Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 10 Refugees Siege the City to Grab Food
Hearing this, Mrs. Sun mocked: "We can't learn from you that you are so generous, you can share everything, even your own man can be divided into someone else's kang."

Hearing this, everyone covered their mouths and laughed.

There was a widow at the head of the village next door, and many sneaky men from the nearby villages ran to the widow's house and were seen many times.

She caught Zhou's man by herself, and the two fought directly in front of the widow's door. When Zhou wanted to hit the widow, her man slapped her twice.

Those who did not get along with Zhou for a while satirized her with this matter.

Zhou's face turned red with anger, and the two began to scold each other with guns and sticks.

A few people in the crowd who really wanted to borrow some food couldn't help being impatient when they saw Mrs. Zhou scolding again.

In the end, several women covered her mouth and pulled back.

The middle-aged man who just spoke had no choice but to stand up and say: "We also know we shouldn't come, but the food at home is almost bottomed out, Jiang Xiucai is kind, please help us."

"Yeah, your girl was in poor health when she was a child, and we added cloth heads to make her a hundred clothes. We don't let you give food for free, we pay for it."

"Yes, yes, we will pay for it." The man said with an embarrassed smile, "It's just that the price can be cheaper than the grain store."

Today's food prices are two or three times the normal price, and some people can't afford to buy food even if they want to.

Jiang Yuchao saw his daughter gave him a look, and understood that it was to make him look bad, so she stood beside her and said.

"Our family also knows everyone's difficulties, but our family's food is only that much, and we can only squeeze out a part of the food." Jiang Yu glanced at the few who clamored just now and asked them to take out all the food and give them for free. , and went on to say.

"We are willing to help, but it doesn't mean we are good people, so we only sell this food to some people."

Jiang Yulai also stood up immediately and said: "Except for those who are collecting grain with us at home, we don't sell the rest, you, you, you... and you, we don't sell."

The ones that Jiang Yulai pointed out happened to be the ones who just incited the crowd to make trouble.

Mrs. Zhou happened to be among these people, and when she heard this, she yelled, "Why don't you sell it to me? You're avenging yourself."

"Just because this food belongs to our family." Mrs. Zhang slapped her mercilessly.

She has not forgotten that Jiang Zhilan pushed her daughter into the river.

"Those who want to buy food can go home now to prepare money and grain bags, and they won't wait until the time comes." Jiang Zhiyue returned to the yard with the Jiang family after saying this.

Some of the people gathered outside happily ran home, while others stood outside the door cursing. After a while, the news that Jiang Xiucai’s family was willing to sell food to everyone spread in Jiangjia Village, and even those who received the food Come and watch the fun.

At this time, in Jiang's courtyard, everyone worked together to move some of the grain from the cellar up.

Originally Xiao Wang's father, Wang Fugui, wondered why they had to sell the grain, but Xiao Wang explained to him that they bought a lot of grain in advance.

There are a total of [-] households in Jiangjia Village. Excluding the [-] or so households who received the grain and the [-] or so households just selected, there are only about [-] households left.

They have enough food, so don't worry about it, it can be regarded as doing good deeds and accumulating merit.

People who came to buy grain lined up outside, and whoever had their turn was allowed to enter the yard.

Wulang and Liulang guarded the door like gods, closing the door when someone came in, and letting another person in after buying.

Jiang Yulai has already made it clear in front of everyone outside, and they don't have to worry about going into the Jiang's house separated like this and asking for a price.

And after seeing Jiang Zhiyue's ruthlessness when holding a knife on someone's neck without blinking, no one dared to make trouble.

The Jiang family sells grain according to the number of people in the family who buy the grain. No matter how big or small, one person can buy five catties of grain more.

The people who came to buy the grain didn't have any complaints, and the process of weighing the grain has been very grateful.

When he was finally about to call it a day, Jiang Zhilan came in with Mrs. Zhou.

Jiang Zhiyue looked expressionlessly at Jiang Zhilan who was trying to pull out a smile, and said, "I remember Third Uncle said that he won't sell you food, so you go."

"Sister Zhiyue, did my mother make you angry this afternoon? Don't take it to heart, she didn't do it on purpose." Jiang Zhilan walked over and wanted to hold Jiang Zhiyue's arm, but she dodged it.

She lowered her head sadly, she shed tears, and said in a crying voice: "I know that sister Zhiyue is still angry with me, but I really pushed you into the water accidentally, the two of us The relationship is the best, how could I do that."

