Chapter 5 Heavy snowfall
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The general lost his father at a young age, inherited his father's business and hunted in the mountains and forests, when the north was full of snow, the general was young, there was an eldest sister, a younger sister, and his mother was sick, and the hardships can be known. Where are the novels updated the fastest? Please look for the biquge.info of Aishang Novel Network
However, the general Wu Yong Tian, between the ten days, hunted the bear, the villagers are different, all say that the ancestors bless, the group to congratulate, the general is silent, to bear meat to the villagers, the villagers are mellow, all refuse to accept, the general said, when my father went, I got a lot of help from the township, and now I pay for it, no need to say more, the villagers feel and accept it.
The general was eleven years old at the time, but he had the style of ancient heroes, and Yu Bu praised the general's martial arts and bravery, and sighed the general's spirit, which was to remember it.
――――"Chronicles of the Great Qin-Strange Tales of Zhu Qi"
Zhao Shi's marriage was dragged down, not because of his own opposition, but because of the winter of this year, heavy snow fell in the north, although the wind and rain have to depend on God's prosperity, and Zhao Shi has nothing to do with it, but after a few heavy snowfalls, the people who were still full of snow Zhaofeng have begun to feel bad, the sudden snow disaster made the county officials busy, and the Western Qin Zheng zhì is still clear, in the face of this heavy snow that is said to have not been encountered for hundreds of years, while beginning to prepare for relief to the victims, On the one hand, they began to enter the guard, of course, the party members in the north and the pigtailed soldiers in the west.
The impact of the snow disaster on these nomads is much greater, and the nomads who lack food and clothing after experiencing such a snow disaster, it is conceivable that entering the border pass to loot has become their only choice, but now the top priority is to settle the victims, and even if there is a border disaster, it should be a matter of spring.
Although the place in Gongyi County is not large, there are few officials, so almost all the officials in the county have been mobilized, first of all, to transport the hoarded clothes and food to the place where the snow disaster is severe, and then to wait for the heavy snow to stop, open up the roads blocked by the heavy snow, first, to contact the villages and towns, distribute disaster relief materials, and second, to prepare for the reinforcements to quickly reach the border towns in the next spring.
Zhao Shi's marriage was naturally delayed under such a premise.
The snow in Zhaojia Village was not too big at first, but later, a heavy snowfall for two days in a row, several houses in disrepair suddenly collapsed, fortunately only a few people were injured, and no dead people appeared.
The food problem is not strict, the food stored in each family is enough for each family to survive this difficult winter, but the firewood for heating has become a big problem, in the winter of previous years, people go into the mountains to cut down some trees and come back, the so-called relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, intermittently can always pass the winter, but the heavy snow, the snow on the way into the mountain has almost not reached the thighs of the people, plus the surrounding is all white, if you enter the mountain now, even if you don't freeze to death, you have to be careful to get lost.
The snow is the saddest time for people, when the snow is better, the weather is not very cold, but after the snow stops, the weather suddenly cools down, this is not the weather after the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide in modern times, the cold and biting cold wind blows, almost as if it is going to take away the warmth on the body immediately.
However, in two months, several families in the village have already broken off their cooking smoke, and if they go down, they will definitely die, and there is no way to go on like this, so some respected old people in the village got together to discuss and called the young people in the village over.
The people of Zhaojia Village are united, and as soon as a few old people say it, the young people all agree, and each family has a strong laborer, forming a team of more than 20 people, going into the mountains to collect firewood.
There are only two men in Zhao Wanshan's family, in fact, it is more accurate to be a man and a half, Zhao Shi is too young to be considered a man, such a family should not be out, but who made Zhao Wanshan a hunter? Naturally, several of their hunters were most familiar with the terrain in the mountains, and they had to guard against wild beasts, so they naturally wanted to follow.
Zhao Wanshan is a straightforward man, as soon as others just said it, he immediately agreed, and before leaving, he also told Zhao Shi to take care of his family, Zhao Shi agreed indifferently, according to his indifferent temperament, he would not show anything similar to worry and reluctance.
Things are almost the same as back then, although the process is not the same, but the result is the same.
A day later, the team came back, all with frozen faces and white lips, but there were still two fewer people, and Zhao Wanshan was one of them.
