Don't panic when fleeing the famine, the peasant girl is busy farming

Chapter 74

Farmers would be almost dead without their fields and houses.

Jiang Erya thought for a while, and said, "The drought in Dongchang County is also severe, and many people must have died. There must be a lot of vacant fields. Why don't we settle down in Dongchang County together with the whole village!"

Li Zheng was very surprised, "Why do you have such an idea? Dongchang County is not very far from Xichang County. Let's go back to our hometown to plant our own land and live in a house built by ourselves. Isn't that good?"

Settling in Dongchang County is too uneconomical.

In Daqing country, if you move your household registration, you need to pay a migration tax of two taels of silver.If you want to move to a better village and get better fields, you have to secretly give money to Mr. Cao, who is moving to the place.

People in Xinglin Village are generally very poor, and only Li Zheng's family and Lao Jiang's family can afford these two sums of money.

Unless other people sell their sons and daughters, they don't even think about it.

It is true that they have never thought about it in this direction, and returning home is the only choice in their hearts.

Li Zheng said softly: "This Dongchang County is in the same situation as our Xichang County, and is also facing the problem of famine after the drought.

Since I also have to starve here, and I have to starve my family, I might as well walk ten days longer and go back to my hometown to starve.

In case of starvation to death, it is better to die at home than to die in a foreign land.

If we die in our hometown, it will be closer to the ancestral grave, and it will be easier for the spirits of our ancestors to find us, and we will be reunited with them..."

The more Lizheng talked, the more pessimistic he became, and the more frustrated he became, he finally let out a long sigh and left with his medical books.

Jiang Erya also sighed.

It seemed that she had to go back to Xinglin Village.

To be honest, she didn't really want to go back.

She left Xinglin Village less than half a month after transmigrating, and she has not yet developed a strong sense of belonging to Xinglin Village, nor can she experience the feeling of returning home that other Xinglin Village residents feel.

She wanted to take her father to settle down in Dongchang County.

Not for anything else, just for Dongchang County Linhai, where you can eat fresh seafood.Living here and opening a restaurant, she can earn a lot of money every time she unlocks a new seafood variety or new way of eating that Daqing people don't know.

Unfortunately, the dog system that returned after 24 hours of self-repair said that her escape mission has not been completed, and she must continue to act with the people of Xinglin Village.

In this way, the business of selling seafood to make money can only be postponed.

However, she can buy more seafood when the people of Xinglin Village go to Dongchang County to buy salt and grain, store it in the system backpack with fresh-keeping function, and occasionally take some out to cook and eat, first to satisfy her appetite.

……

After another day and night, the rain finally stopped.

After two days of rest, the sun seemed much milder. It was not as violent as before, and it didn't hurt at all when it shone on people.

Jiang Erya led three or forty people out of the cave, and according to the system's prompts, went straight to the lairs of various birds and beasts.

The three 40 were in charge of the siege, and she was in charge of the fight.They worked together, rushing from nest to nest.

Pheasants, rabbits, boars, deer, bears, wolves, leopards, foxes, eagles, wild geese, etc., and so on.

Those who can be caught alive will be caught alive, and those who cannot be caught alive will be killed first.

Except for the cubs, all the beasts were not spared, and they all became prey in their hands. The birds had wings and could fly, but quite a few escaped.

Jiang Dongliang and Lizheng's youngest son followed with six to seventy people, and took all the medicinal materials near the nests of birds and beasts.

Some people scraped away the edible grass roots and bark after picking the medicine!

At sunset, people in Xinglin Village returned home full of loads, but Daping Mountain almost became a bald mountain.

Jiang Erya got most of the animal furs, as well as a live bear and three live deer.She didn't want anything else, and gave it all to the villagers.

The people of Xinglin Village spent the night concocting medicinal materials, processing prey, and making meat jerky, and they worked in full swing...

At the same time, the gate of Dongchang County, which had been closed for more than ten days, finally opened.

The victims outside the city were about to rush into the city excitedly. Two teams of officers and soldiers came out of the city with spears in their hands and drew a long line at the gate of the city.

An officer and soldier lined up in front, pointing his spear, and shouted sharply: "Anyone who crosses this line without permission will die!"

Just when the victims were about to cry in fright, the officers and soldiers shouted again: "Your Majesty has an order. Starting tomorrow, the granary will be opened and porridge sheds will be set up at the gate of the city. , Go to the porridge shed to get a bowl of porridge!"

The victims cheered and praised the governor of Dongchang as "Master Qingtian".

After the officers and soldiers passed the order, they recruited some young and strong people among the victims with half a catty of grain per person as wages, and asked them to help clean up the unclaimed corpses outside the city gate.

With continuous high temperature and two days of heavy rain, the corpses outside the city gate were already rotten and smelly.If you don't clean it up, there will be endless troubles.

The recruited victims carried the dilapidated corpses onto the cart one by one, pushed the cart for two miles, and then dumped the corpses on a mass grave...

……

When the people of Xinglin Village came out of Daping Mountain with large bags and small bags, Dongchang County City had already restored a certain order.

The number of disaster victims outside the city has decreased by more than half compared to before, and those who are close to home have taken the rations and grain seeds distributed by the county governor to go home to replant food.

Most of those who are still stranded outside the city are refugees from other places, including the more than 300 people from other villages who were on the same road with Xinglin Village before but turned against each other.

Due to various reasons, they couldn't return to their hometown for a while, so they could only continue to squat outside the city, waiting for the daily porridge from the porridge shed.

When the villagers of Xinglin Village arrived outside the city gate, they happened to catch up with the porridge shed to give porridge.

When Mrs. Jiang learned that she could get the porridge with her small bamboo badge, she immediately led her whole family to line up.Porridge without money, don't want it for nothing!

The other villagers quickly followed.

The officers and soldiers who served the porridge looked at the group of people who appeared suddenly, and the hands shaking the porridge were shaking again and again, and only a small half of the porridge was left.

Mrs. Jiang objected, "They are all victims of disasters, why should they give others a lot of money, and we only have this little?"

The officers and soldiers serving porridge were almost laughed angrily by her, "Why, because your complexion is rosier than others, and there are still spots of oil on your mouth that haven't been wiped off!
Every scoop of porridge in this porridge shed is used to relieve disaster victims and refugees, not to give extra meals to those of you who have eaten breakfast.

No matter how long-winded you are, don't even want this little half-cup! "

Although the people in Xinglin Village are dark and thin, they are solid and full of energy.

The other victims were really pale and emaciated, struggling to lift their eyelids, and even more shaky when walking, as if they would fall if the wind blows.

Mrs. Jiang compared the images of the two sides, and was a little convinced in her heart. She walked out of the team with the half scoop of gruel.

Jiang Erya's father and daughter did not queue up to get the porridge.The two of them pushed the tied live bears and deer, and the other pushed a cart of animal furs, and walked straight to the cordon outside the city gate...

(End of this chapter)