Qian Shulan asked Dashuanzi to lie down and continue to rest, as the child was still too tired.
After leaving the room, Qian Shulan saw that her family members were still asleep, so she left the house.
She knocked on Qian Minghua's door; the issue of the refugees had become urgent.
Dashuanzi's village is quite far away from them, so he doesn't know that there is food in Wangjia Village.
If I walked a little further, I would probably be led here by someone else.
When Qian Minghua saw his aunt knocking on the door early in the morning, he thought something big had happened.
"Aunt, what's the matter?" Qian Minghua blew a breath of hot air into his palms, rubbed his hands, and invited the person into the main room.
Qian Shulan followed him in and sat by the coal stove, warming herself by the fire. "The kid we rescued yesterday was the one who helped us catch the chicken thief at the chicken farm. Do you remember him?"
Qian Minghua didn't go to the canal yesterday, so he naturally didn't know about this. Qian Shulan was worried that he had forgotten and reminded him.
Qian Minghua also remembered after she reminded him, "Oh! That's true, what's the matter?"
Qian Shulan then told Dashuanzi that many refugees had gathered in his village.
Qian Minghua's expression suddenly became solemn.
Are there refugees? Large numbers of refugees
This is no small matter!
These hungry refugees are capable of doing anything.
Qian Minghua immediately stood up from the stool, "Aunt, I will call a general meeting of all members right away."
Qian Shulan nodded.
Then the two of them separated to notify everyone to hold a meeting. As always, one person from each family went to the cafeteria to hold the meeting.
Early in the morning, some people didn't even have time to wash their faces before they were called over by urgent knocks on the door.
After hearing the news, the members who were originally half asleep all woke up and the sleepiness disappeared instantly.
Some people were anxious, "Koizumi, what should we do? Can you give us an idea?"
"Everyone in the area of more than ten miles knows that we have food in Wangjia Village. Those refugees will definitely gather here. They may even besiege our production team."
"Maybe it's not that bad. We have a thousand people in our production team. We won't let them slaughter us."
"That's not necessarily true. They are a bunch of lunatics. They would do anything just for stuttering!"
Qian Shulan pinched her fingers, feeling uneasy. Although she had never seen refugees, she knew that when people were hungry, they would do anything.
Several nearby production teams barely managed to avoid starvation by relying on the sweet potatoes sold in their village.
I heard that some families, in order to save money and food, only cook one sweet potato for each meal, and people from ten miles away come to eat it. Each person can only get one piece. The rest is all water.
Even so, I could only eat one meal a day, and I was so hungry that I couldn't even walk. I couldn't do anything except lie on the kang to keep my strength.
Most of the food in Qian Shulan's space was left in Guangzhou. Those people traveled all over the country and were able to distribute the food quickly.
As for the remaining food, she kept it for precautionary purposes. After all, there were still more than two years before the famine ended, and there was always the possibility of an accident.
Wang Shouquan combined everyone's opinions and began to announce the decision, "Let's strengthen our vigilance first. Don't let them harm our chicken farm and pig farm."
Although they had sold all the pigs in the farm last year, they still kept a dozen pregnant sows to give birth to piglets.
Qian Minghua and Wang Shouquan began to allocate the strong laborers in the village, and two shifts took turns patrolling around the production team, chicken farm and pig farm.
"Take out the gongs, drums and whistles we used before, and alert everyone if anything unusual happens. Also, tell the children at home not to run away. If they are caught by them, their lives will be in danger."
Everyone responded in agreement.
Qian Shulan returned home with a heavy heart, only to find that everyone in the family was up.
The whole family sat in the main room waiting for Qian Shulan to come back.
Seeing her come in, Zhengkang stood up quickly and asked anxiously, "Grandma, is that person awake?"
Qian Shulan then remembered what happened to Dashuanzi and frowned at him, "Why did you accuse him of stealing yesterday?"
Zhengkang was stunned for a moment, and then defended himself, "Grandma, don't listen to his nonsense. He cheated me of a lot of money before. He is a bad guy!"
Qian Shulan stared at him with a serious look. Zhengkang felt a little numb on his scalp and took a few steps back unconsciously.
Qian Shulan retracted her gaze, "What evidence do you have that he is a thief?"
Zhengkang was speechless after her question and lowered his head, not daring to speak.
Wang Shouren felt sorry for his son and was about to come over to persuade him, but Qian Shulan glared at him fiercely and said, "I'm teaching him, why are you butting in? Go back to your seat!"
Wang Shouren's face turned red with shame after being scolded so mercilessly by his own mother in front of so many younger people.
Qian Shulan opened the door of her room and Dashuanzi had already gotten up.
The quilt had been folded by him, and his military coat was also folded neatly and placed on the kang.
Qian Shulan took his hand and came over. Da Shuanzi thought of what Grandma Qian had said before, and immediately took out five yuan from his pocket and handed it to him, "This is the money I cheated you of before. I'm giving it back to you now. I'm sorry!"
This money was given to him by Qian Shulan. Dashuanzi will be living here for a long time, so he shouldn't keep bearing the accusation of being a thief.
