On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 85 Then we have no choice but to stand up and kill them!

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“Grandpa Fu, that’s not what I wanted to say.

Whether it is buying land to build a house or directly buying someone else's house, it is everyone's own business. At most, you can discuss it with your family. How can I interfere?

However, in my opinion, this matter ultimately depends on how much money you have.

It’s cold here, and the winter is longer than in our hometown. Just ask Mr. Liu and you’ll know.”

Li Shiyue bowed to Mr. Liu and Mrs. Liu who were sitting next to Li Youfu and holding the little girl named Lizi.

“This young lady is right!

Our village is backed by the Dahei Mountain. Because of the terrain, it gets cold earlier than Qingsong Town.

After the winter solstice, the snow falls heavily. One winter a few years ago, the snow was so heavy that it buried the road. It was not until spring that the snow melted away and people were able to get to the town.

That's great. You can buy each family's house and live there. Every household has a kang, and you can live on it in the winter."

At this point, Mr. Liu paused for a moment before continuing, "If you build a house by yourself, the high cost is one thing, but the main thing is that you can only find people to build the house in the town.

Otherwise, if the house is not built properly, people will freeze to death in the winter!"

Seeing that Mr. Liu had finished speaking, Li Shiyue continued to talk. She turned her head and looked around before looking at Li Youfu: "Grandpa Fu, if anyone doesn't have enough money, then two or three families can join together to rent someone else's yard to live in.

If you have enough money, you can just buy a suitable house for your family to live in.

Let’s do it later, and then we can talk about buying land and building a house.”

Li Youfu nodded. Naturally, he still wanted to build his own house. He also wanted to build the ancestral hall of Lijia Village.

However, we really do not have the ability to do so now. We have to wait until everyone has recovered, has enough food to eat, and has land before we can think about this matter.

If the winter is really that cold, it would be better to live in someone else's house first.

"How cold can it be?"

"Haven't you heard that it can really freeze people to death?"

"That kang is quite comfortable to sleep on, it's spacious and can accommodate the whole family from top to bottom.

If we only build two rooms, one for the kang and one for the kitchen, that would be fine."

"Two rooms can be built, but haven't you heard that it's hard to find people to build houses, and it's not easy to lay out the kang. You need to find an old hand, and that costs a lot of money."

Li Shiyue listened to the discussions of the people around her and coughed twice softly. She knew that if she didn't interrupt them, they would really continue talking.

That would delay what she came to say.

"Ahem," the people in Lijia Village who heard her noise all knew that Li Shiyue had something to say, so they gradually stopped talking.

"Grandpa Fu, Brother Shiyang, what I want to say is that we should not lose our sense of crisis just because we have settled down here.

How did Liujiatun become so deserted? Do you still remember it?"

When Li Shiyue mentioned this, Mr. and Mrs. Liu froze in shock. Their son and daughter-in-law were killed by the Mohe barbarians!
Losing a child in old age is truly one of the greatest sorrows in life!
"The Mohe barbarians, the Mohe barbarians are on the grassland on the shady side of the Dahei Mountain!" As soon as Old Man Liu said this, not to mention Li Youfu and his friends, all the other people in Lijia Village immediately showed fear on their faces.

"Grandpa Fu, Brother Shiyang, now that we have escaped and finally settled down here after so much hardship, we should remember this and protect ourselves!

Therefore, I would like to suggest that we should make use of the pathfinders we have on the road to escape the famine!"

Speaking of the pathfinder team, Li Shiyue was looking for Ma Zi and Mole in the crowd. After searching for a while, he finally found the two people on the right behind him.

Ma Zi and Mole were both stunned. They really didn't expect that they could still be alive after settling down here!

Li Shiyue nodded to the two of them, and then she continued: "Since we can't leave, we have to live and reproduce here in the future, so we must be prepared to fight against those Mohe barbarians who come to steal food and women and children!
It would be best if this scouting team could be rearranged and set a fixed route in the mountain to explore during the day. If anything happens, they could run back to the village in advance to inform us and give us a reminder so that we can be prepared. That would be best.

If you have nothing to do, you can find some food in the mountains, or if you are lucky, you can hunt a rabbit or a pheasant, which is also a good thing, at least it will add a dish to the table. "

Li Shiyue looked up at Li Shiyang and bowed to him: "Brother Shiyang has to organize this matter, and uncles and aunts should not be unhappy. This is all for our own benefit. Every family has old and weak people. Only by uniting together can we survive!

I think that this is something that none of us are unaware of along the way!"

Li Shiyue's words silenced everyone, and everyone thought of their relatives who had died along the way.

In a blink of an eye, Li Shiyue saw Erdan's mother standing behind the crowd holding Erdan. With Li Shiyue's eyesight, he could see that Erdan's mother's face was becoming more and more pointed.

"Besides," Li Shiyue thought about it and finally spoke again.

"I still say the same thing, no matter who it is, you can't just rely on others to save you, it's always best to rely on yourself first!

I am a girl, I dare to stand up and fight, this shows I am brave and strong!

I understand that you don't dare, but you can't just hide behind others and wait for them to protect you!
If you can't lift a knife, then use scissors, an awl for hitting shoe soles, or any other object you can lift to resist!

We have all seen what the refugees look like. I believe that the Mohe barbarians are even more hateful than the refugees!

We want to live and they want us to die, what can we do?
Then we have no choice but to stand up and kill them!"

Everyone was originally planning to settle down, but after hearing what Li Shiyue said, they became anxious again, especially the women who were still alive. After listening to Li Shiyue's words, they naturally knew in their hearts that what she said was true!

After all, Erdan’s mother was so big and standing there alone, who could not see her?
If your own man is unable to help, don't you have to do it yourself?
Even if a man can do it, he has to take care of it!

Several men in the crowd who had followed Li Shiyue in killing people, including Mazi Mozi and Li Wangshui, all stood up. They really understood that when facing the Mohe barbarians, it would be a fight of "either you or I" and there was no way they would kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy!

Barbarians never take prisoners, and if they do, they only take women and children!
Men will only kill them. It is impossible to keep them for work. There is not so much work for you to do on the grassland. If you keep them, they will only eat food and will definitely be killed!

So the people of Lijia Village decided on the house issue first and asked Liu Laozhang to go to the town to send a message to ask the people of Liujiatun who lived in the town whether they wanted to sell their houses. If not, how much would it cost to rent them for a winter.

Then, Li Youfu finally spoke to Li Shiyang and asked him to arrange for men from each family to form an exploration team to patrol the Dahei Mountain behind Liujiatun.

It’s not about going very deep. If you are capable, you can climb to the top of the mountain and take a look. If that doesn’t work, you can just look around the village.

The existing people were divided into two teams and took turns, with Ma Zi and Mole leading one team each.

Everything went on in an orderly manner. After waiting for five or six days, the land officer who was in charge of measuring and dividing the land as mentioned by the constable who had brought them here finally arrived with his men.

(End of this chapter)