Traveling through 1942 with space

I spent more than an hour in the space, and just over half an hour in the outside world.

It was already past seven in the morning outside, and the refugees, who had been facing the weather all night, were now catching up on their sleep in exhaustion.

Hou Xiaoge tried not to make any noise as he walked along, so as not to wake others up and get scolded.

After returning to our camp, most of the family members were asleep.

Several younger brothers and sisters were also moved from under the car to the wheelbarrow. After all, it was dry and less likely to get sick when sleeping on the car.

Compared with the little guys, the two cousins and other big men were not treated so well. At this time, the two cousins and uncle Erda and several other men were leaning on wheelbarrows with their bare chests and snoring loudly.

As for the second aunt and the younger sister-in-law, they had already gotten up early. At this moment, they were struggling to wring out the rainwater from their clothes, quilts and other luggage.

Hou Xiaoge guessed that the two of them couldn't sleep with their clothes on, so they had to get up and work more so that their clothes would dry faster.

"Second Aunt, I found a big tree root. You can use it to boil a pot of water so that everyone can drink some to ward off the cold. You can also dry your clothes at the same time, otherwise you will catch a cold." Hou Xiaoge walked up to the two people and put down the tree root in his hand and said.

"Oh! Heiwa, you brought the firewood just in time. I was just about to boil a pot of water to warm everyone up and keep out the cold!" Second Aunt looked at the big tree roots that weighed at least twenty or thirty kilograms with a look of surprise.

"Hehe! The early bird catches the worm. Everyone is sleeping now, so I'll be diligent and naturally get something. This was washed away by the water from somewhere." Hou Xiaoge scratched his head as if embarrassed and explained with a smile.

"Oh! When did our Heiwa become an educated man? He speaks in his own way." The aunt also teased Hou Xiaoge with a smile.

Finally, under the teasing of the two elders, Hou Xiaoge said that he went out to find wild vegetables and fled.

After leaving the camp, Hou Xiaoge headed south. After half an hour's journey, he finally arrived at a river six miles south of Fan Town.

The width of the river is now about fifteen or sixteen meters. Perhaps because of the heavy rain that just fell, the muddy yellow river water is rushing towards the southeast, majestic and spectacular.

Hou Xiaoge guessed that this river should be the "Luo River" mentioned by the refugees. If it was an ordinary river, it would probably have dried up.

Of course, the Luo River, which can influence the name of a city, cannot be so wide. This river should be a large fork or branch of the Luo River.

Hou Xiaoge learned from the refugees yesterday that the reason why Fan Town is so prosperous is because of the convenient river transportation at the Luo River Wharf.

But due to the severe drought this year, the water level of the river has dropped significantly and is no longer sufficient to operate cargo ships.

After arriving at the river, Hou Xiaoge saw a group of buildings of this era from afar. These should be the freight terminal and temporary warehouse of Fan Town.

Although the dock had stopped operating, Hou Xiaoge still stayed away from it because he saw a group of soldiers stationed near the dock.

Standing on the hillside near the pier and looking down, the river is still five or six meters away from the pier's corridor.

This shows the severity of the drought. Although there was a rainstorm yesterday, this pier still cannot be put into use.

Hou Xiaoge looked at the corridor near the dock and calculated that the width of the river in normal years should be more than 20 meters. This width is already very good and can be considered a medium-sized river in the north.

Of course, it doesn’t matter to Hou Xiaoge whether this river is big and this dock is useful or not.

Hou Xiaoge’s idea was that he had mental power, so as long as he could detect the fish in the water, he could catch them through the water using his mental power.

After walking for half an hour, Hou Xiaoge was tired. After drinking a bowl of spiritual spring water, he lay on the hillside and enjoyed the cool breeze.

Perhaps due to the water vapor, a rainbow appeared over the valley above the river under the shining sun.

Looking at the rainbow that seemed real and illusory, Hou Xiaoge forgot about the troubles in life for a moment and fell asleep after a while.

