The famine-escape cub vs. the fake daughter cub

The gossip gathering place for the aunts in the village is under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village.

The tree is big and has lush branches, and the shade is enough to accommodate dozens of people sitting in a circle.

This big tree has gone through wind and rain, but it still stands tall. Its lush branches and leaves are like a huge parasol, providing people with a cool and comfortable shelter.

This place has also become the favorite gossip gathering place for the aunties in the village. Whenever the dawn breaks or the sun sets, they will come here without any prior arrangement, sit together in groups of three or five, and talk about family matters, new things in the village, and various strange things.

In the hot summer, the dense shade of the trees not only brings a touch of coolness to the aunts, but also makes this small corner full of life and vitality.

Early in the morning of that day, she gave the three little ones in the family some candies and candied fruits, told them not to play in the water or go near the river, and then sent them out to play on their own.

As an adult, Yunfan is a little silly, but he can still take care of himself. He just liked to accompany his sister before, and since his sister wanted him to take care of the younger brothers and sisters, he had no objection.

Yunli carried a small bag full of melon seeds on his back and a pot of tea hung around his waist, and headed towards the old locust tree with full confidence.

From a distance, I could see six or seven old ladies sitting under the locust tree, talking excitedly about something.

Yunli trotted and extended his hand to greet, "Good morning, aunties!"

Ignoring the pale faces of the aunts, she shamelessly squeezed onto a bench brought by an aunt and sat down. Before the aunts could run away, she took out a handful of melon seeds from her bag and asked, "Aunts, do you want some?"

As we all know, Yunli is a disaster star and the cause of trouble.

But it is well known that food is the first step to bring people closer together.

If the distance is not close enough, then your food is not delicious enough.

The aunts' eyes sparkled when they looked at the bag of melon seeds. Suddenly, their faces were no longer sour, their mouths were no longer hoarse, and they decided not to leave.

"Xiao Li, it's so embarrassing to eat food from a junior like you!"

The aunt who said this quickly reached into Yunli's palms with both hands, and only three or two melon seeds were left in the handful, while the others had changed owners.

Yunli smiled but was not annoyed.

She was small, and her hands were small, so a handful of melon seeds was about the size of an adult's. She opened the bag and motioned for the aunties to come over and grab some. "What are you talking about? I can see from afar that you are so happy."

The melon seeds were freshly roasted and flavored with five spices that she bought at the market in her previous life. The taste was truly amazing.

The aunts were also good at distinguishing good from bad. "This melon seed is really amazing! It must have cost a lot of money, right?"

"This tastes better than the melon seeds from Huaji in town!"

"I've eaten Huaji's melon seeds before, and they taste really good. But the taste is different. Could it be a new flavor from Huaji?"

"We are talking about how the bandits who caused chaos a few days ago have been arrested!"

"I heard that those people, tsk tsk, were tied up in a long bunch with straw ropes, and they were said to be taken to the county to be interrogated together. They might even be beheaded!"

"Speaking of beheading, when that beggar was beheaded last year, my second aunt, my sister-in-law's brother's brother-in-law's uncle's sister-in-law, happened to see it! The head flew so high, it was so scary!"

As she spoke, the old lady patted her chest, looking relieved that she had survived a disaster.

"What you had was nothing. I heard that the beggar in the next county was even more miserable! The executioner chopped off half of his head with one blow, and the head was hanging on the head. Blood spurted ten feet high, and he was still crying and shouting in pain!"

Yunli grimaced from time to time when he heard this, and responded with mixed responses of "Really?", "How scary!", "So frightening!" to show his support.

The audience was so supportive that the old ladies even boasted a little louder.

As we were chatting, a breathless man suddenly ran over from the road at the entrance of the village.

The aunts hurriedly pulled him back, "Dog, why are you running so fast?"

"Slow down, please. You are running so fast in such hot weather. Do you want to live?"

Gouzi took the kettle from an aunt and drank it all in one gulp. After catching his breath for a while, he said, "Mom, things are going to change! There was a message in the town saying that the Cangyu granary in Cangzhou was burned down! Even the mountain next to it was almost burned down completely!"

Gou Zi patted his thigh while speaking, "If the villagers nearby hadn't seen the smoke coming from the mountain and brought people to cut a barrier in time, I'm afraid the mountain fire would have burned hundreds of miles away!"

"Everyone at the back mustered up the courage to go over and take a look! Wow! There were dead bodies all over the ground! All the officers guarding the granary were killed! There were two thousand officers! Not a single one escaped!"

"Hiss~" The aunts' hair almost stood up when they heard this, "So many people died?"

"How could so much food be burned?" The aunt who spoke stamped her feet in pain.

"You old thing, those grains are not yours, just burn them, why do you feel so bad about it?" The aunt next to her spat, and was amused by the way the old sisters stomped their feet.

"Hey, why haven't you reacted yet? We burned so much food, where are we going to get compensation? I'm afraid the land tax will increase again this year! Oh my God, this life is really unbearable!"

When the aunts heard this, they realized it made sense and they all sighed and were no longer in the mood to laugh or joke.

"I think there's no need to worry so much. Our leader," the aunt pointed to the sky, "is a wise ruler! Our Great Chu Dynasty has been at peace for many years, and there haven't been many wars. It's just a granary that was burned. We can handle it! The granaries in other places are fine, and this fire can't burn us ordinary people!"

Yunli was amazed by what he heard.

Unexpectedly, these aunts were not only good at bragging, but also not as narrow-minded as the ancient people she had imagined.

But then I thought, the survival wisdom of the common people is passed down from generation to generation.

If you think they are illiterate, you think they are uncultured and ignorant, and you are actually looking at people with a biased perspective.

"What if the granaries in other places were also burned down?" The old patriarch, who had rushed over after hearing the news, sighed softly.

As an old man, he became more experienced and could sense the impending crisis.

More than 2,000 people were killed without a single one escaping. This was obviously a long-planned incident.

Whoever planned this must be doing something big.

The world, which has been peaceful for too long, is about to fall into chaos.

Everyone was stunned. How could this be possible?

The officers and soldiers were not there to sit there and do nothing. If one granary was burned down, they would definitely increase the number of troops to guard other places more closely. So how could they all be burned down?

Besides, the Chu State was strong in military power and the people were peaceful and prosperous. The common people did not live and work in peace and contentment, but they did not have to worry about food and clothing.

What is the point of burning granaries?