Jiang Zhilan had no choice but to do this, her family was running low on food, and her mother said that if Jiang Zhiyue couldn't get Jiang Zhiyue to agree to sell food to them, she would save her rations for her brother to eat.

But if there were outsiders around, Jiang Zhilan's behavior would probably cause a few people to feel distressed, but now only the Jiang family and Xiao Wang's natal family are in the closed courtyard.

The Jiang family knew what was going on, but the Wang family who didn't know the situation was also on the Jiang family's side.

Seeing her father and elder brother being puzzled, Xiao Wang stood aside and told what Jiang Zhilan had done.

Jiang Zhiyue sneered and said, "If your weeping and crying behavior is placed in front of Chen Zhicai, it may cause a little splash... Oh yes, I remember that the people in the town sent a lot of food to Chen Zhicai the day before yesterday, why didn't you see him send some to your house? .”

Chen Zhicai was still at the county school on the day Hengrong informed the villagers to collect the grain early, and he didn't come back until the third day of the grain harvest. After inquiring about the situation, he asked his parents to start collecting the grain.

But in the end it was a step too late. Before the food in the field was recovered, the rain poured down, and then locusts came, and the food in the field was gone.

The food delivered to Chen's house the day before yesterday was brought to him by his fiancée in the town.

I just don't know if his fiancée will regret her current behavior if she knows that Chen Zhicai is a half-hearted and wolf-hearted person.

Jiang Zhilan's eyes lit up when he heard this, thinking that when he was making out that day, Big Brother Chen said that he would take her as a concubine if he won the Juren, so it should be okay to ask him for some food.

The Zhou family didn't know the inside story, she said: "Whether the Wang family is doing anything, just say whether you are willing to give us the food."

The Jiang family was going to be disgusted by Zhou's shamelessness. It turned out that she didn't want to buy food but wanted to be a white wolf.

But they saw that Jiang Zhiyue had her own thoughts, so they didn't answer.

Jiang Zhiyue asked with a look of surprise: "You don't even know? Your daughter has a skin-to-skin relationship with Chen Xiucai. Why isn't it worth the food?"

Jiang Zhilan's eyes dodged, how did Jiang Zhiyue know that she and Brother Chen had a physical relationship.

Jiang Zhiyue stared at Jiang Zhilan's rich expression with great interest. In her previous life, she had studied investigative psychology for a period of time because of missions.

She was talking about the time when she went up the mountain to control Chen Zhicai with a supernatural power. It seems that there are more interesting situations in it.

Just as she thought, after Chen Zhicai and Jiang Zhilan touched the taboo that day, Jiang Zhilan went to find Chen Zhicai a few more times, and then they rolled together naturally.

Seeing that Jiang Zhilan still didn't understand something on her expression, Mrs. Zhou angrily pinched her arm hard.

Although her daughter is not as good-looking as Jiang Zhiyue, she is also a beautiful girl from ten miles and eight villages. She has not been married off until now because she wants to find a good family. Although Chen Zhicai is a scholar, her family is poor... She actually How dare you give yourself away like this!
No, she can't eat this loss, she has to go to the Chen family to seek justice for her daughter.

Mrs. Zhou pulled Jiang Zhilan, who looked panicked and secretly pleased, out of the Jiang family's yard, and kept cursing as she left.

But this time the target of scolding became Chen Zhicai.

Originally, seeing Zhou's and Jiang Zhilan go in, there were many people waiting outside the Jiang's house, and wondered if the Jiang's would sell food to them.

So when Mrs. Zhou came out cursing, there were still many people waiting, and the melon eaters stopped squatting at the door of Jiang's house, but moved their positions with Mrs. Zhou.

It took a lot of time to sell grain to the villagers just now, and it was even past lunch time, but fortunately, when the grain was just sold, I had already changed shifts to eat.

"Second Uncle and Third Uncle will go to town with me and buy two ox carts." Jiang Zhiyue said.

I haven't been to the town for a few days, and I don't know what's going on now, so I just went to check the situation.

"Okay, then let's go now, it will be dark anytime soon," Jiang Yulai said.

The three of them did not drive the ox cart, but went to the town on foot, and they arrived in less than half an hour.

Guzhen at this time is very different from the first time Jiang Zhiyue came here in memory. There are very few small vendors selling goods on the street, and even the passers-by look dejected.

The three went straight to the horse market with a clear goal, and the gatekeeper was the guy who received them last time.

