Spring ploughing and summer ploughing (nou4), autumn harvest and winter storage.

But for the farmers in Yang Village, outside Linyuan City, this season should be the joy of harvesting, but it is extremely difficult.

"This year, Master Liu collected the money and spread it evenly to each household, 1,200 catties of grain, and most of the village has been handed over, and there are only a few of you left to count."

The village chief of Yang Village had a big belly, followed by a group of strong men, and was scolding at a farmer: "If it is because you have not paid enough money, Master Liu takes back the cultivated fields of Yang Village, and your old Yang family is the sinner of our Yang Village!" ”

"Village chief, it's not that I refuse to pay, but this year's four acres of land have been harvested less than 2,000 catties, if we pay enough, our family will not be able to survive this winter."

Yang Da rubbed his hands and begged the village chief: "Can you owe it first, wait for next year's ......?"

"Less nonsense, fetch."

The head of Yang Village did not listen to Yang Da's noise, and with a wave of his hand, several sturdy subordinates broke into the farmer's household.

Yang Da was pushed aside, his wife in the courtyard was so frightened that she hugged the child tightly, and the young Yang Er was furious and was about to rush forward with his fist, but was stopped and hugged by his elderly mother.

The family could only watch as the small door of the silo was pushed open, and several strong men walked away with four sacks full of grain.

"We only owe three hundred pounds, and you take four hundred!"

Yang Er couldn't hold back any longer, stopped at the door, and scolded at the village chief: "You are so ruthless, how can we live!?" ”

"The extra 100 catties is a fine, otherwise everyone in the village will be like you, how can the village take care of it."

"Shall I grass you!"

When Yang Er heard this, he was furious and waved his fists at each other.

But the chubby village chief Yang just raised his palm, and as soon as Yuan Qi urged, he slapped the sturdy Yang Erfei back into the courtyard.

Several thugs with sacks on their backs looked at Yang Er, who was like a gourd rolling on the ground, and avoided it with a smile.

"Son!"

The elderly Yang mother screamed and went to help Yang Er up, but Yang Er, who got up, was even more angry and rushed towards the door again.

The village chief raised his hand gracefully again, and as Yuan Qi spitted, Yang Er turned into a rolling gourd again.

Watch the young man roll helplessly in the courtyard.

Several thugs laughed even louder.

When you're too weak, it's like a thunderstorm and it's like a joke.

Yang Er, who was covered with bruises, stood up again with red eyes, and wanted to rush again, but was stopped by his mother and hugged him.

And Yang Da was already kneeling beside the village chief with his body bowed, and pleaded with tears in his eyes: "Village chief, please do it, if you really punish so much food, our family will really not be able to survive this winter!" For the sake of the two children, please leave them a mouthful of food for the winter! Please. ”

"Penalties are rules, and rules cannot be broken. But children are the future of Yang Village, and we can't help but think about ......."

Village Chief Yang dropped his palm, looked at the man at his feet, and then looked at the two lean children who were being held by a woman in the courtyard, smashed his mouth and said: "In this way, this time it will be regarded as the grain you took the initiative to pay, and you will not be punished if you count it, and in addition, I will give you an idea to save food." ”

"Thank you village chief, thank you village chief!"

Hearing that there was no need to fine grain, Yang Da looked up in surprise, and after thanking him, he asked about the idea of saving grain.

I saw that the village chief first pointed to Yang Mu, and then pointed to the mountain in the distance.

"When you are old, you can't do it, and it's a waste of food to live, so it's better to let the child eat two more bites."

After the village chief finished speaking, he reached out and took a bag of grain from a strong man who had walked behind him, and threw it into the small courtyard: "The children's food is getting bigger and bigger, and the harvest may rise next year. If you really can't afford it next year, are you willing to give away the baby you have raised for several years? Therefore, there are some things that you have to plan ahead. ”

After speaking, the village chief took the thugs and drove the grain collection cart to leave the Yang family's small courtyard and go to the next household.

And several people from the Yang family, looking at the bag of grain in the courtyard, were distracted for a long time.

"Boss, the village chief is right."

In the dead courtyard, Mother Yang took the lead in speaking: "My mother is old, I can't do it anymore, and living is just a waste of food, so I'll carry my mother up the mountain tomorrow." ”

"Mother, what are you talking about!"

Hearing this, Yang Er was anxious, pointed to the grain bag in the courtyard, and said in a panic: "Big brother has brought back the grain, we have food, why do you want to go up the mountain, and besides, you are not yet fifty years old, where are you old!" The village elder's mother just passed her ninetieth birthday a few days ago, and she didn't even go up the mountain, so why should you go up the mountain! ”

A peasant woman who was less than fifty years old, with gray hair, sunken cheeks, and a slumped body, heard Yang Er's words, she stretched out her rough and thin palm, and pressed it against the young man's panicked face.

