Chapter 103 Prepare to depart tomorrow!
When the other families heard that the Feng family was so angry at the Wang and Zhang families that they wanted to leave early, they became anxious.
Boss Zhao quickly stated: "I'm with you and the village chief."
He and the second brother had agreed that if they couldn't farm the fields, there was nothing they could do, no matter how reluctant they were, as they had to survive.
The journey of fleeing famine is hard, but there is still hope if you go out. Staying here means you will just wait for death. Who wants to die if they can live?
"If the Wang and Zhang families are reluctant to leave the village, then they don't have to. Everyone has their own opinions, and we can't force them, right?
Those of us who are willing to leave can leave. Anyway, at my age, I can die anywhere, I don’t care. "Grandma Qin glanced at the two families with different thoughts, her eyes cold.
Doesn’t he know that she is being looked at with suspicion?
The Hong family's timid voice emerged from a corner: "It's the same in my family."
Mr. Jiang originally didn't want to give up on anyone in the village and wanted to lead every family to the new place. However, after being exhausted for several days, he no longer wanted to force it.
Forget it. He was still thinking about his own interests in the face of a flood disaster. What was he going to do with them? Life and death were determined by fate.
Wang Fugui stared at Mr. Jiang's expression with his inverted triangle eyes. Seeing that he was not as determined as before, he immediately changed the subject and cried, "We really have no choice!
You either sell your grain and get some silver, or buy a cart and livestock. My family has neither silver nor carts or livestock. There's no way to move all this waterlogged wheat. Leaving it here is like cutting my flesh..."
Mr. Jiang Erye understood what was going on and watched coldly without saying a word.
Granny Qin also heard it and snorted coldly.
Feng Meng, who only grew physically but not mentally, said naively, "Well, I thought it was nothing! How about this, I'll help you pull the cart on the way, now we can go."
Wang Fugui continued, "We don't have enough carts at home, so we can't load all the stuff."
Feng Meng was about to continue speaking when his cousin Feng Xing pulled his sleeve and said rudely, "If you don't have enough carts, go buy some in the city! The flood destroyed your house, but can it also wash away your savings?
Before, every household ordered carts from Guan the carpenter, but you refused to make them. Others sold grain, but you refused to sell it. Now that there’s not enough, there’s still grain for sale in the city.”
After living in the same village for many years, even when a natural disaster occurred, I was not so cruel as to ask my cousin not to help pull the cart.
Anyway, my cousin is very strong, so just help him. But you can't give him anything or money just for the effort!
Sun Xiaomai immediately burst into tears and cried, "No, after the flood receded a little, the owner went to the city to ask, and they had already been bought up by the people in the city! We really have no other choice."
Feng Tao didn't care. "If you don't have a cart, then you can take less stuff with you. Just throw away everything you can and can't throw away."
Who doesn’t have things to throw away? If you take everything in your home, even ten carts won’t be enough to carry them all!
Hadn't they thrown away all their own beds, benches, tables and chairs? They couldn't just throw away their own things and then load the Wang family's belongings on the cart.
The Feng brothers and sisters took the lead, and the others followed behind and nodded in approval.
They are not like the Feng family, all of whom are strong and able to contribute manpower, and they can hardly protect their own family now;
Even if I throw away things again and again, there are still a lot of things at home, and I don’t have time to pack things for other people.
It's fine to let the Wang and Zhang families take advantage of each other on a normal day, but when it comes to life and death on the road to escape famine, who can remain indifferent as usual?
They cannot be so magnanimous as to disregard their own lives.
Seeing the villagers were so cold and heartless, Sun Xiaomai cursed in hatred. They always said that people in the village should take care of each other, but when something happened, everyone immediately fell silent!
She looked at the village chief and wailed with tears in her eyes, "Village chief, you can't just ignore our lives. Your family has cows and donkeys. Datao, Dalang and Qingshan are all young and strong. Yingzi, Zhou Yan and Xiulan are also capable. They can carry a lot in their backpacks.
"Please be kind and lend me your ox and donkey to carry wheat! Don't worry, I won't borrow them for too long. If they get soaked in water when we get to the next city, I'll return one of them to you once I sell them!"
Jiang Ying and Zhou Yan were so angry that they laughed before they even finished listening.
Listen, her family worked hard to earn money to buy the big animal so that their family could feel comfortable, so they gave it all to him for household expenses?
They sold one and gave one to them for use. People who knew that it belonged to them thought it belonged to her, Sun Xiaomai!
Zhou Chuncao was getting anxious. The Wang family had already gotten Feng Meng, a free cart driver, and now they wanted the village chief's cow and donkey. She hurriedly shouted, "Village chief, my family needs it more!
Feng Meng is already helping the Wang family pull the cart. You can lend me the ox and her the donkey. That would be fair."
Wang Fugui got angry, glared at him with his inverted triangle eyes and asked sternly, "Why?"
"Because our family is worse off than yours!"
Master Jiang looked at the two people who were arguing until their faces turned red and their necks became thick. Instead, he made a calmer and more peaceful decision: "The people in charge of collecting grain in the grain shop are all experienced. They can tell at a glance whether it has been soaked or not. I advise you not to hold on to your luck. What if we can't even get into Yangcheng after taking it?
I won't lend you any oxen or donkeys, but I can lend you a cart this afternoon to carry wheat to sell in town."
It was right for Shen Qing and his family to leave early.
When Wang Fugui and Zhou Chuncao heard the village chief say such decisive words, they were stunned for a moment, and then they were about to make a scene, but they saw Jiang Erye glaring at them.
"I don't care how much you can sell, what price you sell it for, or whether you sell it or not. Today is our last day together in Qili Village. We will set off at dawn tomorrow morning!"
After hearing this, Jiang Ying and Zhou Yan finally had a relaxed smile on their faces.
Some people will take advantage of you if you are nice to them.
Her father was too lenient towards the Jiang and Zhang families, so he had to delay it until tomorrow. If they had said it would turn into a light rain in the morning, they could have set off!
When they heard that Mr. Jiang had confirmed the departure date, the other families all breathed a sigh of relief.
They originally thought they would feel uneasy, reluctant and uncomfortable...but unexpectedly, after Wang Fugui and the others made a fuss, they were left with only an urgent desire to leave.
But after all, they grew up in the same village, so Boss Zhao and the Hong family still felt a little reluctant and said to the two families above them: "If you need a cart, we can lend you ours."
As soon as the flood receded and they saw the state of the fields, they knew they could no longer stay in Qili Village, so they packed up their belongings and tied them on a cart yesterday. However, since they lived in the same village, they couldn't really watch the food that the Wang and Zhang families had worked hard for half a year go to waste, so they could unload their belongings and borrow a cart to go out.
It's just a little more time-consuming and laborious to move it up and down.
Sun Xiaomai grumbled in dissatisfaction, "There's so much waterlogged grain, and the price in the city has been pushed down to the lowest possible level. What's the point of just borrowing a cart? It won't let us sell our grain at a normal price."
When Boss Zhao and his men heard this, they angrily threw their sleeves and walked away with gloomy faces.
They haven't slept or eaten well these days and are exhausted. They didn't mind the trouble of moving things up and down and borrowing a cart for their family use, but they still complained.
That’s perfect, no need to borrow it.
Go home and prepare to leave tomorrow!
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