"Village chief, why are you here?" Wang asked looking at the village chief, wondering for no reason why the village chief's family was also short of food? If you are the village chief, you can still divide the dumpling ears into two. After all, people are soft-spoken, so if the village chief knows something good, he will definitely think of them first.
"Many families in the village are out of food, so I wanted to take this opportunity to bring everyone together to figure out a solution. We don't all have to come, just one person from each family will do."
"Okay, village chief, don't worry we will go there on time!"
Although Mr. Gu had been in the house, he had been paying attention to what was going on outside. When the door closed again, his questioning voice came.
"Dad, he is the village chief. He asked one person from the family to go discuss the problem of the villagers' food shortage tomorrow afternoon."
Mr. Gu sighed heavily when he looked at the only sixty or seventy kilograms of food in the room. If the food was really edible, he would probably have to be rescued by the imperial court. It can be said that it is a rescue, but in fact it is only six or seven kilograms of grain per person, leaving aside the ones left as seeds, which is not enough for normal food: "Let Wen Sheng and You Cai go there tomorrow afternoon."
"okay."
That night, while Gu Jiu was lying on the bed, he was suddenly shaken from his sleep by a rustling sound. When he opened his eyes, he saw a figure standing next to the cabinet, flipping through the cabinet carefully.
Just as Gu Jiu was about to stand up and subdue him, he suddenly found that his body was weaker than usual. When he looked closely, he saw that this person's back was very unfamiliar.
Since they had very little food left outside, the man got everything ready to go out in a short time. Gu Jiu used the faint moonlight to see the man's face when he turned around.
Although the other person was wearing a black cloth and couldn't see who it was, the eyes on the black cloth made her feel very familiar. She must have seen this person before!
After waiting for the people to leave, Gu Jiu lay down for a while to make sure that there was really no one else in the room, then quietly walked to the window, and watched in shock by the moonlight as five black figures outside the window cooperated with each other to steal the food. This turned out to be a gang crime!
After everyone left, Gu Jiu quickly checked the food placed outside, and was surprised to find that the group of people had only taken half of the food.
When it was just dawn the next day, the whole Gujia Village screamed like a slaughtering pig.
Mr. Gu was awakened by Mrs. Zhao and scolded him dissatisfiedly: "What are you yelling about so early in the morning? What kind of words are you talking about!"
"Dad, food, food..."
When Mr. Zhao mentioned food, Mr. Gu suddenly woke up and ran over barefoot without even having time to put on his clothes. When he saw that there was only one bag of multigrain flour left, he rolled his eyes and fainted.
"Dad! Dad!" Mrs. Zhao was startled and quickly stepped forward and shook her vigorously. When Mrs. Gu came out after hearing the noise, she thought something had happened to Mr. Gu when she saw this scene. She rolled her eyes and fainted.
"Mom! Mom, don't scare me!"
Mrs. Zhao was so shocked that she didn't know how to place her hands and feet. It took a long time before she remembered to go out and call someone.
On Gu Jiu's side, Ye Qing also found that there was less food after waking up.
"Xiaojiu, did we have a burglar last night?"
Gu Jiu nodded: "I just heard the second aunt's voice. I think it's not just our family. Let's wait and see what's going on when everyone gets together in the afternoon."
Originally, only one person from a family was needed, but in the afternoon, every family who could talk to each other arrived early, and the small open space was full of people.
"Village Chief, my family has been eating only one meal a day for almost a week, and now a thief comes to steal food! What should we do now?"
"That's right, the snow fell early this year. In previous years, you could go to the mountains to dig some wild vegetables to satisfy your hunger, but now everything is covered by snow!"
"Village Chief, more than 30 kilograms of food were stolen from our house!"
"What's wrong with you? Our family is 40 pounds less!"
"..."
Gu Jiu listened silently beside him, but he didn't expect that these thieves were quite particular about stealing things. If the family has more food, steal more; if the family has less food, steal less.
"Village Chief, you have to say something! According to the current situation, our villagers will not be able to support the government to send rescue!"
"That's right! Vincent, it just so happens that you are here today. You have read the book and you have come up with ideas for everyone. What should we do now?"
"Vincent is here too! Vincent, please tell me what to do!"
Gu Wensheng came over immediately and raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "I think we should find everyone's food first! It's impossible for one person to steal food from so many houses in one night. There must be several people. Maybe a whole family has been dispatched. Let’s see whose family eats better in the past two days than before, then whoever is the thief!”
"As expected of those who have read books, their brains are very useful. Let's look at each other and see who is so wicked! We must find that person!" A person in the crowd raised his arms and shouted, and there was a moment of confusion. Few people expressed their support.
village head:……
Gu Jiu:......
"Is it possible that those people are not from our village?"
Hearing Gu Jiu's words, Gu Wensheng immediately felt like he was slapped in the face: "Girl Jiu, food has been stolen from almost every house in the village, but no one has noticed. This is enough to prove that it was done by our own people in the village." , How can people from other villages know us so well?”
