Since the news of the disaster had spread and the villagers had begun to make preparations, Pei Shaorong saved himself the trouble and began to run to the town with the villagers to buy goods and store food.
Although I have the space and am not short of food, I still have to pretend. Also, there is no telling how long this will last. In short, it is right to be fully prepared!
And who was Pei Shaorong in his previous life? He was a man who had experienced disasters and the end of the world, so he was pretending to buy supplies, but he was actually the craziest stockpile in the village...
Less than two days after the news of the mountain stream disaster spread in Linjiang Village, other villages and towns also learned the news. Everyone was excited and flocked to the town to buy food.
And at this time, the weather changed. What was supposed to be a cold winter turned into a hot summer overnight!
What exactly happened?
Everyone was stunned. Even the well-informed modern people could not explain or accept such a thing, let alone the superstitious ancient people.
Zheng San's previous statement that the emperor of Dali had offended the fairy in the sky and that the gods had brought down a disaster quickly spread throughout Dali as the weather changed, and people were immediately in a panic...
After a brief panic, everyone went crazy. This time no one thought the news was untrue. Even if they wanted to stock up, they had to save some money. Everyone took out their savings to buy food and daily necessities.
As for the government, Yueyang Town is a small place, but it has set up a small yamen similar to a police station to deal with trivial matters on weekdays.
These officials are of low status and cannot take charge of anything. They are all people who eat the emperor's food but do nothing. Now that the news of the disaster has suddenly broken out, everyone is in chaos. The people in the small yamen are also in chaos and have no idea what to do.
In ancient times, transportation was backward. If we wanted to report the news here and ask the outside world to come up with a solution, it would take at least several months...
Now the disasters and refugees in the mountain streams are no longer important. What is important is that the sudden change in the weather has made everyone understand one thing, that is, everyone will definitely suffer a natural disaster soon!
As everyone was frantically selling grain, prices in the town also rose wildly, and the price of blue bricks in Xinghua Town also rose.
Don’t think that ancient people were backward, stupid, or idiotic; they just had less experience, but they were not stupid.
In the face of disaster and famine, besides food, everyone understands one thing: a safe house!
If there is no safe house, even if there is enough food at home, if it is seen by other jealous people, they will directly rob the house for survival. There are no soldiers stationed in their small place, so they can only rely on themselves.
Especially here in Yueyang, some people fled here after experiencing the severe drought in Dali Kingdom decades ago, such as Old Man Mo. Therefore, the people in Yueyang have a stronger sense of crisis than people in other places!
It was not until the end of this year that everyone stopped frantically storing food and building walls, because there was no longer any food to buy in Yueyang Town.
The blue bricks in Xinghua Town were sold out. If you wanted to build a wall, you had to cut blue stones yourself. If you didn’t do it well, you would lose your life. Everyone could only choose other methods to reinforce their yards and gates...
At this time, the Pei family was just like the other villagers. In addition to their own space, the cellars of both the new house and the old house were filled with things.
Looking at the weather that suddenly changed from winter to summer, Pei Shaorong thought about it, bought a lot of large containers, and quietly ran to the river to store a lot of water in the space.
At the same time, Pei Shaorong went to the town to buy a lot of iron sheets and iron needles, and densely fixed them on the inside of his own wall. In addition, when the house was repaired, there were anti-theft saw teeth on it. Whoever came to trick him...
After the Lantern Festival of the Lunar New Year, the villagers had completed their preparations for storing grain, and Pei Shaorong also discovered that there were many unfamiliar faces in the entire Linjiang Village.
These unfamiliar faces are actually from Linjiang Village. Most of them are men who work outside their families to earn money, as well as people who have settled in the town for a long time.
Aunt Qin's son Qin Musheng also came back. Not only that, he also brought back his wife and her entire family.
As the news of the disaster spread, most people living in the prosperous town could not help but run back to their hometowns in the countryside.
In fact, this is the same as the difference between modern cities and rural areas. People living in towns rely on business and helping to make a living. They have money, but no large amount of land to store grain. If something really happens, the town is really not as good as the countryside.
The food supplies shipped from other places to the town had long been sold out. If they continued to stay in the town, they would inevitably face the situation of not being able to buy food even if they had money.
Furthermore, the people in the small government offices in the town are not only trying to stop the chaos and appease everyone, they are also making preparations themselves because they know more information than anyone else.
The imperial court has not yet come up with a solution. Faced with the refugees who will soon come from the mountains and streams, as well as the possible natural disasters and famines, it is better for us to find a solution ourselves.
The countryside is different from the town. Everyone lives on farming and has some food stored at home. So people in the town who have relatives and old houses in the countryside have returned home, intending to get through this difficult time before going back.
After all, he is a villager. Even if he hasn't been back for many years, as long as they are from the same village, they will help each other when they are in trouble. It is better than being isolated and helpless in the town and facing the wall!
As the news of the disaster came out and the weather changed, in just over a month, Pei Shaorong seemed to have returned to the end of his previous life.
But there are no zombies here, and the disaster only occurred in Dali Country. In other words, no matter how serious it is, it will eventually pass.
