After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

After dinner, Wang took out the eight hundred coins and said, "Dajun's wife, Dani'er, you two earned this money together. Divide it among yourselves."

Neither Zhang Hulan nor Li took the money. Li said, "Mother, you can keep this money."

Wang said, "You should save it for yourselves. In the future, your children will need money to marry off, so you need to have some money."

Li stopped talking. It was good to have money in her hands.

Zhang Hulan said, "Mom, please keep this money for now. This is a special period, so let's not be so picky. Let's work together as a family to get through this period, and then we can talk about other things later."

When Old Man Zhang heard what Zhang Hulan said, a smile appeared on his face again. "Listen to Danier. She's right. This is a special period. Family members shouldn't be so divided. Let's get through this together."

Zhang Hujun and Li also agreed with Zhang Hulan's words.

Wang took the money and said, "Okay, that's it for now. If you need money, come to me. I'll go up the mountain with you later."

"Mom, don't go. Someone needs to be home. My brother and his wife and I can go."

Zhang Hujun also refused to let Wang go up the mountain, so Wang had to give up.

Zhang Hulan and Zhang Hujun went up the mountain again. Mrs. Li and the children were still at the foot of the mountain, collecting cicada shells and searching for plantain and prunella vulgaris. Zhang Hujun and Zhang Xiaojun continued to dig for kudzu root and polygonum multiflorum, while Zhang Hulan was looking for medicine for Old Man Zhang's wounds.

The herbal remedies prescribed by Dr. Yang include Drynaria fortunei, Gardenia jasminoides, Myrrha, Eucommia ulmoides, etc.

These medicines were not difficult to find. In Zhang Hulan's previous life, rural residents knew a lot about herbs. For simple ailments, they would go up the mountain to collect herbs and boil them down to drink.

Zhang Hulan walked around the forest and just as she had gathered several herbs, she heard Zhang Xiaojun's voice calling out, "Auntie..."

Zhang Hulan responded: "I'm here, what's wrong?"

"Aunt, please come down quickly..."

Zhang Hulan thought something had happened and immediately turned back.

Following the sound, I found Zhang Xiaojun, who excitedly said, "Auntie, come with me and see, there's a huge patch of kudzu root over there."

Zhang Hulan followed Zhang Xiaojun to a valley, about two or three acres in area, all covered with kudzu vines.

Zhang Hujun wielded his hoe and dug with all his might. Although the trees in the forest blocked the sun, the soil was dry and difficult to dig.

Seeing Zhang Hulan coming over, Zhang Hujun grinned, "Look, big sister, there are so many kudzu roots. If we dig them all up, it will probably be enough for our family to eat for several months."

Zhang Hulan was also very happy. With these Pueraria roots, her family would not have to worry about starving to death no matter what.

Zhang Hujun asked, "Sister, how long can we keep these things after we dig them up?"

"Leave the vines longer, dig them up and bury them in the soil. They will last for a long time."

"Then let's dig it all back, and ask your sister-in-law and the others to come up and help tomorrow."

Zhang Hujun and Zhang Xiaojun were digging together, while Zhang Hulan chopped the vines with a hatchet and put them into the backpack. They spent the whole afternoon digging Pueraria root and also dug a little Polygonum multiflorum at the beginning.

They had already gone down the mountain before the sun set.

Two full baskets of kudzu root were piled in the yard. Wang's eyes lit up, "How did you dig up so much?"

"Mom, there's a huge patch on the mountain, and we've only dug a small patch and we've already dug up so much. If we dig it all up, it will be enough for our family to eat for several months."

As long as there is food at home, there is no need to worry. With food, the faces of the Zhang family were filled with joy that could not be concealed.

Zhang Hulan said, "Brother, pick out the rotten ones and eat them first, and dig a hole to bury the good ones."

"Okay, I'll dig a hole right away."

Zhang Hujun found a place in the yard and started digging, while Li and the others picked out the rotten kudzu roots.

Zhang Hulan washed the herbs she dug, then crushed them and applied them on Old Man Zhang's legs.

The Zhang family was in high spirits, while the other families in the village looked worried.

The family's surplus food is almost gone, and it can only last for another ten days or so. The wild vegetables around have all been dug up. The weather is so dry that they won't grow.

"Dajun, the village head is calling for a meeting, come over quickly." Liu Yongquan from next door shouted outside the door.

Zhang Hujun put down his hoe and asked outside, "What's going on?"

Liu Yongquan replied, "There's no water in the village well."

When Zhang Hujun and Wang heard that there was no water in the well, they were a little panicked.

If the well runs out of water, it will be the end.

There's no drinking water left, so it's useless to have more food at home...

Zhang Hujun dropped his hoe and left, and Zhang Hulan, Wang and Li followed quickly.

"Xiaojun, you stay at home."

After giving some instructions, several people hurried to Zhao Guoliang's house.

There were already quite a few people at Zhao Guoliang's house at this time, and everyone was talking about what to do next.

One villager said, "Head of the village, our food supply won't last for a few more days. It won't rain anytime soon, and even if it did, it wouldn't be enough. We're almost out of water, so we're planning to leave in the next few days."

Another villager said, "We are out of food at home. We can only hold out for three to five days at most."

The villager asked the first person who spoke, "Where are you going?"

The man replied, "Let's go to the capital. There are rich people there. We can go begging and maybe we can survive."

Many villagers were tempted and wanted to go along.

"When are you leaving? Let's go together so we can take care of each other."

"Everyone, please be quiet." Zhao Guoliang knocked on the table and said, "Do you think you can survive by going to the big city?

We are not the only ones affected by the disaster. Those big cities are probably already crowded with people.

Our county is relatively well off; we usually have abundant water resources and every household has some food stored. Some counties have poor terrain and are in much worse shape than ours.

If you don’t believe me, go to other counties and see how they are filled with people fleeing famine.”

Some villagers asked in panic: "What should we do? We can't just wait here to die."

Zhao Guoliang said, "Isn't the reason I called you here so that we can discuss what to do next? Everyone has a lot of ideas, so we can always come up with a solution."

"There are two main problems: water and food."

"Just now, the young man from the Wu family went to fetch water and found that there was very little water in the well. He thought someone had fetched water before, but when he asked, no one else did."

"I went to check it out. It used to take a short time for the water to rise after I drew a bucket of water. But now, it takes half an hour for the water to rise after I draw a bucket of water.

This amount of water is not enough for the villagers to use. If it continues like this, I am afraid that in a few days there will be no water at all."

Zhao Heigou said loudly, "Uncle, I think there's someone unclean in our village. Our well always had water, but when she came, the well ran dry. It must be her fault."

Damn it...

Although Zhao Heigou didn't mention her by name, Zhang Hulan knew he was talking about her. Her temper flared up immediately...

Zhang Hulan picked up a bamboo pole from the wall of Zhao Guoliang's house and hit Zhao Heigou.

"You son of a bitch, who are you calling unclean?"

Not to mention Zhao Heigou, even the people who were close to Zhao Heigou were shocked.

"You're a fucking lunatic..." Zhao Heigou was hit on the arm by a bamboo stick. He cursed and picked up a bench to hit Zhang Hulan.

Zhang Hulan was not at all intimidated by him and hit him again with the bamboo pole.