Traveling through 1942 with space

"No objection, no objection! I just didn't expect that you, uncle, would have thought it through so quickly. I admire you, your nephew." Hou Xiaoge flattered him a little.

Everyone likes to be praised, and ordinary people like to be affirmed. When Hou Yangmin was praised by his nephew, he immediately smiled.

"It's because your dream was so scary that it frightened me.

And that six dollars, I have saved this much over the past three to five years, and you, a kid, took it out all at once. It must be a dream from my ancestors.

Besides, the water supply is almost cut off now. If we don’t flee from the famine, we will just wait to die here.

Yesterday afternoon I went to look for the villagers who had escaped with us, but I didn't expect that they had already thought about continuing to flee the famine.

When he heard me say that you had a dream from your ancestors in the past few days, he made a direct decision to escape early while you still have the strength. "Without waiting for Hou Xiaoge to continue asking, uncle Hou Yangmin smiled and explained.

"Uncle, you didn't tell me about the money that our ancestor showed us in his dream, right?" Hou Xiaoge looked nervous.

"You silly boy, it wasn't their ancestors who sent you the dream, so why should I tell them? Do I have to give them some money?" Uncle Hou Yangmin smiled and slapped Hou Xiaoge on the head.

"Ouch! Uncle, where are we going?" Hou Xiaoge cried out in pain, rubbed his aching head, and asked in confusion.

"First go to Fan Town, where there is a market. Buy some salt and if there is food, buy some more. Then go east to Shanzhou and catch a train. If you can't catch the train, just walk to Qin Province." Uncle Hou Yangmin said, looking into the distance.

"Uncle, where is Shanzhou? Is there a train there? I know Luoyang. Our county is called Luoning, so it should be very close to Luoyang!" Hou Xiaoge was unfamiliar with the geography of the Central Plains and asked in confusion.

"Luoyang is in the east of our Luoning County, hundreds of miles away from our county seat, and there is also Yiyang County in between. It is difficult for us to get there on foot!

Moreover, I heard from people who escaped from other places these days that there are too many refugees in Luoyang, and it is extremely chaotic, not as good as our place.

The Shanzhou I just mentioned is just to the west of our county, right next to our hometown Hedi Township, only about seventy or eighty miles away.

There are several train stations in Shanzhou. The nearest train station to us is in Guanyintang Town, Shanzhou, which is about forty or fifty miles away from our hometown.

It’s a pity that we have come to the county town and now we have to go back, and it takes dozens of miles to go back and forth.

Alas! You know, it’s still like this even if you flee to the county town, it’s better to flee west to Shanzhou directly! " said the eldest uncle Hou Yangmin with a gloomy face.

After listening to his uncle's explanation, Hou Xiaoge suddenly understood.

Indeed, Luoyang is so famous that after the disaster, refugees from dozens of surrounding counties fled to Luoyang. The area outside Luoyang city must be overcrowded by now. The chance of a family surviving if they escape now is really too small.

On the contrary, Shanzhou's name suggests it is very close to Qin Province. It is probably on the border of the Central Plains, so the disaster must be much weaker than in the central part of the Central Plains. Moreover, it is so close to his hometown, so it is naturally easy to escape there and the safety is greatly increased.

"Uncle, let's go to Shanzhou. I feel we can survive there." After thinking for a moment, Hou Xiaoge nodded seriously and said.

"Okay, you kid is now being blessed by our ancestors, so what you said must be true." Hearing Hou Xiaoge's affirmation, uncle Hou Yangmin's originally uneasy heart calmed down for some reason.

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Maybe because they were leaving, the food my second aunt and sister-in-law prepared today was even better than last night.

Hou Xiaoge looked into the pot and saw a semi-dry thick porridge made of wheat flour, wild vegetables and rat meat.

"Second Aunt, this is too much. The food today is really hard." Hou Xiaoge said jokingly.

"What? You think the food is too good? Eat quickly, and help clean up after dinner. We're leaving Xiaogou Village today." Second Aunt rolled her eyes at Hou Xiaoge and turned around to scoop rice for the others.

Holding the bowl of rice, Hou Xiaoge picked out all the rat meat from the porridge with a feeling of disgust.

