Chapter 490 Ancient Farmer (2)

The atmosphere on both sides was a bit awkward, but it was Feng Ling who took the initiative to break the silence and asked, "Principal...is he just here too?"

Qin Yi nodded and said, "Yes, what about you?"

Feng Ling also nodded.

Qin Yi coughed lightly before saying slowly, "Just now... I'm really sorry."

Feng Ling naturally knew what Qin Yi was talking about, blushed, and then pretended to be flat and said, "That's not your fault."

After saying this, the two fell into embarrassment again.

This time, it was Qin Yi who took the initiative to break the silence and said to Feng Ling, "I think you should know about this mission. We are husband and wife. In order not to attract suspicion, you'd better call me Xianggong, and I will also call you in the future." For my wife, I wonder if you would like it?"

Of course Feng Ling knew what Qin Yi said was right, and it was also for them to complete the task more smoothly.

So Feng Ling nodded and said, "The principal is right."

After Feng Ling finished speaking, she realized something was wrong, and hurriedly added in a low voice, "Sanggong is right."

At this moment, Feng Ling lowered her head, not noticing the gentle smile flashing across Qin Yi's face.

Then, Qin Yi said, "At this time, there is still one month before the disaster begins. If we want to get higher points, we must find ways to take away more villagers."

Feng Ling nodded, agreeing with what Qin Yi said.

Qin Yi went on to say, "The area affected by the disaster this time is quite wide. The ancient roads are muddy and blocked by mountains and rivers. In the event of a disaster, bandits are rampant. It may take several months to pass through the disaster area smoothly."

In ancient times, the transportation was not as developed as in modern times. Not to mention the smooth roads, there were also various convenient means of transportation. In ancient times, walking was basically based on walking, and speaking was basically based on roaring.

And in the process of escaping, they keep walking, and they will be tired, and their speed will naturally drop. They also have to bring the necessities of survival, and the speed will be even slower.

Moreover, they may encounter various complicated problems on the way, such as lack of water, food, encounters with bandits, encounters with refugees, etc., which will slow down their escape speed.

Moreover, there are more than 1000 people in the village, and people's hearts are complicated. People's hearts are even more unpredictable and hard to distinguish on the way to escape. I don't know how many difficulties I will encounter on the way.

It is also a relatively optimistic idea to be able to walk out of the disaster zone in a few months.

Qin Yi went on to say, "If we want to take more people to run, the first thing is to have enough food, and the second is to have livestock."

"Without livestock to carry them, the old and weak, women and children may not be able to walk far, and the food and clothing they carry with them will also hinder their walking speed."

Feng Ling nodded and said, "Not bad."

Then he added, "If you want to have enough food, you must have money, and you can't do without money if you have enough livestock."

Qin Yi nodded. Taxes are heavy in this era, and the common people may not have much money in their hands. It is not bad to be able to eat a full stomach every year.

Feng Ling nodded. Before, she thought that the difficulty of this task was relatively low, but after thinking about it carefully, the difficulty of this task was not low at all.

Qin Yi said, "Besides, it is difficult to leave our homeland. It is also difficult to persuade these people to flee with us, and we must leave in advance. If the disaster starts and we want to leave, it will not be easy."

Feng Ling nodded in agreement, and then the two discussed countless countermeasures.

It wasn't until dawn that the two decided on basic policies.

Then, the two didn't go to sleep directly, but sat cross-legged on the bed together and began to practice with their eyes closed.

Just after dawn, Feng Ling and Qin Yi heard the sound of the door next to them, and then saw an old man with half-white hair, smoking a dry cigarette, coming out of the room.
This person is Qin Yiyuan's father, Qin Shouren, and also the Li Zheng of this Peach Blossom Village.

There are only three people in the family. Qin Yiyuan's mother has passed away, and he has three older brothers. He encountered a plague when he was a child. All three brothers died, and only Qin Yi's original body is still alive.

In the past, at this time every day, Feng Ling would already get up and start making breakfast.

Qin Yi is a scholar. He is studying hard at home and preparing to take the exam next year.

Qin Yi glanced at Fengling, got up, but Fengling held Qin Yi, opened his mouth, finally called out the word "Xianggong", and then said, "I'm going out to make breakfast."

After Feng Ling finished speaking, she got up, got dressed, and got out of bed to make breakfast.

Qin Yi looked at Feng Ling's leaving back with gentle brows and eyes, then closed his eyes and continued to practice.

