Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 180 Lu Chuan goes down the mountain alone

Xu Han came to the backyard and started picking vegetables. The tomatoes did not grow well this year due to the hot weather. They were crooked and looked particularly ugly.

Even if they don’t look good, they can’t be discarded! Xu Han picked all the ripe ones, and then went to the wasteland to pick peppers and beans.

There are not many fruits due to the hot weather. Peppers and tomatoes actually produce more fruits in autumn than in summer, but pumpkins, winter melons and the like are not producing much fruit now!

There's no way. The weather is too hot. Now the stream in front of my house is almost completely dry. Now there is only a small stream of water flowing every day, and there is no way to wash things.

Recently, the water we drink every day comes from the water pipe in the backyard.

Originally, the water in the backyard was cut off, but later Xu Han and Lu Chuan drew water directly from the waterfall for more convenient drinking.

Lu Chuan used a super thick tree trunk, hollowed out the middle, made a water pipe, and led it directly into the bamboo water pipe, so that the water in the backyard would flow continuously.

Otherwise, we would need to go to the waterfall to fetch water every day.

After Xu Han finished all the housework, she started to stay in the main room and make clothes and shoes.

Since July, the weather has been getting hotter day by day, and it is completely unbearable to stay outside.

But she was bored and had no choice but to start making clothes and shoes for them.

Fortunately, Lu Chuan and Xu Han had not grown much taller, and their heights were not considered short in this era. Lu Chuan was about 1.8 meters tall, and Xu Han was 1.65 meters tall.

The two of them are definitely a little taller. Lu Chuan grew mainly in the past year, and he has not stopped growing in this year.

Xu Han watched Lu Chuan grow taller and taller than her, and she was not much different, so she started drinking milk and soy milk like crazy. It was not until August or September last year that she started to grow rapidly.

Watching herself grow taller, Xu Han finally felt relieved.

Neither of them has grown much this year, and their height has almost been finalized, so they don't need to make their hair as long as before to make clothes.

During the days when Lu Chuan was not at home, Xu Han planned to piece together the couple's worn-out clothes and paste them into soles to make new shoes.

Xu Han immediately found her clothes and started to paste the soles of her shoes...

Lu Chuan is hurrying on his way! He hasn't been here for more than two months.

The situation here has also changed a lot. Everything is yellow, and every step you take raises thick dust.

The man and the dog kept on walking without stopping. Even at noon when the sun was so hot, they did not rest. Instead, they chose to walk in places with trees and shade.

In the end it was so hot that we had to stop and rest.

Lu Chuan found a place with water, washed his face, and seeing that there was no one around, he simply took a shower. It was so hot that his clothes were soaked.

When Heifeng saw the water, he dived right in without even having time to care about Lu Chuan.

After taking a bath, the man and the dog cooled down for a while, ate something, rested, and then continued on their journey.

Seeing that we wouldn’t be able to reach the county town today, we had to spend the night at a farmer’s home.

You can't live in the wilderness, because there are so many mosquitoes that they can eat you alive.

Lu Chuan was prepared for this. The family that sold persimmons before was not far from here, so Lu Chuan planned to walk over there.

"Bang bang bang, is anyone there?" Lu Chuan shouted.

After a while, a man came to open the door. When he saw it was Lu Chuan, he didn't recognize him for a moment until the old man came out.

"Uncle, do you still remember me? I came to your house to buy persimmons before." Lu Chuan asked.

"Oh! Remember, remember, come in quickly." The old man hurriedly led the person into the house.

"It's like this, old man. I passed by here today and was delayed on the road. Now the city gate is closed and I can't get in. I wonder if I can borrow your woodshed for one night. I won't stay here for free. I'll pay the rent." Lu Chuan said embarrassedly, rubbing his hands.

"What are you talking about? If you hadn't bought the persimmons from my family, my family wouldn't have earned so much money. It would be too polite to talk about giving money," the old man said quickly.

Then he turned to his eldest daughter-in-law and said, "It's definitely not time to eat at this hour! Go and make something to eat, old lady."

"Hey, Dad, I'll go right away." The woman said and was about to go out.

"No need to bother! I ate some biscuits on the way, so I'm really not hungry." Lu Chuan said quickly.

"Don't be so polite. It must be very hard to travel in such hot weather. How can you do it without eating enough?" Then he said to the woman, "Go quickly."

Lu Chuan couldn't refuse anymore and could only let the woman go into the kitchen.

"Uncle, how are you recently? How's the summer harvest going? Our grain production has decreased a lot." Lu Chuan explained himself while trying to ask some questions.

"Hey! I'm in good health. It's just this God! It hasn't rained for more than half a year, and the grain yields in the fields are not good. We have 40% less grain than before, and this is the harvest we get even with watering every day.

We have enough water here, so we haven't had any water shortages. I heard that in Yangjia Village, ten miles away, there is no water, so the food supply is 60% less!" said the old man with a worried look on his face.

"Is it that much less? Our situation is similar to that of the old man, 40% less than in previous years. We thought that the production reduction was already enough, but we didn't expect a 60% reduction." Lu Chuan also sighed.

"God doesn't leave us any chance to survive! In the summer, everyone only planted sweet potatoes and other things. No one planted corn or soybeans. Even if they did plant them, there was no water to irrigate them, so there was no harvest."

The old man sighed and continued, "Now there is no water in the rivers in many places. Even the big river near the official road has little water now. If it doesn't rain during the autumn harvest, there will be no harvest at all."

"Who says it isn't true? Life will be even more difficult without food."

"There is a family in our village that can't make ends meet and has already started selling their children. If this continues, I'm afraid this situation will increase more and more."

"Yes! If we sell it, we may be able to survive, but without food we will die." Lu Chuan continued.

"If it's still like this next year, the world will be in chaos. If it doesn't rain, there won't even be water to drink. By then, I'm afraid many people will start fleeing south.

At least if we escape there, we will have some water to drink, but if we stay here, we won’t even have any water to drink.” The old man continued.

"Escape is not easy. How many people can reach the destination alive?" said Lu Chuan.

"Yes! If you escape, you might survive. But if you don't escape and it doesn't rain, you really won't survive. Who would be willing to take this step unless it's the last step!" said the old man.

"I hope it will rain soon!" said Lu Chuan.

Seeing this, the old man also said, "I hope so!"