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

When Zhao Yuanzhen woke up in the morning, she felt a little sore in her legs. It wasn't very painful, but it couldn't be ignored.

She rubbed her legs slowly. Yesterday, Li Zhijuan slept in the carriage, so she slept on the floor outside. Could it be because of this that they got damp?

That's not right. It's dry now, the land is very dry and cracked, and the moisture in the land has evaporated. It should be unlikely to be affected by moisture.

Zhao Yuanzhen sniffed the air and smelled a faint earthy smell.

! ! ! It's not going to rain.

Every time it rains, she can smell the earthy smell before the rain.

In case.

she asked the system.

"System, is it going to rain?"

"Host, we recommend that you purchase a weather forecast system."

"how much is it?"

"fifty thousand."

"It's so expensive, how about grabbing points?"

"Host, there is no weather detection equipment this time. Moreover, the weather forecast can not only see wind, frost, rain, snow, thunder, fog, etc., but also detect all natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tides, etc."

Looking at it this way, it’s not bad.

You still need to be careful when fleeing from disasters.

buy it.

It really rained today! Not only today, but it has been raining for the past week. It was heavy rain.

In the past, we often heard that severe droughts would be followed by severe floods. According to the law of conservation of energy, the water on the surface does not disappear after evaporation. It just turns into water vapor and floats in the air.

She believes very much in the law of conservation of energy, and she doesn't believe that something can appear out of thin air.

Due to years of drought, all the water vapor in the soil has evaporated, making the soil loose. If heavy rain occurs, landslides and mudslides are very likely to occur.

They were now in Hejian Prefecture, more than two days' journey from the Yellow River. If it rained, the Yellow River would flood.

No, I can't go on. I have to find some place to hide.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked around and decided that the only way to go up the mountain was to go up the mountain. The grass and trees on this mountain were still alive, the soil should be good, and the high terrain could avoid floods.

If you are lucky, you can find a cave. If you are unlucky, you have to find a place with good terrain to build a shed.

She hurried to the old house to find Zhang Sandao

"Dad, my leg hurts when I woke up this morning. It also hurts when it rains in the past. I smell the fishy smell of earth in the air. I'm afraid it's going to rain!"

Zhang Sandao was stunned. He didn't expect that the second brother's family came to him to talk about this.

"This... the weather looks sunny, are you sure it will rain?"

"Dad, I'm 70% sure it's going to rain. Let's find a place to shelter from the rain."

"Seven points? That's a lot. Let me think about it."

Zhang Sandao was smoking his pipe and frowning.

"Boss, I think we should listen to the second brother and avoid him.

After all, she had read a lot of books before and knew a lot. Besides, even if it didn't rain, we could just take it as a day off."

Ever since the last bandit incident, Sun Zhang has had blind confidence in Zhao Yuanzhen.

"Okay, then I'll go talk to my second uncle later."

"Dad, we'd better go into the mountain and head to the top. It would be best if we could find a cave."

"Okay, I'll tell your second grandfather."

"Then just say that you found it, don't say it was the second brother's."

Sun Zhang gave instructions in a hurry. She was afraid that if it didn't rain, people would blame Zhao Yuanzhen.

After all, my old man is older and has a higher seniority, so even if he is blamed, he will not say it too blatantly.

"I know, don't worry."

Zhang Sandao knocked his pipe against the sole of his shoe, then carried it to find the village chief.

"Mom, when we get up the mountain, please prepare more firewood. I'm afraid the rain will last for a long time."

Zhao Yuanzhen gave instructions to the little old lady who had always been kind to her.

"Okay, once we get to the mountain, I'll let them all go collect firewood."

Zhao Yuanzhen then returned to his carriage and waited for news from the village chief.

Sure enough, after a while the village chief rang the gong and began to call people to a meeting.

It is said that it will rain again soon, and it will be a heavy rain, so everyone has to go into the mountains to avoid the rain.

Most of them didn't believe it and kept making a lot of noise, thinking that the village chief was confused. A small number of people maintained an attitude of believing or not believing it and didn't say anything.

Looking at the noisy crowd, the village chief struck the gong.

"Anjing, I can't guarantee that it will rain, but if it rains, it will be a disaster. Our ancestors said that after a drought there will be a flood. What should we do on the official road if there is a flood? I must take people up the mountain today. We can't afford to take the risk."

"Even if it doesn't rain, we have a good rest today, and we can travel a little further to catch up with the schedule later. Isn't the purpose of leaving home and fleeing for a living? Everyone follow me to the mountain, and those who don't will be crossed out from the family tree."

Seeing the village chief give a death order, although some people grumbled with dissatisfaction, they all packed up their things and started walking up the mountain.

It took more than an hour to reach the halfway point of the mountain, mainly because it was really difficult for the carriage to move in the mountains.

The village chief looked at the narrowing road and found more than ten strong men, divided them into three teams, and went to look for caves. If they couldn't find caves, they would look for places with slightly flatter terrain and more rocks on the surface.

The others continued to chop trees and walk up the mountain.

Zhao Yuanzhen turned on the system and scanned the mountainous area to see where there were caves.

The map shows that there are quite a few caves, more than 30 of various sizes. There are some caves near the top of the mountain, which are not very big as shown on the map. But there are many caves, about a dozen. I guess it should be about the same.

Zhao Yuanzhen saw from the map that someone was exploring that area, so she did not tell anyone about the results of her exploration.

