After surviving the two months of July and August, it was late autumn, and the eighth day of September was cold and dewy, and God finally opened his eyes, and it rained heavily, although there were no crops in the ground, but people could at least have water to drink, and the wild grass began to rise when it rained, and the victims who died of starvation could be fewer.

But in just these two months, tens of thousands of people died of starvation and disease in Youzhou, and the further north they went, the more miserable they became. "The white bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, there are more than 100 people, and the thought breaks people's intestines."

In the ninth day of September, the imperial court's decree finally arrived, but only the decree was posted, and the hungry victims made trouble again. The will of the imperial court turned out to be the same as last year, there was no opening of a warehouse for soup kitchen, only a reduction of taxes, but no exemption, and the people did not even have anything to eat, where did they get the money. Those who do not have it will be forced to arrive. The hungry and red-eyed victims could no longer care about the soldiers guarding the county gate, so they directly tore up the imperial list and rioted again.

Several dissuaded villages were also beaten to the head and bleeding, and the officers and soldiers defending the city were even killed. The victims rushed into the county seat and looted the entire county, not even sparing the houses. Liaodong County guarded the mansion, and the excerpts from various places that came up to request the dispatch of troops were not put down on a single table. The entire county guard was also in chaos.

Xinchang County is the closest to Xiangping County, where the county guard is located, but in this way, it was robbed by the victims, and only Xiangping County, which was heavily guarded in the entire Liaodong, could still guard the city gate.

Lijia Village was not spared this time, and more than 1,000 victims poured in at once, robbing the entire Lijia Village to the point that there was not even a grain of salt left. Even the grain hidden in the cellar was robbed. All of a sudden, the villagers became victims. And almost every family was injured.

Situ Yan's family's 100 acres of official land planted horse beans, and the buds planted in the backyard that have not yet grown are all empty of the victims. Because Situ Yan stopped him, Li Dalang did not fight with the victims, but he was not injured, and all the food, household belongings and other things at home were all put into the ring by Situ Yan as early as when the victims entered the village, and even the pot in the stove room was not left. Except for the crops planted in the field, there was no loss to the family.

And when Situ Yan entered the village, she let the snow wolf hide in the mountains with carrots. After the victims retreated, Li Dalang looked at the looted home, and in his opinion, all the things in the house were robbed by the victims, and he was so anxious that he burst into tears.

San Lang and Shiro also squatted on the ground and cried, and Erlang ran to see Guantian, "Big brother, there's nothing left in the field." Even the grass is pulled out, what a whole thing! Erlang ran back and hugged Dalang and cried on top of him. He was scared, this time he was really scared, they were going to starve like before, not only that, but this time even the little sister was going to starve.

Situ Yan looked at such four people but did not persuade them, people always have to go through twists and turns to grow up, these days of comfortable life, so that the brothers are less vigilant, just take this opportunity to let them understand the darkness of society, the darkness of people's hearts.

Moreover, she was waiting, waiting for the four of them to cheer themselves up, and they were not afraid of falling, but they were afraid that they didn't even have the courage to stand up.

The four of them cried for an hour, and then they collected their tears, Li Dalang looked at Situ Yan who was sitting on the side, and found that the little sister was not crying, but just looking at the empty house in a daze. He suddenly realized that he was the eldest brother, he was the head of the family, he couldn't fall, he had to support a family for his younger brothers and sisters.

San Lang seemed to have thought of something at this time, and looked at the little sister who was sitting on the side and felt pain in his heart, "He is an elder brother, how can he cry so much, he still has to give his little sister a good life, what is the use of just crying." ”

The two of them were the first to collect their tears and walked in front of Situ Yan, "Little Wu, don't be afraid, there is a big brother, and if you are hungry, I will go into the mountains to hunt, and we will eat meat at night." ”

"Yes, I will also go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, and I will not let Xiao Wu go hungry." As soon as these two people said it, Jiro and Shiro stopped crying, and they remembered that they were older brothers and couldn't let their little sister starve.

Situ Yan was actually just walking for a while, not stunned, seeing that a few people had cheered up, she smiled, "Yes, this is my brother Situ Yan." Do you remember your brothers? When I first came to the village, my brothers went out of the house in order to give me a home, and our family didn't even have a place to live, let alone food, and we didn't survive the same. Now, at least you don't have to sleep in an open-air room at night, and you don't have to huddle a few people on a kang, isn't it better than then? As long as people are alive, those who have hands and feet are still afraid of starvation. ”

"Yes, Xiao Wu is right."

"It's also not good for me, this comfortable day has passed for too long, and I have forgotten that this world has long been chaotic. only guards his own yard and lives a small life, and lacks the vigilance he should have. If we had taken precautions, it wouldn't be like this today. Although Situ Yan is blaming herself, she is actually teaching a few people.

"No, little sister, it's my fault, it's my incompetence as a big brother that makes my younger brothers and sisters suffer."

"No, it's not the fault of the eldest brother and the little five, it's that I'm not good, I only think about reading and boxing all day long, and everyone is rushing to the door at this time, but I haven't saved anything."

