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Chapter 8: Why I Can't Have a Uterus

There is a dirt slope to the south of the Dark Village Fort, and the warm sun is shining at this time, and the two people are hunched over their backs in the leeward.

Shi Hu devoured a vegetable dumpling in one hand, gobbling it up.

Tiemo squatted beside him and looked at Shi Hu with a very serious expression, "Brother Hu, you eat slowly, and you are not afraid of choking." Hey, what I told you before, did you listen to your heart? ”

"You listen to Shi Niang, go back and live on the kang with Sister Lian'er!"

Shi Hu swallowed a mouthful of vegetable dumplings, chewed it, glared at the tiger and said angrily: "Why do you want to go to the kang with her?" Don't go to the kang! ”

"Why are you like that..... Haven't you always wanted to have children? ”

"If you have a child, you have to go to the kang with her?"

"Because only when men and women go to the kang can they have children! Brother Tiger, how many times have I told you, you are a big man, you will never be able to give birth to a doll! ”

Shi Hu was very unconvinced, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, "Why?" ”

"Because, you don't have a womb!"

"What is a uterus?"

"I ...... Anyway, you just know it, that's the difference between a man and a woman! ”

"Oh!" Shi Hu took out a free hand, scratched his scalp, thought for a while, turned his head to look at Tiemo, and said with a serious face: "Xiao Tie, according to what you said, wouldn't it be okay if I had a uterus?" ”

Tiemo's face was immediately as black as the bottom of a pot, and he hugged his forehead with both hands, "Brother Hu, you don't have a uterus!" ”

"Why can't I have a womb?"

“？？？？”

Tie Mo's face was blank, and he suddenly felt an urge to go crazy. stood up, touched his still twitching cheek, and smiled helplessly.

"Brother Tiger, stop talking, eat your dumplings with peace of mind!"

"Oh....."

........

Near noon, as soon as Tiemo dragged Shi Hu into Zhuangzi, he saw many people hurrying to the north.

Seeing Xie Qila passing in front of him, Tie Mo grabbed him.

"What's wrong?"

Xie Kela looked at the north, sighed, and said with a depressed face: "The second baby of Uncle Sanpao's family is gone. ”

"The second baby is gone? He's only fifteen years old, and I saw him talking and laughing two days ago......."

"yes, only fifteen!" Xie Qila accompanied Tiemo to the north, talking as he walked.

"Brother Tie, you also know the situation of Uncle Sanpao's family, the year before last, in order to treat his mother-in-law and aunt, he sold five acres of land at home. Now that the price of food is soaring, without the income from the field, it is a problem for his family to eat. ”

"Uncle Sanpao works for others in private, but he can't get half a bucket of rice for a month when he earns that little money. At his house, he can't eat two thin meals a day, and it is the time for a few babies to grow up..... The second baby was so hungry that he couldn't stand it, so he secretly ran to the east of the Zaowang Temple to eat Guanyin soil ....."

Halfway through speaking, Xie Qila hung his head, and his eyes turned red.

"I heard..... The second baby's belly was swollen like a pregnant woman, and Aunt Sanpao couldn't stand it anymore, and wanted to commit suicide by throwing herself into a well, but fortunately she was stopped....."

Tie Mo shook his head with a dejected expression, "How can this be?" Uncle Sanpao makes firecrackers for other families, and he can get a tael of silver a month....."

"One tael of silver" Xie Qila grinned at the corners of his mouth, and said with a self-deprecating wry smile: "What can you do with one or two pieces of silver?" Outside grain is one price a day, one tael of rice and flour is less than 20 catties of silver, and coarse grain can only be bought 40 catties..... Uncle Sanpao's family of five....."

"One tael of silver and forty catties of coarse grain?"

Tie Mo was speechless, and his heart was cold.

Sure enough, it is an era of cannibalism, one tael of silver and forty catties of grain. In the past, when it was good, one tael of silver could buy 400 catties, and it was all rice and noodles.

It is not surprising that food prices have skyrocketed, but Tiemo never imagined that the price of grain in northern Jinbei would soar to such a terrifying level.

Actually, if you think about it, you can figure it out.

The northern part of Jin is the border of the Ming Dynasty, which is often disturbed by Tartar attacks and is close to the northwest where civil unrest is rampant. In this case, food is simply more precious than gold.

When I came to Hao Sanpao's house, I saw many neighbors squatting in the yard with numb expressions, and several women surrounded Aunt Sanpao to persuade them.

