Chapter 896: Famine and Natural Disasters 53
Cheng Yuandong doesn't know what's going on, "Dad"
"Take care of it, if your daughter-in-law can't manage it well, you can take it, and you can't be too lazy as a girl." After Cheng Dazhu finished speaking, he didn't want to say more, and waved his hand to let him go.
Cheng Yuandong looked at his wife who was helping, and then at his daughter who was playing in the water on the side; suddenly realized that it must have been her daughter's actions that attracted her father's eyes.
Could it be that he was seen not working outside?
Cheng Yuandong thought like this, pretending to be in his heart, and asked the questions in his heart when he was alone with his wife after dinner.
"Yueyue came with you, did she help you work?"
Li Lianhua's face paused slightly, knowing that she couldn't hide it; There are too many people who have seen it outside, even if she doesn't tell the truth, Cheng Yuandong will know sooner or later.
Cheng Yuandong's face was slightly gloomy, "Didn't you tell her to do more!" ”
"She's still young." After all, she was born, and she could beat and scold when she was ruthless, but she regretted it after that ruthlessness; I don't want to hurt my daughter more, if I don't work, I won't work, there are so many people in the family, and she is not the only one who works.
"What is small, eight years old, nine years old; You can talk about marriage in a few years, but don't teach her now and wait until she's lazy? How will I live when I go to my in-law's house in the future? ”
Li Lianhua's face also changed this time, the girl at home is definitely different from the girl who is married; The in-laws are not satisfied with the daughter-in-law, so they have to be rubbed, "I know, I will start working with her tomorrow." ”
Cheng Yuandong eased his face and said, "Don't get used to her anymore, such a big girl is still ignorant; Yiyi followed her brother outside for a long time, but she didn't catch any game, but she also came back with wild vegetables. What about her? If you don't do any work, forget it, if you eat too much white food, everyone in the family will have an opinion about her. ”
It is not conducive to family harmony, and it is not conducive to Cheng Mingyue to have a good relationship with her family.
The daughter who gets married depends on her mother's family, and the girl who has the support of her mother's family marries out and has a hard waist; Girls who are not treated by their mother's family cannot be said to be unwelcome to all in-laws, but most of them will have prejudices.
If it's a daughter-in-law who can't find fault with people, it will definitely be able to stand firm in her in-law's family; If you are as lazy as your daughter, with sharp teeth and a dull mind, you will only be rubbed.
"No, I won't get used to her in the future, you supervise me." Knowing that she couldn't be ruthless, Li Lianhua could only say this, but there was someone staring at her, and someone reminded her when she was soft-hearted.
"Okay."
Cheng Yuandong nodded in response.
This is the past for the time being.
Early the next morning, everyone packed their bags, packed wild vegetables and went down the mountain to continue on the road.
The official road is not as crowded as before, and now it looks sparsely populated, and there are not a few people fleeing the famine before and after.
The patriarch and the village chief had no bottom in their hearts, thinking that Cheng Yuanxi was the only child in the clan, and Cheng Dazhu was also knowledgeable when he was young, so he ran over to discuss with their father and son.
"Dazhu, Yuanxi, it's too quiet on the official road, something is wrong."
Cheng Dazhu frowned, why didn't he find out?
Cheng Yuanxi muttered: "Let the clansmen step up and move forward quickly." ”
"What do you mean," the patriarch and the village chief's heart sank.
"The official road is so cold, something must be wrong in the rear; I don't know what the situation is ahead, but I still have to hurry up, step up and take a look in front of it, and if I can meet the crowd, I can ask about the situation. ”
After Cheng Yuanxi finished speaking, Cheng Dazhu nodded again and again, "What the third brother said is what I want to say." ”
"Okay, I'll gather my people."
The patriarch helped the village chief back to the team, and the patriarch took out a small gong, "Knock knock, every family is in charge." ”
"What's the matter?"
"Looking at the patriarch's posture, there must be something."
The clansmen were talking, and the heads of the families had already walked out of the crowd and gathered at the place where the patriarch was.
After the people arrived, the patriarch spoke, "Something is wrong on the road, you go back and talk to your family, follow your footsteps; If you encounter an official errand, run first, run separately, and the man runs faster. If you encounter bandits and robbers, the man must protect the old and weak women and children in the clan. ”
"Got it, patriarch, village chief."
"Well, tell the family to hurry up and don't stop."
The head of each family went back and shouted to the family members to pack their bags and follow the footsteps of the people in front of them; No matter how tired they are on the road, they can't stop, and this time without mules and donkeys, it is even more difficult for them to walk.
There are children under the age of five and the elderly over the age of 50 at home, and it is difficult to walk; Fortunately, everyone knows the severity, and no matter how hard and tired they are, they didn't stop.
After two days of hurrying away, I finally saw a large army.
In addition to eating and sleeping at night, I have been walking during the day.
Cheng Mingli and Mingyi are young, and they are not too tired to have kung fu; When you walk, you will be tired of your body, so you should exercise your body and practice your mind.
Chen Daya and Cheng Mingyue and Luo Cuihua are women, and their feet are too fast, and they have a hard time walking.
Cheng Mingyue is especially so.
On the evening of the third day, when they saw the large army, the hearts of the patriarch and the village chief were cold.
Anyone who has a little eyesight will not have a cold heart.
The goal was a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, lonely and widowed children, and there was not a single adult man.
Cheng Yuanxi and the others felt extremely heavy in their hearts, and then looked back at the men and families who escaped from other villages that followed them; They don't know what to say, these people are really lucky.
And the people who came behind the Cheng clan saw this scene, and at the same time, they secretly poked and poked to find the patriarch and the village chief in private; discussed merging into the Cheng clan, judging from the actions of the Cheng clan during this time.
They can find food and find out when danger comes, which means that there are capable people in their clan, and they can't go wrong with the clan with capable people.
The patriarch discussed it with the village chief, but did not accept it.
"Everyone is in difficulty, there are many women and children in the clan who need to be taken care of, and they can't accept you anymore; But you can follow us on your way, and we won't drive you away. ”
On the way to escape from the wilderness, for the safety of the clansmen, in fact, some clans and people in the village will choose to drive away strangers who are close to them, or even people with foreign surnames.
There are too many dangers on the road, and strangers also mean danger.
For the safety of the clan and the safety of the family, I had to choose this way to protect the family.
"We really don't have time to take care of anything else, so we can only live with everyone." The patriarch stood up and apologized for explaining.
The people who came to seek asylum didn't get the answers they wanted and didn't want to leave, "We just want to be part of your team, we don't have any other ideas, isn't that okay?" ”
"We are also men, and besides, can't we have more men in our family?" Seven or eight men from a family stood and asked.
The patriarch shook his head, still apologetically refusing, "Our team is all members of the same clan, you see that there are more children and old people than adult men; I really can't admit anyone else into it, so if you want to, you can go ahead and ask, those teams are in need of men. ”