"Xiaomei is right, I went to the town today, the situation is not optimistic, there is basically no one on the street, if there is a big flood, we don't have time to escape, I have a good handiwork, I am ready to cut more bamboo back to make a few big bamboo rafts, and I can also have a first aid tool." Li Yangde added.

After listening to the suggestions of the three people, Li Yangming also put forward his own ideas, "What I want is that tomorrow in addition to going to the village chief's house to talk about the situation, I also want to take the two brothers Li Si from the second grandfather's house to our house and let them pack some necessary luggage. ”

Old man Li looked at his three children in danger, and he could still think of these, "Listening to your words, I am very pleased, even if we are old, you will also protect this family, the coarse arrowroot cloth we bought today, the child's mother and daughter-in-law, you also give a total of fifteen people to the family, including the Li Si brothers, one person makes a convenient baggage, put dry food, silver, clothes and water and other things, in case we get separated, there is also a dependence, tonight we will all go to prepare dry food and pack food." ”

"Dad, it's not that I spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, I think we still need to prepare some weapons, if there is a flood, you can imagine how the world will be chaotic later, and Nanfu County and Donglin County are still fighting, there is no food, no clothing and no law to control the world, we can't guarantee people's hearts, so I want my eldest brother to go to the town tomorrow to buy some ironware, although the government prohibits the common people from holding weapons, we can go to a few shops to sell a few more kitchen knives, sickles and other short knives that are easy to hide and easy to carry, And belong to agricultural and household things, the hoe, sickle, kitchen knife at home should also be brought, one person has a weapon for self-defense, we can't guarantee that everyone can always be together, to the end, first improve everyone's chances of survival. Li Yangqing said that the topic was a little heavy.

Li Qiu cried after hearing this, "Then, that can be such a bad situation, I don't want everyone to be separated, the old and the young in the family, but what should I do?" I've already sent away a son whose fate is uncertain, woo-woo-woo....... ”

Li Wenqiu saw Li Qiu's crying, stepped forward to hug Li Qiu's, and comforted him, "Grandma, we haven't reached that point yet, just prepare for the worst first, at least we will be better than others!" Prepare first, grandma, don't cry, we'll have to hurry up and make dry food later! ”

Li Qiu's heard his granddaughter's comfort and stopped his tears, he felt a little embarrassed, he cried in front of his grandchildren, and was embarrassed to wipe his tears with his sleeves.

The two daughters-in-law are relatively calm, especially Li Sun's, Li Sun's has always been a very strong person, with a spicy temperament, not Li Qiu's silk fancy character, Li Yangwu, who can be relied on, is gone, and the two sons left behind need her protection, and the mother is strong, "The little sister is right, in addition to weapons, you have to buy more ready-made shoes, one person must have two pairs of shoes, and you may have to travel long distances in the future, and it is too late to do it, and then one person sells coarse Ge cloth clothes, which are wear-resistant and durable, and then buy more hemp rope and sacks, It's good to pack things, and you can bring as much as you can. ”

"The proposal of the second brother and sister is very good, there is a headache and brain fever on the road, and I have to buy some ready-made medicine, one person will share one, one person will have a flint and fire sickle, and I will also buy more meat and salt." Li Wenshi said actively.

"Hahaha! Okay, very good, one person is short and everyone is long, many people are powerful, and those who think about it should be more thoughtful, the things we buy today are far from enough, silver money is not the most important in troubled times, food, weapons, water, medicine, clothing are the most important, I have heard the older generation speak, when encountering a chaotic world, people eat people are existing, boss, you go to the town early tomorrow morning, I will go to the village chief tomorrow to say the situation, go to the second brother's house to call Li Si and the two brothers over, we have done everything that should be done, and the rest depends on the luck, Now everyone hurriedly grinds rice flour to make dry food. ”

After listening to the command of the old man Li, a room of people hurriedly took action, the three fathers and sons of the old man Li went to the utility room to hull the rice and lick the rice, and Li Qiu took the rest of the people to clean the kudzu root with the rain to make kudzu powder.

After cleaning, first break the kudzu, then wash it with water, and then filter the cleaned water many times, and finally precipitate the powder is the kudzu powder, the family is busy with the rooster at home when it crows, it has not been done, there are two stones after the rice is hulled, and the kudzu powder is made more than one stone.

"Okay, if there is still a lot of grain left at home, let's not do it first, you men go to rest, and continue tomorrow, a few of our women will first mix these rice, kudzu flour and the remaining millet at home, corn, and wheat flour to make multigrain cakes, and the biscuits will be stored for a relatively long time." After Li Qiu said this, the man, who was already very tired, went back to the house to rest, leaving Li Qiu to take the women of the family into the kitchen and start making cakes.

Li Yangqing lit a fire as usual, and the two cauldrons at home turned on the fire at the same time to do things, Li Qiu filled a pot with water, and Li Wenshi put down the washed rice grain and steamed it, and waited for half an hour, and put the steamed rice, wheat flour, and kudzu powder together with salt.

In addition to Li Yangqing, who continued to make the fire, Li Qiu and Li Sun worked hard to make noodles, and Li Wenqiu and Wenshui were responsible for rolling the noodles into a big bowl of mouth-like flatbread.

