Chapter 604 Incitement

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After a while, more villagers came to the ancestral hall one after another.

Although these people have already put on their freshly issued clothes, almost all of them, both men and women, are gray-skinned and look weak.

Directly opposite the entrance of the ancestral hall, more than a dozen children gathered near the half-human-high grain bags.

The youngest of these children looked to be only three or four years old, staring curiously at Lin Xiao and the other strangers, as if they were from another world.

The eldest is less than ten years old, and the boys among them all have one thing in common - they are all naked.

A few little girls were wearing "clothes", saying that they were clothes, but in fact, they were all mended and mended, and even connected and connected, and the rags that had already been sparse did not even cover their buttocks.

Most of them, excited, were running around the grain pile.

Unlike adults, these children do not yet know the hardships of life.

Although they are hungry with the adults, they will cry when they are really hungry, but once something new happens around them, the innocence makes them immediately forget all their troubles and run forward and back excitedly......

"These children are our hope for the future......

Lin Xiao thought secretly.

In later generations, such a big child will either still be coquettish in his mother's arms, or he will be sitting upright in a bright classroom, knowing the new world and accepting new knowledge with their pure eyes......

"In time, we must set up schools in various places so that these innocent children can go to school,"

He thought, "We can also run some night schools, so that the adults in the family can also come to read and write." ”

Running night schools can not only carry out education for all, reduce the illiteracy rate of the people, but also allow everyone to kill time in the idle and boring nights after they have eaten their stomachs, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone......

However, just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly found that these ** children were all pale and gray - exactly the same complexion as the adults in their family.

"How did this happen?"

Lin Xiao pointed to his face and asked Shi Xiude.

"In the village, there has been a shortage of food for a long time......"

Seeing Lin Xiao's ugly face, the old village chief said with a bitter face.

It turned out that because of lack of money to buy food, most of the young and strong people were forced to flee to reclaim the famine and secretly grow some food to feed their families.

However, for fear of being caught, they could only seek the near and far, leaving the fertile fields around Xiluo Lake and not daring to move, but hiding far away, picking some marginal plots with poor soil, and planting some inconspicuous miscellaneous grains that are easy to survive and inconspicuous, among which taro is the most planted.

Although this kind of thing is large in quantity and resistant to hunger, if eaten for a long time, the face will be gray and gray, and it will be obviously malnourished......

As the villagers slowly gathered around, most of the special combat team members who had scattered to visit also returned.

During the visit, the soldiers found that this village was indeed extremely poor, and every household could be called "four walls".

From their mouths, Lin Xiao learned that in addition to hunger, they were even more miserable in terms of clothing and travel.

In order to save money, many salters are actually used to being naked when they usually work, and only put on clothes when they go out.

Some children have a lot of children, and the poorest families have only one piece of clothing for the whole family of five or six, and whoever goes out of the door wears it, and the rest can only nest at home with bare buttocks, and some people can't go out once a month......

After learning all this, the sympathy aroused strong uneasiness among the special combat personnel, and some even shed tears.

Human beings, in general, are somewhat numb to the suffering of their own kind, and only when they feel particularly shocked, will they develop a strong sense of compassion.

"Old village chief, let me say a few words first,"

Seeing that the people were almost there, Lin Xiao said to Shi Xiude, "Let's prepare to put grain." ”

"Okay...... Heads. ”

Shi Xiude's throat trembled a little, this sentence has been waiting for a long time.

Lin Xiao stood on the steps in front of the door, and thousands of pairs of eyes immediately stared at him.

"Folks! We're bringing food to everyone,"

Lin Xiao tried to squeeze out a smile and waved his hand, "For the time being, five catties of rice will be sent first, five catties per person, and three catties for each strong laborer!" ”

There was a moment of disbelief in silence.

Sha Chengzhe immediately translated, and the audience burst into cheers and applause.

The Shi family's father and son were afraid that everyone would not understand the chief's words, so they had already gathered some young people last night and asked them to cheer in time according to the code, but now they actually forgot to call the code.

Fortunately, Sha Chengzhe is clever, otherwise, these illiterate people who have never traveled far would only hear the word "rice" clearly at most.

The cheers gradually subsided, but they were replaced by tears of gratitude from the crowd.

Many of the elderly were in tears, and several women even began to weep.

"Clothes, everyone has already gotten them, but there are not enough of them, and they don't fit,"

Then the voice that had just quieted down, Lin Xiao continued, "However, I promise, there will be more in the future, in addition to clothes, there will also be cloth, and women can make their own according to the size!" ”

Before Sha Chengzhe's words fell, there was another cheer in the crowd.

"Immediately, the old village chief will report the name of the head of the household, and everyone will come up in order to receive food, don't fight, everyone has a share!"

"Folks! We have to live by labor, not by handouts alone,"

Lin Xiao took advantage of the situation to agitate, "Now, there is a large shortage of salt in Jiangnan, and everyone is working hard to produce it, how much sea salt is there, how much do you want!" ”

"What we have is strength, salt, as much as we want!"

Under the leadership of the Shi family's father and son and several people around them, the enthusiasm of the masses was finally stirred.

"Folks! The contemptible Sha Chengzhe, who is also a local, has studied for a few years,"

Sha Chengzhe saw that the atmosphere was very warm, and hurriedly stood up, "In the past, the contemptible people were dominated by Zhai Dahusheng's real estate and fields, and in the end, even the ancestral grave was dug for him, and he was bullied so much that he couldn't live......"

Speaking of the painful part, he kept wiping his eyes with his sleeves, and the crowd below also sighed.

"Zhai Dahu has ruined my family, and everyone has no food or clothing,"

He wiped his eyes and cried out in a hoarse throat, "The chiefs are here, give us food and clothing, help us produce, who will come again to be verbose, who will come again to drink our blood......"

"Needless to say!"

The young men roared angrily, "Zhai Dahu, this king and bastard, will smash his dog's head when he comes again!" ”

The old people still looked a little scared, but now that the atmosphere had been stirred up, they didn't dare to openly stand up and say anything discouraged.

"That's right!"

Sha Chengzhe hissed and shouted, "This salt field was spelled out by our ancestors with a load of water and a spoonful of salt!" Why did he use the big family to make a fortune? Everyone said, should we protect the salt works, protect the homeland, and protect the fruits of our labor! ”

"Protect the salt works!"

"Protect your homeland!"

The mood of the masses became extremely excited.

Lin Xiao, who was standing on the side, was still smiling at first, but then he frowned secretly.

This Sha Chengzhe is quite discerning and very good at taking advantage of opportunities to build momentum, but his words must be mixed with personal grievances.

Lin Xiao was a little faintly uneasy, and the emotions of the villagers were ...... when he was so instigated

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