Don't panic when fleeing the famine, the peasant girl is busy farming

Chapter 33 Dare to ask where is the way
Old Jiangtou and Mrs. Jiang said that the 15 taels of silver that Fang Jianren compensated them was gone, and the sauerkraut jar where the money was hidden was clearly untouched, but the money inside was gone.

They were afraid that they had misremembered the place where the money was hidden, so they planned to look around again.

Li Zheng was not used to them, so he set off with them directly.

Only then did Old Jiang's couple hurriedly follow along with their family assets and children and grandchildren.

Li Zheng took the whole village with him, and first went to Huwei Escort Bureau of Qingjiang County.

Although Li Zheng is the biggest official in the village, he has never been to far places other than Qingjiang County in his life, except for the time when he married his daughter.

He only knows that Dongchang County is close to the sea and east of Xichang County.Hundreds of rivers flow into the sea, and the places near the sea will definitely not lack water.

It's just that there is no one to lead the way, and he doesn't know how to get to Dongchang County.

He planned to spend money to hire a bodyguard to lead the way in the village.The villagers all nodded in agreement.

When I arrived at the Huwei Escort, I found that the escorts of the Escort were particularly in short supply. Many wealthy families also had to evacuate from Xichang County, and a large number of escorts were needed to serve as guards on the road.

In the end, all the experienced bodyguards were hired away at high prices, leaving only one too young bodyguard who no one wanted.

The young bodyguard said that he had been to Dongchang County and could lead the people in Xinglin Village.The people of Xinglin Village have no other choice.

For this business, Huwei Escort had to charge 60 taels of silver, half of which had to be paid first, and the remaining 30 taels were allowed to be paid after the Xinglin Villagers arrived in Dongchang County.

As the saying goes, if there is no hair on the mouth, you can't do things well.Looking at the childish face of the escort, Li Zheng hesitated.

The chief escort of the Escort has a righteous face, and he patted his chest to assure: Although this escort is very young, he has been taken by his father since he was a child, and he grew up on the road of escorting, and his experience is no better than that of ordinary escorts. teacher less.

It's absolutely fine for him to lead the way to Xinglin Village.

The chief escort also said that the young escorts are also very skilled in martial arts.

After finishing speaking, let the young bodyguard show off to everyone.

The people of Xinglin Village watched with wide eyes, only to see the young bodyguard stepped forward shyly, with a "ha", he broke a wooden stake thicker than his waist with his palm.

Some villagers couldn't help applauding, and Lizheng also had a satisfied look on his face.

Jiang Erya stared at the broken part of the wooden post and looked again and again.

Nima, saw more than half of the wooden stake in advance, and it broke with one palm. Is it difficult?I can too.

Jiang Erya stepped forward in two steps, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, she slapped her palms on the other two wooden posts with a "ha".

The two stakes snapped.

Jiang Erya looked at the chief escort and raised her eyebrows.

Old Jiangtou and Mrs. Jiang looked at each other, shrinking their necks.Fortunately, when they beat and scolded Jiang Erya before, she didn't fight back like this.

Li was looking at the fracture of the wooden post, waiting for the chief escort's explanation.

Head Escort: ...

The fake props showing the "strength" of the bodyguards were seen through by others. As a businessman, the chief bodyguard was not at all embarrassed.

He smiled and said to Jiang Erya: "Although my bodyguard's martial arts is not as strong as yours, you don't have his ability to know the way.

In this way, he is only responsible for leading the way, and does not care about other things. I will lower the price, only 30 taels, and you will be responsible for his three meals a day. Is this possible? "

Jiang Erya didn't speak, and quietly asked the system if it could show her the way.

She felt that the people in the Huwei Escort were unreliable, and she was afraid of being taken into the ditch.

The system replied: "Your task is to flee famine with the whole village. You can't leave the big army."

Jiang Erya said: "I don't intend to leave the main force, you point the way, and I will take the whole village with me."

The system reminded: "You are now Jiang Erya, a person who has never been out of the village before, and has only been to the county seat two or three times. If you say you know how to get to Dongchang County, will others believe you? Dare to follow you?" ?”

