The refugee team of nearly a hundred people followed the four-wheeled cart and left the village entrance.
Two four-wheeled carts went ahead, carrying some old people and children, and some women also sat on the carts.
None of the refugees were in poor health, but those who did died on the road. The refugees who managed to come here alive had relatively strong bodies.
"Brother, look, the waterwheel." The third child pointed towards the distance with his hand excitedly.
The direction he pointed was a wheat field, and further ahead were several extremely conspicuous waterwheels, some large and some small, each waterwheel separated by a certain distance.
Da Niu, who was walking aside, said with an envious look: "I have walked this way, and there are the most water trucks here. If we had a few water trucks in our hometown, we wouldn't have no harvest at all in the past few years."
He, Zhou Youshun and others did not come from the same place. They only met on the way to escape and came together.
Even though there are only a hundred or so refugees, they come from several different places.
"Look at the seedlings in the field. They are so tender. There will definitely be a good harvest next year." The third child said with bright eyes.
People who farm hope to have more harvests in their fields. Now that they see the green wheat seedlings in the fields in front of them, they like it from the bottom of their hearts.
Zhou Youshun looked at the fields on the side of the road and said, "If there is another heavy snowfall after the freezing weather, the auspicious snow will herald a good harvest. Next year, the fields will harvest one or two more bushels of grain."
"Brother, this Lingqiu is not bad. We will stay here to cultivate land for them from now on. Such good land will definitely make the family no longer hungry." The third child said.
Daniel walking beside was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Aren't you going back?"
"If this place was good, we wouldn't go back. There would be no one at home a long time ago. The houses have collapsed and there is no one to live in. Before we came out, we worked as sharecroppers for others. Originally we still had a few acres of land at home, but later we were all gone. It was occupied by the yellow landowners in the village." Lao San said.
At this time Zhou Youshun looked at Daniel and said, "Are you going back?"
"I, I don't know either." Daniel said hesitantly, "Our house has also collapsed, and the land we farm is all other people's land."
The third child interjected: "Then why go back? You won't even have a place to live, and there will be no harvest from the fields. After one year, the little food you grow will not be enough to pay for the food."
"That's true, but I still can't bear to leave my hometown where I was born and raised." Daniel said as he walked.
The team was still moving forward. In order to take care of the refugees, the two four-wheeled carts at the front were traveling at a slow speed, but they never stopped.
Zhou Youshun said to Daniel: "Is there anyone else in your family?"
"No!" Daniel shook his head and said, "Everyone in the family is dead, but I am the only one who survived. I originally wanted to wait for the government to provide disaster relief and provide food, but then I couldn't wait any longer, so I had to go out and find a way to survive. "
Zhou Youshun nodded and said immediately: "Fortunately you didn't stay and wait for the government to release food, otherwise you would have starved to death on the roadside by now."
"My brother is right." Lao San also said, "On the way out, I heard from people who were fleeing in our county that the government collected a batch of grain from the wealthy households in the city, but there was no distribution at all. We, the people who suffered the disaster, collected them all in grain stores and sold them at a high price."
As he spoke, he spat hard on the ground.
"The magistrate of your county really lacks great virtue, so he is not afraid of retribution in the future." Daniel said with an angry look.
The third child said: "Every official has the same moral character. You think your hometown is better than ours. If it was really better than ours, how could you escape?" Wuyou
After hearing this, Da Niu lowered his head.
Just like what the third child next to me said, the situation in their county is similar. After the disaster, except for a few large households with good reputations who donated porridge for a few days, there was no movement at all from the government. On the contrary, the price of food was increasing day by day. expensive.
Zhou Youshun looked at Da Niu who stopped talking and said, "I have nothing to miss at home anymore, so why go back to that terrible place? As long as you have some strength, you can find a way to survive anywhere."
Daniel nodded vigorously.
Many of the refugees have families, either members of the clan or villagers in the same village. There are only a few people like him who are alone in the entire refugee team.
"Look, there are a lot of cavalry, the same cavalry in iron armor that we saw yesterday." The third child suddenly pointed to the front of the team.
Directly in front of them, a group of cavalry came from a distance in their direction.
"Retreat to the roadside, everyone, retreat to the roadside and make way." Soldiers with tiger flags called to the refugees to retreat to the roadside.
Two four-wheeled vehicles were also parked on the side of the road.
Most of the official channels were given up.
The cavalry team of the Tiger Flag passed in front of the refugee team and galloped away into the distance.
When the last cavalryman passed through the end of the refugee team, he heard the Tiger Flag soldiers in the refugee team shout: "Okay, keep going, we will reach Lingqiu in another ten miles or so."
The refugee team was called back on the road.
The third child kept staring at the cavalry on horseback as they walked away, then reluctantly looked back and said with envy: "It would be great if I could ride a big horse like them."
"How majestic." Da Niu said with the same envy, and then added, "More majestic than the servants kept by our generals."
The third child nodded vigorously with a look of approval, and immediately said: "Brother, do you think they all have iron bumps on their bodies?"
"I've seen it. It's an iron plate, but it's strong." Zhou Youshun thought that the person he was talking to yesterday was also wearing such a suit of iron armor.
The third child said: "What kind of weapon would it take to pierce such a thick iron knot? If I wear something like this, I must be very impressive."
"If you want to be a cavalry, you must at least be able to ride a horse. Don't even think about being a cavalry. When you get to Lingqiu, you and I can find a job together. Making a living is the serious thing." Zhou Youshun said to the third child.
Daniel said: "Lao San, your elder brother is right, you will not go hungry if you have a decent business."
"Then I will find a job first, and then I will become a cavalryman when I get the chance. Then I will ride a tall horse and make you envy me." The third child rubbed his nose with his sleeve.
Zhou Youshun said: "A good man should not be a soldier, and a good man should not hammer nails. No matter how good the cavalry of the Tiger Flag is, you cannot go. From now on, just follow me honestly and find a serious job to do."
Having read some books, he did not want his younger brother to become a soldier. Soldiers were all unpromising people. Even being a tenant for others would be better than being a soldier.
"I know." Lao San agreed reluctantly.
The eldest brother is like a father, even if he doesn't want to, he can only hold his nose and endure it.
