Man Shan first greeted Yu Buli for a few words, asked if the road was smooth, chatted a few words, suddenly got up and knelt on the ground, and cried bitterly:

"Grandpa Niu, you have to call the shots for us! Our whole clan is going to not survive! ”

As soon as he knelt, the rest of the room knelt as well.

There were originally more than 30 households in Yujiagou, and more than 150 people of the whole family, which is not large in this area, but it is not particularly small.

A village of people stays in this small remote place, and life is still passable.

In the past few years, there has been a war, and now although it is said that the country has been established, the remnants of the previous dynasty are still there, and they often harass the border.

The treasury of the new imperial court was empty, and it had to resist the remnants of the previous dynasty, so it could only exploit the people and levy troops and pay food.

A group of men from the Yu clan have been arrested, and there has been no news for three years now, life and death are uncertain, there are more than 20 old and weak women and children left, and there are only five adult young men left, and they are still hiding in the mountains when they are conscripted and are not discovered.

The hemp rope was broken in a small place, the house leak happened to rain overnight, the strong labor force was not enough, and the harvest was not good due to the drought, the government came down to pay for grain the day before yesterday, and only gave them five days, and they could not raise food, so they grabbed the few men they had left to serve as conscripts and work to cover the account.

Man Shan is now the acting patriarch, and he pulls the grain of the whole clan together, but it does not meet the above standards.

Seeing that there are only three days left, if these men are really arrested, the Yu clan will also cut off the incense and completely die.

The mountain was crying and telling the story, and there was a cry below, and everyone was wiping their tears.

The grain harvest is not good, and it is very difficult to survive the winter, and now I don't know what to do when such a catastrophe falls.

Chen Qingqing listened to it with a heavy heart.

Facing the suffering, as an outsider, although it is difficult for her to empathize with 100%, but the despair of the old and young in this room, she feels the helpless reality of the little people under the coercion of the times.

"And what do you want me to do for you?" Yu Buli asked.

"We are looking forward to Grandpa Niu coming these days, you are a showman, you can be exempted from forced labor, as long as you are still there, the incense of our Yu family cannot be broken."

The mountain wiped away his tears and let people carry a burden, which was a little material raised by the whole clan, including food, and some scattered copper plates.

It doesn't add up to more than the six taels of silver in Chen Qingqing and Yu Buli's hands.

"We are going to serve in the conscription, and I don't know if we can come back alive, so please ask Grandpa Niu to take over the position of the patriarch and take the remaining female dependents of our Yu clan to live a good life and spread the branches...... The roots of the old Yu family can't be broken here. ”

This request was unexpected by Chen Qingqing.

She thought that these people were living such a hard life, and hoped that Yu Buli could take some money out to help them.

Unexpectedly, people not only didn't ask for money, but also took out the last bit of money and food, only such a simple request, looking forward to Yu Buli living well and having more children.

Chen Qingqing's eyes swept over the young girls in the house, maybe the mountains were all over the place, and Yu Buli had prepared her daughter-in-law.

I don't ask for your glory, I don't ask for your riches, I only want your tadpoles....... This situation is so touching.

Yu Buli glanced at Chen Qingqing, and saw her staring at the girls, her eyes sank.

"I'm not ready." Yu Buli was in no hurry to make a statement.

"Grandpa Niu, if you don't accept the position of patriarch, we won't get up!" The mountain insisted.

The others chimed in: "Please Grandpa Niu accept the position of patriarch!" ”

The concept of clan is difficult for Chen Qingqing, a modern person, to understand, but she knows that if Yu Buli does not agree, these people can really kneel to death, so she pushes Yu Buli.

She is really not used to making older people kneel.

Yu Buli glanced at Chen Qingqing meaningfully.

"You take the things back, and the matter of receiving food will be discussed tomorrow after I discuss it with your grandmother, as for the branches...... his eyes moved to Chen Qingqing's stomach, and he pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly, "It always takes time." ”

Yu Buli replied very skillfully, he didn't say whether he would take the patriarch or not, but he gave these people hope and didn't say anything to death.

Yu Manshan led everyone to kowtow, only when he agreed, these simple mountain people couldn't think of this guy with one hundred and eighty hearts, but Chen Qingqing could read his old age, he really deserved to be a businessman, and he did not leak.

It's just that she doesn't quite understand, why does this guy sigh at her stomach?

Yu Manshan asked the female relatives of the family to prepare meals and entertain the new patriarch, and Chen Qingqing went to the kitchen to see if she could help.

The ladies invited her out, where can she let her grandmother work?

Chen Qingqing was embarrassed to eat white food, so she took out the eggs that Yu Buli had exchanged for and asked these people to add vegetables.

The two of them were hungry and exhausted on the road, and finally had a hot meal, but they couldn't swallow it.

The reason is very simple, a bunch of people are swallowing saliva around, just watching Yu Buli and Chen Qingqing eat, no matter how Chen Qingqing greets them, they refuse to sit down.

The meal is a simple hard noodle dumpling and fried wild vegetables, boiled eggs are considered meaty, and the daughter-in-law of the mountain also took out the noodles that had been treasured for a year and baked two cakes.

Chen Qingqing didn't eat a bite, it's not that she is high-spirited, it's that she really can't eat it, and when she makes noodles, she can see with her own eyes that there are insects in the noodles, and they are still wriggling.

Except for her, no one felt that they couldn't swallow, the insects born in the noodles were called flesh buds, Chen Qingqing even listened to the daughter-in-law of the mountain, and it was fragrant after being made into cakes.

I can't eat meat all year round, and eating a bug is like adding a meal, anyway, whoever loves incense is fragrant, Chen Qingqing and Yu Buli are not "fragrant".

Although the two of them are now in ancient times, they have not changed from their thoughts to concepts, probably only hungry for one day and not lacking oil and water, and they can't swallow the granule cake, so they can only live up to the enthusiasm of the Yu clan, and they can eat the hard noodles and dumplings even if they have exhausted the evening food.

After eating, Manshan led the two out and took them to Yu Xiucai's ancestral house, received a letter in advance, knowing that Yu Niuzi was coming back, and sent someone to clean up in advance.

Chen Qingqing recognized it at a glance, the wooden basin on the ground with hot water for their feet was still in the Manshan house and noodles.

The mountain saw that the two of them were tired, and they didn't stay long, so that the two of them settled early, and they had something to say tomorrow.

Chen Qingqing walked around the front and back of the house, which was a coincidence.

Yu Xiucai's ancestral house, it was when she and Yu Buli passed by, they saw the most broken yard, the adobe house was cracked, and she felt that the house could collapse if she stepped down.

There are two rooms that can live in people, Chen Qingqing decided that she would stay with Yu and sleep well at night, just thinking about it, there was a loud noise in the house.

She hurried to see it.

Yu Buli stood on the collapsed kang with a sluggish expression, and the expression on his face could only be described in one sentence: weak, helpless and pitiful

"I wanted to help you clean up the kang, but I didn't expect it to be so unsturdy!"

There are two rooms in total, two kangs, and now a kang has collapsed, and there is only one big kang room left!