Quick Wear: The saints are too miserable, the host will never be soft-hearted

When it was time for dinner, they sat down directly on the ground.

Liang Sulan took out the dry food she had prepared in the morning, divided it according to her appetite, and began to gobble it up.

No one could see the white bread in his hand because it was hidden by layers of wheat ears.

The three of them worked hard, no one slacking off. Liang Xiaomei was concentrating on stringing the bundles of wheat ears, then arranging them in neat piles, while Lu Yi carried them home in large waves.

Shangshui Village is bustling with activity.

Since the village head had spoken in a serious tone, no one wanted to have a head-on confrontation with the barbarians from the border, and the rush to harvest was more intense than ever before.

There was no time to grind the harvested wheat ears into flour, so they asked someone to take them to the county town to sell.

Sister Ying, who had rushed over to share the news, was sunburned. She gulped down a bowl of cold water, wiped her mouth, and danced with joy, saying, "Everyone's scrambling to get in, worried that if they get there too late, the county town won't be able to handle all the wheat. I heard some merchants from the provincial capital have said they'll take as much as they can."

Sister Ying took a breath and continued, "There's no problem selling the wheat, but the grain stores in the county town have a limited supply! You guys better hurry up if you want to buy some!"

"Pack up the important things at home. Don't think Sister Ying is nagging. This is a matter of life and death! We can't be careless at all!"

Sister Ying's expression was serious, and her dark eyes were filled with worry and solemnity, fearing that Liang Sulan would not take it seriously.

"Oh, okay, I've taken note of it. The two kids are listening very carefully."

"Okay, I have to get back to work, but I have to hurry. The village chief said that the team must set out at the crack of dawn at the latest!"

After seeing Sister Ying off, Liang Sulan glanced at the bundles of wheat ears piled against the wall and said, "Lu Yi, should we also pack up our wheat, put it on a cart, and quickly haul it to the county town to sell it?"

Lu Yi tightened his chin, suppressed his smile and said, "Mom, we don't need to sell our wheat to those merchants. In fact, I have a friend..."

Liang Sulan swallowed dryly, "You mean, your friend can eat our wheat?"

How could she not know that besides those bad friends that Lu Yi usually hangs out with, there is such a powerful figure?

"Yes!" Lu Yi said calmly, "Mom, leave this matter to me."

Liang Sulan nodded, then remembered something, "Oh, right, we have a cart for transporting luggage on the road. It was made by your father himself. The quality is excellent, and it's very sturdy."

"There's no one to pull the cart, and relying on people is definitely not enough. I'm thinking of using the money at home to go to the county town and pick out a horse, donkey, or mule. What do you think?"

"I don't think it's appropriate." Lu Yi answered straightforwardly.

"Mom, we just paid off our family's foreign debt a while ago. Wouldn't it be a bit conspicuous to buy a big addition to our home? Think about it, how many villagers in Shangshui Village can afford a horse or a mule?"

Liang Sulan muttered, "But their situation is different from ours. I'm willing to help, but the cart plus the luggage, at least if we pack them, would weigh several hundred pounds. Even if we grit our teeth, we can't hold on for more than a few days."

"Mom, you don't need me. I'll pull it!" Lu Yi said with a smile, stretching out his arm and comparing.

"I'm grown up now, and it's time for me to step up and share the burden of the family. Don't always treat me like a child."

"That's totally different. We don't have the habit of splitting up families in our village. Each family has at least four or five people, and some have more than a dozen. It's not too tiring to take turns with two people. Lu Yi, whether you take a break on the road depends on the instructions of the village head. As long as the team doesn't stop, we have to keep pulling. You can't imagine how hard it is!"

Liang Sulan spoke earnestly, thinking that Lu Yi was just daydreaming.

In her opinion, if she refused to buy a mule in order to save her family fortune, she would be so exhausted that she wouldn't even be able to cry when she got there and was in the middle of nowhere.

Lu Yi stopped talking. She looked around, walked to the stone mill in the yard, held her breath and started to exert force.

"Ouch! Put it down quickly. Why are you holding it? It's so dangerous." Liang Sulan rushed over and urged Lu Yi to put down the stone mill.

"Mom, now that you've seen it with your own eyes, you should believe it. I'm not trying to be stubborn. Let me pull the cart."

Lu Yi curled his lips and smiled. Liang Sulan was shocked and gave up the idea of ​​buying a mule.

The sky was dark, and it felt like a dark cloud was lingering. Lu Yi held the covered cart in place and watched Liang Xiaomei climb in and sit down. Some families were still bidding farewell to their homes, but Sister Ying had already said her goodbyes swiftly and was chatting with Liang Sulan.

"Sister Ying, you have a big family and a lot of things, why don't you buy a horse?" Liang Sulan asked, taking her eyes off the two carts in Sister Ying's house.

"Whether you buy a horse or not depends on me. Don't buy a mule either, Sulan. When I was little, my grandfather often took me out. We traveled all over the country. The journey was long and we met all kinds of people. When we were at our wit's end, we even wanted to peel off the bark of trees and feed it to our mouths!"

"Think about it, everyone is out there looking for a way to make a living, with their families. Food doesn't grow on the roadside, so when the food is gone, you're like a walking gold nugget in their eyes, leading a horse or a mule."

"The best outcome is that the horse is stolen. For those who are more greedy, I won't say more. I don't want to scare you into having nightmares at night." Sister Ying took Liang Sulan's hand and patted it.

"I wanted to remind you earlier, but then I thought, your family probably can't even afford a mule, let alone a horse. The silver you returned to me a few days ago was also because Lu Yi was lucky in the mountains. Can you be lucky every day?"

Liang Sulan's smile was a little stiff, then she nodded, secretly sighing that she had not thought it through.

"Sister Ying, you're right. I didn't think it through."

There was some confusion at the front of the team. After the head of the village gave the order, the message was passed from one family to another, and the team slowly started to move.

Lu Yi and his family lived not far from Yingjie's house. They were pulling the cart in the middle and a little further back. There were fellow villagers in front and behind them. It was probably because Village Chief Wang took into consideration that it was not easy for them, an orphan and a widow, to come.

After walking for about half a cup of tea, the children started complaining that they were tired and wanted to take a bus.

The parents felt distressed when seeing this. Some of them directly carried the children onto the cart, while others refused and talked to them with a stern face.

Fleeing from famine is no joke, so it is impossible for the entire team to stop and rest just because one person is tired.

Even the two lame sons of the village head were still holding crutches under their arms and jumping around, still trying to keep going.

Lu Yi took steady steps, staying neither too far nor too close to the luggage cart of the family in front of him, always paying attention to the movements behind him.

"Mom, please let Xiaomei sit comfortably on the cart. She only weighs a few dozen pounds, so this weight is nothing."

Lu Yi felt helpless.

Liang Sulan refused to get in the car no matter what, and from time to time, when Lu Yi wasn't paying attention, she whispered to Liang Xiaomei to jump out.

This act of caring for his stepson and making himself and Xiaomei endure hardships made Lu Yi feel that his reward points were in jeopardy.

Liang Sulan frowned tightly, but refused to compromise. She said, "Lu Yi, even though you can pull the rope now, it will definitely not be as good as today if we set out again tomorrow. Xiaomei can walk, so let her get down and walk."

Liang Xiaomei stretched out her feet, then poked her head out from under the tent, squatting on the edge, eager to jump down.