The whole family crosses to farm

Chapter 116 Eccentricity
Mrs. Liu brought up two cups of hot tea, and was busy getting candied fruit for Lin Chunnong to eat. Lin Jiale hurriedly said, "Don't be too polite. I heard that the town is in chaos. My family is so worried, Mr. and classmates, come here Take a look and go."

Mr. Liu looked relieved, these students did not teach in vain, many came to see him in two days.

Lin Chunxing took out an arm crossbow made by himself with a strong firing force, and handed it to Mr. Liu, "My father hired someone to make it in the county before he went out to do business. You can take it to protect your home."

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Inside Xiaotong Lane, the Lin family, Mrs. Lin looked at a crossbow brought by her second son, and said with an ugly face, "When you were in the county, didn't you find someone to make a lot of bows and arrows like this?"

The implication is, why only bring this one.

While speaking, she looked at the little granddaughter who was next to her second son, very dissatisfied.

When is this, the family has run out of food, Yuan'er hasn't eaten a decent meal for several days, how can this little broom star of the second son's house still be fat for nothing?
On the day of her birthday, her home was ransacked, and this girl was also taken away by the people above for no reason. Mrs. Lin believed in her heart that this girl was a bastard, the kind that even she could find.

Lin Chunnong hid behind his father, not because he was afraid of the old lady's eyes, but because he felt inexplicable and didn't want to bear the malice of this cheap grandma.

Lin Jiale frowned slightly, and only talked to old man Lin who stood aside without saying a word, "Father, isn't this crossbow enough for you?"

Old man Lin still had to be reasonable. After his little granddaughter was implicated by the Lin family and brought to the southern brothel, his son was able to take care of their old couple, which made him very satisfied and gratified.

But he also has a son, a son that he values ​​very much and goes out to fight for his life. He has to be partial, and he also wants more.

"Your elder brother, a general named Wu Chuanming left yesterday. It seems that he wants to fight for a way out in this troubled world."

Needless to say, Lin Jiale knew what the old man meant. The eldest brother treated him well, so he didn't need to ignore it. After thinking about it, he said, "I really don't have any at home, so just give him the one I used."

Turn around and go outside, and take off the last crossbow that was covering the car.

Old man Lin saw it, so he didn't want it, "You also have a family to protect, so take it back. I'll find a way to get some ordinary bows, you go."

Mrs. Lin was annoyed, why not.

The second child is protecting his wife and children. Where are all his bows and crossbows?It must have been given to his Yue family a lot earlier.What's the use of loving such a son?

At this time, Fang Yunxia stepped forward, grabbed the crossbow, and cried: "Father, Yuan'er's father wants to live, and the people in our family should be well. The second brother knows how to make this thing. He Can do it again."

Old man Lin scolded angrily, but as soon as he let go of his hand, the eldest daughter-in-law snatched the crossbow away.

The daughter-in-law here is right, they also want to live.

It's just that the younger son is disappointed again.

Old man Lin sighed, turned around to the corner, and smoked in a muffled voice.

Lin Chunnong looked at his father sympathetically. It seemed that no matter what his life was, his father was the one who had no relationship with his parents.

"Father, let's go home." She tugged at her father's sleeve.

Mrs. Lin couldn't help it at last, and said: "Second, take care of you girl, behave yourself, maybe in the future, that bad experience will be forgotten by others."

Lin Jiale was not angry all this time, but his face turned green when he heard these words, "Mother, I don't care about you from now on, and you don't want to meddle in my family's affairs."

Then, holding his son in one hand and his daughter in the other, he turned and left the small courtyard.

Old Madam Lin's angry voice came from behind, "It's wrong, it's against him, do you think he's born in the clan, and I, as a mother, can't control it?"

Old man Lin said to her, "Stop saying a few words."

"I am his own mother, and I gave his life. Why, it's okay to talk about it now?"

The family of three walked out of the alley, and those angry but helpless voices finally disappeared.

Really, Mrs. Lin is playing a scoundrel, but what she said is really true, let alone ancient times, even in modern society, any child who is not filial will be mobbed by a group of moralists regardless of the reason.

Their golden shield is, "It doesn't matter how much he/she is wrong, but he/she gave you life anyway, and made you grow so big——"

Not to mention the ancient times when unfilial piety could be punished, even if parents were beaten to death, the yamen didn't care.

Lin Chunnong had no choice but to hold his father's big hand and pat him for comfort.

After all, Lin Jiale was a little concerned. After all, at the beginning, the two elders treated him well, and he was willing to treat them as his own parents, but he didn't expect this to be good, and he couldn't stand the test of a little crisis.

However, he has been a human being in two lives, and he has never seen any kind of person. He just cares a little bit, but he doesn't take it to heart at all.

Looking at his lovely daughter, Lin Jiale's heart is full of happiness, no matter what, he still has Xiaocao and two children.

The scorching sun scorched the earth, and the crops in the fields were drooping. If water was not given in time, within three days, these crops would all die of drought.

Lin Jiale was driving the car in front, and Lin Chunnong was sitting there obediently hugged by her brother. This was the first time she had seen the power of the weather.

