A leisurely life reborn in the fiery age

Chapter 38 Comrades, Go! !
When it was time to make dinner, the five brothers of the Li family put all the sacks into the cellar.

The cellar had only filled a corner, and the eldest brother Li Chi asked Li Yuan, "You asked the family to hunt more wild animals, and said that there is a way to smoke them and store them for a few years. There are some pheasants, some hares, and two roe deer in these pockets." , were all just killed."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Success, I will take care of things, don't worry, there is no problem." Then, he took out the stack of big black ten from his pocket, counted out four hundred from it, and handed it to Li Chi: "These money The eldest brother took it, and tried to find a way to exchange food from the brigade to send it over. No white flour is needed, bracts and millet are fine.

It doesn't have to be done all at once, and it doesn't have to be done only in Qinjiazhuang, but it's best done within two months.

From next week, I will ride my bicycle to the bus stop outside Dongzhimen every Thursday morning and wait there. You guys will send two bags of food there quietly in the early morning. Don’t go into the city. "

The good days of the commune cafeteria will not last long.

Instead of letting people eat sea-made things like crazy, it is better to save them first.

By next year, the money in hand will be worthless. Without a ticket, it will be useless, but food will be more expensive than gold...

Li Chi saw that Li Yuan didn't take the money handed over, he frowned in shock and said, "Is this really the case?"

In fact, most farmers right now, even if they feel a little uneasy, can't see that far.

In fact, if the weather hadn't been too severe in the next three years, it might not have been so miserable. All kinds of misfortunes came together...

Li Yuan reminded: "Brother, how many times has it rained since the beginning of spring this year?"

According to the records of the later "China Disaster Situation Report": In [-], from January to August, there was a large-scale drought in the whole country.

Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Southwest Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and South China Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces and regions have long-term spring droughts that spread widely and seriously affect the sowing and growth of crops.

There was no rain or snow in the central and eastern parts of Hebei Province for more than 200 consecutive days. In mid-May, the southwest, southern China and eastern Hebei continued to be dry.

In summer, more than 800 million hectares of farmland in East China and Northeast China suffered from drought.

260 six small rivers and 380 six reservoirs in Kyrgyzstan have dried up, which is an unprecedented severe drought since the end of Qing Dynasty.

During the year, the drought affected 24 million hectares of farmland in 2000 provinces and regions.

It was said to be three years, but in fact, from [-] to [-], there were still severe droughts in most parts of the country.

From next year, it will be a severe drought...

Behind this line of pale records is a frightening famine.

You will never be able to understand it unless you are there, what kind of disaster it is...

After listening to Li Yuan's words, Li Chi stopped talking, nodded after taking the money, and said, "You are a cultural person in the family, and you are the smartest when you are young, so do as you say."

But even if he said that, Li Chi never thought that he would rely on the youngest for food in the future.

He can earn work points, so how can he be short of food?
Purely as a parent who loves the youngest son, he, the eldest brother, also pities Yaodi for his poor health, so let's mess around with him.

When Li Yuan was born, the family was in trouble, and his parents had to go out to help others in order to support the baby. It was he who carried Li Yuan around to find some wild animals to make soup, so he reluctantly brought him up.

So among several brothers, he favored the youngest the most.

Li Yuan knew the character of the boss, so he said to Li Jiang, the second brother: "Second brother, wild things can't be cut off, it's best to entrust Second Uncle Qin to hunt them down, he is an old hunter, buy it with money."

Li Jiang stretched out his hand to pat Li Yuan's head, and said with a smile, "You look down on your second brother, don't you? Qin's second brother is more capable than me?"

Li Yuan didn't argue, and said with a smile: "It's like sending food if you fight, but you don't have to wait for Thursday. I will send a letter to me on the day of the fight. I will wait outside Dongzhimen as early as the next day. Our family There are too many people, so I dare not gamble. From the Chinese New Year to the present, there has not been a drop of rain or snow. If there is no rain or snow for the rest of the year, everyone will suffer by the end of the year.

