Quickly wear it and get rid of his virtuous character

Su Tong also filled a large car for his brother, and told them to be careful during this period, try to keep the doors and windows closed tightly, and not go out at night.

The public security in the county town is definitely much better than that in the countryside. At least there are people patrolling the county town. However, there are still some petty thieves at night. Shu Tong closed the doors and windows tightly and even set up some traps outside.

But maybe it was because his eldest brother and second brother came to see him today, so he was targeted by others. However, he only heard them scream, and then there was no other sound.

When Su Tong got up the next day, he saw a large pool of blood on the wall and in the corner, and some messy footsteps. Those people must have been injured, and they ran out in panic.

After this incident, that group of people didn't dare to cause trouble to their family again, because they all understood that there must be something wrong with their family.

Zhao Laosan is still working as a helper in a wealthy family, and his wages are even much higher than before. The rich family is still living a life of debauchery, while the poor are barely clothed. In the ancient feudal society where people eat each other, tragedies are played out every day.

Mrs. Zhao and her friends also sent someone to bring a message saying that they didn't have enough food at home and asked them to send some money back.

When Zhao Laosan saw the letter, he immediately calmed down. If he remembered correctly, he had told them a few months ago not to sell the grain at will. Their family had hundreds of acres of land, and even after paying taxes, there would still be enough grain left to eat, unless...

Unless Mrs. Zhao couldn't bear to part with the money, so she sold all the food directly. Now that she has no food to eat, she is anxious, but what's the use of being anxious?

Zhao Laosan did not go to the housekeeper's house to talk about the affairs inside. He just said that he and his wife were having a hard time. Even they were almost out of work. If the shopkeeper had not seen that they were diligent, he would have kicked them out long ago.

After bringing this message back, no one dared to bother them anymore, but she still urged them to take the money back every month.

In fact, the people in the Zhao family were not stupid. They also knew that the couple must be living a good life outside. However, the couple had no resources at home, and because they found work outside, they left a house empty and saved a lot of food, so they did not arouse public anger. The most important thing was that the couple still brought money into the family.

So even though Mrs. Zhao knew that her son and daughter-in-law were earning money outside, she still had no reason to ask them to come back. After all, if she called them back, they would not get a penny. If she let them continue working outside, although the money would be less, at least they would get money every month.

The drought lasted until October. I heard that the people down there couldn't stand it any longer, so a large number of people in the village began to flee the famine. When Zhao Laosan got the news, Mrs. Zhao had already brought people to their side.

Although the couple wanted to go out to support them, there were corpses everywhere outside the city gate. They had no choice but to spend some money and persuade the yamen runners to do them a favor and let the Zhao family in after seeing them.

Of course, it was a pity that Mrs. Zhao did not come, but the eldest, second and fourth sons of the Zhao family came instead.

The eldest sister-in-law of the Zhao family hugged her child and cried, "Fortunately, if I hadn't been more careful, my girl would have been taken away by someone else."

Kidnapping and selling people at this time is not just for a simple transaction, but... it is possible that they will become like two-legged sheep.

Su Tong was also in a state of fear, but when he asked about the others' fate, Brother Zhao shook his head and said, "Don't mention it. It was a very chaotic journey. We were all heading to the county town, but we ran into a group of bandits. We could only run forward desperately, and in the end, only a few of us were left. As for the others, we could not see them at all."

Su Tong looked at the second and fourth brothers again. The second brother lowered his head and the fourth brother's eyes were a little evasive. No one spoke.

Su Tong forced a smile, "Didn't you send someone back with a message? Did you sell all that food?"

It would have been better if she hadn't said it. As soon as she said it, the eldest sister-in-law hugged the second sister-in-law and started crying, "Third sister-in-law, please don't mention it. Our mother-in-law didn't believe the letter you brought back at all. Not only did she think you were exaggerating, she even thought you were a sinner of the Zhao family, preventing the old Zhao family from getting rich. She immediately sold most of the family's grain.

The remaining grain was enough for the whole family to eat and drink, and they could still survive this winter. But for some reason, my mother-in-law gave some of the grain to her own farmers. That night, thieves came and stole a large part of it...

Fortunately, no one was hurt, but we were out of food. My fourth brother’s wife’s family had sent us some rice bran, which allowed us to survive for a while if we ate sparingly. But my mother-in-law secretly gave a few of us small snacks, and we almost starved to death.

You don’t know how miserable our life has been. We can only have a bowl of porridge a day, and I am so hungry that my eyes are dizzy…”

Su Tong couldn't stand it anymore. His sister-in-law, who used to be not very plump, was now so thin that she was just a bag of bones. It was a miracle that she could walk from the countryside to the county town.

Su Tong went to the kitchen and cooked a big pot of porridge. He didn't dare to make it dry. He just beat seven or eight eggs into it and made egg drops. Everyone drank two or three bowls. They wanted to continue drinking, but Su Tong was afraid that they would upset their stomachs, so he asked them to wait until tomorrow.

So many people came to the house at once, so everyone had to squeeze together. Even the people in the main room had to sleep on the floor. When Yan Xinhao and his friends came, they remembered to bring quilts with them, otherwise they would not even have a quilt to cover themselves with.

Su Tong was afraid that something might happen at night, so he asked two of them to work on a shift, one in the first half of the night and one in the second half. If there was any movement, he would wake them up immediately and they would fight the enemy together.

The county town was well guarded, and there were many disaster victims outside. In addition to the wealthy families providing porridge, even the county magistrate opened his warehouse to provide disaster relief.

The food at home is definitely not enough for so many people, but they can still survive by drinking a bowl of porridge every day.

Zhao Laosan still works, but now he only works half a day in the morning and comes back in the afternoon. The main reason is that it is unsafe to walk on the road at night.

The wealthy families were very generous. On the 15th day of August, in addition to the silver reward, each person was even given two pounds of meat, one pound of mooncakes and one pound of pastries.

Su Tong cut the pound of pork into small pieces, then put it into the pot to make lard, and fried the remaining oil residue with radish and cabbage.

Today's dinner is wild vegetable soup and corn steamed buns. They went to the mountains to dig up the wild vegetables. It rained the day before yesterday, and there was some green outside the mountain. There were still some wild vegetables, but most of them were dug up by others. Only a very small part was left. The eldest and second sisters-in-law went out to dig up wild vegetables before dawn and came back at night. They could dig up a basket every time.

The wild vegetables nowadays are really not tasty, and only the dried ones are left. But it is better to have something to eat than nothing to eat. There are many people starving to death outside.

There is still no news about Mrs. Zhao and her group. During this time, some people said that they saw them heading north, but now everything is in chaos and no one dares to risk their lives to look for Mrs. Zhao and her group.