Crossing the famine, relying on a spiritual spring to support the entire village

Su Nian'an was holding the IOU in her hand, feeling very happy. The ugly expression on the face of the old lady Chu just now was really pleasing to the eye. She was used to bullying people, so she should let her have a taste of being humiliated.

She picked those sea buckthorns with great effort and carried them all the way. She felt very sad. Even if she had a map, she would not have trouble finding them.

Along the way, Su Nian'an picked a lot of sea buckthorns according to the red dots, and also found edible cacti. He told others about the ones that couldn't fit in his backpack, so all the edible ones along the way had been picked by the people in Sujia Village.

After hurrying along for 20 miles, they unexpectedly found an apple tree 10 miles from the river. The apple tree forest was about an acre in size.

The people of Sujia Village cried with joy and danced with joy.

Their village is really blessed by their ancestors. Along the way, they found sea buckthorn and cactus, and all the edible things. They should thank their ancestors for their protection.

Three or five elderly people thought that it was the spirit of the Su family's ancestors who appeared and kept solving their food crises.

They knelt down spontaneously, looked up to the sky and thanked their ancestors and God. Then a few more came, then more than ten, and more and more people came...

A small group of people knelt down in the direction of Sujia Village. Su Nian'an followed the red dots along the way. Of course, he knew where the plants grew, but he also knew that this was their faith in the disaster. When people have faith, they will burst out with tenacious perseverance no matter in life or in adversity.

Su Lizheng was also kneeling, and secretly vowed in his heart that when the disaster was over, he would return to the village and rebuild the Su Family Ancestral Hall.

Su Nian'an did not kneel down, but put his hands together and bowed slightly to that side, catering to the current superstitious behavior, and then went to look for mint.

She has a mission now. If she fails in the mission, energy points will be deducted. Energy points are directly related to her physical and mental health. She cherishes her life very much in this life.

Wang's injury had almost healed thanks to Su Nian'an feeding her the spiritual water in the water bag every day. It was indeed spiritual water. After drinking it for a few days, they clearly felt that walking for such a long time was not tiring at all.

Moreover, Wang's arm, which was scratched by Old Lady Chu, had scabs formed after only half an hour, and turned brown and looked like it would fall off at any time.

So Wang also took Xiao Ni'er to pick apples happily, eating them as they picked. The apples here were very small, only as big as oranges, but fortunately there were many of them, so they didn't have to fight over them.

Su Nian'an searched for a while before finding a plant of Artemisia tricolor. She also found some small yellow chrysanthemums and mint, which are all cooling and detoxifying. It won't hurt to have some in stock in such hot weather.

After completing the task, Su Nian'an also went back to pick apples, but unfortunately he and Wang Shi couldn't get many.

Although the apple is small, it tastes good, sour and sweet

The apple orchard is large and doesn't look wild. Perhaps some merchant planted them and fled without caring about this acre of apples. It's already October now, and it's strange. With such a serious disaster, why are these fruit trees still here?

The people of Sujiacun didn't think much and just concentrated on picking the fruits. They felt safer only if they put everything in their own pockets. The Su Shuitian family was not short of food, but they were short of water. These apples could quench their thirst, so they also picked them, but they didn't pick many.

Everything will overflow if it is too full. It is wise to stop when things are going well. Su Shuitian is quite smart.

There are many people in Sujia Village, and soon all the fruit trees were picked. To avoid unnecessary trouble, Suli urged the villagers to continue on their way.

Everyone is now very happy and happy. No one has any objection to what Suri says.

Soon we found a river, but it was dry now. There was no water, only the dry riverbed protruding, like a shriveled purse without food, the pocket was empty.

Suri was sighing. Such a big river had dried up. This drought was really killing people.

Fortunately, they found a lot of apples, which could satisfy their hunger and quench their thirst. It should be enough to reach Beilin.

Su Nian'an was also shocked. The river on the map was several hundred miles long, but it had dried up. She had originally wanted to stay nearby until the disaster was over.

Now the fantasy is shattered

Now they could only continue their journey to Beilin. If they couldn't finish the fruits, they could sell them for some silver to buy some food.

And Su Nian'an also had a reason to put the space food on the table

I don't know how much relief food the court will give them, and whether they can eat enough.

More than 200 people left in a mighty procession.

Beilin is higher than Qinnan. The further you go, the colder it gets. These days, the three members of the Su family and Aunt Li have been sleeping together. It's warm with more people and they have one quilt. Uncle Li puts on thick clothes and sleeps.

If you don't have a quilt or thick clothes, you can just find some hay and modify it.

That evening, the group arrived at the foot of Beilin Chounan City. The city walls were filled with people, a sea of ​​black people.

Why don't they go in? The people of Sujia Village looked at each other in confusion.

Suri asked everyone to stop and asked Sanjin and Chundong to accompany him to ask what was going on. Chundong was his son.

Those people are refugees. They are carrying so many apples that they might attract jealousy. So they should go there slowly to explore the way. I don’t know what happened to the person who was sent to explore the way before. There is no news at all.

Sulizheng walked closer and saw that the people under the city wall were in a miserable state. Their lips were chapped, their eyes were bloodshot, and they were staggering and weak.

I looked around, but didn't see the people they sent to explore the way. Could they have gone into the city?

There was nothing left on his body except for his tattered clothes. When he saw the three people coming, he squinted his dull eyes at them, then tilted his head and fell down.

I don't know how many waves of unlucky people have been deceived. They have run out of ammunition and food along the way.

What's the use? The court no longer wants them.

"Ye Ge'er! Ye Ge'er! Ah!" A woman in the crowd hugged the child in her arms tightly, crying heart-wrenchingly.

The people around here are used to it. People die every day. The hills next to the city wall are already full of corpses. They will become one of them.

"No, no, my brother Ye is still alive! He's still alive. Darling, brother Ye is just asleep. Mother will sing a song for you, and then we'll go to sleep." The woman held the child, crying, laughing, and singing a lullaby.

But the soldier next to them, dressed in garrison uniform, pulled the woman away with an expressionless face, snatched the child away, and carried the child on his shoulders towards the next mountain.

The gate of the city wall was closed, and a huge sharp branch was inserted at the gate of the city wall to block the gate. Ten garrison soldiers stood upright beside the branch with spears in their hands. There were also more than a dozen officers and soldiers collecting the bodies of the refugees.

Suri and his companions slowly walked to the city wall and saw the notice

"Notice: Beilin refugee camp is full and no longer accepting refugees. Please go to other places..."

He pinched his palms, which were already soaked, and his whole body was trembling. His dry lips trembled slightly, and he staggered and fell backwards. Sanjin caught him in time.

Sanjin and Chundong were illiterate and didn't know what was written on it. Seeing Suri's ugly face, they knew it was not good news, and their faces also darkened.

Suri was unwilling to give up. He trembled and squeezed to the city gate with soft legs. He spoke carefully: "Sir, if you don't accept refugees here, then where can you accept refugees?"

A young garrison soldier saw Suri and said, "Sir, go back 200 miles and then go south 200 miles. There is a big refugee camp there that can accommodate you."

Does that mean we have to walk another 400 miles? Suri Zheng staggered, and was supported by Sanjin and Chundong back to the team.