Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Zhao Yuanzhen gives enlightenment to the boy Zijin on a daily basis.

He took out the gold thread and gold leaves that he had exchanged yesterday and handed them to Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan.

Let them watch as I make a close-fitting cloth bag and hide the gold thread and gold leaves inside.

There were 14 gold leaves and 20 gold threads in total for the seven of them. Each of them got 2 gold leaves and 3 gold threads, and Xiao Zijin got 2.

He took out some small change and copper coins, and each person got 100 copper coins and 5 taels of small change.

The two daughters-in-law also made sturdy money bags for everyone. These were prepared to be put out in the open.

The money was not given to the boy in the form of small change. He was only given 10 copper coins. The child was too young, and giving too much would arouse suspicion.

Qian Xiaohui carefully instructed Xiao Zijin not to take out the gold leaves and gold threads that were placed close to his body.

Even if his clothes were changed, he had to take them off and hide them secretly. He couldn't tell anyone who asked him. This was the money to save his life.

Although everyone hopes that they don’t have to use it, they still have to remind you of what needs to be done.

After walking hurriedly for two days, trying their best to hurry up every day, they finally entered the territory of Hejian Prefecture.

Five days had passed since we fled. Everyone was running out of water.

When her family left, they filled a large jar with water from a dozen water hyacinths, but she had two horses.

The water consumption was very high. Most of the other villagers also had horse-drawn carriages, so water was not enough.

We stopped the car early in the evening and rested for half an hour, preparing to send someone up the mountain to find water.

A total of 45 strong men went there, divided into three teams, and went in different directions to look for water.

The women began to prepare to make a fire and cook. There was not much water left, so they used it sparingly. Every family made pancakes to save water.

Zhao Yuanzhen watched them busy, so she took the horse and prepared to go find some grass for the horse to eat, but the ground became increasingly dry as they walked.

The mountains here don’t have springs like those in Yanshan Prefecture. The leaves are sparse and there is not much grass. It feels like you have to go deep into the mountains to find water.

She found a deserted place and put two basins of water from the space for the horses to drink. People can bear being thirsty, but the horses were pulling the carts and they walked fast, so they couldn't stand not drinking water.

The two horses drank more than two basins of water before they stopped. I took the horses for a walk for a while, fed them some soybeans, and then walked back with them.

After more than an hour, the teams looking for water came back one after another, and as expected, they did not find any water.

Everyone looked depressed and began to panic. If they had no food, they could still dig up wild vegetables and eat grass roots and tree bark, but they would not be able to survive without water.

The village chief took the map and began to study it. They would reach Hejian Prefecture in two more days, and then they could go into the city and go to bed early.

After passing Hejian Prefecture, you will reach the Yellow River after another three days of walking. If you can make it to the Yellow River, you won’t have to worry about running out of water to drink.

The village chief comforted everyone, telling them to save some water and hold on, saying that they would have water in two days. The mood of the villagers was no longer so depressed.

Tonight, it was her turn to patrol the house again. It was the first half of the night, and she let her children and grandchildren practice sword fighting and then went to rest. She was the one patrolling the house again.

While everyone was sleeping, she poured some more water into the water tank, not much, just one bucket.

I also bought a large bucket of purified water from the system for 1 point. This kind of common daily necessities is still very cheap.

I filled several water hyacinths with purified water, but not full. I only filled each one halfway.

This way you won’t be too thirsty and can better hold on until you reach Hejian City.

After thinking for a while, he took out another water gourd and filled it with water. He decided to send it to the old house tomorrow morning, as there were many people and things there.

At first, the two ox carts were full of sundries, so there were only two water tanks, and there were not as many water hyacinths as here. Later, they bought a horse. The drinking water demand of the three animals was even greater.

Today, I saw that Zhang Sandao's lips were dry and flaky. The old lady was the same. In hot weather, if you don't drink water and become dehydrated, it's no joke.

Before leaving the next day, Zhang Xinsu followed her mother's instructions and delivered water hyacinths to the old house.

The old lady was a little touched. Everyone is short of water now, and water can save lives. The second son’s family even gave her a water gourd.

You must be more protective of the second brother's family in the future and don't let them be bullied.

Walking on the dusty and noisy road under the heat wave. There were already many refugees on the official road, walking in groups of one village, one family, or three or five. They were all secretly on guard against each other.

In the afternoon, we saw a small village not far from the official road. We were very excited and wanted to go to the village to ask for some water.

The village chief sent a few people to ask if there was any water.

After a while, the person who went to ask came back with a bad look on his face. He said there was not much water left in the village, and only one well was still producing water. If you want to drink water, you have to pay for it, 100 coins for a bucket of water.

Everyone was very angry when they heard this, but there was nothing they could do. Now that there is a drought, everyone knows the importance of water.

The village chief frowned and would go buy some water for anyone whose family had run out of water and couldn't make it to Hejian Prefecture. If they didn't need to buy some, he would wait for them on the official road.

Even though they felt bad about spending money, most people still bought water. If people didn't drink it, they had to give it to the animals. Animals were precious these days, and they couldn't let them die of thirst.

Zhao Yuanzhen also went to buy two buckets of water, and while the water was being poured into the water tank, she quietly added some water.