In my memory, in modern times, the sun was so hot every summer, but I have never heard of any crops dying of drought.

Sensing her depressed mood, Lin Chunxing touched his sister's head, "It will be fine."

Just at this time, their carriage approached the entrance of a village, Zhangjiazhuang, the third village north of Yishui Village.

There was a big willow tree at the entrance of the village, and under the tree sat a few old men who were not there when they went to Yuequan Town in the morning. They were all well dressed, but they were not polite at all when they stopped their carriage.

"If you pass through our village, you have to pay a toll." An old man with a long, thin face and dark yellow skin said harshly.

Lin Jiale got out of the car and said with a smile: "What do you mean, we are from Yishui Village in the south, and now we are in a difficult situation, so we should work together as one to tide over the difficulties together. Why are we being mean to each other first?"

As soon as the words were finished, an old man who looked kinder next to him said: "Young man, what you said is true, but we have to take care of the mouths of our own village first, don't we? We don't need money for the toll, just give us a bowl of water .”

At noon, the last well in the village that was still able to draw water was also dry. So far, no boy has come to talk about turning back the water. I am afraid that the water will really be cut off.

Now asking passers-by for water is just a temporary measure. Tonight, they have to discuss with the nearby villages and go to the banks of Chishui in the north to find water.

Seeing their firm attitude, Lin Jiale knew that it would be impossible to get through without handing over the water. Although he knew that there was another way to go around, he didn't want his daughter and son to suffer under the sun.

Fortunately, when I went out in the morning, my wife brought a jug full of water for the children in case they were thirsty.

There was still half a jug left.

Lin Jiale turned to her daughter and said, "Ninny, give me the water bottle."

Those old men's eyes flashed, and each of them brought a rough pottery bowl commonly used by farmers at this time, and Lin Jiale poured a full bowl.

The old men couldn't help but glanced at this man, and the kind-faced old man said with a sad face: "You are a kind man, don't blame us, the world doesn't leave a way for people to survive."

Lin Jiale sneered in his heart, he took advantage of everything and wanted to make a good impression, it's really not a good product.

He nodded, sat back on the car, and drove away.

Walking into the village, I saw a lot of people around the well on the side of the road leading from north to south of the village, and then a load of wet mud was transported out.

A group of old and weak women and children surrounded the mouth of the well, and the people digging out the sand in the center were all young children, even those who were only three or four years old had anxious expressions on their faces.

Lin Jiale was also anxious, not knowing what happened to Yishui Village.

The villages on their side had been knotted together early to prevent outsiders from entering. All the way to Yishui Village, they didn't see those people from Yuequan Town, the kind of people lying on the roadside begging for water.

After passing Zhangjiazhuang, there is a small village named Liude. This village is very small, less than half the size of Zhangjiazhuang. There are two shared wells in the village.

When they passed by, the well in the left village might not be dry yet, but many people still gathered by the well, adults and children lined up there, trying to fetch as much water as possible to fill their urns.

For some unknown reason, they all walked away, and the group of people waiting to fetch water started fighting with each other.

Lin Chunnong unconsciously grabbed his brother's sleeve tightly and whispered, "Brother, will we die of thirst?"

Only those who choose this water to drink well and that water to drink, realized for the first time the true meaning of the saying that water is the source of life.

In the situation where there is nowhere to find water, people will really die of thirst.

Lin Chunxing hugged his sister's small body, and the sense of steadfastness gave him a sense of security. He whispered: "No, there is such a big mountain behind us, we can definitely find a new water source."

In addition, after ancient times, he was still too comfortable. If he had collected materials early on to make an engine and could drill wells tens of meters deep, what would this drought be?
You must know that the inability to deal with drought in ancient times was due to the lack of deep well drilling technology.

As for whether too many deep wells will cause the ground to subside, that is unfounded worry.Modern wells are basically more than ten meters deep, and no place has collapsed because of this.

Lin Jiale turned back to his children and said: "With daddy here, I can't let you have no water to drink."

Compared with the villages below, Yuequan Town's water situation is much better. If it's really not good, I will go to the town to buy water in the next two days.

According to what my son said before, the places farther north could not be suffering from floods at this time. Since there is no shortage of water there, the village organized a caravan to go north to buy.

Presumably, a steamed bun can buy a bucket of water.

With the calculations in his mind, Lin Jiale's anxiety eased a lot, and after another village, Yishui Village appeared in front of him.

The river bed of the small river at the entrance of the village, after being exposed to the scorching sun every day, was so dry that it cracked with deep tortoise lines, and the fish and shrimp in it were completely extinct.

"Second Uncle, you're back." The young man guarding the entrance of the village greeted Lin Jiale from afar.

"How's the situation outside?" Chen Sifu also stood up and asked.

Lin Jiale shook his head, "There is chaos. What about the village, did you find a water source on the mountain?"

"Not yet," Chen Sifu said in a low voice, "At noon, people from the villages not close to the mountain all came here. They discussed with the village chief and asked each village to send people to the mountain to find water together. At night The village head's family, we need to discuss how to arrange this matter."

Lin Jiale said, "Okay."

Chen Sifu smiled and teased the little girl on the carriage, and the carriage passed by.

(End of this chapter)