More importantly, the problem of water sources, even if they deliberately choose mountains close to the water source during the summer vacation, but there are still soldiers who die of lack of water every day, and more because they can't stand the hunger and thirst and have a luck mentality, they go out to find water and food during the day and fall halfway.

The ending, of course, was a quick replay of body moisture, and a few weeks later, a dried corpse fell on the side of the road.

As for the animals in the deep mountains, they instinctively search for life before the extreme heat arrives, or hide in the deep mountains and old forests, or migrate to the snow-covered mountains in the north, all struggling to survive.

In the first month of extreme heat, most of the people survived, except for a few who thought they were lucky and were the first to be eliminated.

In the second month of extreme heat, all luck is lost, except for more than an hour at night to make a living, most people hide in the lower temperature underground or in mountain caves to reduce their activities.

Even if the thirsty lips are chapped, it is only a small sip gently, and the people who survived this month basically persevered, especially the people of Gu Yan, after all, it is not a problem to save a season of grain and add wild vegetables and grass roots to persist for a year or two, provided that there is water.

In the third month of extreme heat, some people began to be restless, not all of them have enough water storage utensils, although some have stored some water, but it has been three months, even if they save extreme water, it is decreasing a little bit, plus the high temperature volatilizes a lot of water is not much.

Many people began to be restless again, and after a year and a half of experiencing darkness, they especially understood this kind of despair, and almost every family did not leave people, even if it was activities, they took turns in their own yards.

March is extremely hot, even if the Yunhe River has not dried up in Lingyun Prefecture for a hundred years, only those at the bottom of the riverbed remain, that is, these will dry up in a short time, except for the people who live by the Yunhe River, there is still a chance to fetch some water every day, and the distance has basically given up the possibility of fetching water, because there is no place to go, and the nearby creek has already dried up, and the wells in the town or village have been completely dried up in a few days.

Except for the deep mountains and old forests, the plants can occasionally see a little green, and the others basically died not long after the arrival of extreme heat.

But even so, as the days went by, the desire for water finally triumphed over the little humanity left in the heart, and chaos began.

Even if the time they can spend outside each day is limited, more and more people are taking risks in order to survive and survive.

It was night, although it was late at night, the moonlight overhead was as bright as a mirror, like a waterfall in the mountains pouring down, and the light sprinkled on the whole land, covering the dark night with a layer of mysterious fine sand, and the shadow was not very real.

From time to time, there were figures crowding, followed by cries of fighting despair, and many more people closed their doors and hid their ears in the cellars or in the pits under the houses.

Wangjia Village.

This is a big village surnamed Wang, it can be said that the people in the whole village except for the daughter-in-law who married are almost all surnamed Wang, and almost the whole village is related to the family, and it is precisely because of this that they can survive in the dark period of a year and a half, except for the old and frail Most of the sacrifices to protect Wangjia Village survived.

It is because of enough unity and mutual trust, and even more so because of the convincing of Wang Dashu, the village head of Wangjia Village, that the whole village collectively defended Wangjia Village even if it was faced with death.

"Uncle ...... the village chief" gently knocked on the door, accompanied by a deep shout.

There was no response, just footsteps coming from within.

"Daejeon ......"

"It's me, Uncle Village Chief, I'm here to ask if our village should start a vigil in turn, and I'm always uneasy."

Thanks to the village chief, although it is extremely hot now, and several wells in the village have long been out of water, there is really no shortage of water in their village.

This started a few months ago, since they received the grain and met with the head of Huajia Village, after planting the grain, their village chief pondered the words of the village chief of Hua, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was wrong, and he always felt that there was something in the words.

Since reminding them to store more water does not mean that there may be a shortage of water in the future, looking at this scorching summer day and thinking of the extreme cold of the year, Wang Dashu always has an ominous premonition.

So the whole village was mobilized to store water, store water storage utensils, and make their own if they couldn't buy them, there were fallen trees everywhere, and bamboo with buckets thick was not also ready-made water storage utensils.

But Wang Dashu always felt that it was not enough, so he led the villagers to dig up the surrounding villages that were no longer empty, and dug out a lot of water tank clay pots from them.

Forget it, no, and then he took the whole village to continue digging the cellar in his own yard, which was a water-filled cellar, and all the brick and stone walls were picked up from other places, and in order to prevent the water from penetrating, the stone wall and wall crossing alone came to three layers.

There are still oilcloths between the layers, and the peasant families do not have a large amount of oilcloth, although it is really distressing to think that their village was able to hold on to the darkness of that year and a half with minimal casualties under the wise leadership of the village chief.

As long as I think of this, even if some people think that the village chief is too cautious, or even a little worrying, when I think of what the village chief said, it is not completely unreasonable.

Since the extreme cold has passed, the flood has receded, and it has been hot for a few months now, normally the season should have changed, and the temperature has already dropped in autumn according to the month, but the sun in the sky is still fierce, who is not talking about the scorching heat, but it is not much different from the usual high summer, and even a little hotter.

When the village chief didn't say anything, they didn't think it was too abnormal, but when the village chief mentioned this, everyone also felt a little different, thinking that floods and droughts often go hand in hand, and combined with the current weather, they were also uneasy.

Regardless of what the village chief said was right or wrong, whether it was useless or not, it was always a waste of energy, and it was better to be prepared than not to be prepared.

There is also the trust in the village chief that makes them unable to say no, and the village chief is so worried about labor for them.

As a result, almost every household dug a large water cellar in the backyard, laid a double layer of tarpaulin, and it took many days to fill the cellar with water, not counting the amount of water stored in the original cellar of each family, almost except for food is water, even in the houses where they live.

Therefore, although the extreme heat has been three months long, there is no shortage of water in Wangjia Village, but they do not dare to squander it at will, after all, no one knows when the extreme heat will end, in addition to the amount of water needed to make food, the water to drink every day is only a scoop, although this is much stronger than the amount of water that other people can only drink a few sips per person every day.

The temperature at night is more than ten degrees lower than during the day, and now there is a shortage of water, and some of the prime men in good health have no problem holding on for more than an hour and a half outside, as long as the speed is fast enough, it is not impossible to do something.

Thinking of these people in Wangjia Village, they couldn't help but feel angry and uneasy, so they thought it would be better to make plans as soon as possible.

(End of chapter)