Hao Erwa's body was simply placed on a wooden board, and her stomach was like an inflated ball.

Hao Sanpao squatted next to the corpse of the second baby, he held the firearm in his hand tightly, and there was not half a tear on his face.

He stared at his silent son, his empty eyes filled with despair and madness.

No one knew how to persuade Hao Sanpao, even if he wanted to lend a hand to help, he couldn't do anything.

For most military families in Dark Village Fort, eating is the most difficult thing, and most people's biggest wish is actually that the family can have a full meal during the New Year.

Looking at Hao Sanpao, who had fallen into despair in front of him, Tiemo's heart was deeply touched.

After saying a word to Xie Qila, Tiemo turned around and left, and came back after about half a pillar of incense.

At this time, Tie Mo carried a grain bag on his back and walked quickly in front of Hao Sanpao.

He threw the sack of grain to the ground, and took out of his bosom twenty taels of silver and laid them on the sack.

"Uncle Sanpao, put away this silver and grain!"

Hao Sanpao shook his head gently, "Tiewazi, these things are all exchanged for your life, I can't take ....."

"Take it..... Of course, I'm conditional! ”

"On what terms?"

"After a while, I want to go to the north to buy goods, would you like to go with me?"

Without much thought, Hao Sanpao gritted his teeth and agreed. He grinned with a chapped mouth, bloodshot lips, and his eyes full of gratitude.

In winter, I went to the Northland to buy goods, and I died and died!

But Hao Sanpao did not hesitate, nor could he hesitate. risked his life just so that his family could live.

"When are you leaving, tell me about it!"

Hao Sanpao put the fire gun aside, entered the house with the grain bag and silver, entered the door, looked at his mother-in-law, and opened his mouth bitterly.

"Baby, clean up, cook for the child, the second baby is gone, but the eldest baby and the third baby are still there. I'm going to go north with Xiao Tie after a while, life and death are uncertain, if you die in front of me, who will take care of the two babies in the future? ”

The heartbroken woman struggled to her feet by holding on to the broken wooden door, and staggered into the back room.

Tiemo asked Xie Kela to pull a white cloth and cover Hao Erwa's corpse.

"Kela, folks, help together and bury the second baby!"

Everyone moved together and carried the planks out of the courtyard.

There was no mourning hall, no coffin, not much crying.

In a place where people often starve to death, tears are the cheapest thing.

A touch of the remnant sun was like blood, and the cold wind swept across the empty field.

There is another grave bag next to Uncle Ergou!

This is not the last, there will be more in the future!

.......

At night, Tiemo lay on the bed and couldn't sleep for a long time.

Today's events made him understand a truth. In this era, food is the most precious thing.

Money is not everything, it's okay at the moment, at least you can buy food with money, and after a few years, even if you have more money, you may not be able to buy food.

So, most importantly, ground!

If you have land, you can grow grain, and if you have food, you don't panic.

Northern Jin, the land of four wars, these years the civil unrest is everywhere, northern Jin has been impacted, and the nearby is full of uncultivated wasteland.

Wasteland does not mean ownerless!

Buying land to clear the wasteland and plowing cattle seeds requires a lot of money.

In this cruel world, there is not enough time to accumulate resources little by little.

Therefore, you can only seek wealth and danger.

In winter, going north to carry goods, cold winds and snow, the Gobi Desert, swordsmen, horse bandits, and death everywhere, a back and forth is tantamount to walking in the palace of Hades.

But Tiemo has no other good way, he wants to open up a financial road in a short time, and there is no way out except this road.

Other wealthy businessmen can survive, wait until the winter, and then barter in the spring of the next year. Because people have accumulation, their families are rich, and they can afford to consume it, but they can't afford to consume iron and ink.

Nothing can compare to those Jin merchants in Zhangjiakou, but they are more willing to die than them! If you don't even dare to fight for your life, why should you grab food with those Jin merchants?

The goods going north cannot be changed, but Tiemo is still facing a big problem, there are too few goods in his hands.

A lot of supplies were stolen from the Tartars before, but there were very few silk and porcelain suitable for barter.

Of course, you can go to Zhangjiakou and other places to purchase goods, but you can't buy much goods with this money in hand.

Risking his life, he went north to sell goods in winter, just because there were too few goods in his hand, and he didn't make much money in the end, so did he lose money?

risked his life to go, just for a small fight, Tiemo is not stupid to this point!

But if you don't have enough money, how can you get a lot of money quickly?