Rescue System: Fleeing Host, calm down

Chapter 253 The real disaster has just begun (2-in-1)

After passing a village that had been looted, the group rushed outside Liaocheng before dark.

Goose feather snowflakes are falling, and beautiful and transparent six-pointed star crystals are scattered all over the earth.

The snow is now almost knee-deep, and even though the road has been cleared, it is still very difficult for the carriage to travel.

Everyone looked together and saw the majestic white city wall. Many people gathered under the city wall, some of whom had already set up tents. They began to bury pots for cooking, and some women and children clung to each other on carts or mule carts.

The men gathered around outside, chattering and discussing something unknown.

They all wrapped themselves tightly in cotton-padded clothes, but were still shivering from the cold. When they got closer and inquired, they found out that the people staying outside the city were all those who could not afford the high entrance fee.

The entrance fee to Liaocheng costs two taels of silver per person. Isn't this extortion? How many catties of rice and how many catties of black flour can be bought for two taels of silver?

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard the price. Even though they are very rich now, this is not how they spend their money!

There are 139 people in their team now. If each person has two taels of silver, that would be 278 taels. In the past, the whole village combined could not make up this amount.

A bearded old man next to him sucked in his nose, which was red from the cold, and said with emotion to Cheng Yong who came to inquire about the news, "Who says it's not true? We ordinary people can't earn more than a dozen taels of silver a year.

Isn’t this not giving people a way to survive?”

The younger man next to him kept exhaling and clasping his hands, and also interjected: "Isn't that right? We can't just wait here to die, right? We can't discuss how to collect some money and let the excited man go to the city to buy some food and daily necessities.

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The middle-aged man at the head looked at the huge team behind Cheng Yong and was a little moved. Seeing that they also had guards with knives, if they could team up with them to go into the city to buy supplies, their safety would be guaranteed.

So he asked: "Brother, I see there are many people in your team! If you want to enter the city, you will need to spend a lot of money.

If we just send people to buy food, do you think we can form a team together?"

"We can invite more family members to go together to avoid any trouble and to have someone to help us." The old man also quickly helped. This group of people is not easy to mess with at first glance. It would be great to form a team together.

Cheng Beiniu chatted: "Most of the people in our team are named Cheng. Uncle and brothers can just call me Xiao Cheng. If I want to go into the city to buy something, I will definitely call you."

The middle-aged man raised his hands and clasped his fists without hesitation, "Thank you so much, Brother Cheng."

The old man also thanked him repeatedly, "These days, there are too few good people who can help others. With the help of noble people like Xiao Cheng, we are not afraid of being robbed. Someone went in yesterday and didn't come out today. I don't know what the situation is."

, everyone is really unsure."

"Is there such a thing?" Cheng Beiniu was surprised. The security in the city shouldn't be so bad!

The leading man nodded and pointed to his left, which was the position closest to the city gate. There was also a group of two to three hundred people. It seemed that these people who had just arrived were not in the same group.

"It's just that the people over there went in and didn't come back, so everyone was extra cautious. We are very grateful to Brother Cheng for being willing to go with us."

"We are all common people of Qi Qi. We should help each other, but I have to go back to discuss it."

"It should, it should, we are going to go to the city early tomorrow morning. If Brother Cheng confirms it, remember to shout."

The two returned to the team and talked about the people's invitation to the city and the risks of entering the city. Everyone looked at each other and looked at Cheng Xiaoxiao, who was obviously out of shape.

What is Cheng Xiaoxiao doing at this time?

She was digesting the latest natural disaster news detected by the system after the upgrade, and it was like a bolt from the blue, which made her scorched on the outside and tender on the inside.

Twenty days later, the world will usher in the first global catastrophe.

The previous heavy rains, plagues, and man-made wars were all just childish.

That was just a small-scale spread of disaster, but the coming frozen world will cover the whole world!

Do you think that if the temperature drops suddenly and the mountains are closed by heavy snow, it will be over?

No, this is just the beginning.

The real disaster is yet to come. This violent snowstorm will not stop within the three months that the system can detect, and will it continue after three months? In the ultimate mode of urine, there is no worst, only more.

miserable.

So, it won’t stop for a while.

If the heavy snowfall doesn't stop until next spring, think about the consequences?

Spring is the beginning of people's farming. Grain is the guarantee of a year's livelihood. If you can't grow grain, how long will everyone's surplus grain last? What's more, many people's homes no longer have any grain surplus, and most of the grain stored in grain banks has been forcibly confiscated for use.

The cruel war will only double the number of people who will starve and freeze to death next year, leaving them with no land to farm.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was still mulling it over in her thoughts, but people outside had already shouted at her several times.

