Not long after setting off the next day, Mu Qingshan remembered that because Mu Chenghu had injured his hand yesterday, the matter that should have been discussed with him was stranded, so he quickly walked to the back of the team.

Mu Chenghu looked at Mu Qingshan who was looking for him, and was about to say something, when he heard Mu Qingshan say to Liu Wu next to him: "Liu, you go to the front first, and I'll discuss something with Chenghu in a while." ”

"Uncle Thirteen, has something happened?" Mu Chenghu said a little nervously.

"Chenghu, our group hasn't rained for more than two months, and your sixth uncle and I are a little worried that once it rains, there will be heavy flooding." Mu Qingshan said with a frown.

"Uncle Thirteen, I won't tell you that I've been thinking about this issue for the past few days."

"Do you have any good ideas?"

"Uncle Thirteen, I haven't even thought about how to tell you about this, after all, this is not a trivial matter, I am afraid that no one will believe what I say, and I am afraid that everyone will cause unnecessary panic after hearing it."

"It's true that if you don't have a good countermeasure, it's easy to cause panic." Mu Qingshan said approvingly.

Mu Chenghu thought for a while and said, "Thirteenth uncle, in addition to this problem, there is another problem that should be solved immediately. ”

"Chenghu, what you want to say is not the food problem, right?" Mu Qingshan obviously thought of this question as well.

"Yes! This year, the sun has been basking for more than two months, and the harvest is definitely not good, so I am afraid that it will not be long before food prices rise. ”

"Chenghu, you can not talk about this big flood first, but you must tell everyone about the food, after all, this matter cannot be hidden from everyone."

"It's just that what should I do about this thing in this wilderness?"

"However, our first priority is to find the nearby town first, and inquire if this place will take us in, and we are making plans." Mu Qingshan thought for a long time before speaking.

"Okay, I'll look for my second brother in a moment to see how far the nearest town is from here."

At noon, when the big guy finished eating dry food and took a nap, Mu Chenghu found Mu Chengru who was relaxing by the woods.

Mu Chengru saw Mu Chenghu who suddenly came over, and said with palpitations: "Third child, you scared me to death." ”

Mu Chenghu smiled and said, "Second brother, I didn't mean to, I just came here to ask you how far it is from the nearby town." ”

"I really don't know this, you also know that the map in my hand is a map of the Black Salt Road, so naturally it is impossible to mark it so clearly." Mu Chengru said weakly.

When Mu Chenghu heard Mu Chengru's words, he thought that everyone would not pay attention at night, and quietly went to the bookshelf to find out if there was a detailed map of Qingzhou.

Mu Chengru on the side looked at Mu Chenghu who was in a daze and said, "Don't worry too much, let's not walk along the river now, generally speaking, there will be people living where there is a river, maybe we will meet people when we go again." ”

When Mu Chenghu heard Mu Chengru's words, he told him about the analysis of himself and Mu Qingshan.

Mu Chengru thought for a while and said, "Third child, although the situation is a little urgent now, it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion. ”

"Second brother, is there any good way?" Mu Chenghu hurriedly asked after listening to Mu Chengru's words.

"No, but I think you can walk along the river first, because even if there is really a big flood, you don't have to pack anything, you can avoid the big water by walking up the mountain immediately. And if you look at these mountains, you will see that although this place looks uninhabited, if you look closely, you will see that some places are much shallower and shallow, and these places do not look like paths. Mu Chengru said while pointing to the shallow grass on the mountain.

After listening to Mu Chengru's analysis, Mu Chenghu's nervous heart let go a lot.

"The second brother is really subtle." Mu Chenghu thought to himself, no wonder his father always said when he was alive that the smartest of our brothers was the second brother.

"Third child, why are you always distracted today." Mu Chengru looked at Mu Chenghu who was in a daze and said.

Mu Chenghu was shocked at his gaffe, so he hurriedly said, "It's time to go, let's go back!" ”

When he went to bed at night, Mu Chenghu went to the bookshelf without paying attention to it, but there was no detailed map of Qingzhou on the bookshelf. In this way, Mu Chenghu and his party had to continue walking along the riverbank.

