! I think you just don't want to take us to get water! You're afraid that the water will be divided among us!"
"Then you don't have to follow me and go wherever you fall in love!"
"If you, I knew where the water was, I would not come with you!"
"Then shut up"
"Why do you tell me to shut up? I think you were fooled by what I said and you feel guilty!"
"you shut up"!
"Shut up!"
Old man Xiao, scolded him at the same time as Mr. Xiao
"If you have the strength to walk a few more steps, why are you making such a fuss?"
Xie Yujiao shut her mouth sarcastically.
Old man Xiao did not tolerate Xie Yujiao when it came to his own life.
As for Boss Xiao, he is diligent and obedient. Because he is the eldest son, he also has a certain right to speak, so he starts to reprimand.
The two elders care about the fourth child equally, and the second one is the eldest child.
The eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li, is also diligent and quick. She gave birth to two sons and a girl. The eldest son Qingsong is 14 years old, the second son Qingbai is 11 years old, and the youngest daughter is the same age as Haitang, both six years old.
She has two sons and a daughter, and she is the eldest sister-in-law, but she also speaks tough words!
With these three people holding her down, Xie Yushu was not worried at all that something might happen to Xie Yujiao.
Xie Yushu was still observing the plants on the ground and the mountains.
The river bed was so dry that it was impossible to dig out water manually, so we had to drill into the mountain to see if we could find a cliff cave.
The mountains here are high, and if there is water, it may seep down along the cliff cracks. In her hometown, there is a large mountain with such a cliff cave. No matter how drought the year is, the water in the cliff cave has never stopped! If it rains a lot, it will form a waterfall. If there is a drought, a small stream of water will seep down the cliff cracks.
Such a cliff cave must be in a high mountain, and there must be a high mountain with cliffs to form it. The nearest mountain to them seemed to have to be climbed over three or four hills to reach.
After Xie Yushu finished explaining the situation to Old Man Xiao and Brother Xiao, they also knew that there was no other way. They found a shady place to rest and continued towards the highest mountain.
Just after crossing a mountain, I heard a chaotic noise.
"Go around, one more thing is worse than one less thing!" Old Man Xiao said
Xie Yushu didn't have any objection. After all, they were thirsty and hungry now, as tired as dogs, and they didn't have the energy to get involved in other people's affairs.
Just as I was about to pass by, I heard a familiar sound
“Tianlin!
Brother!
I'll fight you! "
Xie Yushu paused. The name was so familiar, and so was the voice! She was still wondering who it was, and Li Shi next to her said
"Second sibling, this name seems to be your eldest brother."
Yes, the eldest brother of the original owner is named Xie Tianlin, and it must be her brother Xie Tianqi who is shouting for his life! No wonder it’s so familiar!
Xie Yushu ran over there!
