Xiao Yunfei has already sent the rice.

Soon, these people came, in the courtyard in front of the main hall of the Qu family's old mansion, more than forty people, most of them had severe edema or emaciation caused by hunger, and Ni's mother and other old ladies couldn't even get up, so they were carried by soft chairs and the like. I don't know what the Zuo family asked me to do.

Zhao Sanniang also came with two children, after two months, Zhao Sanniang lost a lot of weight, her eye sockets were sunken, the charm of two months ago was gone, the two children had bulging stomachs, and obviously ate wild vegetables and other things and did not digest them.

Zuo Shaoyang saw her, sighed, touched the heads of the two children, and said: "Wait a while, I will prescribe two doses of medicine to the children, first make a mess in the stomach, and at the same time give them some gruel, don't add wild vegetables, just drink here, and eat some broth, and you will recover soon." ”

Zhao Sanniang cried loudly, covering her face and crying very sadly: "Thank you for ......, Da Lang, you gave me so much food and ......, and they ...... it all."

"Needless to say, I see. Rest assured, you will be supplied with food later, and no money will be charged. Eat with confidence. ”

"Really?" Zhao Sanniang looked at him with tears in surprise.

Zuo Shaoyang smiled astringently, raised his voice, and said to everyone present: "The food in the city has run out, and there is no hope of an end to this war." The enemy also did not give up any possibility of the siege. If you wait any longer, you will only starve to death. Therefore, from today onwards, everyone will stay in the courtyard of the Qu family's old house, there are enough houses for everyone to live in, we have prepared enough food for three days to let everyone recover their strength, and after three days, we will escort everyone across the enemy blockade line and escape. - All the people, except for me and Lan'er, who stayed behind, everyone, including my father, Zhi'er, and Cao'er, all escaped. Because there is no more food left. I also prepared half a bucket of food for each person to eat on the way after they escaped. When the famine had passed and the fighting had subsided, everyone would come back. I don't know what everyone thinks? ”

The scene was silent, these people, except for Zuo Shaoyang's brother-in-law Hou Pu's family, others had no relationship with Zuo Shaoyang, and they were all moved to hear that they were willing to take out so much food to let themselves escape.

Of course, there are exceptions to this, that is, the old mother of the Sang family and Ni Er. Mother Sang kept muttering something in her mouth, and scolded Father Sang in a low voice. Ni Er pretended to be dead, lying on the soft couch and humming, he couldn't imagine that one day he would rely on this annoying little lang to save his life.

Sang Xiaomei sat on the chair with a gloomy expression, after drinking the gruel with ginseng, she already had the strength to sit up, listening to Zuo Shaoyang let her follow her family to flee, but did not leave herself, her heart was a little gloomy, she didn't know whether Zuo Shaoyang arranged like this, whether she didn't regard herself as her own person, or felt sorry for herself, let herself escape and have a way to live, and didn't want to let herself die with her. There are a lot of people here, so it's not easy to ask.

For others, this is pie-in-the-sky good news, and now at this time, it is almost everyone's hope to escape from this dead city, not to mention that there are three days to recover their strength, and there is another person who has almost half a bucket of food as dry food to escape the famine. As long as you can escape from the enemy's blockade, it can be said that there is hope for life. It's better than starving here.

Old lady Qu trembled and said: "Zuo Gongzi, if it weren't for the Zuo family's Zhou Ji for more than two months, I'm afraid we would all starve to death." Now the Zuo family can help us escape from here, it is to help us find a way out, how can there be no reason not to follow! ”

Fennel took her husband Hou Pu's hand, and cried to Zuo Gui's father and Liang: "You and we are all leaving, leaving my younger brother and Miss Miao?" What are they going to do? ”

Zuo Shaoyang had already discussed this idea with his father Zuo Gui and his mother Liang, and the second elder also felt that there was no better way. So I agreed to Zuo Shaoyang's suggestion. Hearing this, he sighed: "It can only be like this, they have already left them half a year's rations, and they will stay to farm, otherwise, what will they eat this year and next year?" The rations are not enough, so we have to go out and find a way to survive. ”

Fennel and Houpp both cried, nodding vigorously with tears in their eyes.

Dr. Ni's son, Ni Zhi, came over and pulled Zuo Shaoyang's sleeve, raised his little face and asked, "Senior brother, what about me?" ”

Ni Zhi's apprenticeship is just to survive, and now there is still a way to survive to escape, stay here, I am afraid that I will have to starve to death in the end, so naturally I can't leave him behind, Zuo Shaoyang squatted down and touched his little head: "You escaped with your father and grandmother." I'll come back when I'm ready. ”

"Oh......" Ni Zhi returned to his father, Dr. Ni, and Dr. Ni wept and said, "Thank you for your great kindness!" Old decay is engraved in my heart and will never be forgotten. ”

Mother Ni, Uncle Cai, Shopkeeper Yu and others all wept to express their gratitude.

