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Chapter 96: Not even wild vegetables
Chapter 96: Not even wild vegetables
Chapter 96: Not even wild vegetables
Chapter 96 Not even wild vegetables
The dozen or so officials who went into the county to buy food, squeezed their heads and ended up getting nothing.
The county yali also stipulates that the food supply to them is only for one day.
The team marched for three days under the scorching sun, and the officials and emissaries had no food, not to mention the exiles.
For three days, the officials did not even have dry buns.
This locust plague has only passed for six days, and all the wild vegetables in the field have been picked by the local people!
There are dry, cracked rivers and puddles everywhere, and there is not even a drop of water to be found along the way.
It was not until this time that the officials knew that hunger was not the most terrible thing.
Lack of water is the worst thing. Their throats are so dry that they dont even dare to drink.
The exiles are even better, they can't even make a sound of crying.
Jinniang is also no longer noisy! She is really tired.
Chu Lixuan didn't give her food or water for three days. He lay in the car during the day, motionless.
I was in the space at night, eating and drinking and digging fields desperately.
No one was accustomed to her, and Jin Niang was so dry that she couldn't cry, she was as listless as an eggplant beaten by frost, and she couldn't sit on the ground when it was hot.
Jinniang leaned on Chu Xiao's body, and Chu Lixiang walked half-supporting and half-carrying her all the way.
A master of Jinyiwei, who sleeps on a tree during the day, catches up with the team when it is getting dark, and waits for the team to settle down.
They went into the deep mountains to hunt as usual, and they found a source of water by good luck. There was half a pool of spring water in the deep mountains.
Zhao Yu sent one of his men down the mountain, calling for officials to lead people to fetch water.
The officials are very happy, there is finally water to drink, and if this continues, let alone criminals, even their small lives will not be guaranteed!
The official dispatched the lead and prepared to take a few team leaders to fetch water, so he had to drink enough first.
Calling the temporary workers to stay and watch the team, this is really dry mouth.
A squad leader took two sips of the water that Jin Yiwei gave him, picked up the gongs and drums, and shouted.
"Dong dong clang... Everyone pay attention, if you want to buy water, give us the bamboo tube, 10 taels of silver and one bamboo tube of water..."
"Is there any reason? I bought a meal and a bamboo water three days ago, and it was only five taels of silver."
The outlaw, who had not spoken for two days, said with a smoky voice.
"That is, let no one live, let's go, let's find water by ourselves."
"Go, rush..."
"What are you doing? Is there any king law?"
"What's the king's law? How much money you have earned from us along the way, and now it's even more black-hearted."
"We have to store the water ourselves, and we don't need the water at our expense, so why should we buy it from you?"
The scene was chaotic, out of control for a time, and the officials whipped the whip to no avail.
The prisoners swarmed up, and there were prisoners who didn't want to live desperately bumping into the officials.
These days of torment, they really can't stand it.
Especially on this last day, I haven't tasted a sip of water or wild vegetables.
The hungry exiles, even riots, have no power.
The officials didn't kill anyone either, because they didn't have the strength either.
But the scene was chaotic, and a group of people with little strength were pushing and shoving.
The grandmother of the eldest princess was also inactive, so the mother and son of the third concubine and the mother and daughter of the fifth concubine surrounded her in the middle.
Chu Xiao and Chu Lixiang supported Jin Niang, next to her grandmother, and the women in the second room were also next to them.
Seeing his grandmother and his family, he was about to be crowded by exiles and officials.
Jiang Xinyan slapped the top of the sill car open with a palm, and shouted in an angry voice: "If you want to eat, stand still and don't move."