Qin Shouren, who was standing in the yard, saw his daughter-in-law getting up, Feng Ling smiled and called out, "Father."

Qin Shouren nodded with a smile, and Feng Ling went to the kitchen to start cooking.

Although Feng Ling didn't like staying in the kitchen very much and felt it was a waste of time, she still knew how to cook.

As the head of the village, the living standard of the Qin family is better than most other families in the village.

Feng Ling found millet porridge in the kitchen, some vegetables, and a piece of bacon. Feng Ling cooked millet porridge and fried bacon with garlic sprouts.

After the meal was ready, Feng Ling greeted Qin Shouren and Qin Yi for dinner.

Qin Shouren himself was a boy, and paid more attention to rules. When eating, he practiced not talking when eating or sleeping, and the family of three ate in silence.

After eating, Feng Ling cleaned up the dishes. Qin Yi looked at Qin Lizheng with a distressed face. Seeing his son hesitate to speak, Qin Lizheng took a puff of cigarette and asked, "What's the matter? Is there something wrong? What trouble did you encounter in school?"

Qin Yi shook his head, "That's not true, it's just that my mother entrusted me with a dream last night."

"what?"

Ancient people were quite in awe of these gods and ghosts.

Qin Lizheng looked at Qin Yi dubiously, and asked again, "Did your mother really entrust you with dreams?"

Qin Yi nodded seriously, "Father, I won't lie to you about such an important matter, and the dream my mother entrusted to me"

Seeing that Qin Yi seemed to have some unspeakable secrets, Qin Lizheng immediately asked, "What is the dream?"

Qin Yi sighed and said, "Mother said that there will be no rain in the past six months, and there will be a drought. This year's grain production will be severely reduced. After the drought, there will be a plague of locusts. After the plague of locusts is over, there will be floods, and too many people will die from floods. There will be a plague, and at that time, ten rooms will be empty."

"Mother said let's run away quickly, to the south, the farther the better."

Qin Yi and Feng Ling discussed the direction of escape carefully, and there will be a big ice age later, so they can't escape to the north, they can only escape to the south, where it can be warmer.

Qin Lizheng listened to Qin Yi's words, his expression was startled, he didn't dare to answer, "Why, how could this happen?"

Qin Yi glanced at Qin Lizheng and knew that Lizheng didn't really believe it. After all, it was not easy to make a decision about fleeing. Once he decided to flee, the house and land had to be thrown away.

The common people regard the house and land at home more than their lives, and they will never abandon them easily.

Even if Qian Lizheng's family has some money, which is better than ordinary people, but if they throw away the house and land, Qin Lizheng will feel distressed to death.

Qin Li was busy asking Qin Yi, "Did your mother say anything?"

Qin Yi shook his head, "My mother only said that we should hurry up and run south. The sooner we leave, the better our chances of survival."

Qin Lizheng sighed, "What can we do?"

Qin Yi thought for a while and said, "Father, if we flee from famine, we won't be able to take the house and land at home. Why don't we sell the land quickly and buy more food so that we won't have to worry about it when we flee? starve."

As for the house, they still have no way to leave, and the house is relatively dilapidated, even if it is sold, it won't sell for much money, so Qin Yi didn't say that.

When Qin Li heard his son say that he wanted to sell the land, he subconsciously objected, "The land cannot be sold. If the land is sold, what shall we eat? The land is the lifeblood of our Qin family!"

Qin Yi smiled wryly, "Father, we're all going to flee. We'll keep this place. I don't know who to give it to in the future."

Qin Lizheng knew that what his son said was right, but because of a dream, he asked him to sell the land. Qin Lizheng always felt unwilling, so he said, "If we really sell the land, what if we sell the land? This dream is false, what can we do in the future?"

Qin Yi knew that Qin Lizheng could not be persuaded in a short time, so he said, "Father, we can not sell it for the time being. After a month, if there is a real drought and locust plague, then we will run south immediately. Niangtuo's dream is real."

Qin Lizheng nodded when he heard the words, "Okay, then let's wait for another month. If there is really a locust plague and drought, then let's go."

Qin Yi could see that Qin Lizheng was a little flustered, thought for a while and said, "Father, if there is a drought and locust plague, then the price of this land will not be the same as it is now, why don't we sell half of it first, if one There will be no drought or locust plague after a month, and we will buy the land back."

Qin Lizheng looked at Qin Yi, "You don't understand, my family's land is all good paddy fields. If you sell the land and want to buy it again, it will not be easy."