When Zhao Gouzi, who was traveling with him, handed over Zhao Wanshan's three-stone hard bow to Zhao Shi's hands, Zhao Shi's mother immediately fainted and fell to the ground, and the two young people automatically put the firewood on their bodies in Zhao Shi's house.
"Your father fell into the snow pit, and when he was rescued, he was already dead, and the body could not be brought down the mountain, so we hid him on the hillside, and when the snow melted during the New Year, he got up again and went to the ancestral grave.
In the future, if there is anything at home, just go to your uncle and ...... Take care of your mother......"
glanced at Zhao Shi, who was speechless, and Zhao Gouzi, who came to the house together, both sighed secretly, the three are all hunters in the village, and if the hunters have to make a note in the government this year, only the hunters have bows and arrows and knives and guns in their hands, and when they arrive in the border town, they are the first to recruit these hunters, so the hunters are different from ordinary villagers, and they are a group of themselves, and they naturally have a good relationship with Zhao Wanshan's family.
But in these years, where is it easy to live, both of them also have a large family to support, and it is okay to take care of them on weekdays, if you say that you will take this orphan and widow's family of four to your own home, then don't think about it.
"Thank you, uncles, please go back." Zhao Shi slowly helped his mother up and said casually.
Compared with back then, these two are still affectionate and righteous, after his father's death, relatives and friends don't even seem to know him in person, since then, Zhao Shi has a full understanding of human warmth, and now although the words are cold, but he has subconsciously saved a little good impression of the two.
Zhao Gouzi and the two glanced at each other, and they were also very helpless, and finally the two of them divided half of the firewood they picked up and put it down, and walked out of the door of Zhao Shi's house.
"Don't cry, the eldest sister boils some water, you are not allowed to drink raw water in the future, you are not allowed to contact strangers who enter the village, you have to wash your hands and ...... to eat, Cui'er helps the eldest sister cook......" said while helping her mother who had fainted to the bed.
The eldest of the two girls is no more than fifteen, and the younger one is only six years old, and when they encounter such a tragic incident, they have long lost their opinions, and after listening to Zhao Shi's words, they immediately found their backbone, and began to get busy crying.
Looking at the woman on the bed who was as pale as death, listening to the cries of the two girls outside, the room was a gloomy and bleak scene, for such a family, the loss of Zhao Wanshan was like the loss of the pillars, if the woman on the bed had three long and two short, there would only be three small ones left in the family.
But Zhao Shi didn't think about this, he had seen too much life and death, and he had only been with this family for a year, in his heart, he couldn't talk about any feelings at all, and whether he had feelings or not.
But he has always been thoughtful, others want to take one step, he has thought about three steps here, what he is thinking about now is that he needs this identity, so he still has to maintain this family with his own hands, he has been here for so long, he also knows some of the rules here, people without identity, that is, the black household is often said in modern times, it is simply difficult to move an inch here, for the control of the population, it seems that it is a little stricter than the modern law is sound, and the peasants who leave the land and run away from the land have no official guidance, that is to be treated as fugitives, so the idea of leaving alone was completely dispelled by him.
It is not difficult for him to feed a few members of the family, although because this body is too young and weak, but with his ability, it is not a big deal to save the family from freezing and starvation.
Also, after heavy snowfall, it often means that the epidemic begins to spread, and after the catastrophe comes the epidemic, which is already a rule, so if you want to survive here, you must first take some precautions.
There is also the problem of food, the family's food stock is still enough to cope with this winter, and when the snow melts, we have to go into the mountains......
Looking at the dense forests here, there should be no landslides or mudslides when the snow begins to melt, and the stream in front of the village may be flooded for a few days, so it should not be dangerous to reach the village.
The house will be repaired in the future, and the third brother doesn't know what is going on now, whether he has become a salt supervisor, and it will never be possible without salt.
Carefully looked at the big bow in his hand, for him, this bow is good, but a little bigger, tried to pull the bowstring, I feel that my strength is still weaker, bows and arrows are not new to him, in the jungle, often a bow is more powerful than a gun, it is not difficult for him to use a bow and arrows.
It seems that after the snow melts, I have to go to the third brother for a while, the most ...... It's best to ask someone to make a few pulleys, or simply replace it with a bow, no, the bow force is too weak to do anything, I hope that the current process can make a pulley group, if you can, is it to get the gun out by the way? He immediately dispelled this unrealistic idea, although the process of making a pulley is not much different from the precision required to make a simple gunpowder gun, but where to find the bullet? There is nowhere to get gunpowder, and it is more practical to come with bows and arrows......
