After rebirth, I became a national teacher

After leaving Xuanzhou Prefecture, Chen Qingzhu quickly rushed to the nearby Datong Prefecture, Yongping Prefecture, Baoding Prefecture, and Zhending Prefecture and repeated what he had done in Xuanzhou Prefecture.

The day passes quickly.

In the evening, she went to the granaries of several state capitals to investigate their actual grain reserves so that she could have a rough idea of ​​the situation.

In this way, if the food she moved from the Imperial Guards warehouse was not enough, she could take some more food from these places.

It was another cold night when water turned into ice. Chen Qingzhu, who was running around, did not waste his spiritual energy to open the protective shield, and his body was covered with frost.

For ordinary people, such cold nights are even more difficult to endure.

Dushibao, Longmenwei, Xuanzhou Prefecture.

In a dark and dilapidated stone house in a village where military households live.

Ding Fengnian's family of five huddled together on the only kang bed in the room, covered with a patched quilt.

Even so, it was difficult to resist the biting cold.

Two adults and three children, no one slept well.

Not only were they cold, they were also hungry and their stomachs felt like they were burning.

Ding Fengnian was originally a military household of Huailai Wei.

But now, it was freezing cold and there was no need to guard the city, so Qianhu only left people on duty and asked everyone to go back and eat their own food.

There was a drought this summer, and the land in Huailai Wei was already barren. After paying the taxes demanded by the thousand households, there was not much food left.

Even though the family was extremely frugal and only had one meal a day with dried vegetables and tree bark, they only managed to survive until five days ago.

During these five days, they could only rely on ice cream outside the house to fill their stomachs, and they were getting hungrier and hungrier day by day.

No one moved or shouted in the room. No one wanted to wake anyone up, nor did they have the extra energy to do these useless things.

Ding Fengnian stayed up all night with his eyes open, his eyes full of red bloodshot.

Looking at the sunlight gradually coming through the cracks in the stone, he gently lifted the quilt and climbed up.

He gritted his teeth and picked up his five-year-old daughter who was sleeping on his side.

The child in his arms felt light and drowsy. After leaving the warmth of the bed, he subconsciously burrowed into his arms, his voice as weak as a kitten's:

"Daddy, it's cold."

Ding Fengnian felt a pang in his heart.

This is his child, how could he not feel sorry for him.

But the whole family has been completely out of food for five days. If they don’t eat, everyone in the family will die together.

He knew that some families in the village were in a worse situation than theirs, and some had even traded their own children for food.

Niu Niu is the youngest, the weakest, and has the least hope of survival.

By sacrificing her, he, his wife and their two sons could survive until next spring, when wild vegetables would grow and everyone would have hope of continuing to survive.

Ding Fengnian's eyes were red. He hugged the child tightly in his arms and staggered towards the door.

Niuniu, don’t blame your dad, blame the world!

crunch--

The sound of the wooden door opening woke up the woman on the bed, who was also so thin that she was just a bag of bones.

This is Ding Fengnian’s wife Chen Sanniang.

With the sunlight coming in through the door, she saw the pair of small feet sticking out from her husband's arms. She was startled and her mind, which had been dizzy due to hunger, became much clearer.

As soon as he saw the child was missing from the bed, he immediately jumped off the kang, stumbled towards Ding Fengnian, and grabbed his tattered clothes:

"Where are you taking Niuniu? Ah! Where are you taking her?"

Her voice broke with excitement.

"I...it's too stuffy in the house, take her out for a walk!"

"No, you are not allowed to go anywhere! I don't allow you to take my Niuniu anywhere!" Chen Sanniang rushed over and snatched her daughter from her husband's arms.

Ding Fengnian knew that his wife had seen through his intentions.

At this point, there is no need to keep it from her anymore.

He held his daughter tightly, not letting go, and pleaded in a hoarse voice with despair: