"Um?"
Li Yuan had never experienced such a famine in her previous life.
Even if she read the book and read the content, it was somewhat different from reality, so she didn't know what was right.
She knew that it would be difficult to find a place to stay when there were so many people, but when it rained heavily, it was human nature to find a place to take shelter.
So Wang Can said he couldn't stop and had to keep walking, which puzzled her.
This day is like this. When the rain falls, people may not be able to open their eyes. How will they be able to walk then?
This official road is a dirt road. It looks big, but it can only accommodate two carriages passing by at the same time.
Coupled with the topography of Liuyun County, the official road out extends around the mountain road.
There were many of them, and they all walked side by side.
What if you slip and fall from the other side of the official road because you can't see it?
Furthermore, the rain was too heavy and flowed down the official road.
It's equivalent to them walking up against the current...
"Sister, there is no village or shop here, so it's hard to find a place to take shelter from the rain. Plus there are so many of us, we can't spread out, right? Besides, once we stop, we have to keep stopping until one day Until the rain stops or becomes lighter. Until then, no one knows what the situation is outside. What if there is a plague everywhere?"
As Wang Can spoke, he lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Sister, it's actually quite good to walk in the heavy rain. There will be no robbers who can't wait. In addition, we Lijia'ao people have prepared enough dry food. We have prepared a lot of water and drinkable water, so you won’t be hungry or thirsty. When you are really tired and can’t walk, you can just find a place to rest.”
The Lijia'ao people prepared everything, including bullock carts and the like, and there was a clay stove on top, which could burn charcoal and water to make porridge and heat rice.
Last year, people in Lijia'ao burned charcoal and sold it. They usually saved a little for cooking, so there was no shortage of charcoal at all.
With this, plus water and food, there is no need to worry about food.
When it's time to eat, they get on the wheel one by one.
Li Qinghua had assigned this as early as the day before Lijia'ao was to set off.
Including Li Yuan's carriage, the same is true.
But at that time, her carriage for cooking and other purposes was limited to the two families of Laozhairen and Li Lin and Li Shu.
As the elder of the Li clan, Old Man Li even suggested that if it started to rain heavily, he and Mrs. Wang would squeeze into the oxcart of sisters Li Lin and Li Shu so as not to cause any trouble to Li Yuan and the others.
And the bullock carts they vacated were given to others to rest.
Li Yuan's carriage only needs to take care of the guide, Li Duo and Li Rui.
But this was just the original plan. After Bai Yan, Zhou Zi and the others arrived, there was no need to do this with seven more horses.
The topic went off topic. After Wang Can said this, he covered his mouth and said in a breathy voice: "Sister, let's listen to Uncle Hua and keep walking. He is the leader of the clan and the head of the village. He always does it for everyone's benefit. I won’t make fun of everyone’s lives! In my previous life, I heard that there were several mountain slides on this official road, and many people who happened to be passing by were trapped underneath.”
Li Yuan's heart trembled when she heard this, and she quickly turned to look at both sides of the official road where the visibility was not very high.
But it was really dark and the carriage was moving, so she couldn't see clearly.
Wang Can also looked to both sides, but couldn't see clearly either, so he took her hand and walked into the carriage.
"Sister, that's it, really!"
Li Yuan came to her senses, let go of her hand, and quickly got into the carriage.
"Can Niang, please help me put up the awning outside the carriage."
As she spoke, using the dark light, she took out six wooden sticks as thick as her arms from the space and pushed them out of the carriage one by one.
Zhou Zi, who was driving the carriage, did not dare to look back, so he asked Zhou Chou to help.
When Zhou Chou got up, he saw Li Yuan had lit an oil lamp in the carriage, and then saw her pushing out a large bundle of oilcloth and hemp rope from inside.
"Ms. Li, what do you want to do?"
Li Yuan's carriage was specially built. The shaft was wider and longer than other carriages.
There are three card slots on the left and right sides, which are used to build an awning before heavy rain.
When she heard Zhou Chou's words, she said: "We need to build an awning so that a few people can live on the carriage shaft. Zhou Chou, look at the slots on the left and right sides. Insert these six pieces of wood and fix them." Then, use oilcloth to wrap the carriage from beginning to end, including both sides of the shaft. In this way, even if you sleep outdoors at night, you can lie down in the shaft and relax for a while when you are on duty."
Zhou Chou looked at the car's shaft where the two people were lying down without any problems, and immediately helped build an awning.
As for Li Yuan and Wang Can, they just need to help each other.
While Li Yuan was setting up the awning, other bullock carts and horse-drawn carriages were also busy with the task.
Their carriages are all built according to Li Yuan's, just the carriages are bigger or smaller.
In addition to the ones they bought at home, their oilcloths were also distributed by Li Yuan.
After the group finished their work, the rain never fell, and the sky was as dark as night, so everyone needed to light torches.
Li Qinghua could no longer sit still in the carriage. After he stopped the carriage, he got into Old Li's car.
"Uncle Liutang, today is an unusual day like this. I have lived for nearly fifty years and have never seen it before. Is it right or wrong for us to continue on our way like this?"
Not to mention Li Qinghua, it was the first time in their lives that they met Old Man Li and Old Mrs. Wang.
However, Old Mrs. Wang is more knowledgeable than Old Man Li. After all, she has been to Fucheng and stayed there for several months.
She knew what the official road was like. After hearing Li Qinghua's words, she said decisively: "It is right to continue on the road, but staying is a dead end. Huazi, don't think too much, let's just go, as far as we can go." . If we can’t walk anymore, we have to go to the junction of the top of the mountain and Liufeng County.”
What Li Qinghua wanted was just a word, and there was no need to say why. After hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief and sat in their carriage, looking outside with a heavy gaze.
After a while, he spoke with difficulty: "It's okay for us to come out. What do you think of those who stay? Master Xu, can you really take so many people away in time?"
He said, turning to look at Old Man Li: "Uncle Liutang, our Lijia'ao has the lowest terrain. I estimate that once the rain starts to fall, our Lijia'ao will be flooded quickly. I don't know the situation in Liufeng County. Well, if it's the same as ours, then their terrain is high, which means all the water will flow to our Liuyun County, and the county seat will also be flooded..."
As Li Qinghua finished speaking, the wind began to blow outside, but the wind carried moisture and a strong earthy smell.
No one was happy. Some of the timid people even started to have weak legs and could not walk, so they had to be pulled by the people next to them.
Except for the people sitting in the car, everyone was wearing raincoats.
And the bamboo hat on the head was specially tightened to avoid being scratched off.
The food and other items in the cart were wrapped tightly in oilcloth, inside and out.
"Pap, tap, tap..."
