Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 37 Parting, Continue to Go South
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Because they were afraid that those officials would come back again, the Jiangjia Village group rushed forward without crying tired or hot.

In the middle of the afternoon (after two o'clock in the afternoon), the hottest time of the day, everyone finally found a place to stop and take a rest.

Jiang Zhiyue sat across from Bai Yifeng and asked, "How was the situation in the capital before you came here?"

Bai Yifeng glanced at Jiang Zhiyue, and replied truthfully: "It's not very good."

"The old emperor's health seems to be dying, but he is not willing to establish a prince. He always thinks that eating the elixir of Taoist priests will lead to a long life. My master asked someone to test the elixir secretly. Its ingredients are all extracted from minerals. Cheng, although you will feel full of vitality after eating it, but it is just overdrawing your life."

"In order to prevent those people from bringing up the matter of establishing the crown prince again, the emperor sent a lot of officials down to make an example. Now everyone is in danger, but they have started fighting in private."

Jiang Zhiyue thought of the plot in the book, the old emperor's health was already very bad, but his life was so bad that he insisted on living with that life for a long time.

But in the end he died at the hands of his own son.

She looked at Bai Yifeng thoughtfully, and asked, "Then the purpose of your coming to me is to let me go to the capital?"

Bai Yifeng smiled and said: "Miss Jiang is too worried. Master, the old man specially told me before he traveled around. If he finds the man of destiny, don't interfere too much, otherwise it will mess up the fate."

"Yeah." Jiang Zhiyue replied lightly.

It seems that Lord Tiandao suddenly threw her into this dynasty, there is still his reason, so let nature take its course.

They continued to walk for two more days, during which time they encountered another group of officers and soldiers, also in the name of looking for Prince An's son.

However, Jiang Zhiyue could tell that the attitude of this group of people was obviously different from that of the previous group.

The former group of officials who failed to find anyone were more anxious and irritable, but the later group of people, although wearing the same clothes as those officials, seemed more anxious and flustered when they failed to find anyone.

The officials did not stay long, and after confirming that there was no one they were looking for, they continued to go to other places.

At noon on the third day, they came to a fork in the road, and everyone stopped to rest in front of the fork.

"Huh~ It's so hot, uncle, is this the fork in the road you mentioned?" Jiang Erlang fanned the wind with his palm, and sat down on the ground.

Jiang Yuchao also found a place to sit down, and he said, "Yes, we will be heading south when we start again in the afternoon."

This sentence was just heard by Song Furong who was passing by, and she asked in surprise: "What, why are you going south instead of going to the capital?"

"That's right, we're not going to the capital." Mrs. Zhang answered with a smile.

Song Furong didn't know that they had already decided where to go, and wanted to persuade them to go to the capital with the villagers.

"Hey, what are you thinking, which place can have the safety of the capital? I heard that the nobles there drop a little silver, which is enough for us to chew for a lifetime."

Zhang's relationship with Song Furong was good on weekdays, so he let her know a little bit.

"I heard that it's not stable up here, and it might not be a good place to go to the capital."

But Song Furong didn't believe it at all, she said: "This is also a possibility, if you walk forward for a few days, you will be able to reach the town of our state capital. It’s not like running that far.”

"So many places have been affected by the disaster, how can a state capital accommodate so many of us, let me say..."

"..."

Mrs. Zhang and Song Furong tried to convince each other with one sentence, but in the end neither of them could convince the other, so they had to give up.

Grandpa Jiang Kangde glanced at his sons and grandsons in Jiangjia Village, but he didn't say anything in the end.

They did so many stupid things back then, apparently they didn't even want to recognize him as a father, and they wouldn't believe it even if they said it.

After resting for a while, thinking that it was almost time to start again, Song Furong walked to the back of the crowd and planned to say goodbye to Zhang Shi.

They went to a different place now, and I'm afraid they will never see this difference again in this lifetime.

The two of them talked with tears in their eyes.

It's all because of the loss of my old sister for many years. It would be a lie to say that I am not sad.

Seeing Song Furong go back, Mrs. Zhang said with red eyes: "Why don't we tell everyone about going to the south, and let's talk about whether we want to go or not. It's a good thing to say."

Jiang Zhiyue looked at her mother who couldn't help crying, and agreed with a sigh.

No matter how ruthless the disturbance is on weekdays, they will still think about others.

Jiang Zhiyue didn't even know what to say.

But since they want to do this, let's do it. Anyway, after today, there will be no chance to see each other again, so just say a few more words in exchange for their clear conscience.

Soon, the team in front packed up their things and planned to set off.

Mr. Jiang walked over with Jiang Yuchao, and told them about their going to the south.

After listening to them, everyone looked at the two of them with expressions of 'you are stupid'.

"Why are you going to the south? If we go a little further, we will reach our state capital?" Jiang Hengrong asked.

Jiang Yuchao said the speech they had prepared in advance, which was the same as what Mrs. Zhang said to persuade Song Furong just now.

As soon as the words fell, someone said, "Even if the state capital can't accommodate so many people, it will definitely not ignore us. If our village is moved to the side of the capital at that time, then we will be regarded as people with dragon spirit."

