Game slow travel: I am serious about hoarding goods

Chapter 34
When Li Mancang and Li Mantun came back, it was dark, and everyone in the family was awake, waiting for the news they brought back.

There are two pieces of news. One is that starting from tomorrow, the villagers in Xiaotao Village will start to limit their water supply. Each household will be counted on a head-by-head basis. Three people will get a bucket of water a day, and no one can drink more.

Recently, many villagers use well water to irrigate their vegetable gardens, which has caused a serious drop in the water volume of the well.At that time, someone will be arranged to guard the records.After the hour of Chen, seal the well.

Another news is that every family should make preparations, the day after tomorrow the patriarch will bring the whole village together to pray for rain.

Jiang Quhan was a little sad and a little excited when he heard the two news.

The sad thing is that she hasn't scrubbed for many days, and now the water is restricted, which is even more extravagant. It is probably difficult to wash her face, and she feels that she is going to be rotten.

Excitedly, she was able to watch the excitement again. She really had never seen such a battle of asking for rain!

On the day of praying for rain, Jiang Quhan was called up early in the morning, and the whole family gathered at the village altar barefoot and wearing coir raincoats.

The altar in the village is set up not far from the clan ancestral hall, where there is a very large open space that can accommodate thousands of people.

When Jiang Quhan and the others arrived, many people had already arrived. Everyone was dressed in the same way. Jiang Quhan looked here and there curiously.

No one in the surrounding villagers spoke, and the scene was very solemn.

After waiting for a while, everyone in the village slowly arrived, and the patriarch asked someone to light an incense table.Then began to sing the prayer for rain.

Jiang Quhan was far away, and she read with a strange tone, and she couldn't understand a word.

You can only act together with the people around you. When they kneel, she kneels together, and when they stand up, she rises together.

The sacrificial rite was very long, and the patriarch read it for a long time, and when he finished reading it all, he put it in the brazier and burned it.

The whole process took more than an hour to end. After all the things were removed, the villagers went back chatting in twos and threes. There was still a lot of work to be done at home.

Jiang Quhan curiously asked Li Cunbao who was walking home with her: "Can we get rain in this way?"

Li Cunbao shook his head: "I don't know, Mr. said: It's strange that you don't talk."

Jiang Quhan said: "I don't think there will be rain, but you see, there is no wind at all."

When Grandma Li heard what the two of them said, she interrupted: "You can't talk nonsense. In previous years, it would rain a few days after praying for rain." Strange."

Although Jiang Quhan disagreed, he didn't say anything more.

A few days later, the sun was still as fierce. After praying for rain, not to mention rain, there was not a single thunder.The land has been dry and cracked, the water in the big river is getting less and less, and the ponds have dried up. There are piles of dead fish, most of which are picked up by the villagers, and some of them rot before they can be picked up.

More and more people prayed to God and Buddha in the village, but there was no rain, and everyone was frowning.

Before, I was worried that this year’s food harvest would be exhausted, and I would starve to death if I couldn’t get the autumn food. Now I’m starting to worry that if this continues, I’ll die of thirst if I don’t have water.

Jiang Quhan hasn't gone out for many days now, the wild vegetables on Xiaotao Mountain are gone, and Li Mancang and Li Mantun are not going to the town anymore. The price of food in the town has risen to the point that the poor can't afford it. It is sold for a limited time and in a limited amount, just like that, and it may not be available every day.

On the way to the town, I also saw strangers passing by one after another. Some of them were carrying baggage, and some were pushing a cart, dragging their families with them. They were people fleeing from famine in other villages.

(End of this chapter)