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

"Everyone, listen to me. In the situation just now, even if Mother Zhuzi didn't give the mother and daughter food, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to escape. Besides, we've been through so much together along the way. Who hasn't lost food or lost someone?"

"We can come this far, and everyone still has something to eat. The pillars of the family have not collapsed. Why? It is because of our unity. We go through difficulties together, share food together, and fight together. This is why we can come this far! Next, no one knows what the situation will be like, but I think it will not be much better. If we want to reach the north safely, find a stable place to settle down, build a new village, and build a new home, we must all work together without any ulterior motives. Only as a family can we withstand the various dangers we encounter!"

The head of the village burst into tears as he spoke. Not only did his family suffer heavy losses in grain, but his eldest daughter-in-law also died in the end. There were several families whose injuries were as serious as his and they also did not survive. The dead were finally gone.

Everyone listened and was deeply moved. Yes, every family has lost something these days.

It is even more sad for a family where someone has died.

From Huang to Zhou Suli, everyone in the Zhou family fell silent, with tears in their eyes.

The village head continued, "Besides, why did Zhuzi's mother do this? Don't you all know? Her bamboo was snatched away when she was so young. What happens to children who are snatched away these days? I don't need to explain much to everyone. Zhuzi's mother has been abnormal since she lost her child. As a mother who lost her child, we can all be a little more understanding. Who can guarantee that she won't make any mistakes? Besides, even if we ask them to pay compensation, their own food has been snatched away. What can they use to pay?"

Everyone lowered their heads. Who doesn’t have children?

Some people still refused to accept it, "If she does something like this again in the future, are we just going to have to endure it?"

Grandma Zhuzi said quickly, "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on her from now on and will never let her do such things to harm everyone again. I'm sorry for being so sorry."

The family members also immediately expressed that they would keep a close eye on her and would not let such a thing happen again.

The smoke of war was extinguished just like that.

Zhou Guo looked at the hunchbacked headman, who would always stand up in time at critical moments to prevent the situation from getting worse. He seemed to be the backbone of this team.

The crowd dispersed, but there were still injured people at home who had to be dealt with properly. Otherwise, if something went wrong, what would happen? There weren't many people at home anyway.

There was no way to leave for a while, so everyone just started cooking.

The Zhou family divided the work and also set up a pot.

Huang opened a grain bag and scooped out a large bowl of wheat. She ate some of the fried noodles she brought from home and had given some to others. There was not much left, but fortunately there was still a lot of wheat, eight bags in total. If she ate all of it herself and saved a little, it would be enough for half a year.

Li took the wheat, found a flat stone, poured the wheat on it, lifted a stone and began to grind it. The ground wheat was easier to cook and tasted better.

Xu also came to help.

There is no need to grind it very finely, just crush it into small pieces.

Pour all the ground wheat, including the husks and grains, into the pot, add water and cook together, just like making porridge.

Zhou Guo took a bamboo tube and a basket to find food, and Zhou Su followed him.

At this time, the grass leaves on the roadside are yellow and withered, so you can't find wild vegetable leaves to eat, so you can only dig up the roots.

Zhou Guo squatted on the ground beside the ditch and searched inch by inch. After careful identification, he found several bellflower plants. He was delighted and dug them out. Perhaps due to lack of water, the roots were very thin and dry, and the two ends were eaten by unknown insects and rotted.

I dug six of them, and they were all similar, but it's better than nothing.

Zhou Su watched carefully from the side. Having followed his sister for so long, he would not be surprised even if she said that he could eat all the pine cones on the mountain.

While Zhou Guo was digging, he explained to him how to recognize this thing, and the little guy listened very seriously.

After digging, she continued to move forward. Not long after, she found several chicken leg roots in the ditch by the roadside. The roots of these things were small, not big, but no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. She dug them all out.

He dug out the first one, peeled off the brown skin, revealing the white and tender flesh, and handed it to Zhou Su who was looking at him eagerly, "Try it?"

Zhou Su took it without any hesitation and stuffed it into his mouth. He was stunned after chewing it and said in surprise, "It's delicious, sweet and crunchy."

Zhou Guo also peeled one and said, "It tastes good raw and cooked, just like taro."

The two siblings dug up the roots of several chicken drumsticks.

Not satisfied yet, he searched around for half an hour and dug up a dozen more before returning with the basket.

The grass roots in the ground had all been dug up by previous people, and there were traces of digging everywhere. Those common and recognizable ones had all been dug out, and it was really difficult for ordinary people to dig up anything edible.

The two of them carried the things back home. Their family members were no longer surprised by the sight. They did not doubt whether the food was edible or not as they had never eaten it before. In the past few days, they had eaten too many wild vegetables that they had never eaten before.

Zhou Su picked up a chicken drumstick and enthusiastically introduced to his family how delicious it was. It can be eaten cooked or raw, and it tastes just as good when cooked as it does when eaten raw.

The little boy's appearance made everyone laugh and cry. Xu said, "You sound so real. Have you ever eaten it?"

Zhou Su said, "I haven't eaten it cooked, but I have eaten it raw, and it's delicious. If you don't believe me, try one."

Huang quickly put away the basket and said to everyone, "Since this thing can be eaten raw, just like radish, then save it for the journey. It will help you when you are thirsty or hungry. It is time for dinner now, why eat this?"

Water and food are so hard to find nowadays, this is a good thing.

Mrs. Xu was not unhappy. After all, she wanted to store more food more than anyone else in the family. She had four children, and they were all grown up and could eat. The little they ate every day was simply not enough. The children had become very thin in recent days. They were already thin to begin with, and now their faces had become pointed and their eyes had become big.

The rice was cooked and the wheat grains were blooming in the pot.

Zhou Guo held a big bowl, sat aside, and began to drink it with a slurp. His throat felt sore with every sip. Although he had eaten fried noodles and steamed buns mixed with wheat bran before, compared with this, it was nothing.

She could only gulp down the stuff, and had to smack her lips like her family members.