Although there was some food stored in the village some time ago, there was almost nothing left except for what was taken away when he fled.

Now that there are no wheat grains left, and the vegetables in the vegetable field are bare, the rest of the family's food ration is enough to eat for two or three months at most.

As the corn in the grain tank became lighter day by day, the villagers' mood became heavier day by day, and their hearts felt weak when they looked at the children's little faces crying out for hunger.

The Gu family has also changed from the original three meals a day to the current two meals a day, although Gu Tianxing's spirit bead has a lot of food stored, the ancient father resolutely disagrees to take it out now.

Fortunately, the two large jars of grain buried under the bed of the old couple were not found, and now the children of the Gu family can have a full stomach.

As the days passed, the hearts of the villagers became tighter and tighter, and the expected relief food had not arrived for a long time.

Many of them planned to work in the homes of wealthy people in the towns and counties, and some discussed going to distant relatives.

All in all, they are all looking for a way to survive, and the old father finally decided to flee south with his family.

Gu Anxia informed the eldest uncle of his plan, and called the twelve villagers to discuss together.

When Guri heard that the family was going to the south, he disagreed.

He believes that although the south is rich, the entire central part of Daqi is now suffering from locust plagues, and there are countless refugees, and many people must have gone to the south.

Moreover, the north side is close to the imperial city of Chang'an, and the emperor will not ignore the victims. After all, it is also at the feet of the Son of Heaven, no matter how you say it, the government does not dare to deceive the superiors and subordinates, and withhold the food for disaster relief.

The old father learned from his little granddaughter that he couldn't go to the north, but it was not easy to tell his eldest brother, so he was very anxious.

Fortunately, Gu Anxia is a child in the end, and it is unambiguous to fool people.

He said to Guri:

"Uncle wants to go north, that's right. It's just that when we met King Huan's soldiers and bandits before, we all knew that he was ruthless.

If you want to go north this time, you will inevitably have to pass through the fief of King Huan, and you are afraid that the sheep will enter the tiger's mouth. ”

Seeing that Li Zheng's expression was loose, Gu Anxia said again:

"The south is rich, and there are many rich families, and most of these rich and noble families are willing to give. Let's save some food, at least we won't starve.

Besides, the King of Zhongshan is known to be virtuous, and his fief is a small number of people, so we can not only be resettled, but also get some land. ”

Although Gu Anxia's words are not groundless, they are not entirely true.

To say that the name of this Zhongshan King is Yunyou, the seventh oldest, twenty-five years old.

He was born with a leg disease, which caused Emperor Qi and the imperial family to dislike, and all the vassal kings and princes looked down on him, and even the servants who served him bullied him arbitrarily.

Once, because the serving grandmother and palace maid were lazy, he actually asked the young Zhongshan Wang Yunyou to go to the Cuiqing Pond in the Imperial Garden alone, and almost drowned.

It was just that Emperor Qi, who was visiting the garden, saw it, probably thinking of the hardships he suffered as a child, and then he cared for him.

Although Yunyou's fiefdom is barren, he is also one of the vassal kings, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

I heard that this prince is disabled and strong-willed, has practiced the six arts of a gentleman since he was a child, and has a gentle and generous personality, and is a rare and kind person.

If you really go to his fiefdom, you won't ignore the victims, but you are afraid that his heart is more than enough and his strength is insufficient, even if he really gives land and resettles refugees, I am afraid that it will be wasteland and sand fields.

It's just that these Gu Anxia won't tell everyone, so let's lie to everyone to go south and save their lives.

After the discussion, the villagers went home to pack up and prepare for the escape.

Gu Tianxing turned out the rainproof cloth used to build the car in Shui Lanxing's house, and asked her father Gu Anze to nail it to the roof of the mule cart and ox cart, and covered it with a haystack, so as to protect it from rain and sun.

The old father also brought his own big vat of grain, and put some pots and pans in it.

The old lady even brought the pickles, door panels, and lame benches at home.

When Gu Si looked at this formation, it didn't look like he was fleeing the famine, but like he was moving. Immediately, he threw away all the dilapidated objects that were not of great use, and persuaded while throwing them:

"Father, mother, let's escape the famine, I don't know how far this road is.

There will be a drought in the future, I'm afraid the animals won't have water to drink, these things will only make them tired and die faster, and when the time comes, will we carry these on our backs and hurry?! ”

The old couple didn't add any other things, but they were distressed, they were all hard to save.