Zhengkang was confused by his action and subconsciously looked up at his breast.
Qian Shulan looked at him expressionlessly, "I'm apologizing to you, you..."
Zhengkang quickly took the money and said, "It's okay!"
Qian Shulan kept staring at Zhengkang. Zhengkang was a little dazed by her gaze and felt like sitting on pins and needles.
He subconsciously handed the money to Qian Shulan, but she pushed his hand away and said coldly, "You falsely accused someone of stealing yesterday and pushed him down. Don't you have any self-awareness?"
Zhengkang blushed immediately and said to Dashuanzi embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you yesterday. I shouldn't have pushed you down."
Da Shuanzi quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't blame you, it's my fault that I didn't stand firmly."
Qian Shulan sighed and rubbed her eyebrows. To be honest, it wasn't Zhengkang's fault. In his opinion, Dashuanzi was the one who cheated him out of his money, so it was reasonable for him to have a preconceived notion that he was a thief.
But Wang Shouren’s mistakes were much greater than Zhengkang’s.
Zhengkang only came home a few hours late, but Wang Shouren was distressed. He actually thought that Zhengkang ran away from home because he had no job. This was outrageous.
Qian Shulan asked the two children to sit back in their seats.
Qian Shulan stared at Wang Shouren and said, "Boss, do you have any problem with me?"
Wang Shouren was stunned. After he realized what was happening, his face flushed. “No, mother, that’s not what I meant.”
"So what did you mean yesterday? I don't agree with you giving the job to Zhengkang, what will you do?"
Wang Shouren lowered his head and pretended to be a partridge.
Qian Shulan stared at him straight, "Am I too good to you? So good to you that you think I can only have you?"
Wang Shouren raised his head suddenly. What did this mean
Qian Shulan glanced at everyone, "I worked hard to find you jobs. Whether it's the food or the money, it's all saved up by me bit by bit. Otherwise, with the few dozen dollars you earn a year, let alone work, I'm afraid it's hard to even support yourselves these days. We should be kind. It's true that I am your mother, but I am not your slave. I love you, but you shouldn't waste my kindness. I didn't give birth to you to cause myself trouble. The relationship between people is mutual. If you don't have a grateful heart. If you can't take care of me as much as I take care of you, then I'm sorry, I will kick you out of the house. I can't afford such a heartless son."
Wang Shouren turned pale with fear and slid off the stool and knelt at her feet.
Sun Daqin also knelt down quickly.
Qian Shulan glanced at everyone's faces, "You want to leave your job to your children, fine! But you have to rely on yourselves. Don't just give them the things I gave you. You are wasting my kindness. Don't tell me that parents should do whatever they want. That's all bullshit! Giving birth to you is the greatest gift I have given you. I gave you life, and you should be grateful to me for that alone."
She had always tried her best to play the role of a loving mother, and to be consistent with her original self. But now she realized that she should not only be loving, but also majestic. Her voice gradually turned cold, "When someone gives you a steamed bun, you know to thank them. Why do I work so hard for you, but you don't appreciate me at all?"
"Mom, it's nothing. I'm grateful to you." Wang Danna's eyes were slightly red.
Others followed suit, "Mom, we are grateful to you too."
Qian Shulan nodded, "I hope you can keep this up. You are all my children, and I love you as much as I can. I will try my best to be fair and just. But you also have to strive for excellence. Just like the eldest brother's job. I also decided the driver position based on your test scores. Later, the eldest brother got into trouble, so the job was given to the third brother. I did it based on reason. I am not biased towards you. It is you who are not striving for excellence. You can't blame me. Boss, do you think I am right?"
Wang Shouren, who had been keeping his head down, raised his head, his eyes red with tears welling up in them, and he choked up, "Mom, I know I have disappointed you."
Qian Shulan nodded, "If you want to find a job for Zhengkang, then go ahead and find one. I won't stop you. I used my connections to find you a job, and it belongs to this family. I can take it back at any time. You don't have the power to make the decision. When you are truly independent and can find a job for yourself, you can make your own decision."
Wang Shouren nodded, "Mom, I understand."
After dinner, Qian Shulan took Dashuanzi out of the house and walked north along the canal.
Dashuanzi was wearing his own clothes. Her military coat was too big and dragged on the ground when he wore it. Qian Shulan had to fill his clothes with cotton again.
The two of them walked and talked, mostly in Cantonese. Da Shuanzi, probably because it was his first time, found it very interesting. He learned the pronunciation of more than a dozen words in a short time.
Qian Shulan teaches according to pronunciation, so that students can master it faster.
The two walked along the canal for more than two hours before they reached the production team where Dashuanzi was.
From the canal, the whole village looked extremely desolate. If Wangjia Village was an ink painting, this village would be a barren wasteland without even a single tree.
Unlike Wangjia Village, this village is very close to the canal, only about a hundred meters away.
"Grandma Qian, please wait here for me. I will go find my sister by myself."
Qian Shulan handed him the fifty kilograms of sweet potatoes in her hand and said, "Then be careful, don't let anyone steal your food."
