Chapter 73: Escape
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The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and there is no rain at all, and the old man, who has experienced a drought before, is not calm.
Looking at this weather, I'm afraid it's another drought!
The scene of floating corpses all over the field seems to be still vivid, and if you do it again this time, you really can't live.
The old man told the village chief about this, and the village chief was also worried, they were the croppers who relied on the sky to eat the sky, if it didn't rain and couldn't farm on this day, it would really be a dead end.
The village chief was afraid that the drought would really come, so he gathered the whole village and told him what he was worried about, and asked the villagers to stock up on more food if they had money in hand, so that if there was a real drought, they could still survive on food.
Some people listened to the village chief and decided to buy some grain and stock it up, while others didn't think so, thinking that it would rain.
But those who went to sell grain and wanted to make it up found that the price of grain had risen unconsciously, and this kind of thing aggravated the sense of crisis in their hearts.
"Do you believe what the village chief said?" Liu Zhimo saw that Li Qingling was so calm and had no intention of buying food, so he asked her.
Li Qingling lowered his head and was thinking, how much food is still in the house?
When she heard Liu Zhimo's question, she looked up at him and said very calmly, "Believe!" "No wonder some old sayings say that there is an old man in the family, like a treasure, no, the experienced old man sees the weather, he feels abnormal, and he is alert, and he can notify the village people in advance to prepare.
I hope that everyone in the village will listen to the village chief's words, buy some food and stock it up, so that when the drought comes, they will still be able to save their lives.
Liu Zhimo looked at Li Qingling in surprise, "Since you believe it, then why didn't you take action?" "It's not like her at all, if she had been nervous in normal times, she would still be as calm there as she is now.
"How do you know I'm not acting?" Li Qingling smiled at him, lowered his voice and said, "Before this, I had already stocked up on food. "It's all thanks to Ah Huang, if it weren't for Ah Huang, she wouldn't have acted so quickly, and by now, she thinks that food prices have started to rise, right?
There has been no rain during this time, and the people who sell grain will definitely take this opportunity to raise the price of grain.
Hearing Li Qingling's words, Liu Zhimo was taken aback and asked her when she had stocked up on food, why didn't he know?
And why did she hoard food? Did she already know there would be a drought?
Until now, Li Qingling didn't hide it and told Liu Zhimo about it.
As soon as he heard this, Liu Zhimo fell silent, he didn't expect that Li Qingling would do so many things without him, which made him feel very guilty in his heart.
Knowing that this would be the case, Li Qingling shook his head helplessly, reached out and patted Liu Zhimo's shoulder, "I didn't mean to hide this from you, I just thought that you were about to take the exam, and it would be bad to let this kind of thing distract you, besides, I don't know if this matter is true?" If once you say it, it's not true, but it makes you worry in vain, and considering this, I simply won't tell you. ”
"Thank you for your hard work." Liu Zhimo sighed and said to Li Qingling, "If you encounter anything next time, you have to tell me, these things won't delay me much." He wanted to be her supporter, not to let her carry everything on her own, which would make him seem useless.
Knowing his knot, Li Qingling nodded in compromise.
"Let's hope this drought doesn't come!"
"Hmm..." Li Qingling knew very well in his heart that according to the increasingly hot weather now, the drought must not be far away.
But she didn't expect that it would be war that would come faster than the drought.
On this day, the shopkeeper of Fumanlou suddenly came to the village to look for her, and he thought that the shopkeeper had come to ask her about the rabbit, so she smiled and said that the rabbit had not grown up yet, and she had to wait.
The shopkeeper's expression was a little solemn, and he glanced at her, "Little Spirit girl, I came to you today, not for the rabbit, but to tell you something." ”
Li Qingling saw that the shopkeeper's expression was so solemn, she also put away the smile on her face, and nodded to the shopkeeper, so that he could speak directly.
"I received news that King Nanyan is going to turn around, and the first thing to pass through is Anyang County." The shopkeeper sighed, "Tomorrow Fumanlou will be closed, I will leave tomorrow, before leaving here, I want to report to you, so that you can be mentally prepared." "That's the only thing he can do.
Hearing this news, Li Qingling's heart sank suddenly, she knew that the shopkeeper would not joke about this kind of thing, "Uncle shopkeeper, thank you!" He stood up and bowed to the shopkeeper.
The fact that the shopkeeper could personally come and tell her the news was a great kindness to her.
"That's all I can help you with." The shopkeeper helped Li Qingling up, "I don't know what Miss Xiaoling's plans are?" If you want to get out of here, you have to leave early. When he thought of the children of this family, his heart was also a little heavy.