Li Wenshi put a lot of oil in the pot, the solidified lard met the hot pot and melted, the oil flowers of "Zilazila" jumped everywhere, poured the oil and water all over the hot pot with a shovel, and then pasted the cake into the pot, and slowly pasted a large pot, after the first pot was done, the second pot followed, and when it was time to finally finish the grain, a total of more than 100 flatbreads were made.

Looking at this rich result, Li Qiushi was very happy, "Okay, let's do it here today, continue tomorrow night, and eat cakes today!" When the meal is finished, we make cloth bags. ”

"Mother, I have a good style cloth bag, which can be carried on my back to save effort and free my hands." Li Yangqing wanted to make a modern backpack, but it was better than simply wrapping things in cloth and carrying them diagonally at this time.

"Okay, when you're done eating, just show me the picture so that you can follow it." Li Qiu picked up a few cakes, put them on a plate, and brought them outside.

"Come and eat the bread, rest for a while, and eat this today." Li Qiu shouted to the brothers Li Yangming, Wen Shan, and Li Chenggang, who were repairing bamboo branches under the eaves, that this morning they went to the bamboo forest in the rain to cut bamboo and came back, and they waited for Li Yangde, who went to the town, to come back and make a bamboo raft together.

"Okay, mother." Li Yangming put down the bamboo and knife in his hand, and the four of them washed their hands with the rain under the eaves, wiped their wet hands on their clothes at will, took the plate handed over by Li Qiu, and grabbed the cakes one by one and devoured them.

"Grandma, this freshly cooked cake is so delicious, hehe!" Li Chenggang chewed the cake in his mouth and said vaguely.

"Your grandfather has been out for so long, it's time to come back! I just don't know what the village chief said? ”

"Don't worry! We have said everything that needs to be said, as for what others do, we can't control it, and we can't bear such a big responsibility, so you can relax! ”

The people in the kitchen walked out with a large cake in their hands, standing under the eaves and looking at the gray sky in the distance, listening to the music played by the rain and the wind, if there was no unknown danger in their hearts, it was also a rare and comfortable time.

The door in the courtyard opened, with Old Man Li in front, followed by the two brothers Li Si who were carrying burdens, even with the support of the hats, when the three of them arrived in the house, they still wet some clothes, and their faces were covered with rain flowing down.

"Hey, old man, Nian boy, Si boy, you quickly wipe the water." Li Qiu handed over the cloth towel prepared early in the morning to the three of them, and the three of them took off their robes, took off their hats, and took over and wiped the rain on their bodies.

Seeing that the three of them were cleaned up, Li Sun brought the plate with three cakes to the three of them, "Dad, Brother Si, Brother Nian, you can eat some cakes to pad your stomach, it has just come out of the pot, and it is still hot!" The two brothers thanked him, politely took the cake and ate it.

"Child's father, today you told Village Chief Li about the incident in Wei County, how did Village Chief Li arrange it?" After Li Qiu asked, the others also looked at Old Man Li curiously.

"Today I went to tell the village chief Li about this, he felt that it should not be so serious in our village, and there was no fact, and he didn't dare to talk about it everywhere with great fanfare, so as not to cause panic among the people, but he said that he would take a few people to each family's house today to talk about it, so that everyone could understand the news in Wei County and the town, realize the danger and seriousness of the matter, and let everyone run to the mountain as soon as they found the signs.

"Dad, that's the only way, anyway, our family still has to continue our plan, after eating, the man continues to grind rice and chop bamboo, the woman makes cloth bags to prepare everyone's bags, and makes dry food at night, just wait for the eldest brother to come back to make a bamboo raft." Li Yangqing slapped his hands after eating the cake in his hand and said.

After eating a simple meal, with the addition of Li Si and Li Nian, two good workers, the speed of doing things is faster, everyone is in full swing, and the rainy day does not drown everyone's enthusiasm for doing things.

Li Qiu took the women of the family to make cloth bags in the hall, Li Yangqing found charcoal and drew a simple version of the backpack on the ground, which is a large coarse cloth bag in a square style, with an opening on it, a circle of drawstrings added to facilitate sealing, and two shoulder straps added.

"Little sister, your style is really good, you are not afraid of leakage, unlike the burden packed with a piece of cloth, you can also free your hands when you carry it on your back, how did you come up with this head melon seeds?" When Li Wenshi saw the style of this backpack, he liked it very much, and couldn't help but praise it.

"Hehe, it's just that I'm fine, let's do it quickly!" Li Yangqing raised his head and said a little proudly.

Li Qiu opened the kudzu cloth he bought, first cut fifteen pieces of uniform size, and then cut thirty shoulder straps, the adult ones were longer, and the children's ones were shorter, Li Sun and Li Wenshi were responsible for sewing the cloth into a cloth bag, Li Wenqiu and Wen Shui were responsible for sewing the shoulder straps up, and Li Yangqing was the simplest, responsible for threading the cut hemp rope into the top of the cloth bag as a drawstring.

Making cloth bags, the time passed unconsciously, and he was busy until Li Yangde came back, and saw Li Yangde carrying a basket into the yard, and Mr. Li stepped forward to greet him in the rain with a hat.

"Dad, I bought all the things back, according to what my little sister said, I bought kitchen knives, sickles, cloth shoes, clothes, hemp rope, sacks that my sister-in-law said, and medicines, meat and salt that my sister-in-law said.