Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

The rabbit has already been skinned and eviscerated, and just needs to be skewered and roasted.

Zhao Yeqing roasted the rabbit a little absent-mindedly.

Mu Xi didn't care about the bruise. After taking the medicine, he wiped it casually and stopped.

After eating and drinking enough, Mu Xi said what he saw when he was cleaning the rabbits, "The springs in this mountain are almost dry. Even if it is like this on the mountain, the rivers below the mountain are not optimistic either."

There is a small river in the village at the foot of the mountain to the west. The river is only six meters wide. The water source comes from between these mountains. If the springs in the mountains dry up, the water below the mountains will naturally not be much better.

Zhao Yeqing sat on the ground and listened, tugging at the grass next to her. A small piece of it was almost gone by her.

You can't, just go back like this, right?

Mu Xi shook his injured leg and said, "Take care of it for two days and then think about it carefully."

Zhao Yeqing spent two days walking a few hundred meters down the mountain and tried to explore.

The further down you go, the more severe the drought becomes.

It is estimated that not only the drought has caused the water source under the mountain to dry up, but also the cracks in the ground. I don’t know how much water has been swallowed by the cracks.

There is a village at the foot of the mountain to the west, and there are usually villagers going up and down the mountain. It does not require clearing up wasteland to go through like the south to the west.

Zhao Yeqing estimated that it would only take half a day to go down the mountain, so he should go take a look. Even if there was no water source, he would still be able to get some supplies.

The meadow area is rich in groundwater. Even if the temperature has been high for such a long time, the weeds on the meadow are still barely green.

Zhao Yeqing twisted the soil on the ground, and the dark yellow powder slipped from his fingers.

I'm afraid it won't last long.

Three days later, Mu Xi's leg was thankfully not swollen or infected and began to heal slowly.

Zhao Yeqing was still a little worried, fearing that the wound would burst open, and wanted Mu Xi to rest for two more days.

"If we rest any longer, the chickens at home will probably starve to death."

Mu Xi recalled the bright eyes she saw when the little pheasants were hatched, and the disappointment of having no choice but to put them back into the pheasant nest.

He didn't want her to be sad again when she saw that the chickens were gone when she went back.

Zhao Yeqing naturally didn't know what this person was thinking, and was speechless. Why was this person comparing his legs to a chicken?

"If it's gone, it's gone, or you can just stay here and I'll go by myself. I'll just take a cub with me."

Mu Xi insisted, "You support me and go with you."

The road down the mountain was made by the villagers at the foot of the mountain. It was less than one meter wide, and Zhao Yeqing was walking awkwardly while supporting Mu Xi.

Mu Xi simply put his hand on Zhao Yeqing's shoulder, and the distance between the two people was immediately shortened.

She was a little embarrassed at first, but later she was too hot to care about anything.

At the foot of the mountain, the village is right in front of you.

Zhao Yeqing took a breath. Fortunately, it was not the worst situation. At least the village did not fall into the cracks.

The village at the foot of the mountain to the west is not big, with only a dozen households. Most of the people have moved to the scenic area to do business and open B&Bs. At the foot of the mountain are a few farmers who still want to farm and go up the mountain to dig for food.

The two walked into the village, looking wary. They didn't know if there was anyone else in the village.

When they reached the first house at the entrance of the village, they knocked on the door, but no one answered and the door was not locked.

The two looked at each other. Mu Xi held the gun in front of him and opened the door. No one was there.

"anyone there?"

No one responded.

It was a little strange. She had never seen a helicopter come to the rescue. The road to the south was the direction out of the mountain. She was stuck in it, and the village to the west should be impossible to get out of.

She can survive in the mountains, and the farmers in this kind of land will definitely not be short of food. It makes no sense that there will be no one in just a few months.

Even if there is no water source, you can definitely survive if you look for it in the mountains.

The courtyard door was pushed open. Mu Xi, leaning on a cane and holding a gun, entered the house. There was no one there, leaving only a mess on the ground.

The two of them walked through several houses without success. They heard the cry of two leopards, walked over and finally found someone in this room.

The moment he opened the door, Zhao Yeqing was so frightened that he screamed silently. He opened his mouth wide and couldn't make any sound.

The family’s yard was littered with bones.

Mu Xi raised his hand to cover Zhao Yeqing's eyes, "Get out first."

Zhao Yeqing retreated out of the door in a daze, and the courtyard door was closed by Mu Xi.

Everyone in this village is infected.

After the violent period, all these infected people were sucked dry by the virus, leaving only bones on the ground.

Mu Xi pulled Zhao Yeqing into a clean courtyard and sat down to relax.

The kettle was handed to her, and Zhao Yeqing took it and took a sip, suppressing the nausea in his throat.

After she calmed down, the two of them went to find supplies.

They didn't search separately. When they pushed through each room, they were blocked by Mu Xi first.

They found that the faucets in the village no longer produced water, and the small river behind the village had completely dried up. It was worse than the situation on the mountain. It was probably because there were cracks in the upper reaches that directly cut off the water source.

There is no shortage of food in the village, and every household has its own barn. After the infection, no one eats it, and the barn is still half full.

It's a pity that I can't take these back, they are too heavy.

I had found a way down from the cliff in order to get to the village as quickly as possible, but unfortunately I was blocked by another crack in the ground.

When going back, if you go straight home from the mountain and walk from the top of the mountain in the west to the top of the south, the route will be much closer.

The only trouble is the danger.

The closer you get to the foot of the mountain, the larger the area for human activities and the fewer traces of animals. The further you go up the mountain, the easier it is to encounter wild animals.

Such as the hyena this time.

Striped hyenas live alone, so there were so many of them this time, so they probably couldn't find food and were helpless.

There are countless helpless beasts on this mountain.

If this abnormal weather continues for another month, the water source will completely dry up, the vegetation on the mountain will gradually wither, and the herbivores will have nothing to eat. The number will decrease, and the carnivores will have nothing to eat.

When people walk on the mountain, delicious food is delivered to their doorsteps.

If it weren't for this danger, Mu Xi would have walked from the top of the south mountain to the west and then back down the mountain every day, transporting grain back again and again. Although it was a bit troublesome and hard work, the grain reserves in one village would be enough for the two of them. Eat until next winter.

The crops grown by people in the village are pretty much the same, with rice being the main food. Occasionally, a few families rotate wheat crops in winter to increase their harvests.

Almost all the food they brought out this time has been eaten, except for the cans and compressed biscuits in Mu Xi's backpack.

Both of these things have a long shelf life, so don’t rush to eat them. First, replenish food in the villagers’ granaries.

Almost all the sweet potatoes and potatoes have sprouted, and only the rice and flour are still intact.

Zhao Yeqing was pleasantly surprised to find that one family had a lot of grain, oil, rice, noodles, snacks and drinks in their warehouse.