Chapter 351: Difficult
The deserted ancient village seems strange, but until dawn, the night is peaceful, and nothing happens.
From the afternoon to the dawn of the next day, everyone slept comfortably.
When they walked out of the door one after another, they were all stunned when they saw the heavy snow outside.
The snow was so great that it was half a leg deep overnight, which was unbelievable.
Listening to other people's meanings, it has also snowed in Yunzhan Mansion in previous years, but I have never seen such thick snow.
The most uncomfortable thing is that the snow is still falling, although it is not as heavy as last night, but it has no intention of stopping.
In this way, Ma Chuan's worries will be fulfilled, and the next trip will inevitably be seriously hindered by this heavy snowfall.
The passage of the procession was carried by horses and wagons.
The horses are okay to say, and their speed is affected in the snow.
The carriage is difficult, although the official roads are paved, there are still many potholes and muddy sections.
On weekdays, horse-drawn carriages can pass through a slower way, but after heavy snowfall, the situation is completely different.
Evian had a separate carriage, and in addition to the first time, there were four other carriages, which were used to carry supplies and baggage, but now they were not idle, and the packages of the forty or fifty people were all piled up inside.
It is not impossible to give up the carriage and take out the package, but it will invisibly increase the weight of the horse, and then it will seriously affect the journey.
These are not the hardest things, the most rare is that in bad weather conditions, people's actions are bound to double the physical exertion.
Food became a top priority.
Eating dry food and drinking plenty of water on the road can also satisfy your hunger.
And nowadays, people can't bear it at all just by relying on cold dry food, and problems will soon arise.
Everyone rode their horses and struggled to move forward in the wind and snow, and the speed was already very slow.
But the oncoming snow almost makes people unable to open their eyes.
The nose was out of breath, and the mouth couldn't close after opening the mouth to breathe, which was particularly tormenting.
It's just one morning, and some people can't stand it.
The first one to be planted from the horse's back was a man named Baliang on Wu Zhong's side.
When they were discovered, they were dying.
Wu Zhong still had a little conscience, and did not abandon his little brother, but begged everyone to stop and save Baliang.
But the problem is that when you go to the middle of the road, you can't go to the village in front of you, you can't go to the back of the store, and there is not even a shelter nearby.
He could only vacate one of the carriages, temporarily place eight taels in it, and give him a few clothes or something.
After Qian was sealed, there were no more medical officers in the team.
Everyone is gossiping, but it's all about experience.
Xiao Qin was also not sure whether Baliang was caused by hypothermia, or whether it was a coma caused by long-term physical consumption and malnutrition.
I touched my body temperature and felt normal.
It is strange that there is neither a low temperature nor a high fever.
The only way at the moment is to rush to the next village, or market town or something, as soon as possible, and find a local doctor to help Batael.
The difficulty is here, after Ma Chuan carefully compared the diagram of the official road, he told everyone in frustration that the next market town that can travel the scale is more than 60 miles away from here.
At the current speed of the procession, it would take at least three days to reach the market town.
Whether you can bear it in the past three days or eight taels will be a big trouble.
There were no medical officers in the team, no medicine, and the only way to keep him warm was the only thing that could be done at the moment.
"Where's the station?" Wu Zhong anxiously pointed to the road ahead: "Ma Xianxian, how far is the next post station?" When you get to the post station, boil some hot water and eat hot food, maybe it will be much better. ”
Ma Chuan still shook his head: "The nearest post station ahead is forty miles away, according to normal weather, I can arrive before dark, but now I ......"
"It's really not good, let's go back to the previous deserted village first." Lu Chong suggested: "At least there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and you can also make a fire." ”
Lu Chong's proposal was indeed a solution, but it was quickly vetoed by Ma Chuan and others.
Ma Chuan meant that he had already been out all morning, and if he returned at this time, he might not be able to rush back before dark.
Even if you can rush back, if the wind and snow don't stop for a short time, it's not just a matter of eight or two people.
The team's dry food is already stretched thin, and they have planned to go to the next market town to buy some, if they are trapped in a deserted village for a long time, all the big guys will go hungry, this is not a joke.
Er Mazi was very unhappy when he heard it.
scolded Ma Chuan in front of him for being cold-blooded, his life was at stake, and he was thinking about hurrying away.
The three groups of people argued for a while, but Xiao Qin remained silent on the side.
It's not that he doesn't want to say something, it's that he has no idea.
Some words are very inappropriate to say at this time, when they were in Fengshi Village, if they hadn't made a fuss about distributing rations, would there be a food crisis in front of them?
Both opinions are justified.
If you go back to a sheltered place, you will be replenished by moving forward.
It's just that each has fatal flaws, one is that the food is in danger, and the other is that time waits for no one.
Unless you decisively give up eight taels.
Wu Zhong's side was definitely unwilling to give up Baliang, after all, he was a brother who came out with them to know the roots.
Give up on him, and maybe next time it will be your turn to be abandoned.
Everyone was arguing, and if it wasn't for Evian coming forward to stop him, he would have been able to fight.
"Xiao Qin, you have something to say." Evian was in a hurry.
Xiao Qin was very pleased, what does this mean, it shows that Evian subconsciously regards Xiao Qin as his last support.
Every time I encounter big trouble, I will unconsciously think of Xiao Qin.
This is a long-term and imperceptible sense of dependence, which cannot be quit.
"Brother Ermazi." Xiao Qin said in a deep voice: "Huang Ye is not here at this time, but he will come back sooner or later, you must be sure of this." ”
"Even if it is for the sake of Huang Ye's face, you give me Xiao Qin a little bit of thin noodles, we have to listen to Ma Chuan in this matter."
"Okay, it's not impossible to give you face, you have to say something." Er Mazi shouted: "Go forward, if eight taels die, whose is it?" ”
Xiao Qin smiled, angry and laughed back, this is not enough, and he began to assign responsibility, which is really interesting.
"Brother Ermazi, what you said is not right." Shanhu stood beside Xiao Qin: "It's not impossible to return to the deserted village, and if someone still dies, will it be counted on your head?" ”
Xiao Qin missed Huang Kang very much at this time.
If he is here, where is there so much trouble, no matter how stubborn Er Mazi is, he has to listen to Huang Kang's arrangement.
This person's heart, most of the time they guess each other,