Traveling through the daily life of raising a family in ancient times

Chapter 26

Because Mrs. Song next door will share some because she is worried that the Wu family will not have enough food.

So she stole a small handful a day, and even her mother-in-law didn't notice anything was wrong.

Even Wu Erlang beside her didn't know about it, which shows how much he slept.I only said that I went to my natal family to sell food, and no one in the family doubted it.

That time, after Mrs. Chen went to the second house and chopped up the cabinet where she kept her grain, she locked all the grain in the kitchen with a strong attitude.

But that didn't bother her.Mrs. Li picked up a piece of iron, which was the key to the cabinet that had been assigned secretly three months ago.

In fact, Mrs. Li had thought about finding that man before and following them.It's just that she couldn't even get enough of her own travel expenses at that time, so she had to regret it.

And she must take Wu Erfan with her, otherwise it would be too dangerous for her to go out alone as a woman.

The four of them need 400 taels, which is not enough now, but...

I really have to thank Wu Dalang and He Yanxin, really... a good death!
Mrs. Li sneered, heh, you two little sluts, just wait for me!

At night, after everyone had fallen asleep, Mrs. Li shook Wu Erlang awake vigorously.

"What are you doing! Are you still telling me to sleep?" Wu Erlang asked gruffly.

"Keep your voice down." Mrs. Li hissed, signaling him to get dressed.

Wu Erlang didn't know why, but he had formed a habit of listening to the other party for a long time.

He got dressed and got out of bed but kicked a bag of things and didn't care.

It was the rice that Mrs. Li had just brought from the kitchen. There were still five catties at home, and the new eighty catties were still there.She took it all and left nothing behind.

She also sewed the 50 taels into her inner garment, and tied the 26 taels of silver around her waist.

"I'll tell you..." He whispered in his ear.

"This is not good." Wu Erlang hesitated.

"What's wrong? You don't want to eat meat anymore? Or do you like that little bitch next door." Mrs. Li grabbed his ear, seemingly questioning but actually threatening.

Wu Erlang was agitated, hurriedly begged for mercy, and agreed.

Mrs. Li didn't tell him that she was leaving Qizhou, but only said that she sold the grain from her family and neighbors to buy meat.

What if he had to take his parents with him after he said this?
She knew from the time he gave those two old guys the same food that they were the parents.

bring?She is not willing to spend 200 taels to take two dragging her back!

As for why you even have to take the one next door?Wu Erlang didn't even know what the current food prices were, and he always believed that meat was more expensive than food.

Of course, if you buy more meat, you should bring more food.Therefore, he didn't doubt what happened tonight.

When the man went out, Mrs. Li woke up the two children separately and told them to put on their clothes.

The two children were also dumbfounded. She only said that she was going to the county town to buy cloth to make clothes today.The child understands that it means not to do it to other people in the family.

But who isn't happy to have new clothes to wear?The two of them also packed up obediently and waited for the father who mother said had gone to the toilet to come back.

The He family's wall is [-] meters high, but there is only one place that is less than [-] meters high, and that is the wall adjacent to the Wu family.

When Wu Erlang came to the wall, he climbed up with a piece of wood, straddled the wall and jumped down cautiously.

When I came to the kitchen, the back door was unlocked, and I walked in lightly.

Not long after, Wu Erlang came back.

Mrs. Li looked at him with empty hands, where is the food?

"The cabinet door is locked." He explained to the other party.

It turned out that after the house was burglarized that time, He Yanxin bought a lock and hung up the cabinet.

Mrs. Li was so angry that her teeth itch.In fact, the money exchanged for the rice at home plus what they had originally was enough for them to pass the customs.

But who would think too much money?What's more, she was about to teach Mrs. Song a good lesson!

She resisted the urge to set fire to the next door, after all, it would be too bright if there was a fire, and someone would wake up.

If a fire broke out to save food and found that there were no people and food, and they came to chase them, wouldn't they be able to leave.

never mind!Without He Yanxin, how long can those dozens of catties of grain last?She firmly believed that the other party would not end well.

This is also the reason why I made up my mind to run out of Qizhou. Wu Dalang is dead, and there will be no more than [-] catties of rice every month in the future.What should we do then?She didn't want Wu Erfan to go to the military camp and become a widow by herself.

Now that she has found a way out, by the time Mrs. Song dies of starvation without food, she will already be living a good life with money.

Thinking about it this way, Mrs. Li felt much better.

"Walk."

Let the man carry the food, and she signaled everyone to go out.

Wu Erlang felt something was wrong with the food on his back. Is his wife going to sell all the food in the family?Then what should they eat in the future?

After leaving the village and walking on the deserted road, he couldn't help asking.

"Shut up!" Mrs. Li was already in a bad mood, and he kept asking questions.

"Oh." The man was silent.

The two children didn't dare to talk too much.The four of them hurried on their way with their heads bowed like this, and arrived at the city gate before dawn.When the city gate opened at six o'clock, they walked in.

But a few people didn't notice that an inconspicuous beggar at the gate of the city gave another person a wink after seeing them, and that person nodded and ran towards the alley.

Yongqing County is now even more dilapidated and dilapidated.

Mrs. Li and her group walked to an alley where some well-to-do families lived, and stood aside and waited quietly.

The rice from the previous two times was sold here, and this is also the first choice for selling grain in the county, because people here can afford it.But the man I met was not here.

Mrs. Li only kept four catties to eat on the road, and she was going to sell the rest.

After standing for a quarter of an hour, someone next to him opened the door a crack and came out to ask.Mrs. Li skillfully opened her pockets for others to see.

Seeing her skilled movements, even the child felt something was wrong.How many times has his wife (mother) done this?

In the end, only three of them were sold out, and a total of 330 yuan was obtained.She had inquired that the price of food had risen by one cent compared to half a month ago.

Now it's all right, after paying 400 taels of tolls, she still has some left over to live on!

Touching the warm bank notes in her bosom, Mrs. Li grinned uncontrollably. This was the first time she had seen so much money.

Lead the three of them to a corner, let them wait, and circle around the place where they met the man.

Coincidentally, the man appeared nearby in a short while.She ran over and whispered.

"Brother, I have collected enough money! When are we leaving?"

The man seemed a little surprised that she had raised enough money so quickly.

"Really enough?"

Mrs. Li was in a hurry, they had no way out.Fearing that the other party would not believe it, he showed a corner of the bank note in his arms.

There was a gleam in the man's eyes.

"At the beginning of midnight tonight, wait for us in the pine forest outside the county seat."

Just saying this, the man bowed his head and left.

Mrs. Li finally calmed down and walked back to the father and son excitedly.

"Chunhua, aren't you going to buy meat?" "Mother, haven't you bought any cloth?"

Wu Erlang and his son asked in unison, and then looked at each other.

buy meat?buy cloth?His mother (his wife) didn't say anything.

Then they looked at Lady Li together, waiting for her to answer.

Seeing that she couldn't hide it anymore, Mrs. Li told the three of them thoroughly.

Hearing that they were leaving Qizhou tonight, Wu Erlang and his eldest son were silent.Only the seven-year-old son opened his mouth.

"Mom, I think, I think this is not good!"

"What's wrong?" Mrs. Li felt that it was very good, there was nothing better than now.

"Don't we bring grandparents, aunts, aunts, and sister Daling?" Aren't they a family, they should go together.

"..." She knew it.

This kid was brought up by his grandmother since he was a child, and he was raised so that he couldn't get close to her, and he played with Da Fang every day, which was very annoying.

But looking into the child's clear eyes, she found that she really couldn't directly say the phrase "not to bring."

(End of this chapter)