A dozen deer were drinking water around the stream. Not far away, some wild rabbits and pheasants were also clucking and drinking water.
"That's a lot of meat. Uncle Ba, can we handle it?"
When the hunter Uncle Wen saw so many prey, he was very happy.
He and Li Qingfang looked at each other, nodded, and started to arrange personnel.
Soon, a hunt began.
The front row is full of smart and brave people, and the ones behind them are those who follow orders and arrest people.
After a chaos, everyone harvested eight deer, five pheasants and three wild rabbits.
"Haha, this is really the care of the God of Wealth. We worked hard to carry water, and he still thought of giving us some meat as a reward."
"It's a pity that we have to leave quickly. Otherwise, we can stay here alone and get a lot of meat."
Seeing that they were getting excited after catching some wild deer, Li Qingfang took timely measures to lower the pressure and strike back.
"You only saw these harmless animals today. If you saw wild bears, tigers, leopards, wolves, and other creatures, would you still be so relaxed about taking their meat?"
When the people who were still excited heard this, their smiles froze.
Yes, if it were those things, would they still dare?
Also, the whole village can’t just guard the stream all the time; they have to do other things.
Some people quickly laughed it off.
"Ahem, whatever happens, this is God taking care of us so we can eat meat. Everyone, hurry up and move the water away."
Seeing that everyone had come to their senses, Li Qingfang stopped knocking, and Uncle Wen gave her a thumbs up.
"Sister-in-law, I've finally realized that under the old lady's leadership, everyone in your Wen family has become successful. Just based on your current character, I, Big Brother, am convinced."
"Hey, we haven't reached the end of the earth yet, so we have to keep the strings tight."
"Indeed, especially with the plague ahead."
Li Qingfang was also worried when she mentioned that. She just hoped she could get through this time.
At the foot of the mountain, Xiushui called a dozen children to stand guard, and then took the rest to do various chores.
The charcoal ashes from last night's fire must be collected, no matter how big or small, and put aside for later use.
Heimei and her new follower picked up things along the way and asked curiously all the way.
"Sister, we only need clean ones like this to make masks. Why do you have to collect these scattered ones? Don't you think they are dirty?"
"We can use these to filter water in the future."
"Ah, charcoal can filter water? Why would you filter it? Wouldn't it make it dirtier? How can you drink water filtered through such black charcoal?"
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Why is raising a child so hard?
Xiushui said that she would not take the baby with her next time. Wouldn't it be nice to go to the mountains to collect herbs and hunt?
However, looking at the innocent eyes of Hei Mei and the group of children behind her who were eager to learn...
With her stubborn support as a top student, she started Xiujie's small class again.
Not far away, the old village chief's wife was making masks. She looked at this group of children who were eager to learn, and sighed softly with her old sisters.
"This Xiu'er from the Wen family has been very popular with the children since they fled the famine. Also, I think she's become quite clever.
She was talking about water filtration and stuff, and it seems like after filtering with charcoal, the water is cleaner to drink and less likely to get sick.
Think about it, there are so many people out there who died and were not buried. Who knows if the body fluids will eventually mix with the water? It’s actually quite disgusting.”
"Of course, with this filtered water, we feel more comfortable drinking it. It seems that I have to let my grandson spend more time with Xiu'er in the future.
Not to mention being blessed by her, but at least learning from her will make me smarter and more intelligent."
Another group of left-behind elderly people were all thoughtful.
The half-grown children who stayed behind were sent to a bamboo forest not far away. They needed to cut more bamboo tubes so that they could store more water.
Fortunately, even though the people down the mountain were busy, no one was so blind as to come here.
When it was completely dark at night, a group of people came down from the mountain carrying water. Looking at the buckets of water piled in front of them, the old village chief summarized the day's harvest.
"If we drink this water sparingly, it can still last us five days."
Don’t think that five days of water is less. For hundreds of people, five days of water is really not a small amount.
Chief Luo nodded. "Five days will be enough. We should be able to reach Mincheng in five days. Once we get to Mincheng, there can't be no water at all."
As long as we have water, we can survive this plague area."
"Yes, we have food and water, which is much better than those who faint after walking a few steps."
"Strengthen your physique and resist illness."
A slogan expressed everyone's determination.
After the meeting, each family gathered together for dinner.
The old lady had only taken a few steps when she was pulled by Li Qingfang.
"Grandma, have you noticed? Old Li has been wearing Chang Hei with him all day. Are these two guys teaming up with each other?"
The old lady followed her gaze and saw Chang Hei carrying water on his back and Old Li holding water in his hand. They were walking and talking happily.
Then, Old Li even brought some water for Chang Hei, his actions full of warmth and consideration...
"Oh, this old man Li is quite thoughtful. Tsk, he doesn't take care of his own children and grandchildren, but now he is taking care of his own children.
It seems that Changhei's sudden toughness is also related to the care of certain people."
Li Qingfang followed her thoughts and figured it out.
Her eyes widened.
"So, the sudden outburst of that brat Changhei is related to Old Li?
Bah, it’s shameless for him to follow Widow Lin and do shameless things.
After being divorced and finally driven away by the mother and son, she now wants to pick up a cheap grandson to take care of her in her old age?
However, I'm afraid this old man's idea will be in vain. Even if I kill myself, I won't believe that the ungrateful wolf who grew up with him can really follow him and take care of him in his old age. "
The old lady nodded.
Yeah, she doesn’t believe it either.
But, Old Li is not a stupid person, so why does he want to drag Changhei over?
"Forget it. Changhei chose his own path, so we should wish him good luck. Maybe two bachelors together will spark love!"
"Mom, what you said... sounds so weird. He's your eldest grandson!"
Li Qingfang felt a little embarrassed. Her mother-in-law was talking about love and hate without changing her expression, which made her feel ashamed. But it was also very interesting.
"Let's wait and see, the partnership between these two will be exciting in the future."
Chang Hei was still talking to Old Li. When he looked up, he met Wen Bibo's gaze.
He shrank back guiltily, but in the next moment, he raised his chin up again, looking as if to say, "If you don't want me, there will be others who will."
Li Qingfang wanted to beat up the bastard, but was also worried that the old lady would get heartburn. But——
Wen Bibo laughed out loud.
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