The guy obviously still remembered this girl who was dressed in simple clothes but her temperament didn't match her.

Seeing them, the man smiled and asked, "Girl, you are here again, what do you want to buy this time?"

"Ox cart, take us to have a look." Jiang Zhiyue replied briefly.

The man didn't think there was anything wrong with her attitude, and took them to the place where the livestock were kept in the backyard.

Jiang Zhiyue glanced over and saw that there were only two cows, a mule and a horse left here.

Having no choice, Jiang Zhiyue asked for the remaining two cows and asked the man to help them put them on the carts, and one of them asked for a frame with a carriage.

She also thought that Mrs. Wang was still pregnant, and since she had the conditions, she wanted to make her journey more comfortable.

The frame is ready-made, as long as it is put on the cow, Jiang Zhiyue looked at the sweaty man who was busy, and kindly reminded: "The world is in chaos recently, it is better for the man to prepare in advance."

The buddy was taken aback when he heard this, thinking that they bought two more ox carts, maybe they also heard some news.

He smiled gratefully and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Miss, but today is the last day we will open the door. When the master comes, we will go to the master."

"Let's also remind the girl. I heard that there are many refugees outside the county seat. If you want to force the county magistrate to open a warehouse to release food, I think it's probably not good."

Jiang Zhiyue said, "Thank you buddy for letting me know."

After the ox cart was set up, Jiang Zhiyue paid the money and left with Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Yulai.

Not long after walking, a panicked middle-aged man ran up to him. The man was pale and his clothes were messy. Jiang Yulai hurriedly stopped the ox cart to avoid hitting him.

Jiang Yulai frowned, and was about to tell him to walk carefully when he was interrupted by the man's panicked voice.

"The county seat, the county seat is broken, and refugees have entered the county government."

Jiang Zhiyue was originally sitting in the carriage, when she heard this, she suddenly opened the curtain and asked, "What's going on, please explain clearly."

The middle-aged man looked at Jiang Zhiyue who came out of the curtain, felt the pressure from her body, and subconsciously said the things she said.

"A large number of refugees gathered outside the county seat. I originally wanted to go to the county seat to buy food, but the refugees outside were crazy. After they entered the city, they rushed to the county government. They started to grab other people's food when they couldn't find the county magistrate. It was hard for me. The little food I bought was taken away by those refugees."

Hearing the news, Jiang Zhiyue seemed to have no intention of asking, "How much food was robbed of you?"

"Two...Two catties of rice." The man said casually.

Jiang Zhiyue turned her head and took out a cloth bag from the carriage and threw it at the man. He subconsciously took a look in his hand, and it turned out to be rice!
A little more than what he managed to buy in the county.

Before returning to the carriage, Jiang Zhiyue said, "Let's go."

I don't know who said this to, but both sides reacted.

Jiang Yuqing and Jiang Yulai flicked the whip in their hands very tacitly, the man glanced in that direction gratefully, and ran away quickly.

When the onlookers reacted suddenly, they realized that they were in a daze just now. Not only the girl who gave food just now had left, but even the middle-aged man had disappeared.

Everyone was annoyed that they didn't react just now, but they didn't continue to struggle. They all heard what the middle-aged man said just now. The refugees have invaded the county. Will they continue to come to them? They have to go home and inform the family to hurry up. Just pack up and run.

Here Jiang Yulai was also talking about this, and he asked suspiciously: "Yue girl, why did you give that person so much food just now?"

We must remember that the first lesson Jiang Zhiyue taught them was not to show kindness indiscriminately.

Jiang Zhiyue said that because she was afraid that they would be too kind and cause trouble. She was afraid that she would not be able to guard them all the time on the way to escape from the wilderness, so she had to let them understand these principles in advance.

She explained: "It suddenly appeared in the little treasure box given by the old man. It should be for me to thank him for telling us the news."

The few catties of food she gave the middle-aged man just now was indeed thanks to him for telling them the news.

"That's it." Jiang Yulai didn't worry too much. In his opinion, the little treasure box belongs to her niece. It doesn't matter what's in it or what she wants to use it for. He just asked out of curiosity.

But thinking of what the middle-aged man said, he asked in a heavy tone: "Should we tell everyone what the man said just now?"

"When we go back, Grandpa and I will go to Heng Rong's house and tell them. It doesn't matter whether they believe it or not. We'll pack our things when we go back."

"Okay." Jiang Yulai accelerated the speed of driving, and Jiang Yuqing followed quickly.

(End of this chapter)