At the old house, Wu Erping also went to buy a bucket. Even if she didn't drink it, she would give it to her cows and horses. These animals were bought with silver, and she couldn't bear to let them die of thirst.

Seeing their village buying water, many people also went to buy water. It seems that everyone is short of water.

It took me half an hour to buy water, and then I continued on my way. I still had to get to Hejian City early, as this little water wouldn't last long.

Finally, we arrived at the gate of Hejian City on the second night. Everyone was excited to see the tall gate, as there would be water once we entered the city.

Finally I can drink to my heart's content. These past two days I've been drinking water in small sips, sipped with my lips, and never dared to drink in big gulps.

There are many people entering the city, and you need to queue up and pay a 50-wen entrance fee. It has only been seven or eight days since I left, and now you have to pay for drinking water and entering the city.

This world is so frustrating. Everyone’s throat was so dry that they didn’t curse out loud, but from the looks in their eyes, one could tell that they were cursing in their hearts.

After waiting in line for more than half an hour, it was finally their village's turn. Zhao Yuanzhen and her friends got off the carriage, queued up to pay and enter the city. The guarding soldiers even lifted the curtain of the carriage to check it out.

With so many people, the inn probably wouldn't be able to accommodate them all. The village chief sent someone to find a pawnbroker to rent a large yard to accommodate them. The yard must have a well with water in it.

The dental office took a long time to find one. The main reason was that it was a drought, so the only wells with water were deep wells. Most people's wells were not that deep.

Finally, we found a large courtyard with three entrances, but the rent was a bit expensive, costing 5 taels of silver per night.

In the past, a house like this would cost less than 5 taels of silver a month. At most 2 taels.

The village chief saw that everyone was suffering from thirst, so he gritted his teeth and rented the water. A bucket of water cost 100 coins. Now there was a well, so everyone could drink enough water, feed the animals, and fill the water tanks and water gourds.

We can give the animals enough water when we leave tomorrow morning. We can also cook a decent dinner tonight. We have been eating dry biscuits every day to save water.

The rent is paid by the village.

Everyone hurriedly drove the carriage to the big yard.

We each had our own room, and there were quite a lot of them, so we could squeeze in and sleep on the floor and still be able to live comfortably.

After we were assigned rooms and put away our luggage, we quickly lined up to get water. We were so thirsty.

Although they were extremely thirsty, the queue was still in good order. Each family first drew water in various ways, and then started the second round of drawing water.

While everyone was fetching water, Zhao Yuanzhen quietly walked out of the yard. She was going to order some food. She had been eating dry biscuits for the past few days and her throat was burning. She had to improve her diet.

On the way here just now, she saw a restaurant not far from their alley, and she decided to go there.

When she left, she quietly told Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan not to prepare dinner and that she would go buy some food.

The two of them nodded secretly to show that they understood.

Then they started to light a fire and boil water, preparing to fill each water hyacinth with water.

When I walked into the restaurant, I found that there were not many people. It was probably because the Jin army broke through the pass and everyone had fled.

The waiter greeted her warmly. She asked what vegetables were available. There were few green vegetables, but a lot of dried vegetables and meat. There was not enough water to grow vegetables during the drought.

Zhao Yuanzhen ordered a sea bass stew, two servings of braised pork, a stir-fried bamboo shoots with bacon, two beggar's chickens, two servings of chestnut cakes, two servings of fungus porridge, and two servings of fried cherries to take away.

She felt like she was almost becoming a vegetarian after traveling through time, she missed eating meat so much.

The waiter was surprised and confirmed the name of the dish again. He didn't expect that a woman dressed in ordinary clothes could spend so much. He quickly served her tea and asked her to wait.

Takeout in this era comes in food boxes, and these are two large five-layer food boxes filled to the brim.

This restaurant has a delivery service, but she doesn't want to attract too much attention, so she plans to pick it up herself.

The food box was originally a deposit, but since she didn't want to come over to deliver it again, she added some silver and bought it together.

After waiting for half an hour, the waiter told her that everything had been packed. It seemed that the kitchen had prepared the food and the service was very fast.

The total cost was 11 taels of silver, which was really not cheap. The waiter helped put the food box into the backpack and used a small wooden stick to support it back and forth to prevent the food box from falling over.

Zhao Yuanzhen carried her small backpack and asked about the drink shop. They all said that the drinks of this dynasty were famous, and she wanted to try some.

According to the route provided by the waiter, she arrived in ten minutes. There were quite a few people in the drink shop, with five of them.

She looked at the menu and ordered 3 servings of Sushan, 4 servings of Ice and Snow, and servings of thirst quenching drinks, including Agarwood Water, Apricot Drink, Perilla Drink, Wuling Dashun Powder, Kumquat Balls, Sweet Bean Soup, and Ice and Snow Cold Yuanzi.

The shopkeeper made it quickly and packed it in a bamboo tube.

Among these drinks, Sushan and Bingxue are frozen in the winter and stored in the ice cellar. The production and storage costs are high after all. So they are a bit expensive, more than one tael of silver per serving.

These drinks cost a total of more than 9 taels of silver.

I walked back with these satisfied, and took out 50 more steamed buns from the space. Who doesn't like to eat delicious food, who doesn't like to drink milk tea?