I traveled through ancient times to escape famine with my arch-rival, the movie star.

Except for Shen Ying who adjusted his emotions the fastest, everyone else seemed to be shocked.

The impact that Lian Bihe suffered was like a storm. How could a woman be so decisive and resolute?

But she changed her mind and thought that if Shen Ying was not so brave and fierce, she would not have been able to save her the night before, and her emotions calmed down again.

The Shen family kept hurrying along the way, and the team walked for ten miles before slowing down a little.

Several men leaned against the car, panting heavily, and suddenly disrupted their pace to walk faster. It was unbearable to walk fast in such high temperature.

Just now, except for the children who were sent to the cart, the women were jogging after it. Now they also sat on the shaft of the cart, not caring whether it was hot or not.

Tired, scared and thirsty, Shen Ying's two cousins ​​burst into tears. Her grandmother also wiped her tears and said worriedly, "What should we do in the future? What should we do in the future?"

Old Master Shen lit up the cigarette with shaking hands and took two trembling puffs. "In the past, the biggest conflict the village had seen was fighting for water from the reservoirs in the surrounding villages. There was bloodshed and people almost died. Now, compared with the dangers on the road to escape famine, it is nothing."

The children in the house all looked over.

Mr. Shen suddenly waved his hand, and Shen Ying pointed at herself with one hand: "Me? Are you calling me?"

Old Master Shen nodded, and waited until Shen Ying approached before speaking again: "This incident today was sudden, but it also gave us a warning. In the future, we should not feel any pity or sympathy for the refugees on the road. After all, even if we feel sorry for others, we can't help them, and hesitation will bring trouble to ourselves.

So, I want to ask you, Shen Ying, how did you stay so calm, and what is your opinion on this kind of thing. "

Ah, let her, a woman, be the spokesperson.

She did think highly of herself, but in the context of ancient society, she was quite low-key when she should be, and followed some of the "rules" of ancient society very much. However, since the old man said so, she was not reluctant to share her views.

"I think that today's blockade will probably be the easiest before we find our foothold. Ah, how should I put it? Just like me to Wen Xiucai, I may have had a purpose at the beginning, but I did help him a lot.

Wen Xiucai's material demands ranged from just wanting a few sheets of good paper to pens and inkstones, and even berries for the travel expenses to Beijing for the imperial examination... Gradually, I became more and more unable to meet my needs. I thought that our situation was similar when we fled from famine.

If what happened today is like Wen Xiucai asking me for paper, then what will the corresponding things be, such as the brush, inkstone, and travel expenses that cost more?

Once something bad or unpleasant happens, it is likely to turn into a worse and worse situation. If we don’t want to become a fish on the chopping board in the future, we can only take the initiative to take up arms to protect ourselves. "

After saying a few words, Shen Ying stopped.

She noticed that the Shen family members were looking at her with their mouths slightly open, and thought that what she said was too profound.

But she has tried her best to make the analogy clear.

"Well, maybe we were too comfortable before, and we didn't take precautions against many things." Old Man Shen knocked on the frame and said solemnly, "Every failure makes you wiser, this is an old saying passed down from our ancestors, and now I want to bring it up and talk about it.

From now on, all the knives, guns, sticks and clubs that everyone can bring for self-defense should be placed at the closest distance. Someone in the family must walk a little further away to see what is happening ahead, but not too far away, just enough for the people behind you to hear you when you need to shout. "

Old Man Shen looked at the children and said, "It's just you three brothers and you two. The five of you can take turns."

There's no need to bother with his old bones. There's definitely no room for female relatives, so just let five strong laborers do it.

After a short rest, the Shen family continued to move forward.

Shen Youtian was the first to be assigned to explore the way, keeping a distance of half a mile.

However, this kind of exploration is not suitable at night, as we all have to travel together at night.

After two days of this, the family's water bucket was empty. Shen's mother called the women together and said that each family could only take one more water bag of water today.

"But my family has children and many people, unlike your family of only three people."

Shen's mother patiently explained, isn't there still a little He?

"Then my parents-in-law, my husband and I, and our child are all members of the Shen family. There are five of us in total, and there is nothing we can do about the child..."

When Shen Ying saw that her mother had not come back, she came over to listen and found out that it was her second cousin's wife.

This does make some sense. It might be better to distribute it according to the number of people.

"Then distribute it according to the people, mother." Shen Ying didn't care. Besides, it was absolutely equal on the surface, and her family would not be the one to suffer. It would be best to use this small matter to make the second cousin's wife calm down and not create new trouble.

So the water was distributed on an average basis of one water bag for five people. Shen Ying's group of four people got most of the water bag, and the old couple automatically formed a small family and only got half a water bag, which was still a preferential treatment.

With this division, it seems that the eldest cousin and the second cousin in the big family have a little more, but a child's demand for water is not small, and in the previous section of the road, using children as a gimmick allows them to ignore the rules and take a little more water.

This time, they took the initiative to propose an absolutely equal division. For a moment, my second cousin's wife did not dare to continue to enjoy the "child benefits", which made it even more difficult than before.

Shen Ying has her own small bamboo cup. In the eyes of others, she drinks less than a glass of water a day, but she is full of energy.

Seeing that his parents and Lian Bihe were all looking at him in the carriage, Shen Ying was not panicked.

She rummaged through a small box in the carriage and pulled out the water bags she had bought in the town before. There were four in total, all filled with water.

"I bought clean well water from their town. I originally thought I would drink it when I was really short of water, but after just a few days, I used it myself. Look, I only used half of the water in the water bag in the past two days. I don't really rely on a glass of water to get through the day.

By the way, the remaining three and a half water bags are the secret of our room. Hush, if there is really no other way, I will contribute, but I will talk about it when the time comes. "

This was directed at Shen Youtian, who rubbed his nose and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

His daughter has grown up and has her own ideas, so he can just let go and watch.

In fact, he was not willing to deliberately divide the water equally. Just a few sips of water made everyone unhappy.

The Shen family walked on for another day, and there was only a wet layer at the bottom of the bucket. It was no longer possible to share the water equally among everyone, so everyone agreed to scoop out some water for the children to drink.

Fortunately, there is good news, that is, Wanzhou City is coming soon.

Just hold on for two more days.

"Two days? No, we can't go even a day without water. Let's find a village to store some water. I saw smoke from cooking on the opposite hill from afar. Let's go there."

Shen Ying blinked. She always looked for opportunities to use a telescope to check the surrounding environment, but she didn't notice that her second cousin's wife had excellent eyesight.