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Chapter 9 Chapter [-]: Let's Flee

Old man Xu is very courageous, and he can immediately make up his mind when he says fleeing famine.

But the rest of the Xu family couldn't do it.

The first one was Mrs. Xu.

"Old man, do we really want to flee famine? Maybe the situation is not as bad as we think? In case the imperial court sends us food immediately, or knows the misery here, we will not collect our taxes this year, and will not collect us again. Is there any food?"

Old man Xu looked at her and said, "Then you still scold the court first, do you think it's possible?"

Impossible, Old Madam Xu opened her mouth, not knowing what to say, but worried: "But when we run away from the famine, when will we come back again? My mother's family is still here."

Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Zhou also nodded secretly, they were also worried about this, if they left, wouldn't it be possible that they would never see their natal family again in this life?
It is not easy to go out these days, and the road is far away. If there is no other way, who would want to leave their hometown?
Old man Xu can only break it into pieces and then explain it to everyone, "The current situation here is that we have no food or water, and we don't even have to dig wild vegetables to satisfy our hunger. Only the bark is left. Once everyone digs Bark, how long can you eat it? You can eat bark if you don’t eat it, but can a person not touch a drop of water for several days?
Our family had a good life in Taiping years, and now we are in this situation, not to mention other families who are poorer than ours. That's why Landlord Wang said that there are villagers from the next few towns who gathered in the town to grab big families. These people Being beaten and suppressed, how can the food of the big households be so easy to grab?So it won't take long, and there is no other way but to escape from famine.

Let's go first. After leaving Yunzhou, we can be the first to grab water and wild vegetables. There is enough food and drink for us to reach your sister-in-law. If everyone else starts fleeing, let's escape together. If you can't grab it, you may be robbed or beaten by others!

This is all light, once the tens of millions of people in the entire Yunzhou flee the famine together, it will not be uncommon for them to starve to death along the way and cannibalize people! "

What old man Xu has experienced, no one has a deeper understanding than him. At that time, he was still young, so he was almost caught and cooked for food!
Thinking about it now, he still has chills all over his body.

There were nearly twenty members of their family, and only he, his father, and his uncle were the only ones who came here alive.

His grandparents, his mother, his uncles and aunts, sisters and brothers are all gone, what a tragedy!
Today, decades later, he is about to face fleeing famine again. Now he is already a person who has fallen half into the loess. Along the way, he is not afraid of death, but he has to protect him just like his grandfather and father used to protect him. Let his children and grandchildren escape alive to a place where they can live!

And this time, if they left earlier and didn't pile up with those refugees, they might all be able to survive.

Old man Xu's eyes were red, but he was extremely firm.

That firmness, Xu Yinyin who called her head down looked at it, and couldn't help but be shocked by it. She didn't know what grandpa was thinking at the moment, but she felt deeply shocked.

She didn't know what to say, and she didn't have a place to speak here, if she fled from the famine, she would just run away, indeed, if she didn't run away, it wouldn't be easy to stay.

No matter how late it was, there would be too many people escaping, and the road would not be safe.

Old man Xu's eyes were firm, and his tone was also firm, "So we have to escape now!"

"Now, everyone listen to my arrangement!"

"Boss, take your second child and go out right away. Go to your husband's house, your uncle's house, and your younger sister's house, and tell them that our family is fleeing famine. Tell them that if they also If you plan to go together, then we will meet outside Dama Town before dawn two days later."

Xu Chunhe and Xu Chunlin immediately agreed.

Only then did old man Xu look at Xu Chunshan. His father-in-law's family was not in the same direction as the other three families, and was also the closest. "Third son, you should also go to your uncle's house and say something."

Although the third daughter-in-law was slanderous and lazy, her two older brothers were both good.

When Xu Chunshan heard old man Xu give Xu Chunhe two orders, he secretly thought that it was not good. He didn't want to be serious, and it would be his turn next.

Mother, he doesn't know where his uncle's house is!

Hurry up and piss off your son.

Xu Dajun received the distress signal, and hurriedly said: "Master, I'd better go! You also know that my father and my uncle and uncle are going to quarrel without saying a word, let him go, maybe it's okay Clear!"

Only now did Old Man Xu remember this matter. The third child was too lazy to do anything, so he would be scolded by the two uncles every time they saw him, including the third daughter-in-law.

I never thought of beating me up to be honest.

Thinking that it is not far away, he nodded and said: "Okay, then let your third brother go with you!"

The four of them went out immediately.

Old man Xu then arranged for the rest of the people, "Old lady, you take other people to grind the rest of the rice and fry it, and then make the elm bark that was stripped back in the past few days with chaff and grass clippings. Wowotou.

In addition, I dismantled the coarse cotton cloth at home, sewed more than a dozen cloth bags with cotton cloth, and then made a pair of cotton shoes for each person, with thicker soles. "

Fleeing famine requires a lot of walking. If the shoes are not comfortable, they will blister after walking for a long time.

Although it needs to be foamed when it is comfortable to wear, at least it can foam later.

As for himself, he was going to the Landlord Wang's house.

At this time, in the whole village, the only one who can afford to buy his land is the Landlord Wang.

The landlord of the king has a lot of land and food, and he is not afraid of the imperial conquest. Even if he is forced to flee in the end, he will definitely come back. The most rare thing for the landlord is the land, and he will definitely buy it.

Sure enough, old man Xu met Landlord Wang, and as soon as he revealed his intention, Landlord Wang agreed without saying a word, not only agreeing to buy all the land of Xu's family, but also willing to buy his house.

But for the old man Xu who was about to flee the famine, he expressed his admiration for his courage.

I still don't forget to tell him that if I want to leave now, I have to go as fast and quietly as possible.

Otherwise, if Rijia knew that someone was going to escape, he would definitely bring someone to stop him.

Everyone has fled, and when the time comes, the higher-ups will collect grain and tax, and if someone is sent, Li Jia has to bear it himself, unless Li Jia also escapes.

Old man Xu naturally knew this, so he didn't say anything about the families close to him in the village. He only informed the father-in-law's family and daughter's family of his three sons.

These four families, even if they didn't escape with them, they wouldn't report on them, and if they escaped together, they wouldn't leak their secrets.

He thanked Landlord Wang for the reminder, and finally asked him to keep the fact that they were fleeing famine a secret, then took the money from selling the land and house, and hurried home.

The family was in full swing, and Dalang Erlang was in charge of milling the rice. When the villagers asked them why they were milling again, they only said that the family had run out of food.

The villagers also heard what happened in their house yesterday, and they knew that the inconsequential Mr. and Mrs. Xu and the fierce Xu Siya cooked all the food left in the house yesterday while the family was away. up.

If it hadn't been for helping Landlord Wang and getting twenty catties of grain last night, their family would have to eat all bark from now on.

It was the one who made fun of Xu's family, but just after he laughed, he couldn't laugh anymore when he remembered his own situation, so he shook his head and continued to go out to find elm bark that could be peeled.

If you don't look for more, after a few days, there will be nothing left on the mountain.

(End of this chapter)