Dragging the family to flee famine?Don't be afraid, I have room to fill the granary

Chapter 150 The Flooded Village

Finally, it landed firmly on the opposite side of the creek.

Looking at Jiang Su who successfully jumped over, Qi Mei said, "Isn't it, it's very simple, there's nothing to be afraid of."

"Let's go, let's go up." Although he jumped over, Jiang Su still had some lingering fears in his heart.

After Shan Qing and others stepped over, everyone headed towards the cave.

At the entrance of the cave at this time, the villagers living in the cave had already discovered them.

So when Tao Qiqi climbed up the small slope and came to the entrance of the cave, the village chief Yao came over and asked, "Where are you going?"

Tao Qiqi raised her head, looked at Village Chief Yao and replied with a smile: "Hi, old man, we are a passing caravan, the road ahead is flooded, we originally wanted to go back to the nearest county.

However, just now we saw that there were people in this cave, so we wanted to see if we could discuss it with you and spend the night with you tonight. "

Village Chief Yao nodded after hearing this: "I see, then you all can come up. The road ahead has been flooded for a long time. The heavy rain comes from time to time. I don't know when the water will recede."

Tao Qiqi followed the village chief to the cave, and asked casually: "The local county magistrate didn't come over to take a look, can you think of a way? We see that your village is also flooded. It's been flooded for a long time, and the house It has to be rebuilt."

Speaking of this, Village Chief Yao sighed: "The county magistrate came to see it, but the water flow is really helpless, and the heavy rain will come down from time to time, and the county magistrate is helpless.

Fortunately, when the water first started to rise, we realized something was wrong, so we hurriedly rushed all our belongings and livestock to the cave.

Now everyone is hiding in this hole.I just hope that the water level won't rise any more, otherwise the cave won't be able to hide people. "

"Has such a big flood happened before?" Qi Mei asked.

"Although there have been floods in the past, the water level receded within a few days, and the village was not affected. Sometimes the water level in the village was not very good, and the village could not be flooded. This time is the most serious one." said the village chief's wife. Pass a pot of hot tea to everyone.

"Thank you, auntie." Fang Yu took the tea and poured a bowl for everyone one by one.

Tao Qiqi observed the cave while drinking hot tea.

The cave is very large, with poultry and livestock of each family on the left, and villagers living in the village on the right.

Everyone usually sleeps on the ground.

Fortunately, thick hay was laid on the ground. Compared with being in this cave, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, everyone is not particularly sad this winter.

In addition, several fires were burned in the cave, and Tao Qiqi felt very warm even standing inside.

Living is not a big problem, just eating, I don't know if everyone is okay.

I came from the ridge just now. Although the villagers should have harvested the food, they just don't know if they have been dried and stored.

Tao Qiqi is also grown in the ground. If the weather is bad when the grain is harvested, it will become moldy and sprout if it is piled for a long time. Once it sprouts, it cannot be eaten.

The hard work of these months was in vain.

"Village Chief Yao, seeing that all the grain in the fields has been harvested, the villagers shouldn't have suffered any losses, right?" Qi Mei, who happened to be chatting with the village chief, asked this question.

Hearing Qi Mei's question, the village chief's face became even more serious.

"Don't talk about it. Speaking of which, the villagers have no place to cry. Originally, the grains were harvested and left in the sun for just one day. I thought that after one more day of drying, they could be sealed up for the winter.

As a result, a heavy rain suddenly fell at noon the next day, and the rice that the villagers were drying in the grain field was drenched by the rain before they could be put away.At first, I thought about waiting for the rain to pass before drying again.

As a result, it rained for four or five days at a time. Even if it stopped raining in the middle, it didn't stop for long. It even started raining again before the sun peaked.Now most of the villagers' food has sprouted and gone moldy.I don't know what to do with this winter. "

Speaking of the latter, the corners of Village Chief Yao's eyes were moist.

Wiping his tears and looking at the fields outside the cave, Village Chief Yao looked sad.

Originally, winter wheat could be planted after the autumn harvest.In this situation, winter wheat will definitely not be able to grow.

Although the villagers tried to rescue and dry the grain for the autumn harvest, the village was about to be submerged due to the river flooding halfway, and the villagers had to move out of the village quickly.

This delayed for a day, and in the end not much food was saved, and most of it was destroyed.

Now that the spring harvest has failed, the remaining grain is not even enough to pay the grain tax. I don't know whether it can survive until next summer's harvest.

"What did the county magistrate say about this situation?" Jiang Su asked.

"Originally, we had to prepare to pay the grain tax after the autumn harvest, but due to heavy rain, the matter of paying the grain tax was temporarily delayed. Fortunately, the higher authorities later issued a document, and the grain tax this year can be exempted in the affected areas."

Just as Village Chief Yao finished speaking, a villager came over and said sadly: "But because winter wheat can't be planted, and there is no harvest in spring, the food in the villagers' hands now has to be harvested in summer, and I don't know if it will last or not." the past."

After hearing this, Fang Yu comforted and said: "It's okay, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. Since the higher-ups can exempt the folks from the grain tax this year, it means that the higher-ups will definitely not sit idly by and do nothing. Give them some time, and they will definitely find a way to solve the problem for the common people. difficult."

Village Chief Yao nodded and agreed: "Indeed, we are much happier than the common people in the north. In these years of famine in the north, the one above didn't care about everyone's life and death, and even grabbed food from the common people.

Now the above is the Mingjun who dealt with the refugees in the north. With him, he will definitely not care about the life and death of our common people.It's just a matter of time.

After all, the new emperor has just taken up that position and has a lot of things to deal with. We are suffering, and the fact that he can issue documents to exempt us from food tax as soon as possible is the best proof. "

Seeing what the village chief said, the villagers who had just walked over thought that it was true. They were lucky, so they nodded and agreed with the village chief's statement and Fang Yu's suggestion. Wait and see, give the higher ups some time. .

Jiang Su felt very proud after hearing what Village Chief Yao said.

Being able to hear people's affirmation of their son live and in person makes a mother naturally happy and proud.

"Okay, it's getting late." Village Chief Yao said, looking at his wife and saying, "Old lady, let's get some more rice tonight. Let these young masters and madams deal with us together."

Jiang Su originally wanted to refuse, but was stopped by Tao Qiqi. Then Tao Qiqi looked at Village Chief Yao and smiled and replied: "Thank you for your hard work, Village Chief Yao. We don't eat for free. We happened to pick it up by the river just now." If you get two fish, add more fish soup. I'll get the fish."

After Tao Qiqi finished speaking, she walked to the carriage on the side of the road.

(End of this chapter)