Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 417 The war begins

The peaceful days passed one after another, and finally on the eighth day of April, the Taoist priest received a letter from Yunhua. From then on, life was no longer peaceful.

It was a clear morning, and it was a good day. Just after breakfast, Lu Chuan was playing in the yard with Ze'er in his arms. When he looked up, he saw Yunhua's letter and quickly called the Taoist priest to come out.

At first, everyone thought that Yunhua was just sending a letter to greet him as usual. But when the Taoist priest opened the letter, his face became gloomier and gloomier, and everyone had a bad feeling.

As expected, after reading the letter, the Taoist priest called everyone over and slowly said, "The letter said that the battle at the border has officially started. Our army has been defeated repeatedly and has lost two cities in a row. Morale is low."

Lu Chuan heard this and asked in disbelief, "That shouldn't be the case. Wasn't it said that General Qin was stationed at the border? How could he be defeated repeatedly?"

Grandpa Zhao also didn't believe it. You have to know that General Qin is the god of war of Yuanqing Country, a god-like figure in the hearts of the people. He is also a figure that makes other countries tremble with fear. How could he be defeated repeatedly and even lose two cities?

Speaking of this, the Taoist priest became even more angry. He slammed the table and said, "It's because the royal family is in turmoil. Several princes are fighting for the throne, completely ignoring the border wars, the lives of soldiers, and the safety of the people. There is even a shortage of food and grass. The soldiers are fighting on an empty stomach. Even if they are powerful, how long can they resist?"

Hearing this, they were all very angry, but they could do nothing about it. For some people, rights are really important, but for Xu Han, these are really nothing.

There is a kind of happiness that has nothing to do with power or money, it is just pure happiness.

But apparently these princes did not think so. For the sake of supreme power, they even disregarded their brothers and family ties, just to become the number one person in the world.

Grandpa Zhao was rarely angry. "These princes really don't know when to fight. They have to choose the right time! Now they are at the doorstep, but they are still bullying at home. If they continue like this, I'm afraid our Yuanqing Kingdom will be finished."

The Taoist priest looked at Grandpa Zhao coldly, "Old Zhao, be careful with your words."

"What are you afraid of? We are all family here. How can we get out?"

Xu Han and Lu Chuan smiled awkwardly upon hearing this, and it was indeed impossible to spread the news.

The Taoist priest comforted Grandpa Zhao and said, "Don't worry, I will send a letter to Yunhua now, let's wait a little longer."

Grandpa Zhao cursed a few more times, and Lu Chuan was also angry and cursed a few more times as well.

After the anger subsided, the few of them slowly calmed down and began to discuss countermeasures. Since they couldn't control others, they could only control themselves.

The Taoist priest slowly said, "Now the two sides have started a war. This time it is not a small fight like before. War is the most cruel. We should try to keep a low profile during this period. Girl, you arrange for everyone to make some food and store it to avoid any accidents in the future."

Xu Han immediately became serious after hearing this, "I understand. I will make more cooked food and put it in the space during this period."

Grandpa Zhao also agreed, "Yes, the Taoist priest is right. Times are different now. If the world really gets into chaos, the people living under the mountain will definitely come to the mountain to avoid disaster and chaos."

Lu Chuan thought for a moment and suggested, "We should try not to go out to the outer areas during this period, so as to prevent the people living down the mountain from finding out that there are people living here. If they find out, we will be in big trouble."

"Yes, it's always right to be more careful. Although those people are unarmed, they are outnumbered and can't resist their dirty tricks."

The Taoist priest continued to instruct Lu Chuan, "Xiao Chuan, tomorrow when we have time, we should go to the entrance and find a way to hide it."

Although we have rarely come down the mountain in recent years, we still have some traces left behind. Fortunately, the drought and floods in recent years have covered up the paths we used to walk on.

The two of them only needed to clean and hide it a little this time, and they would be more careful when they went down the mountain again. In addition, various plants have grown very fast recently and can completely cover it.

However, the people in the county town should not have received the news yet, and they will not hide in the mountains for the time being.

In addition, the border is far away from here, so they have plenty of time to do these tasks.

After the group discussed it and arranged everything, they went about their own business.

Xu Han was worried about the two children, so she took Mu'er and Ze'er aside and gave them a lot of instructions.

"You two must not go out alone, understand? Especially you, Ze'er. You can't go out of the yard by yourself when you are at home. If you want to go out to play, you have to call daddy or mommy."

Ze'er also felt his mother's anxiety. He listened carefully to what Xu Han said and nodded frequently, fearing that Xu Han would not believe him.

After arranging everything at home, Xu Han went straight into the kitchen and began to prepare food to store in the space. No matter what, no matter how chaotic the world is, people still have to eat.

Xu Han had stockpiled food many times before. With previous experience, she was much faster this time than usual. Moreover, Xu Han specially stockpiled a lot of staple food this time.

In addition to food, the most important thing is weapons. However, for those who practice martial arts at home, these things are not lacking. Whether it is bows and arrows or other weapons, there are all in the house.

Moreover, the Taoist priest had some connections, so he specially asked Yunhua to get some high-quality weapons used in the army. However, the quantity was not large, only one set for the Taoist priest, Grandpa Zhao, and Lu Chuan.

For Xu Han, who has no fighting power at all, if anything unexpected really happened, she would just take her two children and hide away, and not cause any trouble to them.

Naturally, there is no need for any weapons. Even if there are weapons, they are of no use and cannot be used at all.

Although everyone was preparing for war, several of them did not neglect the work in the fields.

It is already April, and it is a good time for wheat to fill with grain, so we cannot neglect it.

The grass grows most rapidly at this time of year, and we have to go to the wheat field to pull weeds every few days.

The chicks in the orchard cannot be neglected. After two or three months of growth, the chicks have grown up slowly and the survival rate is good, at about 80%.

Hunting is not allowed in the spring, and there is no need to renovate the yard this year, so the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan have some free time to focus on tending to the crops in the fields.

In our spare time, we would make an appointment to go to the mountains together and pick some fresh wild vegetables.

Xu Han was busy with housework and rarely went up the mountain.