Jiang Zhi and Xu Errui were startled and hurriedly opened the courtyard door. Sure enough, they saw thick smoke billowing from one direction outside the village, as well as shouts and noises.
When Xu Xiaoman saw the two people coming out, he said, "Brother Errui, come with me quickly. There's a fight over there, and the refugees are grabbing things."
Most of the people in the village had already left, and only a few households were left. When he heard the refugees grabbing things, Xu Errui grabbed the wooden stick by the door and ran away.
Jiang Zhi tried to stop him but couldn't. He frowned as he watched the two of them run into the night, hoping that Xu Errui would be smarter.
She was a little puzzled. After all, the refugees were from outside, and they didn't feel confident. They probably didn't dare to really conflict with the locals.
We can't stay in the village any longer, we have to go up the mountain early tomorrow morning.
She closed the courtyard door and pulled Qiaoyun into the house: "Qiaoyun, we can't sleep tonight. If you're sleepy, just lie down on the table for a while, so you can go up the mountain at dawn."
Qiaoyun nodded vigorously.
She has no say in family matters, so Er Rui just listens to Er Rui's words.
When her mother-in-law speaks, she and Er Rui both listen to her.
The weather was still very cold now. Jiang Zhi found a pile of wood in the woodshed and lit it directly in the middle of the main room to make a fire, regardless of whether it could be burned.
The original body may not have been so considerate before, but Qiao Yun was not used to it. She just glanced at her mother-in-law across the fire.
Jiang Zhi ignored her. He had always had a weird temper, but suddenly he started talking and laughing in a way that scared people.
Finally, the noise outside gradually disappeared, and there were footsteps coming this way.
Xu Errui knocked on the door: "Mom, Qiaoyun, open the door quickly, I'm back!"
Jiang Zhi went to open the door and asked: "How many refugees are here, and what were they doing just now?"
When Xu Errui saw a fire in the house, he warmed his hands on the side: "Mom, the refugees are here and they are robbing things."
Isn't this just nonsense? Xiaoman said it when he came.
Knowing that Xu Errui was honest, Jiang Zhi could only wait for him to speak slowly.
She was calm on the outside, but her heart was racing.
Born in peaceful times, no one has ever experienced this kind of situation. Now we can only rely on intuition and common sense to speculate.
Qiaoyun poured a bowl of boiling water by the fire to Xu Errui and urged him to tell him what happened.
Xu Errui took a sip of water and said quickly: "There were more than twenty refugees coming from outside. They first asked for water, and then Uncle Youcai gave them food to cook. Uncle Youcai's family didn't agree, so the two sides started fighting.
The refugees almost burned down the house, but when Xiaoman and I arrived, Uncle Youcai and his group were also numerous and had already driven the refugees away. "
"These refugees are really disgusting!" Qiaoyun said in a low voice.
Jiang Zhi was silent. The talented people Xu Errui mentioned were the families who stole things during the day.
Relying on the fact that he has a large family and is a strong man, he does not pay attention to the refugees.
Do any refugees dare to rob them?
Now the refugees are about to turn into thugs and are close to losing control. If they continue to look down upon them, they will suffer.
Xujiacun was unusually peaceful and uneasy that night.
Probably because they really felt the horror of the conflict between the refugees, the remaining people couldn't sleep. Someone was looking around with a torch at any time.
Xiao Man ran to Jiang Zhi's house again and said that grandpa was willing to go up the mountain and would leave tomorrow.
When daybreak came, the village was deserted and smokeless, and Jiang Zhi's family was about to leave.
After bringing all the things, Qiaoyun also wanted to go with her. She was more than five months pregnant and climbed the mountain by herself with a wooden stick.
Xu Errui moved several large backpacks by himself and could only run back and forth.
When encountering dangerous mountain roads, Jiang Zhi's help is needed to get through.
People going up the mountain include Xiaoman and Xiaoman’s grandma.
Xiaoman struggled to climb up the mountain with a tightly wrapped man on his back. Looking at the legs that were almost dragging on the ground, they should be his eldest brother who was paralyzed in bed.
The two old men were carrying packages respectively, and even the little girl was carrying her own things.
It's just that going up the mountain is so difficult, it's easy to imagine how to escape.
Apart from them, other families who were hiding were also going up the mountain one after another. At this time, no one spoke, and everyone was in a solemn mood.
Whether you flee to other places or go up the mountain, you are giving up your home, and no one will get better.
Everyone also stopped and walked, because each family's kiln entrance and charcoal shed are in different locations, and you need to separate your way after walking for a while.
The Jiangzhi family had the highest position. After moving all their belongings to their charcoal shed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It is difficult for villagers to go up the mountain, and it is even more difficult for the refugees to go up the mountain. They only need to stand down and hit them with rocks to knock them down, and they will be safe for the time being.
