As winter approaches, the staff dormitory has finally been built. The craftsmen have stayed here for more than half a year, and it is time to leave.
Lin Yuan stood in front of the dormitory, still very satisfied. Compared with the modern one-story house, this house is not bad, and it has three floors, which is a relatively difficult building in this era.
In addition to the craftsmen, the victims who have built their houses here for more than half a year have expressions like mourning. , such a day is too rare in this world.
"Master, I can farm." Seeing Lin Yuan, the victims fell to their knees with tears in their eyes, "I don't want wages."
As soon as he knelt down, the victims behind him also knelt down. They were all middle-aged people, both male and female, all of them were young, but they already had old images on their faces.
Lin Yuan didn't plan to let them go, and now only Yang Zian's brothers are farming, but there are 20 people who are extracting oil, and only 40 who are farming. These people can handle so much land, except for They are not only old peasants, but more importantly, they are physically strong.
These people were all ready to take over the family years ago and settle down here.
Lin Yuan helped the person who knelt down first, and he patted the other person's shoulder: "I never told you to leave, as long as you want to stay, you can stay, as long as you work hard, you can fill your stomach. ."
"Master! Master! I'm kowtowing to you!" I don't know who shouted, and the heads of this group of people slammed onto the ground.
Lin Yuan didn't speak, he didn't know what to say, it was too shocking.
When he was still alive in modern times, let alone kowtow, no one ever bowed to him.
In the evening, the craftsmen left in an ox cart. Their homes were all in Wucheng, and they earned a fortune in the past half a year.
Strange to say, during the period from the early autumn to the beginning of winter, there was not much conflict between the refugees and the common people in Wucheng.
Jiang Gui received news that it turned out to be more than a dozen large households in Wucheng, who served cakes outside the city every day, probably because there were too many refugees, and the cost of cooking porridge was not enough, so they replaced them with bean dregs cakes. Therefore, the tense atmosphere in Wucheng has eased.
Jiang Gui didn't have an easy time during this time. The yamen was getting busier and busier. Originally, as a small official, Jiang Gui had not many things to manage. On the day of the beginning of winter, Jiang Gui put on a cotton jacket and was about to go out to the yamen. I heard someone shouting outside: "The refugees are rushing in! The refugees are entering the city!"
The refugees have been hungry for so long, and they have no strength at all, but when people are in a desperate situation, they can always burst out with unimaginable energy.
Wucheng's military strength is limited, these refugees have no weapons, and they use whatever they get on the street to fight with people.
When the first person died in the fight, the fight couldn't stop easily.
It must end with the complete failure of one of the parties.
And before it ends, people will die one after another.
Jiang Gui quickly locked the door and returned to the house in three or two steps, so that no family members were allowed to leave the house. Then he opened the window a small crack and observed the situation outside through the small crack. Jiang Gui's wife Chen Shi covered her mouth and almost call out.
They saw a ragged, skeleton-like refugee pounce on a pedestrian. He opened his mouth and bit the man's throat fiercely. The pedestrian was struggling, but the strength of the struggle became weaker and weaker. The flesh of the pedestrian, blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.
He doesn't look human anymore.
But his goal was not to eat human flesh. After the man was bitten to death, he panicked and began to search for the man's belongings.
Chen shi's face turned pale, and she grabbed Jiang Gui's arm in panic, screaming in her ears.
There are refugees, officers and soldiers and pedestrians.
If officers and soldiers were killed, refugees would break into the house.
Jiang Gui made a decisive decision: "Let's go, you go and call your parents and eldest baby, I'll drive the car, and leave now."
Chen shi ran into the yard in a panic.
When she entered the yard, she heard screams from the next door neighbor's house, which made her almost sit on the ground.
But she still called out her parents and parents-in-law with a white face.
The Jiang family is a two-way street, and there is a trail behind, where the donkey is tied. The donkey cart is no better than an ox cart and a horse-drawn cart, but for four old people and one child, riding a donkey cart is always faster than traveling alone.
Jiang Gui leads the donkey in the front, Chen shi walks by the side, and Wucheng is in the back, which is their home. Chen shi will look back after walking for a while, and every eye will shed a tear. When they left, there was nothing. Take, the family wealth is in the house, they escaped without a penny, although they saved their lives, but Chen shi knows that without money, no food, the world is big, where can they go
"Go to my righteous brother." Jiang Gui seemed to see his wife's worries, he said, "My righteous brother has land in the countryside."
Chen Shi was a little uneasy: "We rush to defect, we are afraid..."
Jiang Gui knew what his wife was afraid of, and that Lin Yuan would not want to take them in. After all, if he took in a few more people at this time, he would have more mouths to eat, and he was a righteous brother, not a real brother. Besides, even if it was a relative, There were times when brothers were at odds with each other.
"In the end... I'm going to give it a try." Jiang Gui was also a little uncertain.
They did not dare to walk on the main road, they only drove away from the small road, and once they heard the voice of the people, they would hide in the woods.
No one knew what happened to Wucheng, and Jiang Gui didn't dare to think about it.
"It's on fire." Chen shi looked at the opposite direction of Wucheng, and the smoke billowed into the sky.
Jiang Gui: "Don't look, go."
Wucheng is over, Jiang Gui thought silently.
When he saw Jiang Gui, Lin Yuan was taken aback. He knew that Wucheng would be in chaos, but he didn't expect it to be like this. Jiang Gui described the current Wucheng as a hell on earth, and Lin Yuan quickly comforted him: " Third brother, you can rest assured."
Their family was placed in the staff dormitory. The beds in the staff dormitory were specially made by the carpenter Lin Yuan. They were bunk beds. One room could accommodate six people. There were tables, chairs and benches, but they could not cook and boil water. All these had to be in the dormitory. Get it outside.
"Brother Jiang." Lin Yuan found Jiang Gui at night, "You go with me to the nearby villages and towns in a few days, we have to collect food and come back."
Jiang Gui was sitting on the ground, he had recovered his spirits and nodded.
Jiang Gui also knew in his heart that even if he and Lin Yuan were righteous brothers, they couldn't take advantage of it for nothing. He had to do something to prove that he didn't eat for nothing.
Now that both Li Congrong and Yang Zian have to go to the ground, the oil factory is still extracting oil, but these oil will not be sold anymore, but will be produced and sold by themselves. Ten people also went to the ground with hoes.
Yang Zian and Li Congrong didn't say anything after knowing about Wucheng.
This news could not be concealed, and soon, everyone knew what happened in Wucheng.
When working, everyone was more silent and exerted more energy, and no one was cheating or slipping.
Sometimes an extra grain of food may give you a little more chance to survive.