Li Ping'an said, Chen Song didn't expect it.

Speaking of which, it is not the worst that they are now trapped in the mountains, after all, they moved early, the flood only washed away the houses and fields, and there were no casualties, and yesterday every family also went to buy food, although there is a shortage, but it can last for a while.

The real difficulties and crises are yet to come.

The flood at the foot of the mountain is huge, and the affected places must not only be Qingfeng County, but it is foreseeable that there are refugees in several surrounding counties and even more places.

When the flood waters receded, the people of Xiaochen Village, whether they were fleeing the famine or staying to rebuild the village and resume production, should always be on guard against the mob among the refugees.

In order to survive, these mobs may not dare to disobey officials and attack large households, but they definitely dare to attack people who are also refugees on the way to escape.

In addition to attacking the fleeing homeless people, the mob will also attack the villages along the way, grabbing food and money at the worst and killing people at the worst.

For Chen Song, who grew up in troubled times, the people's hearts after the natural disaster are even more miserable than the troubled times for those who survived the disaster.

Thinking of the many tragic scenes he had seen in his childhood, Chen Song's complexion changed and changed, and finally said to Li Ping'an impatiently: "Don't be verbose, just say what you have to say." ”

Li Ping'an didn't seem to hear it, and asked Li Erlin a question instead, "Dad, are we going to escape from the famine?" ”

Li Erlin hesitated: "I thought about it, but I didn't decide, let's wait for the flood to recede and see what the situation is, if you can't escape, you won't escape, even if you want to escape, you can't just run away from a few of us, the danger is too great." ”

Speaking of the back, Li Erlin glanced at Chen Song.

He had escaped, and he knew how dangerous it was on the way to escape, and at the beginning, half of the family went north with hundreds of people, and in the end there were less than twenty people left. If they still have to flee after this flood in the end, they can't escape from the Li family alone, their Li family is a few young and strong, but they can't protect a large family.

Chen Song knew what Li Erlin meant by this glance, but he couldn't give Li Erlin a positive answer. After all, he, the village chief, has only been in office for two days today, don't look at everyone looking for him now, but in fact, they have no choice but to find him here.

It's like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw.

When we can go down the mountain, maybe everyone will find their own way to survive.

Seeing that Chen Song's face was bitter, Li Ping'an also counted it, so he said: "Uncle Song, I suggest that you might as well take this opportunity to gather everyone together and open your mind to explain the benefits, the granary in the county has been burned, and the grain stored in the warehouse has been turned into ashes, we can't count on the government, we can only save ourselves." ”

"What chance?" Of course, Chen Song knew that he needed to save himself, but he didn't understand what Li Ping'an meant by taking this opportunity.

"Two wild boars." Li Ping'an looked in the direction where the crowd dispersed just now, "The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to draft water, there are mountains in front and behind our village, if you don't go, you can only find food in the mountains, but the mountains are not our village, and the things that can be eaten in the front mountains will be eaten up and robbed sooner or later, and at that time, you will either flee or venture into the mountains." Anyway, they have already gone into the mountains to fetch water, no matter how dangerous the mountains are just now, they can hear for a while, but they won't worry about it all the time. They are all going to starve to death, where is the death and how is it not death? ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Zhang Yu with a smile, and then said: "It's better to take this opportunity to tell them that they can organize and follow my uncle into the mountains to dig traps and hunt, with these two wild boars, they should be willing." In fact, what I just said to them was not only to worry about their safety, but also to make them realize that my uncle's hunting skills could play a lot of role in the future. ”

When Zhang Yu heard this, he hurriedly refused: "No, it's lucky to be able to hunt these two wild boars today, I can't guarantee that there will be a harvest every time, let alone a big harvest." Moreover, the mountains are indeed dangerous, and I have not been able to protect myself, so I dare not guarantee that there will be no accidents if I bring people in. ”

"But have you ever wondered, uncle, what will happen when they see you bring your prey out of the mountains again and again? From the moment you hunt two wild boars, you can only stand up unless we get rid of them. Li Ping'an didn't want Zhang Yu to take this risk, but things had already changed from the moment Zhang Yu set up the wild boar, "Uncle, you just shoulder this heavy responsibility, it doesn't matter if you can't hit the prey, there are still many wild vegetables and wild fruits in the mountains, as long as they have a bite to eat, we may keep more people, keep more people, to put it mildly, there are so many children in our family, we also need the protection of these people to be as safe as possible." ”

Zhang Yu was silent, saying what he wanted to say, he didn't want to, Zhang Xiaoshan, the youngest in his family, is also thirteen years old this year, not young, even if he brings Chen Taohua and Chen Zhaodi sisters, whether they hide in the mountains or escape from the famine, there is a high probability that they will survive. But the problem lies in the Li family, the Li family only has three adult men, one of them is still lame, and the eldest of the children is Li Ping'an, Li Dafang is impossible to ignore his mother's family, and he can't ignore Li Dafang.

And if they want to keep the children of the Li family as much as possible, Li Ping'an is right, they need those adult men in the village.

"Uncle, don't worry, I won't just let you take the risk alone, the idea is what I said, even if others don't want to, I will go with you, let's ...... Ouch! ”

Before Li Ping'an finished speaking, he was kicked over by Li Erlin, "Lao Tzu is not dead yet, just let you say a few words, do you still want to be the master?" Damn, you just stay outside for me honestly and take care of your mother and younger brothers and sisters! ”

It was rare to break the defense once, Li Erlin felt that it was not enough to relieve his anger after scolding, and gave Li Ping'an another kick before he calmed down his emotions, and said to Zhang Yu with a guilty face: "Brother-in-law, I'm really embarrassed, I'm going to drag you down." ”

"Forget it." Zhang Yu waved his hand and sighed, "It's all a family, and I can't ignore you." ”

Li Erlin also sighed and looked at Chen Song, "What Ping An said also makes sense, not only us at the moment, but also the village chief, your family also needs the protection of the men in the village, village chief, you should make plans early." ”

Chen Song nodded, "Let's go back and fill our stomachs first, you come to me after eating, I call the elders of the Shang clan, let's discuss it again." ”

What Li Ping'an said is only a general idea, and the specific implementation still needs to be carefully considered, and this is not something that a few of them can complete and decide, but Chen Song is in favor and wants to promote, putting aside the overall situation, and Li Ping'an and them only start from selfishness, as Li Erlin said, he is the only adult man left in his family, and a large family of women and children, old and young, also needs the help of the men in the village.