308. 220 A ray of light in the darkness
The four of them continued to drink wine and eat meat, and when they were not enough to eat, they took out a lot and continued to eat.
Jiang Chuye was happy, released a flock of big white geese from the space, and put them on the surface of the lake to swim in groups, not to mention, with the sound of geese, there was more game.
Mei Niang looks like a little bit of Swan Lake from a distance.
Eat and drink well, go back to the space to sleep, after all, there are many beasts in the wild, and no one wants others to sleep, they are on guard outside, so they simply sleep in the space.
I got up early the next day and had breakfast in the space, and Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye came out of the space again.
The big white geese that had been swimming outside all night were on the shore at this time, and they were 'quacking' and grazing on the shore, and Mei Niang and Jiang Chu were not in the mood to catch geese all over the lake and recycle them in the space, thinking that it would not be long before these geese would become food for other carnivores or humans.
Now, for the people of Cangma, the biggest existential crisis is water, and there is also a shortage of food. Although the world is chaotic and there are many bad people, the development of Cangjian is still inseparable from the living.
In the collapsed world, it is difficult to be a good person, and a good person will not live long, and most of the original good people will be caused by the crisis of survival to cause evil in their hearts.
Mei Niang doesn't think that such a person is hopelessly bad, after all, everyone is trying to live better, as long as they are not heinous bad people, they can't all starve to death.
Moreover, such a person, once the survival crisis is solved, they are the most powerful after becoming strong, and those who have faced life and death will understand the preciousness of survival, as long as they survive these disasters, it is not a dream for the Cangjian country to be strong after recuperation.
In the end, Mei Niang released some various animals from the space, all of which are edible small animals, which will not pose much threat to humans, and I believe that they will soon become people's food.
In addition, a large number of fish are stocked in the lake, and it is believed that this area will become a human settlement in the near future.
A lot of grass seeds are sprinkled around the lake, and a lot of space water is added to the lake, hoping to make more benefits for people who come here to get water.
After that, after departure, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye still have a lot of places to go, and they can't always stay in one place.
The north is the destination of their trip, the folk customs here are originally strong, because the winter is too long, the weather is too cold, the annual time suitable for cultivation is less than that of the south, the grain harvest is much inferior to the south, most of them are mainly bud rice, sorghum, soybeans and other grains, the original life is not as rich as the south, after the disasters of the past few years, the days are more and more difficult.
Although Baohe Village is not located in the northernmost part, it is almost the same, in the first two years, Mei Niang walked a few times with Jiang Chuye on the land of Cangjian Country, and also saw the difference between life in the north and the south, compared to the south that is barely suitable for survival, the disaster situation in the north is more severe, like Baohe Village was considered rich at that time, Mei Niang thought that if possible, she would have to make more efforts in the north.
Moreover, the north is a little far away from the capital of Cangjian Kingdom, and the imperial power is not concentrated enough, not to mention that in this period, even if Emperor Jiang has the heart, he is beyond the reach of the whip, and the security is relatively much stronger.
In addition to Emperor Jiang, the biggest threat, if someone else comes, Mei Niang is really not afraid, how to say that Emperor Jiang is also Jiang Chuye's father, it is best not to face it.
After the carriage drove for about half a day, a village appeared in front of it, and the smoke of the cooking stove could be faintly seen, and it was probably seen that hundreds of people were living together.
I didn't expect to see people here, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye felt very cordial, but they didn't rush over, at this time, the trust between people is very low, in case they meet a village that lives on cannibalism, isn't it to send sheep into the tiger's mouth when they rush in so stupidly?
Although they are not afraid in their power, they are also troublesome.
sent S13 to investigate, and the news brought back made Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye slightly let down their guard.
There are about 300 people in the whole village, most of them are old people and the disabled, and there are some women and children, and there are less than 30 strong stick laborers, it is really difficult to understand how the people of such a large village survived, but fortunately, the people here seem to be very united, and those old people and the disabled are not discriminated against, and they eat and drink the same.
Obviously, these old people, the disabled, women, and children are supported by the labor of less than 30 people, although they can barely survive with the support of each other.
It is hard to imagine how the nearly 300 weak people would have survived without the efforts of less than 30 people.
Of course, this also shows that these more than 300 people are the relatives of those more than 30 people, otherwise who would have the difficulty of supporting relatives for others?
After seeing the tragedy of husband and wife turning against each other in a disaster year, changing children and eating, and betraying family and friendship for a bite of food, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye firmly decided to help these people.
Such a village is like a ray of light in the dark, which makes Meiniang feel very cordial.
Simply take the carriage into the space first, and wait until it gets dark to quietly leave more food and shelf-stable food in the space. The rumor of the gods' food has now spread throughout the Cangjian Kingdom, and these people will think that the gods are favored at most.
