Nongmen counterattack: I take my family to a well-off life

Chapter 38 Preparing to Escape
Zhou Jiacheng heard it, "Then we are very dangerous here. Beiling Kingdom is located in the north, and the food production is small. In the past, when the grain was harvested, people in the frontier often robbed the grain. Although there was no major attack, it was because of the wolf army. Now, now that General Song is not here, and they are experiencing drought again, they are bound to launch an attack and go to the pass to grab food."

The village chief nodded and said, "That's right, those people in Pingcheng also realized that the Beiling people would enter the pass, so they fled Pingcheng one after another."

"However, there is also a drought in Pingcheng, and there is no harvest. The people of Beiling will inevitably rush around to grab food. Our side is close, and the autumn harvest is coming soon. This is their best target!" Zhou Jiacheng continued.

The people in the village were panicking, wouldn't it be soon?The autumn harvest is just these days. I'm afraid the food will have to be harvested in less than three days.If the Beiling people really come to grab food, won't they starve to death?

"But if the Beiling people really come over, what should we do with so many people? Will they start killing?" Wang Dazhuang asked.

The village chief was also worried, ordinary people like them could not stand up to the army, not to mention that the imperial court could not count on it, so they could only find ways to save themselves.

Zhou Jiacheng was also worried. Their family had experienced fleeing famine back then, and he was the only one who survived by chance and stayed in Wangwangshan Village.

"Village chief, at this time, we can only ask the villagers to collect the food first, take the food, wives and children and go south, get out of Nanshan Mansion, and stay away from this war!" Zhou Jiacheng suggested. Although he didn't want to escape, he didn't The only way to protect yourself is to stay away from here.

The village chief also knew that this was the best way, but people were far from their hometowns, and if they really fled famine, they would be refugees, not to mention that they would encounter many dangers on the road.

But if you don't flee the famine, staying here is a dead end, either you will be killed by the Beiling people, or you will starve to death.

The other villagers were also silent. Many people have lived here for generations and never thought of leaving their hometown, but if they don't leave, they can only die here.

"Village Chief, Brother Zhou is right. If you lose your home, you can rebuild it. If you lose your people, you will lose everything!" Wang Dazhuang echoed Zhou Jiacheng's proposal.

When other people in the village heard this, they thought, yes, as long as you live, nothing else matters, so they nodded.

The village head saw them nodding, and said, "Okay, that's it. The family conditions are good. Tomorrow, I will go to the county to buy a bullock cart, which is convenient for carrying food, wives and children. If the conditions are poor, I can only walk. Carry as light as possible."

"You all go home and tell your family about the situation. It's best to go to your own fields to collect the grain tonight, and pack it up tomorrow. At the latest, we have to set off the morning after tomorrow. If we leave one day earlier, we will be safe. "

The others nodded one after another, and the village chief said, "Hurry up and go back! Come find me again if you need anything."

Zhou Jiacheng also ran home immediately. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a family sitting in the yard waiting for him. It happened to be full of people, "It's just right, you go to the field with me to collect the grain!"

"Collect grain? Why do you collect grain at night? Can't it be tomorrow?" Qian Guilan was puzzled, how could anyone collect grain at night.

Zhou Jiacheng briefly explained the situation, and the family immediately became serious. Zhou Yue also knew that the situation was urgent, and immediately said: "Father, you and your brothers go to the field to collect food, and my mother and I dig out the sweet potatoes in the yard!"

"Okay, we'll come back to help you when we're done harvesting!" Zhou Jiacheng said, because there is not much land here because of the Daze Mountain, the Zhou family only has two acres of land, and it is estimated that they will be harvested soon.

Zhou Yue took Qian Guilan to dig sweet potatoes in the yard. Qian Guilan was amazed every time she dug a sweet potato. Several sweet potatoes could grow on one sweet potato, and each sweet potato weighed more than a catty. It was really gratifying.

The two worked together, and when the digging was almost finished, Zhou Jiacheng came back with the three brothers. Seeing that there were still a few that hadn't been dug out, he immediately started. He had been looking forward to digging sweet potatoes for a long time!The three of Zhou Lin followed suit!
Zhou Jiacheng dug out a sweet potato with his own hands, and was very pleasantly surprised. This is really a high-yield food. If sweet potatoes can be grown, many people will be fed. Unfortunately, the current situation is unstable.

The sweet potatoes dug up in the yard were piled together, it was hard for Zhou Jiacheng to imagine that they were grown from three sweet potatoes!
"Father, thanks to you weaving so many baskets and panniers before, they can come in handy now!" Zhou Yue said. Zhou Jiacheng used to weave baskets and panniers at home when his legs were not well. Can be used to hold things.

Zhou Jiacheng didn't expect that he was just weaving baskets to pass the time, but now it has become the most convenient tool. "Yeah, I didn't think of it either."

"Dad, tomorrow you and your eldest brother should go to the county to buy another ox cart. It needs to have a shed. Our current ox cart can be used to load things, and we can buy another one to seat people." Zhou Yue said, anyway, at home There is no shortage of money now, so try to save some energy during the escape.

Zhou Jiacheng nodded, "Okay, I'll buy another bullock cart tomorrow, second child, you can go to the academy in the town to say goodbye to Master tomorrow. If you can, try to persuade Master He to leave." Zhou Jiacheng said to Zhou Qing, Master He has always taken care of the three of them, it is best for Master He to avoid this disaster.

"Okay, I'll go to the academy early in the morning." Zhou Qing said.

"Guilan, go to Qian's Village with Yueyue, and tell Mother and Brother to come and walk with us." Zhou Jiacheng said to Qian Guilan.

"Okay, I'll leave at dawn!" Qian Guilan replied, asking her family to come and follow her was the best choice.

When Zhou Yue heard this, she immediately said, "Mom, let Third Brother go with you. I'll go up the mountain and collect some medicinal materials in case anyone gets sick on the way."

Zhou Jiacheng nodded, this is indeed very important, Qian Guilan also felt that Zhou Yue's thought was comprehensive, "Okay, then I will go with the third child, you go up the mountain and pay attention to safety!"

"Don't worry!" Zhou Yue thought that it was one thing to prepare medicinal materials on the mountain, and she also wanted to dig some gold and put it in the space. Money is easy to do at any time!

Everyone was assigned a task, and at dawn, they all set off separately.

Zhou Yue put a few baskets made by Zhou Jiacheng in the space, and then came to the mountain, collected some rabbits on the road to Jinkuanghe and put them into the baskets in the space, so that they could be eaten as vegetables on the way to flee famine.

Coming to the gold mine, Zhou Yue started to do the familiar work, washing gold dust.She didn't stop to rest for a while until her arms were sore from washing, and used the rest time to melt gold bars in the space.

In the past, she was not in a hurry to get gold bars, but now it's different, she is leaving here, and she doesn't know if others will find this place in the future, so she can only poach as many as possible, fortunately, she has space.

(End of this chapter)