His eyes were filled with disbelief. "Extreme heat and drought? Where did you get this from? Is the information wrong?"
The reason they traveled over mountains and valleys to get here is because they had experienced so many disasters and had no way to survive, which is why they became refugees.
They have nothing now, so what will they do if it gets extremely hot and dry?
Where would they get food and water if they wanted to stockpile them?
As for containers for holding water, each household only had a few buckets or one or two porcelain jars or small water vats, which was simply not enough.
Food is not only difficult to buy right now, but it's also hard to find.
Even if it were easy to buy, given their status as people from Wuning and their accents, they wouldn't dare to go down the mountain at all.
Even if you want to settle down here, you need the help of the people from Chijia'ao!
The more Song Chongjin thought about it, the more his heart sank.
Chi Dong and the other two had already decided to keep them here.
Since they've allowed people to stay, they must truthfully inform the authorities about any natural disasters that are about to occur.
The goal was to get the other side to hoard water and food.
Therefore, upon hearing this, he replied, "This news is undoubtedly true."
I don't know if the government informed the people in the county town, but because of Xiaoyu, we got it before others.
I know you are having a tough time right now, but you should start preparing what needs to be prepared.
A house will definitely be built. If it gets too hot, you can dig a cellar.
For example, in our Chijia'ao, the stone houses of every household were destroyed because of the previous earthquake.
Nowadays, everyone builds wooden houses, but they dig a cellar underneath the house that is the same size as the one above.
When it gets unbearably hot, you can move downstairs.
Then there's food; everyone's trying every possible way to stockpile it.
Taking advantage of the moment when Chi Dongyi paused to catch his breath, the second elder continued, picking up where he left off:
"As the weather gets hotter, there are more wild vegetables available to eat."
If your people have any free time, they should go and gather more wild vegetables.
Putting everything else aside, if you walk down from Chijia'ao and keep going, there is a bamboo forest halfway up the mountain.
Right now, there should be quite a few bamboo shoots in that grove.
After you dig up the bamboo shoots, you can make them into dried bamboo shoots or pickled bamboo shoots, it's all fine.
"Beishan, you came all the way from Wuning Prefecture. You should have been able to find plenty of wild vegetables to eat deep in the mountains along the way."
Song Chongjin nodded knowingly: "Yes, the main reason we've survived until now is because of these wild vegetables and the few wild animals we occasionally manage to hunt."
However, eating wild vegetables all the time isn't a sustainable solution. I wonder if there's any way to help me buy grain?
Chi Dongyi exchanged glances with the two elders, then quickly considered his words before speaking:
Actually, Xiaoyu's shop sells grain.
However, food is scarce these days. Her shop doesn't have much food either, so she'll definitely prioritize giving some to her own people.
If you want to buy, our two villages must have a marriage relationship, and you must also decide to settle down here permanently.
Of course, it would be best to register one's household registration here.
Since the conversation had progressed this far, Song Chongjin seized the opportunity to ask, "If we want to settle down here, is there any way to do so?"
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