The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 22 Preparations before fleeing famine
In the downstream village of Mengxia, almost every house is hung with white papers, the sound of crying is endless, the air pressure is low, and there is no need to care about farming. There are now nearly 300 people in the village, and 300 bandits killed more than 1200 villagers. It is a blood loss!
When Father Hu and Hu Yiniu entered the village, they were both terrified by the tragedy in the downstream village. They stumbled to Lao Yuan's house and saw that the whole family was still alive.

"Family, as the old saying goes, if there are green hills left, don't be afraid that there will be no firewood. Our family is a blessing if it is neat and tidy!"

"Oh, who said no, my in-laws, you don't know, how dangerous that night was, they would chop up anyone they fucking saw, just like a lunatic!"

"It's spread all over the outside world, saying that the person who came to your village to avenge his revenge is the accomplice of the bandit you killed on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve!"

"You idiot, shameless, you want them to come to our village to rob and kill, and you don't want us to fight back? If you can't win, you dare to take revenge!"

"I heard that the county magistrate Jia has already run away, and now the master is taking care of it. From time to time, refugees make riots, and the law and order have been messed up!" The two fathers were frowning, this world is too difficult.

There are more than 300 villagers. Some families lost their pillars and only the old and the young were left. They had no choice but to go to their relatives. They died and ran away. There are still more than 100 people left. Such a big village is very embarrassing .

That day, a villager who was not dead at the checkpoint revealed the brother-in-law of the leading party in the upstream village. So far, the two villages have formed a deadly feud.

Yunnan Baiyao and catgut played a very important role after this serious injury, and they were called high-end products of Jiazhou Pharmacy by Cuihua.

Almost all of Ma's chickens were wiped out, and they were killed the next day. This time after Papa Hu arrived at Yuan's house, Cuihua had formally asked the two families to leave.

"Don't talk about God's work, the refugees are out of control now. There are as many as a thousand refugees who came to our village this time. Now there are more than 100 people in our village. How can we resist it again?"

"Or, you guys go with my house and go to Da'e Mountain?"

"The mountain is not a secret place, outsiders can't enter, and the victims will find food sooner or later. Dad, let's go together! Before everyone has made up their minds."

"Here, where can we go?"

"The capital!" My daughter said with a determined face.

"Isn't that the little emperor's place?"

"Sooner or later it will become the place of the last emperor!"

"Let me think about it, let me think about it. I have to go back and discuss it with your mother and brother!"

While recovering from his injuries, he made preparations, entered and exited Qing County a few times, and smuggled more than 200 catties of air-dried beef from the space, which was about the length of an adult's index finger.

I told my family that it was bought by Tibetans with a lot of money. The southwest is also a large area of ​​Tibetans, and everyone knows that cattle and sheep are produced there.All the water bladders bought during the trip in Inner Mongolia were donated. The mule carriage was refitted by Lao Yuantou. Bamboo baskets were added to the roof and bottom of the carriage to store clothes and so on.

Yuan Laoer was given the task of making a deep-mouthed iron pot with two ears and a long machete. After completing these tasks at home, he was sent back to the village.

I bought more than a dozen backpacks, large and small, from the bamboo craftsman's house, especially for the two cubs, I bought two backpacks with hijabs that can be buckled up. This kind of carrying capacity is large, and the lightweight tool is very easy to use.

I made an appointment with Father Hu on the departure date, and the villagers gradually learned that Yuan’s family was leaving. The remaining one hundred or so people, in addition to the old ones who couldn’t run, also had relatives who could join them. There were more than 60 people. People from eight households asked to run together.

Uncle Yuan Datang and Uncle Yuan Ertang were the first to be notified, and they must follow. Since these two families are in the upper half of the village, there are only six people left in total.

Jiang Laidi's eldest sister, Jiang Zhaodi, is still alive, and the old couple of Jiang's family died with their son-in-law, miserable with their two children.

Except for her family, every family in these five families has members of the patrol team, and every family has strong laborers. Cuihua agreed and analyzed the current situation for everyone, saying that their final destination is the capital.

Everyone opened their mouths, they didn't expect to run so far, but this time the village is like a ghost beating someone to death, and they really can't stay any longer, forget it, forget it, let's go.

In addition to the eight families in the downstream village, Zhao Xiucai from the upstream village also requested to join. There are six members in his family, including the old couple and the only son's family of four.Special circumstances are treated specially. Although Zhao Xiucai has a grudge with the upper reaches of the village, Zhao Xiucai's family is still good.

Damei and Ma made stone buns at home for 3 consecutive days, and all the gray flour at home had to be used up.

The small round pebbles are cleaned and spread in a large iron pan. The stones are boiled over medium and small fires, and they are constantly stir-fried to make the stones heated evenly. Brush a layer of soybean oil, and then pat the dough one by one on the stones. , and finally cover with a layer of stones. The surface of the baked buns is pitted and browned, and they are crispy and very durable.

In the evening, the emerald flowers are also kept in the space, and several large baskets are stored.

The remaining rice is also made into crackers, and everything is subject to storage.

In the end, Lao Yuantou made 5 chicken cockroaches and said he would give 2 to Hu's family.

Before departure, he bribed Master Qing County with a lot of money to lead the way for eleven families going north to the capital. The price was not too high. All the families were made into relatives and in-laws and went to the capital to join their clansmen.

When the three of the old Yuan's family recovered from their injuries, the departure day came. Yuan Er Er pushed the rooster cart to lead the way: his big bamboo basket was placed on the cart, and inside the cloth bag was fifty stone buns, a bag of crispy rice, two or three catties Beef jerky, his own clothes, water bag, iron gun, long-handled machete, a deep iron pot he made himself, and 10 taels of silver and hundreds of copper coins in his pocket.

The adults of the Yuan family who push the chicken bus are all configured in this way, and there are also steamed buns and jerky in the small baskets at both ends.

Yuan Laosan's second car, Cuihua's third car, Lao Yuantou followed behind in a mule cart, Mrs. Ma, eldest sister, and two cubs stayed in the carriage, and Heihu and Heibao ran happily after Cuihua. Even their mother, Dahei, didn't care.

The mule cart of Lao Hu's family walked behind Yuan's house, and Hu's father drove the cart. Inside were 4 children plus Zhang and Zhao Sanniang, and the three sister-in-laws took turns in the mule cart.Hu Erniu and Hu Sanniu pushed the two rooster carts presented by their in-laws, Hu Yiniu carried a big bamboo basket on his back, and Niu Damei and Jiang Laidi carried their own parcels on their legs.

The second sister-in-law Niu Damei's family was unwilling to leave Er'e Mountain, and the old grandmother in the family would not leave her hometown even if she died. The persuasion was ineffective and she could only bid farewell in tears.

Behind the Hu family is Zhao Xiucai's family. Their family also has a donkey cart, and even a small number of people can be arranged in the cart. Zhao Xiucai's son drives the cart.

Four of the eight households in the village have cars, and the rest mainly use rooster carts. Qian Tuhu’s family has four sons. This is already the most labor-intensive family in the downstream village. Last month’s In the battle, this family was only injured but not killed, which shows that the strength is not bad.

(End of this chapter)