Chapter 144: To go or not to go
There is more than one person like the owner of the grocery store in Weijia Town, and some people who have a little relationship or connection have now begun to resell the shop, just waiting to sell the shop, and move to the big city after the aftermath is done.
Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang were very entangled, but they were very reluctant to move away from their native place.
"Look again, the rain seems to have stopped, and there are many people in the town who have moved away, but no one in the country is going to move away. It's not that bad either. ”
Fox Xiaomei can understand the feelings of Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang very well, even the fox fence incense and fox fence are a little reluctant, but for her, there is nothing that she can't give up, because she is originally a person from modern times, and she has a sense of belonging to the roots of the fallen leaves here.
The group pushed the wheelbarrow back to Hujia Village, and as soon as they entered the village, they saw an elegant and personable person walking towards the outside of the village, he was dressed in a plain robe, and he learned to wear a crown from the city people on his head. With a smile on his face, he saw Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang taking the initiative to greet each other: "Uncle Wutang, Aunt Wutang." ”
Fox Fence White has good facial features and a handsome face, although he is not as handsome as Wei Ziyu is like a pink-faced peach blossom, but he can be regarded as an elegant and upright son. He has always been polite and gentle, and Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang have always had a good impression of him.
"It turned out to be a fence, why did you come back today?" Fox Dayou said with a smile, and Wei Sanniang nodded at him with a smile.
The three sisters and brothers of Fox Fence Xiang in the back took the initiative to shout: "Brother Lobby." ”
Fox Fence Bai looked at the three of Fox Fence Xiang with a kind smile: "Fence Fragrance, Fence Crystal, Fence, how are the three of you lately?" After speaking, his eyes looked at the thirteen beside Fox Otomo.
Thirteen shoulders broad and waist narrow. The posture is upright, and he calmly lets the fox fence look at him.
The fox fence frowned almost imperceptibly between his white eyebrows, and he was calculating, which was not at all like the arrogant people mentioned by his parents. In just an instant, he had already said to Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang with a smile: "The floods in the southwest this year are really serious. After months of torrential rain that destroyed the farmland, I couldn't come back, but when I was free for the past two days, the rain stopped, so I came back to take a look. ”
"Libai is really filial, we can't find a second kid like you who is capable and scalding the family." Wei Sanniang praised.
"We know what kind of child the fence is from a young age. It's not just good at reading. Everything is impeccable. Fox Otomo also said.
"Uncle Wutang and Aunt Wutang praised me too much. Fence is also studying in the academy now, and I believe that he will be able to make a difference in the future. "Fox Fence White is very modest.
"Oh, how can he compare with you, besides. It has been raining a lot in the past few months. The school has long since closed. ”
"I see. The river has flooded into the house, and the school can't go anymore. ”
Fox Xiaomei felt that it was useless for Wei Sanniang and Fox Dayou and Fox Libai to talk about this, their family and Fox Yingtian were so stiff. When Fox Fence Bai goes home, Fox Yingtian will definitely say something bad about their family, and now Fox Fence White can still talk to them so gently and politely, if he is not really a humble and polite person, otherwise he will shake his scheming deeper than Fox Yingtian.
So, she interrupted the three of them and asked Hu Libai: "Brother Hall, I heard that the court has sent people down to appease the victims, but there has been no movement for several months, I don't know what is going on." ”
Fox Fence Bai looked at Fox Xiaomei in surprise, with big eyes, long eyelashes fluttering and beautiful like butterflies, a palm-sized face is still a little immature, the voice is soft, soft and soft to make people feel very comfortable to listen to, and the little girl in his impression seems to be different, obviously less playful and childish when he was young. Standing upright, speaking in an orderly manner, with a calm expression, not cowardly or cowardly, revealing a kind of indescribable calmness and stubbornness, giving people a completely different feeling.
He was a little shocked in his heart, remembering that he had taken a look at it when his sister got married last time, and followed quietly behind the fox fence as usual, talking and laughing with the sisters of the fox family. Well, it seems that Fox Xiaomei became a little different at that time. It's only been a few months, and he's almost become another person, and it's almost hard for him to overlap the fox Xiaomei in his memory with the current fox Xiaomei.
No wonder my father and mother said that Hu Xiaomei was secretly clumsy, and she looked inconspicuous in the past, and when she started to do something, the people of the entire Hujia Village were shocked and came up with those strange things.
All kinds of thoughts flashed in Fox Libai's heart, his face had regained his calm, and there was a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said to Hu Xiaomei: "Sister Lijing seems to have grown taller." ”
didn't wait for Hu Xiaomei to react to how he could say such a sentence inexplicably, but saw him frowning and said: "The court sent Lord Qincha down early in the morning to check, and the governor of the river has also strictly ordered people to send people to strengthen the embankments of the major canals to ensure that the Grand Canal will not burst and cause accidents." However, the flood is serious, Wei County, the Yangcheng area, more than a dozen county seats, hundreds of villages and towns have suffered different degrees of flooding, the big city is better, because the city wall is high enough, strong enough, there is also a moat, so, in the meantime, there is only water in the city, and it has not been subjected to a major disaster, but those rural people are miserable, almost all the farmland has been destroyed, this year the southwest has been seriously affected by the flood, the people have no harvest, this winter I don't know how many people will starve and freeze! ”
"So serious?" Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang were shocked.
