After another half a month, seeing that the crops in the fields were getting fewer and fewer, the villagers finally couldn't bear it.

They're really afraid, afraid that they won't get anything like in the story.

All the families went down to the fields and gathered all the crops in the fields.

But by this time, the crop yield was already less than a third.

It's more than half less than when Jiang Ru received it at that time.

They couldn't believe it, and they had to weigh the grain they had harvested repeatedly.

But no matter how you weigh it, the weight will not change.

The villagers wanted to cry without tears, and they knew that it was better to collect it early.

Now that the water is wasted, the time is wasted, and the crops are harvested less, it is necessary to live.

But no matter how miserable they are, they can't compare to other nearby villages.

Because their village had a reminder from Niu Xinzhang, they harvested the grain early, but other villages did not.

Even after other villages learned about their practices, many elderly people said that they were wasting food and that they would be struck by thunder.

Until the autumn harvest, only a few families who were close to Niujia Village followed the advice of their relatives and harvested their grain early.

The rest of the people are almost nothing.

The grain they took back was all shriveled, and they could only mash the shriveled husks into chaff and make coarse porridge to drink.

At this time, they regretted it, why didn't they listen to the persuasion in the first place?

If they had taken it back then, they would still have something to eat now.

September was supposed to be the time to receive the goods, but this time of year is even more desperate.

The previous year's grain had already run out, and this year's grain harvest was gone, and despair was everywhere.

Without food means starvation.

People in nearby villages had already starved to death.

Seeing the tragic situation of other villages, the people of Niujia Village truly realized their luck.

If there was no reminder from Niu Xinzhang, they would have sold their grain like people in other villages, and they would have run out of grain long ago.

Or, if they don't harvest in advance, they can only eat bran and bark.

The sun in the sky is like a huge furnace, and the crimson flame burns in the sky, baking the earth.

It's not just the land that can't stand it, but the people can't stand it either, it's hot and stuffy every day, even at night, it's not cool, and the occasional wind is hot and uncomfortable.

More and more people are suffering from heat stroke in the village, and the medicine prepared by Dr. Chen's family is simply not enough.

Jiang Ru decided to boil the herbs he had collected to make herbal tea and distribute it to the people in the village.

At this time, the weather is so hot that even if the tea is cold, it is still warm.

When she delivered the herbal tea to Sister Li's house, Sister Li was anxiously wiping Li Xiaojiang's sweat.

Li Xiaojiang was sweating profusely, his face was pale, his limbs were twitching, and he was obviously in shock from heat stroke.

Jiang Ru was startled, and hurriedly shouted: "Quickly soak a handkerchief in cold water!" ”

As she spoke, she took off all of Xiao Jiang's clothes and pants, and pressed her fingers all the time.

Sister Li said with a bitter face: "There is no water left, and all that can be used has been used by him." ”

Li Zhang hugged his daughter on the side and looked at Xiao Jiang blankly, as if he was stupid.

Jiang Ru said to Niu Xinzhang: "Xinzhang, you go to the house and bring a bucket of water!" ”

As he spoke, he scooped out a bowl of herbal tea from the bucket he brought and fed some to Xiao Jiang.

When Niu Xinzhang brought water, she wet it with a handkerchief and wiped Xiaojiang's body repeatedly.

Finally, about a quarter of an hour passed, and Xiao Jiang woke up.

Sister Li was overjoyed, "Xinzhang Niang, thanks to you!" Thanks to you! Otherwise, my Xiaojiang is afraid that he won't be able to get through it. ”

Xiao Jiang is young and weak, and she sweats a lot every day, and her body begins to weaken, if it weren't for Jiang Rulai, she wouldn't know what to do.

She doesn't even dare to cry now.

Tears are also water, and you are more likely to be thirsty after crying.

But now each household can only carry one bucket of water, so it has to be used sparingly.

After cooking, everyone drank a little more, and there was nothing left.

Li Zhangshi also came to his senses at this time, and cried loudly, "Xiao Jiang! My baby! ”

The daughter in her arms cried as well.

Jiang Ru shook his head, "One of you drinks some of this herbal tea to prevent heatstroke, and I'll give it to others." ”

Niu Xinzhang followed her closely and brought herbal tea to people together.

He was a little unhappy in his heart.

First, on such a hot day, he would rather stay at home.

Second, he didn't understand why the water in their own well was distributed to others for nothing!

The well water of other families is to harvest grain!

But because of Jiang Ru's majesty, he didn't dare to complain, and even behaved helpfully.

Because he has been able to live so well since the drought, it is under the protection of this evil ghost mother.

If she doesn't like him and kicks him out, he will definitely starve to death!

Herbal tea was delivered door-to-door, and Jiang Ru found that basically the people in the village were in a stable condition except for some bad mental states.

She wasn't a virgin, but she didn't want to see too many people die.

She will help as much as she can.

Every two days, Jiang Ru would send it once, because of her action, the people in the village were grateful to her.

It didn't take long for someone's relatives to hear that a village ten miles away had been robbed.

Some people went crazy with hunger, ran into other people's houses to grab food, and killed people.

But the government is too busy to take care of itself at this time, and no one will take care of it at all.

Those who robbed the grain, but were not punished, one by one became more and more emboldened, formed gangs, and went to various villages to rob.

When the news reached the village, the villagers couldn't help but be afraid.

The village held meetings again and again, telling the villagers to be careful when patrolling, and once they found that the wind was blowing, they should ring the gong as soon as possible to notify everyone in the village.

Their village probably has the best harvest in the neighborhood.

Because of the early harvest, more grain was saved.

Although it may not be possible to last until next autumn's harvest, it is still possible to barely hold on until the end of the year with the wild vegetables dried before and the collected water.

If someone in the neighborhood knew the news, they would definitely come to their village and rob it.

The consequences were unimaginable.

At this time, all the villagers forgot about their disputes and worked together to the outside world.

Because just relying on his own family can't protect the family's food at all.

Patrol and vigilance with the people in the village, and the whole village will support the whole village in case of family difficulties, and it will be safer.

That night, everyone fell asleep.

Patrolmen carry torches and lead dogs to walk in the night.

They were exhausted and wanted to sleep for a long time.

But the constant bad news from the nearby villages made them dare not slack off in the slightest.

One by one, they opened their eyes wide and looked around vigilantly, picking up their hoes and shovels at the slightest disturbance, ready to fight at any time.

Suddenly, one of the patrol members saw a black shadow flashing by, and immediately stopped vigilantly, raised his hoe, and shouted: "Who? ”

The dog he was holding suddenly barked.

One dog barked, and the rest of the dogs followed, and the whole village woke up.

"What's going on? Didn't a robber come? Duan Xiaomei woke up from her sleep and woke Niu Xinzhang up.