It’s okay for adults, but there are more than 20 children in our family, and there is no need to starve one of our brothers and eight faces.

So now I would rather toss a few more times, than to go to the front and catch him blind. "

The brothers were moved, and the fourth brother Li Hu looked at Li Chi and said, "Brother, listen to the youngest."

Li Chi frowned and said: "I don't believe it, it can last a spring without rain! Then God wants to kill everyone? There's no such reason! But the youngest has a lot of books, so it's okay if you want to prepare more Just do it like this, don't delay the spring plowing."

Li Yuan smiled, although the old man is straight, as long as he doesn't stop him.

A group of people left the cellar, locked it with a lock, and covered it with a bamboo hat, and the five brothers were about to go home.

Back in the courtyard, Li Yuan took out a bagful of apples, a large bag of hard candies, four economical cigarettes, one golden leaf cigarette, and four bottles of Xifeng wine.

Economy cigarettes cost eight cents a pack, and they are produced by the Yuxi Tobacco Factory in southern Yunnan. They are very cheap.

Gold leaf is much more expensive, a pack of twenty-six cents.

Li Yuan said: "The apples and candy are shared among parents and the children. The economical cigarettes are for you and Dad. The gold leaves and wine are used to socialize and buy food."

The five brothers all laughed, the youngest, it seemed that he had really grown up, and arranged for his elder brother.

But it's okay, once you enter the city, you can go back empty-handed.

It doesn't matter to adults, there are many children.

Li Chi said worriedly again: "You are causing a lot of famine now, so don't spend it if you don't have to spend it. With the money, you can buy food and send it over. If you can't eat it, sell some to pay back the famine.

You are the youngest, can we still eat yours and drink yours?Just take good care of yourself, don't send money home, you still have to marry a wife.By the way, your sister-in-law said that the Qin family trustees have all been entrusted to her, and they want to marry you. "

Li Yuan hurriedly said: "I'm not in a hurry. Now I have to learn more medical skills from Master. How can I think about those things? Brother, tell your sister-in-law to ignore those things. Li Kun is going to take his exams this year, so take good care of him. Li Kun After going to a technical secondary school, life will be easier in the future."

What a joke, the next three years will be much more difficult in the countryside than in the city, and he can't afford another big family.

Li Yuan couldn't be like Shazhu, who would spend his heart and soul for a family just for a woman.

There is no way, it is human nature, so it is better not to delay others...

Li Chi smiled, patted Li Yuan on the shoulder, and said: "Your nephews all want to learn from you to go to the city and live in the city. It depends on whether they have the ability. Let's not talk about it. Let’s go, and if we go back later, it will be dark.”

Without procrastinating, the five brothers patted Li Yuan one by one, turned around and left.

When the five big men went out, many people looked sideways.

In this day and age, having many brothers in the family is a deterrent.

Even Jia Zhang's family lay on the kang and muttered: "How can this Li family be so productive?"

Qin Huairu smiled while cooking: "This is only five... Li Yuan is not counted, he is too delicate, he was not in good health when he was young, he was bullied and cried every day... Mom, don't talk about it outside .”

Jia Zhang snorted and said, "Tell me what you say."

Qin Huairu cut the shredded potatoes and said with a smile: "There are eight brothers in the Li family's generation. The Qin family village said that his family is the Eight Great Vajras. Not only are they strong, but they are united. His family name is Li, but in the Qin family No one dared to provoke them in the family village. Moreover, the eight members of this generation are still in their prime, and the next generation has risen again.

Mrs. Li's sons and daughters are all fifteen or sixteen this year, and there are more men in this generation. There are only fourteen men alone, and they are all standing still, not one is missing.

According to Jingru, this year his family is pregnant with five more, and it is estimated that there are still more boys than girls.

Even the eldest of his family is only 35 this year, and he will be able to give birth in the future.

