Recently the whole village has been immersed in the sorrow of parting.
During the next three months, all the villagers lost a lot of weight due to exhaustion. Carpenter Yang broke several wood planers, and blacksmith Zhao and his apprentice Erguotou worked around the boiler all day long.
Ji Ming and Jin Shaoyang would go out to inquire about the situation every few days. The most recent time, they were gone for more than ten days and had not returned yet.
Song Yuehua thought something had happened to them and was about to leave the village to look for them when the two finally came back.
After returning to the village, the two came to the Song family. Without saying a word, they picked up the teapot on the table and drank up two large pots of water.
Song Yuehua said, "There is still rice porridge cooked this morning in the pot. I will heat it up and it will be ready to eat soon."
“No need!”
Ji Ming quickly waved his hand, took the two bowls from Song Yuehua, and directly scooped up two large bowls of cold porridge and poured them into Jin Shaoyang's mouths.
When Zhang Rushan and the Zhou family rushed over, the two men had just finished eating and drinking.
Ji Ming let out a long breath, and then told the others about the situation outside, "Three months ago, the young general retreated to Liancheng. If he retreats again, he will reach us."
Zhang Rushan was somewhat relieved after hearing the news. "Liancheng is the fief of the King of Dai. Its military strength and grain reserves are far beyond the reach of a small border town. The king cannot send reinforcements without a sacred order. But now that they have come to our doorstep, the situation is naturally different. I heard that the King of Dai and the Major General have always been at odds, so I don't think they will make a mistake on a major matter."
"Where did you hear all this?" Ji Ming asked.
Zhang Rushan said with a smile, "My master from Xinan Village knows everything about astronomy and geography. You have been looking around for the past few months, and I have not been idle either."
"It seems that we have been worrying in vain." Gouwazi looked at Erguotou and said.
Zhou Dafu also said excitedly, "How can we country folk know about this kind of thing? It turns out that studying is good."
"That's right!" Zhou Ergui also laughed.
Everyone was inspired by Zhang Rushan's words, but Song Yuehua still had to pour some cold water on them.
Song Yuehua said, "The current situation is favorable to us, but no one can guarantee that Liancheng will not be breached. It will not be wrong for us to be prepared."
Zhou Dafu also nodded and said, "It's fine as long as we know what's going on."
After they left the academy, Ji Ming looked around and asked, "Where is my master?"
"He and Wei Da are now teaching Ma Hu and Zhao Tieniang in the compound. We haven't taken care of them for a while, so it's time to give them a lesson." Song Yuehua said.
Ji Ming pointed at Jin Shaoyang and himself who had remained silent and said, "We haven't had class for a long time. I'm going to call the master out. It's time to take care of us."
After everyone left, Song Yuehua raised her head and looked at the sky.
Two and a half years have passed. They have been working for two and a half years. Almost all the people outside are dying. If the drought continues, their village will not be able to survive. It is either a natural disaster or a man-made disaster...
July.
Two months later, Ji Ming brought back great news: the Mo people had withdrawn!
Not only that, the Major General and the King of Dai led their well-trained soldiers and palace guards and fought back all the way. Not only did they drive the enemy away, they even recaptured several cities that had been lost before.
Song Yuehua breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if she had escaped from a dangerous situation. That night, she slept soundly, a rare night of sleep.
There was a rumbling of thunder in the middle of the night. Song Yuehua rolled down from the kang, grabbed a piece of clothes and ran into the yard. She looked at the lightning and thunder in the sky and the strong wind and shouted with excitement.
Duan Yidao and Wei Da from next door also ran over and said excitedly, "Girl, is it going to rain? Is it going to rain?"
"It's possible, very likely..."
All the people in Taoyuan Village were awakened by the rolling thunder. They stood in the yard, on the high tower, and on the wall, looking up and praying for the same thing in their hearts.
When the cockcrowed, it rained heavily, like a sweet downpour, moistening the cracked fields and dead forests. Even the animals stretched their necks to enjoy the long-lost moisture.
The villagers picked up pots and pans and banged them in the rain, laughing wildly.
Song Yuehua raised her head and let the rain wet her clothes. She had finally waited for this day and finally made it through.
It rained heavily for two whole days. Song Yuehua started to worry again. The drought had just ended, so how could there be another flood?
Fortunately, the rain stopped on the third day, and God finally showed mercy.
On the tenth day after the rain, the people in the compound felt that the drought was over and couldn't wait to go home. After discussing with the people in the clan, Zhou Lizheng asked those who wanted to go home to go home first, and those who wanted to go home later could stay in the compound first.
The heavy rain brought vitality to the land and hope to the villagers.
As usual, Song Yuehua came to the outside of the village wall to dig traps together, but she heard Zhou Dafu cursing there.
"It just rained. Even if the drought is over, will the refugees be able to eat? They will have strength after drinking water. What do you think they will want to do?"
"Did the rain damage your brain?"
The man opposite said unconvincedly, "They are just refugees. Can't we just close the door and everything will be fine? Is it worth it to go to so much trouble to dig a pit outside? What if ordinary people are hurt?"
Zhou Dafu was furious. "It's better to be prepared than to be caught unprepared, don't you understand? Didn't I tell you before we started digging that if you were just an ordinary person, you wouldn't trigger the trap?"
Although the villagers had their own thoughts and had indeed been quite lazy recently, they still listened to what Zhou Dafu said.
Song Yuehua didn't say much and just picked up the mud silently. Suddenly, she felt something was wrong and she quickly fell to the ground. A villager nearby saw her like this and shouted. Song Yuehua quickly reached out her hand to stop him from speaking.
After three counts, Song Yuehua stood up suddenly and shouted, "Hide the things, go into the village and close the door! Quick!"
Zhou Dafu also shouted hurriedly. The villagers became nervous and hurriedly covered up the things that needed to be covered, then rushed into the village. The people on the high tower beat the gong desperately, and the high tower in the distance also beat the gong hard when they heard the sound.
Song Yuehua took the longbow and stood on the wall, gazing quietly into the distance.
After a while, a group of people came over from a distance. Judging from the flags, they should be soldiers of this dynasty. Song Yuehua just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard someone shouting from below, "Countryside farmers, who allowed you to build the wall? Open the door quickly."
Zhou Dafu wanted to open the door at first, but the voice of the man seemed to have bad intentions, so he also shouted down, "I don't know why the general is here. We are just a small village, why is there such a big fuss?"
"You dare to delay the government's business. Do you want to live?" the leader said sternly.
Song Yuehua whispered a few words in Zhou Dafu's ear, and Zhou Dashi said loudly to the people below, "I hope the general will understand. There has been a severe drought in the past two years. Many bandits and cult members have pretended to be officials to trick us into opening the village gate and killing the villagers. We really have no choice but to delay the general for a while."
After a few people whispered to each other, they showed their badges to the wall and said, "I am a centurion under the command of the Major General. I have received a secret order to come to the village to capture the spies of the Mo Kingdom. If you dare to stop me, I will kill you without mercy!"
"spy!"
Zhou Dafu panicked immediately. "There are only farmers in our village, how could there be spies..."
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