Fleeing the wasteland and farming: don't panic, the family's metaphysics boss

Chapter 18 Self-sufficiency

The sun had already set halfway down, and the crowds by the river had dispersed, but there were still 60 to [-] people, all of whom had fortune-telling or fortune-telling and were suitable for walking by water.

It's just that the boatman still insisted that 20 taels alone would not let go, and many people present didn't have that much money, so they could only turn their eyes to Shi'an and Heart for help.

The two pointed to Qingyu's side tacitly, and Qingyu looked at everyone with a pair of round innocent eyes.

Then the two of them turned their fingers and pointed at Wen Ya, Heart said: "Ask my mother, we also travel by water, we don't have the money to take a boat, but my mother must have a way."

As a result, a group of people surrounded Wen Ya as if grasping at straws.

As the elder of the mountain pavilion, Wen Ya likes to arrange his disciples to do coolies the most, so with a big wave of his hand, the 67 people were divided into groups of ten, and each group gathered five machetes, and then led them to the forest. When he left, he did not forget to tell Zhuifeng: "Hurry up and cook, and we will eat it when we come back."

Looking at the sympathetic or pitiful eyes of those passers-by, Zhufeng explained dryly: "I am a medical practitioner, so I can't do rough work." Then he went to gather firewood by himself.

Zhao Qian also went with him, and only Tong and his three children were left in the camp, as well as Qingyu's three brothers and sisters.

Tong Shi shook a piece of children's clothes that she had just finished sewing. The clothes were simple in style, and they were worn by children, so it didn't take much effort, so she sewed them up in just one afternoon.

She compared the clothes to Qing Yu, and said with a smile, "The length should be suitable. Come on, try it on, see what doesn't fit, and I'll change it."

Qingyu thanked her sweetly, and put the new clothes on her body, neither long nor short, not too big, just right, and the clothes were brand new, although they were still coarse linen, but compared to her own clothes, which were dirty and torn Yes, this is already very good.She folded her arms lovingly, "Very good, it fits very well."

The clothes still smelled of new cloth, and Qing Yu took a deep breath, feeling particularly comfortable.

Tong Shi nodded with a smile, and then looked at Hongtao and Shi'an again. She wanted to finish sewing the clothes of the three children of the Bai family before making them for her own children.

Shi'an and Hongtao came over with a large bag of copper coins, and both of them were smiling. The copper coins were so heavy that Hearts could hardly lift them up. It was Shi'an who stepped forward to help and the two of them worked together to lift the two coins together. Bring the money over.

Hongtao opened two cloth bags, her little face flushed with excitement, "It's been a long time in this world, and I haven't seen so much money. How much does it cost?" She lay down happily on the copper coins, cool, with It smells like copper, money.

Shi An smiled and shook his head: "We counted a total of 110 five people. Excluding the first ten who have not received money, there are three people who have 130 copper coins, and the others are [-] copper coins per person. There are a total of [-] copper coins here. A total of two taels and thirty coppers."

Heart pursed her mouth and stared at him with a dark face, "Can't you let me count by myself? How happy it is to count, you are simply depriving me of the happiness of counting money."

After a pause, he said angrily: "No, I still have to count, in case there is less." Then he sat on the side and counted the money.

Tong looked at Qingyu and the others enviously, "You guys are really capable."

Qing Yu pursed her lips and smiled, although her face didn't move, but her ears were listening carefully to Hearts counting the money, the more she listened, the bigger the smile on her face.

Counting money is really fun.

Tong called Shi'an to him, measured the length of the clothes for him, and then started making clothes again.

Zhuifeng came back with a pile of firewood, and Shi'an helped them cook together. Seeing that it was getting late, Qingyu sneaked into the woods, found a place where no one was around, and changed into new clothes outside. Wearing, old clothes to wear outside.

Wen Ya led the people out for more than half an hour, and finally came back carrying a log with a thick wrist. More than 60 people carried more than 30 logs. Everyone was exhausted, but Wen Ya gave orders like a general , they dare not say anything.

