Jiang Ru, Duan Xiaomei and Niu Xinzhang sat in the corner.

Duan Xiaomei hugged the child tightly, a little out of breath.

"Mother, the drought can't be real, right?"

She was so scared.

Which of them hadn't heard the story of the drought? But isn't that the story? Didn't the adults make it up to scare them?

"Probably true." Jiang Ru patted her hand soothingly, "Don't be afraid, Xinzhang and I won't let you and the child go hungry." ”

"Don't be afraid, lady, I'm already contacting people in other villages to buy more food and save it." Niu Xinzhang also held a child in his arms.

His words were gentle, but behind them there was indifference.

If the drought comes, what will happen to those who have sold their food?

But Niu Xinzhang doesn't care about this, he is willing to tell the matter, or because of his father's instructions.

It is said that this incident is because the dead relatives in the village have collected thousands of merits, so that he has the opportunity to come to the dream, and he must inform everyone in the village.

Otherwise, according to Niu Xinzhang's temperament, he would not inform everyone.

There are more people buying grain, and the price of grain will inevitably rise again.

The village chief and the clan elders unanimously decided to use the method Niu Xinzhang said, and if anyone disobeyed, they would also be kicked out of the family tree and driven out of Niujia Village.

Therefore, no villager dared to disobey.

The children were out of school and followed the women up the hill to pick wild vegetables.

In addition to watering their own land, the men dig cisterns every day.

The cistern was set in a cave.

It's not far from the river, and it's full of stones, so if you bring the water in, it won't seep out like dirt.

After a month of excavation by the whole village, and more than a dozen hammers and shovels, a huge pool of water was dug out from under the cave.

But how to fill up the water has become a troublesome matter.

The cave is on high ground, and the water level of the river has recently dropped, and even if it is not far from the river, it cannot be drained through the ditch, and finally it can only be carried bucket by bucket.

As the weather got hotter and hotter, the villagers, who had complained at first, became more and more silent.

The weeds in the field are gone.

In addition to carrying water every day, they just look at the sky.

Jiang Ru's main force carrying water at home is Jiang Ru.

After all, Duan Xiaomei didn't have much strength, Niu Xinzhang was a scholar, and picking two buckets of water a day had already made his shoulders swollen.

So only Jiang Ru can take on this heavy responsibility.

In addition to carrying water every day, Jiang Ru goes into the mountains.

Every time I come back, I carry a basket of wild vegetables, and sometimes there are pheasants and hares.

On this day, Jiang Ru went down the mountain with a basket on his back and met his second sister-in-law, Niu Zhang.

Niu Zhang couldn't help but distort his face when he saw the wild vegetables on her back basket and looked at the vegetables that had just been placed at the bottom of her basket.

"Xinzhang Niang, where did you find so many wild vegetables, why don't you know to tell us? We didn't find anything, and we couldn't even open the pot at home. ”

She had a loud voice that immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Seeing the wild vegetables on Jiang Ru's back, everyone couldn't help but discuss.

"Xinzhang Niang, where did you dig so many wild vegetables?"

"Auntie, these dishes are so fresh, they must have traveled a long way to dig them, right?"

"Hey, I've only dug so much, and I can only drink plain water at home."

……

Jiang Ru saw that everyone was surrounding her and didn't seem to let her go, so she said, "This is dug in the Dragon Snake Ditch, you can also dig it." ”

As soon as they heard that it was a dragon snake ditch, everyone immediately fell silent and said no more.

Dragon Snake Ditch is full of snakes, and there are many poisonous ones.

Someone went to the neighborhood to collect firewood, was bitten, and died when he was sent back.

"Humph! I'm afraid that you don't want to tell us, so you deliberately said the dragon snake ditch, right? What kind of place is Dragon Snake Ditch, there are snakes everywhere, do you dare to go? "Niu Zhang doesn't believe it.

She firmly believes that Jiang Ru has found a good place.

The rest of the people listened to Niu Wang's words, and they were immediately suspicious.

yes, we don't dare to go? Why did the new chapter mother dare to go?

Jiang Ru calmly took out two snakes from under his wild vegetables, "I really picked them from there, and they are in the shade over there, which is better than here, and they haven't died yet, so there are still a lot of wild vegetables." ”

"Yikes! Snake! ”

"Xinzhang Niang, you're not afraid! This is a poisonous snake! Sister Li didn't know when she touched it, "If something happens to you, what will happen to your son and daughter-in-law?" ”

"Isn't there no way? I wouldn't have gone there if I had a way. Jiang Ru sighed.

"Hey!" The rest of the people also sighed, and couldn't help admiring Jiang Ru in their hearts.

"But there aren't as many snakes out there now. It should be that the weather is too hot, most of the snakes have migrated away, and there are only a few snakes, so it's better to be careful. If you are not afraid, you can come with me tomorrow. ”

After saying that, he left with the basket on his back.

Looking at her back, many people looked at their baskets, only a few dry dishes, many of which used to be eaten by pigs, but now people can't eat if they want to.

The door to the house was locked tightly.

Jiang Ru was afraid that she and Niu Xinzhang were not at home, and Duan Xiaomei would have an accident if she had two children alone, so she asked her to close the door well, and no one else was allowed to open it.

"Xiaomei, I'm back." Jiang Ru knocked on the door.

Duan Xiaomei was overjoyed when she heard the voice.

"Mother, why is it early today?"

Seeing that Jiang Ru was full of baskets again, her smile suddenly faded, and she couldn't stop worrying in her eyes.

"Mother, did you go into the mountains again?"

"I didn't go too deep, I found it in Longzigou, and the snakes in Longzigou have migrated deeper into the mountains, so there is no danger."

Hearing the three words Dragon Snake Ditch, Duan Xiaomei's heart almost stopped.

"Mother, how dare you go to Dragon Snake Ditch? Do you know how dangerous Dragon Snake Gully is? Didn't you say that you should not go to dangerous places? My husband and I can eat less. ”

Jiang Ru shook his head, "It's okay for Xinzhang to eat less, you can't eat less." The two children are still relying on you. What happens to your child if you are hungry? ”

Moreover, if she remembers correctly, Duan Xiaomei should have been pregnant again during the drought.

It's just that because of her butterfly effect, I don't know when the child will come.

Her eyes darkened.

"Yikes!" Duan Xiaomei was pouring wild vegetables out when she touched a long thing, and when she saw that it was a snake, she immediately screamed and threw it out.

"Huh? I forgot to mention that I hacked two snakes to death, and I will stew them for you later. Jiang Ru said embarrassedly.

Snake meat is a rare delicacy, and when she saw it, she hacked it to death and brought it back to eat.

Duan Xiaomei looked at the snake and only felt that her scalp was numb.

"Mother, can I not eat?"

She swallowed, a little scared.

She had never eaten a snake, and because she was bitten by a snake as a child, she is still afraid of snakes.

"If you don't like it, don't eat it."

Jiang Ruke didn't believe that Duan Xiaomei could refuse the delicacy of snake meat.

The taste of this snake meat, as long as there is no psychological barrier, will definitely fall in love.

Moreover, the more venomous the snake, the better it tastes.

It's a pity that Jiang Ru can't deal with poisonous snakes, otherwise she will definitely not let go of the poisonous snakes left in the Dragon Snake Ditch.