Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 55 Cousin Zhang Xiaoyan

Although she has them all in her space, it’s not good to be able to take out everything. If you buy some here, you can take them out and eat them on the road.

After a while, even the panniers on Jiang Zhiyue and Ouyang Ming's backs were almost full.

But Ou Yangming was worried that she would be tired, so most of them were carried in the backpack on his body.

Jiang Zhiyue took dozens of salted duck eggs and dozens of eggs from the store, and was about to put them in the basket when Ou Yangming took them.

"It's too heavy, let me carry it."

Jiang Zhiyue did not refuse, although she could handle it, who would refuse the kindness of being taken care of.

But she still took the seasoning that Ouyang Ming was carrying in the other hand, and said, "Then let me get this for you."

Seeing that Ouyang Ming was wearing a short sleeve, Jiang Zhiyue suddenly said, "Let's go to the tailor shop to buy some clothes, now A Ming, Bai Yifeng, Sister Qiqi and Uncle Bai are wearing other people's clothes. Clothes, just buy a few that fit when you come in."

Jiang Zhiyue thought that Bai Yifeng and Mu Ping were fine, there were people in the family who were similar in stature to them, and they could wear clothes that fit.

But Ouyang Ming is taller than the men in the family, and even the clothes of Jiang Yuchao, who is the tallest in the family, are a bit shorter for him.

Also, Mu Qiqi has a slender body, but she is thin and weak. Jiang Zhiyue's clothes are a bit short for her, and Sun's clothes are very fat for her.

Just passing by a ready-made clothing store, Jiang Zhiyue grabbed Ouyang Ming's sleeve and went there.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuchao and Mu Ping behind him hurriedly followed.

But just as Jiang Yuzhao took two steps, he was grabbed by a huge force.

Then a crying voice shouted anxiously: "Uncle!"

Jiang Yuchao's sleeve was pulled by a huge force, and he staggered backwards.

Mu Ping, who was next to him, was also frightened, so he quickly pulled him, and Jiang Yuchao fell to the ground without a hitch.

Jiang Zhiyue and Ouyang Ming, who were walking in front, were about to enter the tailor shop just now, but they backed away when they heard the noise.

Mu Ping turned around and saw a girl he didn't know, and scolded in a low voice: "You girl, why are you so frizzy?"

The girl looked at Mu Ping sobbing, and then looked at Jiang Yuchao again.

Zhang Xiaoyan wiped away her tears, and whimpered, "Uncle, woo woo, I'm Xiaoyan."

"Xiaoyan? Xiaoyan!!!"

After Zhang Xiaoyan put her hand down, Jiang Yuchao finally saw her appearance clearly.

Seeing Zhang Xiaoyan crying with tears all over her face, she asked, "Why are you here, where are your parents?"

Seeing how Jiang Yuchao knew this girl, Mu Ping stopped looking at her vigilantly.

At this time, Jiang Zhiyue and Ouyang Ming also walked over together.

Zhang Xiaoyan saw Jiang Zhiyue again, threw away the hand holding Jiang Yuchao, and threw herself in front of Jiang Zhiyue.

"Wooooow, cousin."

Jiang Zhiyue looked at this strange girl, and searched through the memories in her mind before realizing that this was Zhang Xiaoyan, the little granddaughter of her grandfather's family.

Jiang Zhiyue could remember her because the girl had a good relationship with Yuan Shen.

Many people in Zhangjia Village make a living by hunting and running darts, and Zhang's natal family is no exception. Even Jiang Zhiyue's two uncles and aunts are tough-tempered.

But this Zhang Xiaoyan is different from the Zhang family, she has a gentle and quiet temperament, and she is good at embroidery with one hand.

During the Lunar New Year's Day last year, Zhang Xiaoyan even used the money she earned to tear a piece of fabric for the original body.

Of course, the original body is also good to her.

Just, why is she here now?

Could it be that the Zhang family has entered the city?

But seeing her crying like this, she knew that things were not that simple.

Sure enough, before Zhang Xiaoyan explained why she appeared here, there was a furious voice.

"You damn girl, stop for me, I really give you courage."

The next moment, a middle-aged woman with a bit mean appearance grabbed Zhang Xiaoyan's hand and pulled her back forcefully.

