"Grandpa knows that everyone is hungry recently, and people are prone to random thoughts when they are hungry."

"It's nothing to think about random things, just don't do it."

"Grandpa has told you many times that the general is not blamed for land contracting. The county magistrate completed the task early and did not report it to him in time. Can he blame him? Why do you blame him?"

"Besides, even if the land is not contracted, won't we encounter the difficulties we are in the moment? This is a matter of no connection. It has been happening since ancient times. Who is not hungry at this time, and who is not holding on at this time?"

"If you hold on, you will continue to live for a year. If you can't hold on, you can only blame your family for being in bad luck."

"This has been like this for hundreds or thousands of years, and it cannot be changed in just a short time."

"Okay, grandpa won't say much. Look at your shriveled sack, I guess you didn't find any food today... Let's have dinner with me tonight, I still have some food left there."

"Let your wife help you, and then call some of the wives in the village to come over, take out all my food tonight and make a big pot of thick porridge for everyone to eat."

"Why are you standing there? Hurry up and call someone. Take out your wild vegetables and add them to the porridge to replenish them. Hurry up, you're a chima Erling all day..."

The old soldier cursed and turned around and seemed to be going to get food.

However, Niu Laoqi stopped him quickly and said with shame: "How can we move your food? That was given to you by the Madam General. The Madam General said that you are a treasure and you will enjoy happiness in the future, and you will enjoy happiness with the Madam General."

The old mansion soldier raised his slap again and said angrily: "Do you remember to eat or not? You dare not listen to the Fourth Grandpa's decision. Hurry up and call people. Tonight, our whole village, young and old, have a big pot of porridge together."

Niu Laoqi had no choice but to nod.

Because the argument was a bit loud, many refugees in the settlement came out to watch. An old woman stood in the distance for a long time, suddenly sighed and said, "Brother Niu, let your village eat with me. I have a small appetite and I can't finish the porridge every day..."

As the old woman spoke, some other refugees also spoke, saying, "We can take care of one of you, let one of your village come and eat. Everyone helps each other and passes through this season. The porridge distributed to us by the county government is very thick. If you add some water, you can eat one more person."

The old soldier shook his head without hesitation and said in a very serious tone: "You are refugees, you are refugees, you are rich and have only people left. And because you have been fleeing for too long, everyone is in poor health, so the general will set rules to provide relief and porridge for the refugees to eat first..."

"But we are different. Our Niujia Village is a migrant village. Although we also lack food, we brought our belongings when we moved. We have pots, pans, and cooks, so we are not refugees, but people like the people of Lanling."

"People like us cannot take advantage of porridge."

"Old man, I'm not for the sake of face, but to learn from the Lanling people's practices. You should have seen it. The Lanling people never order porridge. Even if they are hungry, they just go to the field to dig wild vegetables by themselves."

When the old mansion soldier said this, his tone became more solemn and said righteously: "We are migrant Zhuangzi, not rootless refugees, so we cannot take advantage of the refugees' porridge."

"Besides, in order to help you, the general is under pressure every day. More than 20,000 refugees are serving hundreds of pots of porridge every day. If we also eat porridge, how can we pay attention to the general?"

The refugees in the settlement were silent and bent down to salute.

Niu Laoqi, who was standing next to the old mansion soldier, suddenly spoke and said loudly: "Yes, our Niujia Village people cannot be sorry for the general's attention. The general has long said that our Niujia Village people will be his soldiers. When the general finishes his settlement, he will immediately recruit us into the military camp to serve in the army."

However, the old woman not far away sighed and said, "But you are hungry every day, maybe you will be hungry one day. Even if you want to be a general's soldier in the future, you must pass through the level in front of you."

"My wife and children at home must have some food to keep going. If all wives and children starve to death, what's the use of your glory in the future?"

The old woman's words were like needles, which instantly broke Niu Laoqi's persistence.

...

At this moment, I heard the rumbling sound of the night. In the blink of an eye, a cavalry rushed over, but saw the cavalry each carrying a pocket and threw the pockets over from a distance.

The leader was Li Guangbi, who said in a deep voice: "There are 360 ​​meat cakes here, divided into 120 strong men in Niujia Village to eat immediately. After eating, we should raise our strength and be ordered by Guo Ziyi, the general of the five prefectures of Shandong South Road. We will join the army tonight to send troops to suppress the bandits..."

After Li Guangbi finished speaking, his eyes slightly swept away the settlement and said slowly: "If you want to become the elite soldier of the general, this is your test of entering the army, but this general wants to add one more sentence, tonight's bandit suppression is not just a test."

"The food consumption in Lanling County is too great. The general asked us to find the bandits to get some. Only by taking this food can your wife and children eat enough."

"So, now you Niujia Village people tell me whether you dare to follow me to suppress bandits, and whether you dare to follow me to get food."

This question doesn't need to be asked at all.

Niu Laoqi was the first to pick up the pancake and stuff it into his mouth, laughing and said, "It turns out that what the Fourth Grandpa said is true. The elite soldiers had meat to eat before they went to war. This pancake is so delicious. I must kill a few more bandits tonight."

In the night not far away, Guo Ziyi looked at the settlement with her hands behind her back, and Yang Yuhuan, Linglong, and Wang Yue, who is the county magistrate, stood next to her.

Wang Yue's expression was helpless and sighed: "It is better to say that he is robbing grain than suppressing bandits and getting grain. If you have always been like this, your reputation in the future will be very bad."
Chapter completed!