Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 287: Surrounded

Chapter 287: Surrounded

Half an hour later, the man’s eyes lit up when he saw that the cracks on the dry soil slowly disappeared. Now in front of him is a large piece of fertile soil, which is good enough to grow crops. His wife, who was standing beside him, also witnessed the miracle that just happened.

When they came back to their senses, the couple watched the villagers in the farmland embrace each other, crying happily while grabbing the fertile soil, and kneeled down to thank the gods. They looked at each other for a moment, and the long-lost hope gradually ignited in their eyes.

The man clasped his hands tightly and said, "Let’s go and beg the Venerable Master to save our village."

His wife nodded and the couple rushed back to Mei Hua Village with their little daughter, fearing that if they were too late, the villagers from other villages would seek help from the Venerable Master sooner than they did.

If there are too many people begging for help, the Venerable Masters will be too busy to help their village. At that time, they really won’t be able to survive this summer and can only starve to death.

After leaving the farmland, Da Niu led Xu Xiang and the others around the village, explaining the real situation in Mei Hua Village. Xu Xiang looked at the terrain of the village and said, "The terrain around this village is very good and can be used as a green belt."

Da Niu didn’t understand what a green belt was, so he asked, "Young Lady, what is a green belt?"

Xu Xiang thought for a while and said, "Green belt is an area without any buildings, mostly consisting of green plants. The main function of the green belt is to purify the air and improve air quality in the surrounding area. It also reduces the temperature of the surrounding environment."

Da Niu still didn’t quite understand, but he heard that there were no buildings in the green belt, so he asked, "If there were no buildings, where would the villagers live?"

After hearing what he said, Xu Xiang smiled and said, "If the surrounding area of ​​this village can be turned into a green belt, it is the villagers of this village and the residents around the green belt that will benefit from it. You can think of the green belt as a public garden, and there are many benefits that can be provided to the community."

After listening to Xu Xiang’s explanation, Da Niu nodded with a vague understanding. For him, as long as he can still live in the Mei Hua Village, it doesn’t matter whether there is a green belt around the village or not.

After Da Niu took Xu Xiang and the others to visit the surrounding area of his village, he took them back to his home. When they were still some distance away from his home, he saw many strangers around his home. Da Niu saw his wife arguing with those strangers while crying, and hurried towards his home anxiously without saying anything.

As he approached, he heard his wife sobbing while saying, "Who are you to me? You said you have old people and children, and so do I. My father-in-law just starved to death a few days ago, just because he thought he wasted our family’s food. What right do you have to ask me to give you food? What right do you have?!"

At the end of her speech, Da Niu’s wife cried sadly, trembling all over and short of breath. As soon as she said this, there was silence around her, and only her crying could be heard.

Among the crowd surrounding Da Niu’s house, a woman came out, knelt on the ground with two very skinny children, and cried, "Sister, can you give us something to eat? My children really couldn’t hold on anymore."

After finishing speaking, the woman hit her forehead on the ground and said repeatedly in the midst of her tears: "Sister, please, sell me your food and water. I beg you, sister! Please, sister. Please, save my children."

Seeing that the woman’s forehead was bleeding, and the blood stained her face and the ground red, Da Niu’s wife was flustered. She wants to help this woman because she is also a mother. She knew how helpless and painful it was for a mother to watch her child starve in front of her. No mother in this world wants to see her child starve to death.

But if she helps this woman, the other villagers will come to ask her to do the same for them. Where can she get so much food and water to share with these people? After dividing the food and water yesterday, there is not much left in her house. Even if she wanted to, she really couldn’t help these people.

What’s more, if this matter gets out, more and more people will come to ask for help. In the surrounding villages alone, the total number of survivors has exceeded several hundred people. With so many people to feed and so little food and water to distribute, how dare she help this woman?

Da Niu’s wife didn’t know what to do. She was so frightened that she forgot to cry. Seeing the villagers looking at her with hope in their eyes, she staggered back in fear and nearly fell to the ground. Fortunately, before she fell down, a pair of strong hands came to support her.

She looked up and saw her husband looking at her worriedly while asking, "Lan’er, are you alright? Are you hurt somewhere?"

When Yu Lan saw her husband, all her grievances and fears burst out immediately. She turned around and buried herself in Dan Niu’s arms, crying hard. Seeing his wife crying like this, Da Niu felt very distressed.

He raised his eyes, glared at the strangers around his house, and asked angrily: "Who are you?! How dare you come to my house to bully my wife?! Get out of my house immediately!"