Shen Huaikang no longer refused and quickly told his children and grandchildren to help more diligently.
At this moment, the Shen family's yard was crowded with Shen family relatives, more than 30 people in total, and many of the Shen family's wives and daughters-in-law were also there.
Men are responsible for slaughtering and cutting up the pigs, while women are responsible for cleaning and making pickled meat and dried meat.
Soon, the whole yard was filled with a pungent smell of blood.
But no one found it unpleasant at all, and everyone's face was filled with uncontrollable joy.
This is all meat!
They couldn't remember how long it had been since they had eaten meat!
Fortunately, Old Shen's family lives at the end of the village, some distance away from their neighbors, otherwise they would have been unable to keep it secret.
Old Mrs. Shen was busy directing everyone to work in the yard.
Seeing that Shen Yuehua and her daughter also wanted to help, he immediately sent them back to their room to rest.
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"Ali, I didn't have time to ask you carefully just now. Are you injured anywhere?" Shen Yuehua looked at her daughter up and down with concern.
Shen Shuli turned around and asked her mother to check it carefully.
"Don't worry, Mom. My father taught me Kung Fu himself. I also have a secret weapon. It should be no problem for me to deal with a few wild boars."
Shen Shuli made a gun gesture with her hand to her mother.
Only then did Shen Yuehua completely relax.
"What do you think, Mom? Do grandpa and his family agree to go with us?" Shen Shuli asked.
"Well, they agreed. I took your uncle and others to Qingyun County today. There was only one grain store open in the city, and the queue was two blocks long. The key point is that they won't sell grain to us country people, but only to those people in the city who don't have land." Shen Yuehua was worried.
"But we have heard a lot of news from various sources. Many wealthy families in the city have moved away with their families under various pretexts. There are also many beggars in the city. We have heard a lot from them. Your grandfather has agreed to go with us."
"Also, although we didn't buy any food today, we did buy some salt and sugar, but the prices were ridiculously expensive."
Shen Yuehua felt heartbroken when she thought of those ridiculously high prices.
"That's great." Shen Shuli breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that.
So far, it seems that my grandparents are pretty good people, so they can avoid the terrible plots in the book.
Main room.
Old Man Su told his younger brother what his children and grandchildren had seen and heard in the county town today.
"My eldest brother went to the county town today and found that there were many more refugees in the county town. He got a lot of information from them."
"Many of those refugees escaped from Hanshan Pass. The Northern Territory Prince has already issued a conscription order to several states closest to Hanshan Pass."
"Every family with a male child over ten years old will be drafted into the army. Those who disobey will be arrested by force. The people will even be required to pay a grain tax that is 30% higher than before. This is forcing us ordinary people to die!"
"There is another terrible news. Hanshan Pass has been breached by the Northern Barbarians. They will soon invade Qingzhou!"
"My son-in-law is planning to flee to the south with his family. I want to go with them. We will probably leave in two days. You should think carefully about whether you want to go with us in the next few days."
Old man Shen looked solemn.
"You need to think about this carefully. Talk to your family members. Even if you don't want to leave, you should be mentally prepared. Stock up on food and it's best to hide in the mountains for a while."
Shen Huaikang's joy at having caught prey instantly disappeared when he heard this. He looked at his elder brother in fear and trepidation, hoping that he was just joking.
"Brother, are you serious? Don't joke with an old man like me!"
After all, this means abandoning one's home and land, leaving one's hometown without a purpose and becoming a refugee. No one is willing to take this step.
Shen Huaian smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, how dare I joke with you like this! This is a matter of life and death! Think about it carefully and make a decision as soon as possible!"
“Let me think about it…” Shen Huaikang closed his eyes and leaned against the back of the chair, his expression depressed.
The yard outside was still bustling with activity.
It was in stark contrast to the dead silence in the house.
The men and women of the Shen family worked very efficiently and processed all the prey in two hours.
Before the sky began to lighten, Shen Huaikang's family quietly took his share back.
The two families also pooled together a cart of meat and took it to the city to sell, intending to exchange it for some food and salt.
In years of famine, silver is less useful than food.
Shen Huaikang asked his children and grandchildren to go to the city to find out the news.
As for the internal organs and offal that were difficult to handle, they were all thrown into wasteland and fertile land.
After all, every household is short of water right now, and it takes too much water to clean these intestines, and no one is willing to do it.
There is no difference between wild boar and domesticated pig offal; the taste is almost the same.
Shen Shuli secretly moved all of them into the space warehouse and sealed them in sealed boxes. She would process them properly and make stewed meat when she had the chance.
The day passed in a flash.
Shen Huaikang's family finally made a decision.
Prepare to flee famine with the Su family.
As for several other clans in the village, they are still hesitating, and some even expressed their determination not to leave.
For these families, the Shen family can only give them advice.
In the past two days, those who are preparing to flee the famine have been busy preparing supplies.
The smoke from their house never stopped.
They were preparing all kinds of long-lasting steamed corn bread, multi-grain and wild vegetable dumplings, pickled meat, barbecue and other dry food that would be needed along the way.
Shen Shuli was not idle either. She secretly went into the mountains alone to look for water.
There is too little water stored in the space, all of which are barreled mineral water and various bottled mineral water, and the quantity is not much.
She wanted to stockpile some more regular river water for daily cleaning.
After searching for a long time in the mountains, I finally got what I wanted and found a pool of mountain spring water.
After careful observation, I found that there were many large prey hiding nearby.
This is one of the few remaining water sources nearby, and it is a place that all living things must compete for, so naturally it will be targeted by many prey.
Shen Shuli took out a silenced sniper rifle and solved all the problems quietly.
Put all the prey into the space, and take as much as the water in the spring can hold.
The main reason is that there are not many props to hold water in the space.
She took out all the pots, pans, cups, vases, washbasins and other props that could hold water that were stored in the warehouse.
Even the priceless bottles and jars and antiques taken from the Lin family were taken out and used.
It barely holds five tons.
There is still half of the water in the spring, but unfortunately it cannot all be taken away.
The wild animals in the mountains are lucky that they can hold on for a while longer.
Shen Shuli and Shen Yuehua had been at the Shen family for a whole day and helped prepare a lot of dry food.
Everyone who needed to pack has helped to pack, and it’s almost time to go back.
Su Yunhai and his son, who went out to buy food, should be back soon.
Shen Yuehua bid farewell to her parents.
"Dad, Mom, A-Li and I are ready to go back. Yun Hai should be back soon. We have to pack up a little bit before we go back. We will meet at Sanchakou the day after tomorrow morning."
"Okay, my girl, leave your share of wild boar meat with me. I'll give it to you after we meet again. It saves you the trouble of going back and forth to get it. It's very heavy." Old Mrs. Shen looked at her daughter reluctantly.
"I understand, mother. Don't send me off. Go back and have a good rest."
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