Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 217 215, Rogue

"Last year's harvest was not good, and now we have to collect food. How can we live?"

On the edge of a farmland, the farmer squatted on the snow-covered field and sighed, with dark skin and wrinkled hands.

Just now, the village official sent someone to go door-to-door to talk about it.

Between the lines is nothing more than food.

The old farmer didn't understand any major principles. He just wanted to be full, and the whole family was full of snacks.

However, how could there be food to eat? Last year, grain was levied twice, and the second son of the family was taken to the army, leaving only the young grandson and daughter-in-law.

Although there were two food collections last year, the season was good, and at least I could survive on the wild vegetables in the field. But now, under the heavy snow, where can I find food, and the last little leftover food at home has been taken away.

This old farmer, who was responsible for the livelihood of the whole family, was bent like an ant in the field at the moment.

"Second Uncle, why are you here?"

There was a sound from behind, and the old farmer looked back. He was the second son of his elder brother. He often ran outside. He heard that he had done some business, and the family gradually improved a lot.

"Hei Niu, are you back today?"

The old farmer wiped the water from his face, stood up and smiled.

"It's pretty good. It's much stronger, and it looks more stable. It's much stronger than that kid in my family."

Hei Niu hummed, he just came back by car, saw a familiar figure in the field and got out of the car to take a look, unexpectedly it was his second uncle.

"Why did Second Uncle come to the field in such a cold day?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing, I just want to see if the field has thawed. It's February, and it's time to plow the land. What is the black cow doing this time?"

"I'll come back to have a look. I heard that Shitou has joined the army and Brother Tie Shu is injured again. I plan to come back to see my second uncle and bring you some food."

"Have you brought food back?"

The old farmer's expression changed.

Hei Niu nodded, a little puzzled.

"Hide it quickly. There are food officials in the village. If you take it out at this time, you will definitely be confiscated."

Hei Niu's face changed: "Didn't we already pay the tax last year? And we paid the tax!"

"I didn't know this. They said they wanted to fight, so they asked us to give food, and if they didn't give them, they sent people to corvee, alas."

The old farmer let out a long sigh.

Hei Niu's complexion changed again and again, and finally nodded, calling on the old farmer to hide the grain brought back in the snow and cover it with snow.

Back in the village, I can see all the sorrowful clouds. Sanshi Village, a small village in Dongjun County, has no more than two hundred households and a thousand people.

At this moment, almost every household in Sanshi Village was weeping. Hei Niu and the old farmer returned to the village, his hands clenched into fists, and his knuckles turned white.

Go home.

The old man was no different from the villagers outside, with a gloomy look on his face. It seemed that the situation at home was not good. Speaking of which, he had been sending money to his family all these years, so why was he still so depressed.

"Grandpa."

Hei Niu knelt on the ground and kowtowed to his father.

"Oh, it's good to be back, it's good to be back."

Father Niu stepped forward to help Hei Niu up, muttering in his mouth.

"Grandfather, I have sent a lot of money to my family in the past two years, why..."

Before he finished speaking, Hei Niu couldn't speak too clearly, it would hurt his father's majesty.

"Well, exempt from corvee, poll tax, land tax, and some taxes I don't understand, and several times of grain collection, your money is basically seven or eight.

Our family is still good, at least we still have something to eat, you didn't go to your second uncle's house, they are more difficult than us. "

"The boy has already seen the second uncle."

Hei Niu's fist clenched even tighter.

"It's hard these days."

Father Niu's voice was extremely hoarse, and his sunken eye sockets were haunted.

"Father, let's rest. The child is back. Let's go visit my mother first."

"Well, go, your mother is at the loom."

Hei Niu walked to the back room, he was very familiar with the dark and unlit corridor.

Haloxylon click.

Haloxylon click.

Before he got close, Hei Niu heard the familiar sound of the loom.

That was the voice that lingered in my ears when I was a child. Recalling the past, Hei Niu was surprised to find that his mother seemed to have grown on that stool, and he had never seen her go anywhere else.

Da da.

The sound of the loom stopped.

Hei Niu's familiar voice sounded in the house.

"The cow is back?"

"It's me, Mommy."

Hei Niu pushed open the door, and the only light in the dark and damp room was the light coming in from the window.

The windows were open, making it even colder on this cold day.

"It's dark, it's thin, it's suffering outside."

The black cow lady pulled the black cow and stroked his cheek.

"Baby is not bitter. Haier has a group of good brothers who take good care of him."

Compared with what he was engaged in, Hei Niu looked at his wrinkled mother with vicissitudes of life, and the heavy exhaustion, and the fire of Hei Niu's heart burned even hotter.

Yes, the things I do are really tiring, but at least I can see hope and live a promising life, but what about my family.

First is the second uncle, with that skinny appearance, even Hei Niu, who is used to seeing slaves, can't help but tremble.

Grandpa is also much older, and Grandma's back is even more rickety.

It can't be like this anymore, it can't be like this anymore.

If you want to go, the whole family must go!

"Aniang, don't be too busy, close the window and rest for a while, I will go to Grandpa to discuss something."

Letting go of his mother's hand, Hei Niu stood up and walked out.

But when he walked out of the door, the familiar sound of Haloxylon clicking sounded again in the room.

"Ugh."

Sighing silently, Hei Niu returned to the outhouse.

"Grandpa."

Walking quickly to his father's side, Hei Niu squatted down and tightly grasped his father's hand.

"What's wrong?"

Father Niu looked at Hei Niu with some puzzlement.

Hei Niu choked up and said: "Grandfather, you, A Niang and your elder brother will follow me. I am promising. I have about [-] mu of land outside. There is no tax. I can have a lot of surplus food a year. You Come with me, brother, and help me take care of the fields."

"What are you talking about? Let's go, let's go, we are not citizens, we have become hooligans, this is called fleeing!"

"Grandpa, I just want us to escape!"

"Grandpa, I promise, if we escape, we will be able to live a better life. We will be able to eat enough and have surplus food, and our eldest brother's children will have the opportunity to go to school and become literate people."

"Grandpa, I haven't asked you anything for so many years, so just listen to me once! Will you?"

Looking at Hei Niu's pleading and extremely firm eyes, Father Niu sighed in his heart, thinking of the money he often sent back in the past two years, he seemed to know something.

Nodded: "Okay."

Hei Niu's face was ecstatic, but the next moment, he was stunned again.

"But how do we escape?"

"Ten Li Yi Ting, my son, once we are caught, our whole family will be dispatched."

"I'll find a way!"

Hei Niu's face was determined. As a Wuhuan spy for two and a half years, he still has some tricks!

(End of this chapter)