"And you see, in the past few days, we have encountered two groups of officers and soldiers. I think this side is not safe. Whichever side of the capital is closer to the emperor of our Wu Dynasty, there is definitely no danger."

"Jiang Xiucai, don't go to the south, it can't compare with the capital, pack up and follow."

"Yes, Jiang Xiucai, let's all go to the capital."

Along the way, they also saw how powerful the girl in Jiang Xiucai's family was, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that one of them beat ten of them.

Except for that girl, Jiang Xiucai's family is powerful regardless of whether they are men or women.

Walking with them gives me a sense of security.

"We have made up our minds, and telling everyone is to let everyone have multiple choices. If everyone is unwilling, let's just leave it alone." Jiang Yuchao said.

Everyone is a little regretful, but they will not change their minds.

In any case, the capital is definitely the best place.

Mr. Jiang and Jiang Yuchao returned to their team and shook their heads at everyone.

Everyone was not too surprised, but they did what they had to do, and there was nothing the villagers could do if they didn't want it.

Sheng Yu, who was at the back of the Jiang family village team, looked in the direction of Jiang's family with resignation in his eyes.

That night she planned to seduce Jiang Erlang and cook rice directly.

She is not too demanding.

After all, this is on the way to escape from the famine. As long as she enters the Jiang family's door, it is a family, and she will definitely understand them.

She had already figured it out, she could not let Jiang's family give the bride price and then carry the sedan chair to welcome her in, as long as she was allowed to sit in the carriage to rest every day when she was on the road, Jiang Erlang would just be more obedient.

But I didn't expect her to miss it, that Jiang Erlang's mouth is so poisonous.

Jiang Erlang is not easy to attack, she originally planned to find someone else to attack.

The boy from the Wang family looked good, but they lived in the Jiang family after all, so she looked down on him a little bit.

But this also shows that such a person is easy to handle, but it's a pity that I haven't found a chance to make a move in the past few days.

Now they are going to separate from the team?
Then how can she ride an ox cart? ! ! !

The reluctance in Sheng Yu's heart prevented her from moving her feet immediately to catch up with the team in front.

Her father saw that the team had walked several meters away, and Sheng Yu was still standing there, so he kicked her when he went up.

"What are you in a daze for, don't hurry up."

Sheng Yu turned her head to look at Jiang Erlang and Wang Hao again, and followed them reluctantly.

Seeing the Jiang Family Village team walking away, Mr. Jiang came back to his senses and said, "Let's go too."

This time, King Changding (the prince of this fief) suffered a very wide range of disasters. It has been almost a month since they left Jiangjia Village, but the land here is still very dry.

As far as the eye can see, there are slices of roasted brown earth.

Edible wild vegetables, roots and bark have all been stripped clean.

The group of people quickened their pace, intending to find a suitable place to stay before dark.

Finally, before it was getting dark, everyone found a large flat ground.

Zhang Shi, Sun Shi and Huang Huaihua unloaded part of the things from the car after they stopped, planning to cook a fire.

The Mu family's father and daughter sat down only two meters away from the Jiang's house and started cooking.

Instead of those unreasonable quarrels on weekdays, I feel that it is extraordinarily quiet now.

Several people started talking one after another.

When it was time to rest, Jiang Zhiyue walked around the ox cart twice, and finally made up her mind to take out a few tents from the space.

Except for the days when she first came out, she slept in the carriage with her third aunt, and in the days that followed, she slept on the ground just like everyone else.

But there are a lot of mosquitoes in summer, and it is inevitable that you will be bitten all over if you sleep outside.

Although they were covered with the ointment in her space, they couldn't take a bath, and she couldn't stand the layer after layer of paste every day.

That's why I thought about taking out the tent and using it.

Jiang Zhiyue counted the number of them in her mind, and avoided people and stuffed eight tents under the things on the cart.

She brewed her emotions, and shouted happily: "Grandma, grandma, come and see, we forgot to use all the good things we bought."

Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Zhang ran over, and asked as they walked, "What, did you forget to use something you bought?"

"This one, when we went to the town to buy it, the man said it was a rare thing from Persia." Jiang Zhiyue blinked at the two of them while talking.

The two still froze for a moment before they understood what Jiang Zhiyue meant.

It's really been a long time since there was anything new in the treasure chest of her little granddaughter/daughter, and they almost forgot about it.

Fortunately, they reacted very quickly.

"Oh, yes yes yes, look at our heads, why did we forget this good thing!"

"Take it out quickly, come on, mother will help you."

Mrs. Jiang and Zhang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law cooperated seamlessly, helping Jiang Zhiyue take out those tents.

The hands of the two of them sank, oh my mother, what is this so heavy?

But since Yue girl said it was a useful thing, then the two of them could cooperate well.

"What is it, mother?" Jiang Ming came over and asked.

Mrs. Jiang rolled her eyes at her son who had no eyesight, and said, "Why don't you ask me, why don't you hurry up and help your old lady carry things."

(End of this chapter)