Chapter 202: Passers-by in the Ancient World of Natural Disasters 12
According to Qin Gui's memory, there are still two years before the natural disaster begins.
But in fact, there were already signs of natural disasters.
As farmers who depend on the weather for their livelihood, they can notice that the grain harvest is getting worse and the rainfall is getting less and less every year.
It may not be obvious in the short term, but in the long run, drought is inevitable.
In the year that Qin Gui returned, some people had already used their connections to leave here.
The old man in the village sighed as he looked at the crops in the fields.
But this year during the New Year, only a thin layer of snow fell.
The next year, there was even less rain.
Occasionally it rains, but it comes and goes quickly, not even getting the ground wet.
They could only fetch water to irrigate the plants.
The water level is dropping day by day.
In a village not far away, a little girl fainted because she was too tired from working and didn’t have enough to eat…
Around June, the village chief and several elders made up their minds in the ancestral hall.
They are going to escape famine.
When the time comes, we will just collect this year's grain and leave. We will not be able to survive on our own, so why should we pay the imperial grain?
Let’s harvest the crops in the fields and leave here before the grain collectors come.
When the village chief announced this, the villagers had different reactions.
The older ones sigh.
The younger ones think: "It's not that serious, right? It's just that there has been less rain in the past two years. What if it gets better in the second half of the year?"
The village chief didn't need to say anything before the older ones retorted: "If you wanted to leave, you would have left long ago. Life is getting harder and harder every year. If you don't leave now, you probably won't be able to leave in the future."
It's a bit early now.
But leaving early does have its benefits.
If we leave too late, we will have no choice but to eat grass roots and tree bark to survive on the road.
The village chief and several elderly people could see it clearly, but there were also people in the village who couldn't see it clearly.
They were reluctant to harvest the crops now as they thought they could still grow and the situation wasn't that serious.
In short, they didn't want to leave.
The village chief did not force them, but said: "If you are willing to leave, just harvest the crops in the fields, and then we will leave together."
The Ke family is the type that is not planning to leave.
But their unwillingness to leave is different from that of others.
They had made preparations in advance, so they didn't leave.
When the village chief and his colleagues were harvesting the crops quickly, a few other households could not resist and joined them in harvesting crops and were about to leave.
Finally, after the village chief and his men left, only seven or eight families were left in the village.
Ke Xiaoxia and his friends started harvesting the crops after the village chief left.
"Hey, why are you guys starting to collect now? I'm afraid it's too late to catch up with the village chief and the others."
"If you ask me, the village chief is just overthinking. When the time comes, they will realize how wrong they are."
Mother Ke really wanted to curse, but when she started cursing, she said everything out loud. Now Grandma Ke doesn't allow her to quarrel with others in public.
Grandpa Ke wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "The village chief and his men are many in number and their speed is slow. If we work hard, we will definitely catch up with them."
No matter how much more, they didn't say anything.
These families are all stubborn and not easy to get along with on a daily basis. It is useless to persuade them any more, so it is better not to persuade them.
They are harvesting crops now, of course not to escape the famine with the village chief and others, but to go into the mountains.
This was the decision made after the village chief and his men decided to flee the famine.
Ke Xiaoxia often went to the mountains, and they also secretly opened up land in the mountains, so they were quite familiar with the situation in the mountains.
The main reason why people don't go into the mountains is that they are afraid of the wild animals in the mountains.
The Ke family is not so afraid now.
Qin Gui took out the ones that could improve physical fitness, and Ke Xiaoxia distributed them to the Ke family.
The stuff is useless to her, but it works well for the Ke family.
Now, in their family, there is no comparison with martial arts masters, but everyone is a strong man, that is for sure.
If Qin Yongyan wants to have a position in Ke Xiaoxia's heart, he naturally has to please the Ke family.
Although he is stingy, he only spends his points.
When he doesn’t spend points, he is still quite generous.
In addition, when he was in the capital before, he could easily fool people by showing them some martial arts secrets or something. In short, it was more convincing than what Ke Xiaoxia showed.
If Ke Xiaoxia took it, she would still have to make up a story.
When Qin Yongyan took it, he also played a pitiful game: "When I was in the capital, I loved these martial arts secrets and the like. Everyone has their own aspirations. Some people love literature and take exams to gain fame, and naturally there are people who love martial arts."
"Just because I like to study these things, they think I am not doing my job properly and say I am a playboy. I feel so wronged."
"I was such a good kid, but they slandered me just because I had different hobbies. So when I found out I wasn't their son, I immediately wanted to escape from that home."
"I feel that this place is really good now. Our Ke family is also good, and there are more human touches. The Qin family is cold and only cares about profit. If I don't do what they think, they will punish me for no reason..."
"Brother Xiaoshan and Brother Xiaoshi, I will teach you everything I know from now on, and you can also be as good as me."
Ke Xiaoshi couldn't help but said, "You are two months older than me, so you don't have to call me brother."
Qin Yongyan stepped forward and bumped into Ke Xiaoshi's shoulder and said, "This makes us seem closer."
In order to show himself, Qin Yongyan went into the mountains and killed a tiger.
Seeing this, Ke Xiaoshi no longer bothered about Qin Yongyan calling him brother.
Everyone in the Ke family is in excellent health now.
Mother Ke was ordered by Grandma Ke not to quarrel with others, but Grandma Ke didn't tell her not to fight.
If you don't care about the trivial things in the village, people will think you are afraid of him.
Mother Ke stopped arguing, but she started hitting him directly.
In the village, Mother Ke is considered to be invincible.
You know what, the effect is really good.
Therefore, with this level of fighting power, when the village chief and others decided to flee the famine, Grandma Ke and Grandpa Ke decided to go into the mountains without Ke Xiaoxia saying anything.
"When the time comes, the village chief and his men will have left. There will be fewer people here, and not many people will pay attention to us. Then we can go into the mountains."
"Those families who don't want to leave are not easy to get along with. They have a lot of people, and if something happens in the future, they will definitely come to us."
"If I help, I will feel uncomfortable. If I don't help, I will also feel uncomfortable. It's better to go into the mountains directly."
"Also, we have to keep the fact that Xiaoxia and the others have immortal magic weapons a secret. It's more convenient to go into the mountains."
Mother Ke agreed: "I also think it's good to go into the mountains. The mountains are still green and lush, so there must be no shortage of water."
After harvesting the crops in the fields, Ke Xiaoxia and his team went into the mountains overnight.
Qin Yongyan and Qin Gui led the way.
Ke Xiaoxia brought up the rear.
Food and other things are all stored in the space, so there is no need to worry about having too many things.
Although vision is obstructed at night, Qin Gui has taken a pill that allows night vision.
So the group set off.
As the two people who opened the way, Qin Gui and Qin Yongyan disliked each other.
Originally, they both wanted to be with Ke Xiaoxia, so they were arguing about who should lead the way.
They almost got into a fight over this.
Ke Xiaoxia said directly: "No need to argue, you two lead the way together, and I will cover the rear."
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