"Xiaotong, Hei Niu, Xiaolan, come here, I'll give some to you." There were three pieces of meat in total, and Hou Xiaoge gave one piece to each of his three youngest brothers and sisters.

"Heiwa, why are you giving the meat to Xiaolan and the others again? You should eat it yourself as well. You have to carry your luggage today." The aunt was very touched when she saw Hou Xiaoge giving the meat to her daughter.

"Aunt, Xiaolan is too young and weak. We don't know how far we have to go this time to escape the famine! We need to replenish some oil and water." Hou Xiaoge was a little worried when he saw his cousin who couldn't even hold a bowl.

"Good boy!" The aunt looked at Hou Xiaoge with satisfaction.

Seeing Hou Xiaoge giving the meat to his younger brother and sister, Bao Erhuan walked over reluctantly with his bowl of rice.

"Hei Niu, Xiaolan, these two pieces of meat are for you." Er Huan put the two pieces of meat into the bowls of the two little guys with reluctance, and then pretended to be nonchalant and sat in front of Hou Xiaoge.

"Yeah! Not bad, Erhuan has grown up too."

Hou Yangmin sat aside and watched his second son pick up meat for his younger siblings, and praised them with satisfaction.

After the uncle finished praising, the second aunt and the younger sister-in-law naturally would not be left out, and everyone also praised them.

Listening to the praises, Er Huan chewed the last piece of rat meat and smiled so hard that his eyebrows disappeared.

After the meal, everyone quickly packed up and prepared to set off while it was still cool.

The things that the Hou brothers had were not much, but not little either. They had a set of somewhat tattered bedding and three cotton-padded jackets, one of which had belonged to their cheap father, but unfortunately he was drafted into the army and left behind.

Apart from these, there is a bamboo backpack, a few bamboo tubes for carrying water and food, and the rest are some miscellaneous small items.

It looks like there are a lot of things, but the adults just carry them away in a basket. The house is really bare!

After packing his luggage, Hou Xiaoge looked around his first "home" after traveling through time, sighed, and turned away without any reluctance.

At this time, there was a wheelbarrow in the yard, which was left by his father. His uncle was afraid that Hou Xiaoge was too young to push it, so he asked his eldest cousin to take it over.

Hou Xiaoge tied the quilt and bamboo tube to the wheelbarrow, and only carried the backpack on his back. This made it convenient for him to find wild vegetables and take things from the space.

However, it is impossible for Hou Xiaoge to be so comfortable. There is a hemp rope tied in front of the wheelbarrow, which is prepared for him. When the time comes, his cousin will push it from the back and Hou Xiaoge will pull it from the front. This will definitely be a powerful force.

My cousin and I pushed our luggage to Erda's yard. Two wheelbarrows were already full in the middle of the yard.

"set off!"

Uncle waved his hand, and the courtyard, which had been filled with a somewhat solemn atmosphere, immediately began to move.

When everyone walked out of the yard, the street that was deserted in the past was now full of people, and the sounds of crying and noise filled the entire street.

But at a glance, most people's eyes are filled with confusion and deep worry about the future.

Although fleeing famine is done as a family unit, there still needs to be someone to organize it, so that everyone's chances of survival will be greater along the way.

Under the arrangement of several prestigious people in the village, twenty or thirty young and strong people were guarding the front and back of the farm tools, with the elderly, the weak, women and children pushing the luggage in the middle, and my uncle was called to the front.

After those who wanted to leave had gathered, the team began to move, moving northward under the leadership of the leader in front.

As for why we go north instead of west, there is naturally a reason.

Last month, when everyone was fleeing famine to the county town, a group of defeated soldiers happened to come from the northeast. As the saying goes, bandits passing by are like combs, and soldiers passing by are like rakes.

When the refugees saw the defeated soldiers, they wished their parents had eight legs. They were so scared that they ran south of the county town and finally arrived at Fan Town in the south of the county town, where they stayed for more than a month.

This time they went north, one reason was to go to Fan Town and the county seat to see if there was still a way to make a living, and the other was that their hometown, Hedi Township, and Shanzhou were both northwest of the county seat.

If you can find a job near the county town, that would be the best. After all, people are worthless when they leave their hometown, and who would be willing to leave their hometown to seek a living elsewhere? But only if you are completely desperate, you will go all the way.