A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

Chapter 20 Fire
The village head babbled a lot, and let Bai Xia and Li Xiuyuan enter the ancestral hall to kowtow, and then recorded Bai Xia's name on the Li family tree.

"Bai Sanya, from now on, you will be Li's wife, you must be respectful to your husband, Yan..."

"Forget it, you guys go back"

I wanted to say Yanmian's heirs, but when he saw the two half-grown children in front of him, the village chief couldn't say anything, he just waved his hand and told them to go back.

Li Xiuyuan walks lightly. He is married, is he married to Sanya?
However, he is only five years old!
Sanya is only nine years old!
He was shocked, and he let Bai Xia lead him all the way home, and then he pretended to be confused and asked Bai Xia, "Sanya, why did the Grand Duke ask us to kowtow in the ancestral hall?"

Bai Xia's complexion didn't change a bit, and she coaxed him: "I asked the Grand Duke to recognize me as your mother's goddaughter. From now on, I will be your older sister."

Deceiving.

Obviously a daughter-in-law.

Li Xiuyuan complained in his heart, but he was only five years old, so he shouldn't understand this, mainly because their marriage was too shabby, he didn't look like a villager's wedding ceremony at all, and he didn't even pay homage, he just kowtowed in the ancestral hall and remembered A family tree is over.

So he couldn't refute Bai Xia clearly, he could only pretend to be innocent and said: "But the Grand Duke said, you are Li's wife, you must respect your husband."

"You heard me wrong, what the Grand Duke said is that I am a daughter of the Li family, and I must be respectful to my husband when I marry in the future." Bai Xia's expression did not change.

It was just a stopgap measure for her to marry this kid, anyway, he is just a baby and doesn't understand anything, when he grows up and becomes sensible, then it's just a matter of reconciling.

Nonsense.

Lie to children.

Li Xiuyuan was so angry that he was dying, but seeing her stubborn mouth and resolute refusal to admit that the two were husband and wife, he had no choice but to compromise.

"Oh"

"Okay, I'll cook first"

Li Xiuyuan's arm couldn't twist Bai Xia's thigh, and the two of them couldn't raise food, so they decided to run away.

After lunch, the two of them were busy packing their things. At night, everyone in the village went home. Bai Xia asked Li Xiuyuan to watch at home. She carried her things in a basket and walked towards the mountain by herself.

She didn't dare to go out of the village directly, for fear of bumping into the guards outside, so she only dared to go into the mountains.

Maybe it's because we haven't reached the end of the mountain, the grass roots have been dug out a lot, but the skin of the village is still there, but the leaves have already started to dry out, Bai Xia felt the darkness, walking slowly, walking slowly. It took a long time before I found the cave I found when I went up the mountain.

Since she came here, she has never seen game on this mountain, and it is only a small forest, so there will be no wolves or other large animals, so she is relatively relieved.

She found this cave at the beginning. It is located behind a mountain wall. Usually, no one would come here, so it is considered safe.

She put the basket on, went home and ran a few more times, until the end of Yinshi the next day, around five o'clock in the morning, she did not finish moving the things in the house.

Li Xiuyuan insisted on helping at first, but finally couldn't hold on and fell asleep.

After Bai Xia finished her work, she walked towards the well in the village. One and a half barrels of water a day must not be wasted, and the water shortage will only increase in the future.

She is very fortunate that the village started to control everyone's water use early on. Even at this critical moment when every household raised food, they did not relax and let people guard them, otherwise the water in the well would have been drained long ago. .

Bai Xia brought the water home and started to boil it as usual.

Li Xiuyuan helped to light the fire until the water in the pot boiled.

"Today we will eat pig offal, it may taste a little bit, but it's better than nothing"

Fortunately, there was still a lot of river water before, so Bai Xia was able to clean up a pig, otherwise the pig would have to be thrown away, after all, it stinks.

Even after rubbing it several times with the mud, the smell that is unique to pigs is not good.

Li Xiuyuan didn't say anything, anyway, he would do what Bai Xia said.

His arms are too small.

And Bai Xia's thighs are too thick.

She also practices martial arts.

He really couldn't screw it up.

But regarding Bai Xia asking him to call her elder sister, Li Xiuyuan kept her mouth shut, she didn't call her dead or alive, at most she called her Sanya.

Bai Xia didn't know what was going on in his mind, so he boiled the pig and ate it at noon, endured the strange taste, and forced himself to fill his stomach, then Bai Xia took a sickle, carried a basket on his back, and went to the ground, imitating Like other families in the village, they began to rush to harvest.

Li Xiuyuan was ordered by her to stay at home so as not to suffer from heat stroke, and then she had to take care of him as a patient.

After pinching the shriveled ears of rice, Bai Xia sighed inwardly.

In this way, where can we grab food.

But she knew what the villagers thought.

All the food stored in the family has to be raised to pay the food tax. In the second half of the year, it is estimated that the looted straw can only be ground into powder and dealt with.

If you are lucky and it rains, you can plant seeds and grow more food.

If bad luck?

Everyone has not considered this problem, just want to solve the current problem.

Naturally, Bai Xia didn't cut this straw because she planned to grind it into powder to fill her stomach like everyone else, but she had another plan. This straw was useful to her, so she cut it with extra care, and soon she cut it with a basket on her back. When it is full, carry it home.

"Sanya, drink water"

When she got home, Li Xiuyuan hurriedly scooped up water and brought it to her. Seeing that her thin body was sweating profusely, she felt very uncomfortable.

"Hey, put these straws away as I told you, did you hear me?"

"Um"

Li Xiuyuan watched Bai Xia go out, and then according to what she said, he placed the straw along the walls and the gate of the house.

The day passed quickly.

After dark, Bai Xia ran up the mountain again, carrying a basket of straw on his back.

The clothes, food, and everything that could be taken away at home were taken away by Bai Xia. She took the torch and walked around the house, igniting the straw under the wall, and then went out, holding Li Xiuyuan's hand, watching Glancing at the fire that was slowly igniting at home, he let go of his hands and squatted down facing Li Xiuyuan.

"Brother Yuan, come up, let's go"

Her eyes were red. Since then, they have no home and can only wander in this troubled world.

Without saying a word, Li Xiuyuan lay on Bai Xia's back, and the two walked towards the mountain in the village.

He didn't expect that Sanya was so decisive that she burned the house down.

He knew that she didn't want to hurt the people in the village. If they ran away, she was afraid that the government would blame the village, so she simply set fire to the house and made it look like it was on fire, making the government think that the two of them were burned to death. At home, so that they will not blame them for failing to pay the food.

He took a breath, thinking about the days to come, he also had a headache.

Bai Xia didn't think as much as he thought, since she ran away, there was nothing to hesitate, and she also had a breath of support in her heart, as long as her golden fingers awakened after a few days, she would be able to live on.

She was looking forward to it with all her heart, and it was just this kind of thinking that held on, otherwise she would not be able to survive the ghostly day of only eating one meal a day.

　The escape has officially begun, and I feel sorry for Xia Xia and Brother Yuan

　　
　
(End of this chapter)