Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 24 Selling food to refugees and encountering robbers

Jiang Zhiyue looked around and found that there were only a few people left.

There are less than forty of these people together, and they all look miserable.

They were all looking at her earnestly, just like the man who spoke just now.

It seemed that Jiang Zhiyue's next answer was crucial.

The fact is indeed the case, not only those passers-by are waiting for her answer, but even the people of the Jiang family village, who deliberately separated a short distance from the Jiang family, moved to this side after hearing it.

They still thought that Jiang Xiucai's family could give them this food!
If that girl really agreed to sell the food to those refugees, what would they do!

Jiang Zhiyue hesitated for a moment before saying embarrassingly, "Although we have a lot of food, we also have a lot of family members."

Hearing this, those hopeful people thought that there was no hope, and their eyes dimmed.

But the turnaround is so fast.

Jiang Zhiyue went on to say: "So the food can only be sold to you partly."

The surprise that fell from the sky stunned those people, but Jiang Zhiyue unexpectedly agreed.

Although they knew that this request was too much, they couldn't last two days without food.

"We understand, we understand, thank you girl, woo woo woo..." Someone knelt on the ground happily, and started crying as he spoke.

The Jiang family and other members of the Wang family did not refuse, anyway, they felt that whatever Jiang Zhiyue did was right.

But someone disagreed.

When the people in Jiangjia Village behind heard that Jiang Zhiyue had agreed to sell grain, they couldn't sit still for a moment.

What will they do if they sell it to others.

Mr. Jiang Kangde's second daughter-in-law ran out from behind and exclaimed, "No way, how can I give them this food for nothing!"

"If you want to give it, you can only give it to us. It's nothing to those outsiders."

Mrs. Wu also stood up and said: "That is, if your family thinks there is too much food, we are all from the same village and know everything, shouldn't we give it to us!"

Jiang Zhiyue sneered and asked, "When did I say that it was free? They pay for the food and I pay for the food. If you want to buy it, you can."

She turned her gaze to Mrs. Wu again, and said sarcastically: "Now you know we are from the same village, I don't know where you just hid."

"Why should I give you my family's food, what a face!"

Mrs. Wu was satirized, but she immediately realized that if she cared about face, then she would not be Mrs. Wu whom everyone in the village feared.

She said confidently: "The group of people just now had knives in their hands, why should we come out, besides, don't you all have knives too?"

"Looking at your vicious look just now, those two carts of food are probably stolen from others, so they should be given to us."

"We are helping you. Your family has done evil things. We helped you get rid of the stolen goods. You have to thank us!"

The entire Jiang family and those who gathered together to buy some food from the Jiang family were almost stunned by Mrs. Wu's shameless speech.

And those refugees who were waiting for the Jiang family to save their lives were also extremely panicked.

I'm afraid that the little girl will not be sold to them by the old lady.

Before Jiang Zhiyue could speak, the old Mrs. Jiang, who was so upset by what she heard, grabbed Mrs. Wu and beat her up.

"I told you to be shameless, but you still have the nerve to say such things. I think you forgot why my family was kicked out. You still have the nerve to ask for our food. I will kill you shameless old woman."

Crack~crack!
Mrs. Wu was pushed to the ground and slapped twice, and when she realized it, she wanted to resist.

But these days of fleeing famine, she hasn't had a good time, so she is no match for Mrs. Jiang.

After a while, he was pressed to the ground and beat up screaming.

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Sun have long disliked the daughters-in-law of their uncle's family, and if they catch the second daughter-in-law who shows up, they will be beaten up.

Jiang Zhiyue felt relieved when she saw that her family hadn't fallen behind and continued to talk about what happened just now.

Soon, these people lined up in a line, looking forward expectantly.

Just like selling grain in Jiangjia Village, they limited the amount of grain each person could buy.

But even if they don't restrict, these people can't afford that much money.

Jiang Zhiyue watched them carefully take out fragments of copper coins from their arms and bags, and their eyes suddenly became hot.

No matter at any time, it is the people at the bottom who suffer from disasters.

But she can't expose herself, so she can only sell food to them in this way.

He didn't bring a scale when he went out, and all the grain sold went through Jiang Zhiyue's hands.

She weighed it in her hand and passed the food over.