Ah! Cheng Xiaoxiao came to his senses.

Seeing that she was not in a good mood, everyone patiently explained the question just now.

This time Cheng Xiaoxiao spoke quickly, "We are not going into the city. We will take a detour and go directly to Yuanyang City. However, we need to purchase a large amount of supplies now."

Everyone is puzzled. They seized a lot of supplies from the robbers, enough to last them for a year. Why do they still spend a lot of money to buy supplies?

Considering that the entrance fee to the city is so expensive, will the food inside be cheap?

Since they have enough food to last until next year, they have found a place to settle down and open up wasteland and cultivate fields to become self-sufficient instead of saving more.

Cheng Xiaoxiao knows what everyone is thinking, and she has no intention of hiding it now.

He said directly in a heavy and serious tone: "I was distracted just now because I had a bad dream. This heavy snow will not stop for a while. The affected area is quite wide, not just our country, and it is likely to affect spring plowing. We

Stock up on more food and daily necessities to be prepared for any emergencies."

When everyone heard that Xiao Xiao had another precognitive dream, they couldn't help but panic. Could it be that this snowstorm was worse than the heavy rain?

Everyone quickly changed their tone and echoed, "Then buy more food, and some people will go to the city with those people tomorrow morning. In addition, you will organize a few groups of people to go to the city at different times to buy food in batches, so as not to attract the attention of interested people.

I also wanted to inquire about the news."

Everyone talked to each other and quickly worked out a plan to enter the city.

Everyone is most convinced by Cheng Xiaoxiao's ability to predict dreams. Because of this ability, how many disasters have they escaped? How many lives have they saved?

This time, they did not hesitate at all and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. Without Xiao Xiao's urging, several captains quickly made arrangements.

After confirming that they would enter the city tomorrow morning, Fang Zheng and Lu Jingtian approached Cheng Xiaoxiao and said that they would enter the city with them tomorrow. Cheng Xiaoxiao had no objection and knew without thinking that they were looking for relatives.

With the financial and material resources of their two families, entering the city is no problem, but settling in Liaocheng is unlikely.

They drove the horse-drawn carriage and mule cart to a position next to the people's tents, and quickly integrated into the group of people, stationed on the spot and did not intend to enter the city.

After all, they only had 20 days. They still had to rush to Yuanyang City and find a place to settle down before the heavy snow closed the mountains.

If they can't find it, they can temporarily stay in Yuanyang City for three to five months. After the snow melts, they can find a place to settle down or go directly to the final destination they discussed.

The cold wind at night was even more biting, making the tent cloth rustle.

Snowflakes are still falling, and someone must regularly sweep the snow off the carport and tent, and keep the fire burning, otherwise it will be easy to freeze to death in this cold and silent night.

Early the next morning, the aunts in the living department were stirring the bubbling white porridge in the big pot, and the aroma of the porridge wafted far away.

There were many children in the civilian group of several hundred people, and they all gathered around eagerly. It had been a long time since they had had hot porridge.

Everyone's eyes were glowing green, and although they were shivering from the cold and their noses were running clear, they still looked eagerly and refused to leave.

The people in the escort team quickly organized their manpower to resist the approaching children, fearing that they would rush over in a swarm and snatch the food.

Food is so precious now, and they have more than 100 people to feed, so they don't dare to take out any good things. They only plan to cook some gruel and eat it with pancakes. They didn't expect that this would attract attention and covetment.

There are hundreds of people at the scene. If they really want to rob them of food, I'm afraid they won't be able to stop the situation without blood. But this is a group of innocent people who have no power to restrain themselves. If they really want to go in with a white knife and go out with a red knife, they are afraid that they won't be able to do this.

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Everyone regretted that they should not have decided to camp with these people just because of a few good exchanges yesterday.

Some parents who are thin-skinned have already taken their children back, while others, like their children, are staring straight into their cauldron and swallowing their saliva.

The aroma of the porridge made the gluttons in these people's stomachs restless, and some sinful thoughts poured into their minds, and their eyes gradually became evil.

At this moment, the closed city gate opened the corner door, and several middle-aged women dressed in muslin and blue silk, talking and laughing, filed out with a group of servants and thugs.

A tall and thin man dressed as Xiao Si sounded the gong in his hand, dong dong dong!

Then he shouted to the people, "Buy people, buy people, you can exchange them for grain. There are fine grains and flour. The opportunity will never be lost, and it will never come back again."

Upon hearing this, a man cursed, "Bah! What the hell are you doing again?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao and Cheng Beiniu looked at each other and surrounded them with several patrols.