Zhang Xiaoyan was so frightened that she yelled a broken voice, and she grabbed Jiang Zhiyue's hand tightly and refused to let go, "I won't go back, I don't know you!"

"Uncle, cousin, I don't know this person. I just woke up and found out that I was in their house."

Zhang Xiaoyan used too much force, and because she was afraid of not noticing, Jiang Zhiyue's wrist was pinched red.

Ouyang Ming saw the circle of red marks on Jiang Zhiyue's hand, his eyes were filled with frost.

He cleverly pushed Zhang Xiaoyan's hand away, and pulled Jiang Zhiyue's hand back.

And the mean-looking middle-aged woman who just rushed over was still dragging Zhang Xiaoyan back.

Since Jiang Yuchao and Jiang Zhiyue recognized Zhang Xiaoyan, they naturally wouldn't let her be bullied under their noses.

Jiang Yuchao pulled Zhang Xiaoyan behind her to protect her.

Looking at the somewhat mean-looking middle-aged woman, she said, "Who are you?"

The middle-aged woman looked at it and said angrily: "Hey, I still want to say who you are, why are you robbing my son's new wife?"

Pedestrians on the street gradually attracted their attention and surrounded them.

When the woman said that the person behind Jiang Yuchao was her son's daughter-in-law, they all defended her.

"This brother, this old sister said the same thing. Why are you robbing someone's daughter-in-law? Give her back quickly."

"Yeah, yeah, I didn't expect such a good-looking person to do such a thing."

The onlookers immediately pinned the crime on Jiang Yuchao's head, accusing him one after another.

There are even people who are eager to try, planning to fight for the middle-aged woman.

Someone recognized the identity of the middle-aged woman and said, "Isn't this Mrs. Zhou from the Wang family's mansion?"

Someone asked, "Which Mrs. Zhou?"

The man kindly explained: "Just the aunt in the Wang family's mansion who usually goes out to buy things, she followed Mr. Wang and the others out of the city yesterday to give porridge to those refugees."

"I remembered. Is there a stupid son in the mother-in-law's house this week? I heard that he has not yet found a wife in his thirties."

"Then where did she get her daughter-in-law?"

All of a sudden, the wind in the crowd reversed and reversed.

Many people watched the changes in the situation quietly and did not plan to intervene.

Seeing that everyone was on her side, Mrs. Zhou anxiously argued, "I don't have a daughter-in-law anymore. Isn't this the new daughter-in-law I chose for my son!"

Zhang Xiaoyan shouted anxiously: "You are talking nonsense, I am obviously outside the city, and for some reason I woke up and came to your house."

Mrs. Zhou shouted confidently: "Hmph, if I hadn't rescued you from outside the city, you would have reported in the Palace of the King of Hell by now."

"I saved your life, then your life is mine, and if I let you marry my son, then you are my son's wife."

Everyone also understood the meaning of Zhou Pozi's words.

It should be that she met this girl yesterday when she went to give porridge outside the city with the Wang family, and then she brought her in.

And because Mrs. Zhou's son is in his thirties and doesn't have a daughter-in-law yet, she just wants to let this girl be her son's wife.

After hearing this, the crowd immediately divided into two factions.

One person felt that Mrs. Zhou brought the girl in and saved her life, so her request was not too much.

But some people think that Mrs. Zhou's request is too difficult for others. Her son is still a fool in his thirties, and there is nothing to hope for after following him for the rest of his life.

What's more, now that the girl's family has been found, let's return her.

When Mrs. Zhou heard that the crowd asked her to return the man, she was very unwilling.

How could this smug daughter-in-law let her run away! ! !
And this time, Jiang Zhiyue also asked the matter clearly, and the matter was similar to what Mrs. Zhou said.

After Zhang Xiaoyan and her family got separated, they also went outside the gate of Dashan County. After searching around, they couldn't find her family. Hearing that people in the city gave out porridge every morning, Zhang Xiaoyan wanted to wait until the next day to ask for a bowl of porridge.

However, after many days of exhaustion and fright, and having not eaten for two days, Zhang Xiaoyan passed out as soon as she lay down.

The people in the city didn't wake up until they came out to give porridge the next day.

