Chapter 40 Si is at home even if he dies

more and more people along the way, and it didn't take long for everyone to arrive at the open space in front of the ancestral hall.

  The village chief sat in front of the ancestral hall, frowning and smoking a dry cigarette.

  Many people ran to ask, "Village chief, why did you call everyone here?"

  The village chief lowered his head and said, "Go, go, I'll talk again when everyone is here."

  Everyone was idle and bored, and started Among the gossips, the most talked about thing is this year's drought. Several families in poor conditions in the village have long been out of food and can only survive by looking for wild vegetables in the back mountains.

  Everyone is sighing, what a life it is.

  Seeing that the open space was densely packed with people, the village chief shouted, "Are you all here?"

  Everyone responded in a mixed manner: "We are here."

  "Village chief, you always have something to say, and you have to go back to cook." "

  The village chief blew his pipe a few times, "Quiet, quiet!"

  "What I'm going to say next is very important. Don't make any noise, folks."

  The crowd calmed down, and the village chief climbed onto a stool and waved his hand. " We, the drought this year has reached this point, and everyone is having a hard time."

  "What I want to tell everyone is that this drought is not just a matter of this year, I'm afraid it will happen in two years!"

  The crowd suddenly became upset. "Two more years? I can't survive this year. If the drought continues next year, the whole family will starve to death."

  "I'm afraid the village chief is not lying. I have never seen three consecutive years of drought in my decades of life. "

  Someone shouted, "Village chief, you said there will be another two years of drought. How did you know?"

  The village chief picked up the dry tobacco pole and knocked it hard. "How did I know?

  "Believe it or not!" Gu

  Laoer showed him the Heavenly Book last night. It clearly stated that there was a severe drought in the five northern counties. He was also knowledgeable about the Heavenly Book. He had never seen it before. It's that kind of paper. It's strong, light, and dense. It doesn't look like something from the British Dynasty.

  He and Gu Zhang had agreed that the heavenly book should not be exposed. If the government found out about it, they would be arrested and imprisoned immediately.

  It can only be said to be a dream entrusted to us by our ancestors.

  "Quiet, quiet, I haven't finished speaking yet!" the village chief shouted in a straight voice.

  "Yesterday, my distant nephew came over and told me the news that the drought is not only affecting our county, but also the five surrounding counties!"

  "What, so many places are affected?"

  "Is it true?"

  Is this news true? Not many people know about it, mainly because transportation in this era is underdeveloped and there are no communication tools.

  Some knowledgeable people immediately thought in their hearts that if the affected area is large, the food gap will be huge. Even if food can be transported from the south, the price of food will probably rise!

  We have to go and stock up on food quickly.

  The village chief stood on a stool and shouted at the top of his lungs: "This is the situation. Our village is relatively wealthy, and most families can barely feed themselves. I heard that several families in the next village have already fled the famine."

  "I've called everyone here today to tell you that my family and Gu Lao'er's family have agreed to leave and go to the south."

  "Everyone wants to go together, and there will be someone to look after you on the way. Otherwise, if you run out of food, you will be hungry by then. We don't even have the energy to go on the road."

  After the village chief said this, everyone could no longer hold back, and some shouted, "I won't leave. Our ancestors have lived here for generations. If we leave our hometown and become humble, there is no place for us to live outside!" "

  That's right, escaping from famine is a good thing. My grandfather escaped from famine, and four of his eight family members died on the road."

  Another old man said stubbornly: "If I don't leave, I will die at home." "

  (End of chapter)