Gu Qi, she just wants to farm

Chapter 1 The Road to Escape

It is a year, troubled times.North of Yuzhou, three years of severe drought.

At a glance, there is no greenery anywhere as far as the eye can see.

It turned out to be completely bare soil tree trunks with their branches and leaves broken off, which made people panic.

Gu Danian secretly looked at the little girl who was cooking by herself while chopping wood.

The more I look at it, the more I feel that this girl who has walked through the gate of hell is a little weird.

But to say what the strangeness is, Gu Danian really can't tell.

All the way to escape from the deserted land, we walked more than half of Yuzhou Mansion.

Those who escaped from Gujia Village together are now dead, wounded, and scattered, all of which have disappeared.

I don't know where my wife and son and daughter-in-law have gone or are they still alive.

The most pitiful thing is that the three-month-old grandson left early before calling him a master.

Up to now, only he and Qi Yatou are left.

I don't know how far this road is going to go, and the bad days can go on for a few more days.

"Father, don't chop this bundle of firewood after you've chopped it up, save some strength, there's still a long way to go tomorrow morning."

"How can this work! Yesterday, I promised the steward of Zhou's family in the town to send five bundles of firewood to their family.

A bundle of firewood is worth three bucks, and five bundles are worth fifteen bucks.I've only split three bundles, and I'm still two miles away. "

Gu Danian was sweating, bowing his head and babbling.

After three years of severe drought, the food in Yuzhou is as expensive as golden beans.

In the past, ten liters could buy two pounds of rice noodles, and now it has risen to [-] liters per pound.It has been turned sixteen times and there is nowhere to buy it.

The fifteen big money Gu Danian said could only buy three taels of rice noodles at most.

This little cornmeal is not enough for him to fill his stomach for a day, but it takes two full days to earn it. (Ps: 1 catties is converted into 16 taels)
In the good times of last year, this kind of loss-making work was something no one would do.But now everyone is rushing to do it.

Gu Danian was able to find this job because he had a little friendship with Zhou's housekeeper when he was young.

Gu Qi was not angry when he saw that Gu Danian did not listen to advice, but said with a normal expression:
"I went to the town this morning to beg for food, and I happened to see the gate of Zhou's backyard open, with two carriages and a donkey cart parked outside.

Several servants of the Zhou family are busy packing boxes and stacking things on top, I am afraid that the Zhou family will be empty tomorrow.

If you are procrastinating, the five bundles of firewood can only be kept and burned by yourself. "

"How can this be done!"

Gu Danian became anxious when he heard this, and even the hand holding the axe trembled:
"Liu Qingshan just said it to me early in the morning! Why did he regret it today?

The Zhou family is a big family in Linping Town. I heard that the Zhou family's old house has been in this town for hundreds of years.Girl, don't you stare at me?

There was an old phoenix tree outside the back door of the Zhou family's old house, and there was a century-old well beside the phoenix tree.

There is a big "Zhou" character carved on the head of the well. Can you see it clearly, girl? "

What Liu Qingshan was talking about was the steward of the Zhou family.

Earlier, he was the eldest son of the Liu family in the neighboring village of Gujia Village, about the same age as Gu Danian.The two were childhood playmates. When wearing open-crotch pants, they often went up the mountain to catch rabbits and fish in the river.

When he was old, Gu Danian devoted himself to the field to work.

And Liu Qingshan was sent out by the head of the family to the guy in the shop of the Zhou family, and learned the skill of in and out from the gentleman in the cashier.

The half-child who was only 12 years old when he went out was now in his forties and only took the position of steward of Zhou's family's outer courtyard.

Gu Qi knew about the plane tree in the backyard of Zhou's house in Gu Danian's mouth.

It's a pity that the leaves have fallen off two years ago, and now it is even more withered and can't see the way it used to be.

If it weren't for the long years, those intricate old roots were too deep, I'm afraid that they would have been eaten by the hungry victims who fled to the town.

As for the old well next to the phoenix tree with the inscription Zhou, it was dry three years ago, and now the loess is almost half covered.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Gu Danian was still babbling on and asking questions, and Gu Qi burned himself without answering.

Obviously, Gu Danian didn't care whether his daughter could answer his words.

He just felt that some words were stuck in his chest and he was uncomfortable.

In fact, Gu Danian believed what Gu Qi said from the very beginning.

The Zhou family really wanted to escape, and the three bundles of firewood that he had chopped for a day might not be sold.

But some things are like this, and you just can't accept it for a while.

Knowing that Gu Danian was feeling uncomfortable, Gu Qi didn't interrupt him and let him talk.

Just wait for the leaves of the wild vegetables in the pot to be boiled and boiled until the roots are completely boiled before saying:
"Put your stomach first. In the afternoon, I will carry these three bundles of firewood to Zhou's house to ask.

If they still want to stay, if they don't want it, I'll go to another place to ask. "

"What if I can't sell it?" Gu Danian frowned and said anxiously.

"No matter if you sell it or not, you have to leave tomorrow."

Gu Qi put a bowl of the root soup in the pot for Gu Danian, and then filled it with two more spoonfuls of wild vegetable leaves.

"Let's go again, where are we going? Where can we go?"

Gu Danian couldn't help sighing while speaking.

They have been gone for three months.From Gujia Village to Liuxian, and from Liuxian to today's Linping Town.

After walking more than half of Yuzhou Mansion, I found that the more I walked, the more I felt like I couldn't get anywhere.

"Go wherever there is food, and go wherever there is a way to live."

Gu Qi's voice was a little empty, as if he was not talking to Gu Danian, but talking to himself.

"The households in Linping Town are now [-] or [-] percent empty.

If it doesn't rain by God, I'm afraid that Xiao Anhe outside Linping Town will not be able to last for a few months.

The roots of the trees at the foot of the mountain were dug up by the victims a few days ago, and there are not many left on this Linping Mountain, and they will be leaving tomorrow morning. "

"It's not. If you want to live, you have to go, and the day you walk to the Palace of the King of Hell is over."

It wasn't the first day that Gu Danian said such depressing words.Gu Qi has been listening to Gu Danian's words intermittently since the day he wore it.

Now three months have passed, but Gu Danian has not seen any thoughts of committing suicide.

He also had to drink most of the tree root and wild vegetable soup that he cooked every day, before he scolded and took the rest to himself.

At this moment, Gu Danian scolded the thief in frustration, while swiftly scraping and scraping the leaves and roots of the leafy vegetables in the pot.

Seeing that not a single drop could come out, he reluctantly handed the empty pot back to Gu Qi.

Thinking about it but not reconciled, I couldn't help raising my voice and scolded:
"Seven girls, why is there so little vegetable root soup today, it's half less than yesterday's.

What are you thinking about all day?Do you want to be delicious? "

(End of this chapter)