Chapter 40: Sharing the Money
Zhou Yunshu stood on the cart, looking at the people around her who were looking at her. Without any preface, she said, "The water bags will be distributed to each family after the meeting. You can arrange this yourself."
There was a cheer from below. Each family took away two water bags, each of which was marked with a number representing their family. As long as they remembered the number, they could get their own water bag.
For families with small families, two water bags can be enough for the family to drink for three or four days!
Zhou Yunshu looked at the excited crowd below and continued, "The rest of the water we bought will still be provided by the public according to the old rules. Is that okay?"
"no problem!"
The deafening sound rang out in unison, scaring the Liang family and Hu Zi and his two companions who had just joined and made them stagger.
These refugees seemed different from the refugees they knew.
"Besides that, I'd like to introduce the new members of our team." Zhou Yunshu looked to the right at Doctor Xue and the other man and said, "First, Doctor Xue and his apprentice."
Zhou Yunshu made a gesture of invitation to Doctor Xue and his apprentice. Doctor Xue took a step forward with his apprentice and nodded to everyone.
"Dr. Xue is a good doctor whom I have gone through so much trouble to invite. You must respect him!"
Everyone cheered happily when they knew there was finally a doctor in the team.
"But let me be frank upfront: Doctor Xue's treatment is not free."
Zhou Yunshu set this condition herself. She was afraid that if she said it was free, Dr. Xue would become a free workhorse and work himself to death.
After all, people who fled famine all had some problems. If the doctor provided free treatment, everyone would want to take advantage of it, and then Dr. Xue would have no time to spare. This was not Zhou Yunshu's original intention.
Not to mention that medicinal materials are limited, so they must be given to those who need them most.
"You can ask Dr. Xue for the detailed consultation and medical fees. You can discuss it privately."
After Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, everyone around her nodded. After all, they had spent money on medical treatment before.
"In addition to these, the Liang family is another new member of our team." Zhou Yunshu looked to the left and saw Shopkeeper Liang, his brothers, and eldest son taking a step forward with a smile.
"The Liang family donated twelve buckets of water to us and will be one of us from now on."
The people in the team were not interested in whether the Liang family would join, but after hearing that the Liang family donated twelve buckets of water to the team, they immediately smiled kindly at the Liang family.
Turns out he’s a rich man!
Seeing that Zhou Yunshu was so influential in the team, Shopkeeper Liang's smile became more genuine. His choice was indeed the right one.
Hu Zi and the other two, who had not been mentioned from beginning to end, were trembling in fear beside Wei Zhong and the others.
They were obviously big and strong men, but at this moment they gave people the feeling of harmless little chicks. Wei Zhong rolled his eyes in disgust at the three of them.
After Zhou Yunshu finished saying everything she needed to say, she asked everyone to disperse and got off the cart.
Because some families followed the refugees into Anshan County after it was broken, the numbers Zhou Yunshu listed for the people in the team when she went into the city to buy water needed to be rearranged, but there was basically no change.
Their entire team, including the newly arrived Liang family, consisted of a total of 56 households, with a different number of people in each household.
The largest group has more than thirty people, and the smallest is alone.
Zhou Yunshu uses Arabic numerals to mark families with larger numbers. It doesn’t matter if you are illiterate. Everyone only needs to remember the uppercase number of their family and the lowercase number of their own home.
Zhou Yunshu can use these two numbers to allocate and arrange the entire team in the shortest time.
This includes material distribution, patrol arrangements, and changes in travel locations...
In order to reduce the waste of food and water, all the food was prepared by women selected from the team and then distributed one by one.
For example, today's dinner is cornmeal porridge and three sips of water.
Of course, the food given is not all the same. The patrol members get more food than those who do nothing in the team, so everyone in the team wants to find a job to make a living in the team.
In addition to the public distribution, you can also cook for yourself as long as you have enough food.
Zhou Yunshu and her group are the ones who can give themselves special treatment.
To celebrate the joining of Dr. Xue, in addition to the cornmeal porridge and three sips of water distributed by the team, Fang Huiwen took out three salted duck eggs, cut them into slices and placed them on a wooden plate.
In addition, twenty thin pancakes were made with white flour, wrapped with shredded potatoes fried with bacon and salted duck eggs, and eaten with cornmeal porridge.
This dinner looks simple, but it is unique in the entire team.
During the meal, Dr. Xue first talked about his experience after leaving the capital.
To sum up, when Doctor Xue returned to his hometown, he found that everything had changed. He thought about traveling and summarizing his medical experience. However, before he could summarize much of his experience, he almost died on the road due to drought.
He was able to settle down in Anshan County because he saved the head of a security guard agency stationed in Anshan County, and he left Anshan County because he heard from the security guard agency that Anshan County was no longer safe.
After Doctor Xue finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Yunshu.
After meeting Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen, he also realized that Zhou Yunshu was the one in charge among them.
But it is also true that even when she was in the capital, Zhou Yunshu's status in the Zhou family was not comparable to that of Li Jialan and others. Even though Li Jialan and others were elders, Zhou Yunshu was taught by the eldest princess herself.
Zhou Yunshu briefly recounted what had happened along the way, and finally wrote the word "Haizhou" on the ground.
"I'll go with you." said Doctor Xue.
If the princess wants to go to Haizhou, then he will also go to Haizhou.
He left the capital before because he felt that the princess didn't need him, and sometimes he always got into trouble for the Zhenbei Palace because of his mouth, so he left.
But now both the eldest princess and the Zhou family need him, so he decided to stay with the Zhou family.
They currently have two goals: one is to arrive in Haizhou safely and settle down; the other is to find Ji Mingzhu, Wu Gui and others.
While Zhou Yunshu and the others were talking, Hu Zi and the other two squatted on the side like quails, looking at the cornmeal porridge in front of them.
It’s not that they can’t drink it. After all, it was common for them to compete with wild dogs for food when they had no food to eat.
They just had no idea how Zhou Yunshu would arrange them.
Zhou Yunshu didn't let them wait too long. After dinner, she and Chunque came to the three of them.
"grown ups."
The burly Hu Zi squatted on the ground and looked at Zhou Yunshu pitifully.
They were deceived by her so badly o(╥﹏╥)o
"Anshan County has been overrun by refugees, as you should know by now."
Hu Zi and the other two nodded in unison.
"What are your plans now?" Zhou Yunshu felt that she was still a little democratic.
Hu Zi and the other two looked at each other, then suddenly knelt in front of Zhou Yunshu and said, "Sir, we will follow you!"
They also realized that there was meat to eat if they followed Zhou Yunshu!
Let’s not talk about whether Zhou Yunshu would let them go or not. Even if she did, they would not survive long in Luzhou, which was suffering from severe drought, without water, food or weapons.
Anyway, they have no one to rely on, so they might as well stay with Zhou Yunshu, at least they can survive!
"good."
Zhou Yunshu agreed readily. There was no other way. Her family, including women and children, was in dire need of people.
"Now I'll give you a small task."
Hu Zi and the other two looked up.
"Call the people I brought with me and tell them~"
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "Share the money!"
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