Chapter 428: The Year of the Famine

Qiu Ling listened to her family talk about her family affairs, and her heart did not fluctuate, she had already decided that whoever she married was her own life, and it was arranged by God.

She just needs to do her part, as long as that person treats her well, she will live a good life, no matter what the outcome is, she can accept it.

It rained again not long after that rain, this time everyone can rest assured, the two weir ponds in the village have also accumulated a lot of water, and now it seems that this year's crops will not be affected, and the spring ploughing in February and March has passed smoothly.

A little more than half of the people in the village came to Lin's house to get seeds, and they have been planted in the ground, and some people still can't understand after hearing about it, so some people come to Lin's house to ask about it in three days, and it is not too troublesome to think about it, as long as someone asks, they will tell them in detail.

Sometimes she is not at home, but other people tell everyone, and now even Zichen can explain it, mainly because she listens too much.

By the end of March, crops were planted in the fields, and this year the wind and rain were smooth, not to mention how good it was, and the people were looking forward to such a day.

Although the year is good, the days are still not so smooth, and the prices of those things sold in the town are still very high, because the common people know in their hearts that the real difficult time has not yet come.

It's time to be hungry for a while, let alone after two consecutive years of disasters?

Those who have a bad life on weekdays have been frugal since the beginning of the year, eating two meals a day, and even so, there is no food in the granary in March and April.

There is no food, but you have to eat, so you have to find your own way, but fortunately, the weather is warm, and there are many things that can be produced in the mountains.

During the day, the women would carry baskets on their backs to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, pick wild fruits, and even dig up tree roots.

If the men have the ability, they will take bows, arrows, stones and other things to hunt in the mountains, which is also a dangerous job, and if the family has food to eat, not many people are willing to go.

There are really not many people like Lin Changyuan who have some kung fu, and everyone feels that there is no need to put their lives on the line for stuttering, but there is no way now, if they don't go to the mountains, the family will be hungry.

It's really someone who accidentally fell down from the mountain when he entered the mountain, but fortunately he didn't fall to the point, but there were some skin injuries on his legs, which can be raised at home, and then everyone will be more careful.

Lin Changyuan usually goes into the mountains to hunt, usually with Gu Zelin, and later everyone felt that the two of them had some kung fu, and it was safer to follow them, so they asked if they could go into the mountains with them.

The two of them also agreed, and they took everyone with them, and they could get some food if they could, and they couldn't starve to death.

Although life is a little difficult, but I can still get by, looking at so many things planted in the field, and thinking that those potatoes can be dug in June, and then there will be food, and everyone is full of hope.

You must live well, even if you go to dig Guanyin soil to eat, you can't lose your life.

Tongxin Village is still good, some people went out on a long trip, and when they came back, they said in the village what was the situation outside, I heard that some people had starved to death, and some places were more serious than them, and the rain was not good in recent years, and the imperial court did not reduce taxes, and there was no food for a long time.

There are also poor families in Tongxin Village, who couldn't afford to eat much before, but now it is even more difficult.

Now is a year of famine, not so many kind-hearted people are willing to take out their own food for others to eat, even if they can't bear it, but what can be done to save others, is it difficult to watch their own people starve to death?

Everything that can be dug up on the mountain has been dug almost enough, and if you want to get food, you have to go deep into the mountains, and ordinary people dare not go.

Most of the people are okay at home, although the food is gone, but the family has a large population, so I can call the children out to find food together, and I can get some back every day.

But there are still a few families in Tongxin Village, and there are orphans and widows at home, so there is really no way, their own family is already poor, and now they can't find food, so they can only starve at home.

The neighbors looked at it left and right, and they couldn't bear it, but they couldn't bear to put their own people in danger, and they couldn't help it.

There is a family not far from the Lin family, only the old couple are here, both are in their seventies, their two daughters have married far away and have not come back for many years, the son has also died of illness in the early years, the daughter-in-law has remarried, and the only grandson has been stoned to death during the earthquake.

Now the old couple lives by themselves, treated their son in the early years, sold some land, and now has five acres of land at home, how can there be anything to eat?

Hearing that the old couple were about to starve to death, the Lin family couldn't bear it, and the Wu family sighed at home, but still discussed it with the family.

"Old man, let's sneak over at night to take a look, if there is really nothing to eat, let's get them some food, it's all from the same village, it's not good to watch people starve to death, although our family has some food now, but it can't be so generous, so many mouths still have to eat, so I can only help secretly."

Now there is more than one family in the village who can't eat, if the Lin family blatantly helps them, other people will also come to the door, will you help or not help when the time comes?

Originally, it was a good deed, but if you rejected others, this reputation would be different, but it would make people say that you were ruthless, and at this time, good things can't be done casually.

Lin Dezheng nodded, "Should I go and see, our two families are still our own family, although it has been a long time ago, and I can't count the generations, but in the end they are also the same root, I can't ignore it, boss, you take a bag of grain at night and sneak over to take a look, don't alarm the neighbors." ”

Lin Changfu should come down, "Dad, I know, I'll go when it's night." ”

Lin Dezheng instructed again, "Third child, tomorrow you go to the town and go to Wanyun's house to see if they are short of things, now the things in the town are expensive, and it is not easy to buy, now the children are still young, Wanyun can't lack food, if there is really none, take some from home, let's save some." ”

Wu also said, "You go and take a good look, see what kind of attitude the old woman has towards Wanyun's mother and daughter that week, we can't be deceived by her." ”

In the past, Mrs. Zhou was very critical of their mother and daughter, but now she is short of food, and she doesn't know what kind of virtue she is, so she has to see it.