Chapter 20: Hope
So, at the gate of the north city of Mayi, there was a circle of strong men, and the applause was endless.
Fighting is as common as eating and drinking for these northern men these days.
Because this is the most powerful and martial period in Chinese history, not to mention, this is still the border area, for adult men here, from birth to growth, if they have not been beaten by their father's fists and feet, and have not moved with others, they are not men at all.
Therefore, Liu Wuchang, who was shocked, only looked at the entrance of the door, and then retracted his head.
By the way, I grabbed the tax collector who wanted to go out and see the excitement.
He really has good intentions, no matter if those guys outside are bullying the baby surnamed Li, or amusing him, at this time, it is best not to show up for people like the tax officer.
Maybe those stunned young people get annoyed, regardless of what kind of tax official you are or not, you can still beat you crying dad and calling your mother, and then you will scatter in a hurry, so that you don't know where to find it.
However, it didn't take long for the voice to fade away.
After a while, the wooden door rang a few times, and the intact Li Po pushed the door and slipped in.
Still with the same smile on his face, he left some firewood for the porter here, and when he went out, he pretended to find out, dragged Liu Wuchang, shook the clay pot deliberately, and stuffed it in his arms.
said, "You bother, the villain still wants to take people out of the city tomorrow." ”
Liu Wuchang was a little strange, why was this not beaten by those rough men, and then he was a little unhappy, pulling and pulling with me, it was too unruly.
However, as soon as he heard the sound in the clay pot, he immediately knew it, and couldn't help squinting his eyes and laughing, and made an exception to pat Li Po's shoulder.
"Needless to say...... Well, there will be a change here in two days, I'll mention it to them......"
"Thank you so much."
This is human affection, there are comings and goings.
For Liu Wuchang, it may just be a matter of words, but here in Li Po, it is a matter of life and death.
didn't go back to the camp to call people, Li Po even pulled it on his back and brought back four loads of firewood.
Tired of his sweat, no way, the meat is too little, and the lack of salt, these days are not light, at this time with people two fights, and then do heavy work, immediately showed qi weakness and weakness.
This has to say that he has a good foundation, otherwise he would have been sick a long time ago.
But he was in a good mood.
Today, I not only moved my muscles and bones, but also gained some benefits, which can be described as a great luck.
In the end, a few fish were returned to the men.
Although the two men who lost the fight were ridiculous, the others were all high.
In the winter, there is no entertainment, just take this as fun, and it is estimated that after going back, the two guys who gathered here will have a very hard time.
But after that, I'm afraid I won't be embarrassed to go to the city gate to find trouble with Li Po.
Back at the thatched house, Li Po sat next to the fire, and he didn't want to move anymore.
So he instructed Li Chun to call someone here to get firewood.
This time, there was a lot of firewood back, and each thatched hut was enough for them to live a warm life for two days.
Li Chun was quite reluctant, and Li Po slapped him twice on the head.
He didn't explain to Li Chun that if all the people in the camp died, the fate of those who survived might not be much better.
Moreover, after inquiring about the situation of several other homeless camps, he was very suspicious that the Mayi government wanted to let them, the homeless, freeze to death in this winter.
With such vicious intentions, ordinary people naturally don't have it, but if it is put on an official, Li Po will not be surprised at all.
Of course, this is just his speculation, and he can't do it accurately.
But the facts are already there, such a broken grass house, two meals of gruel a day, and it is still circled to prevent it from moving.
The winter in the Northland will make all the creatures who don't take it seriously pay the price they deserve, and put it on the homeless, which is the life of a person.
If you stay honest and don't grab or grab, no one will be able to survive.
Look at the current situation, the winter is still very long, and it has not yet reached the coldest time, and everyone only has half a breath left, what is it that is not deliberately killing people?
Therefore, Li Po simply thinks that the more people who survive, the better.
Even if he guessed wrong, the benefits were obvious, if he or Li Chun fell ill again, someone would take care of him, wouldn't they?
Besides, the more people there are, the more power there is, and the easier it is to fight for food.
I don't understand these truths to Li Chun, and I don't need to elaborate on them.
Even if he takes 10,000 steps back, Li Chun will never understand, what does watching human lives disappear one by one, what does it bring to the living? Despair will grapple with your heart and make you unforgettable for a lifetime.
So, in the camp camp that night, a little fire was lit, and the smoke was very strong, not to mention the smell, but in the midst of this smoke and fire, the whole camp exuded a sense of happiness.
That little bit of fire symbolizes hope, the hope of living.
At this time, Li Po did everything in this small homeless camp.
At this time, Li Po had already entered a deep sleep.
The next day, no matter how cold it was and how strong the wind was, Li Po still led people out of the city.
A rotation every ten days, Li Po remembers it very clearly.
The guards of the city gate will not be as good at talking as Wei Chi and Liu Wuchang before, and he and the homeless people need to save up some food.
After three days, a group of people changed at the gate as scheduled.
Wu Chang's surname is Mu, and it is a Hu surname when you hear it, such a strange surname is generally transliterated from the surname of the Hu people, and it is also the result of the restoration of the Han surname in various parts of the north during the Kaihuang period.
This Wu Chang is very short, but he speaks loudly, and is said to be good at wine and lust.
Maybe Liu Wuchang didn't lose his words, maybe Luo San said hello again, anyway, this one is better than Liu Wuchang.
The young tax collector also stayed, and it seemed that he had not had enough time at the gates.
After hearing someone mention it, Li Po knew that he was still quite lucky, because with this tax official, the officials of the county government patrolling the city did not appear here at the north city gate once.
However, one night, Wu Chang, surnamed Mu, drank too much and got into a fight with the young tax officer.
What is surprising is that the tax officer was not ambiguous, and cleaned up the stout wooden chief, and then until the end of the shift, the wooden chief never went out of the gatehouse again.
This brought great convenience to Li Po, but he was still willing to deal with those military men, and people like tax officials who only spoke for three points always made him feel a little uncomfortable.
However, when the time slowly entered October of the sixth year of the great cause, the days when Li Po led people out of the city to fish finally came to an end......
(Ask for collection, ask for recommendation, ask for reward, Beixiong's results are slightly bleak, Ah Cao's heart is also seven up and down, the collection is not more than a thousand, and the clicks are not more than 10,000, very much like the appearance of a servant, where is the hope of A Cao?) )