Chapter 955 Fleeing Famine? There's No Way to Escape (Part 2)
Even so, Uncle Li Daniu didn't drink a single drop more than a sip; he just moistened his lips with water before returning it to Ning Song's hands.
Originally, the water pouch should have been given to the old lady for safekeeping, but he was afraid that the system would reward him with water later, and he would have nowhere to put the water without the pouch.
So, they had no choice but to collect the water again.
My younger brother Ning Shi is still savoring the taste of that sip of water; it was so sweet.
With the water from this water bag hanging down, everyone finally regained their strength.
Ignoring the still scorching sun in the sky, I strode forward.
"We should be able to reach Wucheng in two more days. We can go into the city and see if we can buy some food. If not, we can get some water too."
Suddenly, the family had a renewed sense of purpose. If they could get water and buy some food, they might be able to make it to the south.
Ning Song didn't deliberately speed up this time; after all, it was only five hundred steps, and he didn't need to make it so obvious.
Five hundred steps, roughly three or four hundred meters, took Ning Song nearly fifteen minutes to reach. Sure enough, the system popped up again: [Five hundred steps mission accomplished. Reward: twenty meat buns. Host, would you like to claim it immediately?]
【Can I not take it yet?】The meat buns are delicious. It's not even 5 o'clock yet, which is before 5 o'clock. In July, it doesn't get dark until 7 or 8 o'clock. I drank some water today, so I can walk for another hour.
Yes, the system has storage space; the host can claim it whenever they want.
Ning Song breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he couldn't explain the origin of the things, being alive was better than anything else.
There were only two or three ounces of rice left in the house, and this unknown substance came at just the right time, otherwise the family would have gone hungry.
Without water and food, there's really nothing left but to wait for death.
[System, please issue another task quickly! This time, please give us water; we are really short of water.]
How severe is the water shortage?
Even in this sweltering heat, after walking for half a day, they don't sweat at all; at most, they just shed oil.
But the whole family was so thin they were practically skin and bones, barely able to produce any oil.
[Okay, host. Task issued: Walk 1,000 steps. Reward: 10 bottles of drinking water.]
Ning Song suddenly felt grateful to this famine relief system. It was really good; it could even issue rewards based on his needs. If it were a person, he would really treat it as his savior.
For the rest of the time, Ning Song focused solely on making the journey, walking with great energy even without taking a break, unlike the listless state of the other members of the Ning family.
While listening to the conversation between the two, Ning Yan took out a pill from her divine palace and swallowed it. She then took out a cleansing talisman and patted it on her body. Instantly, the sour smell emanating from herself disappeared, her hair, which was like a stack of firewood, became smooth and clean, the black dirt under her fingernails disappeared, and even her toes, which had been exposed from walking too much, became white and clean.
Unfortunately, she couldn't change her clothes for the time being. She had never been so disheveled in all her years of life!
It will be soon.
Because that idiot of the original owner would sell the whole family tonight and get ten taels of silver.
Why could it be exchanged for silver? Because at that time, the most valuable thing was grain, not money, and silver could not buy grain at all.
Without exception, all members of the Ning family were treated like sheep and eaten, leaving not even bones behind.
The original owner used half of the ten taels of silver to buy a water bag to clean her body, and used the other half to change into a set of coarse clothes. She then got in touch with the Lu family of Yuncheng and escaped with her life.
Therefore, she also set her sights on the Lu family.
The three-year-old young master of the Lu family had a high fever, and none of the servants could take good care of him. It was by chance that the original host caught the young master's eye and became his personal maid. Moreover, after the young master recovered, she became extremely favored.
She attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven, while her entire family went to hell—it's incredibly ironic to think about.
Soon, it got dark. During this time, Ning Song had obtained a total of 68 jin of water, 20 jin of grain, and 3 jin of meat, plus the 20 meat buns he had previously received.
He should be overjoyed.
Therefore, when it was time to rest at night, he specifically found a grove of trees.
Of course, the trees had long since lost all their greenery, and even the bark had been stripped off, but at least they still provided some cover.
The Ning family members were all so tired that they didn't want to move an inch. As soon as they were told that they could rest, they all lay down on the ground.
Ning Song sneakily approached the old woman and took out the food and water.
"What? What is this?" Grandma Ning sat up abruptly as if she had been burned.
"Grandma, don't shout, this was given by the gods."
Both the Famine Escape System and Ning Yan fell silent.
"What is this?" Grandma Ning didn't wait for her grandson's reply. She opened the bag in her hand, which was full of grain, white grain. This bag of grain weighed at least twenty pounds, enough for their family to eat for another twenty days.
There's also water, bottled water!
"Food and water! My God, it's like a miracle!"
This left even Ning Song speechless.
He just made up an excuse, and his grandma actually believed it!
But that makes sense. In this year, his family was on the verge of starvation, and yet he suddenly had so much food and water. What else could it be but a gift from a god?
The old woman tied the bag shut, placed it beside the bucket, and pulled her grandson to kneel down on the ground. "Quickly, quickly thank the gods for their blessing. May the gods protect us so that we can safely reach Jiangnan. By the way, grandson, which god helped us?"
Ning Song thought to himself, "How would I know which deity it is? I only remember that the thing in my head said that it is: 'The escape...' system."
"Is it Peach Fairy? Good, then let's quickly thank Lady Peach Fairy, and we'll set up a memorial tablet for her in the future."
Grandma Ning's commotion alarmed the entire Ning family. "Mother, what are you doing?"
"Come, come, stop lying down and get up to kneel and thank Lady Peach Fairy."
Ning family: ...
Although no one knew the reason for kneeling in gratitude, everyone obediently knelt down and kowtowed three times to the unknown deity.
After kowtowing, Old Lady Ning immediately instructed her two daughters-in-law to build a stove and start a fire, "Quickly, get moving, adults and children alike, go and gather firewood. The gods have given us food and water, we'll have rice to eat tonight."
The Ning family now has eighteen members.
If you don't cook enough porridge, there won't be enough for everyone to have a mouthful.
So they set up two stoves, one for boiling in an iron pot and the other in an earthenware pot.
Soon, the aroma of rice wafted out. The Ning family had brought everything they could with them when they fled the famine, including pots, pans, bowls, and chopsticks, all of which were pushed around in a cart. Now everyone had found their own bowls and chopsticks and were waiting to have their porridge distributed.
Little cousin Li Xin licked his lips. He was actually a little thirsty, but everyone was thirsty, and the water was right there, but no one said they wanted to drink. So, he didn't dare to ask for any.
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