In another ten years, there may be dozens of grandchildren in his family. With such a big family, who can afford it? "

Unless there is another war like the loss of the country and the Li family suffers, the Qin family village will become the Li family village sooner or later.

Jia Zhang's envy is about to flow out. If the Jia family can have... don't say half a hundred, seven or eight males, she thinks she can walk sideways in the courtyard!

If there are dozens of grandchildren...she dares to spend the same time in Sijiu City!

Thinking of this, the fiery Jia Zhang said to Jia Dongxu: "Dongxu, there is only one stick now, and it is still far away. You and Huairu are still young, and I can still take care of the children. You two have to Work harder, give birth to more children! If Banggen has seven or eight brothers, our family will also be a big family in the future, much stronger than the Li family!
Li's family is full of farmers, so what's the use of having more people?In a calamity year, everyone will starve to death! "

Jia Dongxu was also a little moved, but Qin Huairu didn't want to continue living.

Right now, the life of Jia's family is already tight. They didn't do much when they were born, but they were forced by Jia Zhang to wash and cook. Now they often suffer from body pain.

If she lives continuously, is her life still worth it?

Besides, seeing that Jiazhang doesn't treat his granddaughter as a person at all, he knows that if he has another daughter, her life will be even worse.

Qin Huairu rolled his eyes and said: "Mom, it's not that we don't want to have children, but now the family is all pointing at Dongxu. There are only five people now, and Dongxu is so tired that he can hardly stand upright. To have a child, Dongxu still Don’t be exhausted? I know you are doing it for the sake of sticking out, so that brothers will not be bullied in the future, and they will help each other. But I still put Dongxu first, and no son is ahead of me.”

These words immediately reminded Jia Dongxu that he was almost bored to death after giving birth to a child, and he had almost no pocket money, and he could hardly afford the gold leaf of twenty-six cents.

Before he was a child, he was the big front door for smoking three cents!
Another one, I am afraid that the eight-cent economic cigarettes will not be able to be smoked.

Jia Dongxu glanced at his wife approvingly, and then said to Jia Zhang: "Don't worry about it, Xiao Dang is less than one year old, so why worry?"

Jiazhang's lungs hurt with anger, he turned his head and ignored others, and secretly cursed at the Li family for having so many births, sooner or later he would starve to death...

Jia Dongxu also felt annoyed, it was all caused by a group of stinky farmers.

If it hadn't been for them to catch the wind, the silly dog ​​wouldn't have bought a chicken back, he wouldn't have had diarrhea after eating too much, and wouldn't... 哕!

In short, it's all the fault of the litter of dogs in the Li family, with so many babies, why didn't they starve to death!
At the same time, Li Yuan, who sent his brothers out, received wave after wave of strong negative emotions from Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu. He looked back in the direction of Jia's house and smiled...

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Grandpa's house.

Seeing the brothers from the Li family passing by from the window, Yi Zhonghai and his wife were the most envious and saddened in the courtyard.

Other families worry that they won't be able to support them because they have too many children. They have been looking forward to their children for a lifetime, and they don't even look forward to a boy or a girl.

The first mother wiped her tears and said, "In this life, I will be the one who can't forgive you."

After all, the two still didn't go to the hospital for an examination. Whose problem is it?

Yi Zhonghai entrusted someone to make a false certificate, proving that he was in good health.

So Big Mom still thinks it's her problem...

Yi Zhonghai let out a "huh", sighed a little, and said with a smile, "This is all predestined by God. It's just that I don't have the fate of children in my life. How could it be that you are sorry for me? Right now there are Dongxu and Silly Zhu Now, there may not be no hope in the future.”

The aunt hesitated for a while, and said: "Zhuzi and Dongxu, I'm afraid they are not very reliable. Zhuzi is okay, he is warm-hearted, and often goes to the backyard to take care of the old lady. Dongxu... his mother is not a good match. Really wait When you get old and count on Dongxu, Jia Zhang won’t ride on our heads to shit and piss?”

Yi Zhonghai was not very happy when he heard the word feces and urine. The look on his face earlier was really a shame in his life.

