Duan Xiaomei was afraid that Jiang Ru would be sad to know the truth, but her eyes looked left and right, and she couldn't hide it from Jiang Ru at all.

Jiang Ru comprehended, pretended not to see it, and took a child from her arms, "It's really hard for you, Xiaomei, you must be tired, give me one, go to sleep." ”

She thought to herself: It's strange that I believe you! That scumbag son will wait for me to come back? That's impossible. What's more, your acting skills are inevitably too bad.

Duan Xiaomei hurriedly picked up the child back, shook her head and refused: "Mother, you must be more tired than me, I can take care of the child by myself, you can go and rest." ”

By this time, the sky was already dark, the moon hung in a crooked blue sky, and a bright star twinkled in the distance.

Duan Xiaomei looked at the sky, but there was still not a trace of cloud in the sky.

Anyone who knows a little bit about the weather knows that the absence of clouds in the sky means that there is little chance of rain.

When is this day going to be the end?

Duan Xiaomei gently patted the child's back, feeling a little sad.

She took advantage of Jiang Ru to go to sleep and looked at the grain tank, which only contained a small half jar of millet rice.

This year's new harvest has not yet been eaten, but when will it be eaten?

She put the child in the basket and began to boil water for cooking,

She made a pot of porridge with millet and wild vegetables and steamed two eggs.

When scooping porridge, she fished all the dried food to Jiang Ru and Niu Xinzhang, and in the end there was only a bowl of water with only a few grains of rice and a few pieces of wild vegetables.

After she drank it, she started to get busy, feeding the family dog and chickens.

Dogs must be fed and guarded against bad guys.

There are only two chickens left, and the rest have been made into dried chickens.

These two were left for the two children.

The two children have been weaned and can eat complementary food, so they can't just drink rice soup, they have to eat something nutritious.

"Mother, why are you up?" After Duan Xiaomei fed the chickens, she saw Jiang Ru coming over.

"I joined the daytime patrol and followed along during the day. You and Xinzhang just stay at home and don't go out. The two children should pay attention to the heatstroke and don't let them get hot. When it is noon, you make a pot of herbal tea with the medicine in the box, and let Xinzhang bring it to the patrolmen. ”

Jiang Ru finished instructing one by one, and walked out of the door with a hoe.

"Mother, have you drunk porridge?" Duan Xiaomei hurriedly caught up a few steps.

"Drink, drink." Jiang Ru waved his hand, "You go in quickly, put the door on the line, if it weren't for me knocking on the door, wouldn't open it if anyone comes, you know?" ”

"Well, I know, mother, be careful, I'll ask my husband to bring you food at noon." Duan Xiaomei stood inside the door, looking at Jiang Ru reluctantly.

Jiang Ru nodded, and when she saw Sister Li, she waved her hand, "I'm here." ”

The village chief, fearing that the robbers would return, strengthened the patrol and had the women patrol in groups during the day.

When she came back last night, she said yes to Sister Li's son and asked Sister Li to patrol with her today.

"Xinzhangniang, I heard that you were very brave last night and killed a person with a hoe, is it true?" Sister Li was scared and excited at the same time.

Jiang Ru shook her head, "No, I just beat him down, I'm a woman, where do I dare to kill someone." ”

"I'll just say, no matter how bold you are, how dare you fight those robbers." Sister Li shook her head.

"By the way, you have two children at home, so you must leave someone at home to watch it. Then are you going to keep Xiaomei or a new chapter? ”

Jiang Ru carried a hoe and walked in the shade under the eaves as much as possible.

"It must be Liuxiaomei. Sister Li, it's not that you don't know, men are not material to take care of children, my family's new chapter is okay to study, let him take care of the children, I am afraid that the children will cry every day. ”

"But can Xinzhang hold on to patrolling at night?"

Sister Li does not trust Niu Xinzhang's ability, and can even be said to be seriously suspicious.

Jiang Ru said: "I'll patrol at night, and he can patrol in the afternoon." ”

"And how can you stand it?"

"What if you can't stand it?" Jiang Ru sighed, "Xinzhang and Xiaomei's bodies are not as good as mine." ”

Sister Li opened her mouth, and she didn't know how to persuade her.

Patrolling is a major event in the village, and every family has to send people, and there are many people in their families.

It's just that there are too few people in the Xinzhang family.

In addition to stepping up patrols, the village chief and the clan elders discussed that the villagers living in more remote areas would be moved to crowded places so that they would not be killed by the robbers alone.

In addition, the people in the village who know how to hunt led the villagers to arrange iron clips around the village and dug a lot of traps.

Every household even puts the wooden basin at hand, as long as they see a suspicious person, they immediately knock on the basin to warn.

There was unprecedented unity in the village.

The three robbers were tied to trees around the village by the villagers.

The bloody tragedy is the best warning.

The surrounding robbery gangs all know that Niujia Village is a hard stubble and dare not come easily.

But everyone knows that those people will not let go of Niujia Village.

Because there is no food around, there is still food in Niujia Village.

When the time comes, it is not only the robbers who came to rob at the beginning, but also the hungry people in the villages.

People are hungry and can do anything.

As expected, it was only the end of October and less than November, and people came to grab food.

It's not entirely correct to say robbing.

Because they united the people of several villages, led by the chiefs of several villages, to borrow grain.

Several villages together, you can imagine how many people there are.

They all gathered around Niujia Village, all of them hungry to the bone, their eyes like hungry wolves, glowing green.

I saw that although the people in Niujia Village were a little thin, they were obviously much better than them.

The village chief of the nearby village of Zhangjia was the first to speak.

"Village Chief Niu, you also know that if you really can't live, we won't come to beg you. You don't have to borrow a lot from us, as long as it's enough for us to live. ”

The village chief of another Wangjia Village was full of deep sorrow and hatred, "Village Chief Niu, can I help you help us, this is really unbearable, and I don't know when the relief food from the imperial court will come down." ”

The village chief of Duanjia Village also said: "Our two villages have always been related to each other, so you can't watch us starve to death." ”

Village Chief Niu glanced around, what is going on.

Many women in the village couldn't help but turn their heads and wipe their eyes when they saw the children who were screaming hungry.

"I want to help you too, but there's nothing we can do." The village chief sighed, "The weather is dry, we have long run out of grain, and although we have harvested this year's grain in advance, the yield is not high......

Village Chief Zhang didn't wait for him to finish, and his voice suddenly rose, "Your output is not high, can it be as low as ours?" We even chewed up the hay and ate it mixed with Guanyin soil, if we didn't really have no choice, who would want to beg someone? ”

As he said this, tears flowed down his eyes.

His grandson was so hungry that he ate too much Guanyin soil and died of swelling some time ago.