Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 167

But this food that has been soaked in water for who knows how long is really not a good thing.

Very moldy.

No matter how well the chef prepares it, it still has a musty smell, and many people will have diarrhea after eating it.

However, one has to choose between starving to death and having bad food and diarrhea.

It is conceivable how furious Governor Wen must have been at this time.

But what he hated most was not these insignificant little people who could be crushed to death with just a flick of his finger. What he hated most was County Magistrate Chen, for not sending him any food yet.

He didn't know that County Magistrate Chen had deliberately not delivered the food. He was just extremely angry at County Magistrate Chen's incompetence. After such a long time, he didn't even have the ability to deliver food. How could he be a county magistrate!

He was even more furious because it was because of him that he had been in such a miserable state during this period, eating coarse food like a rough countryman.

Oh no, no food yet!!

It was simply a shame for his entire life.

Luoshui County had no idea what would happen to Governor Wen or the people of Chunzhou County, because since County Magistrate Chen returned to the city, he had ordered the city gates to be closed.

It’s not that the people of Luoshui County are not allowed to return to the city, but they need a pass to do so.

A pass is equivalent to a modern ID card. Without it, you can't run far, and if you go too far, you risk being caught.

This is used to distinguish the people of Luoshui County. Those who are not citizens of Luoshui County are not allowed to enter the city.

Luoshui County is a mountain city. No matter whether it is the population in the city or the villages, they will go to the nearby mountains to avoid danger. Therefore, the population loss will not be serious, or there may even be no population loss. This is also an important reason why County Magistrate Chen ordered the city gates to be closed.

There is another secondary reason. Naturally, they are afraid that Governor Wen will cause trouble! Luoshui County is now like a child with seventy or eighty pockets on his body, and each pocket is full of candy.

Once the post-disaster reconstruction of the county is on track, we must quickly find Brother Jiang to do the real work. Otherwise, who knows who will end up getting the piece of juicy meat of Luoshui County!

He had finally made up his mind, and if he wavered again, his mother would really commit suicide in front of him.

"Move, move! Everyone, move!!"

"Every household must clean up their area, and all the garbage must be transported to designated places, where they can be buried or burned!"

"And all the cleared streets must be painted with lime slurry!"

"Hurry up, I have to see this street clean before dinner, you hear me!"

In the county town, all the yamen runners and hangers-on were on duty, but that was not enough, so a lot of new hangers-on were recruited, with one team responsible for one street. For the sake of efficiency, their methods were not so gentle.

The common people were very afraid of these yamen runners, and they couldn't help but speed up their actions. After a while, a certain spot on the street was cleared.

"What are you grabbing?!"

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion at the end of the street. A yamen runner ran up angrily and slammed a whip heavily on the ground next to him. The sound was so loud that it could make people swell up!

The two people who were trying to steal something were so scared that they let go at the same time. One of them quickly grabbed the basin back and said, "This is my property! He wanted to steal it!"

The heavy rain washed out pots, pans, tables, chairs, benches, and all kinds of miscellaneous items, and it is no longer possible to tell which ones belong to which family. If someone recognizes them, please pick them up. If they are your things but you were too slow to pick them up and someone else has picked them up, you can go back and argue about them when you have time.

It may seem unfair to some people, but...

But this is the only way to deal with it now.

After all, the most important thing is to clear the streets, kill insects and sterilize, and absolutely no epidemic can occur!

It was impossible for Jiang Yipei to give County Magistrate Chen things like sodium hypochlorite, but Doctor Jiang gave him some advice. Burning herbs such as mugwort and atractylodes can be used to fumigate the house for disinfection. If it is outside, sprinkling lime powder, or adding lime to water to make a slurry and painting it, can also kill insects and sterilize.

There are not many herbs like Atractylodes lancea, but almost every household has Mugwort. In the words of ordinary people, it is kept at home to protect the house.

There is even more lime slurry. There is a ready-made one in the inner city. It was originally a mountain of quicklime, which was soaked in water and directly formed lime slurry. It can be transported back and used to paint the walls and floors. It is even simpler for mud floors. Just dilute it a little bit and pour it in.

The opinions of professionals still need to be listened to, and County Magistrate Chen ordered the yamen runners and idlers to strictly enforce the regulations.

There is also a very serious water problem in the county town. Every well must be cleaned and the sewage and garbage inside must be cleared out.

