Chapter 74 74. Tragic Scene Outside the Village
Cheng Xi felt that her home was much deserted.
"Don't the patrols bring back prey every few days? What's different this time?"
"Yes, yes, this time we found five wild boars, all of them four. Five hundred pounds!”
Cheng Xi was suddenly surprised.
What a bumper harvest!
This much meat is enough to feed the village for a long time.
The pressure on Li Zheng should also be relieved a lot. In recent days, he has suffered from toothache and mouth pain because the bandits eat too much.
At this time, in the Shen family ancestral hall, Scarface and the others looked at Shen Xingluo, who was surrounded by patrols, with confused expressions on their faces.
“What happened? Didn’t we catch the prey?”
"When did it become his?"
"This is our ration for the past few days"
"You have worked hard for most of the day, but no one notices?"< br>
Are you guys going too far?
As if we don’t exist!
Scarface was so depressed that he just wanted to vomit blood.
However, he did not dare to say a word.
There is no way, I can't fight again and again, I can't run away, I can only do whatever I want to do.
Xiao Liu also looked dejected and looked up at the sky, "When will the snow stop?"
When they were in the village before, they absolutely didn't care about natural disasters. .
Is there a natural disaster? What does it matter? If you run out of food, just go and grab it.
If there is no food at the bottom of the mountain, go farther away and grab it elsewhere, so that you will not starve yourself.
But now it seems that this has nothing to do with it?
This is a big deal!
I never expected that when the snowstorm comes, the people who suffer the most are not the people of Shenjia Village, but bandits like them who rely on brute force to make a living!
That’s outrageous!
Scarface approached Shen Mantun, the outermost man, and said, "That Li Zheng, you have hunted so many prey today, you won't have to go up the mountain in the next few days, right?"
They want to take a rest. ah!
Walking around the mountains on a very cold day is not only extremely exhausting but also tiring.
Shen Mantun's smiling face instantly dropped due to these words.
"What, want to rest?"
"Ah, yes, yes."
"Impossible!"
He glared at several people, "There's not even a window! ”
Still want to rest? You are the best to eat!
You really don’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are if you don’t become a householder. Do you know how much effort I put into giving you this food?
"Why are you still poking here? Move the rocks for me!"
"!!!"
Scarface suddenly felt like he was mourning for his heir.
Moving rocks?
We have done all the work in this village, so you have no conscience!
What is going on in this village? Everyone looks kind and kind, but why do they just live and die without doing anything?
When Cheng Xi and Shen Xingqi came over, they happened to see eight people walking out with their heads lowered and lifeless.
Shen Manyun followed behind, majestic and high-spirited.
Like a housekeeper who supervises the work of a landlord's servants.
"Uncle Mantun, what's going on?"
"These people are disobedient and very impetuous. I'll let them do some work and reflect on themselves."
Scarface There was no rebuttal, his face was indifferent, and his heart was as calm as water.
Cheng Xi was stunned for a moment, his eyes passing over them.
I always feel that the state of these people is a bit like Zhuang Kun getting closer. Well, lifeless.
"Then you are busy."
A few people stepped into the yard and saw a group of people surrounding the five strong wild boars, raising and lowering their hands.
“Catch it, catch it, quickly!” “It’s so heavy, two more people, I can’t hold on anymore!”
“Have all five been killed? ?”
"Kill them all. Let the aunts pickle them all today."
Cheng Xi looked up and looked at other places in the yard. There were a lot of pickled meats hanging densely around them, all brought by Li Zheng's wife. Made by everyone.
This is the wealth of Shenjiacun, and it is also their confidence.
There is meat and food!
***
Throughout the afternoon, Cheng Xi helped the aunts process pork in the ancestral hall.
There were too many. The five large wild boars weighed more than 2,000 kilograms in total, and it was too busy to handle.
"Hey, Aunt Cuihua is back!"
"How about going to your parents' house this time? Is it okay there?"
The women got together for nothing more than Gossip, but Shenjiacun has been closed for too long, and there is no fresh news for a long time.
Aunt Cuihua went to her parents' house early in the morning and received an unprecedented welcome when she came back.
But what’s surprising is that the person involved felt as if he had lost his soul after going out, and he was completely dumbfounded.
“Aunt Cuihua, Aunt Cuihua?”
What’s going on?
Aunt Cuihua started to cry, "It's gone, it's all gone!"
The Great Yan Dynasty was a standard ancient feudal dynasty.
The people live off the crops in one-third of an acre of their own land. If the weather is good, they can live a stable year, but if there is a natural disaster, they have to tighten their belts.
Even if the weather is good, for many people, it will only be enough to eat.
In ancient times, taxes accounted for a large proportion. Most of the harvest in a year was paid, and the remaining part was sold for money, and some cheap food such as black flour was bought to satisfy the hunger.
It would be better if you have a skill, but most people live on the money they get from the fields.
Since Lin'an Mansion closed its city gates, the people's hard times have come.
The snow is heavy, the cold is eroding, and there is no food.
If the environment is bad, there will be more troubles.
In the Shen family ancestral hall, Aunt Cuihua's return seemed to have triggered some kind of signal, and many relatives came back one after another throughout the afternoon.
Everyone's spirit was greatly stimulated.
"There are not many people left in Xiahe Village next door. My eldest sister who got married only left two children hiding in the cellar."
"Most of the houses in Lijia Village further away have collapsed. Young people and old people were buried in it.”
“Damn those ruffians, the Huangxing Village in the south was not robbed of food by the bandits, but was beaten by a few leopards in the village!”
In just three months, The population of the surrounding villages has been reduced to half.
Those who starved to death, those who froze to death, those who were buried under roof beams, those who were killed by bandits, and the villagers killed each other
Several villagers visiting relatives and friends witnessed all kinds of life in one day.
At the same time, I am glad that Shenjiacun is still well.
“You don’t know how miserable they are.”
Most of the women in the village were married from other villages. Who doesn’t have a few relatives?
I never expected that this snowstorm would separate them forever.
"I have brought my eldest aunt's two children back, and there is no shortage of food for them at home. Alas -"
"The head of the house also plans to send some food over tomorrow, and my sister is so hungry that she is all skin and bones!" ”
“It’s a good thing to be alive”
The women working this afternoon were in low spirits, sighing and listless, completely losing their usual energy.
Cheng Xi listened quietly to the situation outside the village without speaking.
"From the Xingluo family, this is what you want, see if it can be used?"
Uncle Shuanzi's mother-in-law came to the ancestral hall to help, and brought what she wanted along with it.
“It’s done so quickly?”
“It’s just a few boards, no trouble!”
(End of this chapter)