allonlinenovel Chapter 159: The Widowed Mother in Famine 1
Chapter 159: The Widowed Mother in Famine 1
Nan Xi lived a carefree life and lived to be sixty years old. Finally, she got tired of living and left that world.
Before she left, she donated all her property, which can be regarded as a contribution to society.
Xiaoying still felt a little unsatisfied, so she packed up a lot of electronic pickled mustard tubers to read later when she was bored.
Nan Xi stockpiled a large amount of supplies in case of emergency.
After returning to the other dimension and resting for a while, Nan Xi began her training again.
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"Mom, wake up!"
"The village chief and his team will leave in an hour. What should we do? Come up with a decision quickly."
Nan Xi felt a splitting headache and there was a constant noise in her ears. She frowned and growled.
"Shut up!"
The sound stopped, and my ears became quiet.
When Nan Xi opened her eyes, she saw a boy about sixteen or seventeen years old squatting beside the bed, looking at her anxiously.
A little girl of fifteen or sixteen was standing on his right, and a little girl of ten and a little boy of four or five were lying on the bed on his left. The four of them were staring at him eagerly.
Looking through the window, Nan Xi saw that it was daytime outside. She didn't know whether this body was sick or what, but it was lying on the bed at the moment.
She pinched her eyebrows, calmed her body with her spiritual sense, and then waved to a few people.
"You guys go out first, I'll think about it."
The boy stood up, took the little boy's hand, and asked the other two to leave. The room became quiet, and Nan Xi finally received her memories.
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Daxing Dynasty.
Three years ago, due to continuous rainfall, mountain torrents broke out and all the crops in the fields were destroyed.
There was another locust plague the year before last, and the villagers could only survive by digging wild vegetables.
This year, we finally waited for the crops to ear, but the continued drought has made people anxious.
Without water to irrigate the fields, the crops were all empty ears, and it looked like this year's harvest would be a waste. At this time, a war broke out on the border, the government was recruiting soldiers, and refugees and bandits were rampant.
The entire dynasty was in turmoil.
The owner of this body is named Cao Nanxi, and she is from Shanghe Village, Chaobaoshan County, Daxing.
Half a month ago, her husband Lin Jin went hunting in the mountains to earn a living, but he did not come back for three days.
When he was found, his body was already mutilated, with only some remnants of clothes left. Cao Nanxi fainted instantly.
After finally finishing the funeral arrangements, Cao Nanxi fell ill. Just when she was getting better, she heard that the village chief had decided to relocate.
The Lin family has three children. The eldest, Lin Xuan, is sixteen years old and married to Li Cuiyun.
The second child, Lin Ya, is eleven years old this year, and the third child, Lin Le, is only five years old.
It can be said that the entire Lin family has no fighting ability, and the only one who can fight is sixteen-year-old Lin Xuan.
The family hurriedly packed up their things and caught up with the main group.
The Lin family fled here due to famine and had no land. They usually relied on Lin Jin's hunting for a living. Although they did not have much luggage, they had no ox cart and could only carry it on their backs. One can imagine how difficult the journey was.
The Lin family didn't have much food to begin with, and they ran out of food after walking for three days. The family was weak and couldn't rob others, so they had to set off hungry.
Five days later, Cao Nanxi was no longer able to walk. She was sick and could not rest on the road. She had no herbs to treat herself and she was not full, so naturally she could not walk anymore.
Lin Xuan carried the heaviest luggage including water, pots, quilts, etc. Li Cuiyun carried some bottles and jars and daily necessities. Lin Ya also carried a large backpack containing clothes and shoes for the whole family. Even Lin Le carried a small bag.
Lin Xuan wanted to carry his mother on his back but he couldn't do it. Seeing the people in the village getting further and further away, Lin Xuan and the others became extremely anxious.
Li Cuiyun gave the things to Lin Xuan and Lin Ya, and set off with her mother on her back.
Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, she was holding her stomach and sweating profusely, with bright red blood flowing down her trouser legs.
It turned out that Li Cuiyun had been pregnant at some point, and the child was gone.
Cao Nanxi blamed herself and felt regretful, blaming herself for not living up to her expectations and getting her daughter-in-law into trouble. She fainted again due to the emotional excitement.
When she woke up, she found out that the people in the village had already gone far away. They abandoned the Lin family and left on their own.
Cao Nanxi decided to return to Shanghe Village. Since she couldn't survive there anyway, she might as well die in the village.
The five people supported each other and walked home. Before they reached the door, they met robbers. All their belongings were stolen and the whole family was killed by the robbers.
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Nan Xi opened her eyes and sat up. With the nourishment of spiritual power, she no longer felt dizzy.
They couldn't flee the famine. Not to mention that Li Cuiyun was pregnant, the villagers in Shanghe Village were unreliable. Lin Ya and Lin Le were too young, and many accidents might happen along the way.
After Nan Xi made a decision, she called a few children in and told them her decision.
"What? We're not leaving?"
Lin Xuan thought he had heard it wrong.
"Mom, what if refugees and bandits come? We can't defeat them.
Besides, the three wells in the village have dried up and we have no water to drink."
Nan Xi glanced at Lin Xuan. He was still a child, but in this world he was already the pillar that could support a family.
"We don't have a bullock cart. We would be exhausted if we just walked on our own two legs. Besides, I'm sick, and your sister and brother are young. We can't keep up."
Lin Xuan fell silent. What his mother said made sense.
"Besides, the village chief won't care about our family. We don't have any relatives in the village, and we are weak and alone. If something happens, no one will help us."
Lin Xuan quickly understood Nan Xi's meaning, "I will listen to you, if she says we should stay, then we should stay."
Even if we die, we want to die together.
Li Cuiyun, Lin Ya and Lin Le naturally had no objections. In this feudal era, the power of the patriarch was absolute.
Nan Xi nodded in satisfaction. The children were all well-behaved and obedient, so this famine was not that difficult to accept.
It would be terrible if these were a few rebellious children and she had to take the trouble to deal with them.
"Okay, it's almost noon. Cuiyun, go cook. After dinner, we'll go check out the situation in the village."
When I woke up today, I heard the news from the village chief. The family had not had breakfast yet. After hearing this, Li Cuiyun hurried to the kitchen.
Nan Xi returned to her room, took off the wooden hairpin on her head, and began to study it. Her spiritual sense swept over the hairpin and she discovered that it was a space spiritual tool.
On the way to escape famine, the Lin family was almost starving. Li Wanwan, the little granddaughter of the village chief, took a fancy to a wooden hairpin worn by the original owner and exchanged it for a bowl of rice.
While playing with it, she accidentally poked her hand and blood flowed into the hairpin. The hairpin turned into a spiritual spring space and was recognized as her master.
The land inside the Lingquan space can be used to grow crops, the Lingquan water can cure diseases and nourish the mind, and it can also speed up the maturity of crops.
Li Wanwan is the lucky heroine of this world. While others are living a miserable life while fleeing famine, she takes her whole family with her as if they were traveling.
After she got this space, she didn't even think about helping the Lin family, and she let the Lin family fall behind and die tragically. She was so selfish and inhumane.