SFS Chapter 190 The Flood Recedes
Chapter 190 The Flood Recedes
When the two of them passed by, they happened to see that there was still some food on their cart, so they thought of persuading Tian Funiang.
Tian Fu Niang initially wanted to explain that she had no food left, but then she saw Lu Tianming and the others saw the food on the cart.
There was a moment of embarrassment on his face, but then he explained that his grandson was afraid of being hungry and could not go without food.
The old village chief wanted to say something, but was drowned out by Tian Funiang's crying and throwing a tantrum.
After all, the grain did belong to Tian Funiang, and the old village chief and Lu Tianming could not force her not to take back her grain.
Moreover, even if Lu Tianming found a way to get food and appease Tian Funiang this time.
But as long as the flood does not recede, the food in the cave will eventually run out.
When every household is about to run out of food, this scene will happen again, and the situation may even be worse!
Lu Tianming went back worriedly. He could only hope that the flood would recede soon.
Otherwise, except for God to send down food, there is no other way to stop the people in the team from fighting over food.
At the entrance of the cave, Lu Qingqing saw Tian Fu Niang bringing the locusts back and noticed the expressions of the people around her.
Among them, the three families of Zhuzi, Erxi and Lu Laosan were the most nervous, fearing that others would take the opportunity to ask for the food back.
In the crowd, many people looked at the bag of grain that Tian Funiang took back with envy.
But because we had been together for some time, I didn't have the courage to go up and ask for food.
Seeing this, Lu Qingqing also breathed a sigh of relief. The longer the team could hold steady, the better.
I hope the flood at the foot of the mountain can recede as soon as possible!
After this incident, everyone in the cave became even more silent.
Even the children could feel the atmosphere of the cave, but before that they had to be restrained by adults and not allowed to make any noise.
At this moment, they all stayed quietly beside the adults.
From that day on, Lu Tianming began to check the flood situation at the foot of the mountain twice a day.
The atmosphere in the cave became increasingly tense.
In the past few days, several families were running out of food and water, and more and more people came to these three families to ask for food.
But the food of these three families was almost exhausted, and several disputes arose.
During this period, some people went out to the mountains to look for food.
But the edible wild vegetables in the mountains had already been dug up by the refugees, and the drought of recent days would prevent any new ones from growing.
Those who went out wanted to go further in, but they kept encountering corpses along the way.
Not long after walking out, the man was frightened back.
In the end, he only brought back some bark.
The woman ground the bark into powder and tried to eat it, but it was too dry and made her very thirsty.
But there wasn’t much water at home, so I could only take a sip when I was about to choke.
After eating like this for a few days, the whole family couldn't even defecate.
In desperation, he had to stop eating tree bark.
The food at home can only last for a few days, but if we continue to eat tree bark, I'm afraid we will collapse before we finish the food.
Lu Qingqing saw several large blisters on Lu Tianming's mouth and knew that he was getting angry due to anxiety.
Early that morning, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang went to check the flood situation at the foot of the mountain.
When she saw that the flood at the foot of the mountain had disappeared, Lu Qingqing thought that she had been looking forward to the flood receding every day, and that this was why she was hallucinating.
When Lu Qingqing heard Qin Lang also say that the flood had receded, she finally confirmed that it was true.
The flood really receded!
The two hurried back to the cave and told everyone the good news.
Hearing the news that the flood had receded, everyone in the cave cheered.
Many sentimental women wiped their tears and muttered to themselves.
"We are saved, we can survive!"
Before, each family watched helplessly as the food and water gradually dwindled, making many people in the team feel like they were waiting to die.
Lu Tianming finally smiled for the first time in these days.
He stood up suddenly, calling out to County Magistrate Yao, Master Yan, Lu Qingqing, Qin Lang and others, intending to go down the mountain to check the situation.
Several people put on scarves and walked down the mountain with weapons.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Lu Qingqing and the others were still shocked by the scene before them.
The whole scene was horrific. The ground was covered with mud, rotten trees and various unrecognizable corpses.
Most of these corpses were human, with a small number of animal corpses among them. They had all been swollen and turned white, half-buried in the mud, and looked like they would explode at any time.
Before she got close, Lu Qingqing smelled a foul odor that went straight to her head.
She reacted quickly, covering her face with her scarf and shouting for everyone to quickly go up the mountain.
Following Lu Qingqing's reminder, Lu Tianming and Yao Xiancheng and others also quickly went up the mountain. They did not stop until they ran a long way away.
The flood brought with it a large number of plague patients. The corpses and mud left behind after the flood receded were also unsafe, and people were unable to get close to them for a short period of time.
After they returned, Lu Tianming told everyone about the situation.
Although everyone was a little disappointed, they could still see hope as the flood receded.
At this moment, people no longer disliked the scorching sun as before, and even hoped that the sun would be stronger so that they could leave this place sooner.
On the tenth day after the flood receded, when Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang went down the mountain early in the morning to check the situation, they unexpectedly saw two refugees coming down the mountain.
The two refugees were each carrying a small bag and a water bag hanging around their waists. They looked very thin, but they did not stagger when they walked.
When they saw the big knives on Lu Qingqing and the other man's waists, they subconsciously moved around them before continuing to walk down.
Lu Qingqing watched the two people walk down the mountain and saw that they were walking on the dried mud, getting farther and farther away.
In fact, after being exposed to the sun for these days, the mud on the ground has long dried up.
There was no problem walking or riding in a carriage, but the body, half covered in mud, still gave off a smell.
After returning to the cave, before Lu Qingqing could say anything, everyone else was talking about the two refugees who had just passed through the cave entrance.
Behind the heated chat, everyone wanted to set off early.
A few days ago, when the mud on the ground dried up, some people wanted to leave.
However, he was frightened by what Lu Tianming said about the corpses of plague patients in the mud.
Now that they saw someone had left first, those people could no longer suppress their emotions.
Zhuzi's father raised his voice and said to Lu Tianming:
"Let's go too. There's really no food left at home. We'll starve to death if we wait any longer."
Seeing this, the others followed suit.
Looking at everyone's attitude, Lu Tianming knew that no one could wait any longer.
Thinking about the limited food and water left in each household, he nodded in agreement.
Seeing Lu Tianming nod, each family couldn't help but cheer. They could finally go down the mountain!
Every family hurried back to pack their luggage. In fact, their food and water were almost used up.
It didn't take long for each family to pack up their belongings.
The first things to be transported down were the carts from each household.
Still following the previous practice, several companies worked together to transport the goods downstream. When they encountered difficult places, several people carried the goods across that section.
Because the mountain road was dry, walking down this time was not as difficult as when it rained before.
Before noon, all the carts from each family had been transported away.
During this time, the women followed and carried things from each family.
When moving things out for the last time, Lu Qingqing looked back at the cave where she had lived for a long time.
Everything inside was emptied out, even the oilcloth in the reservoir was dug out and taken away.