Because the poultry, pigs, and even the dogs of the house were looted by the bandits a few days ago, there is no need to pack up the live animals now, and the speed is much faster, and they will all be picked up in a short time.

This time is different from the last time, this time I left, but I left my hometown, and life and death were unpredictable.

Everyone was very depressed, and the third uncle was even on crutches to guard the ancestral hall, and the old man said loudly:

"Let's go, I'm almost in the ground, and I won't waste that food if I have a few days to live!

My old man stayed, looked at the ancestral hall, and begged the ancestors to bless you. ”

As soon as the third uncle's voice fell, several old people also stood up, saying that they would stay and guard the ancestral hall.

In fact, this is just a rhetoric, and the old people are really worried that there is not enough food at home, and they are afraid that it will affect the children.

But everyone knows these reasons.

Those filial sons and daughters kept kowtowing to their parents, crying and begging them to join them, so as not to bear the name of unfilial piety.

Gu Li Zheng and Gu Dad glanced at each other, and they had a plan.

The old father ignored the crying crowd over there, and said loudly to Gu Lizheng:

"Big brother, what do you think? I'm going to go with my sons, and I don't know what I'll encounter along the way.

My wife and I have to help take care of a few grandchildren and granddaughters, so that the children don't have those worries. It's better to be a whole family together than to keep me here, scratching my heart and liver!

If there is really a case on the road, it is better to let the eldest of my family dig a pit on the spot and bury it, than to leave it without anyone to collect the body. ”

Guli was holding his hands behind his back, nodding slightly, and said:

"I want to go with it, and when the famine passes, my eldest grandson will have to conduct scientific research.

If I insist on staying, won't it ruin the good reputation of the children's benevolence and filial piety! Go with it. ”

Those old people who were still making noise listened to the conversation between the two brothers, and their attitudes were no longer resolute, but the style they had just started was a bit high, which would be bad.

Ignoring the tangled villagers, the old father waved his hand, and the sons drove away. His family has two ox carts and two mule carts, which is already considered the richest man in this remote village.

Followed by Gu Li Zheng's family, because of the warning of the old father before, he had already bought an extra cow, and now the two ox carts are full of people. Several trolleys were also set off by sons and grandchildren.

Gu Tianxing's grandfather, Wang Si's family, also followed.

A few years ago, Gu Tianxing secretly gave her mother twenty taels of silver to subsidize her grandfather's family, and a few days ago she also bought a mule and a cow.

It's just that there is a case in case that it can be used to pull a cart and rush away.

Seeing that several families were gone, everyone was afraid of being left behind, so they all urged, shouted, and set off.

At this point, in addition to the three families who went to relatives, a total of nine families followed, and a group of people embarked on the road of escape.

The grain of Gu Dad's family was put on two carts of cattle, driven by Gu Anxia and Gu Er.

Pots and pans, tarpaulins, and other messy items were placed on a cart and pushed by the two sons of the old Yamato.

The mule cart driven by Gu San was full of quilts, cloth, and some furs that Gu Tianxing had brought back from Chang'an.

Because although these things are not heavy, they are too occupied. The old father moved a few large vats up, and stuffed these quilts, skins and other things into the vats.

In addition to loading some daily necessities, the last mule cart that the old man drove was Gu Tai, Gu Tianxing, and Mao Mao, the three-year-old son of the fourth uncle Gu Anxia Jiaxu.

Gu Tianxing is going to come down the road, but he really can't stand her grandmother's preference for her.

The old man wanted her to sit, and even the five-year-old Chai Niu from the third uncle's house was walking, and she really felt like sitting on pins and needles.

Gu San is very good to his niece, or maybe he has been used to it for many years, not only did he not feel that there was anything wrong, but he also persuaded Gu Tianxing, saying that Chai Niu would change with her when she was tired after a while.

In this way, a group of hundreds of people supported each other to rush the road. Of course, most people walk on their legs with carts.

Gu Tai put down the needlework in her hand, lifted the curtain, twisted her head to look in the direction she came, and was silent for a long time.

My heart is even more bitter, since I married into Daao Village, I have lived here for most of my life, although the village is remote, it is the home that can make me feel at ease.

In the past, I often heard the older generation say that the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own kennels, but now they really understand the meaning of this.

Hey, if there is a possibility, who wants to leave their homeland.

She and the old man's life savings and ancestral property are gone! Now that I have left my family and business, I will have no land in the future, and this waist pole is half a cut shorter than others!