I'm going to become rich after being dressed as a five-year-old woman

Despite their best efforts, most of the houses were left unburned. All they could ensure was that the fire would not spread to the mountain.

These damn thieves, they can't live a good life themselves, so they want to make others live a bad life too.

Zhao Qiqi brought those who were too uncomfortable and whose houses were burned down to his own yard for shelter. Many of them inhaled a lot of smoke, and everyone looked black.

The fire was almost out and the rest was put out manually. The men rushed in to check, and each of them cried with joy and hugged his wife and children.

Many people also squatted on the ground and cried. One reason was that they were crying for having survived a great disaster, and the other was that all their belongings in their homes had been looted and their houses had been burned down. In such a famine, there was not even a single food left. What was the difference between this and death?

The village chief hurried over to check if anyone was injured or dead.

"There are no casualties here." Zhao Qiqi reported to the village head.

He also knew that it was Zhao Qiqi and Li Yuzhu who evacuated all the women and children to the mountains, and asked Gu Yanyan to go to the town to find people. He admired Zhao Qiqi's courage and wisdom very much.

"Don't worry, Madam Dashuan, I will report what you have done for the village and reward you."

Zhao Qiqi waved his hands. Now was not the time to talk about this. Although the fire had been put out, someone still needed to take care of those who had inhaled more toxic gas. The burned houses also needed to be rebuilt, and things needed to be counted to see what was left.

The most important thing is food. We have to see if there is any food left.

There were still some potatoes and other things they had planted at the beginning left in their yard, but the peppers in the backyard were all burned, and all their hard work over the past few days was destroyed.

"Li Zheng, now besides waiting for the government to come and deal with it, we have to save ourselves."

Even if the government gives some subsidies, it is far less than the losses, and food and accommodation are still a big problem.

The village head naturally knew this: "How do you think we should save ourselves?"

"We just harvested the rice. Although the rice grains are smaller now and we can't sell them in town, we can still eat them ourselves."

Normally, farmers take their rice to the town to sell it in exchange for cheaper rye and corn. Only in this way can they have enough food for the family for a year.

That's why people don't harvest the rice in the fields for a long time, just waiting for the rice to grow bigger. But if they don't harvest it now, it will be too late. It is better to lose some than to starve to death. Only by taking care of the present can we have the chance to think about what to do next.

The head of the village hesitated again, and Zhao Qiqi said decisively: "Head of the village, make the decision when necessary."

Free from harm.

The head of the village seemed to have suddenly realized something. Since it was a dead end and he would die sooner or later, he was making a profit now. What if there was any chance that could give him a glimmer of hope?

"Okay, let's take a break first. We'll go harvest the rice when it's light."

Although it is still gray now, the dawn light has broken through the clouds and is about to dawn.

"Everyone listen to me, we will take a short break and then go to the fields to harvest rice."

Many people were whispering, they didn't know whether the decision made by the village head was really in their interests, nor whether the village head could win more rights for them. Everyone was cautious about the decision made by the village head.

"Li Zheng, you said we are harvesting rice now, so we can have a full meal now, but what will we do in the future?"

"That's right. If we don't get to eat in the future, will the government care about us?"

Regardless of the villagers' doubts, everyone will have concerns when it comes to life and death.

"If you go to harvest rice now, you can still live for a while. If you want to die and give the rice away, you don't have to go."

Now let’s count who is willing to harvest rice.

There are also many families who do not have rice fields, and the village head needs to make reasonable arrangements for them to help other families exchange some rice.

"Village head, my family is willing." Zhao Qiqi took the lead and stood up first.

After this incident, Zhao Qiqi's reputation in the village improved a lot and she gained prestige. Everyone was grateful to her for reporting the news and to Gu Yanyan for bringing people back to rescue them.

Besides, although all the vegetables in Zhao Qiqi's backyard were burned, there were still some vegetables in the yard. The chickens were caught and eaten by the group of thieves, leaving only chicken feathers on the ground.

If she is willing to go and harvest rice, then those of them who have no food left should go even more.

"We will do the same." Gu Afu's parents also came out to agree.

"Then let's cut it. It's too late even if it rains now."

"Yeah, let's cut them all. Let's get through this together."

Then everyone basically agreed. People are like this. When they see everyone doing this, they just go with the flow.

Zhao Qiqi filled basins of water from the spring and asked everyone to wipe their faces and quench their thirst.

"I have some corn hidden at home for everyone to eat. The amount is not much, please don't be disgusted."

At this time, Zhao Qiqi naturally didn't dare to take out rice, let alone too much food. Otherwise, when a person is in such a situation, who knows how many different thoughts will arise.

Besides, with so many people, Zhao Qiqi couldn’t come up with so much.

Old Lady Gu asked Xiang and Bai to help Zhao Qiqi. Since they were far away from the fire, they didn't feel any discomfort.

"Sister-in-law, I didn't realize before that the water from your small spring is bigger than that from the mountain."

She didn't care about this at first, but she never thought that her sister-in-law's family had so much water, and they raised chickens and grew vegetables. Everyone had no food, but now she could give food to everyone. She must have hidden a lot herself.

As she thought about it, her mind turned again and again. Their family had no food at all. Her sister-in-law was a family to them, so it was natural for her to take care of them. Besides, the old lady was still there. If Zhao Qiqi didn't take care of them, it would be unfilial!

"Really? The water wasn't this deep before. I guess God has mercy on our village and we are spared from the disaster."

"Oh, the water has become smaller again!" They meant that the water flowing out of the spring has become less again.

"It seems that what Aunt Zhao said was true. God must have pity on us and came to help us. Now that the fire is gone, the water has also become smaller."

Many people began to kneel down and worship the spring, saying, "Thank God for his mercy."

Xiang was speechless. Was it really like what the elder sister-in-law said? Was it really that magical?

She washed the rice, lit the fire and added water. She was cooking porridge, so she added a lot of water. Because she was in a hurry, she added a lot of firewood. Bai fanned herself hard with a cattail leaf fan.