Chapter 205 Preparation

Xia Youtian said:

"Second brother, third brother, fifth brother, I know that even though you don't say it, you all think that I was frightened by what happened to my eldest brother and that's why I'm planning to move out."

Xia Yougui's face suddenly became a little embarrassed. Xia Youxi waved his hands repeatedly to deny: "No, no, it's impossible!" Xia Youliang just looked at Xia Youtian: "Fourth brother, I know you are not a rat."

Xia Youtian smiled and said:

"Even if you think I'm scared, I still have to say this.

After all, we are brothers. Although we have separated, the feelings between brothers are still there. If I don't tell you about what I can see, I will be very uneasy.

If I am wrong, please correct me, brothers. "

Xia Youtian raised his hand and pointed to the north: "Those Hu people over there have never been at peace since ancient times. Since the founding of the Great Chu Dynasty, we have been fighting with them every year. The only difference is whether the war is big or small."

Seeing that the brothers all nodded, Xia Youtian drank a sip of water to moisten his throat and continued:

"Our Beiguan Town's defense line has never been breached before. Our Beiguan Village is located in a remote corner and has always been peaceful. But this time, Beiguan Town was attacked by the barbarians, and many families in the city were massacred. In front of the Qianhu Suo and the county government, the piles of human heads were higher than the Panyun Tower...

I am afraid that our Beiguan Village will never be peaceful again. I am afraid that the people in our village will be incorporated into the military households. "

The three brothers were all shocked when they heard this:

"Are you serious? Fourth Brother, what news have you received?"

"Youtian, this is a serious matter! Where did you hear this? Did the official who stayed at your house to recuperate secretly tell you the news?"

Xia Youtian said:

"How could I have any information? I figured this out over and over again.

There are not many people in our Beiguan Town to begin with, and this time so many families have suffered misfortune. I'm afraid that both the original military households and civilian households have suffered a lot of losses.

Since they can't fill the gap, they naturally have to recruit new people.

The best case scenario is conscription and forced labor. In a more serious case, they might simply recruit all the people in the villages near us into the military households."

Xia Yougui couldn't help but raise his voice:

"Old Four, if you want to leave now, I'm afraid you can't! If you run away directly, won't you become a refugee?"

Xia Youtian said:

"Whether we can leave or not is another matter. But we have to make preparations for this. I plan to leave after the Chinese New Year and the first month of the lunar year."

Xia Yougui couldn't help but ask, "What about your land? Just abandon it like that?"

Xia Youtian said, "Since we are leaving, we must sell the land. Otherwise, where will we get the money?"

Xia Yougui stopped talking.

Although he was somewhat afraid of being incorporated into the military household, he did not believe Xia Youtian's inference.

In addition, Xia Youtian denied having obtained any inside information, so Xia Yougui felt that this matter was most likely the result of Xia Youtian being frightened and making random guesses.

He originally thought that Xia Youtian would give him the field to farm.

But I didn't expect Xia Youtian to be so determined that he even planned to sell the land for travel money!

Xia Yougui knew that Xia Youtian's family workshop made money, but he didn't know exactly how much.

He also knew that the fourth family's workshop, which had just been built not long ago, was destroyed by the barbarian soldiers, and many pickle jars were smashed. It was said that if they could not deliver the goods, they would have to pay double the silver to the merchants.

So he took Xia Youtian's words of selling land for travel money seriously, and felt a little unhappy.

Seeing that Xia Yougui didn't say anything, Xia Youtian sighed inwardly and turned his gaze to Xia Youxi and Xia Youliang: "Third brother, fifth brother, what are your plans?"

Xia Youxi said:

"Of course I want to move. But this matter involves too many things, and I have to discuss it with your third sister-in-law.

If I am really enlisted in the army, I will go to war, and your sister-in-law and your two nieces will be bullied in the village. Although you have your brothers to take care of you, you can't rely on you for everything!"

Xia Youliang said, "I have to discuss this with your fifth sister-in-law as well. The key is whether your fifth sister-in-law wants to move. I guess your fifth sister-in-law is most likely reluctant to leave my father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Xia Youtian said: "I can't bear to leave my parents either! So if we want to move, it's best to take them with us."

Not only the men were discussing this, but the women were also discussing moving.

However, the first person to bring up this topic was not Jiang, but Erlang's future wife, Zhou Yunniang.

Zhou Yunniang said to Erlang, "We have had enough disasters over there, and I never thought that you guys are not peaceful either."

Erlang looked at Zhou Yunniang's expression and said with a smile, "Then let's move to a peaceful place."

Zhou Yunniang said sadly: "It's not that easy..."

Xia Yujiao heard their words and seemed to be thinking about something. Wu and Cheng also heard them and looked at each other, and suddenly something moved their hearts.

Wu then took over the conversation: "Erlang, are you willing to abandon your family, your career, and your hometown?"

Jiro smiled and said:

"Third Aunt, look at my eldest aunt and my eldest brother, don't you know?

Whether to abandon our home and career or not is not something we can decide on our own. Yunniang's idea does make some sense.

If I could move to the border and find a peaceful place to live, even though there would be other troubles, at least I could have a safer head on my neck."

Seeing Erlang defending her, Zhou Yunniang smiled shyly.

Cheng began to tease the two and changed the subject:

"You two young people, since your relationship is so good, why don't you hurry up and get married? The family happens to have some free time now, you can take advantage of this opportunity to invite aunt to the wedding wine, and let aunt hold her nephew as soon as possible."

Zhou Yunniang's cheeks flushed, and Erlang smiled and replied:

"Aunt Wu, it's not that I'm not anxious. Aren't all the villagers busy repairing their houses?

It's a wedding right now, and no one else is in the mood to come and drink at the wedding, so I'm afraid that Yunniang will be wronged."

Zhou Yunniang's face turned even redder.

Xia Daohua smiled slightly when she saw it.

After listening to Xia Xuejiao's story, she kept walking around in the crowd. She heard the worried expressions of the men and the chattering of the women. She understood that Xia Youtian and Jiang were planning to mobilize the entire family to move away together.

That night, Xia Daohua went to the Space Supermarket.

If you want to relocate, there is a lot of preparation work to be done, but for Xia Daohua, it is actually very simple.

Tents, mosquito nets, kettles, mineral water, instant foods, lighting equipment, trekking poles, shoes suitable for long distance hikes...she has everything she needs.

All that was missing was weapons.

But she has a baseball bat, a javelin, and various kitchen knives. Those stainless steels are good materials, and in this era, they are all magical weapons comparable to black iron!

In addition, she also has a warehouse of fireworks and firecrackers. If necessary, she can make some simple explosive packs...

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