She would guess and put in some more food for them.

Those people also weighed the obviously extra weight, and they looked at Jiang's family with gratitude.

Although Jiang Zhiyue deliberately put a lot of grain in it, there were not many people who bought it, and even one cart was not sold out.

It seems that we still have to push two more scooters, which really delays our journey.

They were also accompanied by Uncle Wang and Grandpa. She couldn't show them a "fairy trick" of waving and disappearing.

But Jiang Zhiyue soon discovered that her thoughts were completely overwhelmed.

Mrs. Wu and the second daughter-in-law of the old man who had just caused trouble were taught a lesson.

Although no one dared to touch the Jiang family's bad luck, they could buy food like those people.

Soon, several people came out of the Jiangjia Village team and asked if they could buy food.

The Jiang family would not refuse, and bought the remaining grain at the price they had just sold to the refugees.

Seeing that the price of grain this time was only the price of grain in normal times, many people in Jiangjia Village couldn't sit still.

Their family confiscated food, and now they can live on what they bought from Jiang Xiucai's family.

But it still takes more than half a month to get to Mizhou City, and the little food bought at the beginning is not enough.

So they all went to Jiang's house to buy food.

On the contrary, Mrs. Wu, who clamored for the Jiang family to take out the food on weekdays, and the others fell silent.

They all collected some food more or less, and there was no shortage of food to save on the way, but they were jealous of the Jiang family getting so much more.

That's why they incited those who had no food to follow them to attack the Jiang family.

After the crowd dispersed, Mrs. Zhang looked at the two empty carts, walked up to Song Furong and said, "Furong, do you need this cart? If you do, take it."

Song Furong asked in surprise: "You don't want this?"

No matter how you say it, it is also a big item at home, how can you just throw it away.

"We don't have so many things to pack, and it's troublesome to pull. If you need it, just take it." Zhang said.

She had already asked Mrs. Jiang and them in advance, and knew that the scooter was no longer needed.

It is better to give it to Fu Rong than to let someone take it away, so I have this question.

Song Furong gave Zhang a grateful look, she had a large family, but there was only one cart, and she had to carry a lot of things on her back.

After traveling like this all day, I am really tired.

It would be much easier if there was another cart.

Thinking that the children of her family followed the villagers to ask for food from Jiang's family, she felt very guilty.

"Gui Ying, you are so kind to our family." Song Furong's eyes were red with emotion.

Zhang's name is Zhang Guiying.

"Our relationship, what are you talking about, let's pull it back." Mrs. Zhang patted Song Furong with a smile, and handed her a burden.

When she was in the village before, if something happened, Song Furong would often help her speak up.

Song Furong pulled a cart back, and Mrs. Jiang gave the rest of the cart to another family in the village with whom she had a good relationship.

At Jiang Kangde's place, the second daughter-in-law had just been taught a lesson, and she didn't dare to say anything.

He could only hide in the team and mutter in a low voice: "It's really an elbow turning out, giving everything to others, and even my own family can't think of it."

"That's right, I think they handed Song Furong a bulging bag, and I don't know what good things are in it." The third daughter-in-law stared at Song Furong who came back greedily.

Mr. Jiang Kangde's mind was surrounded by all kinds of words that his son and daughter-in-law said to slander his second brother's family in the past few days, and it was a lie to say that he was not disappointed.

He scolded angrily: "Shut up, you only think about other people's things all day long. When did you become like this? Our family has harvested so many fields of grain. Although it is a bit tired to walk outside, when have you ever been hungry? This is not all the food harvested thanks to the blessing of your second uncle's family!"

"You also know that you and your second uncle's family are a family. It's fine if you don't help when something happens, and you are there every time you provoke something!"

The old man was also very angry, he reprimanded them many times, and coughed continuously after speaking.

As a result, his three sons not only did not feel guilty at all after hearing this.

"Thanks to them again, Jiang Yuchao is teaching in the town. Isn't it right to help the boys in the family? Besides, our family is not the only one who collects food, and the second uncle's family is not just with our family. said."

"We've supported you for so long, but let you stay at the second uncle's house for two days. You're out of your mind."

The old man looked at these unworthy descendants angrily, and asked, "Don't tell me you don't know that the two catties of grain your daughter-in-law left for me were moldy old millet."

