The brothers followed the patriarch and the village chief to Cheng Dazhu and his wife.

Cheng Dazhu handed over the cassava without the patriarch or village chief opening his mouth, "Patriarch, village chief, you are here; You see, this is a kind of food that I encountered when I was a young man, called cassava; The grandchildren of the family found a number of them in the mountains, and when they found cassava, wild boars were gnawing. ”

"It's OK to eat." The village chief was categorical.

The patriarch said, "How many?" ”

"I don't know yet, but it should be a lot to hear from my little grandson."

The village chief patted his arm gratefully, "Dazhu, you are a good one, and your children and grandchildren are also good children; If you are willing to share cassava with everyone, everyone will be grateful to you, and your family has saved everyone's life. ”

"The village chief's words are serious, they are all people from one village and one family, and we can't just care about our own life and death, regardless of the village and the clan." Cheng Dazhu smiled, "Fleeing all the way, the unity of the clan makes others dare not fight the idea of our Cheng clan, and I also hope that we can all reach our destination." ”

"Yes, yes! You can rest assured, when the cassava is dug up, it will definitely be given to you in a third first; The rest will be distributed to other people, and you will not suffer. The village chief's eyebrows fluttered with joy, as if he had seen that everyone in the village had eaten enough and had the strength to hurry.

Cheng Dazhu smiled softly and did not refuse.

The patriarch smiled with relief, "In this case, let's go back and call the strong men of the Shang clan to go up the mountain together; It's just that the strong man is gone, and it is not safe to leave the old and weak women and children. ”

"It doesn't have to be a strong man, half of the strong man goes up the mountain together, and half of the women who work well; In this way, the old and weak women and children in our clan are guaranteed, and there is no delay in digging cassava in the mountains. The village chief made a decision.

The patriarch also had no opinion, "That big pillar went with us, it was your family who found the sweet potato, and you need your family to lead the way at that time." ”

"This is easy to say, my eldest grandson Mingyi knows the way."

"Then shout Mingyi."

"Okay." The goal was achieved, but Cheng Dazhu's smile converged by two points, "Mingyi, come here." ”

Cheng Mingyi glanced at it, said goodbye to a few brothers and walked forward quickly, "Grandfather, father, third uncle, patriarch, village chief." ”

"Cassava was discovered by several of your brothers, and someone needs to lead you up the mountain." Cheng Dazhu got straight to the point.

"My grandson willing." Cheng Mingyi smiled and nodded.

The village chief nodded again and again, "Good boy, I won't treat you badly." ”

Cheng Mingyi only smiled and didn't speak.

The group summoned the people who were the masters of the clan to come to the meeting, and after only a few words, the family gathered a few people to go up the mountain; With Cheng Mingyi leading the way, they quickly found a place and took out all kinds of tools they carried with them, such as sickles, hoes, and other crop tools, and began to dig cassava.

They dig cautiously for fear of injury; Cassava that has not been dug can be preserved for a long time, and it is easy to rot if it is dug up; If it is packed together, it is easy to bring tiredness, and other good cassava will also rot.

The patriarch helped on the side, paying attention to the surrounding environment and directing everyone to do it.

The village chief stayed in the clan as the backbone.

It took more than an hour to dig up the cassava as far as the eye could see and put it into sacks, each of the men carrying a bag, and the women carrying a bag; Hurried to the road at the foot of the mountain, the village chief had been watching for a long time, and saw them at a glance.

Striding up to meet them, he looked at the sacks they were carrying, and grinned with joy.

"That's a lot!!"

"Not much, but not too little." The patriarch nodded, and the smile on his face never went down, "There are a total of fifteen sacks, each sack is about a hundred catties; Five sacks were first distributed to the Dazhu family, and the remaining ten sacks of cassava were distributed to the clansmen. ”

The village chief nodded repeatedly, "That's how it should be." ”

Cheng Dazhu heard that five sacks were five hundred catties, even if the number of catties was a little less, it would not be much less; There were only fifteen bags in total, and it was not like him to divide five bags, so he shook his head and refused.

"The village chief, the patriarch, just give my family two sacks; There are more than 30 families in the clan, and if my family divides too much, other families will not be able to divide much. Every family has contributed, and I can't let everyone suffer because of my family. ”

If a family wants to be united, the elders must put their hearts right; He can't hesitate when he should make a trade-off, it's not a trivial matter to get rid of food on the way to escape, and he can't be greedy.

"In this way, your family will suffer a big loss, and how can you regret what you said in advance." The patriarch and the village chief did not approve of this approach, and they were afraid that they would raise the hearts of the clansmen.

Cheng Dazhu shook his head, "I really can't accept so much, the clan is a difficult time; Before, I saw that several families had no surplus food, and if there was a real shortage of food, they would not be able to hurry, but now it doesn't matter if they suffer a small loss, they have saved their clansmen. ”

Cheng Dazhu's words were sincere, and the patriarch and village chief looked at each other, but they didn't persuade again; Only let people keep two bags and take the others to the clan to divide.

At the time of the split, the patriarch and the village chief repeatedly emphasized that cassava was discovered by Cheng Dazhu's family; They only took two bags, and the five bags that were originally agreed to be yes, Cheng Dazhu considered that everyone was a family member, and they should support each other on the road.

"Everyone must remember the heart of Cheng Dazhu's family for everyone, and I hope everyone can learn from Cheng Dazhu; Everyone must understand that in times of crisis, only the clan can be relied on, and only the unity of the clan can tide over the difficulties. The patriarch spoke earnestly, and the older ones nodded frequently, and the younger ones were also a little touched; Only a few of the young people felt it, but these words planted a seed in everyone's hearts, and even after the escape was over, they would remember the hardships along the way.

and the experience of clansmen supporting each other.

This will be etched into their bones, and the importance of the clan will be etched into their blood.

Cheng Mingyi stood in the distance and watched the patriarch's speech, and had to say that there was something to be the head of the clan; If the patriarch didn't say this, few people would understand these truths, and for the good of the clansmen, he broke them up and crumpled them and handed them to the clansmen.

Instill the importance of the clan to the clansmen, and only by uniting the clansmen can they unite as one and not be afraid of hardships and dangers; Even if it is difficult for a certain family, as long as there is a clan and there are clansmen to help, no matter how difficult it is, it can be passed.

"Patriarch, don't worry, we won't forget Uncle Dazhu's kindness to us."

"Yes."

"Uncle Dazhu really has nothing to say to us, when my boy fell from a tree and had no money to be treated; As soon as he heard that our family was in difficulty, Uncle Dazhu didn't let us open his mouth, so he sent two pieces of silver, and my family still remembers it. ”

"My family too, which of us has a difficulty, when did Uncle Dazhu resign? I can help you all. ”

"With so much food, Uncle Dazhu is kind-hearted and willing to let it out."

Not everyone in the clan is selfless, and some people see different things in Cheng Dazhu; They may not understand it at first, but they will figure it out after a little bit of attention from the patriarch.

No one can be left alone in the world, and those who are alone will eventually be 'left alone' by others.