The resting place for the victims was at the foot of a large mountain with a river that had dried up to the point of mud.

The victims scattered like ants, at the bottom of the mountain, on the mountainside, and even ventured into the mountains in search of food.

But the drought went on, and a large number of victims passed by before them, and ate almost all they could eat, and when it was their turn, all that was left was half-yellow leaves, wilted grass.

There is no way, people who have no food can only pick up the leaves, dig up the grass roots, and peel the bark to satisfy their hunger.

Gu Jinli walked around the neighborhood, and only dug up a dozen grass roots that were still a little watery, and there was nothing else to eat.

She looked up at the mountains and saw groups of young men going into the mountains to find food, and they also walked towards the mountains.

The mountain is very large, and there are some half-withered trees and weeds on the periphery of the mountain, and when you enter the mountain, the trees become more numerous, and the leaves are a little green, and there are more weeds than under the mountain, but there are no wild vegetables to be seen, only small pits that have been dug open.

Apparently, the wild vegetables here have been dug up by the previous large number of victims.

Gu Jinli found a walnut-thick branch around, quickly rubbed the ends of the branch to the stone next to him, sharpened his pointed head, used it as a weapon, and walked towards the mountains with the branches, and there were many victims who went into the mountains to find food on the way.

"Xiaoyu, how did you get into the mountain? I just woke up last night, and today I came to look for food, you kid is dead. ”

Gu Xiaoyu heard the voice, looked back, and saw that it was the Chu family, the third grandmother in the next room, Aunt Tian and Aunt Tian's two daughters, Tian Erhua and Tian Xiaohua. In their hands they all carried a basket made of weeds, in which were handfuls of half-green leaves and bundles of grass roots.

It seems that everyone has little food left, and they are about to start eating leaves and grass roots.

She smiled and called people one by one, and replied: "I'm fine, there is no food at home, Brother Cheng is hungry, I'll go into the mountains to have a look and find something to eat." ”

When the three adults heard this, they all sighed, life is sad, God is grinding.

Tian Erhua and Tian Xiaohua were so hungry that they didn't speak, and only smiled shyly at her.

The third grandmother was worried that Gu Jinli would meet the Niu brothers again, so she took the initiative to say: "Xiaoyu, you follow us, we have a response." ”

Aunt Tian, Chu's family, and the third grandmother are all people who have a very good relationship with their family, Gu Jinli is very willing to go with them to find food, and nodded: "Okay." ”

A group of six people walked to the mountain, and along the way, they saw that the greener leaves would be plucked and put away.

Chu said: "We have the victims of Xing'an Mansion, Yongcheng Mansion and Daliang Mansion in front of us, and a lot of food has been found by them, and if we go further, there will be less and less food that can be found on the road, and it is likely that there are no leaves. ”

The Chu family used to live in the city with Luo Tiezhu, and he had some knowledge.

Aunt Tian agreed, picked the leaves and said: "Sister-in-law Luo is right, now there are still leaves, let's eat more leaves, and keep the food that can be left for later eating, although the leaves are bitter, they can live." ”

Gu Jinli also picked some leaves, but there were too many victims, and the mountains were full of hungry victims, as long as they saw the green leaves, the victims rushed up, and before the time of tea, the leaves of the whole tree were plucked and the branches were pulled off.

The third grandmother looked at the bare branches and sighed, "Let's go, go ahead, walk more, you can always fill the basket." ”

"Huh." The Chu family responded and helped the third grandmother to walk forward, Aunt Tian walked behind her with Erhua Xiaohua, but Gu Jinli did not move, but looked at the right side, where there was a dry river.

She ran to the waterless river and squatted down, looking at the dry ground where there were a dozen snail shells.

Gu Jinli often carried out field missions in his previous life, and when he saw these snail shells, he immediately thought of one thing - shallow groundwater.

Shallow groundwater is the first place to hide water under the surface, and the ground with shallow water will be relatively wet, with snails, marans, and daylilies.

They are now short of water, which can be exchanged for food, and if they can find a source of water, their family will be saved.

Seeing that Gu Jinli didn't follow, Chu Shi squatted on the ground and looked at the ground, and hurriedly shouted, "Xiaoyu, what are you looking at?" Let's go. ”

Gu Jinli answered, ran to the Chu family and the third grandmother, pointed to the victims who were constantly surging into the mountains ahead, and proposed: "Third grandmother, so many disaster victims are taking this road, we can't find anything to eat if we follow up, it's better to go along the dry river to the right." ”

She turned her hand and pointed to the dry river on the right: "No one walks here, let's go this way, maybe we can find wild vegetables." ”

More likely to find a water source.

The third grandmother looked in the direction pointed by Gu Jinli, although there was no road, there were no victims, and then looked back ahead, the way had been blocked by a large group of victims, and immediately agreed: "Okay, listen to Xiaoyu, let's go along the dry river to the right." ”

The Chu family and Aunt Tian had no opinion, they all listened to the third grandmother, and a group of six people walked to the right, pulled away the thorny thorns, stepped on the dry weeds, and opened a mountain road.

Gu Jinli lowered his head, looking for the snail shell all the way, and after walking forward for a quarter of an hour, he saw the snail shell again, and when he walked again, the time to find the snail shell became shorter, and he could find a new snail shell after walking a few meters.

