CHAPTER 185: CHAPTER 185: STOCKPILING SUPPLIES (4,000 WORDS)

Jiang Hu left Uncle Liu and the others for his own considerations.

The family stored quite a bit of water, and this water was carried back by Qixia and himself, which made their shoulders sore every day.

Aunt Yang and Uncle Liu weren’t idle either; some gathered firewood, others boiled water, and now there are dozens of barrels of water at home, thanks to everyone’s hard work!

Uncle Liu was first surprised by Jiang Hu’s invitation, then hesitated for a moment, ultimately unable to refuse.

"Little Jiang, I won’t pretend to be polite with you. Thank you very much this time!"

Though he’s an old man, his Ze’er is still so young and can’t eat food from outside; only the Jiang family, or food from Fu’an Village can sustain him.

If they were to leave now, he truly wouldn’t know what would happen to Ze’er.

Jiang Hu shook his head, "Uncle Liu, no need to be so polite. To be honest, without you, my family wouldn’t be where it is now."

The Shopkeeper Liu had mentioned to him that it was because of the Liu family that Tongfu Restaurant remained peaceful these past two years and hadn’t been targeted by those with ill intentions.

Jiang Hu had pondered before that the Liu family might not just be simple merchants, but it seemed like nobody in town knew their exact circumstances, and he hadn’t pursued the matter further.

Uncle Liu patted Jiang Hu’s shoulder, "Our two families have truly helped each other."

Since they decided to stay at Jiang’s house, Uncle Liu was no longer in a hurry. First, he informed Liu Ze, then wrote a reply letter.

He planned to have Master Zhang and the pig slaughtering craftsman take it to town when they came over in the evening and send it to the county through the posthouse.

As for the servants at the estate, they could only prepare for themselves; in times of natural disasters, everyone’s self-preservation takes precedence, no one can take care of others.

A few days ago, Jiang Yu stopped attending school and now he’s helping out at home every day.

However, at this moment, he and Liu Ze were in the room flipping through books.

When they finally found what they were looking for, there was an instant exclamation: "Dad! It’s not good!"

Jiang Hu’s eyebrows twitched: "What is it now?"

Soon, Jiang Yu and Liu Ze rushed out of the room, with Liu Ze holding a book and also frowning.

Although the Jiang family has a study, it currently serves only as decoration, and all of Liu Ze’s books are kept in his own room.

Due to his poor health these past few years, the books Liu Ze read were quite varied, a distraction for his physical discomfort.

"Dad, locust plague! We just read in the books that after a drought, a locust plague may follow!"

Jiang Hu instantly furrowed his brows, feeling overwhelmed by consecutive disasters. Could they still survive?

Fortunately, Liu Ze explained, "It’s not certain that there will be a locust plague, just a possibility. But I think we should prepare for it."

Liu Ze was still holding the book; they had likely been searching for this information while flipping through the pages.

Uncle Liu, who had just sealed the letter, immediately turned around and headed back inside: "I’ll rewrite the letter!"

Jiang Hu rubbed his brow, looking at the two young ones still pointing at the books.

"I understand, I’ll inform the others later so we can pay attention to this situation. For now, let’s not worry about it; let’s catch chickens and rabbits and head to the mountain this afternoon."

The urgent task is to take care of these matters while there is still some water.

As for the things kept at home, do locusts dare to be feared?

Xiaomi has been busy these days, busy boiling and storing water, occasionally sneaking a bit of Spiritual Spring water into the water Jiang Hu and Qixia carried back.

The heavens aren’t sending rain, and she can’t be helpless; fortunately, she previously stored plenty of river water in space, which she can use if necessary.

Whether it will be discovered depends on fate; at least Xiaomi couldn’t watch familiar faces in the village die of thirst or starvation when she had the ability to help.

However, for now, Xiaomi was still in the chicken coop, helping her mother chase chickens and catch rabbits.

"Where are you running!" With a little sprint, a big rooster flapped its wings and flew away.

"Woof woof~" Luckily, Little Black arrived in time, lunging and suppressing the big rooster from the front.

The big rooster clucked loudly and flapped vigorously, but Little Black directly bit onto the wing.

"Haha, Little Black is amazing!" Xiaomi quickly ran forward, pressing the big rooster together with Little Black, and shouted.

"Second sister, come quickly! Little Black and I got it, hurry and tie it up!"