Natural disasters at the beginning, widows take space to raise cubs and get rich

Chapter 16
"Mom, I'm so thirsty, give me some water." A dry voice sounded from behind.

Granny Feng and Xia Huai turned around at the same time, only to see a girl about seven or eight years old, with a small body that could be blown down by a gust of wind, and a small face that was tanned and red.

The young woman next to her is carrying a two or three-year-old baby on her back. Both hands are carrying things, and there are pots and pans hanging in front of her body. The man next to the woman is carrying more, which makes people breathless. angry.

The young woman shook her head in embarrassment, and said softly, "Wait a little longer, you can drink when you find the river."

The little girl couldn't help crying: "Mom, we still have water, I heard it all, I'm thirsty to death"

"No!" The young woman refused without hesitation: "The only thing left of this little water is tinkling, and I have to leave it for your father and your brother to drink. That's enough, don't talk, you won't be thirsty if you don't talk!"

"Okay, give her a drink." Her man frowned and said.

"But."

Before the young woman could finish speaking, there was a sudden plop, and the little girl fainted.

The young woman screamed, dropped the sack in her hand, and rushed towards her daughter.

Seeing that the woman was finally willing to give water to her daughter, Old Madam Feng turned her head: "Hey, God really won't give me a way out!"

Xia Huai nodded: "That's right."

After dinner, each household sent a person to discuss matters.

It was Mrs. Feng who went to Lao Xia's house to discuss matters.

When she passed by, the village head Zhang was hooking shoulders with the wealthy households in the village. He didn't know what to say, and when he saw Mrs. Feng, he let go of his hands and stood up straight in embarrassment.

Mrs. Feng gave him a cold look, and stood aside, waiting for everyone to come to discuss matters.

"Everyone can also see that the weather is getting hotter and hotter. There are two main things to talk about in today's meeting."

"The first one is that we will start our journey in the evening, and find a place to rest during the day, especially at noon, so as not to get sick from the heat."

"The second is, seeing that there are too many refugees on the road, we have to select some people to patrol, otherwise we won't be able to run in time for anything!"

"Of course, in addition to these two things, there is another one that requires the efforts of every household. Seeing that the weather is getting hotter and the land is getting more and more dry, I hope everyone pays more attention when walking to see if there is a river. Category."

After the village chief finished explaining the matter, it was time for the villagers to speak.

"Village chief, how do you choose the patrolling people? Do you choose young men or young men? How many? You haven't said anything about this yet!"

Li Sangen rolled his eyes, and suddenly said loudly, "Village Chief, I'm crippled. I'm definitely not going to be selected for this patrol. I can't make it even once if I go ten times!"

The crowd couldn't help but laugh.

In fact, Li Sangen's legs are not that serious, but he is too lazy.This kind of thankless thing, he can hide as much as he can!

Village Chief Zhang's face darkened: "You don't need to patrol, but if you find water or other prey in the village, you can't divide it either!"

Upon hearing this, Li Sangen immediately said without principle: "Forget it, I'll go to patrol! It's okay, village chief, you don't have to worry about me. Although I'm lame, I can still walk very fast. !"

All the villagers were speechless because of Li Sangen's shamelessness. They all pointed at Li Sangen and laughed and scolded:
"I said three roots, you are too old, if you continue to be so lazy, who would dare to marry you!"

"That's right, turn the year over and you'll be thirty! Look at the age in our village, the kids are already in their teens!"

The old man also persuaded earnestly: "In the future, you can no longer gamble. Once you get involved in gambling, what can you do in the future! How many times have you lost your wife and children because of gambling?"

Li Sangen didn't turn back this time, just lowered his head and muttered: "It's like who doesn't want to marry a wife, and I don't want to see who else can fancy me!"

He is not good-looking, old, and has a bad reputation for gambling, so let alone a little lady, widows pick on him!

Sangen is also picky, he doesn't want to find someone who is as lazy as himself, and he doesn't like someone who is hardworking but ugly.

Seeing that Li Sangen couldn't even raise his head when the villagers told him about it, Village Chief Zhang felt relieved, and waved to the villagers: "Okay, the patrolling people are looking for young adults, and each family will send one person. If there is no man in the family Just give out some food, you can’t make people work without food?!”

The village head Zhang also thought about the dry food for the patrol, so that those who have no young adults in the family will have more, and the rest of the family will give half a catty to each other.

After discussing the matter, the talents of Xiushui Village dispersed.

Xia Huai was also thinking about something at this time, she felt that the lack of water was not a problem.In such a hot day, if people cannot replenish water in time, they will really die!

And she still has some dislike in her heart, she dare not dislike others, after all, everyone does not have this condition.But she has!She really wants to find a chance to wash her hair and take a shower!It's really scary not to take a bath for half a month!
There is a well for watering in the small space manor, and there is also a stream. If you think it is not clean, you can exchange points for drinking water, which is bottled or barreled.

So she really doesn't lack water.

But the question is, how can this water be taken out openly?

She has to think about it.

At the same time, Village Chief Zhang was receiving a special villager.

The old woman was leaning on a cane, her hands tremblingly beckoning to Village Chief Zhang: "Village Chief Zhang."

Village head Zhang's eyebrows twitched, and he quickly stepped forward to support her: "Why is Granny Wang here?"

When Granny Wang heard the words, she burst into tears suddenly: "Village chief, you have to help me!"

Speaking of Grandma Wang, she is also a miserable person.Her wife left early, and her son liked to gamble. In the end, he quietly sold his wife and children!What's even more annoying is that he still wanted to sell the house in the village, but they didn't want it, so he ran away.

There is a daughter, but the marriage is not good, and there is no way to support her.

Fortunately, she has a granddaughter to accompany her. Back then, because the granddaughter was young and she was a girl, she couldn't sell for a good price.It was also because of a coincidence that day that Grandma Wang's granddaughter went to wash clothes by the river, so she escaped the catastrophe!
But it was because of Granny Wang's misfortune that Village Chief Zhang felt flustered.

"Grandma Wang, tell me first, if I can help, I will!"

Granny Wang's complexion was better. She murmured, "I want to borrow some water. You know my family is small, and my old lady has bad legs and feet. I can only ask my granddaughter to fetch water. How old is she? She didn't get much. Water, so now there is no water at home, I want to borrow a bowl of water, wait, I will return it to you when I find water."

The more she talked, the lower her voice became. In fact, she also understood that she was just asking for water. She couldn't get much water last time. Can she expect to grab more next time?
But she had no choice but to come to the village head.

Village head Zhang also understands, who made him the village head?

"This matter, my family doesn't have much left, but a bowl of water can still get out. Wait, I'll scoop it up for you!"

(End of this chapter)