It took more than a dozen people until late at night to finally move all the sacks out.
They simply placed the grain in the yard of this family, laying down some door panels or similar materials on the ground before stacking the grain on top.
They carried all the sacks out, and everyone was quite surprised to see the sacks piled high in the yard.
This amount of grain is not a small quantity; it is obvious that the grain in the sacks is still fresh, at most only two or three years old.
Not only was it not moldy, but the quality of the grain was also very high; you could see that there was rice and corn.
The people here don't like to grow wheat; they eat more rice and corn.
Moreover, it's clear that there's some new grain here this year.
The sweet potatoes and other crops we planted were dried in the sun.
There were two bags filled with dried sweet potatoes, which were just left there.
Everyone was somewhat excited.
Besides exchanging the village's accumulated goods for money, they also went out to buy some grain from people abroad.
Even if they exchanged all the things they had, they still wouldn't be able to buy that much grain.
On the fifth day of the lunar month, he decisively said,
"Let's eat something first, rest for the night, and send someone back to the village early tomorrow morning to fetch people and push the cart back with the grain."
Since Lao Liu and the others are no longer here, they feel no guilt about taking this grain.
Everyone nodded, feeling that they had done a great thing for the village, which was currently experiencing a food shortage. Every year at this time, the village was short of food.
This solved a major crisis for the village. Although it didn't mean everyone had enough to eat, it was a good thing if any family could get an extra two or three pounds of grain.
Everyone was in high spirits as they lit a fire in the yard and, using Old Liu's stove, simply cooked a large pot of white rice porridge.
This is thick porridge.
Ouyang Zhenyu also found some dried radishes, chili peppers, and other things hanging on the wall.
They were just mixed together, soaked, and then cut into shredded pickled vegetables and stir-fried with chili peppers.
The amount of food was just right for everyone.
Everyone ate one while chatting happily.
Ouyang Zhenyu suddenly heard a faint noise, as if there was some movement in the yard, but that shouldn't be the case.
They've sent people to guard the courtyard on the fifth day of the lunar new year, mainly because they're afraid something might happen.
Ouyang Zhenyu listened carefully again; the sound wasn't coming from the courtyard.
Instead, he looked out from under the back window; Old Liu had just walked around the room.
The houses are not adjacent to each other.
Each of them is a separate house; there are a total of five houses in Old Liu's courtyard.
However, behind the back window of the house is a mountain.
Behind it seemed to be a large grove of trees and a patch of wild grass.
Of course, a vegetable garden was specially set up behind the house, and some vegetables were planted, but it was obvious that those vegetables had long since withered and died because no one had taken care of them for a long time.
Ouyang Zhenyu squeezed Chu Wu's hand. Chu Wu was talking excitedly, but he was stunned for a moment when he saw Ouyang Zhenyu's action.
Ouyang Zhenyu glanced at the window.
On the fifth day of the lunar month, he immediately realized what was happening.
While continuing to speak excitedly, he hurriedly gestured to the people next to him.
They grew up together and cooperated seamlessly.
While the others chatted and laughed, two people had already put down their bowls and chopsticks and tiptoed out of the yard.
Soon a commotion was heard outside, and then two people came in carrying two little kids.
They were called little kids, and they really were little; there were two children.
There was a boy and a girl, one only seven or eight years old and the other only three or four years old.
The boy was a little older, and the girl was a little younger; their clothes were tattered.
I don't know how long it's been since I took a shower; I look like a wild man from head to toe.
His hair was incredibly long, like a bunch of wild grass on his head.
Their faces were so dark that their features were almost unrecognizable; only their dark, round eyes were visible.
She became so thin that she looked unrecognizable.
Even at this point, the little boy bravely shielded the little girl behind him, staring at them with hostility.
"What are you going to do? What are you going to do?"
"If you want to do anything, do it to me. My sister is too young; she can't do anything."
Ouyang Zhenyu was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and Chu Wu also came to his senses.
"Who are you?"
"Stop pretending."
"You're bad people! You kidnapped my parents and my grandparents, and now you want to kidnap me too!"
On the fifth day of the lunar month, he immediately perked up and pulled the little boy to his side.
The little boy trembled with fear; after all, he was only seven or eight years old.
"Little boy, do you recognize me? I've been to your village before, I come here often. Look at me, I'm not a bad person."
I'm on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
"Think about it, didn't I often come to see your Uncle Liu? Back then, everyone in the village called me Lao Wu."
The little boy paused for a moment, carefully examined the fifth-year student in front of him, and suddenly realized his mistake.
Her eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she burst into sobs.
"Fifth Uncle, Fifth Uncle, it's you."
"I thought those bad guys were back again. Fifth Uncle, please, please save my parents."
The little boy immediately hugged Chu Wu's leg and cried his heart out.
The little girl was terrified when she saw the little boy crying, and she burst into tears.
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