What the system said made sense, and Jiang Erya didn't refute it.

Except for those who had worked as carpenters, most of the villagers didn't understand the tricks on the wooden posts. They only thought that Jiang Erya was really stronger than the bodyguard and could break a big wooden post with one palm.

Hearing that the chief escort was willing to lower the price from 60 taels to 30 taels, they felt like they had picked up a big deal.

They all took out their own head money and handed it over to Lizheng, urging Lizheng to pay the money quickly, get on the road quickly, and leave Xichang County, which is short of water, so that they don't have to die of thirst.

Lizheng only found such a person who was willing to lead the way, and had no other choice, so he had to pay 15 taels of silver and sign the employment contract.

The young bodyguard bid farewell to the head of the bodyguard, and got into the ox cart of Li Zheng's family with his burden on his back.

The people in Xinglin Village pushed the carts, carried the burdens, and carried the backpacks, all following closely behind the Lizheng family's ox cart.

There are seven members of Lao Jiangtou's family.

Old Jiangtou was in charge of driving the ox cart, Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Dongliang sat on the edge of the ox cart, guarding the family property that was full of an ox cart.

Jiang Dashan pushed a cart full of water bladders and water bags, and his wife and children walked behind him, each carrying a small bundle.

Jiang Dashan pushed the cart and walked, until he came to Jiang Erniu and Jiang Erya.

He stared at Jiang Erniu's cart, frowned and asked, "Second brother, why do you only have one bag of grain and two water bags?"

Afraid that Jiang Erniu would get tired pushing the cart, Jiang Erya only put a bag of grain and two water bladders on the cart, and the rest were some light daily necessities.

But there were obviously two baskets covering the grain and water bags. Unexpectedly, Jiang Dashan's eyes were so sharp that he could see the contents clearly through the two baskets.

Jiang Erya replied before Jiang Erniu: "We just separated from Lao Jiang's family, and only got half a tael of silver and two acres of paddy fields. The paddy fields can't be taken away, and half a tael of silver can't afford too many things.

You are looking at our poor father and daughter, you want to lend us food and water?
That would be great, thank you. "

Jiang Dashan smiled, and said to Jiang Erniu: "Fortunately, there are only two of you, and the bag of food is enough to eat. The problem of water is easier to solve. As long as there is a water bag, if you encounter a water source on the road, go directly to it." Just pour it."

After finishing speaking, he didn't say any more, and silently distanced himself from Jiang Erniu.

After walking along the road pointed by the bodyguard for more than an hour, it was getting dark.

Further on, there is a dense forest.The bodyguard said that he couldn't go any further. There were man-eating beasts in the woods at night, and he was hungry.

Lizheng gave an order, and the whole village rested on the spot.

Jiang Dashan's daughter is Jiang Mingzhu, who is the same age as Jiang Erya. She has never traveled so much at one time since she was a child, and she was so tired that she cried.

"Mom, I don't want to go to Dongchang County anymore, let's go home!"

Xin Lamei sighed: "Mingzhu, mother also wants to go home, but when we go home, what shall we eat and drink? You have never been hungry and you don't know. If you don't eat or drink, you will really die."

Jiang Mingzhu wiped her tears, and said again: "Mother, I miss my grandpa and grandma, and I don't know where they are now."

Xin Lamei's nose was sore, and tears fell down: "It's all your father's fault. If he hadn't tossed away all the family's money, your grandfather wouldn't have driven us back to Xinglin Village..."

The mother and daughter were mourning, when Mrs. Jiang yelled loudly: "What are you still doing there? Waiting for my old lady to serve you? Why don't you come over and start a fire to cook!"

After Mrs. Jiang finished yelling, she felt relieved.

Her eldest daughter-in-law has been married to her eldest son for more than ten years, and has been living in her mother's house without moving her home. She has not yet properly displayed her mother-in-law's role in front of her, and now she has seized the opportunity to order her.

Xin Lamei quickly wiped away her tears and left.She was afraid that if she didn't cook, Mrs. Jiang, who was in charge of the food bag, would not leave her rations.

(End of this chapter)