EBE Chapter 159 Harvest
Chapter 159 Harvest
The village chief stood there and kept calling out to the villagers who were snatching and fighting around him, asking them to gather over.
The scene was filled with noise and no one could hear what he said. With no other options, he asked Yun Baoshan, who was standing nearby with a gun, to fire a shot into the sky.
As the gunshot was heard, everyone in Yunjia Village stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction where the gunshot was heard.
Seeing that the scene had finally quieted down, the village chief asked his son Yun Weiye, who was standing nearby, to announce the results of the discussion. After all, he was young and had a loud voice.
The village chief’s suggestion was to have everyone collect all the food in the village and distribute it uniformly.
As soon as this proposal came out, the villagers quickly divided into two factions.
One group of people almost had no food left. As long as the food was handed over and distributed together, they would have food to eat. They agreed very much.
The other group of people had their food not all taken away by the refugees, and a lot of it was preserved. These foods could be eaten by the family themselves, and if they distributed them themselves, they could sustain themselves for a long time and be able to eat their fill.
If they hand it over, they will have to eat the same amount as everyone else in the village.
There are so many people in the village, and with such little food, how much can they get? In comparison, they are of course opposed to handing over the food.
Because the village chief's family had no Chinese and Mongolian medicine, they rescued two large bags of their food. As an example, the village chief took the initiative to take out the two large bags of food from his home.
Following the example set by the village chief's family, many people took out the food they had saved and piled it together.
Only a few people could still take out sacks of grain. Many of them only took out a few kilograms, and then picked up the grain that had fallen on the ground and put it together.
Wang Yulan was holding a sack with only a dozen pounds of grain in it. After thinking about it, the family handed over the grain.
Their family would not be able to eat these ten kilograms of food for several days. If they hand it over, they won't have to worry about running out of food. The village chief will find a way to help them.
In the end, there were only three or four families who still had a few sacks of grain left at home. They were reluctant to hand them over, so they shared them with the villagers and ate them all by themselves.
The food problem was temporarily solved. The village chief arranged for one person from each household to come out and form groups of ten to take turns cooking to solve the problem of food and clothing for everyone.
After statistics, the total amount of grain handed in by everyone was less than 600 kilograms. Such a small amount of grain could not feed the hundreds of people in the village.
This put the village chief in a dilemma, and he asked everyone if there was any good solution.
[Food! Even if you have money, you can’t buy it at this time. Where can you find it? Besides, they don’t have money. ]
As soon as this problem came up, everyone started to worry, and no one had any good solution.
Suddenly, a voice rang out among the crowd.
"I've heard of this road. There are mountains ahead. Once we pass these mountains, we'll reach Shifeng Town. Shifeng Town is a big town. We can go there and think of a solution!"
Everyone heard that there was a big town ahead, and they had a direction at this confusing moment.
The village chief was delighted after hearing this. This was the best solution at the moment.
"Then let's head to Shifeng Town. Does anyone have any opinions?"
Everyone nodded in support!
"Then everyone should have a good rest today and set off early tomorrow morning!"
Everyone dispersed and packed up their few belongings.
Early the next morning, after each person ate a bowl of thin porridge made with locust powder, they set off for their destination.
This time, everyone was traveling light. When they set out from Yunjia Village before, the shoulder poles they carried were filled with supplies, and the backpacks they carried were also full.
The person pushing the cart had things stacked high on top.
Those who were carrying shoulder poles now felt very light on their shoulder poles, and many of them did not even have shoulder poles or backpacks. The refugees took away the food and supplies along with their backpacks and shoulder poles.
Because the space on the carts was empty, the families who had them let their family members take turns sitting on them and pushing them.
Although they were traveling light, they had only a bowl of thin porridge in the morning, and after walking for less than an hour, everyone's stomachs were growling with hunger.
Those who couldn't stand it drank a lot of water, but this was in the wilderness, and the containers they could use to hold water were stolen, so there wasn't much left. Water was also an important commodity, so how could they be allowed to squander it?
Soon, many households realized their mistake after they had finished drinking all the water in their homes.
People with long-term vision will endure hunger even if they are hungry, and will only take a sip of water when they are extremely thirsty.
It didn't take long before everyone started walking slower and slower. They finally made it to the lunch break and had something to fill their stomachs, but it was still a bowl of porridge.
Everyone lined up to receive a bowl of lunch and gobbled it up in two gulps. Even though there was something in their stomachs, they still felt very hungry.
Everyone was so hungry that they didn't want to move. The village chief kept telling everyone that as long as they reached Shifeng Town, they would be able to solve their current predicament, which gave everyone motivation.
The people of Yunjia Village are now extremely poor. When they pass through several villages, the villagers will rush into the village in search of useful things.
During the day, when everyone in the village was gone, they could search the village at will.
So many days have passed, and these villages have been visited by countless waves of refugees, but everyone has gained very little.
On this day, it was almost dark and they had just arrived at a village. At this time, all the houses in the village were occupied by other refugees. The people from Yunjia Village could only find an open area near the village to stay overnight.