Farmer’s Blessed Girl

The atmosphere at home was very bad, Zhou Yin began to run to the county continuously, trying to find some work to earn money and buy grain from the grain shop.

But the year is not good. Since last year, there have been refugees in the county, and they are all rushing to work on the street. Even if he has contacts in the county, and he knows them well, he can't find many jobs.

Moreover, the price of grain changes three times a day, one price in the morning, and another price in the evening. The hard-earned money he earned couldn't buy much grain.

When there was only one bowl of grain left at home, Zhou Jin finally had to take out the money that Zhou Yin had given to marry a wife, and went to the grain shop with Zhou Yin to buy grain.

The money that could buy a cart of grain in the past can only buy a small bag now.

On the way back, Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin said: "At this moment, you really have to wait a few years before kissing."

Zhou Yin looked at the stars all over the sky and said: "Let's talk about it first after surviving. Seeing that there are so many stars, tomorrow will be another sunny day."

Zhou Jin just slumped his shoulders. He hates sunny days the most now.

The two brothers were very careful when they entered the village, because they were afraid that people would know that they had bought grain at home.

Last year's harvest was not good, and many people had a bad year. They were all looking forward to this year's harvest. Who knew that this year's harvest would be even worse than last year's.

Many people started to run out of cooking in March, and then began to borrow everywhere.

The old Zhou's family also borrowed some at the beginning, but fortunately, Mrs. Qian took care of it tightly, and told her to send away all the relatives and friends who came to the door later.

Otherwise they would have starved to death.

Zhou Jin took the small bag of rice home and opened it for Mrs. Qian to see.

Qian put it away, "I will decide how much the family will eat in the future."

Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin agreed, but they both had no objections.

From that day on, the Zhou family began to close the door tightly, not going out if they could not go out, and reducing activities as much as possible to avoid consumption.

So Zhou Yin took Zhou Dalang and Zhou Zhoulang to the mountain to dig some edible grass roots and pick some wild vegetables occasionally.

But because of the drought, many edible plants on the mountain have also dried up, and there are still animals in the mountain, and they will rob people for things.

Some people in the village began to starve to death, some people began to leave with their families, and if they stayed, they would die.

The village head also found the old Zhou's family, and said to Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin: "Our family also wants to go out."

Zhou Jin squatted on the ground sullenly, "You can live if you go out? Didn't the fifth uncle who went out two days ago come back, took seven people out, and only two came back. I heard that there was no water outside and died outside. , might as well die in the village."

The village chief was weak from hunger, and he said, "Just go a little farther and get out of the dry place."

"How far does that have to go?"

"I don't know," the village head said sullenly, "But God can't really deny him a way out, just find a direction, and he will always be able to get out."

He looked at Zhou Jin and Zhou Yin, then at Zhou Dalang, sighed and said, "If the yamen doesn't release food, if you stay in the village, you will die. If you go out, maybe how many people will survive? The one who survives is one. It's better than dying in the village."

Zhou Yin, who had been silent all the time, said: "The food given by the imperial court is already on the way. I heard that the food will arrive in the middle of next month at the latest."

The village chief didn't even ask him who he heard, whether it was accurate or not, and said directly: "If a person doesn't eat, he will die in five days. What's more, we are already so hungry. It doesn't take five days, and we will all die in three days." .”

"There are still twenty-three days until the middle of next month. After twenty-three days, we will all be dead, and it will be useless to put more food on."

Zhou Yin murmured: "It's the latest..."

"The yamen is doing business, can I give you the earliest?" The village head said weakly: "And where can I go early?"

Zhou Jin looked at his sons, then turned his head to look at his wife who was so hungry that she could hardly speak, and couldn't help but hugged her head, her eyes were red and she didn't speak.

Leaving Qili Village means that they have to make a choice. They have many families, and most of them are children.

The road is not easy to walk, I will definitely give up a few children, even...

He said with red eyes: "I heard that people outside have started to eat people, if, if..."

"So we have to go together," the village chief said, "Everyone in the village is together. When someone dies, we will find a place to bury them. We can't let people eat them."

Zhou Jin lowered his head and said nothing, the balance in his heart kept swinging, and he couldn't make up his mind whether to leave or not.

Zhou Yin looked at his elder brother, then at his pale sister-in-law who was leaning on the chair, lowered her eyes and said, "The entire Jiannan Road was affected this time. I heard that even Longyou Road was affected by the disaster in many places, and the capital was also drought-stricken. , so the food can only be transferred from the east of the river and further away, and the speed is very slow."

The village chief only knew about Jiannan Road, and also knew that Longyou Road was in the north of Jiannan Road, but he didn't know about other places, so he finally couldn't help asking: "How do you know?"

"My friend said," Zhou Yin said, "so there are so many disaster-stricken places, and 20 days is not enough to get out of the disaster area. Otherwise, Second Uncle and the others wouldn't come back half way there."

There were seven people when they went out, but only two remained when they came back, and the remaining five were all folded on the road.

"Everyone is so hungry, can we really walk on the road for twenty days?" Zhou Yin asked: "And there are so many refugees outside, what if we meet someone with a vicious mind and wants to eat us?"

"In the village, at least there is still water to drink. If you dig in the mountains, you can survive for a while by eating bark and leaves. You just need to wait until the yamen releases food."

The village chief got up on his knees, bowed his waist and walked out, "I'll talk to other families."

He still wants to go out, his family has no food, and he really can't survive.

When the village chief went back, his grandson Dazhu knocked on the door the next morning, and said to them with a pale face, "My grandpa went away last night, and now my father is the village chief."

Zhou Yin couldn't even feel sad, so he leaned against the door and asked, "Is your family still leaving?"

Dazhu shook his head, "My father said that we can't leave. Our family will go up the mountain to dig bark in a while. It should last for a few days after chopping. Do you want to come together?"

Zhou Yin responded and asked, "Is your grandfather buried?"

"No, I just came to ask my uncle for help, just dig a shallow hole."

Zhou Yin went back to the house to get the hoe, Zhou Jin followed silently, Zhou Yin stopped him and said, "I'll go, brother, you haven't eaten this morning, so don't move."

Zhou Jin stopped in his tracks and told him in a low voice, "Save your energy too, don't fold yourself in."

Zhou Yin responded and went to the village head's house with a hoe.

Zhou Yin was senior, but young. The village chief's son, Dahua, was about the same age as Zhou Jin. He was squatting in the yard unshaven at this time, and the village chief put on new clothes and put them in the coffin.

There are already many young people squatting in the yard, all of them are of the same clan, and they have a good relationship with the village chief's family.