"Yes." Fox Libai nodded solemnly: "Lord Qincha has taken various measures, but it is a foregone conclusion that there will be no harvest of fruits in the farmland. At present, I can only hope that the court can be kind to the porridge in winter, and those dignitaries can be more merciful and sympathetic, help distribute some supplies, and maybe they can get through this winter with difficulty. ”
Fox Dayou, Wei Sanniang, including Fox Fence Xiang and Fox Fence were shocked.
"It's difficult, could it be that the court has no other way? It's just a winter soup kitchen, so what about the people who are already short of food and short-term food? ”
"Huh. That's just left to fate! Fox Fence Bai sighed, a deep sadness on his face.
Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang didn't expect that this disaster was far more serious than they imagined, it turned out that they had been looking forward to the court coming to rescue, but now listening to Fox Libai say this, there is no hope at all. If this is known to the people of the village, I don't know how much panic it will cause! Suddenly, both of them felt that the future would be dark and difficult, and how important it was to store food now.
However, they struggled to come up with a way to store food.
Everyone's hearts were heavy. Thirteen's frowning brow tightened as well. Although Hu Xiaomei is mentally prepared, she is also a little bottomless at this time.
"In this case, I'm afraid that countrymen like us will not be in charge of it by then. There is a court soup kitchen in the city, who will be kind in the countryside? The mountain road is rugged, I'm afraid the big guy has to fend for himself, right? "The fox said quietly.
Fox Fence Bai glanced at her, his brows furrowed, and he had nothing to refute in his heart.
"So, Brother Lobby came back this time to pick up Uncle Lobby, right?" Fox Xiaomei said.
Fox Fence Bai looked at her in surprise and nodded: "Indeed, there is no way to grow things in the fields for the time being, so I asked them to move to the city temporarily and come back after this year." ”
Anyway, there is a Qianting subsidy in the city!
Hu Xiaomei looked at Wei Sanniang and Hu Dayou, and both of them had surprises on their faces.
Fox Libai was originally instructed by Fox Yingtian to move, and no one could say anything about it, but his eyes were guessed by Hu Xiaomei, so he had to tell the truth, and finally left a sentence: "Uncle Wutang and Aunt Wutang also made plans in advance." And this matter should not be said to the outside world to avoid causing unnecessary panic. Then he left Hujia Village.
As soon as the fox fence was gone, several people came home and sat down in the hall in a dull manner.
Hu Libai is now working in the county office, and the news he knows is naturally more accurate, even Hu Yingtian's family has to move out, so what should they do?
Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang suddenly fell into an even more dilemma!
Thinking about it carefully, it may really be better to move to the city for the winter, but they are not like the fox Yingtian's family, who have fox fences in the city, and they can come back after living for a year and a half. Escape the famine and come back to live your old days.
But they can't!
Not to mention whether they have enough money on them, and where they will go when they get to the city, and who will take them in? What if you run out of money and don't think of a way to find the silver? And what about Wei Dahe and Kong's family, the two old people were born and grew up in this land all their lives, and they will definitely refuse to let them leave their hometowns when they are old.
That's a lot of problems.
Wei Sanniang thought that her head hurt, and she didn't think of a feasible way.
The second day was a sunny day, the fox went out early in the morning, and the thirteenth didn't know where he went, the fox fence sat in the yard with a book to read, the fox Xiaomei and the fox fence helped Wei Sanniang to take the bedding and thick clothes to the yard, and the house was full of water for ten days, the moisture was very heavy, the quilt and thick clothes were dried, and it was warmer to cover at night.
After the things were moved, Fox Xiaomei borrowed a piece of paper from the fox fence, took his pen and ink, sat in the hall and began to list things, the fox fence came over curiously, and found that the paper read: quilt, winter clothes, summer shirts, autumn clothes, etc......
The fox fence stared at her with her mouth wide in surprise, and asked her with wide eyes and disbelief: "Second sister, you wrote this?" ”
Hu Xiaomei nodded seriously.
"How is this possible?" The fox fence exclaimed, his eyes almost popping out: "You haven't been to the school, how can you write?" ”
"I listen to you read every day, watch you write, how can I know some!" The appearance of the fox fence is like seeing a very rare thing, it looks very ridiculous, and the fox Xiaomei holds back her smile, a natural look. She must pretend to be like her, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise how can she make Fox Dayou and them believe that she is a talented woman who can learn from her without a teacher.
The cry of the fox fence attracted Wei Sanniang and Fox Fence Xiang, and the two of them were so shocked that their jaws were about to fall to the ground when they heard that Hu Xiaomei could write, and after half a ring, Wei Sanniang almost cried with joy, hugging Hu Xiaomei: "Ouch, my second girl, I didn't see that you were actually a reading material, I knew that my mother should have let you go to school." ”
The fox fence on the side was unhappy: "Mother, what do you mean by this, is it possible that I can be worse than the second sister." In order to regain his face, he pointed to the word "clothing" on "clothes" and asked Hu Xiaomei: "Why does your word look so strange?" ”
Some traditional characters can be recognized, but cannot be written; There were also some words with too many strokes, and she felt that it was more convenient to write in simplified Chinese.
So, she said triumphantly: "I said that I was self-taught, so some words are not quite normal." Look, I invented it myself! (To be continued.) )