Of course, if the war continues for a few years, there will be no peace in Dayan, no matter where it is.
The three of them were already exhausted and needed to rest before working.
The whole grain cakes and roasted sweet potatoes baked last night came in handy.
Qiaoyun collected some leaves and branches from the side, set up a stove with three stones in a sheltered place, and brought water from the mountain spring to boil for a meal.
Although the environment was a little rough, the three of them ate leisurely, which was better than being on tenterhooks in the village.
After filling my stomach and regaining my energy, the top priority is to repair the charcoal shed.
We need to spend the night on the mountain tonight, and it will be difficult to stay in the open air.
Xu Errui found some bark that had been peeled off from the side, and cut some thatch from the cliff to use with it.
Although these grasses have been exposed to frost for several months and their leaves have decayed, making them unsuitable for building a house, thick stalks are better than leaking wind and rain.
There were no fallen leaves in the pond that had been cleaned the day before. Qiaoyun took out the pots and pans at the side, cleaned them one by one, and put them into the basket that served as a cupboard.
The things that can be carried up the mountain are limited. The tables, chairs, benches and wooden beds at home cannot be moved away. Now, except for a few quilts, the shed is just a bare dirt floor.
While Xu Errui and the others were building a shed there, Jiang Zhi walked into the Qinggang Forest next to him alone.
There were thick leaves here, and she was going to collect some clean leaves to make the bed, and pick up some dead branches that were good for igniting fire.
In addition, Jiang Zhi also wanted to try his luck to see if he could find what he wanted.
As soon as she peeled off the fallen leaves, her eyes lit up with the Qinggangzi that appeared underneath.
Sure enough, there are green cabbage seeds, and it has only been two or three months. These green cabbage seeds are very fresh, hiding in piles under the leaves.
Some have taken off the shell at the back, and some are still in the shell bowl.
Qinggang tree is an evergreen deciduous tree, resistant to cold and poor soil, widely distributed, and has a wide range of functions.
According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica for Famine Relief": "In the old days, they were not recorded in the state where they came from, but now they are everywhere. The big trees with oak bushes are called oak oaks, and the small trees without oak bushes are called green hills."
"Compendium of Materia Medica for Famine Relief" also records that it can relieve hunger. "Pick the young leaves and cook them, soak them in water to make them yellow, wash them with a change of water, and season them with oil and salt."
These are just side dishes. What Jiang Zhi values most is that after the astringency is removed, Qinggangzi can be made into starch, tofu and wine, and can be used as a staple food.
This removal of astringency is very important.
Looking at the green hills and forests all over the mountain, Jiang Zhi smiled with satisfaction.
A truly strong person never complains about the environment. Now he has everything he needs to eat and use.
Ever since he traveled here, Jiang Zhi has been looking for any secrets he has: space, system, mind-reading or Vajra's magical power.
A day passed and nothing happened.
At such an old age, I don’t even have the chance to get married to change my destiny.
It seems that traveling through time does not necessarily lead to supernatural powers. All she can rely on is knowledge.
His grandfather was a barefoot herbalist in rural areas, and his parents were both native farmers. Jiang Zhi followed his grandfather around the mountains since he was a child and learned about hundreds of herbal medicines. When he grew up, he naturally entered the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and studied traditional Chinese medicine.
Unlike traditional Chinese medicine, which prescribes medical treatments, pharmacy is another type of profession.
Therefore, I did not study medicine in school, but I learned how to make ointments and pills. After graduation, I went to a pharmacy to get medicine, which seemed to be a professional counterpart.
It's just that after traditional Chinese medicine began to be grown in large-scale fields, the yield became higher and higher, and ginseng was grown into radish. On the contrary, the efficacy became increasingly shrinking.
Herbal medicine has been abandoned by the world as a crooked practice, and her and her grandfather's ideals of promoting herbal medicine are getting farther and farther away.
As her parents and grandfather grew old, she completely gave up her dream of herbal medicine and started working in the traditional Chinese medicine dispensary of the town hospital.
There are benefits to studying herbal medicine. For example, in her eyes, the weeds that ordinary people see can be used as medicine.
Trees that ordinary people see can also be used as medicine.
Seeing the Qinggang tree at this time, what others would think of is that the hard wood is a good material for making furniture and making charcoal. Other uses automatically came to her mind.
It can be eaten except for the seeds. The bark of the Green Gangbang tree has the effects of strengthening the spleen, stopping diarrhea, astringing and stopping bleeding. It can treat diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, chronic dysentery, leucorrhea, various types of bleeding, malignant sores, and carbuncles.
Now Jiangzhi doesn't need Qinggang to treat diseases. These edible seeds alone are enough.
