Traveling through 1942 with space

"Uh! What to do? Just let it go." Hou Xiaoge really wanted to say this as he looked at his uncle with a conflicted look on his face.

But cold dishes certainly won’t solve the problem, we still have to serve some “meat dishes” and give some advice.

"Uncle, there's nothing to worry about. We should definitely take care of ourselves first.

What? You want to buy tickets for everyone in the village?

If you have this idea, I advise you to give it up as soon as possible! There are more than 200 people. Even if we pack up our whole family and sell the meat, we still can't make enough.

Besides, it’s almost October now. The quilts are damp when I sleep at night and it’s a bit cold.

We haven't even reached Qin Province yet! Once we get to Qin Province, we still have to find a place to settle down.

If we delay any longer, winter will come. If we still haven’t settled down by winter, that will be difficult.

Uncle, you know that our family has the most minors in our village. If something happens when the weather gets cold, it will be terrible. "Hou Xiaoge said as he analyzed the pros and cons.

As Hou Xiaoge finished his last sentence, Hou Yangmin's face changed immediately. Several children in the family fell ill some time ago, which consumed all the family's wealth. He even lost his younger brother while looking for food.

Moreover, their family now has only two and a half strong laborers and one woman, and the remaining nine are children. This burden is too heavy.

If it weren't for the help of this smart and lucky nephew during this period of time, the family would have collapsed after more than a month.

It turned out that my nephew Xiao Heiniu and my niece Zhou Xiaolan were both weak and it was estimated that they would die young.

If Hou Xiaoge knew that his uncle calculated this way, he would definitely add another one, because the original body would have been gone long ago.

.........

While Hou Xiaoge and his uncle were checking for train tickets and how to get there, the two Hou brothers felt bored staying in the camp, so they took a few cousins and a group of friends to wander outside.

After shopping for a while, everyone was out of money and was about to go home.

I saw five large carriages lined up, carrying five full of young women heading out of the city, and I quickly gave way.

Unexpectedly, a child who went with them spotted the uncle's eldest daughter, Hou Chunhua, at a glance and immediately pointed her out loudly.

"Brother Erhuan, look, is that Sister Chunhua?

Didn't you say that Sister Chunhua married into the city and ate white steamed buns every day? How come she was sitting in the traffickers' car?" The nine-year-old fellow tribesman Gousheng shouted with snot running down his nose, pointing at a thin woman in the car.

"Gousheng, are you blind? Or do you deserve a beating for talking nonsense all day long."

When the Erhuan brothers heard Gousheng talking nonsense about their sisters sitting in the carriage, they were angry and were about to deal with the children, but they couldn't help but glance at the carriage.

It would have been fine if they hadn't looked at it. Once they looked at it, they felt dazzled and quickly rubbed their eyes.

"Spring flowers!"

"sister!"

After the two brothers Hou Huanhuan and Hou Huanhuan made sure that they were not mistaken, they shouted in unison at the carriage that had passed by them, and then quickly chased after it.

"Ah, where did these two bastards come from? How dare they stop your Master Fan's carriage? Are you tired of living?" The middle-aged man who was sitting on the shaft of the cart driving the carriage saw two young men blocking the horse, so he quickly stopped the horse and cursed.

"The person in your carriage is my sister. My sister is married to the Zheng family. Why is she in your carriage? Did you, the human traffickers, kidnap my sister?"

Erhuan was young and energetic. During this period, his family had fought two battles with bandits and defeated soldiers. He had become much bolder and was not afraid of the coachman's loud questioning.

"Which one is your sister? All the money in this car belongs to Mr. Fan's family. You little bastard, stop talking nonsense. Get out of here now or I'll whip you." The middle-aged man snapped his whip and scolded.

"Erhuan, hurry back and ask our father to redeem the person. I'll stop them here." The more mature Hou Huanying knew that it would not work to be unreasonable, so he had to quickly ask his father to redeem the person.

When Erhuan heard his elder brother say this, he did not stop. He wiped the stubborn tears from his face and ran towards the camp.

.........

"Heiwa, are we just going to ignore our tribesmen?