Zuo Shaoyang saw that they were all crying, so he said: "Don't be sad, everyone, God doesn't have long eyes, don't let us live, we have to survive and show them." Be happy, be happy, be happy! ”

Qiao Qiao'er said loudly: "Exactly! It's already very bitter, and if everyone cries again, aren't they blocking themselves? It should be like what my brother said, be happy, and get through the difficulties in the future, don't forget the kindness of the Zuo family! ”

"That's right!" Ni Er suddenly raised his arms and said loudly, "The Zuo family's grace of life, who wants to forget, there are five thunders in the sky!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang couldn't imagine that he suddenly had such a hysterical voice at this time, seeing him lying on the soft couch, his body was haggard, and his expression was excited, but he couldn't tell whether this was true or false.

However, when everyone heard this, they all felt that they had spoken their hearts, and they echoed it in unison, swearing one after another.

Zuo Shaoyang's family was also busy returning the gift.

At this moment, an old woman's voice came from the corner of the house: "Our family is not leaving. We want to stay and help the Zuo family plough the land. ”

All eyes were cast, but it was Aunt Li, a peasant woman from Laohuai Village, who spoke.

Her four sons and the eldest son's daughter-in-law sat behind her, all swollen and weak.

Zhu medicine cabinet said: "Old man, what are you saying such things at this time?" Who doesn't want to stay and help the Zuo family? However, the Zuo family has no extra food, and the excess is given to us, so don't make trouble for the Zuo family anymore. ”

Aunt Li said slowly: "According to what Zuo Gongzi said just now, our family of six can divide three buckets of rice, we are going to peel the bark and dig grass roots to eat together, it is estimated that we can eat to help the Zuo family spring ploughing, after cultivating, I can't help anything else, my four sons can farm the land, they can only help with the land." My daughter-in-law and I can't do heavy physical work such as plowing the land and breaking the soil, but it's okay to sow seeds, pull weeds, and watch the water. ”

Zhu Yaojie smiled: "Your family has three buckets of rice, and it would be good to eat wild vegetables for a month, how long can you help the Zuo family?" ”

"Support it for as long as you can, after sharing this grain, my Aunt Li swears that I will not accept a grain from the Zuo family again. Our family's surname was saved by the Zuo family, and if we were to die, we should have died a long time ago, and if we can do a little help, it can be regarded as repaying a little kindness. Besides, I don't believe this battle will be fought for a hundred years? There will always be a time to stop, when the enemy army withdraws, on the mountain, other mountains, there are still many wild vegetables, trapped in the city for two months and did not die, at that time there are mountains full of wild vegetables, and we are still starving to death? ”

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly said: "Auntie, no need, you better flee, I will find someone else to plant the field." ”

"Who's looking for?" Aunt Li said, "In my life, I have encountered a lot of wars, I dare to say, as long as the battle is over, more than half of the people will flee the wasteland, and the rest are the old, weak, sick and disabled who can't walk, do you want them to farm?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang sneered: "No matter how bad it is, let's grow it ourselves." ”

Everyone laughed, and the medicine cabinet also stroked his beard happily and said, "Xiao Langzhong, this is the most heroic sentence I have ever heard." Hey. ”

Zuo Shaoyang laughed when he said this, but haven't you ever eaten pork and never seen a pig run? Zuo Shaoyang is not ignorant of farming.

Zuo Shaoyang's hometown is in the countryside, and his parents were originally children from the countryside, and they became cadres by jumping the dragon gate. Because his parents were dual-income workers, Zuo Shaoyang had no one to take care of him when he was a child, so he was raised at his grandparents' house in the countryside until he was in elementary school. All day long, a group of mud children in the countryside crawled in the fields, although they were ignorant at that time, but they heard and saw a lot.

Later, after going to school, he often went back to the countryside with his parents to visit relatives. During the busy farming season, his parents would take time off to go back to help for a few days, and they would take him back at that time. So the basic farm work is still understood. I know what to do, but many of them haven't done it myself.

Aunt Li's heroic spirit infected everyone. It's just that everyone feels a little helpless. Zhu Medicine Cabinet smiled: "It's a pity that I can only sell medicine on a boat and farm the land, I don't know how to take a hoe, I can't help you." ”

Shopkeeper Yu, Dr. Ni and Uncle Cai from the grocery store opposite also shook their heads apologetically and smiled bitterly, they don't know how to farm.

Zhao Sanniang wiped a handful of tears and said, "Otherwise, I'll stay too, I also farmed when I was a child." ”

Zuo Shaoyang said with a smile: "Forget it, farming depends on physical strength, your body is too single, besides, there are still two children to take care of." You'd better take them away. ”

As soon as she talked about the child, Zhao Sanniang was speechless and lowered her head.

Zuo Gui's father and Liang's persuaded Aunt Li's family to flee with them, but Aunt Li's family insisted on staying and helping with farming. Zuo Shaoyang said everything, but people just didn't change their words.

Old lady Qu sighed and said to Zuo Shaoyang: "Since the Li family insists on repaying the favor and has a way to live, then stay and help you, only you and Miss Miao are afraid that it will not work." ”

Zuo Shaoyang's mouth was worn out, and he couldn't say that he would move Aunt Li and they would go, and now Old Lady Qu also persuaded him to agree to Aunt Li's family to stay, so he had to agree with a wry smile.

(To be continued)