Datang: Beat Tang Taizong violently at the beginning

Chapter 513 Where is the common people's way of life?

"Really dad, let's make an agreement, if I can catch two hundred catties today, I will eat steamed buns!"

Ergou swallowed uncontrollably, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down. Since the drought in Henan this year, he, Liu Ergou, has not eaten steamed buns for many days.

And even in normal years, it is not always possible to eat steamed buns.

I didn't expect to eat steamed buns in this famine year.

"Smelly boy, you can catch two hundred catties first, and then talk about it. With your three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, if you can catch one hundred catties today, it will be considered a high incense!"

The old man Liu scolded again, he was about to hit him with his hand up, when Liu Ergou saw it, he immediately let go of his feet and disappeared in a flash!

Seeing Liu Ergou disappear in a flash, Old Man Liu couldn't help but put down his hands, sighed for a while and said:

"It's a pity. You said why your mother and the others didn't last this long. It's all because your father is incompetent. Otherwise, they wouldn't have starved to death!"

Old man Liu couldn't help sighing immediately, besides old man Liu, Ergou Liu and Caihua Liu, his family also includes old man Liu's mother, old man Liu's wife and a young son,

But it is a pity that both old man Liu's wife and daughter-in-law died of starvation, and old man Liu's youngest son did not starve to death. The illness, within a short time, killed his youngest son!

"Father, what are you talking about? If Mother and Grandmother knew that we are living a good life now, even the underworld would be smiling!"

I tidied up the small house in a hurry. Although the house can be said to be barren, there are still valuable properties, such as the few catties of noodles that I bought with great difficulty. If I save some food, I can also It's been a few days!

If they don't hide well and are eaten by those nasty locusts again, then they will be doing a day's work in vain

So cauliflower carefully bundled the grain in her pocket four or five times, and then put it in a large vat and pressed a large stone slab on it, so she felt relieved.

"That's right, Caihua, let's work hard today and try to get through this bad year. As long as we get through this year, it's time to find a marriage for you next year!"

Old man Liu couldn't help sighing that now the Liu family only has two younger generations, Liu Caihua and Liu Ergou. Liu Ergou is still a little younger, and it takes two or three years to get married, but Liu Caihua It's almost time to get married. If it is older, I'm afraid no one will want it!

"Father, what are you talking about? I don't want to marry!"

When old man Liu said this, a red cloud suddenly appeared on Liu Caihua's face,

Old man Liu smiled and said nothing, turned his head and yelled outside the house: "Where did you die, Ergou? Get your father out of here!"

Old man Liu yelled violently again, but this time a big head appeared outside the door immediately!

There was still a playful smile on his face: "Father, you have been here all this time, and you didn't run away!"

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Two quarters of an hour later, Old Man Liu brought Liu Caihua and Liu Ergou to a small hill outside Luoyang City!

Once the King Yan's order to buy locusts was released, all the victims in Luoyang City who could move their hands and feet,

No matter men, women or children, they all joined the army of catching locusts, and the news spread quickly to the counties and counties around Luoyang.

In just a few days, there are already tens of thousands of people rushing to Luoyang City, and the number of people rushing to Luoyang City every day is still increasing at an extremely fast speed
After all, in the entire land of the three realms, it seems that only King Yan can find a way out!

Of course, so many people are all thrown into the army of catching locusts. Even if there are more locusts in Luoyang City, how can they stop the more than 20 people in Luoyang?
Now there are not many locusts in Luoyang City. If you want to catch locusts in Luoyang City, even if you spend a day, I am afraid you can’t get a few catties. So now if you want to catch locusts, you have to go out of the city. There are still quite a lot of locusts outside the city.

The place that Old Man Liu chose this time is a small hill ten miles outside Luoyang City. Luoyang Qianli Plain has few mountains, but it still has some hilly terrain.

What's more, at this time, the mountains and plains are full of virgin forests, and the greening rate is much higher than that of later generations.

Catching locusts is actually an extremely simple job. It is better to pick than to catch, because these locusts are already full after eating almost the whole of Henan's food, and they don't seem to want to move anymore. , lying motionless on the ground, occasionally jumping and looking very clumsy, as long as the hands and feet are healthy and the eyes can see, then catching locusts is like catching snails with ten fingers.

When the old man Liu's family of three arrived on the small hill, they immediately dispersed!
Liu Ergou also seems to know that he did too much cooking yesterday, maybe even his father and sister's share, so he worked extra hard today, but compared to the ingenious Compared to Liu Caihua and the experienced old man Liu, Liu Ergou's locust catching skills are still a little bit worse!

However, compared to yesterday's progress, it is much better. After all, the three members of Old Man Liu's family have been hungry for a month, and he really didn't have the energy to work yesterday. There are rice and noodles for these two days, so we can have enough. Catching locusts after physical strength is not a big job, but it takes a whole day to catch locusts, and it still consumes energy. It is definitely not enough to eat!
Old man Liu left the city early, and when he reached the small hill, the sun had only just risen. This grasping took a long time in the morning, and old man Liu didn't stop until it was close to noon.

"Ergou Caihuaer, you two come here, dinner is ready!"

Old man Liu stopped what he was doing and tied up the cloth bag. The cloth bag was naturally the result of Old Man Liu this morning. Some old man weighed it. He caught about seventy catties of locusts this morning alone. It was only seven copper coins, but in a way, it was more than what he earned from farming.

At this point, old man Liu's mood suddenly became complicated again. The locusts ruined old man Liu's family, but now he had to rely on him to save his life, so he really didn't know what to say.

(End of this chapter)