Chapter 174: Gathering Other Villages
Yun Wanqing shook her head and asked at the man, "I don't know what the uncle is called?" β
The middle-aged man replied, "My surname is He, and I am the head of this village. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"Village Chief He," Yun Wanqing said, "can I trouble you to work hard and help gather all the villagers from other places to you?" Now I don't know when this heavy snow will fall, and we have a limited number of people in the imperial court, so we may not be able to help one village at a time, so I hope to bring your nearby villages together, and everyone will hold on for a while, and wait until this difficulty is over, and then think of another way. β
Village Chief He hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This is not a hard work, girl, you are young and have worked hard to come to us, what is it for me to run a little way." No problem, I'll take care of that. β
Village Chief He stood up and was about to leave, but was grabbed by the woman at the beginning, and refused to let go and said, "No, Xianggong, you can't go, those people are about to go crazy now, what if they hate us and refuse to give them food, and do something at you without saying a word?" It's too dangerous to go. β
Village Chief He reprimanded his mother-in-law and said, "Nonsense, no matter what, they are also trying to survive, and now that the imperial court has finally come to save everyone, how can we not tell them?" They're not unreasonable people, don't worry. β
The Liang family pulled her father-in-law but didn't agree, he was the pillar of their family, if something happened, how could their family survive?
"Auntie, don't worry, I will accompany Village Chief He and promise to bring Village Chief He back unharmed. You have a good night's rest here, and tomorrow you have to find a way to bring in the food. Yun Wanqing said.
Liang glanced at Yun Wanqing, seeing that although she was young, she could come to their village alone, and she should have some ability. In addition, she also sympathized with those who were living more bitterly than them, and finally let go and let Village Chief He leave with Yun Wanqing.
"Village Chief He, have you lived here for a long time? Isn't there any other way out of the village than the cliff road? Yun Wanqing followed Village Chief He to other villages, chatting casually along the way.
Village Chief He sighed and said, "Hey, no, if there were, everyone would have already figured out a way to get out, so they would still be waiting here to die?" In the beginning, there were young people in various villages who tried to walk over the cliff, but they all fell and died, and after that, everyone had no choice but to stay here and wait for God's mercy. β
"After so many years, don't you be afraid every time you go to such a thrilling place? Why not build a suspension bridge sooner rather than later? So you won't be trapped here now? Yun Wanqing said.
If you can skip that section of the road, for the villagers who have been walking the mountain road for a long time, as long as you are careful about other sections of the road, it is still possible to go to the county office.
"We used to think, how easy is it to build a suspension bridge? The road is so narrow, we usually have to walk carefully, it is impossible to build a suspension bridge. Village Chief He said.
They had tried before, but in the end they had fallen and killed a few people, and they had no choice but to give up.
Yun Wanqing was silent for a while, indeed, if you want to repair a suspension bridge on such a high cliff, it will definitely not be a small project, it seems that she has to find time to take a good look at the situation there and help them get a way out.
"Girl, are you tired after walking so far, why don't we take a rest?" Village Chief He knew that it was not easy for Yun Wanqing to walk to their village, and the road to other villages was not close, so he was worried that she would not be able to stand it.
Yun Wanqing shook her head, "No need, I can still insist, we have to gather all the others as soon as possible." We're going to get to the cliff early tomorrow morning, and it's a little farther here, so we'll have to hurry as fast as possible. β
Village Chief He was full of gratitude to Yun Wanqing, and he was also full of admiration for her persistence.
"Village Chief He, how many villages are there here?" Yun Wanqing asked casually.
Village Chief He replied honestly, "In addition to our village, there are five other villages here. But for now, we just have to go to the nearest village. Because there were not many people in their village, and there were many people who were starved to death and frozen to death during this time, in order to survive, they all gathered together to see if they could live. Originally, they also came to look for us, but our village was relatively not so serious, and if they joined our village, the people in our village would have to starve together, so I refused, and then they held a grudge and would come and steal our food three times or twice. In fact, I blame myself for being selfish and refusing to give them a little bit, which is why I forced them to be like this. β
"Village Chief He, this has nothing to do with you, in the face of life and death, no matter who you are, you will definitely choose someone who is closer to you, this is not called selfishness, this is a choice that has no choice." Yun Wanqing comforted the village chief He who was obviously guilty.
Village Chief He smiled, knowing that Yun Wanqing's words were just to comfort him, but his mood was still a lot better. Of course, it was not only because of Yun Wanqing's words, but most importantly because he knew that the county order had not given up on them, and they would not be starved to death again.
The mountain road is difficult to walk, and with the village chief He who doesn't know martial arts, Yun Wanqing and the two are not fast. It took nearly 2 hours to reach a small village.
The situation in this village is even more dire, there are almost no intact houses, and the villagers are scattered in the snow shivering.
Yun Wanqing's eyes were moist, and she was really distressed about the current living conditions of the people.
When the people in the village saw Yun Wanqing and Village Chief He, they immediately gathered together with sticks to guard against the two.
Village Chief He hurriedly explained, "Don't be impulsive, we have no malicious intentions, we are here to pick you up and go to our village together." Tomorrow the prefectural council will find a way to bring us food, so that everyone will not starve to death. Come with me to our village, you're too far away. β
The village names have already suffered too much, and they will not believe it at all when they hear such news. I saw one of the men pointing a stick at Yun Wanqing and the two said, "Don't daydream, it's been so long, how can the county magistrate remember to come to save us?" You are a ploy to wipe us out, and you are afraid that we will rob you of your food again. I won't believe you. Everyone, get the two of them together. β
Village Chief He wanted to explain something, but those people didn't listen at all, and stepped forward to take down the two.
Even though Yun Wanqing didn't want to do anything with them, in order to protect Village Chief He, she had no choice but to take action and easily beat everyone back. She was careful and didn't hurt them in the slightest.
Village Chief He hurriedly took advantage of this gap and said, "Don't get excited, don't be excited, you believe me, what I said is true." This girl is the person sent by the county order. β
Everyone looked at each other, all at the man who was speaking.
Seeing the man's hesitant expression, Yun Wanqing said, "What are you worried about?" If I want to deal with you, I don't have to go to you so much trouble, and I can directly deal with you here. β
"In the face of natural disasters, in order to survive, everyone has no way to make this decision, and Village Chief He also understands your motives for wanting to grab food, and they don't blame you. Now, with the hope of living, and he has gone so far to inform you, with this intention, do you still doubt him? After a pause, Yun Wanqing continued.
The man was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay, I'll trust you once." Let's pack up our things, and let's go with them. β
That being said, in fact, there was something else to pack, and everyone left the village empty-handed with Yun Wanqing and them. This made Yun Wanqing extremely sad.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, but fortunately, there was still a little road to be seen in the white snow, in order to rush back, although it was a little dangerous, Yun Wanqing still took them to walk at night.
Yun Wanqing was very careful to protect everyone, and it took a lot of effort, especially there were many children in this group, Yun Wanqing was even more cautious, afraid that something would happen to them.
"Girl, take a break. The kids were also tired. Village Chief He said.
In fact, he wanted Yun Wanqing to stop and rest, she had already walked a long way in a row, and she would have to concentrate on protecting everyone again, she must be very tired. But he knew that if he directly told her to rest, she would definitely say that it didn't matter, and he had already learned this situation several times on the way here. I had to use the children as an excuse.