Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 16
There was a smile on Jiang Zhiyue's lips, just when everyone thought she was going to apologize.

"Grandpa Heng Rong thinks I'm wrong for saying this?"

Jiang Hengrong looked at her with a frown and didn't speak, but his expression already showed what he meant.

Isn't it just to ask them to lift the curtain of the car to have a look, and let everyone see it directly, it won't be so much trouble, and it will not end well if it has to be done now.

I don't know how Jiang Xiucai, who is so knowledgeable, can teach such a daughter.

Jiang Hengrong said impatiently: "Hurry up, we are going to set off when everyone is here, or do you really want to go by yourself?"

This is a threat, thinking that they are afraid that they will be kicked out of the team.

Aunt Wu next to Jiang Hengrong raised her head, squinted her small eyes and looked at Jiang Zhiyue complacently, waiting for her apology.

If she was willing to apologize and show her the contents of the car, she would be reluctant to forgive them and prevent Huzi from driving them out.

Even Jiang Zhilan and Zhou, who sat on the ground and forgot to get up, felt very happy.

Although the others wanted to say something, the whole family had to stay with Heng Rong after all, so what if they got stuck and kicked them out of the team.

I didn't see how the group of people outside the city gate were staring at each other yesterday. If it weren't for the large number of people in Jiangjia Village, they would definitely have started to grab food.

But they were all wrong, Jiang Zhiyue was not afraid of the family leaving alone, but it would be inconvenient to be with them.

Jiang Zhiyue said casually, "Then let's go separately."

A stone stirred up thousands of waves, and everyone was shocked.

This... Jiang Xiucai's daughter, why doesn't she play her cards according to common sense?

Heng Rong said that he apologized and it was over, otherwise it would be dangerous to go out alone in this world!
Song Furong stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Zhiyue, pulled her over and persuaded her in a low voice: "Girl, you don't want to be stubborn at this time, it's too dangerous for you to go out by yourself, just be soft and this matter will be over."

Anyone with a discerning eye knew that Jiang Zhiyue was right about this, but Hengrong couldn't stop her from speaking.

"You don't have to persuade me, Auntie, we won't be with you anymore." Jiang Zhiyue said loudly.

Jiang Hengrong's expression was not good, and he felt that Jiang Zhiyue had made him lose face.

Angrily said: "Hmph, don't regret it and beg me to come back."

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at her, and said to the people who were already here in Jiangjia Village: "Pack up your things, and we will leave when everyone is here."

"Anyone who wants to be with them should not be with the team."

Song Furong stood beside Jiang Zhiyue and Mrs. Zhang, a bit in a dilemma.

Her two daughters-in-law came over and dragged her back.

"Mother, don't be confused at this time, come back with us quickly."

Mrs. Zhang also persuaded: "Fu Rong, you can go back, don't worry about us."

Song Furong had no choice but to sigh, and walked away step by step.

Slowly people came, and those who came later felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, but they didn't know what happened.

Seeing that everyone was here, Jiang Hengrong let everyone set off.

Mr. Jiang's eldest brother, Jiang Kangde's family, walked to the Jiang family, and said with a smile, "Clean up quickly, don't miss the team."

Jiang Kangde's family just arrived late, so they don't know what happened.

Seeing that his brother's family was not ready to leave, he urged with a smile.

Mr. Jiang's complexion paused, and he opened his mouth to tell what happened just now.

Just when he was hesitating whether to let the elder brother's family join them, Jiang Kangde spoke.

"What do you think is this? No, the elder brother's family will be with you."

Mr. Jiang's face relaxed, he was thinking about what to say so that his elder brother could be with them.

When he was young, his father left early, and his mother took the two brothers to live together, so the relationship between the two is also good.

Anyway, the old man felt that his granddaughter was blessed with good luck, and their family had been training for so long, so they wouldn't be afraid even if they went out alone.

But before the two brothers were happy, Jiang Kangde's daughters-in-law sang together.

"Father, what's the matter? Our two families seem to have a lot of people, but how many people can support us when we really go out?"

"That's right, Dad, if we don't go with the villagers, we don't even have anyone who can protect you."

Jiang Kangde raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Our family needs the protection of others, what are you doing!"

"I don't care. Anyway, I don't go with my second uncle's family. If I meet a refugee or something, these few people are not enough for him to eat." The second daughter-in-law of Jiang Kangde's family said with a hug.

