Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 76 Homely Chat

In the afternoon, Mr. Jiang took Mr. Han out.

Before going out, Mrs. Jiang asked Mrs. Han to take some pears and headed towards the house next to the big willow tree at the entrance of the village that Cui'er had mentioned.

As soon as he arrived there, Mr. Tao, who was putting away shoe soles in the yard, immediately saw two unfamiliar women looking towards his house.

The two sides looked at each other, and Mrs. Jiang first showed a gentle and harmless smile, then stood at the door of the courtyard and asked, "Is this Mrs. Tao's house?"

"You are……"

Mrs. Tao put down her bamboo basket and stood up to look at Mr. Jiang and the two of them. After going through it in her mind, she could not say that she had seen the two people in front of her before.

"Oh, it's great if it's Sister-in-law Tao. Yesterday, our children thanked you for taking care of us, sister-in-law. When we got back, we praised you for being so good. No, let's come and recognize you when we have time, and thank you by the way. Sister-in-law, you."

When Jiang said this, Tao immediately understood who Jiang was talking about.

She glanced at Mr. Han behind Mr. Jiang, who was holding a few juicy pears in his arms with a low eyebrow, and immediately welcomed him in with a smile. She couldn't help but say: "Oh, all this is..." That's right. You guys are so embarrassed to come to my door..."

Mrs. Tao was embarrassed, but she was very quick with her hands. She took the pears directly from Mrs. Han and put them into a basket at home.

Neither Jiang nor Han showed anything. They had agreed with Han on the way that these pears were for Tao.

"You guys sit down."

Mrs. Tao gathered the small chairs scattered in the yard, and Mrs. Jiang secretly counted the number of chairs, which gave her some idea of ​​the size of Tao's family.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Han sat down. Mrs. Jiang took the bowl of water handed over by Mrs. Tao and dipped it on her lips. Then she put down the bowl and looked around and sighed: "Sister-in-law, your place is really nice. The terrain is open. Just sitting there." The breeze makes me feel much better!"

"That's a good place chosen by the fortune teller for my parents-in-law. My husband is the only child of my parents-in-law, and we have five sons!"

"Oh, that's your good fortune, Sister-in-law Tao!"

The shock and envy of Mr. Jiang and Mr. Han cannot be faked, and Mr. Tao is also proud of this!
Nowadays, she likes to talk about this with some new acquaintances.

"Sister-in-law Tao is lucky, unlike my sister-in-law..."

"Ok?"

Previously, she heard Mrs. Jiang talk about her and Mr. Han's status in the Mei family. She looked at Mr. Han's sullen expression. Mrs. Tao naturally wanted to go back to her previous position when being praised, and said:

"Oh, your eldest sister-in-law is also very lucky. Yesterday I saw Shitou. What a handsome young man. He also has a delicate and beautiful little daughter-in-law next to him. After two years of grandson's life, this life will be worth it. !”

When Mr. Tao said this about Mr. Han, didn't he mean something about himself?

Her eldest son is planning to get married in the next two years, and she thinks about being a mother-in-law and raising grandchildren every day.

"That's right. It has not been easy for my sister-in-law these years. My uncle was seriously injured on the battlefield due to his service and passed away early. My sister-in-law has worked hard to raise my nephew all these years."

"Oh, is there anything else like this?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Tao looked towards Mr. Han, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She really didn't know about the situation of the Mei family before, so Mrs. Tao quickly took the initiative and said: "Good girl, in everything, look forward. Look at the current situation." Your son is now so old, it’s all your fault, your man Izumi Izumi will definitely be very happy!”

"Yes, sister-in-law, you heard Sister-in-law Tao say the same thing. Don't be sad because others say something about your husband~"

"What? What happened to Croft?"

Mrs. Tao seemed to smell a melon and looked at Mr. Jiang and Ms. Han with curiosity.

Mrs. Han lowered her head as if she didn't want to speak. Mrs. Jiang had a troubled face and red eyes as if she was very worried about her sister-in-law. How could Mrs. Tao not know who to ask when she saw this?
So I immediately asked Mr. Jiang to explain in detail what was going on.