Now that he had decided to settle down here, Zhao Shi's thoughts immediately turned to many practical issues, and he had a rough plan for the future......
The loss of relatives is undoubtedly sad, but life is like this, there is loss and gain, people can't always live in the past, Zhao Shi's mother Wang after a serious illness, also slowly accepted the reality of losing her husband, Wang doesn't know what the truth is, but there are three small ones in the family to pull her, the cruelty of reality will not leave you with time and energy to remember the past.
As the only man in the family, Zhao Shi must also take on more responsibilities, take care of his sick mother, and comfort the two sisters, these complicated things are easy to say, but if Zhao Shi is still the eleven-year-old child before, maybe the family will collapse.
With the help of other people in the village, and then Zhao Shi assigned two sisters to do this and that, they finally survived this extremely sad winter, and when Wang's condition improved, the snow had melted almost, which was similar to Zhao Shi's estimate, Qingxi sent water for a few days, and those natural disasters such as mudslides that would definitely happen in modern times did not even have a shadow, and Zhao Shi's heart was also relaxed.
Ancient people paid the most attention to filial piety, Zhao Shi himself was about to forget that Zhao Wanshan's bones were still on the mountain, but Zhao Gouzi had already taken people, reluctantly entered the mountain to get Zhao Wanshan's body down, the ancient funeral is undoubtedly complicated, but it also depends on what kind of person is not? Therefore, Zhao Wanshan's funeral is very simple, and there is not so much attention to it, but filial piety still has to be kept, as for what to say about keeping filial piety for three years and the like, it is a rule that only scholars have, and the common people do not pay attention to these, and they can't afford to pay attention to them.
It's just past the first seven that Zhao Shi took off his filial piety clothes.
"Shi Wa'er, what are you going to do?" Wang's serious illness was just recovering from a serious illness, and the baby was crying when his father was buried a few days ago, and his face was naturally better than he couldn't see anything, and he looked like he was just a breath more alive than the dead, but now she was holding her son's arm, her eyes were full of panic, and there was a trace of stubborn ferocity, and the two girls next to her were hoarse and frightened, and they didn't dare to approach the strange mother.
"I'm going into the mountains."
"You...... What are you doing in the mountains? Wang, who already vaguely knew her son's intentions, felt in her heart, she didn't dare to imagine what her son would be like in the future, she subconsciously asked, grabbed Zhao Shi's hand and couldn't help but use some strength, as if she was afraid that if she let go, her son would not come back.
"I'm pretty much done with everything at home." As he spoke, his arm shook, in this family, only he could listen to Wang's words a little, and he talked to Wang the most, maybe because he had such a mother in the past.
"You...... You can't go into the mountains, you can borrow some food from other people's houses, if you go out...... How do you want your mother to live? As he spoke, Wang's tears had already flowed.
"Brother, don't go, the food at home is still enough to eat for a few days, wait a few days, go to the town and sell the few animal skins stored at home, and it can support a few days, otherwise, I will go to the city to find the third brother to borrow some ......" The girl's timid voice came from the side, it was Zhao Shi's sister Zhao Qidi, but in the cold gaze of the younger brother, the words stopped, bowed their heads and stopped talking, the status of women in this era is low, as soon as Zhao Wanshan goes, the family counts Zhao Shi and says nothing, this is a bad habit, but this is indeed the iron law of this era.
"That's not the way, what you owe to others always has to be repaid."
Wang slowly let go of his hand, although they were poor, although they didn't understand any big truths, although they ...... But it is the group of people who are most unwilling to owe others affection, and when they receive the grace of water, they will be reciprocated by a spring, and the affection owed to others always has to be repaid, it's that simple.
But compared to his son's life, what are these worth, the hand that had just let go was tightly grasped again, but he grabbed it empty, and Wang then hissed: "Mother and cheeky don't want to, and I can't let you go into the mountain, baby, you are still young, when you are older, why don't you stop you, okay?" ”
But Zhao Shi was unmoved, turned to his sister and said, "Prepare some rice balls for me and add some fat...... I went for a month at most, took care of the family, and went to the village people for help when I had something. ”
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