Xiaotuanzi swallowed the first dumpling and sighed with satisfaction.
Qingbai held the bowl and echoed next to him: "I think it's delicious too, I can eat two bowls in one meal!"
Qingsong looked disgusted, his younger brother was his younger brother, he was too incompetent!
"I can eat three bowls in one meal, three big bowls!"
Shu Mingliang was not to be outdone: "The people using the bowls are all rookies, but I can eat a pot!"
Everyone took turns to finish their heroic speeches and turned to look at Xiao Qingfeng. As a result, he finished the dumplings in the bowl without saying a word and ran to the kitchen to get a second bowl!
Several little ones all said: Qingfeng, the sixth child, is a real dog!
Yang Xiaofang couldn't help but smile as she listened to the laughter outside the house.
In the past, she felt suffocated every time she came back, so naturally she couldn't feel the warmth of family reunion. It was only today that she realized that the Shu family was not as scary as she thought.
Everyone is happy and no one gets angry and bickers over stuttering. This feels great!
*
The villagers of Yaoshui Village finished digging the road and diligently guarded the intersection for half a month, but they didn't even get a hair.
At this time, some people became impatient and went to the village chief to go on strike. After all, every household had its own life to live, and it was a waste of energy to keep guarding the intersection.
The village chief thought about it carefully and said: "How about this? I will go to the town tomorrow to find out what's going on. If there is no news about the refugees causing trouble, we will stop guarding.
You also go back and ask your family if there is anything you want to buy, and we will go to the town together to buy everything."
After Shu Mingli brought home the news that the villagers would go to the town to buy supplies tomorrow, Mrs. Shu began to settle accounts there.
The few hundred kilograms of grain they bought last time were used by the family for a month, and one or two hundred kilograms were missing. The salt, sauce and other seasonings were also completely empty.
"I'll give you ten taels of silver this time, no matter how cheap or cheap, and buy a few bags of grain, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, etc., especially salt, and buy more good bacon.
I’m also looking to buy some fabrics and cotton. It will get colder in a while, so I’ll buy two winter coats for the children to survive the winter. You can buy the rest.”
There were too many things to buy, and old man Shu was afraid that there would be too few people to carry them, so he specially called the third and fourth children. He was originally going to call the eldest brother, but he was worried about the crops in the field and refused to go.
The Shu family has a total of eighteen acres of land, including ten acres of fertile land and eight acres of wasteland.
After this summer's harvest, Mrs. Shu didn't let him plant any more crops in the wasteland. Even if he did, he would get no harvest, which was a waste of food. There was only ten acres of land left.
Four acres of the land were too far away from the Yaoshui River, and it was too laborious to carry water back and forth. They were abandoned after watering for several days, so the Shu family only really manages six acres of land now.
Now is the critical period for crops to mature. The water in Yaoshui River is getting less and less day by day. In order to preserve the poor harvest, Shu Mingren can only carry water desperately to water.
Even so, the crops in the fields are still yellow and withered.
Yan Yan often sat behind the house with her chin in her hands and watched the villagers carrying water to water the fields. From time to time, she would sigh and ask Xiao Qinglong: "Why did the old god send you here?"
Xiao Qinglong asked her unconvinced: "What's wrong with me? I'm great too!"
"What's the use of thunder without rain?" Xiaotuanzi sighed again and delivered a soul blow.
Xiao Qinglong: "...Actually, this problem is not a big problem. It doesn't rain here. We can move to other places where it rains. Anyway, you have good luck and don't have to worry about starving to death."
Yan Yan's eyes lit up, "What a great idea! I'm going to tell my grandmother and ask her to take us to move!"
Xiaotuanzi ran home and told her grandmother what she thought. The old lady rubbed her head and said lovingly, "Silly boy, moving is not that simple!"
Who can predict how many accidents and variables will happen when you leave your hometown and go to work in a completely unfamiliar place?
The other end.
The people in Yaoshui Village were dumbfounded when they looked at the closed door of the grain store.
"What's going on? Why are even the grain stores closed?"
We can tolerate any store being closed, but we can’t survive without food!
The group of people panicked and hurriedly went to another grain store to check the situation. This store was not closed, but it was empty enough to run a horse.
The owner of the grain store was dozing off on a recliner. When he saw someone coming in, he raised his eyelids and refused to move. "Don't look, there is no food in the store. Not only in this store, but also in the entire Tongzhou City to the north."
Already."
Shu Mingzhi asked: "What about the food?"
"The grain was confiscated by the imperial court and sent to the battlefield as military rations."
The grain shop owner closed his eyes again and replied lazily, his voice weak, as if his body had been hollowed out.
"What about us? What should we do?" the village chief asked, holding on to the pillar, his legs shaking as he thought of the hopeless life in the future.
"Either starve to death or flee."
The grain store owner knocked on the handle of the recliner and asked, "Have you heard of Qizhou City?
The imperial court issued a decree some time ago to encourage those of us to move south to Qizhou City, saying that all disaster victims who move there will be exempted from taxes for three years.
Many people have already set off a few days ago. If you want to go, you should leave as soon as possible. If it is too late, other accidents may happen."
The men present all looked at each other in confusion. They were born and raised in Yaoshui Village. The farthest place they have been to in their lives is the county town. How had they ever heard of Qizhou City?
The village chief frowned and asked one more question without giving up: "What about you? Why don't you go?"
The grain store owner laughed, pointed to his gray hair and said, "Look at how old I am, and how many more years I can live. I turned around and my braids popped up halfway. Didn't I lose a lot of money?"
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So it’s better not to worry about it, and if you want to die, just die at home.”
It was obviously a very free and easy sentence, but everyone felt very uncomfortable hearing it.
The sky is vast and the feeling of hometown is strong.
People always have a special and indescribable feeling for their hometown.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Shu Zhi took the initiative to stand up and said: "Everyone, please be happy. As the saying goes, 'If you move a tree, you will die, and if you move a person, you will live.' I went to find my friend to find out about Qizhou, in case it is a particularly good place."
Woolen cloth?"
The village chief suppressed the sadness in his heart, nodded and said: "Let's go together, ask questions clearly, and leave a way out for ourselves."
If the situation really becomes more and more serious, you still have to leave, but you can’t wait to die!
Shu Mingzhi led a group of people to the home of a friend named Shitou in the south of the city. After a few pleasantries, they found out that Shitou was about to take his family and several brothers to escape to Qizhou City!
"Let me tell you, Qizhou City is a good place. It is vast, sparsely populated and close to the sea. If you go to the sea, you will find endless fish and shrimps to eat, and you can make endless money. It is much better than this shabby place like ours!"
My brothers and I have discussed it and we will set off in three days. If you have that idea, please confirm it as soon as possible. Let's go together. There are many people and we can take care of each other."