At that time, Zhuifeng and Tongshi had already prepared the meal, and it was still bark powder lumps. Although it was not very delicious, it was enough to feed the hunger, and the elm bark also contained nutrients, so after everyone finished eating, they also gained physical strength recover.

After eating, other people not far away gather together to discuss something, and finally a group of men pushed out a tall and strong man. The strong man hesitated a little, and finally came to Wen Ya's family with everyone's confusion.

"Sister, can I ask, we cut so much wood, is it possible to build a boat by ourselves?"

Wen Ya glanced at him lightly: "You know how to make?"

The burly man waved his hand embarrassingly: "How can I know it? I'm just a blacksmith, and I can't build ships."

"Then why ask?" Wen Ya was annoyed, but she stood up on her knees, shouted "work", and then walked towards the wood with a kitchen knife.

The others were a little stunned and looked at the strong man. The strong man also shrugged his shoulders and shook his head to express that he didn't know, but the "general" had already spoken. Everyone still remembered the power of the arrow during the day, so they all picked up their knives honestly. Wen Ya followed.

Thirty logs were broken into short logs about Zhang Xu long, and more than 70 short logs were obtained in the end.At this time, it was already the middle of the month, so Wen Ya asked everyone to rest first, saying that they would continue tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Wen Ya called everyone up, ordered three groups to continue chopping wood, and the remaining three groups followed her to find vines. At this moment, everyone realized that it was not to build a boat, but to make a raft .

The water in this piece of river is not rushing, and the river surface is only five or six feet wide. This kind of river can be used with rafts, but this river connects Chengyang County. Although it is not wide, it is long, and it takes seven or eight to travel by boat. Day, so everyone didn't think about the raft at first, because it was really unexpected, can a few logs and vines take them to the next county?
But in fact, when Wen Ya tied the nine short logs horizontally and vertically, and then wrapped the gaps with vines to form a mat, and finally pushed the raft into the river, and watched the raft lying firmly on the water, everyone finally Believe it.

"The raft is very simple. As long as there is wood and it is firmly tied, it can carry people. You can use your own skills. If you have the energy, you can also chop more wood and make it stronger. This way, you don't have to rebuild it because it fell apart halfway. Do it." Wen Ya kindly reminded everyone.

When the scattered people heard this, their complexions suddenly became a little bad, and they all rushed into the forest with their knives raised.

Seeing that Zhao Qian was struggling to tie the wood, Mrs. Tong brought a bowl of water over, "Drink some water and rest for a while." Then she was a little worried: "Can this raft really send us to Chengyang County? "

What was she worried about? Zhao Qian knew in his heart that everyone was not used to water, and the raft looked very weak. If he accidentally fell off, especially children, there was really only one end to die.

However, Zhao Qian looked at Qingyu and the others, and then nodded affirmatively: "Didn't those children calculate it? arrived safely."

Tong believed in her husband, and after he finished drinking the water, he sat back with the bowl in his hand and continued to sew clothes. In another hour, Shi'an's piece could be finished as well.

In the afternoon, people set off on rafts one after another. For a while, rafts were everywhere on the river. When there were more people, everyone was less afraid. People who knew each other even drove together, talking and laughing. He left on the raft.

Of course, there are also many people who can't hold on, but after trying a few more times, they gradually understood some essentials, so they stumbled and rowed away.

Qingyu's family and Zhao Qian's family were also preparing to set off after completing three rafts. The two families walked together, so the three rafts were simply tied together, which not only increased buoyancy, but also helped each other to paddle.In the end, the ten members of the two families packed their bags and set off on a raft.

On the long river, there are many rafts floating, and the distance between everyone is not far, and each other has become a spiritual sustenance.

　Although in ancient times there was a rule not to cut trees indiscriminately, but considering this overhead background, and Fu County is empty, and the whole summer is full of wars, there is no time for the government to manage a few logs, so it is so purple ~ hee hee
　　
　
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