I will lead the whole village to occupy the land and become the king.

When everyone heard that there was food, their previous fatigue disappeared instantly, and they all stood up and asked loudly where the food was.

Jiang Qinyu pointed to a few places and said, "There's not much stuff here, probably a few dozen kilograms in total!"

Dozens of kilograms were not a small amount for the villagers who were still starving a few days ago. Village chief Li quickly took people to the place Jiang Qinyu mentioned.

"Oh, so many chestnuts, how come they are in this little hole?"

"Wow, why do I have so much food here? It's quite complete, with barley, wheat, rice, and everything else. It looks like there are more than ten pounds!"

"And here are some dried fruits..."

Someone older cursed, "These must be field mice from the mountains that have come to wreak havoc on our fields! Get them out! Get them all out!"

After he said this, Jiang Qinyu suddenly realized that the places indicated on the map were indeed in the caves, but because of the drought, the outside of these caves were cracked, revealing the things hidden inside.

Wait a minute, doesn’t that mean they are picking up food from rat holes?

This... Jiang Qinyu suddenly felt that it would be better for their family not to divide the grain.

But this was just her idea. For the people in Dingshui Village, as long as there was food, no matter where it came from, it was a great thing as long as they were not hungry.

In fact, Jiang Qinyu had a common sense misunderstanding. The field mice in the mountains are less poisonous than the mice living in the village. Field mouse meat can be eaten, and the food they collect will naturally be fine if it is processed properly.

Everyone quickly gathered together all the food they found.

"Let's find a place to hide it first, and then we'll take it back when we come back tomorrow." Village Chief Li clapped his hands.

Li Dachui nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, yes. If we lead them all the way into the mountains and then out again, that would be too stupid and too laborious."

Naturally, no one objected to this decision. After hiding the food, they continued on their journey.

This time, Jiang Qinyu did not walk in the middle of the team, but followed Village Chief Li.

She had a map in her mind, and under her influence, Village Chief Li naturally kept moving towards areas with abundant food.

Jiang Qinyu picked out a few places with lots of things for everyone to collect, thinking that she would pick up those with smaller quantities on the way back, and make sure not to miss anything.

In this way, everyone searched as they walked, and before the sun set in the afternoon, they had found about five or six hundred kilograms of edible supplies. However, they hid all these things along the way and did not take them into the mountains.

"I never thought there would be so many edible things in this mountain."

"If I hadn't come today, I don't believe we would be able to find food at this time!"

"So, we still have to let our children study. Isn't it because the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family knows more because she is the daughter of a scholar?"

"Alas, I would like to send my naughty boy to school, but now that everyone is fleeing famine, where can I find a teacher?"

"Let's just live our lives now, and take care of the rest later..."

Everyone in the group was talking to each other, and the further they went on, the less tired anyone seemed.

However, as they went deeper into the mountains, the road became more difficult to walk on. Many times, Village Chief Li and Meng Tianze had to use axes to clear the way in front so that the people behind would have a place to step.

Village Chief Li was already sweating profusely from the heat. While chopping the thorns blocking the road, he said to Jiang Qinyu, "Niece, it's getting late. Should we continue walking?"

Jiang Qinyu looked at the sky and nodded, "Let's keep going. Let's see if we can find a source of water a few miles ahead."

There are more and more green plants around, and the water shortage visible to the naked eye is not as serious as that outside, which means there must be a water source in front or nearby, but it is not certain whether it is groundwater or a surface lake or stream.

Moreover, they didn't encounter any small animals along the way, which meant that all the animals had migrated to the deeper parts of the mountains and forests.

Village Chief Li also knew that finding food and water was equally important this time, so he said, "Okay, let's walk another five miles. If we still can't find water, we'll go back tomorrow and come back in a few days."

With the harvest of several hundred kilograms of grain in the mountains today, he was not at all opposed to going into the mountains.

Jiang Qinyu probably knew what he was thinking and was also trying to guess the direction of the water source based on the map.

Just like that, after they advanced another two miles, a blinding green dot suddenly appeared on the upper left side of the map in Jiang Qinyu's mind. Her eyes lit up immediately and her heart became excited.

There's plenty to eat there, and there's definitely water nearby!

Jiang Qinyu intentionally or unintentionally led everyone to the upper left. However, it was already getting dark, so she said to the people behind her, "Everyone, be careful and cautious. There might be some animals ahead."

They didn't see any animals throughout the day, and everyone felt that Jiang Qinyu was right, and they might see one soon.

Jiang Qinyu and the others held their breath and moved forward to the left. It took them a full quarter of an hour to walk a distance of less than two hundred meters.

Just when someone couldn't hold back and wanted to speak, everyone suddenly heard a "baa-baa-baa" sound.

Everyone stopped and looked at each other.

Village Chief Li was a little excited. He took a few steps back and said to everyone in a low voice, "Did you hear that? There are sheep ahead!"

Their village does not raise sheep, but many people know that there are many goats in Yunshan, and Meng Tianze and Lu Yanzheng have both hunted them.

Meng Tianze was already walking in front, and now he was staring at the front with his eyes shining brightly. He said in a low voice, "Everyone, don't move. I hear there are more than one or two sheep ahead, I'm afraid there are several. Let me go ahead and take a look."

Jiang Qinyu quickly said, "Uncle Meng, I'll go with you."

Meng Tianze knew her ability and nodded in agreement, "Okay, let's go together."

The two of them immediately moved forward quietly.

Village Chief Li immediately said to the people behind him, "Let's retreat first and wait for them to come back."

Those are goats! A large one weighs one or two hundred pounds, and a small one weighs dozens of pounds. If we can catch one, the villagers can have a meaty meal, and the extra ones can be pickled and eaten later.

The others were also very excited. They hadn't even had meat to eat these days, and they were just thankful to be full. They didn't expect to encounter goats once in the mountains. Even if there were only two or three, there would be hundreds of kilograms of meat, and each family could get several kilograms!

On the other side, Jiang Qinyu and Meng Tianze also arrived not far from the sound of the goat.

Meng Tianze covered his mouth, his eyes shining with excitement. He gently tugged at Jiang Qinyu's sleeve and pointed forward.

I saw a medium-sized grassland three meters ahead, with dozens of goats standing or lying on it.

Jiang Qinyu couldn't help but twitch her lips at this moment. There was nothing she could do, because the goat gathering place was the biggest green light on the map.

This map hint is absolutely amazing. Goats are edible so they are considered food. Food is roughly equivalent to grain, so is that a hint?

Meng Tianze pulled Jiang Qinyu's sleeve again and gestured to go back.

Jiang Qinyu nodded, and her heart couldn't help but get excited.

With so many wild goats, how much meat would that produce?