Northern Henan has been dry for a long time, there is no shadow of water vapor in sight, large and small ponds are drying up to the bottom, and the trees that have been stripped of their bark on the roadside are dying with their heads curled up.

Everyone walked for three days, the sun on their heads was still scorching, the old cow pulling the cart shook his tongue and walked three times, walked to a cool place and knelt down directly, Xu Jingyang broke two rattans before he could barely let the old cow move.

In order to shelter from the sun, Shen Yinxing cut some branches, asked Xu Jingyang to rub some hemp rope, and then used a quilt to build a simple shack on the ox cart.

Haoyue hid in the ox cart in a daze, like a shrunken leaf, pitifully curled, the high temperature for several days made her unable to eat at all, she could only nibble on some radish and sweet potatoes hoarded in the space, Haoyue was young and weak, and the whole family gave her most of the vegetables and fruits with water to eat.

Haoyue knew that she was very happy compared to the hungry people outside who could only gnaw on tree bark and chew leaves to quench their thirst.

After a while, the second girl next door came over, lifted the corner of the quilt of the ox cart, and handed in a slender columnar object.

Hao Yue took it in her hand and saw that it was actually a green-skinned sugarcane, thinking that it should be brought back by the eldest man of their family who traveled from south to north to become a trader, which is really a rare good thing.

The green sugar cane exudes a refreshing fragrance, and the smell of it makes your mouth feel as if your teeth have chewed the crisp and sweet sugar cane until the juice overflows.

Haoyue swallowed her saliva, then broke the sugarcane into four and gave it to her father and brother.

Shen Yinxing pushed back for a while, but he still couldn't resist Haoyue's plea.

Xu Jingyang touched Haoyue's little head: "Well, yes, I know how to honor my father." ”

Haoyue's mute brother took it and gnawed it, and his sister gave him what to eat.

Later, the family chewed the sweet sugar cane with relish, and refused to let go until the snow-white sugar cane foam was chewed without a trace of sweetness.

On the next road, Haoyue received feeds from the villagers from time to time, and when she woke up, there were a few more radishes, eggs, and some fried soybeans on the roof of the car.

Everyone walked for another two days, and at this time, the water tanks carried by every household had bottomed out, and the vegetables and fruits in the hazy moon space were almost finished, so they had to find the water source quickly.

A person can go three days without food, but not three days without water.

The trees along the road are full of bare branches, and it is impossible to chew the leaves to quench your thirst.

"There's water! There's water! There's a pond in front that hasn't dried up yet! A villager pointed to a depression not far away and shouted excitedly.

Hearing that there was a pond in front of her, Haoyue immediately got out of the ox cart, and saw a fine silver light shining from a bush not far away, Haoyue moved and swallowed her throat as hot as a knife, and then pulled her brother and ran towards the small pond.

There is a clear pond in the eye, although the water level in the pool has dropped a lot, but it is still sparkling, and there are some emerald green aquatic plants floating on the surface of the pool.

The villagers who had been thirsty for a long time rushed to the edge of the pool to drink heartily, and Haoyue's mute brother also picked up a pool of translucent water and handed it to Haoyue's mouth.

"Brother, you can't drink raw water, we have to boil it and drink it." Although Haoyue was very thirsty, she knew that there might be many corpses of rats, ants, insects and snakes in an open-air pool like this, and most of the plagues in ancient times were caused by drinking problematic water.

"Yue'er is right, if you don't boil the water, it will be easy to have diarrhea after drinking, so it's better for everyone to boil the water and drink it." Shen Yinxing rubbed Haoyue's little head.

The clear pool water was in front of them, and the throat was already smoking, and those villagers who grew up drinking raw water couldn't resist the temptation at all, so they drank the pool water directly.

Shen Yinxing looked helpless, so he didn't care anymore, turned around and boiled water.

Xu Jingyang also walked over with the old cow, apparently wanting the old cow to drink freely, but everyone was lying on the shore to drink water, and he was not easy to pass.

Haoyue wanted to wash her face away from the heat with the clear pool water, but because the water level dropped, there was still some distance from the shore to the pool, so she could only let her brother put his arm around her waist and lower it.

As soon as her little hand touched the surface of the water, she noticed that there seemed to be something in the aquatic plants next to her.

Curiously, she opened the aquatic weeds with her hand, and the things in the potential water instantly floated up.

It was a dead body that had been soaked, and the corpse happened to be close to Haoyue's face.

The faces of the dead bodies were pale and pale.

At that moment, Haoyue's face was also miserable and pale.