During a nap at noon the next day, Mu Chenghu found Mu Qingshan and Mu Qingyuan and told him about Mu Chengru's analysis.

"Cheng Ru, it's a pity for that kid. If it weren't for the decline of our Mu family, he would definitely have achieved something. Mu Qingyuan said with a rare compliment.

"Who's to say it isn't! However, that kid just can't manage anything. Mu Qingshan looked at Mu Chenghu and said.

Why is Uncle Thirteen looking at me? Is it because I'm not as smart as my second brother, or because they want to change the village chief? I don't want to be an old mother! I have to worry about one or two hundred people a day, and I'm tired to death.

Mu Qingshan and the others looked at Mu Chenghu's expression, which changed again and again, and wondered if they had said something wrong just now.

"Chenghu, we don't mean anything else, don't think about it. We just think that the second child is more suitable for being an official. Mu Qingshan explained.

Mu Qingyuan listened to Mu Qingshan's description getting darker and darker, and said with some patience: "What are you talking about, does Chenghu still know his second brother." ”

"Sixth uncle, thirteenth uncle, I'm just thinking that my second brother is more suitable than me as the village chief, why did he go out to do business in the first place." Mu Chenghu saw that the two thought he was thinking too much, so he expressed his curiosity.

"A few of us know a little bit about this matter, I originally wanted your eldest brother to be the village chief, who knew that your eldest brother was indeed not suitable and your second brother refused to be the village chief because he liked to do business." Mu Qingshan recalled the events of that year.

"At that time, your second brother thought that it was better for everyone to stick to those few acres of thin fields than to go out to do business and make money, and your father thought that we had changed from a big family to a farmer, and we could no longer be willing to be a businessman, so your second brother took the Yao family to Qingping Town to open a shop in a fit of anger." Mu Qingyuan added.

"It's weird, I don't know any of these things." Mu Chenghu couldn't figure out why the sixth and thirteenth uncles were so clear about things that he didn't know.

"It's normal for you not to know, three years ago, your family of three fell down the hill and fell into a coma for more than three months on the way to the market with an ox cart, and that's what happened at that time." Mu Qingshan explained.

"At that time, we all thought that your family of three would not survive, but who knew that your family would wake up on the same day." Mu Qingyuan said with some embarrassment.

Mu Chenghu saw that the two of them mentioned the incident when the family of three passed through, so he hurriedly said, "Sixth uncle, thirteenth uncle, we should go." ”

Two hours later, someone in front of the line suddenly shouted, "Look, village chief, there's a house over there." ”

When Mu Chenghu heard this, he hurriedly ran to the front of the team to take a look, and saw that there were one or twenty houses not far away, and smoke rose in a few places.

"Let's stop for a moment, let's go and ask if they want us to spend the night here." Mu Chenghu beckoned everyone to stop. He and Mu Chengru went to the village to find out the news.

Mu Chenghu and his party just stopped and attracted the attention of the villagers, and after a while, many people gathered at the entrance of the village. When Mu Chenghu and the two arrived at the window, a group of people surrounded them.

Looking at the crowd around him, Mu Chenghu hurriedly said, "Our two brothers just came to inquire about some news, and we have no malicious intentions." ”

"Yes, we just wanted to ask how far the nearest market is." Mu Chengru saw it and said.

"The nearest market is more than a dozen kilometers from here, and from here to the three-way intersection in front of you, take the middle road and go all the way to the south." Said the person who took the lead.

After Mu Chenghu and the others heard the news and returned to the team, they told everyone that the people in this village were more vigilant and did not welcome outsiders to disturb them, so everyone could only find a place to camp in front.

In the evening, Mu Chenghu told everyone about the possible lack of food, and selected a few people to go to the town to buy some food the next day and come back, while he and Mu Chengru tried to find a way to inquire whether this place would accept refugees.