"Actually, it doesn't matter what we adults eat. The key is to not let the children suffer. Since fleeing the famine, my children have lost a lot of weight visibly." Zhang said with concern.

"Sister-in-law, you are right. My child has become thinner recently. Children's poor diet does affect their growth." Li said in agreement.

"Sister-in-law, prepare enough food and more vegetables. Then, prepare the quilts, cotton clothes, and cotton shoes for warmth. Everything else will be easy."

"There is one thing, which is millet. You can ask your eldest brother to buy some of it. Millet can be boiled into millet porridge and drunk in winter. It is warm, nutritious and easy to digest."

"You can also prepare more brown sugar. It can be used at any time." Zhang said after thinking for a while.

"Okay, sister-in-law. I've remembered all the things you mentioned. Thanks so much to you, otherwise I would not have remembered to buy these things." Li said gratefully.

"These are the things for now. I'll tell you tomorrow if I remember anything else. I heard that your eldest brother is going to the city with my head of the family. If they come across things we need, let them buy them themselves. It won't be wasted anyway." Zhang said readily.

"Haha, that's a good point. I like hearing it."

Zhang and Li continued talking about children.

The atmosphere between Yun the Butcher and Old Man Wu was very tense.

After Yun the butcher and Wu the old man told the village chief about their ideas, the village chief said directly that he could not make the decision and that the villagers had to send representatives to attend the meeting.

So, when the elders of the clan and the representatives from every household in the village arrived, the village chief told everyone about the ideas of Yun the Butcher and Old Man Wu.

Most villagers agreed to upgrade their cars. Only a few poor families with many children were strongly opposed.

"Village chief, I asked everyone to upgrade their vehicles for a reason. I also took into consideration that the weather will get colder and our travel speed will slow down. With a cart, we can transport things, the elderly and children, which will be very convenient."

"In addition, when the weather is cold, adults can sleep on the cold ground, but the elderly, children and women with weak constitutions will catch a cold and have a fever if they sleep too much." Yun the Butcher stated his reasons loudly.

"Butcher Yun, it's not that we don't want to buy, it's that our family is too poor. It's more important to buy food and have enough to eat now." said an old man with wrinkles on his face.

The old man's family had many children but few adults, and they could usually get enough to eat. But since they fled from famine, they hadn't had a full meal for a long time.

"Uncle, I know your difficulties. However, in addition to the above two reasons, there is another reason that all of us have to face."

"The area around us is indeed very dry, so we can live safely on the road to escape the famine. But have you ever thought about what would happen if there is no shortage of water in the mountains on the road ahead?" After saying this, Yun the Butcher looked at everyone.

"My Yiyi reminded me. She said if there is no shortage of water in the mountains, there will be bandits. I don't need to tell you what the bandits will do, right?" Yun the Butcher continued to ask everyone.

After hearing what Yun the butcher said, everyone was also very surprised. It was also because the area was too dry, there was a lack of water on the mountain, and no one lived there, so everyone forgot that there would be bandits on the mountain.

"We are already very tired from traveling like this every day. If we encounter bandits again, will there be any chance for us to survive?"

"Yeah, I heard that bandits kill people without blinking an eye."

"If we encounter bandits, how will we survive?"

"How can it be so difficult to escape from the famine? God won't give us a way to survive."

The villagers began to talk and express their panic.

"Be quiet, everyone, and stop talking." The village chief stood up and pressed his arms down.

The villagers gradually quieted down. The village chief looked at Yun the Butcher.

"Butcher Yun, what did your Yiyi say exactly? Can you tell us in detail?" asked the village chief.

"My Yiyi said that the closer we get to the river, the less water we will have. Sooner or later, we will run into bandits. Yiyi said that we have two options. One option is to find out the route in advance and avoid taking the route with bandits."

"The other way is for us to follow the large group of refugees. Even if we encounter bandits, it all depends on our speed. As long as we are fast enough, we will be safe."

"However, if we still push the cart, we will definitely not be able to move fast. Yiyi's idea is that every family has a car, whether it is a horse-drawn carriage, a donkey-drawn carriage, or a mule-drawn carriage. If we encounter bandits, we can transfer all the things to the car."

"Let's just throw away unnecessary things like carts, and everyone should quickly leave the place where the bandits are." Yun the Butcher said all of Yun Yiyi's thoughts in one breath.

"According to Yiyi's idea, should every family have one?" asked the patriarch.

"Elder, that's right. When it gets really cold, our car will be full of people and there will definitely be no room for others to sit."

"Another point is that when they encounter danger, the people of the same family are together, so there is definitely no time to rescue people from other families."

"Yes, that's the truth. Yiyi is right." The second elder said depressedly.

"However, there are a few families who really can't come up with the money, what can we do? Did Yiyi say anything?" The third elder asked directly. He knew that since Yun Yiyi had raised the issue, she must have thought of a solution to the problem.

"Third clan elder, you are the one who understands Yiyi best." Yun the butcher praised.

When the three clan elders heard what Yun the Butcher said, they smiled happily.

"Yiyi said that those families who really can't afford it can pay half of the money themselves, and the village will help them pay the other half."

"There's not much money left in the village." The village chief interrupted hastily.

"Village head, don't worry. Yiyi said that most families in our village have bought cars, so we can buy old carriages together. It won't cost much."

"For the donkeys, mules and horses we want to buy, all the people in the village should buy them together. If we buy more, they will give us a discount." Yun the butcher said calmly.

"That's a solution. What do you families think? Will you buy it or not? If you do, the village will give you half of the money."

"I'm the one who's going to pay for this money. Do you have any objections?" The patriarch looked at everyone.

"We have no objection, elders." Most villagers agreed. It was the village that paid the money, not us, so why not do it?

"You better think carefully, if you really run into bandits. If you don't have a car, everyone will run away by car, and we won't stay and wait for you."

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