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

When the village head heard his intention, he immediately became alert and slapped his thigh, saying, "You're right. I'll go get someone right away."

He told his sons and grandsons to go to each house and call the head of the household.

Soon, everyone arrived.

The head of the village didn't beat around the bush and told everyone his idea directly.

The crowd was silent. Everyone knew what kind of job this was. It was possible that one could lose one's life.

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhou Dacang stepped outside and said, "My elder and second brothers are both away, and there are a bunch of old and young people at home. In order to protect them and give them a way to survive, I am willing to take the lead and join this team, village head."

When everyone saw someone stepping forward, they looked at each other and then stepped forward one after another. For the sake of the old and young behind them, they also had to step forward.

A lean man in his thirties stood up and said firmly, as if he had made some kind of decision: "Count me in, village head. There are only my mother, my wife and three children left in our family. The eldest is old enough to protect the family, so I will be the only one in charge."

"And I."

"Count me in."

……

If there is no strong laborer in the family, teenage boys will take over. If there is no boy of that age, the women in the family will have to take over.

Only Wang Changsheng's mother Zhao and her sister were left in his family. Zhao looked at her two young children, gritted her teeth and stood up with a hoe. She hoped that if she could do her part, the team would not abandon them, an orphan and a widow. Otherwise, they would have no choice but to wait for death in this world.

Once she stepped forward, only two young children were left at home. Wang Changsheng pursed his lips tightly, hugged his sister tightly, and told his mother that he would definitely take good care of himself and his sister.

The people watching couldn't bear it.

Li went forward and moved all their belongings onto her cart. Wang Sanmu was captured just like her child's father. She felt sorry for him and wanted to take care of him as much as she could.

Zhao was extremely grateful for this.

But even so, with one person in each family, that's 28 people in total. What can such a few people do? How many people can they stop?

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "It's very useful. Although 28 people are not many, aren't these more than 200 people still many? 28 people are the backbone of 28 families. Once the backbone falls, the family is almost finished. In order to protect this backbone, if there is a robbery like this next time, everyone will not be able to hide and will fight desperately. Just think about it, more than 200 people fighting desperately, except for soldiers, how big a robbery team can be defeated?"

Zhou Dacang stared at her blankly, not understanding where this child learned all these skills. No one in their family had such a skill.

Seeing him looking dazed, Zhou Guo stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes. Could it be that he vomited too much and got scared?

She didn't care. Her great strength didn't scare him. There was no reason why a few words could scare someone. Even a child could understand this if they thought about it.

The weapons for the twenty-eight people were sickles and hoes.

The crowd was divided into three groups, ten in the front, ten in the back, and eight on the sides.

It can be said that the team is included in it.

This way, everyone can finally sleep peacefully.

Zhou Dacang took a sickle, and gave the remaining sickle at home to Zhou Gu, while Zhou Guo took a small hoe.

The village head was worried that the disaster victims behind them might catch up with them at any time, so after resting for two hours, he ordered the team to continue moving forward.

After Zhou Dacang left, Zhou Guo took his place.

When Zhou Mai and Zhou Mi saw that their younger sister was younger than they were and could push the cart as their brother did, they decided not to be outdone and started pushing the cart too. The space on the cart was now empty, and the two younger ones also had room for them. They could even sit for a while after walking a certain distance.

Zhou Guo was very strong, and with her mother beside her, there was still room for one more person to sit in the cart. She looked back and said to her grandmother Huang, "Grandma, can you get in the cart and sit for a while?"

Huang heard this and quickly shook her head and said, "Why should I sit? I can walk. You should go."

Zhou Guo tried to persuade them a few times, and Li and others followed suit. The two elders were old, their hair had turned a lot whiter, and their waists were bent from fatigue.

Huang refused to do so no matter what. How could she bear it? Wouldn't that just add burden and trouble to the children?

Zhou Guo was helpless and looked at Old Man Zhou again, "Master, are you going up?"

……no response.

She called out again, and Huang couldn't help but yell, "Old man!"

Old Zhou raised his head with a dazed look in his eyes. "Hmm, ah?"

Huang said worriedly, "What's wrong with you? Why don't you respond when I call you? If you haven't rested well, why don't you lie down in the car for a while?"

Old man Zhou slowly shook his head, "Forget it, I'll just walk more."

Seeing that his reaction seemed to be much slower than usual, Zhou Guo felt a little strange and advised, "Master, you should come up and rest for a while."

Huang also noticed that something was wrong with him and thought that he had hurt one of his arms or legs, so she pulled him and said, "If your legs or legs are not feeling well, just take a rest. Don't force yourself. Anyway, there is room in the car now, so let the children push you for a while."

Li and others also advised that the old man was old and had been fighting for so long that it was inevitable that he had some injuries and that he should take a break.

Old man Zhou thought about it and nodded, then lay down, looking at the blue sky above his head. He found that the sky in the village was more beautiful, and the mountains in the village were more graceful. He was born and raised in the village, but he never thought that he would have to leave his hometown when he was old. What he cared about most were his two sons, and he didn't know whether they were still alive. It was better for them to be alive, it was better for them to be alive...

The last thought was that everything was fine at home, and my wife was fine too. With so many children, she should be able to live a healthy life...

Half an hour later, Huang finally realized something was wrong. Why was the snoring that was usually so loud not happening now?

Over the years, there has not been a single day when I fell asleep without napping.

She hurried forward to check, and saw Old Man Zhou with his eyes closed, not moving at all, his face pale and stiff. She called out a few times with a trembling voice, but there was no response. She reached out her hand and probed under his nose, but there was no sound. She didn't know when the man had passed away!

a bolt from the blue,!!!

“Old man!!! Old man!!” Huang rushed forward and started wailing, shaking the gradually cooling body on the cart. She couldn’t believe how a man who was just fine just a moment ago could suddenly pass away. “Why did you leave? How could you be so cruel to leave us, an orphan and a widow, behind? What are you going to do with us…”

Huang's world is falling!

The Zhou family was stunned!!

I don't understand why someone just went there for no reason?!

When Zhou Dacang heard the noise, he rushed over and saw his father lying on the cart, lifeless.