After seeing that everyone had their own measurements in their hearts, the village chief rang the gong in his hand.

"Starting tomorrow, I will make arrangements to work for another hour after work, and start work as soon as possible to make ice as soon as possible. Time waits for no one. The next thing is to work hard for everyone. ”

The villagers of Yishan Village still respect the village chief very much, and the Shen family is the leader, and the current situation is obvious to all. can survive unharmed, who wants to be displaced, and never have their own way back.

After reaching a consensus, the village chief let them disperse. Tomorrow is the most important thing, there are three addresses, but you will have to observe it in real time tomorrow to make a decision. Not too far away, but also hidden enough is the most suitable.

The workshop now volunteers to rush the coarse grain in the hands of the employees, so that they can stock up on food.

After the work, they spontaneously divided labor and cooperated to dig the kiln. With all their efforts, the kiln was finally completed in ten days.

Qin Ji's saltpeter was also delivered in time. Shen Xinran calculated that he could stock up on two kilns. This hurried to catch up, while making ice and digging kilns, and finally stockpiled the kilns in two places in a month.

The drought is getting worse, and it's like a sauna both indoors and outdoors. The workshop also began to slowly shut down. Village patrols are more intensive, already patrolling day and night. There are more and more people walking around the village.

At present, outsiders are not allowed to enter the village, and those who come must be verified and allowed to enter, but they cannot stay for more than an hour. After all, the news coming out there is bad news.

The well in the village is also running out of stock. Now there are restrictions on water use, and there are people staying at the well.

Most of the poultry on the farm is killed in soup and made into air-dried reserves. Huiwei Huidu has closed its doors and ceased business, and Huixian is still struggling to support.

The old grain in the town is fried to one tael and one catty, and the fine grain is fried to ten tael and one catty, and the price is still rising. The sound of sorrow resounded throughout the country. Huidong Town and neighboring towns are okay, after all, they are the first and second batch to promote planting, and they have more money and food in their hands. It is also their confidence that in the first half of the year, all the grain was left behind and hoarded, and the taxes were half of the grain and half of the silver.

The situation is getting worse and worse. It's almost autumn and September, the sun is scorching, and the wind is carrying a blazing heat.

Some of them were seriously affected, and the court had asked the local yamen to open a warehouse to give porridge, and some put pressure on merchants to control prices as much as possible and suppress unscrupulous merchants.

But the grain can still be mobilized a little bit, but the water and sap are all exhausted. Because of the drought, everywhere there are yellow, hungry and thin, real skin and bones.

Drought, famine.

Some have already left their hometowns and followed most of them in the direction of the capital. More and more heart-wrenching news is coming. The more drought, the more chaotic people's hearts become, the more chaotic the darkness hidden in human nature becomes, the more rampant it becomes, and the more it is put on the bright side.

Steal, rob, plunder, kill! One after another, the grass falls for the coward, and the mountain is the king from time to time.

Troubled times are here!

There is only one last well left in Yishan Village, and the water restriction is more strictly controlled. The surrounding area came to inquire about the news, and the people who borrowed food and water became more and more farther away.

The workshop has also been basically suspended, young and strong patrols in batches, only the women also sit around the village in pairs to sit in the cool and pay attention to the surrounding environment, and pick up the embroidery needle in their hands to make up for the family.

On this day, the Shen Xinran sisters went out to inspect the Hui Fiber store, after all, there are still three shops in the town to raise, although two of them are not open, but the employees are all in Hui Fiber, and they are working more and more dedicated, all of them are trembling as if walking on thin ice, afraid of being fired.

The town street is becoming more and more depressed, and people used to come and go, shouting and buying endlessly, but now Monroe is a bird. The food and drink are all closed, and the streets are open in all directions, and you can see it all the way to the end.

Needless to say, I know what the situation is.

The pavement is also a heat wave after wave, but no one dares to make a sound, sweat is like rain, and the ground can be used as a mirror.

Shen Xinran knew what they were afraid of, and dismissing them now would undoubtedly make things worse for their family.

An eerie silence permeated the Hui Fiber store. There is no customer, all of them are employees, and more than 60 people are all in Huixian.

The two sisters looked at each other and were immersed.

I'm afraid that a carriage will stop at the door, and the clever one will already catch up. Although he is not a customer, he is Shen Siye, who he has not seen for a long time. The clever little guy hurriedly took the horse rope from Dongfang's hand, waited for them to get out of the car, and rushed to the back.

"Fourth Master, they're back." Someone outside immediately reported it to them.

"The fourth uncle is back." The two of them were happy, and they were also worried about them. Whenever he heard that the drought was getting worse, Shen Xinran regretted letting them go out to stock up on food and water. Although everyone doesn't mention it, the worry in the eyes can't be hidden.

I finally came back, and my heart was relieved. Just come back.

The three of them lost weight, and they traveled for a long time, although they did not eat and stay, but they could not eat enough. Fortunately, they were prescient and prepared, otherwise it would not have been the case when they returned.

"Fourth uncle, you have lost a lot of weight."

"We say it inside."

In the office of Hui Fiber, the three of them sit, and the manager of Hui Fiber had a look at the water and gave them water and withdrew. The first batch of store managers have been stationed in various towns, and their subordinates are in charge of several stores, and the current ones are rising from behind.

"It's all done. But the drought is getting worse and worse, and the road is full of displaced people, and it will soon come to our town. Shen Youlu told everything he saw and heard on the road with a sad face.

"But I haven't heard of people starving to death in neighboring towns and around our town, but I look much thinner than before."

"Well, it's hard to buy grain now, and the old grain is empty as soon as it comes out, let alone fine grain. Once there is an influx of refugees, the yamen will definitely open a warehouse to give food, and once the refugees enter the town, it will be overcrowded. "Danger also comes with it.

"Second sister, you go and ask the steward to let them all come over and gather outside." Shen Xinran frowned, and her sorrow could not be dissolved.

"What do you think of?"

"Soon it was chaotic, and there was a massive influx of refugees into ......" Needless to say, I saw it all the way. The uncle and nephew fell into deep thought.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Shen Youshe told them everything he heard and saw on the road one by one, and he did not add fuel and vinegar, and sought truth from facts.

"Owner, I don't need monthly money, please don't take care of me." An employee has a weak psychological capacity, and the more he listens, the more frightened he becomes, how many people have been displaced and have no place to return in this drought. There is still a meal here, and you can save a mouthful of food for your family, if you take care of it, then it is difficult to say whether you can survive this dry year.

"And us!"

“……”

“……”

People are panicked for a while, and what they are afraid of is that at this time, they have been working hard and rushing to work, just because they are afraid that the owner will solve them.

The stewards also stiffened, and they were also afraid, especially since Huiwei and Huihui had closed their doors a month ago, and the two of them were flocking to Huixian just in case. The restaurants with seniority outside closed their doors and sent the workers home, and only they waited in trepidation.

Worried and helpless, who dares to raise so many irrelevant people in this dry year. This collection was like the straw that broke the camel's back.

A psychological breakdown and crying, just like the Nomi card, one down, one down. Like a contagion, one by one. No one is afraid of being the one who is abandoned.