After traveling to ancient times, I became a superb shrew

Chapter 49

The night was quiet.

After a tiring day, a few of them fell asleep as soon as they climbed into bed after washing at home.

Gu Qing made an appointment to collect mushrooms tomorrow, and gradually fell asleep.

A sharp scream pierced the silent night sky, she sat up suddenly from the bed, and there was the sound of wailing in her ears.

Yang Pei stood at the door of the house and said: "Patriarch, there are thieves in the village!"

Gu Qing instinctively looked at the cabinet where the food was stored, she took out the key and opened the cabinet, the rice and noodles were still there, and her heart felt at ease.

"All the food from Aunt Zhao's house next door has been stolen." Yang Pei said, "Aunt Lizheng has sent someone to chase after the thief. I don't know if we can catch up."

Gu Qing got up, put on her shoes and went out. Most of the men in the village went after the thief, and the woman stayed here to comfort Aunt Zhao.

Aunt Zhao sat on the ground and wiped her tears: "What crime did our Zhao family do? Why did we steal our food... The thief who was condemned by God, was struck to death by a thunderbolt..."

Gu Qing and Zhao's family lived near the foot of the mountain at the end of the village. When thieves came in, they were the first to be stolen.

Zhao's family has a foreign surname, and the last two generations fled from famine and settled in Gu's Village, and the homestead is located in the periphery.

The place where Gu Qing lived used to be lived by a person with a foreign surname from Gu's village, but that person had only two sons. After the two sons got married, he became extinct, and the house was vacant after his death.

Li Zheng arranged to live here after being separated from the original identity. Although the house is dilapidated, it is better than living without a house.

Aunt Zhao slapped her thigh and cried loudly: "The crops in the field have not been found, and the family's money and food have been stolen. How will we live in the future... A family of six, let's die together... Fifty or sixty Catches of food, the food saved from the mouth, was stolen just like that... All the money the whole family earned from picking mushrooms was gone, and even the two large baskets of chestnuts picked up a few days ago were also stolen. stole..."

The women onlookers couldn't help but click their tongues. They didn't expect that Zhao's family still had fifty or sixty catties of food in stock at this time. If they could eat one meal a day and save a little, a family of six would be able to eat for a month or two...

Lizheng sighed and said, "There are still a few days until rice harvesting, and each of you guys will lend you a little to try to get over this difficult time!"

Lizheng, also surnamed Gu, is 55 years old this year. He has been a Lizheng for more than 20 years and is very prestigious in the village.

Gu Lizheng was the first to lend a catty of grain to the Zhao family, and the others wanted to lend a little more, but there were too few people in the village who had surplus grain, and everyone lived on starvation, so who could afford the extra? food.

In the end, the villagers collected a total of three catties of grain.

With three catties of grain, even if we tighten our belts and eat a full day, the family can only eat for four or five days.

Aunt Zhao was out of breath crying with three catties of grain, and finally passed out directly, and fell into the arms of the eldest daughter of the Zhao family.

The old lady Gu was also in the crowd. She borrowed half a catty of millet to go out and told Gu Qing to be more vigilant in the middle of the night. Now Gu Qing has not only food at home, but also money, so she has to be careful.

Mrs. Gu didn't fall asleep when she returned to the old house, but called the whole family to hide food.

Only Gu Qing's room was allocated to the Gu family. The second room and the third room lived together. There were twelve people including adults and children.

Mrs. Gu is a person who has lived a hard life. She knows the importance of food storage. She saves a little every day. After such a long time, the family has saved 30 to [-] catties of millet, [-] catties of buckwheat noodles, and more than [-] catties of quinoa seeds. Corn flour mixed with mixed noodles... The old lady asked her two sons to hide ten catties in each room. Even if a thief sneaked in, they would lose at most ten catties. It would not be like the Zhao family, where the whole family went to drink northwest wind.

That night, no one in Gu's Village slept well.

If the thief didn't come back, Zhao's family only had three catties of grain left, and there were still six or seven days left for the autumn harvest... The most important thing is that this year's autumn harvest may not be able to leave much grain.

Early in the morning, there was a commotion in the Zhao family.

"Mom, please don't betray me, please..."

The eldest daughter of the Zhao family, Zhao Daya, knelt on the ground and cried until she was in tears.

Zhao Goudan hugged his eldest sister and broke down crying: "Father, you sell me, I am a boy, I can sell money!"

Aunt Zhao's man, Liu Fugui, also shed tears: "Patriarch, must this be done?"

"There is no food at home, so how will we live if we don't sell her?" Aunt Zhao sighed, "It is a big family, even if there is a famine, there will be stuttering. Sending Da Ya over is a blessing, so there is no need to cry! Da Ya goes there , people give us a tael of silver, how much food can be bought with a tael of silver, this is a good thing!"

She said so, but her face was full of sorrow.

It's not that life can't go on anymore, no one would think of selling children.

As soon as Gu Qing woke up, she heard the neighbor arguing about selling the child.

"Isn't the status of women in Daliang country higher? Why don't you sell dog eggs instead of big girls?" Gu Qing was puzzled.

Yang Pei and the others went to the town before dawn, and now only Gu Qing, Gu Yu and Gu Nuo are at home.

Gu Yu explained: "Eldest sister, you don't know something. It is because women are scarce that people want them. There are many men in Daliang. Don't talk about selling them, but giving them to others. Others think it is a waste of food."

This is also the reason why Yang Pei's family knew that Gu Qing was a bastard, but still sent their son to marry Gu Qing.

Gu Qing entered the kitchen, bought ten catties of millet and two catties of rice from the virtual mall, and walked to the next door.

Leaning against the mud wall, she pretended to be sarcastic and said: "Lizheng is really partial to your family, so he collected three catties of food for you without saying a word. My family didn't have a grain of rice before! There is a grocery store in the town He didn't have a daughter, so he bought my second sister for two taels of silver!"

"My two younger brothers and sisters, and five husbands and sons-in-law are all waiting for food. If I sell Yu'er, two taels of silver will be enough to eat until the New Year. No matter how stupid I am, I will still be the elder sister. If I don't sell my children, it's a big deal. Starved to death." She threw the chestnuts in her hand, "I won't buy Dahua back, so let's exchange this bit of food for Dahua and come to our house to work for half a month!"

She beckoned, "Big girl, what are you doing in a daze, hurry up and wash my clothes!" Zhao Daya knew that although Gu Qing was not a good person before, everyone can see the changes now, Zhao Daya Getting up from the ground, without wiping away the tears, she immediately followed Gu Qing.

Liu Fugui was not willing to sell his daughter, and after the daughter ran out, he deliberately blocked the gate of the courtyard, for fear that Aunt Zhao would catch up.

Liu Fugui sat on the dry firewood, smoking dry cigarettes.

Aunt Zhao picked up the cloth bag on the ground. It was heavy, weighing at least eleven or twelve catties.When I opened it, it turned out to be bright yellow millet and a lot of snow-white rice. The rice was full of grains, and it looked like high-quality rice. Such good rice, Gu Qing actually only traded for a big girl to do half a month's work, Aunt Zhao Is there anything I don't understand.

"Miss Gu can live on without hesitation, why can't we!" Liu Fugui looked at the bag of rice in Aunt Zhao's hand, and said through gritted teeth, "Even if it's eating wild vegetables or bark, it's considered eating dirt. I also don't agree to sell children!"

Aunt Zhao sighed: "Then wait until the rice in the field is harvested!"

(End of this chapter)