Chapter 75
Melomei didn't know about Li's situation, or even if she knew, she wouldn't care about it, because now she was concentrating on convincing Jun Buhuan to teach her martial arts.

She has always believed that learning a skill is more valuable than money, especially in ancient times, it was very important for women to have the ability to protect themselves, so for Jun Buhuan, she began to think about using sugar-coated cannonballs.

Leaving aside Mei Luomei's side, let's talk about Mei Laoer and the others going to the upper room for dinner, and as soon as they entered the door, they were ridiculed by Xiao Zhang's yin and yang. Let people go to please how.

Mei Laoer and the others didn't want to talk to her, they just entered the room to say hello to old man Mei and old lady Mei.

"Father, mother, didn't you tell us to come over for dinner? What about the food?"

Entered the house, said hello, everyone in the house was there, but no food was found, Mei Qihai couldn't help asking.

If I had known this, I wouldn't have come here!
Old man Mei took a puff of tobacco and said, "Where do we have any food? We have already paid the land tax. This time I called you all here. I just want to ask, when will the pension money for your mother and I be paid out next year?"

The field didn't produce much this year, and they didn't believe in Merlot, so they didn't grow sweet potatoes.

Now that the land tax has been paid, there is no food ration, and there is a little food, which is the old-age food provided by Mei Laoer and the others.

So it was the Hongmen Banquet?

Several people looked at each other, and Mei Qihai said: "Father, we will give the eldest brother and the third brother whenever they give, and we will give as much as they give."

When Mrs. Mei heard this, she immediately frowned, and reflexively said: "How can our two elders and your elder brother's family ask for his pension money? Besides, your elder brother's family doesn't have much land. As for the third family, the land has been sold out. Where is there any output?"

"It's still wrong for us not to sell the land!" Mei Qihai said with displeasure, "It's still the same sentence, we will give as much as the two brothers give."

If you want to take advantage of him, there is no way!

Mrs. Mei saw that her youngest son was not allowed to eat oil and salt, so she had to look at Mei's second son, "Second son, tell me, you will be divided into three families, and you should be given three shares in principle. Without you, you have to give me food for the elderly.”

Mei Lao Er was uncomfortable being looked at by Mrs. Mei, and shrank his neck when he wanted to answer something. It stands to reason that parents should give money for the pension, but now it is a drought period, and money may not be able to buy food. It's a bit unreasonable to start asking for pension food for next year before it's all over.

"Oh, it's right to give grandparents money for the elderly, but our third house has no rice to cook, and parents don't have a living. Unlike the second uncle's family, they can sell sweet potatoes and vines to earn some money."

Meluodie stood aside, holding a handkerchief, and said softly: "If my parents earn money, they will definitely give it to me without my grandma saying. The second uncle's family even has an ox cart now, so it must be not bad." Some food for the elderly."

She has long disliked the second room, and she feels happy if they can make them suffer.

When Mei Luoxing heard that something was wrong, she said loudly: "We are still in debt for the usury we borrowed to buy an ox cart. Since Sister Xiaodie is so greedy, you can ask my third uncle and aunt to borrow money to buy one."

For this cousin, they have never been very close, and they talked in a strange way all day, which made people uncomfortable.

Merlotti was choked for a moment.

The few other people wanted to say something, but Mei Qihai said: "Father, mother, I still say the same thing, wait for the eldest brother and the third brother to pay the rations before coming to us."

"Second brother, let's go home."

Turned around and left.

A few people came here, but they didn't eat the food, but they were full of anger.

After returning home, we ate some food, and everyone ate melon seeds to keep the New Year together.

Because the year was not good, everyone didn't celebrate it, and no one even set off firecrackers, let alone posting couplets and hanging lanterns.

On the first day of the new year, it was still a sunny day. I received a notice from the village chief early in the morning, saying that we would leave in five days, and the destination was the capital city.

The village began to get busy, and every household was packing up their salutes.

The things in Melomei's house have been prepared a long time ago, even the toilet paper is packed in a big bag, but now there is too much food, and I don't know how to take it away.

In the end, Melomei proposed to take some of them away, and leave the rest in the cellar, waiting for someone who is destined.

On the night before his departure, Melomei called everyone together, and shared a cowhide bag filled with water, a bag of salt, two catties of dried pork, a bag of dried sweet potatoes, a dagger, and 500 taels. bank note.

"I carry these things close to my body. I don't know what I will encounter on the way to escape from the wilderness, just in case."

"In case we get separated in case of an emergency, we can hold on for a while if we have money and food on us."

"Sanya, if we really get separated, where will we meet?"

Mei Luotao asked in a low voice, feeling very uncertain. She was very worried about being separated from her family when she was traveling far for the first time.

"Fengcheng, if we get separated, we will find a way to reunite in Fengcheng."

Fengcheng is the capital of the Suxing Kingdom. The transportation was not developed in ancient times, and only that place is relatively famous. Compared with other places, it should be easier to find people there.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "No matter what happens at that time, you must first save your own life."

Melomei was worried that they would lose their lives because they would be reluctant to give up their things.

Jun Buhuan was also allocated 500 taels of silver bills, holding the silver bills with complicated eyes.

It was the first time someone gave him a bank note, and he was overwhelmed by the feeling.

