Chapter 25 No Water

The moment the sound of horse hooves was heard, the whole team instantly panicked. They were afraid that the people coming were the bandits who had massacred the opera troupe during the day.

When Wei Zhong heard the sound of horse hooves, he immediately took his men and mounted their horses and mules with his swords in hand, protecting the team in the middle. The people in Dujia Village also picked up knives and farm tools and surrounded the elderly and children in their homes.

When Zhou Yunshu came out with a bow and arrow, Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen stayed in the carriage with the children holding machetes.

Outside, Chunque was sitting on the shaft of the carriage with a knife in both hands. Feng Xujie and Wei Zhong's four men also surrounded the carriage. Zhou Yunshu took a glance and thought that they must be sent by Wei Zhong to protect Feng Xujie.

Yes, Zhou Yunshu always felt that Wei Zhong seemed to know Feng Xujie's true identity, otherwise he would not have rescued Feng Xujie from Tongcheng.

She didn't know what kind of deal was between Wei Zhong and Feng Xujie, but since their deal was beneficial to her at this time, she turned a blind eye to it.

The hurried sound of horse hooves gradually slowed down, and they saw dots of lights in the wilderness, as well as refugees holding knives and farm tools, staring at them warily beside the lights.

Being stared at coldly by such a group of people holding weapons, the people on horseback also felt a little oppressed, especially since there were quite a few refugees in this group. If a conflict really happened, not only would their mission be delayed, but there would definitely be casualties.

So, in order to prevent a conflict, before approaching the resting group of refugees, the man on horseback shouted, "We are just passing by."

"We're just passing through!"

Although the people on horseback declared loudly, Wei Zhong and others did not retreat while riding on their horses with swords in hand. They just looked coldly at the approaching cavalry and watched their every move.

It was a team of twenty people, wearing the same green shorts and long swords hanging around their waists. It was obvious that they were well-trained.

They said they were just passing by, but their right hands were always on the hilt of the knife. As long as there was any slight movement, the long knife at their waist would be unsheathed.

"We'll watch you leave." Wei Zhong neither stepped forward nor retreated, but only spoke to the person who had just spoken.

"good."

The man looked at Wei Zhong a few more times, wondering why there was a person like Wei Zhong in such a group of refugees.

He gave himself the feeling of a general on the battlefield.

Strange, really strange.

The sound of horse hooves came closer and closer, and then gradually went away.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they could no longer hear the sound of horse hooves. However, after this incident, they never put down their weapons, and the number of people patrolling at night was twice as many as usual.

There is really too little water in the team, so now several families have to cook together and dare not waste any water. Even so, many families in the team have started to run out of water.

Even if Zhou Yunshu prepared enough water, and she also secretly took some from the space from time to time, in order to prevent Fang Huiwen, who was responsible for lighting the fire and cooking, from noticing anything unusual, the water in their house could not last for five days.

After arriving in Luzhou, Fang Huiwen only dared to secretly cook for the children and Zhou Yunshu at night when the lights were dim, and make some white flour and rice, and some bacon and sausages.

The most nutritious thing among them is eggs. She didn't know how many eggs her sister-in-law bought. The four children plus the pregnant Zhou Yunshu ate one egg a day, and now there is still half a bamboo basket left.

Sometimes Fang Huiwen wondered if he was hallucinating because he had been fleeing famine for too long, otherwise why did he always feel that the eggs and water were not less.

But she didn't dare tell anyone about this secret, for fear of attracting other people's covetousness.

In her opinion, since there is food to eat, you should eat it quickly to avoid being left with nothing when it is gone.

For lunch, she only dared to roast sweet potatoes and potatoes, or make some cornmeal porridge for everyone.

There were too many people in the team, and she didn't dare to make the meals for her people too special under so many eyes during the day.

Tonight Fang Huiwen cooked a big pot of sweet potato porridge, served with bacon slices and salted duck eggs. After eating it, I felt full of energy.

After dinner, Zhou Yunshu was about to take the children to study when Du Laoer and Wei Zhong came over together, talking about something.

Wei Zhong looked at Zhou Yunshu who was teaching the children to recite and said, "Sir, we have something we want to discuss with you."

Zhou Yunshu handed Xixi in her arms to Li Jialan, stood up and said, "Let's go."

When Zhou Yunshu followed Du Laoer and Wei Zhong over, the discussion that originally only involved Du Youtian, Mao Ziping and others suddenly expanded to more than a dozen people.

When those people saw Zhou Yunshu coming, they all made way for them. In their eyes, scholars were the most powerful, especially those who had no selfish motives towards them.

With Zhou Yunshu around, maybe their current problems can really be solved.

Although Du Laozhuang no longer smokes, he still keeps the pipe in his hand.

Du Laozhuang habitually tapped the ground with his pipe and asked in a hoarse voice, "How many people have no water at home now?"

There are many people in their family, and the remaining water can only last for two days at most.

Du Laosan continued, "I just counted and found that six households have no water, and another ten will also run out of water tomorrow."

Not to mention other people, he is also very thirsty now, and there is no saliva left to swallow.

Wei Zhong also said with a gloomy expression: "We must find water tomorrow, otherwise if we continue walking like this, we will die."

As soon as the voice fell, a scream came from the crowd behind him. Before Du Laosan and others rushed over to check what happened, they heard the man crying out loudly: "Water, who has water! Woo woo, someone in my house is about to choke to death!"

It turned out that the child ate the black flour pancake too quickly and choked, causing him to roll his eyes.

Someone rushed over with water and, gnawing at the pain, forced the child to drink two or three gulps before he could swallow the black-floured pancake.

The child habitually wanted to hold the water bag and drink a few more sips, but was pulled back by the rescuer.

Although he was doing it to save people, he was so heartbroken over these few sips of water that he couldn't sleep.

This was not the first time such a thing had happened. Just as Wei Zhong said, if they couldn't find water, they would probably die of thirst before they encountered the refugees and bandits who robbed them.

Du Laozhuang's brows hadn't relaxed since he entered Luzhou. He sighed deeply and said, "Do you have any solutions?"

Du Youtian and others looked at each other in confusion. They were not the Dragon King who could bring rain, so what could they do?

Amidst the silence, Du Lao Zhuang could only look at Zhou Yunshu.

His intuition told him that Zhou Yunshu must have a way.

"Mr. Zhou."

Ever since Zhou Yunshu saved the entire team from the robbers and taught the Five Animal Play to everyone in the team, now everyone in the team, including Zhou Laozhuang, calls Zhou Yunshu Mr. Zhou.

"I do have a way to alleviate it, but it's difficult to implement."