Spring comes to the desperate place

Everyone looked at them quietly, and no one dared to interrupt them because they felt so wronged.

It was only a few steps away. If the old man had insisted on getting here and drinking the water, he probably wouldn't have died.

But sometimes this is the fate of people. Because the family has many people and the family is not very well off, the family counted the food along the way. The water in the family was often given to the younger generation first. When it was his turn, he always refused to drink. But how can people not be thirsty? People can starve for seven days, but they can only survive for three days without drinking a drop of water.

When everyone looked at this family, they were all filled with sadness for a moment. They had been walking all the way from the north to the south, but people started dying before they had even reached halfway. Who knew how many people would be left when they really reached the south?

The village chief calmed himself down, had someone help him up and sit him aside, then he organized everyone to fetch water quickly.

Some people felt negative when looking at the well and wanted to stay in the village.

"Village chief, look, there is a deep well over here. If we use the water from the well sparingly, it will last a long time. Our elderly are too old to walk anymore."

There are quite a few people who have this idea. Most of them are the old and the young in their families. After more than a month of walking, everyone is exhausted. Some elderly people look not in good spirits. They didn't want to leave their hometowns at first, but because they heard that the cities in the north were occupied by mobs, the people in them were all in dire straits. Some people who escaped by chance vividly described how the mobs burned, killed, looted, and persecuted the people in the city. Anyone who resisted was beheaded and hung on the city wall. Those who did not resist were kept in captivity and forced to work all day without being given a bite of food. Some decent women with better looks even became playthings of those people.

In short, if they didn't escape they would become slaves, so they all escaped. They escaped for more than a month, and they didn't encounter any other fleeing teams along the way, which made them doubt for a moment whether what they did was right or wrong.

The death of the old man today also made them feel timid. Instead of traveling thousands of miles to an unfamiliar place, why not stay in this village? Since there is well water available in the village, survival will not be a problem.

The village chief thought for a long time without speaking, until everyone had drawn water. Then he reminded everyone quietly: "The houses in this village are intact, and there is water under the deep well. It is indeed a good place."

He paused for a moment before continuing, "Such a good place, but no one in this village is willing to stay. Do you really think there is no problem?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings fell silent, and everyone's heart skipped a beat. Yes, in this day and age, there are actually people willing to abandon their villages with water and migrate with their families. This shows that this place is not as peaceful as it seems.

But this was not enough to dispel their desire to stay. The village chief knew that he could not persuade them anymore, so he could only say calmly: "Forget it, I know you old bones really can't do it anymore. There is still water in this village. If you use it sparingly, you can still live until spring. If it rains in spring, everything will be fine."

So that night three families decided to stay. In each of these three families, there was only one young and middle-aged person, and the rest were either elderly or children, and they really could not walk anymore.

Song Chunlin was not too surprised when he heard the news, because in his opinion, it is normal for people to make different choices. If it were him, it would take a lot of courage to travel through mountains and rivers to live in an unfamiliar place at such an old age. He might have chosen to stay out of necessity, because they really couldn't walk anymore, and following the large group might not allow them to reach the south smoothly. They might even die on the way like the old man today.

Song Chunlin knew that he was young and could not do much, so he just walked silently to the edge of the field and promoted the growth of a bunch of sweet potato seedlings. Sweet potatoes are not very picky about the soil and can grow even if there is a lack of water and fertilizer, and both the leaves and tubers are edible.

After growing the sweet potatoes, he walked to the other side and grew some potato seedlings on a small hillside. Like sweet potatoes, potatoes are also very drought-resistant and can produce some harvests even without water.

After planting these, Song Chunlin felt that it was okay. Although there was a shortage of water, the improved varieties in later generations were better than the original varieties. He believed that these crops would grow up soon. Although he didn't know whether they would be discovered and dug out to eat, it was better to have them than nothing. Maybe one day they would be extremely hungry and find them while digging tree roots. Wouldn't that mean they would have something to eat!

Because some villagers stayed, everyone stayed one more day the next day to help the three families settle down. They did not choose the large blue brick and tile house in the village, but instead chose three connected brick houses. The house was quite sturdy. When the original owner left, he took away almost everything he could, so the room was relatively clean.

Some large items that could not be taken away could be used again after washing, and with the help of the young and middle-aged people in the village, the three families moved into their new homes in the afternoon.

When everyone left the next day, the three families stood at the entrance of the village and looked at them silently.

Song Chunlin took a last look at the village and felt a little melancholy. Transportation was inconvenient in ancient times. Perhaps this would be the last time this group of people would see each other in this life.

The mountains are high and the roads are long ahead, and the road ahead is long. Who can guarantee that they can reach the south safely?

Because three families were missing, everyone was in a low mood, and this low mood lasted until their lunch break.

Song Chunlin was in a bad mood today. He and his brother Song Chunsheng just dug up some wild vegetables and prepared to go back. However, they had not gone far when their way was blocked by a tall and strong boy.

Song Chunlin was in a bad mood and bumped into him without paying much attention. The man looked tall and strong, but was knocked to the ground by Song Chunlin, who was two heads shorter than him.

Song Chunlin was standing there, and before he could come to his senses, the other party shouted, "Ouch! It hurts so much, Song Chunlin, you actually bumped into me on purpose, ouch, ouch, it hurts so much, I'm going to be bumped to death by Song Chunlin!"

The Song brothers were startled by his shout and turned around to look at each other.

My goodness, even after traveling back to ancient times, he still encountered a scammer!

And it’s such an outrageous way of defrauding someone!

Song Chunlin covered his face. He really wanted to remind the other party that given the difference in their body shapes, if anyone was really knocked away, it would definitely be him, who was as skinny as a weak chicken, and not him.

Song Chunsheng also covered his face. According to the complicated relationship between them, this tall and strong boy should have called them grandpa. Now, the 100-pound grandson was knocked away by the 50-pound grandfather. No one would believe it if he told others about it.