Gu Jiu: ...people in the village go to bed as soon as it gets dark, and are sleeping soundly at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. In addition, that group of people used some kind of smoke, how strange is it that they can be discovered? If she hadn't slept in the middle of the night the night before, and the clock couldn't be adjusted for a while, she wouldn't have discovered it at all.
Everyone just thought of suspicion after listening to Gu Jiu's words, but Gu Wensheng's analysis immediately dispelled the suspicion.
"Xiao Jiu, the adults are talking about business, so don't interfere here, you little girl!"
"That's right, this little girl is broken. You don't know that she dug a big basket of wild vegetables before and didn't give me even one!" Aunt Chen had just had a quarrel with her son at home, and now she saw Gu Jiu , and suddenly remembered the matter of asking her for wild vegetables a few months ago. snort! I told you not to give it to me. Now you know you were wrong! I wonder who would be willing to play matchmaker for you after your reputation has been ruined!
Hearing this, some people in the village who had lost their food and had nowhere to vent their anger seemed to find an outlet for their anger and began to accuse Gu Jiu.
Although the fact is that they are not willing to let Aunt Chen take advantage, the wild vegetables Gu Jiu's are not theirs! Besides, the mountains are now blocked by heavy snow, making it even more difficult to find food, but Gu Jiu found a big basket. Doesn't this show that he is selfish and does not consider the fellow villagers?
Gu Jiu: You are all quite energetic. I originally wanted to take you to find some food in the foggy area in advance, but now it seems that there is no need for it at all. Let’s wait for a few more days before we are hungry!
"Everyone, please be quiet!"
The village chief walked to Gu Jiu and patted Gu Jiu's shoulder comfortingly and continued: "Girl Jiu is right. I found a small rub of burned ashes outside the house this morning. I suspect it is possible It was some kind of smoke smoke caused by the outer village. Everyone was already asleep at that time, so this happened."
Hearing what the village chief said, the villagers subconsciously denied it, or said they didn't want to admit it. You know, if it was really someone from another village who did it, then they would 100% not get the food back! After all, they have no right to search other people's villages! So everyone is still more willing to believe that people from their own village stole the things!
"I know everyone is anxious, but the top priority right now is to solve the food problem. The person who stole the things can't be found for a while. I suggest that everyone go to the back mountain together to look for food together and solve today's problem first. Dinner! We have more people and more power, so we are definitely better than going out to find someone alone."
After hearing this, no one refuted, and they all followed the village chief quietly and honestly towards the back mountain.
"You are rich, you said that if our villagers are really starving to death, your wife can't just die without saving them, right?" A person on the road who heard Zhao Xiuer's exaggerated words couldn't help but asked. To be honest, he originally wanted to ask Mrs. Zhao for some food today, but he didn't expect that this person didn't come on such an important day!
Several people nearby turned their heads when they heard this. Just because they didn't say anything, it didn't mean they had forgotten what Zhao Xiuer said that day. Seeing that Gu Youcai remained silent, the people on the sidelines immediately began to flatter him.
"You are rich. Who in our village is as lucky as you to find such a good wife?"
"That's right. Fortunately, I didn't listen to the village chief's advice to buy food that day. Otherwise, my money would have been wasted!"
"Yes, yes, that's right."
Gu Youcai had never enjoyed such treatment before. He was so praised that he immediately forgot all about Zhao's instructions before leaving: "Well, it's not as good as you said. We are all from the village. How can you refuse to help even if you are facing death? That is unjustifiable!"
"It has to be you. If you have money, I'll tell you that you can be relied upon."
"Yes, yes, Brother Youcai wants me to say that you should fight for it. If you come to lead our village, then we will definitely live better than several other villages!"
"Xiao You's words are quite accurate!"
Gu Jiu: ...those people only stole Wang's money and treated the others like dirt?
The snow in the north was very thick, and it took everyone twice as long as usual to reach the back mountain one step at a time. And with the heavy snow, the back mountain was a bit more dangerous than usual.
"Everyone, please pay attention to where you step. Some places here are empty. It's a trivial matter if you step on your feet. Don't really fall!" After the village chief told everyone, he asked everyone to disperse so that they could find food separately.
But after searching for more than half an hour, everyone only had sporadic gains. Gu Jiu clasped his hands together and was about to blow some hot air on himself when he suddenly noticed that something seemed to be moving on the snow in front of him. Gu Jiu took a closer look and realized that the gray parts were not human footprints at all, but wings! Assessing the distance, Gu Jiu decided to take a gamble and pounced forward with both feet.
There is a sound when people walk on the snow, not to mention Gu Jiu's whole body hitting the snow. For a moment, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Gu Jiu. They saw Gu Jiu slowly getting up, with a hand in his hand. A wild goose with gray and white feathers.
Gu Wensheng's eyes widened when he saw the wild geese. How could there be wild geese at this time? Even if there was, didn't he have to be discovered first by a young boy like him?