As for meeting and talking to these people in the past...... Still don't want it, don't look at the unity within the village, they will definitely not be polite to outsiders, maybe there will be murder and robbery.
Although they are accustomed to seeing the darkness of people's hearts, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye still don't want to let themselves have bad thoughts about such a village without a clear conscience.
Maybe they can do more things for these people, but they don't want to do it too obviously, and if there are more good things, it may not be a good thing for them, and it will even invite disaster.
It's like reminding these people to move to a water source like a small lake, and they can't even have it, so if such a group of old and weak women and children really move there, it won't be long before they will be wiped out, so it's better to keep a certain distance and go to fetch water every once in a while.
Finally, when it gets dark, people at this time generally eat only one meal a day in order to save food, and go to bed before dark.
And their food is still some food that usually can't be imagined, according to S13's description, Mei Niang felt that there was something in their food that looked like the Guanyin soil she had heard of.
Although there will be a feeling of satiety when eating, this Guanyin soil can not be digested and absorbed, and there will be bloating after eating, although after eating, you will no longer feel hungry, but because there is no necessary nutrients for the human body, if you only eat these all the time, people will still die.
Obviously, the living conditions in this village have become worse than any worse.
After Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye came out of the space, they saw that except for some people left in the village to keep vigil, the whole village was quiet, and eating became a problem, not to mention that someone would have the luxury of lighting oil lamps, so the whole village was in the dark, and there was not even a fire.
The husband and wife approached the village lightly, and judging from their current skills, they did not need to be afraid of disturbing the villagers, as long as they quietly placed the grain at the entrance of the village, the villagers would see it as soon as the morning dawned.
It was closer, and with the ears of the two of them, they could already hear the people who were keeping watch at the entrance of the village talking, most of them were silent in order to save their strength and water, and only two people whispered.
They said that when the harvest was good a few years ago, although the days were not rich enough, they would not starve to death, and the grain and meat and vegetables at that time were beautiful, why didn't they think about cherishing it?
It is said that people's hearts are bad in disaster years, and those who abandon their wives and children, and throw away the old people in their families like a burden, why are their hearts so ruthless?
And they said that it would not rain again, that there would be no harvest in the fields, and that they and the people of the village would all die one day......
Mei Niang listened sadly, obviously the person who spoke was a rare good person in the disaster year, but it is not easy for good people to live for a long time, it is really difficult for the people of this village to survive.
Jiang Chuye patted Meiniang's shoulder and reminded her not to be emotional, the big deal is to leave more food, and in the future, just take more care of the village that can preserve the last bit of conscience when this humanity is lost.
Meiniang also knew that it was not the place for her soft heart, so she gave Jiang Chuye a smile back, saying that she had no problem.
Jiang Chuye also laughed out with a mouthful of white teeth, every time Jiang Chuye showed such a bright smile, Mei Niang felt that she was very resistless, and she almost looked stupid again.
Since we have already arrived at the entrance of the village, there is no need to sneak inside, as long as we put things here and make a little more movement, the people in the village will find out about the situation here, and soon people will come out and bring food in.
This time, Mei Niang moved out 100,000 catties of grain, all of which were packed in sacks, and used these sacks of grain to enclose a ring, and piled up a lot of potatoes, pumpkins, winter melons and other vegetables that are easy to store and can resist hunger outside the ring, so as to ensure that nutrition is balanced to the greatest extent.
Finally, some cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese and other domestic animals were put in the middle of the ring, and they didn't have to worry about whether they were to eat or raise, and with these foods, they didn't have to worry about their food problems for at least more than a year.
The noisy cries of the animals had attracted the attention of the night watchmen, who blew their horns, and the whole village awoke from their sleep, and there were already people running towards them.
Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye quickly entered the space, and it didn't take long for there to be exclamations outside, and some people were crying excitedly, all thanking the gods for their manifestations.
Soon, however, it fell silent again, and both the old and the children did their best to deliver food to the village, as if they were not the ones who had just been excited.
100,000 catties of grain, 100 catties per bag, a full 1,000 bags, just the less than 30 strong labor resistance I don't know how long to resist, fortunately there are still cars in the village, and soon someone pushes the carts, loads things into the car, and transports them to the village.
At this time, the elderly and women also joined the food delivery team, and even the children followed the adults to load some light food into the car.
Although she tried her best to keep her voice low, Mei Niang could still hear their joy from the emotional whispers, and Mei Niang was also very happy.
It was busy until dawn that the grain and vegetables were brought back, as were the domestic animals, and two sacks of rice were spilled because they were exposed, and some women and children squatted there to pick up grains of rice, vowing not to waste a grain of grain.
In this way, Mei Niang and Jiang Chuye will not be able to come out of the space. Besides, when it was dawn, they would inevitably be seen by the villagers when they appeared out of thin air, so they simply waited until it was dark before leaving.