"My sister's cabbage soup is the best!"
Cheng Shisi was very supportive and immediately stood up to praise Cheng Shanshan.
His words earned him many eye rolls, but since they had eaten his food, they were much friendlier to Cheng Shanshan after they had replenished their energy: "Um... regardless of how it tastes, thank you anyway."
"Yes, you saved our lives." The other person blushed as he said this, "But that doesn't mean we approve of you. In our eyes, you are still not worthy of Prefect Huo."
These words made Cheng Shanshan smile slightly: "I don't need anyone. I'm not worthy of anyone." Love is a matter of mutual consent; it's only lasting if both parties feel right for each other.
How can you say that someone is worthy of it?
Her remarks left everyone present speechless.
At this moment, Cheng Shanshan glanced at the extremely disheveled women in front of her: "I know how you feel right now, you must be very anxious and upset, but at this time, the most important thing for us is to survive!"
"But... how can we survive?"
There was a hint of despair in his voice: "We may have some vegetables to eat today, but what about tomorrow? How many days can we women hold out?"
"Yes, I can't even scrape off the bark."
Everyone was on the verge of despair.
Seeing their expressions, Cheng Shanshan couldn't help but sneer: "So, you're all useless?"
What do you mean by that?
"Don't think that just because you bring us some food, we can be humiliated by you."
"If you're not useless, then why can't you live without men? Are you missing hands or broken legs? Or is your servility too strong?"
"you……"
Everyone stared wide-eyed.
Cheng Shanshan knew her words weren't pleasant to hear, but in fact, at this point, saying nice things was useless: "Since you have hands, feet, and legs, and you lack nothing, then let's move together to find food now, instead of complaining and waiting to die in despair."
"..."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Of course, if you want to die, my advice is to die somewhere far away, try to find a corner to stay in, so that you don't stink and disturb others after you die." Cheng Shanshan said as she hoisted the hoe next to her onto her shoulder: "I know you all look down on me, but I want to say that I look down on you even more. After all, I can survive in this situation, but you can't."
The wind was slightly cool.
Everyone was slightly startled.
It can be said that Cheng Shanshan's words were like daggers to the heart.
They couldn't refute it, and after a moment of silence, someone suddenly picked up a hoe: "Actually, I think the prefect's wife is right. After all, we don't even know if the men in our families are alive or dead. If we just wait here like this, we're just waiting to die. We might as well do something. What if they come back and we've all starved to death?"
"That makes sense."
But some people were still a little apprehensive: "But the question is, what are we supposed to do?"
"Ask the prefect's wife!"
"Yes, she seems to have more ideas than we do."
Everyone turned to look at Cheng Shanshan: "Madam Prefect, we..."
"stop."
Cheng Shanshan waved her hand.
Then, looking at everyone seriously, she said, "From now on, you can just call me Shanshan. There's no need for any of those 'madam' or 'madam' titles. I hope we can be allies who cooperate with each other."
"ally?"
This name feels a bit novel.
Cheng Shanshan said, "As I just said, now it's just the few of us left. We can't just wait to die. We have to work together and everyone has to contribute."
"Then what do you want to do? Just tell me, Shanshan."
"Yes, we don't have any clue either."
"Grab your tools and come with me to the river."
Cheng Shanshan led the way, followed by a group of maids and old women carrying hoes and other tools. They did farm work on a regular basis, but their tasks were relatively simple.
But now that there are no men to do the heavy physical labor, all the work has fallen on their shoulders, so they can't help but worry: "You're digging such a big pit, can we manage?"
Why not?
Cheng Shanshan countered with a question: "I've brought all the tools, and I've explained their uses to you. You just need to follow the instructions on this drawing with me."
She originally intended to give this drawing to Huo Mingchen.
But then this unexpected turn of events occurred. Overnight, not only him, but all the men in the village disappeared. At that moment, she felt uneasy and worried.
She knew the others felt the same way: "I know you all want to look for him, but the truth is we've searched everywhere we could, and he's gone. We still have to live, right?"
"Yes, we can't let them starve to death."
Granny Li stepped forward, holding a shovel in one hand and her other hand on her hip: "Actually, although we are not as strong as men, men can't live without us for their daily needs, and we can handle all kinds of things at home, big and small. We can also do things inside and outside the house. What's wrong with digging a hole?"
"That's right, that's right! I think Shanshan's fishing trap is feasible. If we can catch some fish, we won't go hungry!"
"Yes, yes, let's do it!"
Everyone was filled with fighting spirit.
Seeing this, Cheng Shanshan didn't dare to delay and immediately organized everyone to get to work.
In fact, everything seems difficult before you start doing it, but once you actually start, you find that digging the land next to the riverbed is very easy, and it only took one day to take initial shape.
But this is just the beginning.
The next day, she picked another patch of bok choy. Of course, to avoid pulling it all out, she secretly took out a large portion from her spatial storage, so that she would have enough to eat and have the energy to do her work.
First, she led people to dig the pit deeper and bigger, then surrounded it with wood as walls. Then came the most difficult step – attracting traffic.
For fish to enter a trap, water must flow through it.
What she needs to do now is to block part of the river, so that the river will branch out and flow into the fishing trap they dug, which has a large entrance and a small exit.
This step can only be done by throwing baskets of stones in, which tests not only physical strength but also endurance. Some people, seeing the stones sinking into the sea as if they were stones, couldn't help but feel despair: "This method won't work, will it? After all, the water is so deep, how long will it take us to fill it?"
"Just keep at it."
As Cheng Shanshan spoke, she raised her eyes.
When she saw a huge rock on the other side of the river, she decisively climbed up it with a rope on her back.
Those below watched in terror, shouting, "Shanshan, be careful!"
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