Qin Yi looked distressed, "But, Dad, I'm always uneasy!"

After hearing Qin Yi's words, Qin Lizheng felt restless, and said to Qin Yi, "Come with me."

Qin Yi followed Qin Lizheng to his room, and Qin Lizheng picked up a key from his waist and opened a cabinet.

Take out a wooden box from the cabinet, open the wooden box, there are some small pieces of silver, some silver ingots, and broken gold.

Qin Lizheng said to Qin Yi, "There are a total of 325 taels of silver and ten taels of gold here. This is the entire wealth of our family."

"Ten taels of gold can be exchanged for about 100 taels of silver. Our family still has 86 mu of land, and one mu of land can be sold for almost 8 taels of silver."

Speaking of this, Qin Lizheng's eyes dimmed a little, "Your three older brothers are gone, and these things will be handed over to you sooner or later. This is the wealth that our old Qin family has accumulated all their lives."

"I am reluctant to sell the land. I will give you 100 taels for the money. You can buy some food slowly. Let's save it first. If the momentum is not right after a month, we will leave immediately."

"You can't rely on people to run away from famine, you have to have livestock. Let's go to the county town tomorrow to buy some livestock. Although we have one livestock at home, it's not enough."

Qin Lizheng has been Lizheng for so many years, and it's not for nothing. He understands many principles and knows clearly what to do.

Qin Lizheng said again, tell your second and third uncles about this, so that they can prepare themselves, if the dream is fake, it would be best, if it is true, when we want to escape, we have to take them.

What Qin Lizheng meant didn't seem to have the thoughts of the villagers.

Qin Yi hurriedly said, "Father, bandits and bandits are rampant on the way to escape. If we are the only ones, I'm afraid it won't work. If we escape, we have to bring people from the village with us. The more people, the better."

"There are too many people, and those refugees and bandits will not dare to rob us. Our group of people will walk through the market with food. If those hungry refugees and bandits see us, they will never leave us alive."

Qin Lizheng listened, thought for a while and nodded, "That makes sense."

Then, he looked at Qin Yi with some relief, "You have grown up too, and I will go around the village in a while to remind them."

Qin Yi nodded, and then said, "Father, my son will stop studying for a month. If nothing happens after a month, my son will continue to study."

Qin Lizheng frowned, seemingly disapproving.

Qin Yi hurriedly explained, "Father, my son is restless at this moment. Even if he studies, he can't get in. Why don't we plan for our future."

Qin Li was listening, then nodded and said, "Okay."

Then, Qin Lizheng took 100 taels of silver and handed it to Qin Yi.

The Qin family can be regarded as a big family in the village, and it is the boss. There are two younger brothers under it, one is Qin Shouyi, who is the teacher in the village. Qin Shouyi has two sons and a daughter.

The third son was Qin Shouli, who opened three shops in the town, and one son who was a policeman in the county, married the daughter of a merchant in the county, and was the richest of the three brothers.

The three brothers have a good relationship. During the holidays, Qian Shouyi and Qin Shouli would bring their children to visit Qin Shouren.

Qin Yi took the silver and said to Qin Lizheng, "Father, when disaster strikes, if we run with the villagers, the villagers are not as rich as our family and have food to eat."

"Most people in the village usually only have food and clothing. If the food production is severely reduced this year and there is another locust plague, they may go hungry. Don't even talk about fleeing with us, they may be the first to rob us. .”

Qin Lizheng, who has been Lizheng for so many years, naturally has a bit of majesty. Hearing this, he subconsciously shouted, "How dare they?"

Qin Yi sighed, "People are starving and dying, so why not dare?"

Li Zheng has lived for so many years, so he didn't understand this truth, so he stopped talking and fell silent after hearing the words.

So Qin Yi stated his purpose, "Father, our village is backed by a mountain, and there are many wild animals in the mountain. In two days, I will organize the villagers to go up the mountain to hunt together."

"After selling the money, let everyone buy food and store it. If they flee in the future, they will have food to eat on the way, so they won't rob us."

Qin Lizheng hesitated for a while and said, "On this mountain, large wild beasts are only in the deep mountains. I'm afraid it's dangerous, if someone dies."

Qin Yi said with a smile, "This is also voluntary. When we go, we have agreed in advance. If someone dies, we can only blame their bad luck."

Only then did Qin Lizheng nod his head, "Okay then, I'll tell them about it."

Qin Yi smiled and said, "Daddy worked hard!"

(End of this chapter)

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