So Jiang used a little rhetoric to tell Tao about the events in the morning, and finally said:
"Sister-in-law Tao, to tell you the truth, we all escaped from the north. The north is bitterly cold, and the people in the south are not as outstanding as those in the south. There are still conflicts with Xirong every year. If an adult man goes to the battlefield when he is doing corvee service, he will escape death! "Hey, aren't you doing corvee service?"

Mrs. Tao felt that it was very hard and tiring for them to do corvee work every year to build river embankments and dams. She did not expect that serving in the north would be even more fatal.

"When you are lucky, you help the border soldiers build city walls and roads. But when you are unlucky, you happen to be fighting a war, and they also have to go to the battlefield."

"My God!"

"However, although this is dangerous, the men in the North also know that if they retreat, the south will surely suffer. Every year because of the war with Xirong, countless men in the North are lost on the battlefield.

This kind of person who shed blood and sacrificed his life to protect his family and country is said to be killed by some woman in the mouth of those who are gossiping. How can this make sense? ! "

Jiang became more and more excited as he talked, and at the end he shouted: "My uncle will definitely not be able to live in peace if he knows what he is doing!"

"Mr. Prime Minister!"

Han immediately covered his face and shouted loudly.

Except for Mr. Tao, who was severely affected by Mr. Jiang, he didn't feel frightened by the noise. The neighbors next to Mr. Tao's house couldn't help but raise their heads and look over when they heard the noise, wanting to hear what happened...

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At home, Mei Qian and Cui'er were in the kitchen tidying up the vegetables they bought during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The other started washing, peeling and shredding the crisp pears from Qiuli Paste. They had no time to think about Han and Jiang who were "socializing" outside. .

However, they were not always immersed in work at home. From time to time, Mei Qian put down the action of chopping vegetables and listened carefully to the conversation between Mrs. Yuan and her grandma who came to see her in the afternoon and were sitting in the yard chatting.

"I heard your eldest daughter-in-law had an argument with someone during lunch?"

Mrs. Yuan didn't mince words either. She was clearly enjoying herself when she arrived. She got to the point of the question within a few words of greeting.

However, they described the incident a little more euphemistically, describing Han's solo cursing at the door as a dispute with someone else.

Now, to Mrs. Mei, isn't this just a pillow for her sleepiness?
Although the two daughters-in-law planned to go to the village for a "tour", Mrs. Mei, a newly moved woman nearby, also wanted to find an opportunity to talk about it.

"Hey, eldest sister, you also know the situation of our family. I have a second son, an eldest grandson, and the younger grandson who is currently a male.

As a result, the gossips outside said that all of our family are widows, and they are specifically trying to suppress the male members of the family... These words are simply forcing me to die with my whole family of daughters-in-law! "

"Oh, who spread such nonsense? It's really unethical."

Mrs. Yuan frowned when she heard this. Although she didn't believe this, she also understood that people's words are scary.

"Yes! My old man passed away early, and it was the root cause of his illness caused by running around when he was young."

Mrs. Mei didn't pay attention to whose family spoke ill of her. Instead, she started talking about the past.

When he was talking about old man Mei and old lady Mei, they went south to escape the war because of the war. They encountered some dangers on the way, which made old lady Yuan exclaim from time to time.

Mrs. Mei's life is more exciting than Mrs. Yuan imagined!
It's just that although this life of ups and downs is wonderful, to be honest, no one wants to experience it like this.

Soon, Mrs. Yuan couldn't help but feel sympathy in her heart.

"Our hometown is just north of Xing'an Prefecture, on the border with Xirong. It is very common for adult men there to encounter wars when they are serving in the army. The life span of the men there is not comparable to that of the men living a peaceful life in the south."

Needless to say, Mrs. Mei and Mrs. Yuan understood the dangers involved. What if they encountered Xirong soldiers going south while serving?
After all the foreshadowing, Mrs. Mei finally spoke about the matter again:

"That's good. The Li Jiye family who was killed that day was washing clothes outside and talking to people in the village about the lives of my husband and son. He also cursed my only son, saying that our family specializes in conquering men. How could this happen? Are there such vicious people?!”

"what?"

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Yuan was also very shocked and said, "I have met the eldest lady of the Li family. She is a dignified and well-behaved woman. She doesn't seem to be gossiping behind her back at all?"

(End of this chapter)