Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 11 Killing Everywhere

The sun had already set, and scattered stars hung in the sky.

Jiangjia Village, which had been quiet, was once again erupted by the sound of gongs and drums.

"Heng Rong, what's the matter?" asked a woman with a bowl of clear rice soup.

Hengrong went straight to the point, and said in a clear voice: "Jiang Xiucai's family just said that the county seat has been breached by refugees, and they might hit the town in a while. Those who are willing to leave can go home and pack their things now. They will be at the entrance of the village in an hour. gather."

"Go? Why are we leaving?" someone asked.

There was no need for Hengrong to explain, someone immediately said: "The refugees have all been beaten in, so if we don't leave, what if they hit us."

"I think the eighth achievement is fake. There is a government in the county, so how can the refugees dare to go in? Even if they want to go in, do they have the ability?" Some unbelievers said.

"Last time when Jiang Xiucai said that there might be a locust plague, you also lied, but it really happened." Song Furong happened to be there, and when she heard this, she immediately turned her back.

"Did Jiang Xiucai's family give you food or money, let you speak for them." The man who spoke just now said angrily.

Song Furong gave her a pooh on the ground, and said: "I trust their family even if I don't give anything, but you, you jump out and jump around as soon as you say anything, just like a big guy digging your family's grave."

The man's face was as ugly as if he had eaten a fly, and he was so angry that he rushed over to hit her.

Looking at the noisy crowd, Jiang Hengrong felt his head buzzing, and he slammed the gongs and drums.

'Boom~' The two loud noises frightened the quarrelsome crowd, and the voices also quieted down.

He said: "What's the fuss? Those who are willing to leave can go home and pack their things, and those who don't want to leave can keep them."

Seeing Jiang Hengrong's unhappy face, no one dared to say anything.

The county magistrate might as well be in charge now, in this Jiangjia village, isn't he the most powerful.

The woman who was about to pounce on Song Furong just now was interrupted by Hengrong, and she didn't dare to make trouble anymore, but she still said stubbornly: "Tch~ I really believe everything others say, then some refugees have gone to the county, the government's first They caught them in one go, and they can still wait for us.”

"Anyway, if you want to leave, you should go. My family won't leave. It just so happens that this house and field belong to my family when you leave."

The woman left after speaking.

Some people were moved by what the woman who left said, if everyone else had left, then the fields and the house belonged to those who stayed here.

Although it is still dry now, it does not mean that it will not rain in the future!

Oops, this is a good thing, if more people leave, I have to thank Jiang Xiucai.

Immediately, several people said that they would not leave either.

Seeing that they were like this, Hengrong didn't know what they were thinking, and just wanted to persuade them a few more words, the people from those families waved their hands and left.

"Hmph, those who don't know anything, if you want to leave, go home and pack your things. Wait an hour at most before leaving. If you don't want to leave, just stay here like them." Jiang Hengrong turned and left after speaking.

Some of the people who stayed were hesitant, and some hurried home to pack their things.

Heng Rong couldn't stop beating when he thought of what Jiang Zhiyue said when he followed Jiang Xiucai to find him.

Thinking of him being so old, he was stunned by a little girl's film just now, wouldn't it make people laugh out loud when he said it.

But thinking of that girl's serious look, he couldn't believe it.

So after informing everyone in a hurry, he hurried home to pack up his things. He had to bring his food and those chickens and ducks with him.

The hearts of those who stayed there and haven't left are also beating drums. Could it be that the refugees have really come over?Can the government ignore it?

No matter what you say, follow Hengrong and the others first, and if no refugees come, then they will come back, and the house and field will not really be theirs because they left for a few days.

Thinking of this in my heart, I turned around and hurried back to pack my things.

Although there is not much food in the family, it cannot be robbed by refugees for nothing, right?

At this time, the Jiang family was also packing things in full swing, because Jiang Zhiyue had reminded them a long time ago, so they cleaned up neatly.

Move the grain in the cellar to the bullock cart, as well as the clothes and fabrics to be carried, the things to eat on the road, plus oilcloths, coir raincoats and other messy things, the two bullock carts are full.

Just like that, Mrs. Jiang avoided the Wang family and asked Jiang Zhiyue to put some food in her little treasure box, so that the food on the carriage would not be so conspicuous.

Otherwise, it would be unreasonable to sell so much grain just at noon and still have so much.

The four members of the Wang family didn't bother them. When they came, they were pushing a trolley. Although they had to push it manually, they could still load all their things.

