The Kotaro family has been farmers in the castle town of Hima Castle for generations. They are very dedicated farmers. Relying on the hard work of the whole family, they are able to turn in food on time every year. Every time they are taken away for training and fighting in winter and summer, they are never able to do anything.
Complaints. This gave them a good reputation among the lord warriors and neighbors.
Kotaro, 36, became the breadwinner of this small family after his father died of illness last year. He has two younger brothers and a younger sister who married Kakegawa. He also has two teenagers.
The two-year-old children usually lead a pretty good life. After finishing the farming and resting on the field ridge, Kotaro always talked about his two precious sons. He said that the eldest son had already agreed to get married this autumn.
They are about to get married. Not long ago, their second son was able to work in the fields with him, sharing a lot of work between him and his eldest son.
"When they both grow up and start a family, I can retire." Whenever Kotaro said this sentence on his wrinkled face, a longing smile would fill his face, "Bake some sunshine,
Just like my father did before."
However, all the beautiful lives were shattered by the war more than ten days ago.
When the Okabe family led their troops into Hima Castle, many villagers in the castle town felt that a war was about to begin, and took their families to other places to escape. However, Kotaro felt that there would be no fight.
After all, the samurai masters of the Asahina family and the samurai masters of the Okabe family have been working together for the Imagawa family for decades, so why would they fight at will? Moreover, his second brother's wife is sick and needs someone to take care of her. But
The second brother was not in good health and could not be taken care of by himself. Kotaro had to stay and help, so he did not mention escaping again. He later regretted this. He said at that time that he should find a way to escape to Kakegawa.
Looking for his sister.
But when the allied forces of Asahina's group surrounded him, Kotaro and his whole family made another wrong decision. When many villagers saw the approaching army, they said they would run to Asahina and His Highness Iio.
But Kotaro felt that hiding anywhere would be safer than hiding in the city. If he ran outside the city, the attacking troops might drag these poor people to the front line as strong men and let them carry sandbags to fill them.
Maybe the trenches in Yinma City would be leveled. So he took his two younger brothers and the three families packed up the whole family and hid in Yinma City together. In the first few days, life was stable, although the food and other things
They have to go to the rice warehouse to get it, but at least they won't continue fighting.
However, on June 13th, Kotaro, who was still living with his three families in an idle small tea house, suddenly learned a shocking news - the Okabe family was going to close all the granaries! The people in the city
They all tried their best to grab the food! Kojiro, who was carrying water to his sister-in-law, suddenly dropped the water ladle in his hand, greeted his third brother and his eldest son, and rushed out to join the crowd! He knew clearly that now the whole family
The food around people is only enough to last for two or three days. If the food is really blocked, it is hard to say whether we will be able to eat in the future!
However, when Kotaro and the others arrived, several granaries had been emptied, and the Okabe family's samurai sealed off the remaining granaries. Kotaro had no choice but to return home disappointed, and announced that he would strictly control everyone in the future.
of rations.
It's okay for the adults to be hungry for a few days. The key is that his third brother also brought a little boy who was just two years old. The third brother had given birth to two daughters before, both of whom unfortunately died. This child is his treasure.
Hungry. The cries of hungry children are like the sound of a wailing flute, echoing in everyone's heart. Kotaro took his two younger brothers and three adult juniors to look for food everywhere in Yinma City, and found two
One day, only his second son found a small half bag of millet from an unknown age in an abandoned warehouse. This made the whole family happy for a long time, and also postponed the family's food shortage crisis for a day.
On June 16, the whole family really had no food to eat, so they had to dig wild vegetables and eat everything they could see. For the first time in his life, Kotaro did something wrong--from a fellow villager's house, he took advantage of his
He accidentally stole a small bag of rice and went home - but it was still not enough for everyone. His second brother and third brother, along with many villagers, ran to the city gate and asked the Okabe family to open the door to let them return to the castle town - but they
He was severely beaten by the guards. The second brother, who had always been in poor health, was hit hard in the stomach. It took him a long time to recover. The third brother carried him back to the tea house. The second brother's wife burst into tears.
That night, the whole family was unable to have dinner.
On June 17, the nightmare began. As expected, the second brother's body still couldn't bear the food, and he died of illness after staying up all night. Kotaro looked at his relatives crying together, but he had no time to grieve - if he didn't go out to find food, the whole family would be hungry.
Dead. Kotaro took his third brother, his second brother's son, and his two sons out to look for food. With tears in his eyes, Kotaro taught his two sons how to steal things - he had taught them since they were young.
