The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!
Chapter 55: How many pagodas should be built?
Shen Youyou quickly took her mask out of the basket and put it on, then wrapped the scarf around her face, covering herself tightly.
Shen Zhiqiu directly put a hood on Shen Luming, and used a gauze curtain to cover the entire basket and tied it tightly.
Everyone was busy and finally got themselves ready.
The women and boys replaced the men who were pushing the carts, and the men stood on the periphery.
It just happened to surround the cart in the middle, the children, the women, and the elderly.
After organizing the formation, they continued on their journey.
As they got closer, everyone got a clearer look at the group of people. They looked so miserable. Many of them were motionless, as if they were dead, either leaning against trees or lying on the ground.
Some of them were lying on the ground, stuffing wild vegetables into their mouths. More people stood up and looked at them with dull eyes.
He slowly approached them, obviously seeing that they had horses and food, and was determined to steal them even at the risk of his life, but he was afraid of the swords in their hands, so he was still hesitant.
In fact, these refugees were not afraid of their swords, but judging from their attire, the fact that they had so many things and so many horses, they might be bandits.
The fear of the bandits prevented them from taking action for the time being.
Shen Zhiqiu, followed by two bodyguards, Li Quan and Da Hu, walked forward a few steps and asked, "Are you out of water and food?"
As soon as these words came out, the scene became spectacular. Almost all the people who were still alive knelt down, shouting, "My lord, please give us something to eat. We can work for you."
"Yes, my king, please accept us and give us food and drink."
Shen Zhiqiu was stunned. What kind of vision is this? They are good citizens, but you treat them as bandits. Do bandits care about your life or death?
But after thinking about it, it would be better to be a mountain bandit. He continued, "These days, the king has no food to eat, but the king can show you a clear way. From here, walk south for an hour and go into a bamboo forest. There is a well dug by a man there, but the well cannot be drunk directly. There is a mud platform next to it. Pour the water in the well into the mud platform, filter out the clear water, and you can drink it. There are bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest."
After that, Shen Zhiqiu untied the bag around his waist and threw it to one of the strong men, and continued to explain: "This is a cicada. You can eat it after roasting it. Between the hours of Xu and Zi at night, catch this kind of cicada and roast it over fire. This is what the king eats too."
Finally, he waved his hand solemnly to Da Hu and Li Quan and said, "Give them what you have. Your Majesty, please do a good deed today."
Li Quan and Da Hu obediently took off the bags on their waists and threw them to each other.
"Damn it, I spent so much time catching you and now you're the one who got away with it," Li Quan cursed in a pretentious manner.
"Okay, let's go, catch more cicadas, dig more bamboo shoots, cut more bamboo and store more water. The king can't stay here any longer. Store up water and food and head north."
Shen Zhiqiu reminded them again and gestured for everyone to set off.
It's not that these people don't want to rob, but looking at the shining swords and their spirits, you can tell that they have never been hungry.
They couldn't win even if they tried to rob, and they might lose their lives. If there was no way to survive, they had to fight as long as they could. Now the mountain king showed them the way to survive.
In the south, there is water in an hour, bamboo forests with bamboo shoots, and cicadas. The Khan took one and put it in his mouth. It is meat! It is delicious and fragrant.
A group of people started to loot. These were the strong ones. The old people and children who didn't have the strength knew they couldn't win, so they knelt down, kowtowed to Shen Zhiqiu and the others, and shouted, "Thank you, my king, for your guidance."
They got up and walked towards the south. They believed that there was food in the south.
Shen Zhiqiu did not lie to them. There was still water in the well over there. Even if there was no water, they could continue to get water by digging deeper. As long as they collected enough water, bamboo shoots or cicadas, perhaps these refugees could still survive.
Seeing that almost everyone had stood up and headed south, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Just now their hearts were in their throats.
Shen Mazi's wife said to Shen Fugui's wife, "We were fooled by the third brother. I thought they were going to come and rob us!"
Shen Mazi looked at his wife like a fool: "You tiger woman, they didn't do it because they saw that they were not sure of robbing us and they had a way to survive. If there was no other way and they couldn't survive, let alone the mountain king, do you believe that the soldiers would dare to rob us at the risk of their lives?"
Shen Zhiqiu asked his eldest cousin to raise a flag and tell everyone to speed up and pass quickly.
The further north you go, the less green grass you can see. The bark on the trees has been stripped off, and the trunks are bare.
Now the old ladies are scared, fortunately they obeyed the order, at a time like this only food and water are the most important things.
Shen Youyou, who was covering her mouth and wearing a mask, started crying again. It was really tragic. It felt that it was not easy for ordinary people to survive.
These are the ones who are still alive, but perhaps in that corner, who knows how many people died.
In the war-torn era, it was very difficult to live a stable life. Eating grass roots and tree bark, these words that she had only heard before, were now being played out in front of her eyes.
It is also obvious that some people are just skin and bones but have big stomachs. It is obvious that they have eaten Guanyin soil.
Shen Zhiqiu sighed. He noticed that his daughter was crying but he didn't point it out. Children need to save face when they grow up. If you point it out, she will lose face.
But he felt bad for his daughter crying, so he could only say as if to show off: "Yoyo, look at how many people there are, hundreds of them, right? They say saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, how many pagodas will your father build today?"
Shen Youyou took a deep breath and forced back the tears that were surging in her eyes. She knew that her father saw that she was crying and was worried about her.
In my heart, I kept saying to myself, "Shen Youyou, stop being so hypocritical, okay? You are also fleeing famine, but you have family with you. Without family, you are even more miserable than them.
You sympathize with others, you know what you will encounter in the future, you are soft-hearted, you cry, and it will make your parents worry.
You should be more open-minded and cheerful, at least your parents will feel better when they see you like that."
She took several deep breaths to calm herself down, and tried to speak in a normal voice, "Oh, Dad, please get away from me. The golden light of your merit is hurting my eyes."
After hearing what the child said, Shen Zhiqiu patted his daughter on the back and said, "It's okay. All the merits and golden light from Daddy's body will be given to you and Lu Ming. May you be safe and sound."
After hearing this, Shen Youyou wanted to cry again. What's wrong with her father? Is he deliberately making her cry?
Shen Youyou said in an impatient tone: "You can save it. I am immune to all evil and do not need the golden light of merit."
Erya also cried then, and now she is still sobbing: "Hey, what is the golden light of merit for? Why does it look like burning incense?"
Shen Youyou put her arm around Erya's and explained, "It means that good people will be rewarded. Do more good deeds to stay safe."
This word made her explain it in a mess. She couldn't just tell her sister a story about cultivating immortals first!
In fact, many people who heard this were thinking in their hearts that they were grateful to Shen Zhiqiu for meeting this group of refugees and seeing how miserable they were. If it weren't for Shen Zhiqiu, perhaps they would have been even worse off than this.
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