Sure enough, after a quarter of an hour, someone came back and said they had found it. Everyone hurriedly continued to chop trees and walked towards the place where the cave was found.

An hour later, the people, horses and carriages finally arrived near the cave.

The village chief looked at the caves and asked everyone to check each one to prevent wild animals. After confirming that the caves were safe, he asked everyone to form groups and choose caves.

Zhao Yuanzhen deliberately chose a small cave that could accommodate her family and did not need to be built. The air in the cave was fresh and not too smelly. She could take out something to eat without having to hide it.

Everyone started to unload the car, move the food, luggage and other items into the cave, and tie the horses to the tree at the entrance of the cave.

The cave was small, so in order to prevent rain, she took out a piece of rainproof cloth, found a particularly large stone and pressed half of it on the cave entrance. The other two corners were tied to the tree at the cave entrance.

This way the horse can stay under this small shed with rainproof cloth.

Then she asked Zhang Xinshu, Qian Xiaohui, Li Zhijuan and Xiao Zijin to collect firewood. Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian found cloth bags to fill with sand and soil. She planned to make some sandbags and put them at the entrance of the cave to prevent water from entering the cave due to heavy rain.

The two carriages were also secured with ropes, and the carriage was carefully wrapped with oilcloth and tied tightly with ropes, so that there was no worry of it being washed away or getting wet.

Others, believing it would rain, saw what her family had done and built sheds with more tarpaulins. They also went to collect firewood.

At the old house, Wu Erping didn't believe it would rain, but his father-in-law and mother-in-law believed it and even built a shed like Zhao Yuanzhen.

They were also asked to collect firewood. Wu Erping did not dare to openly contradict her parents-in-law, but she kept grumbling to herself.

After looking around and seeing that there was nothing to prepare for the journey, Zhao Yuanzhen went to collect firewood.

Just when Zhao Yuanzhen had picked up half an armful of firewood, without any warning, raindrops as big as beans fell down instantly.

Zhao Yuanzhen quickly called her family back to the cave. By the time they got there, their clothes were soaked.

Several female relatives pulled the curtain and quickly changed their clothes.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the falling rain and felt like it had finally come.

The raindrops fell very fast, and soon they turned into rain lines. After a few minutes, the rain lines turned into rain curtains. The rainstorm finally came. Visibility was getting lower and lower.

There was a rustling sound on the ground, which was the sound of the land, which had been dry for a long time, drinking water.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the tied-up carriage, the two horses hiding under the shed, the dozen sandbags stacked at the entrance of the cave, and the half-stack of dry firewood in the cave, and walked into the cave with peace of mind.

I asked my son to bring out two big pots and collect rainwater to boil water. Everyone had to take a shower. Now it was raining and the temperature was getting lower. Everyone got wet in the rain. If you don't take a shower, you will catch a cold.

After the water was boiled, the women took a bath first. They all took a quick bath, mainly to get rid of the coldness in their bodies. They finished quickly and made room for the men.

Then the men also went in behind the curtain to take a shower.

We kept climbing the mountain and finally reached the cave, where we started collecting firewood and building a shed.

It was already past lunch time, and everyone was so busy and nervous that they didn't feel hungry. Now that the tension had relaxed, they found their stomachs growling with hunger.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought eggs and tomatoes from the system, some cooked pork elbows, and a few cold dishes. She took 50 buns and handed them all to Qian Xiaohui.

Let her cook some tomato and egg drop soup, slice the pork elbow and mix it with mashed garlic. Put the cold dishes on the table, and everyone starts eating.

This pork elbow has a lot of ingredients and is big, so I cut it into two large plates. Everyone said it was delicious and ate it happily. If you follow me, you will have meat for nine meals in three days.

Even when his father was still alive, he couldn't have imagined such a day.

I was very hungry at noon, so I ate something for now. I'll cook rice in the evening. I haven't eaten rice for a long time. I'll ask my daughter-in-law to cook some rice in the evening.

Sun Zhang from next door looked at the falling rain and glanced at the old man, thinking that her daughter-in-law was really amazing.

Zhang Sandao was smoking and chatting with the village chief. Their cave was a little bigger and housed four families, including the village chief's family.

The village chief felt a little scared when he saw the heavy rain. Fortunately, Zhang Sandao discovered it early and reminded him.

Otherwise, the whole village would be soaked. The rain is so heavy and visibility is so low. It will be hard to find a place to hide after the rain. It's hard to drive the horses.

We don’t know how long the rain will last. If it continues for days, floods will occur sooner or later.

Fortunately, they are all in the cave now. The land here is mostly rocky, so the risk of mudslides is reduced. Fortunately, God has mercy on Zhangjia Village.

Zhao Yuanzhen directed her son to put several large wooden boxes together to make two large beds and then put a curtain in the middle.

Now that it is raining, the temperature has dropped. It is already August. In August here, it usually starts to get cold. It was just that it was so hot because of the drought and the strong sun.

Now the rain is going to continue for many days, I am afraid the temperature will drop even lower. It will be damp and cold if I sleep on the ground.

I first laid a layer of oilcloth on the big wooden box, and then laid a few layers of mattresses and quilts. It didn't feel so hard anymore.

After thinking about it, he took out more than a dozen quilts that he had collected from the county magistrate's mansion and asked Qian Xiaohui and the others to divide them up and lay out more layers so that everyone could have a quilt.

Zhijuan is still in a special period. Although the pain is not that severe today, she cannot catch a cold.