Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Old Man Zhou nodded and said, "Okay, let's do as your uncle says. Take them all. It will save you some effort to walk with them."

After saying this, he looked at the crowd with worry, then turned to his youngest son and said, "Sanlang, there are so many people here, we should also go to the head of the village to give them a heads up."

Zhou Dacang nodded. He discussed with Zhou Guo that although they couldn’t protect other people, they still had to remind Xing.

Zhou Guo also breathed a sigh of relief and drank water and ate with peace of mind.

But before they could go over, the head of the village sent someone to call them, saying that each family should go to the front to discuss matters.

According to the old rules, Zhou Dacang of the Zhou family is now capable of taking charge, so he will come forward.

This time we went there for a longer time, and it took more than half an hour to leave.

"The head of the village said that we may have trouble in peace these days. There are more and more victims lying on the roadside. We are carrying a lot of bags and small bags on cows and donkeys, and some even have carts. We are afraid that we will attract the attention of others. For the sake of everyone's safety, we need someone to watch over us when we rest. There are 72 households in our team, with one person from each family. We are divided into three teams, and each team will take one shift, three shifts a day. Our family is in the second team." As soon as Zhou Dacang came back, he told his family the news he had heard.

Zhou Guo nodded secretly, thinking that this place was pretty good. People here had a sense of security and were more thoughtful than ordinary people.

Old man Zhou frowned and sighed, "I'm afraid we won't have many days of peace. Everyone has heard it. The things on this cart are our family's livelihood and food. Without them, we can't go far. We will be like those people who fell on the roadside. I don't know how many days we can live. Everyone should cheer up these few days and don't fall into a deep sleep. If there is any movement, call for help immediately. Okay, take a rest and have a good sleep."

Although the older children were a little scared after hearing this, they calmed down when they thought about how their family members were all around them, as well as the familiar people in the village, and how no matter how many people they had, they could not drive away so many people.

The two younger ones were different. Zhou Tao had seen them a lot in the past few days. The disaster victims who fell on the roadside without food were so skinny with sunken cheeks and green eyes. It was scary to think about it.

Zhou Su leaned against Zhou Guo and Li Shi tightly, holding one in each hand, and patted his chest to tell them, "Mom, sister, don't be afraid, I am very strong now. If the thieves dare to come up, I will hit them on the head with a stone and make them bleed."

While saying that others are not afraid, his own face turned pale and his palms were covered with cold sweat. Without a father around, the child grows up faster, but also feels less secure.

Zhou Guo was so soft-hearted that he turned the little guy's hand over, wiped it on his body, and comforted him earnestly: "It's okay, you can sleep peacefully, you still have your brothers and sisters, mother, grandfather and uncle. If anyone dares to come forward, we will fight together. Just think about how strong your uncle is. Those people have not even had food to eat for so many days, how can they have the strength to fight us, right?"

Zhou Su's eyes lit up after listening and he nodded vigorously. Yes, these people have no food to eat, so they definitely have no strength, so they will definitely win.

Li touched the two children's heads, tears in her eyes. The children were so sensible. They didn't know where their father was. They didn't know if they would ever meet again in this life. The children couldn't live without their father!

Zhou Mai on the side pursed his lips tightly. He slept on the outside. When his father was not around, he was the head of the family. He would definitely protect his mother, brothers and sisters.

The day passed in peace and trembling.

Everyone was still worried.

We had one and a half buckets of water left before, but now water is hard to find, so the family drinks water less often and in smaller amounts. If this continues, we should be able to hold out for a few more days.

Zhou Guo was attentive all the way, and even when walking at night he did not dare to relax, keeping his ears perked up for fear of missing the sound of water.

After two days of safe travel, not only did everyone not relax, but they became even more nervous.

There was no other reason. There were more victims on the roadside. Those who had caught up, those who had caught up, were sitting in piles on the roadside. Some were staggering in front, looking at their group with numb eyes. Even though there were so many of them, those people's eyes never moved away.

Zhou Guo secretly exchanged a glance with Zhou Dacang, and both of them had heavy expressions on their faces.

Fortunately, everyone in the family was holding a stick, and after seeing their weapons, most of the families in the team also picked up one for self-defense.

The team didn't stop and rumbled forward.

Nothing happened.

After walking a few more miles, the team chose a spacious place to stop and rest. They had been walking all night, and if they continued walking, the elderly and children would not be able to bear it, so they also needed to rest.

It was the second team's turn to be on duty. Zhou Guo couldn't sleep, so he closed his eyes to rest, and pricked up his ears to listen carefully to the movements around him.

I don’t know how long it took.

She opened her eyes suddenly and sat up from the ground. Something was wrong. Where did the sounds of insects and birds come from?

There was no water or food in the area for who knows how many miles around. She hadn’t even heard a bird singing in the past few days. How could there be birds singing now?

When Zhou Dacang saw her like this, his hair stood on end. He looked around and found something wrong.

He casually picked up the wooden stick, signaled to other guards, and then woke up the people around.

Zhou Guo also woke up his family members.

Chaos happens in an instant!

She just woke up her family and they gathered around quietly.

These starving people would grab any food they saw, carry away any bags they saw, and some even grabbed children.

The team was in chaos in an instant. All that could be heard were people screaming, children crying, chaotic footsteps, and heavy breathing...

The first people to suffer are the ones at the back. The Zhou family is in the middle and has time to react.

The children jumped up in surprise, holding their wooden sticks tightly in their hands. Although there was fear on their faces and their little bodies were still trembling, no one backed down.

The two carts of their family were also very conspicuous, and they might have been targeted by someone for a long time, so the crowd went straight to the target as soon as they arrived.

Zhou Guo held the wooden stick tightly in his hand and protected his family behind him. The first one who rushed up was a teenager, who seemed to be about the same age as his uncle. He was so thin that his cheekbones were protruding on his face. He had no expression and only stared at the food with vicious eyes.

She closed her eyes, raised the stick in her hand and hit the man, who fell to the ground. Before she could react, a group of people rushed up from behind.

The extremely hungry man couldn't even speak, and fell down without even a groan.

She had never learned any martial arts moves, and had not fought much in her previous life. She was completely relying on instinct to wield the stick in her hand. Fortunately, she was very strong and could knock people down with just one swing without much effort. Mainly, she had been hungry for a long time and had no strength left.

But looking at the endless stream of people coming forward, she was really frightened. She had never seen such a scene in her two lifetimes. These people seemed to be immune to pain and were not afraid of death. Where on earth did these people come from?

There are so many people behind her, can she protect her family?