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Chapter 45 No.40 Chapter [-]: Earning food by work
Is that so?
No wonder they are not allowed to enter here without giving porridge, and there are so many refugees here.

The old man Xu immediately discussed with several representatives.

Work, they are good at it!

As long as there is food to eat, what's the point of working hard?
Everyone's opinions were unanimous, so old man Xu decided to stop here first, and wait until tomorrow to see the situation.

There are too many people in their family, and there is no room for them on this side of the road, so they can only camp in the woods opposite the city gate.

All the families set up the thatch and settled down, and in the evening, the gates of the city were opened, and many refugees who went in to work this morning were released.

A lot of refugees dispersed to find out about the situation of these refugees who had been in. Old man Xu asked Xu Chunhe and the others to bring Xu Dajun over there, and if they had something to say, they asked Xu Dajun to go around and listen to what others had said.

Thousands of refugees gathered, and the whole outside of the city was like a New Year's market. People shuttled among them, crowded and crowded, and they couldn't move quickly.

It was almost a quarter of an hour before Xu Chunhe and the others came back with Xu Dajun.

Several people chattered and told everyone what they had found out.

"It's organized by the county government. There are those who build the city walls, and those who build bridges and roads. In short, they work for a day, and they get food when they get off work in the evening. One person can get two liters of corn."

"We recruit people every day, go in the morning, leave work in the evening, and choose what to do. Every day is different."

"The work is not heavy, we are young and strong, we can do it!"

"..."

Xu Dajun's ears are good, and he heard more news, "I heard that I won't be able to work for a long time, and all the work in the city can be done."

As soon as everyone heard it, they had to hurry to go tomorrow, and they could do it day by day.

Old man Zheng sighed, "It's too worthless to work two liters of corn a day."

In Taiping years, they went to the town to do part-time jobs, and the money they earned a day could buy five liters of corn at least.

"It's good to get food in exchange for hard work. I'm afraid that if you work hard, you won't get food. Then you will really have to starve to death." Old man Zhou said.

The old man Xu collected the news and made an arrangement immediately. In the morning, the men from each family will go to line up. If they can be selected, they can bring back two liters of corn after going in for a day's work. There is something to eat.

There was a fresh scent of cooking corn wafting in the air, and after a short while, there was a faint sound of cursing and crying from the opposite side.

But these have nothing to do with the few families in the forest, and they don't pay much attention to them.

I chewed the jujube skins I picked earlier, not to mention fighting hunger, but there was something in my stomach anyway. Everyone here drank two sips of sweet water, curled up under the thatch skin and began to sleep and rest.

Covered by thatch, it was pitch black, and people outside couldn't see what was going on inside.

Xu Yinyin hurriedly took a piece of compressed biscuit and gave it to Xu Chunshan, telling him to eat it quickly to fill his stomach.

If tomorrow is chosen to go to work in the city, it will be difficult to bear the hunger in one day.

Xu Yinyin was still quite worried that her father would not be able to carry it, so she didn't feel distressed at the moment. They were hungry when they were hungry, and her father had to replenish his strength.

Compressed biscuits are very good at fighting hunger. One compressed biscuit can last for two days. Xu Chunshan knew about this stuff, so he refused to eat a whole piece by himself right now. He divided it up, and each of the four people took a piece .

This stuff won't taste as strong as canned meat, but Xu Yinyin also feels guilty and flustered, afraid that the five girls under the thatched hut next door will hear that they are like thieves, and they don't make a sound at all. The bamboo tube in the space came out to drink water.

The four of them ate and drank before closing their eyes and going to sleep.

……

At daybreak, the gate of the city began to move, and countless refugees crowded the gate of the city, so solid that they couldn't see who was who.

Boss Shi and Uncle Zhang led the way, leading the men from several families, and rushed over from the woods before dawn. At this moment, they were standing at the front, squeezed together, mixed with the refugees, and stretched out. Crooked neck to see the movement ahead.

It's cold, so crowded, but still warm.

Not long after, the sky was bright, the gates of the city opened slowly, and the petty officials in commoner robes led people out to pick people out.

Only those who still have the strength to work are selected. If they are so hungry that they have no strength and can't stand still, then they don't want it.

Although Xu Chunshan and the others had sunken eye sockets and disheveled faces, they looked quite energetic and stood firm.

Therefore, the little officials picked them all the way, and they picked them all.

When Xu Sanlang and Zhang Sanlang saw that they had all been picked in, they immediately turned around and reported back.

"I've chosen, my father and the others have all chosen!"

Old man Xu cheered up when he heard this, "That's good."

The men were gone, only the old, the weak, the sick, and some children were left. Old man Xu restrained them from wandering around, and stayed under the thatch.

After noon, the misty sky looked brighter, old man Xu asked old man Zhou and old man Deng to stay here and watch, he and old man Zheng took Xu Dajun, Zhang Sanlang and Xu Sanlang to the little boy behind the forest. Go to the ditch to pick up two loads of river water and come back, and pick up some firewood by the way.

There is not much water in the ditch, and there are many refugees here. One person picks some, and one person picks some. If you want to pick more, there is no one.

So I didn't care about the slow and laborious filtering. I only picked up two loads of water, and then I set up a pot and lit a fire to boil it. After boiling, let it stand and drink the water on it.

Seeing that it was almost evening, and it was time for those who went to work in the city to call it a day, old man Xu asked his family to take out the fried rice that had been tied around him and boil it in three large pots.

"This is the last ration. It has been tied all the way, and I have never been willing to eat it." Old man Xu and old man Zhou sighed.

Everyone else knew that before the Xu family left home, they helped the landlord Wang in the village and got a little food, not much. They just thought that they were all mixed with elm bark to make steamed bread, and they had already eaten it. They didn't expect to make fried rice and tied it around their bodies. .

"After a while, Dachuan and the others will bring food back. Let's tie up your fried rice first. You can't hold it anymore after you keep it, so take it out and eat it?" Old Man Zhou said.

Old man Xu said: "The children have been in the city for a long day, and they don't know if they can carry it. Let's cook it first, and when they come back, they can have a hot drink!"

After working today, I can bring back a lot of food. This fried rice has been tied for a month, and it is almost wet, so it is good to eat.

Besides, not too much, boil three pots, but also more water and less rice.

It was tied up all the time, and it was taken off suddenly, which was somewhat unaccustomed to him, but old man Xu's eye sockets also turned slightly red when he smelled the rice fragrance.

The rice porridge in the pot was almost ready to drink, and there was movement at the gate of the city. Old man Xu ordered Zhang Sanlang and a few boys to go over to greet him.

Not long after, Xu Chunshan and the others came back with their footsteps supporting each other.

The women rushed to meet their men and sons, and they sat by the fire to rest.

Xu Chunshan and the others were also too tired to speak, so they just took out the food they had received at the end of work from their pockets and handed it all together.

Old man Xu hurriedly asked the women to take bowls of porridge, and first filled a large bowl for each of the people who had worked, and asked them to eat first and rest after eating.

(End of this chapter)