Quick travel to save a miserable life

Chapter 426 A woman on the run 1

Before Lin Hui opened her eyes, she heard panicked and noisy sounds in her ears, including children's cries, messy footsteps, and various sounds of packing things up and urging each other.

A child cried in her ear: "Mom, mother, what's wrong with you? Wake up!"

This is another world where mothers are happy to be mothers. Listening to the child's voice, it seems that he is not very old, so the actual age of the body in front of him is probably not much older. The child is called "mother", but it is not Know if this is an ancient world or a modern world.

Listening to the child's cry, it was estimated that there was something wrong with the body at this time, and it fainted for a moment. Lin Hui simply did not open her eyes and looked at the memory of the original body and the original plot.

This is indeed an ancient world, and it is a dynasty that I have never heard of, called the Daning Dynasty. It is the twenty-fifth year of Yongjia.

Since the founder of the Daning Dynasty overthrew the previous dynasty, this dynasty has existed for more than [-] years. The originally strong dynasty has gradually declined. The government has become corrupt, the army has declined, and ordinary people's lives have become increasingly difficult.

Especially in recent years, natural disasters have occurred frequently, including droughts, floods, and hail. The disasters vary from place to place. Many people across the country are living in dire straits.

Niujia Village, Taohua Town, Yongfeng County, Zhongzhou, where he was originally located, was located in the middle of the dynasty's territory. It was originally a peaceful land where people could barely make ends meet.

But since last year, the weather has gradually gotten worse.

Last autumn, it rained a little while we were farming, but it didn't snow all winter. When it was supposed to rain in spring, there were only a few drops, and then no more rain fell.

The crops in the fields are severely drought-stricken. In order to achieve a harvest, farmers can only rely on carrying water for irrigation.

However, because it had not rained for a long time, the water in the river had bottomed out. Niujiacun and Xujiazhuang next door had fought several times over the water for irrigation. But in the end, the water finally stopped flowing, and along the river Walking a few dozen miles upstream, all you can see is a dry riverbed.

Not only has the river dried up, but even the wells in the village have almost bottomed out, and all that comes up is muddy water.

Even so, young men from the village must be sent to guard the water every day to prevent people from other villages from stealing water.

It's summer now. Originally, the wheat should be heading into the ear at this time, but now because of the drought, there are not even one wheat seedling left in the field. What's left is only the poles and no ears.

This year's production is not reduced, it is simply no harvest, but the government's notice to collect summer grain is still issued on time, which makes the people in the village simply fall into despair.

There are a total of forty-three households in Niujia Village. Now most of the households have run out of food. No one dares to eat enough. They are hungry most of the day. There is no hope for the harvest in the fields. Where can they get food? Give it to the government!

People in the village frown and sigh all day long, angry that God will not give them a way to survive, and worrying about how to live their lives.

Although the name of Niujia Village contains the character "Niu", the largest number of people in the village is Zhang, accounting for [-]% of the village's population. The rest have mixed surnames.

Therefore, for many years, the village chief has been held by someone named Zhang. Generally speaking, if something happens in the village, as long as the Zhang family has discussed it among themselves and the Zhang clan leader has spoken, it is basically settled.

When something like this happened this time, Zhang Fengshou, as the Zhang clan leader and village chief, naturally couldn't just watch and had to find a solution for the clan and villagers.

However, he sacrificed his face and money and asked someone to go to the county to ask for news. He learned that there was no peace in the north this year and that there might be a war. The army could not fight hungry, so there was no room for relaxation in the matter of food requisition, and it must be done according to what the higher-ups said. .

This left Zhang Fengshou with no choice. Who dares to go against the government?

Just when the whole village was almost falling into despair, news came from the state capital next door, saying that the farmers there were just like here. There was no harvest in the fields, but the government was still requisitioning grain, and they could no longer survive. They simply fled collectively.

Their grand direction was to go south. They felt that there were many rivers in the south and the water system was developed, so there would be no drought like their own.

I don’t know which village or town it started from. More and more people are joining the fleeing team. The so-called law does not punish the masses. There are too many people and the government cannot stop them at all.

Her real name is Lin Huiniang. She is [-] years old this year. She has been married to Zhang Erzhu from Niujia Village for five years and has a four-year-old daughter.

She is now in a coma because she recently became pregnant, and she has not had enough to eat every day these days and is malnourished, so she faints.

At this moment, most people in Niujia Village are packing their things. They have agreed on a time to go south to escape the famine together, and Zhang Erzhu's family is no exception.

Zhang Erzhu is [-] years old this year and is the second son in the family. He lives with his parents, brother and sister-in-law, and there is no separation.

Now the whole family is packing their things together and preparing to hit the road, but his wife Huiniang has fainted. Not only can she not be of help, but she may also be delayed, which makes him very unhappy.

Especially his youngest daughter Cuiya, who was lying beside the bed and crying non-stop, made him even more upset.

"Cuiya, don't cry. If you cry again, you'll get beaten!" Zhang Zhuzhu said angrily to Cuiya.

Probably because Zhang Erzhu never gave Cui Ya a good look on weekdays, so his intimidation was very effective on the child. Cui Ya was so frightened that she immediately covered her mouth and just watched her mother shed tears silently.

At this time, Lin Hui opened her eyes.

She glanced at the yellow and thin little girl in front of her and smiled weakly: "Don't be afraid. Mom is fine. Mom is fine."

When Cui Ya saw her mother waking up, she happily wiped away her tears, rushed over, hugged Lin Hui and shouted: "My mother is okay, my mother is not dead, my mother is alive again!"

Because there was no food harvest this year, many elderly people in the village passed away, and funerals were held every once in a while. The little girl often heard adults say this. She thought that if a person lay there motionless and could not be woken up, he was dead.

She really thought just now that her mother had died like those in the village, and then she would never have a mother again!

Fortunately, my mother woke up again, and she had a mother again!

When Zhang Erzhu saw Lin Hui waking up, there was no joy on his face. He just said with a stern face: "Now that you're awake, get up and pack your things quickly. Everyone will gather at the head of the village later. If we miss the time, no one will wait for us."

Lin Hui didn't take it seriously and said obediently, "Yes, I understand."

In fact, when it comes to packing things, they only need to bring the clothes, bedding, and flint for the three people in their room. Because Zhang Erzhu doesn't worry about taking care of things on weekdays, he is rummaging around at home without a clue.

When it arrived in Lin Hui's hands, in just a few moments, she wrapped the things she wanted to bring with sheets and tied them into two bundles, and each of the two adults carried one.

As for precious things like food and water, they were in the hands of her mother-in-law Zhang Shen, and she was not qualified to touch them.