Chapter 64 Where Is the End?

Gu Fei suddenly remembered that the troops had to wear leg wraps when they marched in the past.

She should have thought of this earlier.

Xiaocao said in a baby voice beside her: "Grandma, tie mine too."

Chen smiled, "You won't walk a few steps, so you don't need to tie it."

Li Chunhua and Lanzhi also tied each other up. Lanzhi looked at her legs. She never thought that one day she would go out in such a weird way.

But there was no way. Her legs were so painful that she couldn't lift them up.

That's not all. When the old lady left the room, Gu Fei pulled Lanzhi over, took out a box of shadow powder she used in her previous life from the space, and painted Lanzhi's face with it.

Lanzhi first thought that Gu Fei was putting makeup on her, but when she saw her dark self in the bronze mirror, she was shocked, "Why did you put makeup on me like this?"

Gu Fei pinched her face, "You are too beautiful, it's not safe on the road, what if you are kidnapped by soldiers or bandits?"

"I didn't think of this yesterday."

Lanzhi nodded quickly when she heard it, and she wanted Gu Fei to put more makeup on her.

After coming out of the room, Chen and Li Chunhua also started to make breakfast, which was wild vegetable and rice porridge, pickles and cornmeal cakes.

After eating, Chen asked Gu Erlang to fetch two buckets of water, stir it with alum, put it in a big pot and boil it, and then fill all the water bags.

Every household did the same thing.

My uncle had a small family, so he only bought a bucket of water, boiled it, poured it into a jar and sealed it, and gave the rest to the mule.

At about 11:00 a.m., the mule was brought out and harnessed. Uncle Ma shouted, "Let's go. Let's walk faster today and try to get to Fuyuan Town in the evening to rest."

Not long after setting off, I felt that there were slightly more people on the official road than yesterday.

Gu Zhang saw a group of more than ten people wearing tattered clothes and carrying bags on their backs. They were old and young, male and female. They looked like a family, so he went over to find an old man to ask, "Old man, where are you going?"

The old man shook his head, "I don't know, wherever I go is up to me."

"My family only has three acres of land. There was a shortage of food in the spring. Now there is a drought. We haven't harvested a grain of food this year. My family has been out of food for half a year. There is no way to survive at home. Maybe we can survive if we come out."

Gu Zhang sighed, and the old man also asked, "Where are you going?"

Gu Zhang said, "Go south. There is no drought in the south. There are few people in the north. There is a severe drought in all counties. There is not enough water for the family to drink. We can't survive."

The old man was stunned, "How many counties are suffering from drought? Where will this end?"

"I was thinking that it would be better in Xishan County. My family still has a few laborers. They can earn a living by working as farmhands."

Gu Zhang shook his head, "It's all drought. I'm afraid Xishan County is not as good as here. In our Xiqin County, a good county governor has come in recent years. He has reduced many taxes and levies, and built water conservancy projects. Every family can still live well."

"There are many coal mines in Xishan County. The land has produced little, and I'm afraid it will be even more difficult."

The old man's face was confused. There was no way to survive in Xishan County, so what should he do?

"Then which south are you going to?"

Gu Zhang replied, "We will go southeast to Donghai County."

The old man shook his head, "Isn't it closer to Hanzhong County? It's also in the south. There are big rivers there, so there will never be drought. I have been there when I was young."