Traveling through 1942 with space

More than six days of planting in the spiritual field is equivalent to more than 120 days in the outside world. The wheat and sorghum that Hou Xiaoge planted first are finally ripe.

Looking at the red sorghum ears and golden wheat fields, Hou Xiaoge felt confident about the planting space.

The area for planting the two crops is about one mu each, and the total area is only more than 120 square meters. It is still very easy for Hou Xiaoge to harvest this amount.

Hou Xiaoge picked up the sickle and started harvesting. The joy of the harvest made Hou Xiaoge not feel tired at all, and he didn't rest for two hours.

Hou Xiaoge didn't stop until all the wheat and sorghum were stored in the space warehouse.

"Ouch! These wheat thorns are too prickly. I can't stand it." Hou Xiaoge cleared away all the wheat thorns that were pricked on his clothes with pain.

After washing up, Hou Xiaoge went to the vegetable garden, picked a few cucumbers and started eating them.

Although this old variety of cucumber is only the size of a palm, with the blessing of the spiritual field, its taste is really good, and its sweetness is almost as good as chewing watermelon rind.

Hou Xiaoge finished five in a row and was immediately full.

After eating, Hou Xiaoge picked all the remaining ripe cucumbers and put them into the space warehouse. Otherwise, when people came in after a few hours from outside, the cucumbers inside could be used as seeds.

Using his mental power to look outside, he saw that it was already bright, so Hou Xiaoge quickly crawled out from a corner where no one was around and continued to sleep.

"Get up! The sun is already shining on your butt, why don't you get up?" Hou Xiaoge was woken up by the shouting while he was half asleep.

When Hou Xiaoge opened his eyes, the sun was already high in the sky and it was already past seven o'clock.

Everyone got up, ate some dry food, and started packing their luggage to prepare for departure.

The team from Nanjiagou Village had already discussed their goal when they fled from that small mountain village a few days ago, which was to escape to Qin Province, so they did not waste any time when they set off.

Compared with the group from Nanjiagou Village who continued to flee, most of the group still stayed in Fan Town, hoping to stay here to beg for food and survive the disaster.

Of course, no one was surprised by the departure of the team from Nanjiagou Village. After all, there were refugee teams coming and going here every day, and everyone had gotten used to it.

When fleeing, the partner was the same one from the previous few days. Hou Xiaoge and his eldest brother were pulling a wheelbarrow together, and his younger brother Xiao Shuanniu was following behind the wheelbarrow, looking around.

However, this time the scene was much more lively than the previous days. There were seven or eight children surrounding the unicycle, chattering all the way. They were all friends of Hou Xiaoge and Xiao Shuanniu.

Apart from running around occasionally, these little guys spent most of their time around Hou Xiaoge and listening to him tell stories.

People in this era had very limited spiritual needs, and often a storyteller could support a teahouse.

So, how could we not welcome the story? Even my eldest cousin who was pushing the cart nearby looked excited while listening to it.

In order to help Hou Xiaoge tell stories well, these little guys took the initiative to take on the hard work of pulling the cart and took turns to help Hou Xiaoge pull the cart.

Of course, Hou Xiaoge did not tell any stories about later generations. He only talked about the four famous classics that everyone has heard of, but the main focus was on Water Margin.

Hou Xiaoge also has selfish motives. Although Water Margin is an anti-thief novel, it is mainly about the loyalty in this novel.

The reason why Hou Xiaoge said this is to slowly cultivate loyalty in these little guys and plant a seed of loyalty in their hearts so that these little guys can be used by him in the future.

With stories to listen to, everyone didn't feel tired and time passed quickly.

After stopping and walking along the way, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, after traveling nearly ten miles, the team finally arrived at Luoning County.

As soon as we got near the county town, all kinds of noisy sounds came from afar.

Looking at the endless camp of disaster victims, Hou Xiaoge thought:

"No wonder so many refugees choose to stay in Fan Town instead of coming here. There are too many people coming to the county. It is estimated that making a living here is worse than in Fan Town!"

However, the Nanjiagou team has a clear goal. If it continues to rain in the future, they will return to their hometown and settle down.

We will wait until October and plant the wheat from the landlord to survive the winter. If the disaster continues, we will flee to Qin Province.

After seeing the city wall, the team did not move forward, but found a wasteland to camp. The women prepared food, while the men went in groups to the county town to inquire if there was any news of relief, or to get some food.

Just as Hou Xiaoge followed a group of friends curiously towards the county town, the backyard of the famous Yichun Building in the county town was bustling with activity, with occasional scolding sounds coming from time to time.

When we got closer, we saw hundreds of little girls around ten years old were standing beside four stone mills in the yard, pulling the millstones with great effort.

The work of grinding a mill has always been done by animals, but now it falls on these frail little girls. How sad it is.

"You all work hard for me. Yichunlou didn't hire you to stay here for nothing. If you weren't so young, I would have arranged for you to serve customers in the front row.

But don't be happy, because there is no one eating free rice in Yichunlou. Mother Li has found this job for you, grinding flour for Wangji Grain Store in the city.

Each stone mill has a minimum requirement of 300 kilograms of flour per day. If you can't grind all of it, you can be beaten with a whip by me, Master Liu. If you are too heavy, I will let you receive customers in advance."

There was a set of tables and chairs next to the millstone, with a middle-aged man dressed in brocade sitting next to them. There was a horsewhip on the tea table next to the chair. The words just now were said by this middle-aged man.

The little girls were so frail that they seemed like they would fall down at the slightest gust of wind. It took six or seven people at a time to push the grinding pole as thick as their arms.

In order to push the huge millstone, four smaller girls carried the rope on their backs and pulled it in front, while the three older girls carried their whole bodies on the wooden poles and pushed it forward, and only then did the millstone slowly move.

The millstone is huge, and the arms are too short to reach it when standing underneath. Two or three little girls have to stand on the millstone to clean it skillfully, and even then they have to be on guard against the millstone rolling over at all times.

The little girls were sweating profusely and their faces were flushed red, but no one dared to stop because they would be whipped if they were lazy.

"The one called Hou Xiazhu, and Hou Xuemei, come out for a moment." At this moment, a man walked in from outside and shouted.

Two little girls who were grinding the mill in the yard heard someone calling their names and were so scared that their legs went weak and they almost fell to the ground.

Both of them thought they were going to be dragged out to receive customers, and they buried their heads in their chests in fear.

"Hmph! Ask again, the one called Hou Xuemei and Hou Xiazhu." The man was obviously a little impatient and his voice became much louder.

Hou Xiazhu caught a glimpse of the eyes around them looking at them and no longer dared to hide. She pulled her sister and walked out carefully.

"I'm Hou Xiazhu, I'm Hou Xuemei." The two little girls lowered their heads and replied sobbingly.

"Why are you crying? Hold it in. Good things are coming for you two, come out with me!" The man glanced at the two girls, too lazy to say anything more, and turned around and walked out.