"I still have to discuss this matter with Zhimo to see what to do?"
"Then it's going to be as soon as possible."
Li Qingling responded, and after she sent the shopkeeper away, she went out to find Liu Zhimo, who was going to play with her two younger sisters.
As soon as she found him, she said that she had something important to tell him, and as soon as he saw her expression so solemn, he hurriedly hugged his sister and went home with her.
As soon as he got home, he asked what had happened?
Li Qingling sat on the chair, sighed and said, "The king of Nanyan is the opposite, he got up early to fight, and the first to bear the brunt is Anyang County. She was born in a peaceful era in her previous life and had never experienced war, but she also knew that war meant death, which was a very cruel thing.
Hearing this, Liu Zhimo's expression also became solemn, "Where did you know about this matter?" Are you sure? ”
"The shopkeeper of Fang Cai Manlou came to tell me." Li Qingling nodded, "I think this news is true, there is no need for the shopkeeper to lie to us." ”
Hearing the news that it was the shopkeeper of Fumanlou, Liu Zhimo believed it.
It's just that his heart has completely sunk.
After a while, he opened his mouth and asked Li Qingling what he thought?
"I haven't thought about it yet, so I'll talk about it later." Li Qingling stroked her temples with a little headache, her mind was very messy at the moment, and she didn't know what to do, "Do you want to talk to the village chief about this?" "After all, it's from the same village, and if he doesn't tell the villagers, he can't get over it.
"Then tell the village chief, believe it or not, it's up to him."
"Okay!"
Liu Zhimo immediately went to the village chief and told the village chief about the matter, and specially stated that it was the shopkeeper of Fumanlou who came to inform them.
The village chief was taken aback when he heard this, he did not expect that war was coming.
But he hasn't received the above news yet, and he doesn't know for a while whether this thing is true or not, if it is not true, it is not a joke to spread the news and cause panic.
"Zhimo, don't spread this matter before I get accurate information, you know?" The village chief told Liu Zhimo, regardless of whether this matter was true or not, he was very grateful for Liu Zhimo's heart.
Liu Zhimo knew the seriousness of this matter, and he nodded and said that he knew.
On the evening of the next day, the village chief hurriedly gathered the whole village, and the villagers were muttering in their hearts, what is the matter at such a late hour?
"I don't know what happened to make the village chief summon us so late, this is something that has never happened before." Aunt Huang frowned and said to Li Qingling.
Li Qingling knew about the war, and it may have been confirmed, otherwise, the village chief would not have gathered them in a hurry.
She discussed with Liu Zhimo that their children were too young, and if they fled, they would probably die on the road.
In this case, it is better to move directly to the cave in Songshan to live, the cave has the food she hoarded, and they can save it to eat, and it is estimated that they can survive this war.
They were still planning to move out tomorrow morning, but they didn't expect that tonight, the village chief would gather everyone.
"Everyone, be quiet, there is important news for you." The village chief looked at the people in the village with a very solemn expression, and after he received the news from above, he hurried back to inform the villagers, "I received the news from above, the king of Nanyan is reversed, and the army is the first to pass through Anyang County..."
Before he finished his words, the people in the village exploded, the village chief took a deep breath, shouted a few times to the people in the village to be quiet and quiet, and when the people in the village quieted down, he continued to speak, "My family is planning to leave here and flee, whoever wants to leave here will gather at the entrance of the village tomorrow morning, just wait for everyone for half an hour, and when the hour comes, immediately go on the road." "This battle has come to the doorstep, and if they don't flee, they will have to wait for death.
The village chief told the villagers a few more words, and then asked everyone to go home and think about it.
Zeng Tietou saw Liu Zhimo and Li Qingling, he ran over and asked them, do you want to flee?
Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo glanced at each other, and Liu Zhimo said: There are no adults in their family, they are all children, so they don't plan to escape.
As soon as he heard this, Zeng Tietou was excited, "Boss, let's run away together, there is me!" "He really didn't want to see such a good person from the owner die here.
Looking at such an honest man, Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo's hearts were a little moved.
What does it mean to see truth in adversity? That's it.
"Uncle Zeng, there are old and young people in your family, it's already a big burden, we can't increase your burden, we have really decided to stay."
Thinking of his family, Zeng Tietou was silent, and after a while, he said: "Then you have to be careful, if you can't do it, just flee to the mountains!" "There's still a chance to live.
Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo thanked Zeng Tietou, and also asked him to be careful on the road and see you again.
Zeng Tietou had red eyes, answered, and walked away with his shoulders down.