Chapter 22: The Exiles of the North

Wu Yue didn't understand the business matters, she only knew that it was too dangerous outside, and if Jiang Chen went out, maybe he would really encounter danger.

So she was a little uneasy, and she kept trying to persuade Jiang Chen not to go out, but she hesitated whether she should do it.

But Jiang Chen told her that doing business is like this, it is impossible to always stay at home without worry, and whoever can grasp the opportunity can always take the initiative.

After some reasoned persuasion, Wu Yue reluctantly agreed to let Jiang Chen go, but he had to go and return quickly.

Jiang Chen finally said: "Don't worry, there is your little wife waiting at home, how dare I not come back?" ”

Wu Yue suddenly said coquettishly: "Oh, how can you learn from them to be so unorthodox, I haven't married into your family yet!" ”

"Sooner or later!"

That night, Jiang Chen and Wu Yue were cooking and eating at home, and the two of them also talked a lot about the future, like two newlywed couples, not to mention how harmonious they were.

In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Chen took Gu Jun on the way to other places.

The reason why Jiang Chen went out this time was mainly to go to Gucheng County, a hundred miles away, where there was a kiln factory that specialized in making porcelain with different shapes and styles and colors.

Gu Jun didn't understand what this was about, Jiang Chen explained to him: "What rich people care about most is not how good this wine is, but how much it can earn him face, so we need to work Jiang Yuebai's appearance and packaging." ”

"Oh? Can this wine jar also play a new name? ”

"Of course, let those rich people who bought Jiang Yuebai get a thumbs up as soon as they take out that wine jar, that's what they want."

Jiang Chen has mastered the psychology of those rich people to the point of no return, which is also another improvement he needs to make in order to continue to boost Jiang Yuebai's big sales.

Along the way, the two saw many homeless people carrying their burdens and dragging their families to flee the desert.

Looking at their skinny bodies and empty eyes, it seems that the hope of life has been forcibly siphoned out of them, leaving only their bodies moving forward, like the walking dead.

"What is the war going on in the north, and why are there so many displaced people?"

Gu Jun's brows were tightly locked, and there was anger and chagrin in his tone that was difficult to hide, Jiang Chen only knew that he was a soldier before, and since his left hand was abolished, he had been exiled to their town and turned into a helpless homeless man.

Judging from Gu Jun's performance now, maybe he originally participated in the war in the north, but the result of the war was not optimistic for Daqian.

Through the mouths of some displaced people, they heard that the Great Cadre would soon be defeated, and the tiger and wolf army of the enemy country was even more likely to drive straight into the country and kill in a big way.

If that day comes, the cadres will be completely wiped out, and tens of millions of innocent people will be miserably killed by the soldiers, and only 12 out of 10 will survive from it.

Jiang Chen and Gu Jun walked in the ranks of these homeless people, and after a while, the people around them began to sit on the ground, some of them only relied on drinking cold water to satisfy their hunger, and if they couldn't do it, they grabbed a handful of loess and stuffed it into their mouths.

In a slightly better case, set up a pot and boil some weeds and leaves to eat, so as not to starve to death prematurely.

It was hard to imagine how many of them had died in the middle of the way when they came from the far north, this number was probably staggering, Jiang Chen couldn't bear to think about it.

Gu Jun couldn't help biting his lip when he looked at what happened to these homeless people, looking very self-blaming.

Jiang Chen said: "It's not your fault, as a big soldier, you have done your duty, the world is irreversible, we can only do our own thing, that's all." ”

In the midst of this miserable scene, suddenly a tempting smell of meat wafted out, making people salivate and their eyes straight.

Jiang Chen felt surprised, so he smelled the smell and looked over, it turned out that the well-dressed landlord's family was stewing big meat in the open space as if no one was around, looking at their red faces, he knew that life was good.

"Why are rich families going south with this homeless person?"

The landlord with a felt hat and a proud face replied: "The army of the Great Cadres can't stop the jackals, tigers and leopards in the north, in case they all run away, who will protect us?" ”

"If those tiger and wolf divisions can promise not to hurt us, I won't leave my family and run south. I'm afraid that by then they will go on a killing spree, and if I stay, my whole family will have to be the ghosts of the country. ”

The landlord took a puff of dry tobacco, and scolded a few homeless people who were getting closer and closer on the other end: "Go and go, what to see, if you have the ability, you can find a way to go by yourself, what's the matter with staring at the meat in my pot?" ”

Those hungry homeless people had not seen meat for months, and at this time, they were fascinated by the smell of meat, and their eyes were glowing green.

Gu Jun said: "If you eat such a grandiose stew, aren't you afraid of being robbed?" ”

"Rob? I think who's going to grab one and try it? ”

The landlord squinted and skimmed the two men standing beside him, this is his family's nursing home, this time he also followed him all the way south, with them to protect him at any time, he can be so fearless.

Jiang Chen and Gu Jun found an open space to sit down, carried some naan cakes in their baggage, and casually distributed them to some poor people who were really hungry.

Their process is not too far, so if they can help, they can help others, which can be regarded as doing good deeds.

"Sir, you're okay, can I ask for a bowl of broth?"

"My lady has no milk, and she is crying when she sees the child hungry, we really have no choice, so we will give a kind reward for a little broth, right?"

There was a burly man with a broken bowl in his hand, and he knelt directly in front of the landlord's family.

He pleaded and begged to express his difficulties, but the landlord's family remained deaf and ignored.

"I will definitely repay your great kindness, please be kind!"

At this time, the mother-in-law of the landlord's family was directly annoyed, and scolded the strong man: "I said how noisy and noisy this way, it turned out that your little rabbit cub was crying endlessly, and in my opinion, it was better to starve to death." ”

"If I starve to death, I won't suffer again, and I can also end up with a quiet ear!"

Needless to say, this mother-in-law is bitter and mean, and the landlord is also a person with the same virtue.

He pointed to a large pot of broth and sneered, "What do you think I am, a living bodhisattva?" You also come to ask for a little, and he also comes to ask for a little, so can our family still eat? ”

"Get out of the way!"

He actually raised his foot and kicked directly on the strong man, and his bad behavior made Gu Jun a little unbearable.

In the end, the strong man was beaten and kicked by the two guards of the landlord's house, and he had to dispel the idea of begging for a bowl of broth, and his wife and children in the distance had long been unable to cry.