Farming in space: the struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 117 117 Yellow Sand City, Dangerous!
Huangsha City and Taoyuan Village are completely two extremes.

It was also a cold winter, and the people in Taoyuan Village worked diligently to weave grain baskets, learned to read and write, and looked forward to planting grain in the coming spring and harvesting in autumn. They were so full of anticipation that they were not so afraid of the cold winter.

But it's a different story in Huangsha City.

The people and beggars in Huangsha City can't farm the land and can't grow food. The severe cold of winter and the sound of the wind outside make them shiver in the house trembling with their hands in their hands.

They don't even pray for the arrival of spring, because it is said that in spring, Beidi's army will break through the city gate and rush in to kill the city.

In the midst of severe cold, fear and hunger, less than [-] to [-] percent of the people in Huangsha City, which has experienced a large number of people fleeing famine several times, died again this winter.

The people in the city lord's mansion don't care how many people or beggars died. They are worried about the deserters and starving soldiers, and they are also worried about the bandits and foreigners outside the city.

……

City Lord's Mansion.

The maid Luqiao walked back to the yard with a few women carrying large and small packages, but was stopped by two guards guarding the gate for questioning.

she said impatiently,

"When will Madam's matter be reported to you!

The military commander is crazy, it is a big violation of the rules to ask you to guard the gate, and now he has to intervene in the affairs of the lady's courtyard, what is his intention! "

The guard was stunned by the blatant accusation and stopped talking, but he didn't move away either.

Lu Qiao was very irritable, and said quickly,
"Madam is in a bad mood, and her body is heavy. These two are well-known stable women in the city, those two are women who have given birth safely many times, and the rest are all served by Madam when she was a girl. Why? Madame wants to see them, isn't it enough?"

The two guards looked at each other before stepping aside.

Lu Qiao gave them a push, then swaggered into the courtyard with a few women, and the courtyard door was slammed shut.

The two guards looked at each other, and one of them immediately left to report the matter to their superior.

Lu Qiao and several people in the yard have been paying close attention to the movement outside, and when they realized that someone was going to report the news, they looked at each other and made up their minds.

Lu Qiao opened the door again, and asked the guard angrily to attract his attention. A short woman hid in the shadow behind her, and while the guard was being pulled by Lu Qiao, she immediately stabbed the guard in the abdomen. , Before the guard reacted and backed out, he immediately drew his knife and stabbed the guard's throat.

The whole process was fast and ruthless, leaving no room for resistance.

The mother-in-law immediately dragged the guards into the yard, some went to clean up the blood on the ground, some pulled off the guards' clothes, and some began to change their faces.

Lu Qiao was a little dazed, she kept pulling the guard to prevent him from avoiding him, a lot of blood spattered on her face.

She carefully wiped off the blood on her face, instead of looking at the women, she went into the room, and when she saw the woman with a high belly and a mournful face, the panic in her eyes completely faded away, and she returned to normal A firm look.

"Ma'am, I'm back. Vice-General Li promised to help us leave today!"

If Mu Yu was here at this time, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to recognize her former savior. After all, how could the elegant and calm noble lady in my impression turn into this pale and decadent appearance?
The wife of the city lord, Wang Shujun, came back to her senses, frowning slightly,

"So fast?"

Lu Qiao nodded heavily, squatted down in front of her, and said solemnly,
"Today is the day for the military division to inspect the barracks, and Vice General Li will send someone to reveal the matter of the warlord's embezzlement of military rations during the inspection to restrain the military division.

At the same time, he also helped us contact other people who were loyal to the city lord, and gave us a lot of manpower, enough to protect us to the next foothold after we left Huangsha City.

Ma'am, let's go, no matter what, we can't stay in Huangsha City any longer. "

Wang Shujun lowered her eyebrows, as if she had no hope for everything,
"Let's go."

Lu Qiao didn't have time to get excited, so she was urged by the women to hurry up and prepare to leave.

These women are the most important staff that Vice General Li gave them.

With the help of the mothers-in-law and other diehard loyalists of the city lord, they successfully escaped from the city lord's mansion, escaped from Huangsha City, and fled southward all the way.

After escaping from a certain range of Huangsha City, the speed of the journey gradually slowed down.

Sitting in the carriage was a pregnant woman who was nearly seven months pregnant. It was unrealistic to travel for a long time and intensively, and it was also unrealistic to escape too far from Huangsha City.

Before the pregnant women give birth, they have to find a place to hide.

That night they settled down in a deserted village, fearing that they would attract pursuers. Everyone sat around a bonfire. The excitement of successfully escaping faded away, and exhaustion and confusion came to mind.

Everything in Huangsha City makes people despair, but doesn't this vast wilderness and the unknown road make people despair?
"I think the military commander let us go on purpose. He wants to completely seize power. The Wu clan headed by Mrs. Wu is not his opponent at all. He is just afraid of the child in his wife's belly and the diehard loyalty of the city lord, and he doesn't want to do things absolutely. , simply push the boat along and let us leave."

"You say that the military division is still a good person? Are you out of your mind? He imprisoned us and killed many of us. Now you are speaking for him? It's not your relatives who died, is it?"

"The military division is indeed not a bad person. He didn't do anything when the city lord went there. It was the old lady's repeated persecution that forced him to fight back. Later, Huangsha City was targeted by the rebels and Beidi, but the old lady didn't pay much attention to it. Frequently making stupid moves, the military master had no choice but to do this for the sake of Huangsha City..."

"You nonsense! It's not like that at all..."

The atmosphere has become tense from the silence at the beginning, but both the silence and the current conflict are scary.

Lu Qiao's hands were trembling slightly, these people have different thoughts, that's all, those who are speaking for the military division must not be kept.

Suddenly, her hand was held by another hand, and she turned her head to see Wang Shujun who was sitting beside her.

Wang Shujun has a soft but firm temperament, which makes people can't help but want to get close and follow.

She said softly, "It's okay."

……

In the middle of the night, Wang Shujun asked Lvqiao to contact the people left behind by Lieutenant General Li, that is, those who opposed the military division. They gave up a lot of luggage, carts and horses, and after leaving some people, they sneaked away in the middle of the night.

This run lasted in the middle of the night, and he had faintly sensed that there were pursuers, so he didn't dare to stop for a moment.

When it was dawn, and when it started to rain, the pursuers had long since disappeared.

The first rain in three years of drought, everyone was stunned, and even forgot to run away for a while, and just hugged their headaches and cried.

"It's raining! It's raining! The dry year is over! We have a way out!"

Wang Shujun got off the carriage and watched the spring rain quietly, as well as the people crying in the rain.

It is a good sign to come out of a desperate situation, and everything will go well in the future.

"The Wang family has a manor in the mountains, we can go there and settle down temporarily."

(End of this chapter)