There is no talent like Jiang Xiumian in County Magistrate Chen's staff team. They don't know how to make a non-powered water pumping device, so they can only use traditional methods, asking people to draw water with buckets and to dig wells. This method is feasible, but it is slow and cold.

But what can you do if it’s slow? It’s better than drinking sewage!

During this period, County Magistrate Chen was so busy that he had to send people to each village to find all the headmen or village heads he could find, even those who lived in the mountains where it was difficult to travel, except, of course, the headman of Jiang.

County Magistrate Chen received them personally in the reception room. Giving them orders face to face was secondary. His main purpose was to express his concern for the people below through their mouths. Stabilizing the people's hearts was his main purpose.

Various problems will arise after a disaster. If the government does not step in, problems of one kind or another will surely arise over time. This is also the idea given by Brother Jiang, so County Magistrate Chen was determined to meet with him in person even though he was busy to death.

The head of the village and the village heads were very excited about the concern of County Magistrate Chen, especially the village heads. With their level, if nothing unexpected happened, they would never see the county magistrate in their entire lives. Even if they did meet him, they would not have the chance to say a word, let alone shake hands with the county magistrate.

The county magistrate held his hand and said with a distressed look on his face: "The people have suffered. Please rest assured that our county will stand in solidarity with the people of Luoshui County and overcome the difficulties together!"

The head of the village was very excited. After returning to the village, thinking about today and the pair of hands that were held, they felt that they must not let the county magistrate down.

He got up early and worked late, doing his best to urge the villagers to carry out post-disaster reconstruction work in the village. He also repeatedly publicized the importance that County Magistrate Chen paid to the villagers and said how good County Magistrate Chen was.

The county magistrate said that every citizen is a part of Luoshui County, so if they have difficulties or problems, just raise them and we can solve them together!

To be honest, in my entire life, I have never seen any official speak to the people like this!

Ok?

It seems that County Magistrate Chen never spoke like this before?

In Jiangjia Village, the cleaning of village roads and the repair of houses are being carried out in full swing, with some replacing tiles and some adding straw.

Adding straw does not mean simply piling it on the roof, but mixing it with mud. Pour the mud on the straw and wait for it to dry or freeze to provide protection from wind and rain.

This is probably the most common method used by ordinary people to build houses. Otherwise, what can they do if they don’t have money to buy tiles?

"Chunhua, Chunhua! Why is your village fenced off? Is there anyone here? Open the door, I'm looking for my sister-in-law Chunhua."

While she was working, the newly built isolation fence stopped people from entering, but she kept knocking for a long time and no one responded, so she had to go back.

On the one hand, they were all really busy working and were far away so no one could hear it. On the other hand, even if they heard it, they couldn't let her in. Chunhua couldn't even talk to her at close range; she could only say a few words from a distance.

But on this day, a group of people accompanied Jiang Lizheng out of the village early. There was only one Lizheng for every hundred households. Jiangjia Village had only more than sixty households, and the neighboring village had more than twenty households, so Jiang Lizheng was still in charge of a village.

He has already visited Jiajia Village and found it horrible, so he has to take care of it. But since Jiajia Village is in charge, Wangjia Village is almost gone, and you want to abandon it, so he goes to take a look at them together.

Wangjia Village is downstream and it was even worse. Most of the houses were washed away, but fortunately, the population did not decrease much.

He instructed the head of Wangjia Village what to do and how to do it, just like he instructed the head of Jiajia Village.

When the village had almost dealt with the problem, Village Chief Wang went to the county to hold a meeting. When he came back, he was as excited as ever and there was no need for him to say anything more.

He no longer went there every day.

He was afraid even with a mask on because the graves in Wangjia Village were washed out.

As Jiang Lizheng returned to the village and the last truckload of garbage was transported out of the village, the newly installed fences and gates were closed, completely sealing off the village.

This means that this door cannot be opened casually for at least half a month.

The simply renovated house was finally ready for occupancy. A large number of people were evacuated from the Jiang residence, and Jiang Xiaomi was notified to put away the empty wooden bed.

Don't get me wrong, she is not putting the beds into the space to take up space. She is just acting as a porter. She goes around every room to put the beds into the space, then goes around to the cellar to unload the beds, and that's it.

That night, Jiang Xiumian lay alone on the big kang. Finally, there was no other children around him. It was quiet and peaceful. Ah, how comfortable!