Wang Fugui and the others also understood that Jiang's family was willing to take them in because they had made a profit, but they couldn't bother them with everything without winking, making it difficult for his sister and daughter to do.

The Jiang family didn't say much, they would help if they could, and let the Wang family do what they could.

Everything was loaded on the carriage, and the room looked empty, and everyone felt a little uncomfortable looking at it.

I don't know if I can come back after I left.

When Jiang Zhiyue entered the room, she found that her mother was still standing by the bed, folding the clothes. She had folded the clothes countless times.

She stepped forward and asked, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"Your grandfather also refuses to come over, do you think mother can not worry." Mrs. Zhang could only explain with a frown.

"Mother, don't worry about Grandpa and the others. They were fine when we went to see them yesterday. If they don't come to our place, they must have their own ideas." Jiang Zhiyue comforted.

"Besides, the two uncles and a few cousins ​​are also very skilled, and they are safe together in the same village."

"That's true, and I'm in a hurry. Mother didn't even think about this." Mrs. Zhang said with a smile.

Because she was worried about those people in the Zhang family, Jiang Zhiyue accompanied her mother, Mrs. Zhang, to Zhang Family Village yesterday.

Mrs. Zhang had no choice but to call for help yesterday, but her father felt that it would trouble them if so many people from the whole family came over, so he said a lot of words of advice to comfort her, but in the end he didn't come.

They also said that no matter what happened, they would follow the villagers and let them not worry.

Now I can only hope that they will be all right after hearing the news.

At this time, Zhangjia Village also received the news. The person Jiang Yun and the others who brought the news must be able to recognize it when they saw it. It was the middle-aged man they met in the town in the evening.

He happened to be from Zhangjiacun and the son of Hengrong in Zhangjiacun, so his words were highly credible.

When Jiang Zhiyue and the others returned to the village, the man also returned to Zhangjia Village and told his father about it.

There are only about [-] households in Zhangjia Village, and most of them live by hunting, so although the plague of locusts has affected them a little, it doesn't hinder their lives very much, and they wouldn't leave if it wasn't for the refugees. .

On the Jiangjia Village side, every household willing to leave also packed up their things and stood at the entrance of the village waiting.

Heng Rong agreed to wait only an hour, and when the time was almost up, there were still people rushing over.

They were also shaken by the commotion outside, so they hurriedly packed their things and came here.

After counting the number of people, I found that the majority of people came, but there were still more than [-] families who did not come out.

There are also a few widowed and lonely elderly people who feel that even if they die at home when they are old, it is better than becoming a lonely ghost outside, so they are not willing to follow.

If you haven't come yet, you probably don't want to leave.

Everyone glanced at the village, full of reluctance, and finally looked at Heng Rong.

"Hengrong, where are we going this late at night?" Someone asked.

Those who were unwilling to follow, muttered and complained in a low voice: "Where can they go at night, our village has hundreds of people, and the refugees may not dare to come here."

Someone rolled his eyes at him. I didn't hear that Jiang Xiucai said that the refugees had invaded the county town. If you dare to fight in the county town, what are you?

But someone still answered: "That's right, no matter how anxious you are, don't rush this night, we can't leave until tomorrow morning."

Although their complaints were very low, Hengrong who was not far away could still hear them.

He glanced over and said impatiently: "If you don't want to go, it's still too late to go back, otherwise, just follow along, so much nonsense."

A few people didn't dare to continue to say anything, they hung their heads not convinced and waited for Hengrong's arrangement.

"It's a severe drought, a locust plague, and an earthquake. Let's go east. I heard that it's the third prince's fief and he's kind. When we get there, he won't leave us alone." Hengrong sighed. .

"Besides, if you walk further to the east, you will reach the imperial city. Anyway, you are not afraid of anything."

Jiang Zhiyue was not surprised to hear his arrangement, no matter what happened, the people would definitely feel that the imperial city was the safest.

But they didn't know that the imperial city was in chaos now, and even if they told her, they might not believe her, and probably thought she didn't know what she meant.

There is no need to think about it now, Jiang Zhiyue is planning to take the Jiang family to the southeast, the emperor directly over there is far away from the imperial city, but the one guarding there now is a general.

Now I can still walk with them for a period of time, and let them choose where they want to go.

Hengrong said again: "Let's walk to the east first, and see how far we can go."

