Xu Wen and Xu Yunqing walked in with black faces, and when they saw the Xu family in the courtyard, their faces were slightly better.

"Daddy, big brother, you're back, what's wrong, why do you look so angry,"

Looking at the father and son who walked in without saying a word, everyone was puzzled, Xu Wen put away the look on his face, and touched Xu Yunjin's hair with a smile.

"It's okay, you go and cook with grandma, aunt and uncle, and we'll talk about something in the evening,"

As soon as Xu Yunjin heard this sentence, he knew that something was wrong, the Xu family was a very enlightened family, what was the matter, most of the time it was discussed together, and this situation generally did not occur, except for the time when his family made a lot of money a year ago, the Zhang family took his two daughters-in-law to the kitchen, and Xu Yunjin and the two sisters also went to help.

After cooking, he may feel a different atmosphere at home, and the little bun is no longer noisy in the past, and he sits quietly on the stool designed for him by Xu Yunjin and eats, and the food on the table is the same as in the past six months, mostly wild vegetables and coarse grains, and some soybeans have been boiled into soup.

Looking at the soybeans boiled into soup, Xu Yunjin's head is big, he hasn't learned how to make tofu, but he has only watched a few videos.

I only know one way to order tofu, which is to use salt and marinade, but this dynasty has extremely strict control of salt, and I haven't found anything that can replace salt and marinade, so soybeans can only be boiled in soup and fried for the time being.

After quickly finishing dinner and cleaning up the hall, Old Man Xu and Zhang sat in the middle of the main seat, Xu Wen glanced at the children at home a few times, his eyes returned to the second elder, and said with a little heaviness:

"Several border state capitals have been in drought for two years, there is no harvest, and they have to pay taxes every year, and the people are already miserable.

Xu Wen paused and continued: "And although Beiban has also suffered a major drought this year, but Beiban's geographical location is higher than ours, and there was a light snow last winter, so it will not be like us lack of water and food, I asked my classmates in the county town to hear the news that Beiban is preparing to send troops to attack the border, and the grain of the imperial court disaster relief is mixed with more than half of the chaff, and Liang County, which is the most seriously affected, saw that the grain for disaster relief was in the Yamen, and after being strongly suppressed by the Yamen, it moved south with Wuzhong County to escape the famine, and the price of grain in the town has risen, 45 Wen a catty, And it's all coarse grain, so two grain shops are closed."

After Xu Wen said the news that he got from going to the academy, no one present spoke, because Nanyun Village is the closest to the Nanyun Mountain Range, it is the source of the river, although it is one of the small tributaries, but for the current degree of drought, Nanyun Village is good, and it is still impossible to grow food, and the current water source is only enough for the people in his village to drink, let alone use, Xu Yunjin has not taken a bath for almost half a month.

"Hey, then it's not raining this year, and when the river dries up, won't we have to ...... too?"

When Zhang heard these words, he also thought of what might happen, and Xu Yunqing also said:

"The worst situation at the moment is not this, the news from the border is that the Northern Barbarians sent 150,000 troops to press the border, Hanshan Pass has also changed the general of the border this year, it is said that this person has no great talent, so if the border city Hanshan Pass can't be defended, then we may have to flee for our lives, so now we have to think about where we should go next"

Old Man Xu paused with his hand holding the cigarette stick, looked at the children sitting below, and sighed

"Tomorrow, the eldest and the eldest and the second daughter-in-law will follow your mother to count the food at home and make some dry food to store."

After listening to the news brought back by his father and brother, Xu Yunjin felt that he had found the source of his panic during this time.

Great Qi has been established for more than 200 years, during the reign of the first emperor, the government was chaotic, the old emperor was cowardly and incompetent, the court was controlled by the old ministers of the three dynasties, the imperial power declined, the prime minister's faction exploited the people, and the people lived a miserable life.

Fortunately, after taking the throne today, although she has not pulled out those nasty moths in the court, the imperial power and the prime minister's party have basically remained in a state of balance, these are all things that Xu Yunjin often talks about her father and brother, after all, she is not the kind of person who does not listen to things outside the window, and always has to understand the era in which she lives.

Over the years, the barbarians have also been constantly harassing and testing the border, this year they have seized the opportunity of the great drought in the north, and the general of the border has also been replaced by an empty force and no brain, the northern barbarians have chosen the best time to attack Daqi, and the border of Daqi is afraid that it will not be able to hold, so as soon as the old man Xu finished speaking, Xu Yunjin took the first step to speak

"Grandpa, if we want to escape the famine, one ox cart at home is not enough, at least we have to find a way to buy another one, there is a lot of food at home, the little brother is still young, and the grandmother is also old, we can go by ourselves, but the grandma and the little brother must often take the ox cart, the road is far away, it is bound to bring my medicinal materials, otherwise there is a good one on the road, I can't find the medicinal materials that can be used, and the grandparents and grandpa Li's grandmother's family also need to be notified, and the people in the village also need to talk to the village chief, I have a very bad premonition"

Xu Yunjin had a hunch that he had to run quickly, otherwise he was afraid that it would be too late, and after the Li and Lin families heard Xu Yunjin mention his mother's family, they all looked at Old Man Xu with a worried face

"Grandpa, my sister is right, now we have to make all preparations, the Northern Barbarians are menacing, even if the border can resist for a while, but this is not a long-term solution, we have to make plans to see it early"

Xu Yunqing looked at his sister who was very talkative, and couldn't help but sigh, outsiders often say that he is smart, but in fact, the smartest is his sister, if he is a man, he will be able to shine, Xu Yunqing took Xu Yunjin's words and said to Old Man Xu

"The second brother and Erlang will go to the town tomorrow to find a way to get a cow, the eldest will go to Lijia Village to inform your daughter-in-law's family, Dalang, you go to the nearby Linjia Village to inform your grandfather Lin and Uncle Lin to pack up your things as soon as possible, and ask them what their plans are, old woman, you take your two daughters-in-law and grandchildren to count the grain and make dry food now, and the eldest and second will follow me to find the village chief now,"

Old Man Xu thought about it and adjusted his plan, and everyone moved, including the five-year-old baby Xu Yunzhao, who was doing his best to help do things.