His own family accounted for almost half of the cake, and Qian was not stingy. He took out a piece of cake and divided it among ten people, which was only two or three bites per person. However, it was fine grain, with salt and sugar in it.

Dongming Ziyu ate his portion in two mouthfuls, untied the water hyacinth and drank two mouthfuls, then handed it to Dong Youliang, "Take a few mouthfuls each."

The rest of the people swallowed greedily, but their mouths were too dry, so they rolled their throats with difficulty. No one asked for it. These people were looking for food and water for them, so they should eat and drink something.

Dongming Ziyu and his group of ten people walked through the cracked fields in the morning light and arrived at the entrance of Zhuangzi. As soon as they saw the wide open door, their hearts sank to the bottom of the valley.

Dongming Ziyu smelled the rancid smell and motioned for everyone to put on masks.

Mr. Zhuangzi, in a group of two, searched the yard.

There was no one, or in other words, no living people. Occasionally, dead bodies could be seen. There were men, women, old and young. Judging from their clothing, they must be victims of the disaster who were passing by. Seeing such a big village, they also came looking for food and water.

There are cellars, but they are all empty. There is a well, and there are several corpses lying beside it. The buckets are dry mud, which should be dug from the bottom of the well. There is no water, so you can only eat mud.

Dalang was in a group with him, and they were a little desperate. They had almost run out of water, and they couldn't last more than a few days of food.

Dongming Ziyu looked into the well. It was so dark that he couldn't see the bottom. He found a piece of dirt and threw it in. There was a muffled "bang" sound, which was not the sound of falling into the water.

But he said: "It sounds like there is wet mud. I'll go down and have a look."

Dalang asked: "You are too tall, and I am thin and small, so you should tie the rope around my waist and use the pulley to lower me down."

"It doesn't have to be so troublesome." Dongming Ziyu grabbed the rope on the pulley with one hand, spread his legs to support the well wall, and jumped down into the well.

The movements are quick and smooth.

Da Lang straightened his eyes and admired his fourth uncle even more.

Dongming Ziyu reached the bottom of the well and found that there was also a corpse at the bottom of the well, with a handful of soil in his hand covering his mouth. Although there was no water at the bottom of the well, the soil was damp.

He pulled the well rope and said to the man above: "Quick! Call someone, I found a secret room with several jars of water and food hidden in it!"

When Dalang heard this, he almost cried with joy, whistled hurriedly, and then went to find a clean bucket.

Dongming Ziyu took advantage of this time and used the hatchet at his waist to pry open a few bricks on the well wall and dig a hole that could hold a bag of grain.

Take the grain bag out of the space, roll it in the hole, and soak it with some soil.

Quick footsteps were heard from above, and Dong Youliang's ecstatic voice came, "Fourth brother, is there really food and water?"

"Send someone back to call for more than 20 bags of grain and four large tanks of water." Dongming Ziyu tied the bag of grain to the well rope and said, "Pull!"

The windlass turned like a squeak, and when the people on it saw the grain, some people immediately ran back to call for help.

After a while, more than 200 people came. When they saw the food, many people knelt down and cried bitterly, thanking God and thanking their ancestors.

Dong Tieniu was very moved when he saw so many corpses and said: "Let's dig a hole on the spot and bury these people. Let's also accumulate some virtue."

Shangguan Ruoli reminded: "Don't touch these corpses with your hands! Children, follow me to wait outside the yard. The smell here is bad. Don't get sick, we don't have medicine."

She was reminding Dongming Ziyu that she had prepared pills and powder in the space, and took advantage of this rare opportunity to take them out from the space.

Although the spiritual spring water can strengthen the body, medicines to prevent plague, dysentery, reduce fever, and treat trauma must be prepared.

More than twenty bags of grain are each fifty kilograms. Dong Youlei and Mr. Dong make the final decision to distribute them according to people. It is recommended that everyone carry some with them to save the chance of being robbed and to prevent them from getting separated.

Nothing to eat.

A family can share two buckets of water, so they can save water and last for five or six days.

Dongming Ziyu pulled the well rope out of the well and said: "While we have food and water these days, we have to walk more roads every day and make more dry food that is convenient to eat. If there are many victims on the road, we can cook well."

Robbed."

After finding a yard where there were no dead people, everyone started cooking porridge. The flour was baked into cakes, and the rice was mostly fried, so it would last longer and be easier to eat.

Dongming Ziyu handed a bag to Qian, "Mom, this is medicine. The one in the green bottle is for preventing plague. You can give one pill to everyone every day and take it for five days."

Why give it to Mr. Qian and not Mr. Dong?

Because Qian, even though she looks like an old lady, is actually an official fan.

Mrs. Qian doesn't dare to be stingy with medicine. If someone gets the plague, everyone will be unlucky. But she feels sorry for the food. If her family eats it, it will be enough for more than two months!

Dongming Ziyu was gobbling it up one by one, "Why are you so stupid? So much food was given to them!"

Dongming Ziyu patted his belly and legs, "I have a bag of secrets on my body, and they are all wrapped separately."

Qian felt better and rolled her eyes at him fondly, "You're not completely stupid."

Dongming Ziyu smiled and said: "Don't worry, you won't be in trouble with your family."

Shangguan Ruoli was busy frying rice on the side. Looking at Dongming Ziyu's smile, he also smiled.

This guy really enjoys the family ties in this life. He has a lot more smiles and is very smoky.

The aroma wafted far away, and some victims followed the smell. The people on guard outside saw it and came into the yard to ask for instructions. They came in twos and threes, and there were not many people, so they gave each person a handful of fried rice and drove them away.

Dongming Ziyu remembered something and said to everyone: "I don't know when I will find food next time. I encounter victims begging for food on the road. I don't want any charity at all."

Everyone knew the importance of food and water and nodded silently.

After everyone ate and drank enough, they slept until the sun was no longer poisonous in the afternoon, and then they continued to set off towards the capital in the southeast.

There were not many corpses on the road. King Kang probably sent people to clean them out for fear of the plague.

But there are more and more victims, each with dull eyes, like zombies. Some are walking mechanically, some are kneeling on the roadside and kowtow to beg, some are lying feebly on the roadside waiting to die, and some are lying on the cracked ground.

In the field, he grabbed soil and mechanically stuffed it into his mouth.

Seeing Dongming Ziyu and his group being so energetic and pushing their belongings, many people's eyes lit up. They walked beside their team and chased people in the team to say New Year greetings and ask for alms.

"You are so energetic, you must have food and water, please give some charity!"

"Please, help me, my son is starving to death!"

"My daughter is going to die, please give her some saliva."

Everyone gritted their teeth and hurried on. Just two hours ago, they were about to starve to death.

In ancient times, the road was very narrow. Except for the official road, no one built it. When more people stepped on it, it became a road.

Therefore, the two hundred or so people from Dongzhou Village were walking in a long queue on the road.

Suddenly a woman screamed: "That's mine! Give it back to me! Please!"

"My water!"

Several victims rushed into the team, grabbed food and water, and disrupted the team.

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Chapter completed!