But what my wife said was not unreasonable, he said slowly: "Let's take a look, there is still time."

The first mother said softly: "It would be great if that child Yuanzi kissed us."

Yi Zhonghai shook his head again and again and said, "Don't do this dream. Most of his monthly salary has been sent home, which means that he has a big family in his heart. Why would he kiss us? It's because he wants to provide for us to take care of us. I don’t dare to ask for it, I’m afraid he will move our old-age family property back to Qinjiazhuang.”

After seeing off his elder brothers, Li Yuan went back to the backyard to open the cellar, and collected wild animals and some grain into the space.

Leave four or five bags of food, just lock it here, keep it as a target, just in case.

Maybe in the future, when someone suspects that his family's food has been running out and is reported, they can bring it to see...

Ha ha!

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Early the next morning, Li Yuan boiled the juice with tomatoes, meat, and rock sugar as usual, filling the whole house with aroma. Then, when the residents in the courtyard came to fetch water to wash in the courtyard, he opened the window...

A series of negative emotions made Li Yuan burst into laughter.

Get up early and feel happy!
However, today's big bowl of braised pork noodles is not for the deaf old lady.

After calculating the time, it should be about the same time, when I heard a scream from the front yard:
"It's amazing! It's amazing! Everyone, come quickly, our courtyard is recruiting thieves!"

The voice of the third master Yan Bugui's anger and fear spread throughout the three courtyards.

Li Yuan sneaked out to the front yard with the others, and saw Yan Bugui standing there with a mournful face, and the third mother simply started crying there.

Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "Lao Yan, what are you doing here so early in the morning that you don't go to work? What kind of thief steals? Is it a good word? What do you hear outside?"

Yan Bugui seemed to be out of breath, he was a little out of breath, he gritted his teeth and said excitedly: "What do you look like? Lao Yi, our hospital has recruited a big thief! My leather shoes, my briefcase, and my Chinese tunic suit were stolen yesterday. The weather is good and I have washed it, thinking about wearing it to go to work this morning. Look, look, what else is there?"

Everyone looked around, and it was really gone.

Silly Zhu was amused, hehe laughed and said: "Third Master! If you want me to say, you should! What do you think you are so careful about in daily life? Every day, you eat enough to eat and wear clothes. If you can't calculate it, you talk about being poor and buy Second-hand leather shoes... What are you showing off? Okay, are they all gone?"

When Yan Bugui heard this, his whole body shook with anger.

Yi Zhonghai yelled, "Zhuzi, shut your mouth if you can't speak! Is this the time to add insult to injury?"

Silly Zhu cut his voice, but he didn't speak again, Li Yuan said with a chuckle: "Brother Zhuzi, although the third master likes to calculate, but he has a bottom line of principles and will not harm anyone. Just because of this alone, he is better than many people .”

Sha Zhu chuckled and said, "That's right."

Li Yuan asked Yan Jiecheng: "Xie Cheng, go and see if you have lost anything? I was thinking, I shouldn't just throw things away at your house. Is there a child who is naughty, so where do you throw it away? The third master is a good person, and he has no enemies. Even a thief can't point at your house to steal."

Yan Bugui came back to his senses, nodded quickly and said: "Yes, yes, everyone, take a look and see if someone's child has been misbegotten somewhere, look for it."

Yi Zhonghai frowned, feeling that something was wrong, but nodded in response, calling for people to look around.

Not to mention, I really found the briefcase. It's at the corner south of Jia's house, where the Jia's family took possession of the briquettes.

But the others were nowhere to be found.

After a while, another resident in the courtyard yelled, or lost half a bowl of salt, or threw away the white flour, or threw away a bag of sweet potatoes.

As a result, it was soon discovered that there were some grains of salt and white flour scattered in front of Jia's house...

Good guy, the anger of the crowd exploded in one fell swoop!

There are really bad elements hiding among the masses!

Comrades, go! !
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(End of this chapter)