"The eldest brother is the father, you have to listen to the boss in the future, you two brothers work together, you will definitely be able to live a good life."

After Yang's mother finished explaining to Yang Er, she bowed her head and was silent Yang Dadao: "Boss, the village chief is right, after your father left, my mother ate white food for three years, and your brother is filial enough." One less burden, two small ones can be full, maybe they can save some food, and after a few years, the children can go to the ground, and the hard days will come to an end..."

"Mother, you don't really want to go up the mountain, do you!"

When Yang Er heard this, he finally couldn't help it, and asked Yang Da with tears in his eyes: "Boss, you don't really want to send your mother up the mountain, do you!?" Speak... You speak! ”

In the face of Yang Er's excited questioning, Yang Da still didn't speak, just lowered his head, while the wife in the courtyard hugged the two children tighter and buried her head deeply.

"Don't be childish."

Mother Yang patted the emotional Yang Er and looked towards Yang Dadao: "Boss, before going up the mountain, my mother wants to ask you for one more thing." ”

"You say..."

Yang Da still didn't look up, his tears couldn't stop falling, and he choked up.

"Can you use a piece of cloth to blindfold your mother when you go up the mountain?"

Mother Yang was a little embarrassed: "My mother has been afraid of heights since she was a child. ”

"Okay, son......"

Hearing that both of them were beginning to discuss the action of going up the mountain, Yang Er couldn't hold back any longer.

Gritting his teeth, he rushed forward a few steps, and punched Yang Da in the face.

"Smack!"

"Oops!"

Yang Da covered his face and was knocked to the ground.

Yang Er's actions frightened the two women in the courtyard, and the two children were even more frightened and cried.

"Master!"

"Boss!"

The two women stepped forward to help Yang Da and scolded Yang Er.

"You wolf-hearted thing, you eat the most on weekdays, if it weren't for you and your mother, how could there be not enough food!"

"Second brother, eldest brother is like a father, how can you do it with the boss, hurry up and admit your mistake!"

"Phew, admit what is wrong. It's this ungrateful brute that I'm fighting, and I have to split up today! ”

Yang Er gritted his teeth and spit out this sentence fiercely.

"Second child, don't be angry!"

Yang Da grinned in pain with the bruises on his face, but he still persuaded Yang Er: "Our brothers can only barely cope with the grain distribution by cooperating with one household, if the family is divided into two households, then the whole family will not survive!" ”

"That's your business!"

Yang Er said coldly, picked up the grain bag in the courtyard and carried it on his shoulder, and then dragged Yang's mother's hand and pulled it away from Yang Da.

"You have a wife and children to take care of, and I have relatives to repay. You and my brother, I don't want much if we split up today, just this bag of grain in the courtyard, a few regular clothes, and a bedding, and the rest is all yours! In the future, I will take my mother and relatives to other places, whether I live or die, it has nothing to do with you! ”

After saying viciously to Yang, Yang Er said to Yang's mother again:

"Mother, go into the house and pack up your things, in the future, we will depend on each other, as long as I am alive, I will never be hungry for you!"

……

Regardless of the famine year, after the autumn harvest, countless displaced people appear in Yongning Prefecture.

Such a homeless person is not a lazy person, but he just can't survive.

They gathered at the gate of Linyuan City, on both sides of the post road, or prayed to the passing convoys, the nobles who came and went, or directly stuck a grass mark behind them.

Generally speaking, these homeless people who sell their bodies can be favored by large families in the city as long as they look healthy.

What's more, Yang Er is a strong, young and powerful person, and there are many inquirers, but when the buyer hears that he has to carry a cumbersome old mother, he feels that it is not cost-effective.

In addition, Yang Er is not the kind of long-term worker who really sells himself, but just wants to ask for a share of food and housing, which makes the buyer's interest even weaker.

stayed at the gate of the city for several days, and Yang's mother proposed more than once to let Yang Er go home and admit her mistakes, and felt that she was a drag.

"Mother, it's not your problem, it's this Linyuan City, it's a place to eat people."

After rejecting another buyer, Yang Erchao said to his mother: "A meal costs a life, and the hearts and livers of these rich people are all black!" There is not a single good family in the city, so we might as well follow the team of homeless people and go to other cities to have a look! ”

"But where are you going?"

Mother Yang worried: "Every year, so many displaced people flee to us, will the situation in other places be even worse!" ”

"It's possible."

After hearing this, Yang Er also felt that what his mother said made sense: "I'll ask in the past two days to see if there are any good people in the surrounding towns." ”

While he was talking, another convoy came from a distance, causing a commotion among the homeless.

"Mother, let's not talk about it first, I'll go ahead first and see if I can ask for some food!"

