Before Shen Zhiqiu could speak, an old man with full energy shouted:

"You two are done with the fun, right? I don't even want to say anything to you. You're so old, you're about to become grandmothers, and you haven't had enough of arguing for thirty years?

The third son just came back, and he didn't even let me take a breath. I just listened to you quarreling. The eldest and the second son, you just watched helplessly. You can't even control your own wife. You are really useless!"

The person who spoke was the head of the Shen family, who was also the village chief. In Shenjia Village, Mr. Shen's words were like an imperial decree, and he would be worshipped no matter which family he went to.

As soon as Mr. Shen arrived, the two old ladies stopped arguing and immediately stood still obediently, like two children who had done something wrong.

"Little Sanzi, when did you come back?" Grandpa Shen walked over slowly, leaning on a crutch in one hand and supported by his eldest grandson with the other hand.

It's just that the walking speed is totally inconsistent with the strong voice.

Shen Zhiqiu quickly stepped forward to support the other side: "Grandpa, I just got here."

After helping the old man sit on a big rock, Shen Zhiqiu cleared his throat and said, “Seeing that all the villagers had arrived,

"Old man, old lady, please sit on the ground first, young ones, please look after your parents!"

He looked around again with concern and found that his parents were being watched by his elder brother and younger brothers, so he continued:

"The south is invading, and the imperial court is recruiting soldiers. If a family can only keep one 10-year-old boy, all the remaining males will be conscripted. So we have to flee quickly!"

After the meeting, we quickly packed up. I brought back the horse. Those who had carts but no animals at home harnessed the carts to the horses.

We have to act quickly and don't load all the junk into the car. We have to set off in two hours at most.

"As soon as Shen Zhiqiu finished speaking, there was complete silence all around!

He counted to five silently in his mind, and suddenly a burst of howling sounded!

"Life is unbearable. God is blind!"

Shen Youyou was speechless. When good things happened, she said it was God's will, and when bad things happened, she blamed God for being blind.

But she was busy comforting her grandparents and had no time to complain.

"I won't leave. You guys go ahead. I'll stay at home to look after the ancestral hall and the graves of my ancestors. I'm too old to be recruited into the army."

"I've had enough of living. I don't want to live anymore. Run away! I'm old and weak, and I'm just a burden to you!"

"Shut up!" Master Shen roared! The howling stopped instantly.

Only suppressed sobs were left!

The mother and daughter, who had no memories of ancient times, were both stunned. Isn't this deterrent too strong?

Li Quan and the other two were also stunned. The degree of discipline and enforcement was far beyond that of their escort team!

Master Shen covered his chest and asked Shen Zhiqiu hopefully, "Little Sanzi! Can we not run? Can we hide in the mountains?"

He had no doubt about the truth of this statement at all. It should be said that no one in the entire village doubted it!

Who is Shen Zhiqiu? He is the most capable person in their village!

There is no one in the whole village who can compare to this kid! He passed the imperial examination at such a young age!

Think about it, how many scholars can come out of a peasant family? The study conditions are not good, and there is nothing you need.

But this kid is determined to do well and got the top three in the exam! How many people in the whole city took the exam!

This is really a smoke coming out of the ancestral grave of the Shen family!

Shen Zhiqiu took a deep breath and said seriously:

"Grandpa, it hasn't rained here since last year. Look at what month it is now.

There's not even a sign of rain, doesn't that mean it's going to rain?

There is a drought in Yuzhou, and we have only been able to survive until this year because of a big river.

There isn't much water in the river now, right? If we have to wait until there is no water left, we won't be able to leave even if we want to!

What does this mean? Even if we don't go to the army, we can't survive!

Besides, even if we go to the mountains to avoid conscription, it’s raining, but our prince is dead and his sons are fighting for power, so they don’t have time to care about us!

When the prince from the south invades, those soldiers will rob food and women, they are worse than bandits!

Grandpa, even if you are lucky and can avoid all the things I mentioned above, but the war has just ended, and the prince has to support so many soldiers,

We are not their original people, so we will definitely be forced to take a lot of food. This place is really unbearable!

If I had no other choice, I wouldn't want to flee! I'm really afraid that they will get angry and massacre the whole city, then our family will be extinct!"

Well, having said so much, this sentence is the most useful.

Mr. Shen has always regarded the inheritance of the Shen family as more important than anything else. After hearing this, he couldn't do it. He could still run away, so he had to quickly take the children and grandchildren of the Shen family and run away!

"Where are we going?"

"Go to the King of Northern Yan. He is young and can hold out for a few more years. You can't go to the east. It is often invaded by foreign tribes. You can't escape conscription even if you go there."

After hearing this, Master Shen stood up with a jerk, leaning on his cane and shouting:

"Go home and pack your things, and do as Xiao Sanzi said! Don't give me that talk about visiting the ancestral temple and the ancestral grave! If our Shenjia Village is extinct, you will be too ashamed to see our ancestors!

Don’t complain that you can’t walk. Even an old man like me can walk, so why can’t you?

Stay alive. If you run out of food and water in the future, you can use your bones to make soup for your descendants! Everyone disperse, gather in one hour!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Shen turned around and ran home. His speed was much faster than when he came here. He walked as fast as the wind!

The crowd also scattered in all directions. Some people urged, some shouted, and some yelled to quickly harvest the crops in the fields, and those that were not fully ripe should not be thrown on the fields.

Even Old Man Shen and Old Lady Hua rushed home with their heads down, and Shen Youyou followed behind like a little tail.

"There are no livestock at home. If you have a cart, come back and get the horse!" Shen Zhiqiu shouted anxiously.

When someone heard the noise, he hurriedly braked his car, turned back and ran to get the horses, and all of a sudden there were only a dozen horses left.

Shen Zhiqiu pulled his brother-in-law and asked, "How many carts do you have at home? Tie up a few more horses."

His brother-in-law Wang Fuxi answered innocently: "I have eight cars at home, five of which were ordered by others."

"At this time, why do you still care who made the reservation and how much the deposit was?"

“They are all from surrounding villages, and they didn’t pay any deposit!”

"What else is there to say? Just put it on first!" Shen Zhiqiu said, and asked Dahu to help his brother-in-law lead the horse over.

Then he called his older brothers and asked them to pull out the old cart from home and hitch it to the horses, ready to go with him to harvest corn.

Shen Youyou happily followed her grandparents into the yard and found that no one was idle. Some were cooking, some were playing mahjong, some were chopping pig food, some were feeding chickens, and some were cleaning.

There were dishes and chopsticks on the kitchen table. It was obvious that she had not had time to eat lunch, and her stomach was rumbling.

As soon as she entered the yard, two little girls about twelve or thirteen years old ran over, one of them grabbed her hand and said excitedly: "Hey, hey, why are you back?"

Shen Youyou took a look and thought that these two should be Da Ya and Er Ya. They looked a bit like her, except that their skin was darker and their fingers were thicker. It seemed that they did a lot of housework.

Li Jingshu was also surrounded by women who should be her aunt and fourth aunt, but the two were a little different in age, so they could still be distinguished.

The same goes for his father. No one knows where he has gone. Don’t they know that they have no memories?

Several brothers and sisters also came up and called her "Third Aunt, Third Uncle's Wife."

This gave Old Lady Hua, who was feeling upset, room to act.

The first thing he said was: "It's too late to keep nagging. When the conscripts come, I'll chop them off with a single blow. When you become a ghost, you'll have plenty of time to nag at me!"

When Shen Laoda's wife, Song, heard this, she became furious: "What conscription? What conscription?"

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