Jiang Zhiyue frowned, walking east is the way to the town, if the group of refugees came from the town, wouldn't it be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

Thinking about it in her heart, she had already said her objection: "No, you can't go that way."

Heng Rong was upset when he heard that someone dared to oppose him, and said in a bad tone: "The only way out of the village is to take that road. If you don't go east, it's hard to go to the west of Da Mang Mountain."

"Grandpa Hengrong is really smart. I can think of ideas as soon as I say it. There is only this way out of the village. The refugees will definitely take this way when they come. There is no fork in the road. If we bump into each other while walking Wouldn't it be a waste of effort to be a refugee?"

Jiang Zhiyue praised Jiang Hengrong highly in one sentence, so it was not good to get angry at her again.

Even though I was feeling a little upset, I understood Jiang Zhiyue's meaning, and could only say: "The girl of the Jiang family has spoken out what I think, so what do you think we should do now, we can't go back after everything is cleaned up."

Jiang Zhiyue smiled and said, "Let's go to the mountain to hide for one night, and it's not too late to leave after dawn."

"Okay, just like the Jiang family girl said, let's hide in the mountains for one night."

Seeing that she agreed with this opinion, Jiang Zhiyue led the Jiang family to lead the way, the Wang family and Song Furong's family followed closely, and the rest followed suit.

But there were also those who sneered at it. Jiang Huzi was worried about Jiang Zhiyue putting a knife on his neck to scare him, and he was afraid and hated her in his heart.

He followed at a distance from Jiang's house, and asked loudly: "You are so powerful, you are afraid of some refugees, and you will frighten them if you take your kitchen knife a few times."

Hearing his yelling like a chicken from a primary school, Jiang Zhiyue turned her head and gave him a disdainful look.

It was already dark, but when Jiang Huzi saw Jiang Zhiyue looking over, he thought he saw a flash of starlight.

Tsk, this little girl from Jiang Xiucai's family is so damn pretty.

It's just...too violent.

Jiang Huzi quickly lowered his head and watched the road carefully.

Others didn't answer the call, because some families still brought livestock, so they found a relatively flat and convenient road.

After walking for half an hour, everyone found a place where they could stop and rest.

Everyone wiped their sweat and sat down.

Looking down from the mountain, you can vaguely see several villages at the foot of the mountain, some with their oil lamps still on.

I don't know how long it took, when everyone stopped paying attention to the situation at the foot of the mountain, someone exclaimed: "Look, someone is coming from the foot of the mountain."

Hearing his words, everyone quickly looked down the mountain. It was a long fire dragon, and someone was coming here with a torch.

Then I saw those people holding torches going to the village next to Jiangjia Village.

Because they were at a high place, they clearly saw those people entering the yard and started rummaging for things.

The owner of the house heard the movement and fought with those people, and those people fought like desperately.

Some people even held a knife in their hand. They scrambled to grab the food in the arms of an old woman, and when they saw that the old woman didn't let go, they swung the knife.

From a distance, the woman twitched a few times on the ground after being hit by the knife, and then remained silent.

After robbing that village, those people gathered together and went to the next village, and the next village was: Jiangjia Village!
When they arrived at Jiangjia Village, they did the same.

Because the people of Jiangjia Village got the news in advance and escaped, those people didn't find much and vented their grievances on the rest of them.

The scene at the foot of the mountain was so horrible that everyone couldn't bear to turn their eyes away, and couldn't bear to look any more.

The mood of the people became depressed. In the past, no matter whether the relationship was good or bad, they felt uncomfortable. Watching them being killed made people feel a sense of grief.

They wrapped the clothes around their bodies, and suddenly felt that the hot night suddenly became cold.

Thinking of the kitchen knives wielding in the hands of those refugees, it was as if they were about to be chopped down on them in the next moment.

The whole family squeezed and squeezed together, as if that would give them a sense of security.

Fortunately, they all came out just now, otherwise they might have been decapitated by now.

Not far away, Jiang Zhilan gathered the clothes on her body, and turned her eyes to see the calm Jiang Zhiyue.

She suddenly felt that Jiang Zhiyue's appearance was particularly intrusive, and everyone was afraid, so why was she not afraid.

Jiang Zhiyue's calm appearance made Jiang Zhilan want to destroy her.

When Jiang Zhiyue noticed this unfriendly gaze and looked over, she saw that the expression on Jiang Zhilan's face distorted for a moment, and then forced an ugly smile.

(End of this chapter)