Xu Jiang got the news that the plague on the side of Manniu Mountain had been breaking out for more than half a year, and it was only because the county order there was afraid that the imperial court would punish and take responsibility, so he concealed the matter.

It was because of the confused choices of the confusing prefectural order that I didn't know how many lives that could be saved.

The imperial court has sent imperial doctors and soldiers to stop the outbreak of the epidemic, but there are still many imperial doctors and soldiers who have caught up with the plague, and the situation was once very serious.

The epidemic was not controlled, but the villagers near Manniu Mountain were killed because of the decision of the confused county order, and they were trapped on the mountain and almost shaved all the bark and ate it. And after the people from the imperial court came, these people took advantage of the chaos to flee everywhere to survive, and some of them had already come to Qinghe Town.

A few years ago, He Mai saw a few refugees who had been displaced to Qinglu Village at the stall, and gave some steamed buns and porridge, but who knows, the next day the number of refugees doubled, Mo said that he wanted to continue doing business, and the food in the store was even a problem to supply these refugees!

On the third day, before the porridge shop opened, the front door was full of refugees begging for food, while some other scattered refugees were aiming at the rest of the food stalls.

The Wang family, who were accustomed to a stable business of roasting wheat stalls, closed the stall and ran away early in the morning, telling He Mai when they would not return until the refugees were sent by the government.

Some of these refugees are hungry and red-eyed, and they are no longer begging for food, but grabbing food!

Among them, a young Pozi surnamed Lu pointed to the owner of the wonton shop who refused to give him food and instructed a dozen refugees to pounce on him, and the wonton shop was looted by them, leaving not even a single dough behind.

Huang Chushan sent some officers and soldiers to discipline him, took away some refugees for resettlement, and also arrested the slope surnamed Lu.

In the quiet market again, Hemai's early business has not been done for a few days, and it is time for winter to rest.

He Mai and Liulang went to the town to buy two buckets of rice noodles, added a load of oil, and bought enough rice and grain for the winter, and the young couple bought a lot of pastries and shortbreads, and even bought glutinous rice for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

After putting these things in the car and entrusting them to the guard, He Mai and Liulang turned around and went to Hu Guangsheng's slaughterhouse again.

A while ago, because of the sorrow and suffering of Chunhua, my chest was depressed, and the whole person was emaciated, and I had no energy.

She was so sad, even with no milk, Xiaohu was always crying and crying hungry for a while.

At the beginning, there was some rice soup to feed the child, but now that Chunhua has no milk at all, the Qin family has no choice but to let Hemai go to the town to see if he can find a lactating ewe to bring back.

Although there is nothing taboo in the slaughterhouse, they do not kill animals with lambs in their bellies, because it is really life-threatening to do so.

And a while ago, the slaughterhouse did send a ewe with a lamb in her belly, and not long after the cubs, Hu Guangsheng took Hemai Liulang to go.

The ewe was bought, and the two lambs that were suckling were also bought, and He Mai smiled and said that this was the three sheep Kaitai.

The people of Hemaito tied the sheep well, and heard Liulang asking Hu Guangsheng: "Uncle Cousin, when you came from Manniu Mountain, did the epidemic have already broken out?" ”

"The pandemic? What outbreak? Hu Guangsheng is still sometimes confused and sometimes sober.

"That's what you call famine." Rokuro reminded.

Hu Guangsheng sighed, "Oh...... Yes, I remember, first many people were sick, and then there was a famine, and those who died of starvation died of starvation, and those who died of illness died of illness, and those who could escape and survive were all working by the mines! ”

"Mine!? The people in the mine, no one has been infected with the epidemic? Rokuro asked.

Hu Guangsheng shook his head, "No, no!" ”

Liulang pulled Hu Guangsheng and asked for a while, until he couldn't ask anything useful, then he put down his arm and gave Hu Guangsheng two pieces of silver, telling him to buy some good wine and food and take care of himself.

When he got home, Rokuro installed another sheepfold and put the three sheep in it, and the ox cart was also sent to the miscellaneous room.

"What does my cousin know about the epidemic?" He Mai asked.

Liulang shook his head: "Uncle Cousin doesn't know much. But he brought up a mine...... It's strange that I don't know if the epidemic will have anything to do with this mine. ”

He immediately comforted: "Don't worry, the epidemic has been controlled, and now it is just a famine, and the county order will definitely resettle these refugees, or send them back to their hometowns, or leave them to live here, and the epidemic will definitely not spread here." ”

What's more, Xu Jiang is sitting here, and he doesn't have to worry about anything.

He Mai smiled: "I know! We have so much food in our house, what am I afraid of? Since we are free, why don't we go up to the mountains, if we can hunt some game, we can also improve the food for grandma and sister-in-law, and we can also store it for the winter. ”

After a few days, he took He Mai to Xiaoqingshan, and the harvest was good, hunting a wild boar, a roe deer, and a few pheasants and hares.

"This is the Zhong Meiren we met here at this time last year," He Mai pointed to the wooden shed and said with a smile, "I don't know how Zhong Meiren will celebrate the New Year with General Yan this year?" ”

"The war in Northern Xinjiang is raging, but all the good news that has reached the DPRK is good news, I think this year, the people of Northern Xinjiang will be very sad, but General Yan Xing and Mrs. Yan must be very happy."

"I hope so!" He Mai sighed, "Hang this wild boar here first, let's go down the mountain to find someone to help?" ”

Rokuro answered, carried the roe deer on his shoulder, and went down the mountain with Hemai.

The family watched in horror when the child drank goat's milk, and there was no reaction for the next day.

At night, when Xiaohu saw the goat's milk, he danced with his little hands and started to have fun, obediently drank the goat's milk, and went to sleep honestly.

Qin Shi was relieved and said to Chunhua: "This goat's milk is better than other people's milk, if you feed Xiaohu and drink other people's milk, maybe you will have to vomit and diarrhea reaction, our Xiaohu is easy to raise, and goat's milk is fine." ”

"Just raise these three sheep, it's just a little hard work to cut the grass, Xiaohu Xiaohu, if you are hungry, you can say, my aunt will give you goat's milk." He Mai gently shook the little tiger and coaxed.

There were suddenly more Xiaohu in the family, Qin and Chunhua couldn't hurt it, and Hemai and Liulang's aunt and uncle were in pain.

In the first few days after Xiaohu was born, he had jaundice, and it was He Mai and Liulang who ran before and after running to find Xu Jiang over, and went to the pharmacy in the town overnight to find and buy medicine.

And Qin's is old, and it is a little powerless to take care of Chunhua before the production of Chunhua, not to mention Chunhua's confinement, Hemai is busy alone, and the business on the stall has been delayed for several days, and he is dedicated to serving his sister-in-law's confinement at home.