The sun is not very good today, and the lush branches and leaves block a lot of sunlight.
Kang Yuanchen stayed in the village to help. Kang Yueran asked Kang Yuanwu and Kang Yuanfeng to pick up branches. She dug some pine resin from the roots of several old pine trees.
Rosin is extremely flammable, but the branches were wet, and she was afraid that the effect would not be enough, so she bought a box of combustion aid from the space mall.
With the help of auxiliary support, thick smoke began to billow from the wet branches, and the fire finally started.
Huang took out some broken rice soaked in rainwater, washed it clean, and cooked a pot of thick rice porridge.
While she was cooking rice porridge, she roasted wet branches next to the fire.
Everyone came to ask Kang Yueran how to start a fire. Kang Yueran gave them pine resin and some slightly dried branches and asked them to start the fire first.
When Kang Hong's wife Wang came to borrow a light, she looked very unhappy, and Huang asked her what was wrong.
Wang simply sat next to Huang and started talking.
Just now, several old women surrounded Kang Hong, first saying that their family was pitiful and then that they had no food to eat.
Kang Hong couldn't bear their pleading and agreed to let them have dinner at his home.
I thought it was just a dozen women and children going up the mountain for the first time, but unexpectedly, three families in the village with little food also came to Kang Hong with their families, first saying that they were poor, and then saying...
Before they could say anything else, Wang suddenly stood up and drove them away, then glared at Kang Hong fiercely.
Kang Hong didn't dare to offend Wang, so he had to smile and ask Wang to cook quickly.
After hearing this, Huang comforted Wang, saying that Kang Hong was a good village head who would rather starve himself than let the villagers have food to eat.
Kang Yueran burst out laughing. This was what made Wang angry at Kang Hong.
Wang glared at Kang Yueran, "Yueran, you're being so rude! I'm worried about this, and you're still laughing! Hey, Yueran, do you have any ideas?"
Kang Yueran smiled and shook her head. "More than a dozen women and children can't do anything except dig some wild vegetables. Instead of asking them to eat and drink with you, why don't you lend them two pounds of food from each family and agree to pay you back later."
Wang also knew that this was not an easy task, so she agreed and left with a few pieces of burning firewood.
As night fell, everyone finally had a hot meal.
Perhaps because she had eaten and gained strength, Zhao ran to Kang Yueran angrily, "How can you be so cruel, girl? What's wrong with moving food for your uncle? You are so strong..."
Kang Yueran interrupted her, "When it comes to being cruel, I'm not as good as you. Uncle has no hands or feet, and he needs to be fed when he wants to eat? Besides, whether I'm strong or not has nothing to do with you."
"Ignorant wolf, I've raised you for so many years in vain."
"Since you gave birth to my father, you should be smiling because I didn't seek revenge on you for killing my father and injuring my mother." Kang Yueran exerted force and easily broke the wooden stick as thick as his arm.
Zhao understood Kang Yueran's warning. She was hesitating whether to cry or not when Kang Yanshun yelled at her, "Zhao, you'd better behave yourself. Go back to your home and stop annoying people here."
He yelled at Kang Youping again, "Youping, are you blind? Come over here and take your mother away!"
Kang Youping came over jogging, "Grandpa Yanshun, it's not that my mother is making a fuss, it's that our family doesn't have enough food, and she's worried."
"We both went down the mountain to get food, but you only came back with half a bag of food. How dare you, a grown man, say there's not enough food? Do you have any shame?"
Kang Youping carried that little bit of food on his back, and the people who went with him to get the food all laughed at him privately, saying that he was not as good as a woman.
Zhao didn't dare to go against the clan leader. She glared at Kang Yueran viciously and went back cursing in a low voice.
The next day, it was another sunny day, and the weather was better than yesterday.
Kang Hong sent a few more young men to check the situation in the village. The news they brought back was that the water in the village was deeper than yesterday. The reason was that the water level of the river at the end of the village had risen sharply and the river water had been pouring into the village.
The village is in a low-lying area. Even if the water in the river stops flowing into the village, the water in the village cannot flow back into the river.
When the water in the village dries up, the collapsed houses cannot be restored to their original state and have to be rebuilt.
Their home was gone, and the food they rescued was not much. They had no idea what to do next, and everyone was in a state of despair.
Kang Hong came to see Kang Yueran again. These days, he liked to discuss everything with Kang Yueran.
"Yueran, what do you think we should do next? We don't know when the water in the village will dry up. Some people in the village want to go to the county town to take a look."
"The river at the end of the village connects several villages. If our village is flooded, the others won't be much better off. There are already many victims, and after this rainstorm, there will definitely be even more. With so many victims, I'm afraid the county government won't be able to take care of them all."
Seeing Kang Hong's dispirited look, Kang Yueran suggested, "Instead of relying on the imperial court, why don't we go down the mountain and build a road ourselves to divert the water out of the village?
We can save the manpower, food, and money and rebuild the house. The rain disaster in Anzhou will eventually pass."
Kang Hong nodded. "Actually, I've thought of that. There's a piece of wasteland at the end of the village. The terrain there is higher than the village. We can use that wasteland to create a fish pond, and then we can raise fish in the future."
In fact, when he couldn't sleep at night, he was always thinking about what to do next. However, since it concerned the livelihood of the entire village, he always hoped to get others' approval before implementing it.
Kang Yueran said sincerely, "Your idea is very good. Go and talk to the villagers about it."
Most villagers agreed to dig fish ponds, but those who had no houses or food were hesitant and wanted to go to the county town to have a look.
Kang Hong came to Kang Yueran again and said, "Some people have heard about the porridge distribution in the county and want to go and see it. They won't give up until they take a look."
Kang Yueran didn't respond to Kang Hong's question, but only explained the route. "After crossing Dayan Mountain, we reach Daji Town. Another half-day's walk will take us to the county. At my pace, it takes almost a day."
In ancient times, transportation was not well developed and roads were few and far between. A distance that could be covered in an hour in a straight line could take three or four hours, or even longer, due to detours.
Kang Hong calculated, "If you can walk for one day, the villagers will need two days."
Kang Yueran felt it necessary to explain, "There are probably quite a few disaster victims who want to go to the county town. No one knows what the government's rules are, and it's possible that they will make a wasted trip, so you have to make them think it over."
"I've explained it clearly to them, Yueran, what are you and the Yuanchen family going to do?"
Kang Yueran wanted to go directly to the capital, but she had to discuss this matter with Kang Yuanchen. "I'll give you an answer tomorrow."
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