You have also seen during this period that it is difficult for ordinary retail refugees to survive.

We have too many children in our family. I am afraid that they will be bullied by the locals and other refugees if we go to Qin Province." In the camp, Hou Yangmin looked worried and hesitant.

What Hou Yangmin said does make sense. Nowadays, most ordinary people survive by sticking together for warmth, otherwise they will easily be bullied.

However, during the escape, everyone showed their abilities and whoever had the most abilities could escape first. You couldn't sacrifice your own chance of survival just to keep each other together.

"Uncle, you are right. But as the saying goes, husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly away separately.

If even a married couple is like this, what about ordinary people? Let’s take care of our own family first!

Besides, we are just exploring the way ahead, we are not ignoring the villagers.

Let's settle down after we pass Tongguan. I still have some money, and the food in Qin Province must be cheap and easy to buy.

Uncle, let's buy some food when the time comes, so that the villagers can have food to eat as soon as they pass Tongguan and arrive in Qin Province. Do you think this is a good thing?" People in this era have a strong sense of clan, so Hou Xiaoge could only persuade his uncle in a roundabout way.

"Hey! The method you mentioned is good, this method is good.

Heiwa, what's wrong with your little head? Why are you so smart?

Okay, let's do it this way. I'll discuss it with Uncle Wu and the others." After listening to this, Hou Yangmin thought about it for a while and praised Hou Xiaoge's method.

"Uncle, don't go yet. Wait until we buy the tickets this afternoon and then tell Uncle Wu and the others when we leave.

If you tell them now, we won't be able to leave, and it will be easy to get into trouble if people know that our family is rich." Hou Xiaoge quickly grabbed Hou Yangmin and said.

.........

"Dad, Dad, come here quickly, come here quickly." Just as the two were talking, the second cousin came running over.

"Erhuan, what's wrong? What happened?"

Hou Yangmin saw that his second son was running out of breath and asked quickly.

"Quick, quick, my brother and I saw my elder sister in a carriage outside. She was being taken to Shanzhou by human traffickers and sold to Qin Province.

I hurried in to call for help, but my brother is still outside blocking them!" Er Huan leaned on his knees, panting and pointing outside.

"What? Didn't Chunhua go out with the Zheng family to escape the disaster? How come she was sold?

Let's go, where are the people? Lead the way." Hou Yangmin jumped up and ran out with his second son.

After his uncle took his son out, Hou Xiaoge quickly ran to the camp and found his uncle who was talking to someone.

"Uncle, you'd better take the gun! In case the other party refuses to ransom me, having a gun can help to show our strength." Hou Xiaoge quickly took out his uncle's musket from his wheelbarrow and said to his uncle.

"middle!"

After hearing what Hou Xiaoge said, his uncle-in-law Zhou Xinmin quickly pulled out his musket from the wheelbarrow, and the father and son hurriedly ran out of the camp.

After Hou Xiaoge and his companions ran out of the camp with guns, the people in the village who saw them also came to Hou Xiaoge's camp to ask about his aunt.

When they learned that Hou Xiaoge and his men went to redeem the person and were afraid that the traffickers would not redeem him, so they had to use guns to intimidate the traffickers, several relatives in the village who had guns turned around and ran back, took out their weapons and shouted, running out to help.

After a while, the situation in the village camp changed, and it turned out that people from other villages were beating Hou Yangmin's family outside.

Hou Yangmin is now a clan elder. After several battles, he has a high prestige among the clan members. Several clan elders are planning to support Hou Yangmin as the clan leader after things settle down!

Now the clan elder Hou Yangmin is actually being beaten by people from other villages. This is unacceptable.

The villagers who were resting in the camp were woken up by their wives, and they picked up their weapons and rushed out shouting.

.........

When Hou Yangmin brought his second son to the carriage, he saw eight or nine strong men surrounding his eldest son and three half-grown children and beating them. There were also seven or eight little kids around seven or eight years old standing next to them, constantly shouting at them to stop beating them.

"stop!"

Hou Yangmin looked at his son whose nose was bleeding and shouted to stop him.