It took half a month, Zhao Xiuzhu and the three of them traveled a long distance to the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce, and got 20,000 stone of disaster relief food from Tang Yuanju, the president of the Chamber of Commerce.

And the way back is not so difficult.

With Tang Yuanju's help, the three of them returned on fast horses, and they returned smoothly in only three days.

Then, three days later, the grain escorted by the carriage was also sent to Kaiyang County in batches.

On this day, Zhao Xiuzhu officially took office as the county magistrate and distributed disaster relief food to the people.

Such a move won him the support and appreciation of the people.

After all, just after the people's grain was eaten by locusts, you suddenly came to take office with 20,000 stones of grain and grass.

and distributed the grain and grass to the people, so that they would no longer go hungry because they had nothing to eat.

Don't say that you are a county commander appointed by the above.

Even if you are just an ordinary person, the people will respect you as if you were a county magistrate.

After taking office, Zhao Xiuzhu began to distribute relief food.

These 20,000 stones of grain and grass cannot shine at one time.

After all, if people store grain at home, accidents may occur.

And if it is placed in the county warehouse, as long as it is not set on fire by gangsters, it is completely safe.

Moreover, it is not a good thing to provide too much food and grass to the people at one time.

It is better to distribute a batch first, and it should be emergency.

Then, when the people were assigned to work and do things, they were rewarded with grain and grass.

It's a good idea to kill two birds with one stone!

After arranging the grain and grass, the problem returns to the previous problem.

How to resolve the grievances and gaps between the indigenous tribes and the people of Kaiyang County.

Tang Yuanju is not optimistic about this.

He provided 20,000 stones of grain and grass entirely for the future, not for the future of Kaiyang County.

At this time, Zhao Xiuzhu also began to fulfill his promise, followed He Xiang, and went to the mountains to find the traces of his best friend Xiao Yu.

If Xiao Yu is found in distress on the mountain, it proves that he was unlucky and lost in the mountain.

And if it is not found, then it can only target the indigenous tribes.

That Xiao Yu really died in the hands of the natives.

So I am afraid that He Xiang's knot is not easy to untie.

Thanks to Zhao Xiuzhu's high momentum at this time, the people were very willing to go with the two to find it.

After all, such a search is not without their benefits.

There are many treasures in the mountains.

For the people of Kaiyang County.

Going to the mountains to search for something valuable is just a matter of routine.

And now, there is an extra task to find someone, which is just a matter of hand, and it doesn't take much effort.

Because of this, when they were preparing to set off, it was Zhao Xiuzhu, Qingniu, He Xiang and the little scholar.

But when I really got to the mountains, it was a huge group of people in Kaiyang County.

Speaking of which, this mountain is indeed a treasure trove.

There are three large mountains near Kaiyang County.

It is called Suiyang Mountain, Chunyang Mountain, and Ziyang Mountain.

The natives live farther afield, on the Chuanyang Mountains.

Due to the distribution of the terrain and the difference in light, the vegetation covered by the three mountains is also different.

Considering that Xiao Yu went to the mountain to find food for the children in the private school.

So Zhao Xiuzhu chose the first target in Chunyang Mountain.

There are a lot of mushrooms produced here.

Some of them are edible.

Of course, there are also toadstools that have hallucinogenic effects, and some are even highly toxic.

When Zhao Xiuzhu mobilized the people, he also emphasized that they should not eat wild mushrooms in the mountains at will.

However, the people live in Kaiyang County all the year round, and they are very familiar with these, so they naturally know what can and cannot be picked.

What can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.

However, after searching all day, no one saw Xiao Yu's bones.

But a few of the people tripped over the vines while going up and down the hill and were injured.

Zhao Xiuzhu had to arrange for other people to send them back to the county for treatment.

On the way back, Zhao Xiuzhu looked at the lost He Xiang and comforted:

"We just found this mountain, maybe Xiao Yu is in another mountain!"

"What's more, this Chunyang Mountain, we don't search every corner! Maybe somewhere we overlooked, there are some clues left by Xiao Yu!"

Hearing this, He Xiang shook his head: "Lao Zhao, I'm not disappointed that I didn't find Xiao Yu, it's just that my heart is a little complicated!"

Hearing He Xiang say this, Zhao Xiuzhu showed doubts.

I saw He Xiang continue: "To be honest, I didn't find Xiao Yu, I am glad in my heart."

"For, if he is found, it proves that he died in the mountains three years ago."

"Although my heart has long been prepared for this, I always have a trace of luck, what if, what if Xiao Yu doesn't die?"

"It's just that if Xiao Yu didn't die, why didn't he appear in Kaiyang County?"

"Did you flee here under the pretext that the child was looking for food?"

When Zhao Xiuzhu heard this, he pondered for a while, and then said:

"Do you think he's like that?"

When He Xiang heard this, he didn't think about it, and immediately replied, "Xiao Yu is naturally not such a person! Otherwise, how would I have befriended him?"

Zhao Xiuzhu opened his mouth and said, "Isn't this enough, since you know his personality, you understand that he will not abandon the children of Kaiyang County Private School because of this."

"Then why do you have to suffer from gains and losses?"

When He Xiang heard this, he was silent for a moment and said, "People change!"

"Even myself, in the situation that Xiao Yu is in, I don't know what to do."

"Do you want to be alone, or do you continue to struggle to survive for the students of the private school?"

"And what will Xiao Yu think, how to do it?"

Zhao Xiuzhu was silent for a moment and said:

"I've never been a private school teacher."

"But I have a teacher named Qin Fan."

"My teacher used to discuss something similar."

"If there is a disaster, you have the ability to find a way out, but this way out is also fraught with risks."

"At the same time, you have a way out."

"Choosing a way out is equivalent to cutting off your own retreat, and you may find a way to survive for everyone."

"Or maybe you'll die in the middle of the way."

"And if you choose to retreat, you can save your life in peace. But whether you will regret it in the future is only known to you."

He Xiang blinked and asked, "Then which path did your master choose in the end?"

Zhao Xiuzhu shook his head and said, "Master is just assuming, he is not faced with such a choice."

"But he once said: All choices must follow the heart."

"If you want to save everyone at this moment, then don't have any worries, just choose the way out."

"And if you are worried about life and death, please go straight to the retreat and don't give yourself a chance to regret it."

"Everything is a choice, just follow your heart."