After squeezing into the crowd, I heard the little boy introduce with a proud and proud expression: "This is Aunt Lan from the Liu family. I need to buy some girls aged 12-15. This is Yan from the Long family.

Auntie, I want to buy some strong servants, and Auntie Yan from the Chen family, she needs boys and girls, no more than eight years old."

After introducing the origins and purchase needs of several people one by one, the young man looked at the ragged common people with contempt and disdain in his eyes, "Now we can start. This is a rare opportunity. Don't miss it. The nobles will take it this time."

But they are all fine grains, and the price is easy to negotiate.

, I can be said to be extremely kind to you. When you come to the noble man's house, you will not have to worry about food and drink, you will not be tired from work, and you will also have a good house to live in. It is much better than freezing and starving here now. The opportunity has been given to you, can you seize it?

Can you survive? It depends on your performance."

The young man talked about buying slaves with a bright tongue, as if he was entering the house to be a young lady and a young master. It was hard for him to speak plausibly, as if it was a great gift from heaven, and he treated others as fools. Cheng Xiaoxiao was ashamed of him.

Gotta panic.

It was also her first time to watch the buying and selling of human beings at close range, and the experience was quite bad. The evil imperial capitalists, one look at these women, they were not good people, and what would happen to the people who were bought.

An old woman with gray hair and slovenly clothes, with a bruised face from the cold, asked tremblingly: "Are you really going to give me fine grain?"

The boy looked proud, "Of course, these families are all prominent people in Liaocheng. Naturally, they will stick to their word and they will not be short of your food."

After hearing this, the old woman hesitated for a while, seemed to have made a lot of determination, quickly got up, squeezed into the back of the crowd, and directly took out a little girl of six or seven years old.

"My lord, what do you think of my little granddaughter?" She looked at Grandma Yan with a flattering look on her face.

The little girl who was grabbed by the wrist struggled hard and cried, "Grandma, don't do it. Grandma, don't sell Yuanyuan. I will be obedient and do a lot of work. Please."

"Damn girl, what do you know? Grandma is selling you to a rich family to enjoy your happiness."

"Yuanyuan doesn't want to enjoy happiness, Yuanyuan just wants to be with her parents."

Then a young couple squeezed in, knelt in front of the old woman, and shouted anxiously, "Mom, mother, please don't sell Yuanyuan, okay? We will work as cattle and horses for you to make money to support the family, so we must take good care of it."

The third brother and the third brother and sister."

"Oh, Erlang, don't blame Wei Mu. Wei Mu is also doing this for the good of the family. At this time, your third brother and sister are in need of replenishing their health. Without fine grains and milk, how can I feed my precious grandson?

Besides, Yuanyuan works as a maid in a wealthy family, and the owner will not treat her badly if she has good food and drink.

You are still young and you will have many children in the future."

The young woman burst into tears and kept shaking her head.

"don't want."

She only wanted her baby Yuanyuan. How could she leave her parents' side when she was so young? Seeing how difficult the second son and his wife were, the old woman said sternly, "It's okay if you don't sell Yuanyuan. You have to take ten kilograms of fine grain."

Come and exchange, do you have any?"

Is this a joke?

We are all a family, and the food is kept in mother's hands. Where can they get food?

The young man was speechless after hearing this. He couldn't even bring out half a catty of grain, let alone ten catties of grain.

When the heartbroken young woman saw that her husband did not refute her mother-in-law's words, she panicked and shouted, "No, you can't sell my Yuanyuan, mother, my eldest brother also has a daughter, why don't you sell it..."

The kind-hearted young woman really couldn't say such vicious words, so she could only change her words, "Why is it our second wife? It's not fair."

When the old woman heard this, she became angry and said, "Why, you still want to compete with your eldest brother? The eldest brother is the eldest son. He will serve me to support me in his old age and inherit the family business."

After eating for a long time, Cheng Xiaoxiao finally understood the general situation. The old woman should have three sons, but the eldest and second eldest children both gave birth to daughters. Only the third eldest son gave birth to a son. Now she is in urgent need of fine grains to replenish her third daughter-in-law's health. She

My precious grandson will not starve to death.

Therefore, the second child's granddaughter can only be sacrificed. After all, in the eyes of the ancients, granddaughters are losers and worthless.

Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn't say how vicious this old woman was. He could only say that people's hearts were biased, and her fingers were still long and short. It was obvious that the eldest son wanted to inherit the family business and provide for the elderly, and the youngest now had a fat grandson, and he was being pampered.

The second child naturally became the abandoned one.

"Mom, Erlang can also support you in your old age." The young woman said unwillingly.

"Okay, don't cry and cry here, it's decided." The old woman hammered her voice.

The holiday is already over, are you guys having fun?

(End of chapter)