He found it incredible that a peasant girl could come up with so much money, but it was someone else's business.

He raised his eyebrows, staring at the bank note thoughtfully.

Mei Qihai thought that Jun Buhuan didn't dare to accept it, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Li Huan, just keep this bank note, don't feel pressured."

He leaned close to Jun Buhuan's ear and whispered: "My niece is smart, lucky, and good at earning money. As long as you treat her with heart, you won't have to worry about running out of money."

Jun Buhuan froze.

Since everyone in her family thinks it's okay, why should he question it as an outsider?

I took the bank note and put it in my arms, thinking that I would give her more when I return to the capital!
"Uncle, you should just call him Li Huan from now on, don't call him brother, he is our cousin now, isn't it messing up your seniority when you call him brother?"

Uncle called him a brother, which caused Jun Buhuan to have an extra generation, and Melomei felt that she was at a disadvantage.

"Hey, don't call me if you don't call me. In fact, I'm only in my teens, and I'm going to be your uncle before I get married. I'm also under a lot of pressure."

Mei Qihai sighed, and looked at her sensible little niece again, "You girl is good at everything, even if you are an eighth-wife, I don't know who will dare to marry you in the future."

Melomei felt very angry.

"Uncle, I'm not an eighth-wife. I'm just talking about things. Besides, I'm still young, so I can always meet the right one. If I don't, it's a big deal to save more money and buy ten or eight maids to wait on. Still happy." Melomei secretly looked at her bank note.

Alas, a few thousand taels less, it seems that I have to find a way to make money again!
"You girl, you really don't feel ashamed to have a foreigner here." Mei Qiying nodded, really didn't know what to say.

Melomei glanced at Mei Qiying, then at the two sisters, and found that they were all flushed, as if they were drunk, and were speechless.

She was just expressing her opinion.

Looking up at Jun Buhuan, seeing that the other party was looking at her probingly, he glared angrily, "What are you looking at, have you never seen a beauty?"

The corner of Jun Buhuan's mouth twitched, and he turned his head away.

Secretly said: This girl always speaks differently from ordinary people, and she doesn't know how her head grows.

Shaking his head, he grabbed the things on the table, stood up, and went back to his room.

Seeing that the great god left, Me Luotao picked up the dagger on the table, "Sanmei, can I leave this dagger?"

A girl goes out with a dagger, how strange it looks.

"Take it, why don't you take it, you hide it well, don't take it out unless it is absolutely necessary."

There is nothing wrong with carrying a dagger for self-defense when going out.

Early in the morning of the next day, the village began to be lively, because every household packed up their belongings, dragged their families, and rushed to gather at the grain drying field.

The things of Melomei's family had been put on the bullock cart long ago, and besides that, each of them carried a backpack.

Melome's back was broken in the cave, and she didn't make it up later, so she carried her own backpack.

Jun Buhuan was standing next to the bullock cart with a sword in his arms, even if he didn't carry his back, Melomei said it was useless a few times, so he didn't care about him anymore.

Love it!Can't afford it!

"Sanya, come here, daddy will carry you into the bullock cart."

The bullock cart was full of things, but there was a small hole left, which was specially left for the little girl by Mei's second son, who was worried that she would not be able to move.

"Father, the village chief has already called for assembly, you guys go first, I suddenly remembered that I still haven't picked up something, I'll go into the house to get it."

Melome still has some things to do, and wants to send the family away.

"Why, let's go first, you quickly take it over."

Mei's second son didn't hesitate, pulled the ox cart and called his family to go to the sun-drying field first.

Jun Buhuan stood motionless with his sword in his arms, but Mei Lao Er told him not to do so, so he had to leave first.

Now everyone knows that the savior has a weird temper, so they generally dare not force him.

Melomei went into the house, ransacked all the things she thought were useful, then went to the cellar to put all the food into the system backpack, then came out again, looked at the room, and finally didn't let go of the bed board.

If it weren't for the fear of being discovered, I'm afraid even the gate could be removed.

After leaving the yard, he locked the door, turned his head, and saw Jun Buhuan standing by the door.

My eyebrows twitched, I felt something bad was going to happen!
When Jun Buhuan saw someone coming out, he just glanced at her indifferently, and then walked away leisurely with his sword in hand.

Melomei looked at the other person's back, always feeling like he was caught doing something bad.

But the other party didn't ask, and she wouldn't take the initiative to explain anything, otherwise, if there is no silver 300 taels here, nothing will become trouble.

The two soon came to the sun-drying field. The village head had finished his explanation, and everyone started to leave the village.

Melomei found her family and followed slowly behind the bullock cart.

After walking out of Shuanghe Village soon, seeing that the surrounding land was getting more and more cracked and lifeless everywhere, everyone's mood dropped a bit.

The further one goes, the more severe the drought of the land becomes.

"My God, I didn't expect it to be like this outside." Someone sighed.

Someone answered: "That's right, fortunately our village grows sweet potatoes and we still have some rations, otherwise we might starve to death in a short time."

Someone said: "It is impossible to starve to death, but I think it is possible for some black-hearted prostitutes to prostitute themselves."

Granny Mei who has been thinking about selling her granddaughter: "..."

 Started to write Fleeing Famine.The next chapter is about to start.

  
 
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