He stretched his legs and found no obstruction, unlike a few days ago when he was afraid of kicking the child's head when moving his legs - his sleeping posture was really bad!

but……

It's so uncomfortable again!

He lay there and found himself unable to fall asleep - maybe it was because he slept too much.

He had to sit up, and ran to the yard of the second room and picked up Jiang Xiu'an, who was sleeping soundly beside Jiang Xiubin.

Jiang Xiubin: “…”

Jiang Xiumian lay down next to Xiao Anan and closed his eyes - but still couldn't fall asleep.

After thinking about it, he pinched Jiang Xiu'an's nose.

"Hmph..." The kid held his breath and opened his eyes. He saw Jiang Xiumian and said, "Brother? Why am I here?"

"I carried it here."

"Why?"

"Brother can't sleep, cry a little."

Jiang Xiuan: “…”

At such a young age, he seemed to have learned to be speechless.

The village is kept very clean, but it seems a bit unlucky in the eyes of the older generation because every road is white and looks ugly.

But there is nothing we can do. Not getting sick is better than anything else. Just accept the bad luck.

On this day, the family of four plus Jiang Xiubai were going to hold a meeting to discuss future plans.

Before the meeting started, Jiang Xiubai mysteriously took out a large amount of Isatis root granules he had purchased and filled up half of the kang with them!

"Ding ding ding! Are you surprised? Auntie, you didn't think of this, did you? Isatis root is a magical medicine! It's a strengthened version! Drinking it can enhance immunity and help prevent infectious diseases! I! Bought! It! for! you!"

The boy in front of me had a face full of “Praise me, praise me to death—”

Jiang Suying: “…”

She pursed her lips and said "uh-" for a long time before speaking: "I didn't ask you to buy it, maybe, maybe, probably... you don't have to buy it?"

It was so funny that by the end, she even began to doubt herself.

"Ah?" Jiang Xiubai was shocked. "In 02, the demand for Isatis root was crazy! In 19, 20 and the next two years as well! Is it useless? Then why are so many people buying it? My mom asked someone to stock up a lot of it and let us drink it every day!"

Jiang Xiaomi had to ask: "Then are you yang?"

"… Yang."

"look!"

Jiang Xiaomi spread her hands, almost saying it was useless.

Jiang Xiubai: “…”

Ah.

"Okay, if it's useless, then it's useless. I've already bought it, so just drink it like sweet water!"

It took him a while to calm himself down before he accepted this reality.

Hi, I thought I finally got smart for once!

who knows……

Thinking about how he had just acted, Jiang Xiubai felt a little embarrassed. He pressed his hands on the kang mat, trying to cover his face.

"Who said it's useless? I just like to drink Isatis Root Granules. Give me two packets!" Jiang Yipei took the two packets of granules in a flattering manner and said, "Your spirit is worth encouraging. There is always a loophole. Even the smartest people can fail to consider things carefully! Keep it up!"

"Okay!" Jiang Xiubai felt that he was okay again.

Jiang Xiaomi: “…” How about you think about what her father said and then get excited?

Forget it, it’s not important!

As long as he is happy!

As for the remaining Isatis root that filled the kang...

Jiang Xiubai distributed two large bags and then took them back.

A family of four: “…”

I can only attend the meeting while holding Isatis root.

"Son!" Jiang Suying held Jiang Xiumian's hand and said, "Mom knows you have many surprises that we don't know about. Can I help you a little more during this period?"

Jiang Xiumian broke free from his mother's hand: "Be normal and speak directly. I'm a little scared."

Jiang Suying's warmth cooled before it could even heat up. She coughed twice and said, "Nothing. I just want you to work harder if you are capable. Don't act like you are just a couch potato."

Jiang Xiumian didn't want to do that, but it was so cold in ancient times, and he felt so weak!

Besides, does lying on the kang affect his work?

Jiang Xiaomi has made a training plan.

Now that the design drawings of the brick kiln have been made, it’s time to test it.

It makes it seem like he's just lying there sleeping.

How can this person be like this? As long as you lie in bed, no matter how much you do, he will say you are lazy?!

"And you two!" Jiang Suying nodded at Jiang Xiaomi and Jiang Xiubai. Since the gentle approach didn't work, Jiang Suying didn't force herself: "Especially you, Jiang Xiaomi! It's my fault. I should have hung you up and beaten you when you failed your first course in college. It was my overindulgence that caused you to fail every year. Now I don't even know if I can rely on you to increase grain production."