Yang Erma stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand to rub on the ground, then wiped his face, and then followed the group of homeless people, rushed to the caravan, and began to beg for food in groups.

Generally speaking, if the caravan is not guarded, or if the owner is kind-hearted, the shopkeeper will more or less give some old food when he sees the homeless people on the roadside.

After all, Linyuan City is in front of them, and the masters of the caravan are in a good mood, so they will naturally throw out some tired dry food like garbage.

Relying on this method, Yang Er has been a homeless person for the past few days, and he has not eaten a mouthful of the food he brought.

Now when he saw the caravan coming, he looked very positive.

But this caravan seems to be a little different from the previous ones.

Because the scale is just too big!

There were more than a dozen carts in front and behind, with flags in a uniform style, and a large number of fiercely armed men with knives lined up on both sides of the caravan.

Ordinary caravans, seeing a large number of homeless people gathered around, not to mention being forced to stop, at least had to be chaotic for a while.

But in the face of the sudden influx of homeless people, this caravan only asked the guards to draw their long knives.

The bright blade flashed white, and the homeless people scattered along the post road in fright.

In this way, before there was a wave, more than a dozen large carts passed in front of the eyes of the large group of displaced people.

"Where is this caravan, it's so bullish!"

Although he was driven to the side of the road, Yang Er still couldn't help but yearn in his heart, and took a few more looks, it didn't matter if he looked at it, he saw at a glance that the last few or two big cars of the convoy were full of ripe rice.

It's just that the rice is frighteningly big, and as the cart shakes, a lot of rice shakes down the ground along the frame of the wagon.

Yang Er, who was born as a farmer, was stupid, and the homeless people around him pounced out like vicious dogs, wanting to pick up the scattered rice after the convoy passed.

The idea was good, but the guys who followed behind the first few carts carried sorghum brooms and bamboo dustpans.

They swept behind the caravan, and the ground was cleaner than before the caravan came.

But looking at the sword-wielding guards on both sides, even if they were extremely disappointed, the homeless people could only fade away and complain quietly.

"Look at the stinginess, even a little broken wheat has to be swept up, and you can't make a fortune at a glance!"

"Can't get rich? Look at that banner, that's Yongning City! Four trips a year, each trip is such a big battle, if you can't get rich, there will be no one to get rich! ”

"Ah, is it Yongning Lianjia? But aren't they in the pill business? ”

The homeless people just complained, but they didn't know that Yang Er was thrilled when they heard it.

"Yongning City... Family... Paddy..."

Yang Er's eyes became brighter and brighter the more he listened, and he rushed back to his mother, and said excitedly: "Mother, let's go to Yongning City, there is rice as high as a small tree!" ”

……

Fortunately, from Linyuan City to Yongning City, there is a direct post road.

Unfortunately, Yang's mother broke her foot, so Yang Erlang got a board cart and put Yang's mother and the baggage on the truck, pulling it like a cow and a horse.

Fortunately, Yang Erlang carried a bag full of food, at least to ensure the replenishment after a large amount of physical exertion.

Unfortunately, the food that Yang Erlang was carrying was discovered by the homeless people who traveled with him, outnumbered, and robbed.

Since then, Yang Erlang has traveled alone and never traveled with the homeless group again.

Fortunately, Yang's mother was in the futon and sewed some food.

Unfortunately, one day, the temperature dropped sharply, and the bedding of the two was robbed by a group of displaced people who crossed the border, and the food clothes were all lost.

After losing the food and kimono, the journey was difficult.

The advantage of the post road is that it is safe, but the disadvantage is that it is far from the water source, which also makes it much more difficult for Yang Erlang to obtain food.

In addition, every time he found a little food, he had to eat it first with Yang's mother, and he was just full of water.

The originally sturdy young man had lost weight in a short period of time, and his cheeks were a little sunken.

But the obsession of going to Yongning City still supported Yang Erlang and dragged the cart forward like a cow and a horse.

On this day, the two came to a field of wheat that had been harvested once.

But there were still a lot of ears of wheat scattered in the fields.

Yang Erlang was very excited, rushed into the rice field and began to pick up, but after picking up not much, he was surrounded by several young people.

It's over, I've been discovered, I'm going to be beaten!

Don't get too hurt!

The two thoughts appeared before and after, and Yang Erlang immediately shrank his head, curled up, and hugged his ribs.

Prepare for punches and kicks, and a storm of wind.

But after waiting for a long time, several young men didn't make a move, just stood on the side, as if waiting for something.

After a while, Yang Erlang faintly felt that another person was approaching, and when he was in despair, a gentle and low male voice sounded.

"Little brother, get up first."

Zheng Fu picked up Yang Erlang and said with a smile: "After such a long journey, you must be hungry, my family has a large population, and I can't finish eating every day, if you don't dislike it, go up to me and eat two bites." ”

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