"Grow three crops of rice a year?" Chen Song was surprised. (The end of the previous chapter was confused, there was a mistake, and it has been changed)

Li Ping'an nodded and said: "Yes, rice is harvested three times a year, but it is only available in the south, and most areas are still like us here. ”

After figuring it out, Chen Song's mood calmed down a little, he still thought that the south was full of rice that crops three times a year, if that was the case, then he would not hesitate to choose to flee south, even if the yield of one stubble was not high, but three stubbles were better than two stubbles.

Since most places in the south still grow two crops of rice a year like they do here, it needs to be measured, "I heard that there are more rivers in the south, hot and rainy? Will it be prone to flooding? ”

"If you say so, there will be little rain in the north, but there will be droughts, and there will be many mountains in the west, and there will often be disasters where the earth dragon will turn over. Uncle Asong, there will be natural disasters everywhere, even if you stay here, hasn't there just been a flood? The top priority is to live, this place is not suitable for a long time, I have said that, you better make a final account as soon as possible. ”

After speaking, Li Ping'an didn't say anything more, and helped his mother pack up her belongings together. Although he felt guilty because of the death of the old village chief Chen An, if Chen Song didn't make a decision for a long time, he wouldn't run away with him until he made a decision.

Chen Song left in a hurry, and he still needed to go back to discuss with his family. As for how the rest of the village ultimately decides, he can't interfere too much.

……

At that time, he had given up a lot of things when he moved up the mountain, and now he wants to embark on the road to escape the famine, and there are even fewer things he can bring, Chen Dajuan is reluctant to do anything, Li Ping'an is not reluctant, but he has not escaped the famine, which ones are to be brought and which ones are not necessary, and he is not sure.

But fortunately, the Li family has the experience of fleeing, Li Ping'an, her grandmother Zhou, and aunt Li Dafang give advice from time to time, Li Ping'an followed what they said, take what should be taken, and give up what should be discarded, very simply. It's just that in the end, I can't help but feel a little uncomfortable when I look at that little thing, and I finally understand why so many people are reluctant to leave their hometowns.

In the end, only pots and pots, a few quilts and a few sets of clothes were left, and he left his hometown to go to a place where he was unfamiliar with life, with no land, no house, no money and no food, and everything had to start from scratch.

Not everyone has the courage to start from scratch.

The little ones felt that the atmosphere was a little dignified and depressing, and they didn't dare to be naughty, so they sat quietly next to their brothers and sisters, and they didn't dare to take a breath in the atmosphere, cautious, and their faces were dazed.

Seeing this, Zhou sighed and called his three daughters-in-law to comfort him.

Li Ping'an was also irritable, and told Fugui to be optimistic about his younger brothers and sisters, so he ran to Zhang Xiaoshan to tease him for a few words, but before he could speak, he heard Chen Taohua ask Zhang Xiaoshan softly: "Do we really want to leave here?" ”

"If you don't leave, you can't buy grain, the granary has been burned again, and there is no grain for summer planting. Moreover, the bottom of the mountain is full of corpses, and it is prone to plague. Let's go early and start over in a different place. ”

"I, I ......" Chen Taohua swallowed, under Zhang Xiaoshan's puzzled gaze, gritted her teeth, and said with red eyes, "I don't really want to leave, I'm afraid that Caoya will come back to find us, if we leave, Caoya won't be able to find us." ”

Zhang Xiaoshan was silent for a moment and persuaded: "Let's go, Zhao Di is still young, it will be difficult for you two girls to live if you stay, we don't know if Caoya is dead or alive, even if she is still alive, I don't want you to risk waiting for her to come back here." ”

Chen Taohua glanced at the little sister Zhao Di beside her and stopped talking.

Zhang Xiaoshan said again: "Don't think too much, you don't have news of each other, at least you still have a thought in your heart......"

Li Ping'an didn't finish listening, and quietly turned around and left.

At dusk, Uncle Li Silin also came back, holding a girl in one hand.

"The second uncle and the third uncle where they hid from the flood collapsed, half of the village was washed away and buried, none of the third uncle's family survived, the second uncle's Yan girl and Ling girl were playing with their friends at other people's houses at the time, and escaped, and the second uncle's family was only left with the two of them, these days there are villagers to take care of, see me today, the villagers who take care of them handed them over to me, they are going to escape the famine, and they can't take care of them."

When their Li family fled north, Li Ping'an's grandfather and two younger brothers walked with their families, went through hardships and deaths, and finally came to Qingfeng County, the government did not arrange them together when they were assigned, Li Ping'an's second grandfather and third grandfather They were placed in Shijia Village, which is more than ten miles away from Xiaochen Village.

During the day, Li Erlin and Zhang Yu went to the county seat to inquire about the situation and news, while Li Silin went to Shijing Village to find his second and third uncles about the famine.

Hearing such bad news, Zhou's heart ached, looking at the two girls whose eyes were numb, and couldn't help but feel distressed again, the eldest one was only seven years old, and the younger one was the same year as Jixiang, only five years old, and he watched the family die in a blink of an eye at such a young age, leaving only the two sisters.

After a long time, Zhou relieved himself and said to his three sons: "Take it with you, take care of it on the road." If it weren't for the second and third uncles, our mother and son would not have been able to come here. ”

Li Erlin and they nodded silently, their father and Li Sanlin were gone halfway, Li Dalin broke his leg again, there were only a few women and children left in their family, and the second and third uncles did not dislike them as a burden, and they desperately protected them, so they could come to Xiaochen Village alive and settle down.

Now that the third uncle's family is dead, there are only two little girls left in the second uncle's family, and they can't treat them as a burden.

But Li Silin brought back more than this bad news, his foreign family is also from Shijia Village, it was his second aunt and third aunt who helped him the girl in the picture, facing the eager eyes of his daughter-in-law Shi, he told her bitterly that her mother's house was also buried, not a single living mouth was left, and several were washed down the mountain and washed away by the flood, and there was no body to be seen.

Shi was like being struck by lightning, paralyzed on the ground and weeping bitterly, Chen Dajuan, sister-in-law and Li Dafang were busy comforting, and they would not be able to persuade them for a while, and when it was time to make dinner, they were busy again.

The two little girls brought back by Li Silin had no anger in their eyes at all, they were at the mercy of others like marionettes, and they didn't call them to sit down, they kept standing, and when they were told to sit down, they just sat down, silent, motionless.

It's like losing my soul.

Fortunately, they still know how to eat, after the dinner is done, hand a bowl to each of them, they take a bowl and eat in small bites, eat very slowly, everyone has eaten, they still have a small half bowl left in the bowl, until they are about to wash the dishes, they eat it in a big gulp, and they take the dishes and chopsticks to clean.

"Cauldron, these two sisters are so strange." Xiao Ruyi whispered in Li Ping'an's ear.

Li Ping'an's face was expressionless, and he couldn't help but curse again in his heart, this dog's world.