Nongwomen's Spring

Chapter 111 It's No Reason To Trap You (2)
Speaking of this, Village Chief Liu's eyes widened, looked at Zhang Qian, and stammered and asked, "Daughter-in-law Liu Jun, you, don't you mean that we, we will have, there will be drought here!"

There was a look of satisfaction in Zhang Qian's eyes. She didn't expect that Village Chief Liu was so smart, and he knew everything. That's good, and it saved her a lot of explaining.

"I'm not sure, but I'm not afraid of [-], just in case. If this day really comes, our village will be in trouble." Zhang Qian's face showed worry.

Village Chief Liu was shocked and pale. He personally experienced the drought that year, and many people died in the village. Thinking about that scene, Village Chief Liu still has lingering fears in his heart.

"Liu Jun's daughter-in-law, I know you must have a solution. I beg you. Since we are all villagers in the same village, please show us a way to survive. I really don't want to see that tragic thing happen again. " Village head Liu staggered to his feet, bent down towards Zhang Qian with a sad face, and his tone was sad.

Zhang Qian immediately stood up, helped the bent Village Chief Liu, and asked with a frown, "Village Chief, what are you doing? Don't be like this. Get up first. Let's talk slowly if we have anything to say."

Village head Liu said to Zhang Qian with a very serious expression, "Daughter-in-law Liu Jun, I beg you to be an uncle, please help the villagers! Don't let the incident of selling children and daughters to make a living 12 years ago happen again."

Zhang Qian looked at Village Chief Liu, who had almost entrusted the lives of the entire village to her, and hesitated for a long time. Anyway, she just had to finish what she could do. As for how others listened and how to do it, that was It's their business, anyway, she did what she should do, as long as she has a clear conscience.

"Village chief, I can only tell you that you can ask the villagers who have money to go to the town to buy food and store it at home. Also, organize the villagers to go to the mountains to see if there is any water source and store the water. As for other We can only obey the destiny." After Zhang Qian said the last sentence, she shrugged her shoulders, indicating that she really had no other choice.

Village head Liu repeated what Zhang Qian said just now, keeping them firmly in his mind, and after thanking Zhang Qian very much, he hurriedly left Xinliu's house.

It didn't take long before I heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from the ancestral hall of Liujia Village. Zhang Qian lived here for half a year, and knew that as long as this sound came from the ancestral hall, it meant that something big happened in the village. Everyone has to gather there.

When Zhang Qian and Xiao Ba arrived at the ancestral hall, they found a lot of people coming. Village head Liu, who had walked out of Xinliu's house not long ago, was standing at the gate of the Liu's ancestral hall, discussing matters with several older elders in the village.

After a while, everyone was almost there. With a wave of his hand, Village Chief Liu stopped the villagers who were beating gongs and drums, and shouted loudly to the crowd, "Folks, please be quiet. I called everyone here today for a reason. Something important is to be announced to everyone.”

"The weather has been so hot now, and the water in the river has been slowly decreasing. Last night, several elderly uncles watched the stars at night and found that this year is very likely to be a drought 12 years ago."

Before Village Chief Liu finished speaking, the villagers heard that there would be a drought, and the quiet scene suddenly exploded. These people have all experienced the drought 12 years ago. Those who didn't eat at that time wished they could drink their own blood and eat their own flesh To keep themselves alive, some even sold the children of the family, just to preserve the roots of the family.

"Everyone, don't panic. Fortunately, we can make preparations in advance this time. We can completely avoid what happened 12 years ago and will not repeat it. Now, we have money to go to the town to buy food. In addition, we also need to find The source of water, let's go to the mountains to see if there is a place where the source of water is stored."

Some of the more timid women in the crowd were already crying, complaining about why God was cruel. Seeing that the life in this village is getting better and better, and now there is a drought, this is not to exterminate them. The lives of ordinary people?
The men lowered their heads and said nothing, but it could be seen from their motionless bodies that they couldn't bear the news for a while.

Looking at all this, Zhang Qian sighed. No matter in ancient times or modern times, things like disasters are heartbreaking.

"Sister, you're here too!" At this moment, the low voice of Da Zhu's wife came from behind Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian looked back and saw Dazhu's daughter-in-law and Liu Lishi standing behind her, "Sister-in-laws, you are here too! Don't you need to go out to do business in the town today?" Based on this hour, the two of them should be around The town sells roast duck.

Dazhu's daughter-in-law took Zhang Qian and Xiao Ba to a less crowded place, and said in a low voice, "We didn't sell roast duck today, your elder brother and the others followed Liu Jun to the town to buy food. Last night, I I told you what you said, Brother Da Zhu, and your brother Da Zhu said that he believed what you said. No, I called your elder brother and your family today, and the three of them went to the town to buy food."

"It turns out that's the case, and that's right. Now this matter is important. Doing business can be put at the end." Zhang Qian nodded after listening.

On the other side of the ancestral hall, Village Chief Liu gave all the instructions, and the villagers gathered together returned to their homes one after another. On this day, Liujia Village began to become lively, and every household handed over money to the village chief. In hand, the village sent people to the town to buy it.

This is also to prevent the villagers from rushing to buy food in the town because they are afraid of drought. If the people in the town notice something, it will be very bad.

Firstly, the price of food is bound to rise, and secondly, if you tell people about the possibility of a drought, it will be fine if there is a drought. Going to jail.

When everyone was about to go back, Village Chief Liu also gave a thousand instructions in front of everyone, ordering them not to speak out about this matter. If anyone speaks out and causes trouble for the village, that person will be expelled from the ancestral hall. Never enter the Liu family tree again.

The ancient people believed in this very much. They believed that as long as there was a family, they would have a place to go after death. If they were expelled from the family, they would become lonely ghosts after death. In this backward feudal society In ancient times, everyone didn't want to become a lonely ghost after death.

In the evening of that day, the three of Liu Jun secretly returned with a large cart of food.

Fortunately, when the new Liu family was built, Zhang Qian asked the builder to build a large cellar for them, but what Zhang Qian didn't expect was that the first use of this cellar was to store grain.

Looking at the thousand catties of grain, Zhang Qian felt that her heart was a little more at ease. As long as there was grain, she would not have to be so afraid of drought or something.

(End of this chapter)