Then she woke up again and it was today. After waking up, Mrs. Zhou only gave her two sips of water to prevent her from escaping.

Then she will let her silly son and Zhang Xiaoyan "bridal chamber flowers and candles".

Zhang Xiaoyan was terrified, but Mrs. Zhou's idiot really didn't understand anything. Zhang Xiaoyan sneaked out at that time, but was still discovered by Mrs. Zhou, and then chased all the way here.

Mrs. Zhou blushed, but she was angry. She said, "If you want me to give you people, there's no way!"

As he spoke, he was about to push Jiang Yuchao away, pull Zhang Xiaoyan out, and scratched Jiang Yuchao's face.

Jiang Yuchao had to be careful of being caught in the face by Mrs. Zhou, and also had to protect Zhang Xiaoyan from being ripped away, so he was in a hurry.

Jiang Zhiyue suddenly said: "Stop!"

Everyone listened to her fluttering sound, thinking how could Mrs. Zhou listen to her.

But after a pause, Mrs. Zhou really stopped, and took two steps back.

What they didn't know was that when Jiang Zhiyue said that sentence, she launched mind control over Mrs. Zhou, so she would naturally be obedient.

She doesn't get involved too much with her, but it's unrealistic to snatch him away, so she wants to let Mrs. Zhou calm down and make a deal with her.

She said: "We will give you five taels of silver, and we will take my cousin away too."

Mrs. Zhou had already recovered, and she roared, "No way, I won't change it for a hundred taels of silver."

It was so hard to find a wife for his son, how could she be willing to hand him over.

"Ten taels of silver, we will take it away."

Mrs. Zhou opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't say it: "..."

After a while, she squeezed out a sentence: "OK!"

Jiang Zhiyue nodded in satisfaction, and said, "In that case, you should hurry back after you get the money."

Jiang Zhiyue took out a piece of silver from her pocket and handed it to Mrs. Zhou.

After taking the money, Mrs. Zhou turned around and ran away without hesitation, so fast that no one could react.

Everyone looked at this scene in doubt, not understanding why things turned into this way.

Ouyang Ming glanced at Jiang Zhiyue thoughtfully, but didn't say anything, but quietly stood by Jiang Zhiyue's side.

Seeing Mrs. Zhou leave, Zhang Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, and gave Jiang Zhiyue a grateful look.

As a result, I cried so much that I couldn't help hiccupping several times.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, the onlookers gradually dispersed.

But looking at Jiang Zhiyue's way of taking out the ten taels of silver just now, he couldn't help feeling "wealthy and powerful".

But Jiang Zhiyue's current appearance really has nothing to do with wealth and wealth, after all, they are dusty.

Jiang Zhiyue went to Zhang Xiaoyan's side and comforted her a few words. Thinking of what she said just now that she fainted outside the city gate from hunger, she took out a few pastries from the pannier she was carrying for her to pad her stomach first.

Afterwards, Jiang Zhiyue took them into a clothing store, and now that there was an extra Zhang Xiaoyan, she would also buy two sets of clothes for her.

The ready-to-wear shop was not far behind them, and the shopkeeper inside could clearly see what happened in front of his shop just now.

Naturally, he also saw that Jiang Zhiyue took out ten taels of silver to replace a girl.

So when Jiang Zhiyue's dusty customers came to his store, he didn't feel disgusted at all, but warmly received them.

Jiang Zhiyue didn't let him down either, she bought several ready-made clothes directly and spent six taels of silver.

After packing all the clothes, the shopkeeper sent Jiang Zhiyue and the others out of the store with a smile.

After leaving the clothing store, Jiang Zhiyue and the others did not leave directly.

Instead, he went to the wonton stall not far from the city gate, ordered five bowls of wontons, sat down and ate them.

Zhang Xiaoyan was so hungry that she finished a whole bowl of wontons in two bites.

Jiang Zhiyue didn't give her any more. She hadn't eaten for several days. If she ate so much oily food at once, she might have diarrhea.

After everyone was done, they paid the money and prepared to leave. Before leaving, they bought a lot of buns from the stall next door.

But the sky failed to fulfill people's wishes, the more they wanted to leave the city, the more they couldn't get away.

(End of this chapter)