"I didn't expect that I fell asleep, but it was a really comfortable sleep!" Hou Xiaoge stood up yawning until he was exposed to the sun.

I stretched myself, covered my eyes with my hands and glanced at the scorching sun above my head. I slept for about half an hour.

After relaxing for a few minutes, Hou Xiaoge looked at the ditches around him, then went down the hillside carrying a backpack and a sickle.

After reaching the bottom of the ditch, Hou Xiaoge paid attention to his feet to avoid getting stuck, while he began to use his mental power to search for fish.

Hou Xiaoge's current mental power is five meters away. Apart from two meters from the shore, he can easily explore three meters into the river.

Maybe it was because of yesterday’s heavy rain, the turbid water caused all the fish to float up to breathe.

Hou Xiaoge used his mental power to scan and found quite a few fish in the water near the shore.

However, most of them were small fish weighing one or two taels, and there were no fish weighing more than one kilogram, so Hou Xiaoge was too lazy to waste his energy to collect them.

After walking for hundreds of meters and finishing the easier-to-walk along the shore, Hou Xiaoge caught a carp weighing more than one kilogram.

"Time-travel novels are so damn harmful! Who said that in years of disaster one can get rich by fishing in the river? All the damn big fish have been caught almost completely." Turning a corner, Hou Xiaoge looked at the fishing boats not far away that were pulling nets to catch fish with a bitter look on his face.

Originally, Hou Xiaoge planned to wait for the fishing boat to come and buy a few fish. After all, the Air Force also had to go to the vegetable market to buy two fish.

But before the fishing boat got close, a burst of shouting and cursing was heard.

"Where did you come from, little bastard? Get out of here now. You still want to catch fish. Don't you know that this section of the river is contracted by your uncle Zhang?" Four shirtless strong men came out from the boat shed, one of them holding a musket, and yelled at Hou Xiaoge.

"Gentlemen, I didn't catch any fish. I just wanted to look for some wild vegetables in the ditch." Hou Xiaoge was instinctively startled and quickly turned the backpack over to empty it for the man to check.

"You little bastard. Get out of here now! If I see you fishing for fish legs in the ditch again, I'll break them." The man with the gun was disappointed when he saw that there was nothing in Hou Xiaoge's backpack. He then waved the rifle in his hand and arrogantly drove Hou Xiaoge away.

"I'll get out of here right now, right now." Hou Xiaoge was so scared that he dropped the backpack and ran over the hillside.

Hou Xiaoge climbed over the hillside and crawled on the pile of dry grass, watching the fishing boat leave, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Damn it, do you think it's fun for four people to bully a kid like me? And they're holding guns, bah! Fuck your grandma." Hou Xiaoge cursed loudly at the fishing boat that was going away.

"Hmph! I'll just catch your fish." After the fishing boat disappeared from sight, Hou Xiaoge went down the ditch in the opposite direction of the fishing boat.

In fact, what those guys just said was pure nonsense. The government does not allow the contracting of such large rivers, and the contracting is only for some reservoirs.

These people are obviously gang members who have monopolized the fish in the river and do not allow ordinary people to fish.

Most people might be afraid of these gang members, but Hou Xiaoge is not afraid. If there is no other choice, he can just escape into the space.

After the fishing boats went far away, Hou Xiaoge left this section of the ditch and looked for hillsides where it was difficult for people to go down and ditch forks where it was difficult to put down fishing nets.

This is the experience Hou Xiaoge gained from a fisherman in his previous life. The more difficult it is for people to go to a place, the deeper the water is, and the more likely it is that big fish will appear.

After finding the right direction, the harvest was quite a lot. After searching only two ditch forks, Hou Xiaoge found three silver carp weighing more than four kilograms and two carp weighing about three kilograms.

"Fuck, there's a big one!"

At a fork in the ditch, five meters away where Hou Xiaoge's mental power could not detect, a carp over half a meter long splashed into the river, startling Hou Xiaoge so much that he shouted out.