"What's wrong with Chen Guzi, can't you still eat it!"

The old man was so angry that his chest felt tight. Chen Guzi was fine to eat, but Chen Guzi, which had been soaked in water and moldy, would be fatal.

There used to be an old man with no children and grandchildren in the village who was reluctant to throw away the moldy grain, but it was gone the next day.

The second daughter-in-law looked at the old man holding his chest and gasping for breath, fearing that he would die of their anger and die here.

Quickly said: "Our family can't serve you anymore, so you can go with the second uncle's house."

After speaking, he winked at Jiang Daya and asked her to send the old man away.

Many people heard about the farce between them, and they were all a little contemptuous. Back then, the old man's daughters-in-law also said that in order to make the old man's life better, they left a lot of food for the Jiang family.

The result was two catties of moldy Chen Guzi, but no one intervened.

On the contrary, I feel that it is better for the old man to follow Jiang Xiucai's house than to be here.

Afraid that the old man would not want to leave, Jiang Daya planned to hold him by the hand.

As a result, he was stopped by a pair of good-looking hands before he touched anyone.

Jiang Daya looked up and saw Jiang Zhiyue's half-smile eyes.

"The old man is in poor health, you will be accused of beating the elders if you go down." Jiang Zhiyue said coldly with a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

Jiang Daya was startled, and said angrily, "Jiang Zhiyue, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Although many people saw how their family treated the old man just now, as long as no one said it, it would be fine.

Xiang Jiang Zhiyue singled out this matter so bluntly and said that if she was rumored to be unfilial, she would be stabbed in the back, how could she marry in the future.

Jiang Zhiyue didn't even give her a look, and asked the old man obediently: "Grandpa, grandpa said that he is leaving soon, let me pick you up."

After such a long delay, the sun had already set and it was not so hot.

The Jiang family decided to take advantage of this time to catch up with the meeting again.

It stands to reason that the Jiang family's two carts of grain have already been sold, so there is no need for Jiang Hengrong to follow them.

As a result, not long after they left, Jiang Hengrong also yelled at the villagers to pack up their things and follow.

Jiang Hengrong's eyes were gloomy, and he was very dissatisfied with what happened in the past two days.

Not only did the food fail to arrive, but the Jiang family also took down face many times.

But thinking of the Jiang family's big knife and Jiang Zhiyue's way of beating more than a dozen people by herself today.

After hesitating for a moment, he followed!
If you follow that girl, maybe you can use their house to block you when you encounter danger.

Those knives had already gone through Minglu once, so Jiang Zhiyue didn't let them put them away again.

It was also the knife in the hands of their family that blocked the thoughts of many people in the following days.

After walking for two days, Jiang Yuchao and the others finally saw a mountain range on the afternoon of the third day.

This should be the closest mountain range that Jiang Yuchao mentioned, and they have used up a lot of water, just enough to go into the mountain to see if there is any water source.

"Go further and find a flatter road, but there is no water source. Let's add some water before continuing."

"Okay!" The Wang family father and son said happily.

If they can't find water anymore, they will all start to worry that they won't be able to walk anywhere.

As soon as their smiles were on their faces, they heard panicked voices.

"Help, there are robbers, help!"

After a while, a few men came running in a panic, followed by a few robbers holding long knives and looking fierce.

Those men also saw the Jiang family and the big team behind them, their eyes sparkled with brilliance.

"Help us, there are robbers coming!" As he said that, he ran behind the Jiang family.

The robbers who were chasing after were also forced to stop, but when they saw such a large number of 'fat sheep' appearing in front of them, they immediately cheered up.

"Hahaha brothers, this trip is worthwhile, but we caught a large number of sheep."

"Stop, rob, and get caught obediently."

The robbers pointed their knives at the members of the Jiang family in front of them and the people of the Jiang family village behind them.

The people in Jiangjia Village panicked when they saw the robbers, and they squeezed back one by one, hoping that the robbers would not find them.

Jiang Zhiyue counted the number of these robbers, there were only eight of them in total.

But it may be that he has been doing robbery, and he has grown fat and strong in this famine year.

The men from the Jiang family and the Wang family stood in front of their families with knives and stared at them without showing any weakness.

(End of this chapter)