Surviving the famine: I made my fortune by helping others

Because they had food, everyone was more motivated to travel in the next few days.

After leaving Daqing Mountain, the road became much easier to walk on, and everyone walked faster every day, and we met more and more people on the road.

I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, but compared with other groups fleeing famine, their group, which is mostly composed of the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, actually looks much better overall.

"Miss, there is no shady place to rest on this road nearby. Should we continue on our way?"

Wang Chengde ran from the front of the team, panting, and quickly reported the news they had obtained.

Because they had horses in their team, whenever it was time to rest, they would send someone on horseback to find a suitable place to rest.

But today, they had walked a long way and had not come across a shady place to rest, but they did encounter quite a few refugees on the road.

If they hadn't run fast, they would have been pinned down by some desperate people.

Ye Chuyi looked up at the sky. Autumn was almost over, but for some reason the day was getting hotter and hotter.

Just like now, the sun was shining brightly overhead, she had worn as lightly as possible, but she was still sweating all over.

"It's too hot today. We can't go any further. Let's just find a place to rest our feet."

Whether for the sake of others or for herself, she felt that she could not go on.

If we go any further, the elderly and children might not be able to bear it.

"Okay, let's go and let them find a place to rest."

Wang Chengde responded and ran back without waiting for a rest.

After walking for about another quarter of an hour, Wang Chengde's voice came from the front of the team, "Rest where you are, keep an eye on the children, don't run around!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people in the team seemed to have received some signal. Their tense minds instantly relaxed, and then they all sat down on the ground in a listless state.

After Liu Xiaohui and Zhang Yunxiu settled their children, they wiped their sweat and quickly untied the packages on their backs. Then, each of them held a piece of unfinished clothing and began to sew.

"Take a break. There's no need to be so anxious."

Ye Chuyi felt a little embarrassed when he saw it.

Although she assigned the task of making clothes to her two sisters-in-law, she didn't want them to work so hard.

In the past few days, except when they were on the road, the two of them were almost always looking down and cleaning clothes, and they looked very listless.

It's not worth it to exhaust yourself just to make a few pieces of clothing.

"It's okay. Making clothes won't be tiring. Take a rest, little sister. We can finish it slowly."

Zhang Yunxiu smiled gently and quickly lowered her head.

Liu Xiaohui shook her hands and pouted somewhat unhappily. Although she was somewhat reluctant in her heart, she did not put down the work in her hands.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade them, Ye Chu had no choice but to take out the water bag from the space.

"Drink some water. We have been traveling all day."

"Hey, thank you, little sister." Liu Xiaohui quickly agreed, and after taking it, she couldn't wait to take a sip.

The three little guys all have their own small water bags. When they run out of water, they will take the initiative to ask Ye Chuyi for more, so they don’t need any extra attention.

Zhang Yunxiu did not refuse anymore. After her sister-in-law drank the water, she took the water bag and took a few sips.

"Keep this water bag for your use. Tell me when it runs out of water." After saying this, Ye Chuyi went to look for other water bags in the space.

She didn't prepare much of this stuff, and she didn't even remember to buy it. She didn't know who gave it to her, but she had several of them in her space.

When she was putting away the water bag, she suddenly saw the frame of the donkey cart that had been dismantled before, and some ideas suddenly came to her mind.

The reason why the donkey cart was dismantled before was because it was difficult to drive in the mountains. Now that we are on the main road, we can put the donkey cart together again.

I just don't know whether Wang Yongshou and the other old guys had successfully developed the wooden cart before.

Looks like I need to find some time to ask.

Ye Chuyi was thinking about it when he suddenly heard someone calling him and quickly looked up.

But he saw a strange woman holding a child in her arms. When she noticed his gaze, she fell to her knees.

"Miss, please save the child, I beg you."

"What's going on here?"

Ye Chu was completely confused. The child in her arms didn't move at all and she couldn't figure out what was going on.

"If the child is sick, go find Old Man Zhang. He is a doctor. It is useless for you to come to me. I can't treat illnesses."

The woman shook her head in panic, her expression became more anxious, and her words became incoherent, "I'm not sick, I'm dying, I'm not sick..."

"Shuisheng family, if you really have any difficulties, think about it before speaking, don't hesitate for a long time and fail to explain clearly."

Aunt Du squeezed out of the crowd, scolding the woman in a low voice.

Shuisheng's wife's tears instantly flowed down.

"If you have a problem, just tell us and we will help you solve it. It's no use crying like that."

Seeing her appearance, Aunt Du's tone became even more severe.

She knew that Shuisheng's wife was not a person who couldn't make sense, but it was really not a good look for her to just cry like this.

After seeing Shuisheng's wife not moving for a long time, someone in the crowd finally couldn't help but shouted out.

"Little Yadan is dying, Shuisheng's wife is very anxious."

"Why can't the child do that?"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Du hurried to touch the child in Shuisheng's wife's arms. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she felt the child's warm body.

But after seeing the child's appearance clearly, the tone was raised again.

Little Yadan was just seven months old. She didn't have much flesh on her face to begin with, and now she was even more skin and bones due to hunger. Her skinny face was abnormally flushed, and the most prominent part was her lips. Such a small child's lips were so dry and cracked that they looked a miserable white.

"How did it become like this?"

Aunt Du looked at the child with pity, but didn't know what to do for a moment.

Shuisheng's wife burst into tears at this moment.

"Miss, I really have no other choice. I really don't have any water. The child will die without water. Please give me some water."

As Shuisheng's wife finished speaking, there was a commotion in the crowd. Listening carefully, one could see that everyone was discussing someone's problem.

"How come there is no water?" Aunt Du was completely shocked.

She has always been in charge of the cooking work in the team. Has she never noticed that there is not enough water when cooking?

Why are so many people short of water?

Ye Chuyi suddenly understood something.