After dinner, Wang took out the eight hundred coins and said, "Dajun's wife, Dani'er, you two earned this money together, so divide it among yourselves."
Zhang Hulan and Li didn't take the money. Li said, "Mom, you can keep the money."
Wang said, "You should save it for yourselves. In the future, your children will need money to marry off their wives or other relatives, so you need to have some money in your hands."
Li stopped talking. It was of course good to have money in her hands.
Zhang Hulan said, "Mom, please keep the money first. Now is a special period, 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, he smiled again, "Listen to Danier, she is right. This is a special period, family members should not be so divided, let's get through this period 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 at 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. Li took the children to pick up cicada shells and find plantain and selfheal at the foot of the mountain. Zhang Hujun and Zhang Xiaojun continued to dig kudzu root and Polygonum multiflorum, while Zhang Hulan was looking for medicine for old man Zhang.
The herbal medicines prescribed by Dr. Yang include Drynaria fortunei, Gardenia jasminoides, Myrrha, Eucommia ulmoides, etc.
These medicines are not difficult to find. In Zhang Hulan's previous life, rural people knew a lot of herbal medicines. For some simple ailments, they would go up the mountain to collect herbs and boil them up to drink.
Zhang Hulan walked around in the forest and just as she had gathered several kinds of medicinal herbs, she heard Zhang Xiaojun's voice: "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 said excitedly, "Aunt, come with me and see, there is 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 hard. Although there were trees in the forest to block the sun, the soil was very dry and not easy to dig.
Seeing Zhang Hulan coming over, Zhang Hujun grinned, "Big sister, look, there are so many kudzu roots. If we dig them all up, it will probably be enough for our family to eat for a few 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, "Big 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 them all back, and ask your sister-in-law and the others to come up and help tomorrow."
Zhang Hujun and Zhang Xiaojun were digging 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 baskets full of kudzu roots were piled in the yard. Wang's eyes lit up, "How did you dig so much?"
"Mom, there's a huge patch on the mountain, and we've dug up so much from just a small patch. If we dig it all up, it will be enough for our family to eat for several months."
With food at home, there is no need to worry. With food, the Zhang family members were all filled with joy.
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 a festive mood, while other families in the village looked worried.
The remaining food at home is almost gone, and it can only last for another ten days or so. All the wild vegetables around have been dug up, and the weather is so dry that wild vegetables can't grow.
"Dajun, the head of the village 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 the door, "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 ran out of water, it would be the end of us.
There is no water to drink, so it is 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 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, my family's food won't last for a few more days. It won't rain anytime soon, and even if it rains now, it won't be in time. We're running out of drinking water, so we plan to leave in the next few days."
Another villager said: "I am out of food at home. I 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 city. There are rich people in the city. We can go there to beg for food. Maybe we can survive."
Many villagers were tempted and wanted to go along.
"When are you leaving? Let's go together so that we can take care of each other."
"Everyone, be quiet." Zhao Guoliang knocked on the table and said, "Do you think you can survive if you go to a big city?
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