You have to be a responsible person and don't do these sneaky things.
However, at this time, every common person cherishes his own food very much, and it is no longer so easy to steal it. Kotaro's two sons and a group of people are going to steal one together. It is said that they grabbed a lot of food during the previous robbery.
However, he was discovered by the wealthy family, and the two sides immediately started fighting, causing a large-scale brawl south of the castle tower. Many people took advantage of the chaos to plunder desperately, and the scene was not until the Okabe family's Ashigaru rushed out.
It was only after he arrived that he stabilized - however, Kotaro could not find his eldest son anywhere.
People around said that the Okabe family's Ashigaru had dragged away many of the people who had been beaten to death and burned them to avoid immune diseases. But Kotaro could not accept this reality no matter what - he was about to get married.
His eldest son left like this, and he was faced with the reality that his white-haired son was giving away his black-haired son. He searched around and around the city, and finally returned to the tea house crying.
The only good news is that his third brother and second brother's son came back with two big sacks full of food in the chaos. The baby and three women at home ate some of them and won't starve to death. However,
At dinner that day, the whole family was particularly depressed - how could such an ordinary family bear the loss of two relatives in one day? And that day, the atmosphere in the entire Yinma City became extremely tense, and everyone used
A thief-proof eye is on guard against every villager who used to be close to each other.
That night, because of the death of his son and brother, Kotaro lay on the floor, tossing and turning, unable to sleep - but he accidentally saved the lives of the whole family. In the early morning, a group of people rushed into the house without any explanation and wanted to kill him.
They snatched the two big bags of rice hidden under the bed. Kotaro, who was still awake, resisted with all his strength and tore one bag into pieces during the tearing. Half of the millet in the bag fell to the ground. The group also saw the movement and became more and more noisy.
When the big brother saw it was good, he took it away and ran away with the bag and a half of food he had snatched. The whole family could only carefully pick up the fallen food from the ground one by one and looked at each other. It was the remaining food.
The half bag of rice saved the family from running out of food immediately.
On the 18th, the Okabe family finally opened the warehouse to stock up on food. However, Kotaro failed to receive his food - just as he was about to line up to receive the food, the line suddenly became chaotic and someone started to grab the food! Okabe!
The tribe dispatched troops to suppress the chaos, and the situation suddenly became chaotic. When the city finally stabilized, the granary for distributing food had been closed. No matter how the people, including Kotaro, cried, the guarding samurai and ashigaru
None were moved.
After eating all the food, the family was completely out of food. The third brother's infant baby was the first to die. The second brother's wife also fell ill again due to excessive grief and died. The third brother's wife
She also contracted that damn disease, and that night, in order to avoid harming her relatives, she actually committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. The family that was originally living happily suddenly only had five people left.
On the 19th, trust among the people was gone. The hungry people were plundering others crazily. Thefts and robberies occurred frequently in Yinma City, and conflicts with the Okabe family's army became increasingly serious. But Kotaro was already a little numb. They
There was nothing to be stolen or robbed, so I felt at ease. The family was barely surviving on half a bag of food donated by Muji, a former neighbor. As they struggled to survive in this hell on earth, the entire Yinma City felt like it was about to explode.
of active volcanoes.
However, on the 20th, just before Yinma Castle was completely reduced to a miserable world due to hunger, disease and fighting among residents, a glimmer of hope came. The retainers of the Okabe family who were out for negotiations brought back news that Yu Qiupei was willing
Accepting the hungry people in Yinma City and providing them with shelter and food. When the news first came, the people were not willing to believe it, thinking that this was just a ploy by the Okabe family to stabilize people's hearts. However, when the Okabe family's ashigaru came
After going to the gathered refugees, distributing the last day's rations, and asking everyone to wait outside the east gate for release in the evening, people finally realized that they could leave this hell on earth!
That Yuqiu Hongye, with unimaginable kindness, gave up the siege of Yinma City, which was about to fall due to hunger, and instead was willing to accept these refugees. The people of Yinma City cheered on the street regardless of their hungry and exhausted bodies.
, praising the benevolence of Yuqiu Hongye. Even Kotaro, who had lost many relatives and was extremely depressed, cried bitterly because of His Highness's kind deeds.
On the evening of the 20th, thousands of people crowded inside the East Gate. The avenues, alleys, houses, and even the roofs of houses were all crowded with people. Kotaro brought his family and his surviving family with him.
People, crowded among these crowds, are waiting for the moment when the door to the "Elysian World" opens.
Chapter completed!