Chapter 101: Rich!
Originally, the houses of Mr. Jiang Sanye and Mr. Jiang Wuye were separated by an adobe wall, which was connected after being collapsed by the flood.
Hearing Jiang Yang's firm words "escape from famine", Jiang Tian and Jiang Xing looked at their second brother at the same time.
They were not unfamiliar with fleeing famine. When they were children, they often heard their father talk about how they came all the way to Qili Village to settle down. They just came here to open up wasteland. There were no natural disasters or man-made disasters along the way, which was much better than fleeing famine.
But even if things get much better, the days along the way will still be extremely hard!
Reclaiming wasteland is not an easy task. It was difficult for my father, a strong man, to come here. How could they, with so many families, young and old, escape from the famine?
Jiang Yang sighed, "I don't want to either. Wait until the flood recedes and go look at the fields. If you can cultivate them, it's fine. If you can't, you can have food to eat this year and save money next year so you won't starve to death, but what about the year after that?"
We have food to eat, but do other disaster victims have food to eat? If they don't, will they come and steal ours?
Why did Dad come to Qili Village to open up wasteland? Where did all the villagers go before the land was opened up? This river breaks its banks every few decades or even centuries, and I'm afraid it's happened countless times, big and small. We're lucky this time that we didn't lose our families, so we can do that later.
Are the children of Daxi Dabo and your grandchildren going to have to live in fear of floods from now on?
Whether it's the immediate loss of crops, the destruction of land, or the fear that lies ahead, we have no choice but to move elsewhere!"
He came not to check the damage caused by the flood, but to tell them to prepare to flee the famine!
Zhao Mingyue, who was always optimistic and carefree, now looked pale, her lips trembling and she couldn't utter a word.
On the other end, Xu Hongmei began to cry softly.
She didn't cry when the flood came, and she didn't cry when she heard that her third sister-in-law couldn't sell her tofu and thought about her own malt sugar not being able to sell either. But when she heard that she had to leave her hometown and start over in a completely unfamiliar place, she finally couldn't help crying out loud.
She had lived in Qili Village for most of her life, and was now half buried in the earth. Suddenly, she had to go somewhere else, and she didn't even know where this place was. She felt the fear in her heart deepen and intensify!
When Xu Hongmei started crying, her young daughter-in-law and children also started crying.
Jiang Tian and Jiang Xing sighed heavily and did not stop their wives and children from crying.
Cry, cry, let out the fear in your heart. Holding it in will only be bad for your health.
Jiang Yang waited silently until the crying gradually faded until it was inaudible. Then he said, "Third and Fifth Brothers, the flood should recede in the next two days. Wait until it recedes and go to the fields to take a look before making a decision."
He wanted to say something else, but after looking around, he sighed and walked home.
After Jiang Yang left, the scene remained deathly silent.
Finally, it was Zhao Mingyue who broke the silence. She said decisively: "Daxi, you guys, pack up your things at home!
Put everything you can carry into the baskets and backpacks on the cart, and throw away anything that is useless, large, heavy, or difficult to carry!"
Jiang Daxi cried out, and then asked, unwilling to give up, "Mom, why don't we wait for the flood to recede and go check on the fields first?"
Maybe the fields can still be cultivated.
Zhao Mingyue wiped the rain from her face. "Of course I'll see! But don't get your hopes up. We can set off as soon as the flood recedes. We have to seize the time and not bring useless things that will waste our energy."
She figured it out. Her second uncle asked them to sell grain, buy donkeys, purchase carts, and stop growing corn... It was not because of the heavy rain, but to prepare for fleeing famine!
And Shen Qing, that kid, wasn't she going to another place just to avoid Captain Sun? Maybe she already knew something... Whatever it was, they couldn't waste any more time...
Compared to others, our family is already much better.
We can’t lose this hard-earned advantage!
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There was heavy rain for three consecutive days, and it turned into heavy rain on the fourth day. It gradually became lighter in the morning of the fifth day, and stopped in the afternoon.
Shen Qing didn't care whether to stop for a while or not. He changed into straw sandals and rushed out of the shed to breathe the fresh air after the rain.
The muddy ground washed by rain for days was extremely muddy. Shen Qing sank into a deep mud pit as soon as he stepped on it. He walked forward with difficulty, step by step.
Several men rolled up their trouser legs and walked barefoot on the muddy ground.
Jiang Xiangdong and Jiang Xiangxi took their sickles and baskets and did not forget to greet Shen Qing: "Mom, my second brother and I are going to cut grass."
Jiang Xiangnan also came out. He picked up rocks as he walked, and said happily, "Mom, I'm going to put the trap in the ground to see if there are any fish. It will be a snack for dinner!"
He was locked up in the shed for several days. His elder sister-in-law, younger sister-in-law, and younger sister-in-law all had things to do, such as cooking or making straw sandals, but he didn't know how to do any of them.
He used to envy the life of eating and sleeping, but now it has finally come true. He can't wait to go cut grass with his elder and second brothers for the next two days!
He is indeed a wild boar that cannot eat fine bran and is not born to enjoy a comfortable life.
Jiang Xiangbei followed with the trap in hand, and heard his mother yell, "Wait!"
The two thought Shen Qing disagreed and waited anxiously.
Then I heard Shen Qing shout, "I'll go with you!"
She was also afraid of being locked up. As for people, it doesn't matter if they suffer a little or are tired. The most important thing is to be free.
Jiang Xiangnan looked at his mother, who was having difficulty walking, and asked, "Mom, aren't you afraid of blood-sucking leeches?"
There are leeches in the water, especially in ditches and streams. Mother used to be most afraid of them. Are you not afraid today?
Shen Qing's face turned pale when she thought of the black worm that had been sucked on her legs until it was swollen.
She immediately shook her head like a rattle, "Haha, you guys go ahead. Mom remembered something else and won't go."
She was really afraid of mollusks, especially those that sucked blood and couldn't be shaken off.
At that moment, I really wanted to die.
Jiang Xiangnan and Jiang Xiangbei didn't say anything, even though they thought it was just a soft, black bug the size of a finger. What was there to be afraid of? But since Mom was afraid, then they shouldn't go.
They can also catch fish and shrimp, as long as they have something to eat!
Jiang Yu, Jiang Shui, and Guan Li came out carrying a bamboo basket. Jiang Yu asked tentatively in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, do you want to go pick ground vegetables with me?"
"Ground vegetable?" Shen Qing was stunned for a moment, not realizing what kind of wild vegetable this was.
"Well, there will be a lot of them after the rain. We can pick up more, wash them and eat them fresh. If we can't finish them, let them dry in the sun. We can soak them when we want to eat them later. It's very convenient." Jiang Yu explained softly.
Shen Qing immediately became interested, "Okay!"
When Shen Qing saw the ground vegetable that Jiang Yu mentioned, her eyes widened. Isn't this the thunder mushroom she mentioned?
The picture I found on the Internet looks like this
Shen Qing often ate it when she was young, but the thunder mushroom has extremely strict requirements for the environment. After she grew up and lived in a big city, she never saw it again.
In this pollution-free place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, thunder mushrooms are crowded together after the rain, and clusters of them are everywhere!
There was only one thought in Shen Qing's mind: I'm rich!
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