Seeing that someone was taking the lead, the eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law also said righteously: "We... we are not together, if you want to follow Dad, you can follow alone."

"You bastards, no matter how many people there are in the village, can they compare with my family!" Jiang Kangde angrily beat the ground with his cane.

The third daughter-in-law said again: "I don't care if it's my family, anyway, my life is more important."

After speaking, he rolled his eyes towards the Jiang family.

Jiang Zhiyue stood aside and did not answer, quietly watching the development of the situation.

If they are willing to be together, she will definitely protect them, but it seems that they don't need it.

Jiang Kangde gasped in anger, and looked at the three sons who stood sullenly behind his wife.

"What do you three think, the same as your daughter-in-law?"

Jiang Zhiyue saw them faltering for a long time before saying: "Father, my wife and the others are right, it is so dangerous to leave the team now, you should follow us together, a while If we go too far, we won’t be able to keep up.”

A girl also agreed with the words:

"My father is right. It's not just that my cousin is not serious in her actions. If you listen to Grandpa Hengrong and apologize to Aunt Wu, and then lift the curtain of the car for everyone to see, this matter will be over." gone."

This girl is the daughter of Jiang Kangde's eldest son, two years younger than Jiang Zhiyue.

On weekdays, I hate her as a cousin, she looks better than her, wears better clothes than her, and even lives better than her.

It was not easy to catch her fault, and immediately stood up to answer the question.

Jiang Kangde didn't expect his sons and granddaughters to say the same thing, so he became so angry that he swung his cane at the three sons.

"You bastards, on weekdays, the Rong Boys' family have spent so much time on your children's schooling, and you dare to say such things, I will kill you and me!"

A few people subconsciously blocked it with their hands, and the second daughter-in-law even took advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, grabbing Jiang Kangde's arm and pushing it violently.

The old man was pushed and staggered, unable to stand still and fell backwards.

People's bones are brittle when they are old, and it would be terrible if they fell.

Two brothers, Jiang Yuchao and Jiang Yuqing, supported Jiang Kangde and stabilized him.

Jiang Kangde tremblingly pointed at the unfilial sons in front of him, unable to speak out in anger.

"Since the eldest brother is so good, you definitely won't blame us for this decision. Don't you all want to be safe when you go out? You can understand us." The second daughter-in-law looked at Jiang Yuchao and asked.

Just as Jiang Yuchao was about to speak, Jiang Kangde said calmly: "If you want to go, go, I will treat you as sons from now on."

"father……"

Just as Jiang Kangde's second son was about to speak, his wife pushed him back.

She said: "This is what you said by yourself. We, as sons and daughters-in-law, did not force you."

This old man, she has long disliked him.

Her body is not as good as her Uncle Kang Cheng's, and one foot is sloping, and she can't even walk steadily without a crutch, let alone get down to the ground to help.

Now that he is fleeing famine, it’s fine if he can’t leave, and he has to leave space for him to sit on the cart.

I don't know how many things can be put there, otherwise, even letting her youngest son sit on it to rest is better than this old cripple.

So when she saw that her man wanted to keep the old man, she immediately interrupted him.

It would be better to stay with her second uncle's house. Not only will she be less burdensome, but she will also save a lot of food.

The old man and his son and daughter-in-law broke up after a quarrel.

Those few people deliberately left a few catties of food to 'respect' the old man, turned around and ran away.

At that speed, it was as if a ghost was chasing them.

The people of Jiangjia Village hadn't gone far, and Jiang Kangde's sons and daughters-in-law caught up to him not long after.

The people walking behind saw them chasing them and asked curiously, "Where did your father stay?"

The girl who spoke just now answered: "Ham, isn't it? My grandfather insists on being with Second Grandpa and the others. As juniors, we can't be as stubborn as him, but we left food for the old man, and Second Grandpa's family shouldn't." will treat him badly."

The man praised: "You are still filial and left food for them."

"The daughter of Jiang Xiucai's family can't do it. If she didn't refuse to give in, would her family be kicked out?"

The girl said again: "Auntie is right, my cousin is just too pampered, she doesn't know how to bow her head and give in."

……

Everyone in the Jiang family village has already left the city gate, and only the Jiang family and four members of the Wang family and the new old man are left at the gate.

After calming down, Jiang Kangde also felt that he was too impulsive just now.