Qian Shulan was worried that Dashuanzi would leave home soon and would be worried about his departure, so she decided to give him 50 kilograms of sweet potatoes so that he could give his mother and stepfather a last thought.
Dashuanzi nodded and held the food carefully.
Qian Shulan stood by the canal and watched Dashuanzi run quickly into the village.
She glanced at the fields around the canal and found that they were all dry and cracked, with no crops planted in them. It was obvious that they had the same plan as Wangjia Village.
As she was looking around, she suddenly saw a large group of people at the other end of the canal, all holding tools in their hands.
Some are sticks, some are bricks, and some are broken bowls.
Qian Shulan looked around and finally found a small ditch. Then, taking advantage of everyone's inattention, she slipped into the space.
It was not until these people came closer that Qian Shulan realized that this was not just one group of people, but a group of at least thousands of people.
The leading man looked ferocious, his eyes were blazing with fire, his skin was tanned and cracked, and he was starving to the point of being skin and bones.
"Boss, let's just forget it. These people are villagers too. If we steal their food, they will starve to death."
"Yeah, Boss, let's not commit any more sins."
The leading man turned around, the confusion and pain on his face were very obvious, "Can you watch your children starve to death? I don't want to kill anyone, but I only have one son left. If Xiaobao starves to death again, what will I do in the future? What's the point of living?"
He cried and wiped the tears from his face. His biological father, his biological mother, his eldest son, his eldest daughter, and his second son died one after another. He only had Xiaobao, his only bloodline left. He had always been a good person and refused to steal things from other people's homes, but why didn't he get any good rewards
"The people above won't give us a way to live, so why don't we save ourselves? As long as my child can live, I am willing to kill people."
"Yeah, my baby is still waiting to eat. He's only three years old."
"Let's save our energy and stop hesitating. Now that we have decided to save our child, we should not be afraid of being the bad guy."
Those who were originally hesitant immediately mustered up their courage.
Qian Shulan noticed that many women at the back of the team were dragging their exhausted bodies, holding their dying children, with lifeless eyes and a look of resignation.
There has never been a picture like this one, which made her collapse and tremble all over at a glance.
She originally thought that her food might be able to save many people.
But for those who are already poor, where do they get the money to buy food
If they want to survive, they can only rely on robbing and stealing, otherwise they will die.
Qian Shulan thought about it again and again before moving the spiritual power in her hand and began to command the steamed buns in the space.
Because there were not enough, she could only break the buns into two halves and then make them fall from the sky into the arms of these people.
Then the crowd started to make a noise.
The commotion at the back startled the people in the front, and they all turned around to look.
"Oh my God! These are steamed buns!" Some people couldn't wait to stuff the steamed buns into their children's mouths.
The men who had originally looked ferocious all gathered around.
Most people gave it to their children. Only a small portion of it was eaten by the children themselves.
Qian Shulan looked around at these people and found that none of them had a right or wrong value of 0.
Who is to blame for turning these kind-hearted poor people into vicious robbers
"His father, let's not go and rob him! God is watching us from the sky."
The man who had been pretending to be fierce covered his face with his hands and started crying.
Did he ever want to be a robber
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he worked as a helper for a landlord. He was falsely accused of stealing by the landlord and was almost beaten to death by him, but he gritted his teeth and persevered.
Later, the Japanese invaded the village to carry out a raid. He fought guerrilla warfare against them and survived by hiding from place to place.
But now he could not survive. Several of his children could not eat the bark and suffered from diarrhea and vomiting, and all starved to death.
Their production team had a bumper harvest and there was no drought, but they could not eat even a single grain of the food they had worked so hard to grow.
They heard that there was food in Linyang Province, so they started to become refugees. It was only a few hundred miles from their hometown to Linyang Province, and they passed through so many villages on the way. They suppressed their desires and did not rob or seize, but the team that originally had thousands of people now had less than half of them.
He tried to suppress his fear, but his child was going to die. He was the last one. Now holding the half bun, the youngest son ate it greedily.
The man could no longer hold on and fell to his knees.
Many people followed suit and knelt down, but most of them could not even shed tears because they had not had water for several days, and could only kneel on the ground and howl.
Large groups of people began to kneel down and kowtow to God, begging for mercy.
"God, please save us!"
"Save us, my child is innocent!"
. . .
Qian Shulan saw that they were kneeling down and kowtowed until their foreheads were bleeding. Her heart softened and she pushed the pile of sweet potatoes that she had hidden before in front of them. Then she used her spiritual power to guide the ring and walked directly into the village.
When she arrived at the village, she walked out of the space.
But she soon discovered that the village was unusually quiet. There was no sign of human presence.
Qian Shulan suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
She tiptoed into the village and found that most houses had their doors open.
Qian Shulan was a little puzzled. Those people hadn't rushed in yet, so why did these people look like they were being robbed
The author has something to say: The following description is a bit too scary, and I don’t know if it will be blocked. I will post it at 20:00, and hope everyone can see it as soon as possible. . .