Qin's real hard life was when her daughter was one year old, and she finally became pregnant again under her husband's few movements.

Father Yao was very happy, in order to supplement his daughter-in-law's nutrition, he was over sixty years old, and he was still thinking of going up the mountain to find something to eat for her.

As a result, he accidentally slipped down the mountain and fell to his death.........

Both husband and wife fell to their deaths, and the villagers said that Yao Chunlin was too lazy to even look down on God, so they punished him.

This kind of remark could not even reach Yao Chunlin's ears.........

Because he doesn't go out...... Qin Xiaocui doesn't like to chew the root of her tongue, she goes out to work every day when she is pregnant, and hurries home to cook halfway.

After waiting for the prime minister and feeding his daughter, he put his daughter next to her original body and hurried back to the ground.

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In this way, it is obviously a family of three, but she is the only one who is trying to support the family.

It didn't take long for the government to levy people for military service, which scared the original body enough.

In order not to serve in the army, he finally got out of bed, ran to his father's house, rummaged through the cabinets, found the three taels of silver deposited at home, and sold the only two acres of land to make up enough for ten taels of silver.

The field at home is gone, and Qin Xiaocui has a feeling that her heart is like ashes.

But it's even worse to let her husband go to the battlefield to die, so the field still has to be sold.

After handing over the remaining two taels of silver from the military service, Yao Chunlin gave it to the Qin family with a wave of his hand, and instructed: "Go buy meat, get some wine and come back, and keep the rest for Wen Po." ”

The field is gone, and life still has to be lived.

Qin Xiaocui cheered up, diligently went up the mountain to find food, fetched firewood to sell, and helped others harvest wheat in the autumn harvest to earn five cents a day.

Then he still raised chickens, caught insects to feed, laid eggs, and didn't want to eat any of them, so they all sold.

In this way, after making some money, I went to other people's houses to weigh some noodles and go home to make wild vegetable paste, and my life was quite able to hold on.

It wasn't until five months after the birth of his son that the second military service came again.

This time, Yao Chunlin sold the house and homestead! Got twelve taels.

still pays ten taels, and the remaining two taels are given to the Qin family as food expenses.

They moved to the abandoned thatched hut where they watched the orchard on the mountain to live, but they never expected that they would move to the mountain, allowing Yao Chunlin to escape the night of the forced conscription.

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Another year later, the third military service came.

In the middle of the night, the vigilant Qin heard the cry of the village under the mountain.

She panicked, quickly got up and went out, approached the village in the dark and eavesdropped, and didn't even dare to take the torch!

"Official! The first two times my two sons have been taken away, this is the only male in our family, please let him go! Aunt Yao knelt on the ground and begged bitterly.

The officers and soldiers who were begged were unmoved, and said coldly: "Search the house and see if there are any strong men." ”

"Yes!"

The officers and soldiers rushed in, and even went straight to the boudoir of Aunt Yao's youngest daughter, making Yao Xiaomei scream and run out.

Then there were all kinds of smashing sounds......

"Boss, there is no strong man in this family, only a sixty-year-old man."

The man in the head-catching clothes at the head nodded indifferently, "Next." ”

Aunt Yao was kicked away directly by the man, and was threatened by the officers and soldiers with sabers not to shout again.

At the entrance of the village and at various intersections, there are officers and soldiers guarding them.

Qin Xiaocui's face turned pale with fright, and she quickly and gently retreated to the mountain road and ran back to the leaky cabin.

With tears in her eyes, she bit her lip stiffly, shook Yao Chunlin's body with her hands, and shouted: "Master, wake up!" Boss. ”

"Dead mother-in-law, are you tired of living? What do you want me to do in the middle of the night? Yao Chunlin scolded angrily.

"Boss, stop shouting! Don't recruit officers and soldiers, there are many officers and soldiers coming down the mountain, and they are searching for strong men to fill the barracks! Boss, let's run! Qin Xiaocui pleaded with tears on her face.

She can't live without her husband, and it is even more difficult for orphans and widows to live in such years!

Yao Chunlin listened carefully, and there were really many chaotic sounds under the mountain! He was so shocked that he quickly got up and put on his shoes and wanted to run.

"Master, you wait for us! I haven't taken anything yet! ”

Qin Xiaocui anxiously carried her one-and-a-half-year-old son on her chest, and her four-year-old daughter woke up and held it in her hand, and also packed up her clothes and household registration money and other things, and put them in the package.

Yao Chunlin, who was going to run away regardless of it, thought that his daughter-in-law was bought for three taels of silver, and wouldn't he lose money if he ran away!

So he still stopped, waiting for Qin Xiaocui to follow before walking briskly towards the mountain road.

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The two did not know the road, so they ran around the mountain road in the dark to the bottom of the mountain on the other side, only to meet someone who had escaped from the next village.

So the two were overjoyed and hurried to follow!

Disliked Yao Daya walking slowly, Yao Chunlin picked her up and quickly followed.

This is also the first time that Yao Daya has hugged her since she was four years old!

A family of four, the rest of the journey, all walked with that group of people, they were all from ten miles and eight villages, and they were also familiar.

They've been going east.

In that direction, there is the most powerful country on the mainland, Donglin Kingdom.

Because they were afraid of meeting people from the government, they had to walk from the mountains.

It's dangerous in the mountains, but there are a lot of them, and they only walk around the periphery, so they can eat some wild fruits or something at first.

Then the drought became more and more severe, and they began to eat grass, bark, and roots.

The more people go, the greater the contradictions, the ranks begin to quarrel, fight!

In the end, everyone couldn't stand it anymore and decided to go into the city to see what was going on!

It took them a month to make their way out of the mountains to the nearest city.

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Outside the city gate, many people who had fled the famine were already waiting, and they sat on the ground in a daze with numb expressions.

Some were evasion of military service, some were evasion of grain taxes, and some were fleeing drought and famine.

In short, everyone is ragged and smelly.

The people in the team walked to the gate of the city and wanted to enter the city, but they were stopped by the officers and soldiers, "Stop! One person and one tael of silver to enter the city. ”

"What? One person one or two?? ”

"Oh my God! Why don't you go and grab it? ”

"Oh my God! Open your eyes, we can't live anymore!! ”

"Can the official be less? Our family of thirteen people, where can we get thirteen taels! The old man pleaded.

"Don't go in if you don't have money, this is the rule of the government, not a penny is indispensable, you can't get in if you love it." The officers and soldiers guarding the gate looked at them with disgust, as if they were dirty after any more looks.

Those nostrils are almost up to the sky......

There was no way, the rich people gritted their teeth and entered the city, and those of them who had no money could only sit outside the city gate and wait for a miracle.

Yao Chunlin was also complaining, "You too, the girl is sick when she is sick, and she still spends money to hire a doctor."

If you have to give birth to a baby, you have to invite someone, and it's not the first time you have given birth, so you can't give birth at home! What now? ”

Just because there were only three taels of silver left at home, he spent more than two taels before fleeing the famine.

When the child is sick, please stabilize the mother-in-law, the food expenses at home, etc.

Qin Xiaocui can't say that since the war and drought, the price of grain has risen five times, and that little bit of silver can't buy much grain.

(End of chapter)