Traveling through time and encountering war, I took the whole village to escape famine

The villagers were still cheering for getting an extra ten taels of silver when a loud whistle for the autumn harvest interrupted the cheering crowd. Everyone heard the whistle and waited in silence for the next instructions.

This time Yun Duo did not make the announcement in person, but Qiu Shou blew the whistle and said to the little kids who were watching the excitement, "You little kids, go inform the families down the mountain to bring bags to get food. My master promised to give each person 50 kilograms of food if we successfully capture the bandit's lair. We had a smooth time this time, so my master fulfilled his promise. In addition, I will give each person 2 kilograms of fine salt, and you can take them back home in cloth bags."

As for why they were given two more kilograms of salt, it was because when everyone was cleaning the warehouse, they found more than ten bags of fine salt in it. Each bag weighed more than 100 kilograms, and it was fine salt.

The bandits told us that the salt was seized from a group of private salt dealers. In order to avoid being tracked down by the government, the salt dealers did not dare to take the official road openly, so they opened up this mountain road.

They had walked this road many times before and everything was safe and sound. That time, the salt merchants passed through the mountains again. They didn't know that a new group of bandits had come on this mountain road that they had walked many times. When the salt merchants walked near the bandits, they were discovered by the bandits.

The salt merchant knew that he could earn money again, so saving his life was the most important thing. He did not resist too much, just threw the salt down and ran away. From then on, the salt merchant gave up this path.

This is why the road is passable by vehicles.

The militiamen in the team could not leave the stronghold for the time being. They still had to guard the gate and watch out for bandits, so they asked their family members to come and take charge.

This time everyone cheered even louder. Although they had some silver in their pockets, they were far from any village or shop, so even silver was not as reassuring as having food and salt.

Upon hearing the news, the people present could hardly contain their joy and excitement. They stared with eyes wide open, their faces filled with disbelief. Everyone felt as if they were in a beautiful dream, and couldn't believe that such a good thing had happened to them.

Salt has always been a luxury for these rural people. Even the most basic coarse salt costs three hundred coins per catty, and fine salt is even more expensive, requiring half a tael of silver to buy one catty. Some families are lucky to buy two catties of salt a year, and they are the kind of coarse salt blocks.

However, now, each person can get a full two kilograms of salt! This means that they don't have to drink bland wild vegetable soup to save salt, which can make the meal more delicious and increase appetite.

For those who have long been able to eat only bland food, this is undoubtedly a great happiness.

Wu Erzhu's father breathed a sigh of relief among the crowd.

He listened to his elder brother and did not plan to flee the famine. He did not prepare in advance and did not prepare enough food. The family did not save much salt.

Although their family is not large, if they save the food they brought with them, it will be enough to last them for another month.

With these silver and food, his family could survive for another ten days or so. If it wasn't enough, he could buy more after he passed Yanqi Pass and reached Dafu City with the money earned by Erzhu. Two more kilograms of salt would be enough for half a year?

At this moment he was secretly thankful that he had been tough and did not let his wife divide the family property.

He could no longer listen to his eldest brother's family's instigation in everything, and the family had to listen to his son. His son was a man of his own ideas, and he would give half of the money his son earned to his son and his wife when he returned, so that they would have some extra money in their hands and could buy whatever they wanted.

We must not allow the old woman to continue to bring harm to this family. If she continues like this, not only will the youngest son become a useless person, but the eldest son's family will also be completely disappointed with them.

In the future, I will also ask the old woman to be nicer to my daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Although women are not as good as men, don’t you see the little girl from the Yun family? She is as good as men in every way.

No one paid much attention to Wu Erzhu's father's psychological activities. The kids went back to report the news. At this time, villagers came to the village one after another to collect food and salt.

When the villagers stationed outside the village heard the news, they were all excited and their faces were filled with joyful smiles.

After all, most families have people in the militia, and some even have two people, so they get double the silver, food, and salt.

Among the few companies that did not participate, some regretted it and some felt helpless.

This time, apart from the Wu family and the fourth grandmother's family, no one from Yunjia Village was in the militia.

They didn't go hunting last time due to poor health. This time they were afraid that the bandits were too numerous and they wouldn't be able to resist them with their few men. They thought that more people would help to increase their strength. Even if they died, they would not let the bandits harm their family. So they participated with the determination to die.

This time I got an unexpected surprise. I didn’t put in much effort but gained a lot of benefits.

Fourth grandmother didn't care. Since there were no adult males in her family, they couldn't go. However, her family ate with Lin Gao, and the food and salt belonged to her, so she was very happy.

When Mrs. Wu heard about all the benefits, she felt extremely regretful.

When she heard that Wu Erzhu's leg was injured, she actually felt a little bit gloating, and even sneered in front of Wu Er's wife: "I'm talking to the second brother's family. I'm not saying anything to you, but you let your second nephew take this risk for just ten taels of silver. If something happens to him, I wonder how you will cry when the time comes!

Look at my son Sanzhu, I can't bear to let him take risks. We can't ignore our son's life for this little money, right?"

The hunter's wife heard this and said sarcastically, "Mr. Wu, don't be so careless. I don't know who sold out your son's family. You don't even care about your grandson's life, and you still have the nerve to laugh at others."

Yun Chunwang's mother couldn't stand it any longer and chimed in, "Yeah, Sister Zhao, I don't know who wanted to be the replacement when they heard there was a reward of ten taels of silver. What a pity! Tsk tsk tsk tsk! The salt militia doesn't want cowards."

"I said my brother's wife is none of your business. It's like a dog trying to catch a rat." After saying that, she walked away dejectedly. It was too late to regret now. She hadn't even started to regret anything yet!