He originally thought that his family would stay together, and that there would be more people on the road so he wouldn't be afraid, but he didn't expect the few members of his family to think this way, and none of them were willing to stay.

Instead, he, an old man with poor health, stayed. Isn't this causing trouble for the second brother's family!
Jiang Kangde said with some guilt: "Kang Cheng, brother, I'm sorry, you might as well just leave, I'll be a burden to follow."

Mr. Jiang pretended to be angry and said: "Brother, what did you say? Where did you go so hard just now? You can rest assured that we are a family."

Jiang Zhiyue also stepped forward in time, and comforted him with a smile: "Don't worry, Grandpa, if we have a bite to eat, we will never lose you."

Others also persuaded: "You always follow with peace of mind."

Seeing that everyone sincerely did not look down on him, he felt a little more at ease.

Jiang Zhiyue looked at the Jiangjia Villagers who had already walked a hundred meters away, thinking that there would be an opportunity to take out the food in the space to the villagers, but she didn't expect this to happen, so she separated and left.

"Little sister, little sister? What are you thinking?" Jiang Dalang patted Jiang Zhiyue's shoulder.

It turned out that I was too absorbed in thinking about things just now and lost my mind.

Jiang Zhiyue came back to her senses and asked, "What's wrong?"

"My father asked you what to do next, should we follow along?" Jiang Dalang said.

"Let's leave after half an hour. Find a place to rest for a while, and I'll go out to do some errands."

After Jiang Zhiyue finished speaking, she left alone, and she did not do what she promised to others last night.

The Jiang family didn't ask her what she was going to do, they just shouted from behind: "Remember to come back early."

……

The west side of the county seat at this time.

Another group of people also gathered together at this time.

They were all downcast, and someone said: "Uncle Heng Rong, it seems that everyone over there has left, when are we going to leave?"

Hengrong sat on a stone pier, looked at everyone who had lost their anger, and said, "Let's leave after noon,"

Although the others didn't understand why they had to leave after noon, they thought it would be the same anytime they left anyway, so they didn't say anything.

A circle of seventy or eighty of them sat together in the shade.

There was no expectation in his eyes, as if he had lost hope in life.

Only the old Hengrong sat and stood for a while, suppressing the excitement and apprehension in his heart.

What happened last night couldn't be a dream of him fainting from hunger.

But he didn't dare to disobey the old god's wishes, what if he didn't give food because he didn't follow what the old god said.

Old Hengrong, who was in a complicated mood, could only continue to fidget and wait.

And Jiang Zhiyue also came to the Liangji Grain Shop in the west of the city. She entered through the open door and found that the inside was also a mess.

She didn't find any hiding place, and took out the food directly in a clean corner of the front door.

She had already replaced the grain bag with a jumbo bag in advance, and one bag could hold almost two hundred catties of grain.

As soon as she waved her hand, the food bags appeared in the corner in front of her, neatly stacked together.

Jiang Zhiyue didn't know how many people there were in old Hengrong's village, but it seemed that there were no more than a hundred people.

So Jiang Zhiyue took out twenty-five bags of grain, enough for them to eat for several months.

After thinking about it, Jiang Zhiyue filled several large tanks in the yard behind the grain store with water.

After all, it is difficult to find water now, so if you can help, please help people to the end.

After finishing all this, Jiang Zhiyue quietly left again.

But she didn't know that the food and water she left behind were astonishing.

Seeing the sun hanging high above, old Heng Rong couldn't sit still anymore.

Old Hengrong stood up and waved his hands and said, "Let's go to Liangji Grain Shop to have a look."

"Uncle Hengrong, didn't we already go to the grain shop when we came last night? There is nothing in the warehouse in the backyard, so what are you going to do? Let's save some energy here."

Old Hengrong was as stubborn as a cow: "What are you talking about, hurry up, everyone go."

Seeing Hengrong's excited look, the big guys resigned themselves to getting up from the ground and followed.

After turning a street, a group of people came to the gate of Liangji grain store.

A middle-aged man in the village watched old Hengrong take a deep breath at the door and did it again, but he didn't open the door.

Impatient, he muttered: "Uncle, what are you doing, I said earlier that there is nothing in it..." No more! ! !

The middle-aged man who couldn't resist opening the door was stunned, what's going on?
He rubbed his eyes and looked at the corner of the room in disbelief.

"Grain, grain, grain...a lot of grain!!!"

The middle-aged man's scream broke the silence outside the door.

(End of this chapter)