"Third brother, there is nothing wrong with studying and practicing boxing, that is a means to strengthen your body and save your life. We should no longer blame ourselves, what we have to do is to learn a lesson, and we must not relax at any time in the future, because as soon as we relax, we will give others an opportunity to take advantage of. "The four brothers of the Li family grew up a few years old almost overnight, because of this incident, the four of them never gave others any chance to take advantage of it in their lives, they were careful everywhere, and they never made any big mistakes, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

"Little Five, I'll go to the utility room to see if there are any baskets left, and I'll go into the mountain. Second, you go into the mountains with me and pick up some firewood by the way. If you don't have anything to pack, you can come back with your clothes, pick more, dry them and keep them for the winter. ”

"Brothers, don't be busy, I still have something to say." Situ Yan called the four people who got up again, "Brothers, don't worry about the food at home, I found a cave in the mountains a few days ago, and hid a lot of farm tools and some grain in the family, and the eldest brother and the second brother will follow me to get some back." Our family doesn't have to worry about food. ”

"Really, Little Five, is it true?" When Li Erlang heard that there was still food at home, he jumped up from the kang happily.

"Yes, second brother, it's true."

"Long live the little fifty!" Erlang happily hugged Situ Yan and turned around several times.

"Second brother, put me down quickly, my head will make you dizzy."

"Second child, you put Xiao Wu down quickly, don't fall her." "Second brother, you take it easy." Li Dalang hurriedly went up and grabbed Erlang and took Situ Yan over.

"Hehe, I'm happy to forget about it at this time. Little Five, aren't you scared? ”

"Second brother, I'm eight years old, I'm a big girl, you can't hold me like this anymore." Situ Yan was afraid that these brothers would get excited again and turn her up again, she couldn't stand it.

"Hahaha." Situ Yan's appearance made all four of them laugh at once, in their eyes, Situ Yan is a little sister who can't grow up, and she needs their love and care. Where did I find out that my little sister is already a big girl.

"Brothers, clean up the house first, I will go and find the snow wolf and carrots first, and then let the snow wolf lead me into the mountain, otherwise I won't be able to find the place where the grain is stored."

"Okay, little five, be careful." Several people were happy in their hearts, and they didn't pay attention to the brightness that flashed in Situ Yan's eyes.

Situ Yan entered the mountain to find the snow wolf, and the most important thing was to take out the things in the ring and store them, so that she could explain to her brothers. Before this person walked out of the courtyard gate, he was blocked at the door by the Murazheng family, Li Aniu's family and Li Si's family.

"Girl, are you okay at home? Are there any injuries? ”

"I'm fine. Uncles, what's going on? Situ Yan saw that these people's clothes were torn, and even their heads were stained with blood, obviously injured.

"It's okay, it's broken." While talking, several people entered the hall, and Li Dalang didn't clean up, they all came in together, and suddenly the kang was crowded with people.

"Big brother, go and see, the mazazi at home is still not there, so if you are not there, you will move two stones in and find something for the aunts to sit on."

"Girl, don't be busy, let's just stand."

"Uncle and aunt come here, is there something wrong? After saying this sentence or two, it is better to sit down first and speak slowly. ”

When everyone sat down, they heard the village open their mouths first, "Girl, I won't tell you, I took a look at the house just now, and all the grain in store is gone, and even our family doesn't even have a grain of salt left." Uncle is really out of options, so he is cheeky to beg you. If you still have food at home, give it to the villagers, and you will be treated as borrowing it. It also allows the big guys to get through this winter. ”

Others don't know, the village knows, Situ Yan bought 300 stone of corn, although Situ Yan said that the grain was moved away and all gone, but her cleverness will not leave a hand. He had a feeling that if anyone in this village could still hide food, it must be this girl.

"Look at what my uncle said, if I have food, I will definitely not forget my uncle and aunt. It's just that there are too many people from the disaster, so I only hurriedly filled two bags of carrots and drove into the mountain, and before I could do anything else, the victims broke in, and even the crops that had not grown in the field were robbed. "What's the situation at home, a few people saw it when they entered the yard, Situ Yan said this, first, to tell these people that her family has food, and she also cooks food in the future so that people will not be suspicious. The second is to tell them that there is not much food, only two bags, and it is not enough to keep it for themselves, so they can't distribute it to the villagers.

In fact, except for the village masa, the families who came with them did not have much hope, what kind of victims were, they saw clearly, they did not keep the grain, this house is half the size, where can they keep it. They came mainly to see if Situ Yan and the others were hurt or frightened, just to care.

Mura Zheng's heart was cold when he heard it, although he didn't believe it in his heart, but he couldn't find the slightest fault, and looked carefully at Situ Yan hoping to see some panic after lying from this girl's eyes, but he was disappointed, Situ Yan not only had clear eyes, but he didn't dodge after lying at all. "Is it really that I am too careful, or is this girl not ready for the urgency of the disaster victims this time?" Doubting his own judgment, he withdrew his gaze.

Situ Yan thought it was funny, she helped the village family a lot on weekdays, but in the end, she almost betrayed this person, in fact, she was not surprised, this is human nature, even the closest person can be betrayed at the moment of life and death, not to mention that she is an outsider who is not even a relative. It's a shame that she found an excuse to put the grain in the ring a few days ago, otherwise she would have to take it out and distribute it to the whole village. I want to take her things and give them a favor, but I owe it to Muramasa who thinks well.

Muramasa didn't know that his momentary selfishness made him lose his place in Situ Yan's heart. Because of this, he couldn't escape the catastrophe that followed. The new book "The Woman in Cloth", I hope you can like it!