The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Shen Youyou had been paying attention to her father and handed over her water gourd in time. Now she was probably the only one who still had water, because her grandfather and father gave her some of their water in the morning, and her grandmother and mother gave some of their water to Shen Luming.

They said they needed to drink more water to grow. She could not refuse no matter how hard she tried, so she could only obey temporarily, but she also deliberately saved water on the way.

Unless I'm thirsty, I won't drink a sip of water.

Shen Zhiqiu really didn't want to drink his daughter's water, but he couldn't say anything, so he just took a small sip to moisten his throat.

When he spoke again, his voice was still hoarse like a broken bellows, but at least he could make a sound: "Believe me, with the water we collect every day, it is enough for us to survive. I will definitely find a way. I will grit my teeth and persevere!"

Shen Zhiqiu did not regret what he said. He also thought that it was not the final moment of life and death. In fact, he was not that great and could not ignore the life and death of his family and choose to advance and retreat with everyone.

But he would not abandon them unless it was absolutely necessary. Although the water was scarce, the daily amount was enough for them to survive.

Even though there is not much food now, he can still find food to fill everyone's stomach. Aren't there cicadas that can be caught?

Although drinking water was limited these days, they hoped to move forward quickly and find a water source. They were traveling at night. At most, the boys would find a few water sources on the trees nearby and pack them up. When they were on duty in the second half of the night, they would give them a snack and let them cook it.

They ate a lot of dried meat, but his wife saved the fat from the animals just to make cicadas when they ran out of dried meat.

Even if there are no cicadas, the bark can be ground into powder and used as dry food. It won't starve to death.

So he was not afraid of starving to death, but he was indeed afraid that if they couldn't find water for a long time, everyone would develop other symptoms due to severe dehydration.

He and Youyou were afraid before because they couldn't find a place to try to dig a well.

Oh! If it really doesn't work, just keep going forward. If you see some green grass somewhere, you can dig a well there. He still doesn't believe it. How can you dig ten meters and still have no water?

You should know that there is water if you dig more than ten meters nowadays, not to mention that the groundwater resources at that time were much more abundant than in later generations.

At first, this group of people were stubborn and refused to leave no matter what. It was only after Shen Zhiqiu explained his solutions one by one that they saw hope again and started to continue their journey.

It's not that he wanted to keep it a secret, he just didn't have confidence because he hadn't found any green grass after all this time.

There was not even a pile of green grass with a diameter of more than one meter. In the forest, apart from the yellow fallen leaves and hay, the only green on the ground was some small wild vegetables that were not afraid of drought, and they were scattered here and there.

Even these pitiful scattered green leaves were picked up and carried away by the women on the road as they passed by.

So his previous thought was that he could really find a piece of green grass to tell everyone about this. Who could have thought that they would put on such a show for him?

After marching for another three days, they still hadn't found a suitable place to dig a well, nor had they found any water source.

"Old Shen, if it doesn't work, why don't you find a place with more wild vegetables and start digging? How will you know if you don't try?"

Li Jingshu was leaning on a wooden stick with one hand and had her other hand on her waist. The heavy package on her body made it difficult for her to breathe.

Shen Zhiqiu's injury has almost healed. Now he carries his son on his back every day. After giving his son a sip of water, he answers his wife: "Don't dig casually. Do you think you can dig water after digging two or three meters? It will take more than ten meters. In our current situation, we don't have the cost of trial and error. Don't let us all get dehydrated and exhausted before we find any water."

Shen Youyou supported Old Lady Hua and spoke up for his father: "Besides, this is on the mountain. I've heard before that someone dug a well on the mountain. If they dug too deep, there would be huge rocks. It would be scrapped."

"Okay, you and your daughter are always right."

Although Li Jingshu knew that what Old Shen and his daughter said made sense, she was still annoyed. It was uncomfortable for her to see the two children like this. Sometimes she even gave up on herself and thought, why did she give them a chance to travel through time? Was it just to suffer this inhuman punishment?

But she also knew that this idea was wrong. It is better to live a miserable life than to die. Well, she still had to grit her teeth and persevere!

Shen Youyou looked at her sisters who were picking wild vegetables while walking, they were really hardworking. She shook her head and almost collapsed from exhaustion, but she couldn't bend down.

The women could only support each other and move forward. Although they still had to dig wild vegetables, it was much easier than the men pushing the carts.

"Eucommia ulmoides!" Doctor Guo suddenly became excited and limped towards the northwest on his crutches.

Shen Youyou was startled: Eucommia ulmoides? Is it the Eucommia ulmoides that she knows?

"Sister Daya, please help grandma."

As soon as I handed grandma to my sister, she rushed out like a little cannonball: If it was that Du Zhong, haha, at least she could throw away her last pair of broken shoes with toes exposed, pitch black, and even some blood stains!

She has been afraid of her last pair of shoes recently because the soles have been worn out. She doesn't want to walk on the mountain road in straw sandals.

Following closely behind the limping Doctor Guo, whose leg was injured when he fell while traveling at night. Although it was not serious, it was severely bruised. It was still painful even after taking medicine, and he kept walking. This is what happened.

When the other villagers saw how excited the two were, they thought they had found a place to dig a well, so they quickly followed them, no longer looking exhausted at all.

Doctor Guo patted a rough big tree, patting and touching it non-stop.

The leaves of that tree were yellow with a few hints of green, and their heads were drooping like hammers. The whole tree looked similar to other trees.

No, this is a patch of Eucommia trees. If these are really Eucommia trees, these trees are obviously the same.

At this time, an autumn wind blew, and the leaves rustled. To Shen Youyou's ears, it sounded like the sound of coins colliding. Or perhaps it was celebrating that they were about to find a source of water!

It was already September, and she observed the tree carefully again, comparing it in her mind with the characteristics of the autumn Eucommia tree she knew.

Eucommia ulmoides is a deciduous tree that can grow up to 20 meters tall. Its twigs are smooth, yellowish brown or lighter, with flaky pith and are aligned.

The simple leaves are alternate, elliptical or ovate, 7-15 cm long, 3.5-6.5 cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, and serrated at the margins, which is also correct.

The winged fruit of Eucommia ulmoides is ovate, oblong and flat, with a concave tip and a seed inside. Haha! They are all correct!

Shen Youyou's eyes sparkled with brilliance. You know, the Eucommia tree is known as "plant gold" and "magic rubber".

Its entire body is a treasure; its bark, leaves, and seeds all have their own uses.

It also has high medicinal value. Its bark can be used as medicine, which has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening the muscles and bones, and calming the fetus.

"Uncle Guo, yo yo, what's wrong?" Shen Zhiqiu asked, panting. This girl ran so fast, but wasn't she so listless just now?

"This is the Eucommia tree, and its bark is a precious medicinal material!"

"Dad, quickly ask someone to find a place to dig a well. There must be water underneath."

Doctor Guo and Shen Youyou blurted out the same thing at the same time.