Chapter 65 Escape
The big gong on the grain drying field was sounded, and everyone knew that there was an emergency in the village that needed to be announced, so they hurried to the grain drying field.
Everyone in the village who could move around ran away. For a while, the crowd was crowded and it was extremely noisy.
The village chief stood on the high platform of the grain drying field, picked up the gong mallet with both hands and hit the gong three times. Only a few "ding, clang, clang" sounds were heard, and the noisy crowd immediately fell silent.
"Today I called the villagers here because there are three main things I want to announce."
The village chief looked back at Chief Mei and several other elders who were sitting aside. Seeing the other party nodding towards him, he continued: "This is the final decision made after discussion by our chief and the elders. I hope everyone will listen carefully.
over."
"Village chief, if you have anything to say, just say it quickly. I still have to go home to nurse my baby!" a woman urged from below.
The child is still sleeping before going out. If the time is wasted and the child wakes up and falls out of bed, it will be fatal.
Being interrupted, the village chief said displeasedly, "Go back if you don't want to hear it."
The woman did not dare to speak, she shrank her neck and kept quiet.
Seeing that everyone was quiet, the village chief said: "That's right, the first thing is the eldest son. I believe everyone knows that the eldest son's family has only been passed down from generation to generation, and life has been tight. Now that the eldest son has passed away, the eldest son has passed away.
It is very difficult for a daughter-in-law to raise four children alone, so we old guys agreed that all the output from the family fields this year will be compensated for the eldest son's family."
Clan land is the public property of the villagers of Shuanghe Village.
In Shuanghe Village, the Mei family owns a total of 200 acres of family land. The annual output belongs to the clan, and the clan leader distributes it to the villagers based on the performance of the villagers.
Now the clan leaders are going to use this year's output to compensate Dawa's family, which is equivalent to taking advantage of the whole village, and many people will not be happy immediately.
"Village Chief, I don't agree. Why should we use everyone's things to compensate Dawa's family? If Dawa dies, he will die. There is no reason why we should use our own output to compensate him after he dies."
No, as soon as the village chief finished speaking, Xiao Zhang was the first to disagree and jumped out immediately.
Death is a normal thing, but if you want to take advantage of yourself, you just can't do it.
"Yes, we can't give it, we can't start it, otherwise everyone in the village will have to pay compensation if he dies, and then the rest of us will be alive." Someone agreed.
Mrs. Mei: "The eldest daughter-in-law's child was not born by us, so it has nothing to do with us. If we can't afford to raise it, we can sell it for a few bucks. Why should we take the output of the family's land!"
Mrs. Mei was so nice that her scar forgot the pain and she also retorted.
Zhang Meihua: "Yes, my life is not easy. My daughter-in-law gave birth to a money-losing child and ran away from home. My life is also very tight, and I need compensation from the clan."
Liu Dachui got married two years ago. His new wife got pregnant in the first year and gave birth to a daughter in the second year.
Zhang Meihua was dissatisfied and wasted her daughter-in-law every day, causing her to just abandon the baby and run away.
When this was mentioned, some people in the know couldn't help but roll their eyes.
This man is a fool!
There was a lot of discussion below, and most people were not satisfied with the result.
When the village chief saw that the villagers below were dissatisfied, his face turned dark, and he picked up the gong and gave it another hammer blow.
There was a "clang" sound, and the people below were startled.
Looking up, I saw the dark faces of the village chief, clan chief and others. Most of them immediately became quiet again, with only a few still muttering.
"It's so shameless to think that you are a good person by taking something from the village. Why don't you take what's yours?" Little Zhang's lips raised high, always feeling that she was at a disadvantage.
After hearing this, the village chief's face darkened, "Little Zhang, are you the village chief or am I the village chief? What do you, a woman, know? The eldest child sacrificed his life for the village and should be compensated."
Xiao Zhang: "I didn't ask him to go, so if he dies, can he still be blamed on me?"
village head:"……"
Everyone: "..."
When the clan leader saw what was going on, he couldn't help but frown, glanced at the people in the audience, and said with an unhappy expression: "This is the clan's decision, no one else can comment on it."
Seeing Mei Laosan in the crowd, he said angrily: "Take care of your wife, don't let me hear things I shouldn't hear again."
Mei Laosan was shocked when her name was called in public. She immediately covered Xiao Zhang's mouth with one hand and pulled her outside.
Seeing this, the clan leader nodded with satisfaction and motioned to the village chief to continue.
The village chief stepped forward and continued: "The second thing is the problem of river water. The government has issued an order prohibiting Shanghe Village from blocking the river, so we can continue to carry water to irrigate the fields now. In addition, regarding Dawa's matter, the other two
The village also gave a certain amount of compensation, which is an explanation to the village. I hope that everyone can turn conflicts into friendship in the future and stop making trouble with what happened today."
Seeing everyone nodding, the village chief continued: "The last thing is also the most important thing. It is related to the life and death of our whole village. As the village chief, I dare not make a decision easily. After discussing with the clan chief and others, we decided
Let’s hear what you think.”
Life or death?
Everyone was shocked. You looked at me and I looked at you. They were confused for a moment. Is there anything more important than having no water or food now?
Seeing that everyone was silent, the village chief had a heavy look on his face. He turned around and looked at each other and said: "Everyone knows that there has been almost no rain since the beginning of spring this year, which has caused the water level to drop and the land to be dry. Now it is even more...
People have lost their lives over water. If it doesn't rain by the end of the year, the Twin Rivers may stop flowing, and next year will definitely be a year of famine.
"It's probably unsustainable to live here forever, so after discussion, several of us agreed that if it doesn't rain by the end of this year, then we might have to flee the whole village."
After the village chief finished speaking, everyone was stunned for a moment, then panicked, uneasy, and then whispered among themselves.
Tribe 1: "Escape? Then don't you have to leave here?"
Tribe 2: "This is the ancestral land of our Mei family. We have lived here for generations. How can we give it up!"
Tribe 3: "When the fallen leaves return to their roots, we old people will not live for a few more years. Sooner or later, there will be such a day, even the young people...sigh..."
Tribe 4: "Can't God make it rain? If we escape from famine, where should we go?"
…
Everyone was talking a lot and looked solemn.
Mei Laoer turned his head and looked at the three girls and one girl following him, his brows furrowed into a slit.
Four girls have a long way to escape from famine and are surrounded by dangers. This is not a good thing, but don't run away...
Thinking of what happened during the day, Mei Laoer hesitated for a moment and couldn't make up his mind.
Melo Mei followed Mei Laoer, thinking about the track that the system said the book should have, and expecting that this drought might not end easily, so she had to say:
"Dad, since the village chief said this, he must have made a decision in his heart. Let's go back and prepare things for the road. Maybe we will have to leave here next spring."
When there is no water, you will have to leave even if you don’t want to.
(End of chapter)
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