This is not a global apocalypse. Even if Linjiang Village can no longer hold on, they can still live in other countries. This is just a normal and special natural disaster and famine.
But even so, Pei Shaorong couldn't help but sigh that he was really unlucky. He thought he could live comfortably in a peaceful era, but he encountered a disaster again. He didn't know how long the famine would last...
Many people came back from the town. In addition to Aunt Qin's son, there is another family that needs to be mentioned. That is the Tian family, the owner of the old house that Pei Shaorong bought when he first came here!
More than ten years ago, the Tian family moved to the town and opened a small restaurant. They have never returned to the village for all these years.
Now that the disaster has hit, the Tian family's small restaurant can no longer run, and they have to run back like everyone else. Naturally, they think of the old house that his family didn't want in the first place.
Even though this old house was shabby and old when Pei Shaorong bought it, the Tian family spent a lot of money to renovate it. The walls are very solid, so there is no problem living in it for another few decades!
But who would have thought that the title deed to his house had been kept with the village chief for more than ten years and had not been sold, but was suddenly sold to someone the year before the disaster.
The Tian family is regretting their decision very much now. After the house was sold, the village chief only gave their family three strings of silver. They thought it was a good deal at the time, but now it seems like a huge loss.
If they cannot get their old house back, they can only buy the few remaining old houses in the village if they want to live in the village now. These houses are dilapidated and old and not as sturdy and comfortable as the house that his family built originally!
After Pei Shaorong bought the house, he repaired it and now it looks even more solid and beautiful than when the Tian family built it. More importantly, Pei Shaorong replaced the fence of the yard with a blue brick wall.
The Tian family wanted to take back such a safe and beautiful house even more, but they wanted to return the three strings of cash and get the old house back, but Pei Shaorong refused to agree.
Not to mention three strings of coins, he wouldn't return the house even if the Tian family gave him thirty taels!
Not to mention that the cellar of the house was filled with a large number of modern supplies that were taken out to make room for food, even the wall outside the house was built by him to connect it to his new house.
In other words, the old house and the new house are together, like a front yard and a back yard. If they are really returned to the Tian family and allowed to move in, wouldn't he have to live under the same roof with strangers in the future? This is absolutely impossible!
The village chief who was brought by the Tian family took a look and leaned towards the Pei family. If it were him, he would definitely not be willing to live under the same roof with strangers.
Besides, the Tian family is too stingy. What are they thinking of taking back the old house for three strings of coins? After being repaired by the Pei family, the old house is now worth more than three strings of coins.
No one would be willing to do this. No wonder Mr. Pei refused. The Tian family is thinking too well!
The Tian family did not get the house in the end. Instead, they were scolded by the village chief and finally lived in an old house in the west of the village.
When the people from the village went to the town and came back, not only Pei Shaorong encountered some unpleasantness, but other families in the village were the same, and they were very annoyed recently.
You have to know that the number of people in a family in ancient times was not comparable to the four or five people in modern times. This family could be called a clan.
Once the children of the relatives and grandchildren of this town come back, and the uncles, aunts, cousins, sisters, and sisters-in-law all live together, it is absolutely impossible for there to be no conflicts.
In short, anything from the price of housing to a piece of onion or garlic can cause a fierce quarrel.
As the village chief, Qin Laoshuan has been doing nothing every day recently. He just runs back and forth to every household to make decisions.
But it is difficult for an honest judge to judge family affairs. In the end, Qin Laoshuan made Zhu Bajie look like a human being in the mirror...
Now the families with relatively quiet living conditions in the village are those like Pei Shaorong who moved here from outside, or those who have few family members and few relatives.
However, Pei Shaorong felt that there were only him and Mo Xiaobao at home, and although there were no restrictions and it was quiet enough, it was too quiet. There was not much liveliness in such a big house.
After thinking about it, Pei Shaorong specially went to the next town to buy a big wolfdog. Firstly, the house would be more lively with a dog barking, and secondly, it would be good to have a fierce dog to guard the house.
By February of the new year, the imperial court finally sent people to suppress the chaos. If they had not suppressed it, Yueyang would have been in chaos before anything happened.
In fact, the situation in Yueyang is already good. Now the entire northwest of Dali State has become a disaster area. Droughts, floods, and earthworms have given the imperial court a lot of headaches.
Now all the people in the town have flocked to the surrounding villages and settled down. The villages have land and everyone feels at ease. The mountain stream refugees mentioned by Zheng San and others have also come here.
In fact, they can’t be called refugees. Most of these people fled with a lot of food and property. They were the ones who received the news later and were affected by the disaster and fled.
These can only be considered immigrants. The real refugees are those who escaped from the disaster area in Shanxi, and many of them died on the road.
Once they arrived in Yueyang Town, some of these people directly found empty houses to live in and prepared to see the situation in Yueyang first, while others continued to move forward.
Those refugees who actually escaped from the mountain stream disaster area were completely unable to walk. After the long journey, they needed to rest and had no choice but to stay here.
The situation in Yueyang is very good now. At least they can still find some wild fruits in the wild on the mountain, and if they are lucky they can even hunt small prey. Even if they can't beg for food from the locals, they won't starve to death now...
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