Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Huang was picking up the food while shedding tears of heartache, "These damned bastards, they will not produce any descendants, they ate my food and made him unable to poop, choking him to death, these worthless bastards who were born by a mother but not raised by her, they deserve to have no food to eat..."

Xu also cursed, saying that it would take a long time for their family to eat all the food they had stolen.

Li sighed and checked her children's injuries, finding that they were not serious. Then she turned around to pack up her things and looked at other people's homes. She felt that it was already a good thing for their family to have such an outcome. At least everyone was still alive and the food was not all taken away. She was lucky.

Zhou Dacang checked the remaining food on the cart several times and found something wrong.

He came close to Zhou Deli and whispered, "Dad, not much of our food was lost, only two bags. The other bags were filled with dried wild vegetables, and the chickens were also stolen."

Zhou Deli was stunned, staring at his son with eyes wide open in disbelief. Is there such a thing? Just a few bags of wild vegetables?

As for the chicken, he didn't take it seriously. Chicken was just a snack, not comparable to food.

Zhou Dacang nodded.

Zhou Deli hurried forward and checked the two carts several times. He was so happy to find that the food was still there. The stone in his heart fell to the ground and he felt at ease in an instant. He was about to laugh out loud, but when he saw the situation around him, he forced himself to hold back the laughter.

Huang and others realized that those people had robbed the wrong food. They couldn't believe it and rushed to the cart and counted it several times. There were really only two bags missing.

He immediately slapped his thigh and cried.

Zhou Guo was startled, and turned around to see her grandmother and aunt crying as if someone had died. She hurried forward to ask, "What happened? What happened?" Who got into trouble?

With tears in her eyes, Li whispered a few words in her ear.

Zhou Guo's eyes widened slightly as she looked at the food on the cart, because she had been digging wild vegetables non-stop. She took whatever she saw that was edible, and she also dug herbs, digging as she walked. Later, everyone in the family started to dig with her.

Soon, one bag after another was filled. The bags brought from home were almost used up. The bags filled with wild vegetables were piled high on the cart, but there were only about ten bags of grain, which were stacked at the bottom and no one noticed.

Looking at the people who were crying, she felt relieved. With food, this family could live longer. Compared with other families in the village, they were really lucky.

The village head's house was also badly robbed, but there was nothing he could do. He and Zheng Xiucai were the richest people in the group. They had many carts, food, and livestock, which were very eye-catching.

Fortunately, all their children are fine. However, the eldest daughter-in-law was hit hard on the head while trying to protect the food. She is still unconscious and it is unknown whether she will wake up or not.

The head of the village looked at the things on his cart, then looked at the people in the team. He felt extremely sorry for the families who had lost their children and their lives, and he couldn't stop sighing.

He went to find Zheng Xiucai with his pipe on his back. More than half of the food in Zheng Xiucai's house had been stolen, and Zheng Xiucai was frightened. As a scholar, he had never seen such things before, so he hid under the car and refused to come out.

The head of the village shook his head, put his hands behind his back and walked away again. Now there was no one to discuss things with.

Looking at these villagers who were experiencing heart-wrenching separation and death, he couldn't help but burst into tears. These were all honest country people who had never done anything against the law in their lives. When the rebels came, he took his fellow villagers out to find a way to survive.

But now, before he even arrived at the destination, he had experienced such a great hardship and lost his family. He suddenly doubted himself and wondered if what he did was right. Maybe if he had hidden in the village and not come out, everyone would not have encountered these things.

He walked past each house, and soon, he was attracted by the busy scenes in the middle. Having just experienced such a thrilling scene, most people now collapsed on the ground, crying beside their families.

What do these people do?

He walked over and saw the Zhou family at a glance.

There was no other reason. There was no strong laborer in this family. No one was missing from the old to the young. No one was beaten to death. The most seriously injured was Zhou Dacang, who had a cloth wrapped on his head, but no one else had any missing arms or legs. How did they do that?

It is still unknown whether their eldest daughter-in-law is alive or dead.

At a glance, I saw Zhou Guo again. While everyone else was busy, this child was standing like a door god, leaning on a stick, squinting her eyes and looking into the distance. Her face was determined and there was no sign of fear at all. Her grandchildren, the two older ones were fine, but the younger ones were scared and crying. How old is this child?

He then looked at the other children in the Zhou family. Surprisingly, none of them cried. Instead, they were busy picking up things that had fallen on the ground beside their family members. Although their faces were pale, they were all busy sensibly. Even the youngest, Zhou Su, had a stern face and was carrying a basket, following the adults to pick up things.

The headman's face gradually became solemn. This family of children will have great potential in the future. Each of them is extraordinary. As long as one of them grows up, the future of the Zhou family will be immeasurable.

But then he thought again, in these turbulent times, he didn't even know if he could survive tomorrow, let alone talk about the future.

He shook his head, carried his pipe on his back and went to find Zhou Deli and his son, "Brother, what are you doing?"

When everyone saw that the village head had arrived, they all greeted him.

Zhou Deli sighed and frowned, "I was just thinking about looking for you. I don't think we can stay here. I'm afraid those people will come again. We have to leave quickly."

Zhou Dacang nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Uncle Lizheng, please tell everyone to stop crying, pack up and leave quickly. It will be troublesome if those people come."

The head of the village nodded repeatedly, "I came here for this matter, Sanlang, you have to help me with this matter, come with me and persuade them."

Zhou Dacang looked at the family, then at Zhou Guo, and nodded without hesitation. They were all villagers, so he had to help if he could. Besides, it would be even more unsafe for only the few families around them to take the road these days.

The losses at the end were the most severe. Not only were the food supplies lost, but also the people. In some families, several strong laborers died, and the whole family cried over the corpses.

The head of the village came forward to persuade them, but no one listened. Everyone was completely hopeless and really wanted to go with their families. They had no mood to think about the future.

Some refused to leave. "If I don't leave, my family is gone. Where can we go? Where can we go? There is no food. We have nothing to eat or drink. We are all going to die anyway. It's better for us to die together as a family."

Some wanted to bury the body before leaving. "No, no, the person is dead, he must be buried. We can't leave him out there to be eaten by rats and birds. Village head, I beg you, I kowtow to you, please bury my head of the family."