Chu Shi had been paying attention to her, and seeing that she had been staring at the ground, he couldn't help but ask, "Xiaoyu, what are you looking for?" Why do you keep staring at the ground? ”

Gu Jinli replied: "Aunt Luo, I'm looking for wild vegetables. ”

Chu Shi shook his head with a smile: "You kid, you're hungry, Uncle Luo's family still has some beans, give some to your family tonight, you just woke up and need to make up for it." ”

The beans are durable, and many of the victims on the way to escape the famine are carrying beans on their backs to make food, and when they are hungry, they grab a few handfuls of beans and cook them together with leaves and grass roots.

"Thank you, Aunt Ro." Gu Jinli thanked her and looked down at the situation on the ground, looking for something more exciting than a snail shell.

Her judgment was correct, and after walking forward for half an hour, she finally saw a few half-wilted daylilies in a thorn: "Third grandmother, there is Sichuan grass over there, let's go over quickly." ”

The Great Chu Dynasty called the daylily Sichuan grass vegetables, and as soon as Gu Jinli said Sichuan grass vegetables, the three grandmothers all looked at the place where she was looking, and sure enough, they saw a few half-wilted Sichuan grass vegetables.

The third grandmother smiled from ear to ear: "Xiaoyu is a blessed one, he really found wild vegetables." ”

Aunt Tian took her two daughters to clean up the thorns, looked at the few Sichuan grass plants, and said regretfully: "There are only a few plants, and the flowers are about to fall out." ”

The third grandmother smiled unabatedly: "You can be content, this area is full of thorns, no disaster victims have come, we can find Sichuan grass vegetables, luck is good enough." ”

Gu Jinli was excited in his heart, helped Aunt Tian, mother and daughter clean up the thorns, and said, "The third grandmother is right, we have good luck today, maybe we can find something better." ”

The better thing she said was water.

Shallow groundwater is determined by animal activity and plant growth, and if the previous snail shells were a coincidence, then the current daylily plants can prove that there is shallow groundwater in this area.

The thorns pierced the people, and after they cleared the thorns that were blocked, their hands had been pierced with blood, and the patched linen clothes had also been cut a few small cuts, they didn't care, they ran to a few Sichuan grass plants in three or two steps, carefully picking the half-wilted Sichuan grass flowers, and then picking up the withered Sichuan grass flowers on the ground.

The six people did not rob it, but gave the Sichuan grass flower to the third grandmother, and the third grandmother distributed it.

The third grandmother counted the Sichuan grass flowers, a total of forty-five: "We are six people to find food together, no matter how old or young, as long as we make a effort, we must divide it equally, seven flowers per person, Sichuan grass vegetables are found by small fish, and the remaining three flowers are given to her." ”

Gu Jinli didn't refuse, he put away his share with satisfaction, stood up, looked around the field full of thorns and dead grass in front of him, and said, "Third Grandma, Aunt Tian, Aunt Luo, there should be Sichuan grass vegetables in this piece, let's look for it again." ”

Everyone was in high spirits, and when they heard this, they agreed: "Okay." ”

As they spoke, the six of them scattered and carefully walked around the nearby fields, looking for Sichuan grass vegetables.

Gu Jinli walked forward, digging the soil on the ground with the branches in his hands every five meters, checking the wetness of the soil, digging more than a dozen small mud pits, walking dozens of meters forward, and finally found that the soil here was more humid than before, no longer dry, but moist, with water vapor.

She was overjoyed, centered on the small mud pit dug at the end, and looked around, and sure enough, in front of the left, she saw a piece of grass and grass hidden in the thorns and dead grass.

She shouted: "Third grandmother, Aunt Luo, Aunt Tian, Erhua Xiaohua, there are Sichuan grass vegetables here, a lot of Sichuan grass vegetables!" ”

When the third grandmother heard this, they hurriedly looked at her, and then looked in the direction of her finger, and sure enough, they saw a large patch of half-wilted Sichuan grass vegetables, and hurriedly rushed to this side.

"The eyes of the little fish are amazing, and this search will find a piece of Sichuan grass vegetables." Aunt Tian was overjoyed, and pulled her two daughters almost ran over, this piece of Sichuan grass and vegetables has a small half acre of land, all of which are picked and divided into six parts, which is enough for their family to have a full meal.

Chu and the third grandmother arrived and began to pick Sichuan herbs with a happy face.

Gu Jinli knew that the third grandmother would divide the Sichuan grass vegetables into six parts, so instead of picking the Sichuan grass vegetables, she used sharpened branches to dig the soil in the place where the Sichuan grass vegetables grew best.

Gu Jinli was pleasantly surprised, there was water down there.

Chu Shi always felt that Gu Jinli was very strange today, seeing that she was not picking Sichuan grass vegetables, but was digging the soil, he couldn't help but say, "Xiaoyu, what are you doing?" Hurry up and pick Sichuan grass vegetables, let's go back quickly after picking, it's getting dark. ”

Gu Jinli didn't dare to shout loudly, for fear that there would be other victims hiding nearby, so he trotted to the Chu family and the third grandmother, and said in a low voice: "Aunt Luo, third grandmother, I have found the water source, we have been saved!" ”

Shallow groundwater needs to be dug up, at least more than five meters to dig up, it is impossible for their family of six to dig out the water, they must find helpers, the Luo family, the third grandmother's family, and the Tian family are the best helpers.