Spatial medical concubine, taking the whole family to farm

Chapter 61 The county magistrate abandons the people and flees

In the evening of that day, the corn cobs were finished rubbing. Boss Zhou and others struggled to get the last third of the antidote, and fled the village scrambling.

The food that may not have been recovered in five days, but now it has been recovered in two and a half days, everyone dare not even think about it.

I also accidentally obtained more than 30 carriages. Who would have dared to think of such a good thing before?
At first everyone treated Xiao Ningxue like a little girl, now they dare not underestimate her anymore!
Everyone was happy, and they all came under the old locust tree with their rice bowls in their hands, talking and laughing at the bulging grain bags, just like celebrating the New Year.

At this moment, at Xiao Ningxue's house, the village head brought his son Wang Fugui to dinner at Xiao Shan's house with wine and meat.

Xiao Ningxue cooks, Wu Chongwen and Xiao Shan accompany the village chief and his son to drink.

There are already three dishes on the table, minced meat eggplant, boiled pork slices, and garlic greens.

They are all cooked with various modern seasonings such as bean paste and so on. One can imagine how delicious they are, and the village chief praised them while eating them.

"Girl Xue's culinary skills are really amazing. I'm afraid that even the imperial cooks in the palace can't cook such delicious food."

Wu Chongwen nodded silently, the dishes in the palace were varied and attractive, but the taste was indeed not as delicious as Xiaoxue's, and he didn't know what seasoning this girl used, so he couldn't taste it.

Xiao Ningxue was serving the dishes, her eyebrows and eyes crooked with a smile.

"Uncle Village Chief, Brother Fugui, if it tastes delicious, eat more. If you are full, you can go on your way tonight."

The village head and Wang Fugui hurriedly responded, and couldn't wait to taste the brightly colored braised pork that Xiao Ningxue had just brought.

After eating two mouthfuls, the village chief came back to his senses and looked at Xiao Ningxue.

"What, girl Xue means that I have to leave tonight? Is it a little too hasty?"

Xiao Ningxue took off her apron and sat down next to Wu Chongwen. Wu Chongwen handed the rice to her, and immediately put the food into her bowl.

Xiao Ningxue thanked Wu Chongwen, and said to the village chief: "I'm afraid we not only have to leave tonight, but also have to leave early. If we leave late and be surrounded by Boss Zhou and the others, we will be in big trouble!"

"This? Haven't they had enough of this suffering? How dare you provoke us?"

Xiao Ningxue looked determined, "It is precisely because they have suffered so much that the carriage was lost, so they will not be reconciled."

"One more thing, there are too many people who can't buy food nowadays, and it is easy to gather a large group of people to grab food and cars."

Xiao Shan also lamented and shook his head, "Wars, famines, good people may turn into wolves in order to survive, we really have to guard against them!"
"Father, I'll tell everyone to go." Wang Fugui didn't drink, he had already finished his meal, so he put down his rice bowl and left.

He didn't drink to his heart's content, and the village head quickly left. Xiao Ningxue, his father Xiao Shan, and Wu Chongwen began to pack their luggage.

There were not many things, and the food vanguard helped her transport them away. The rest were cotton-padded jackets and quilts, pots and pans, etc. It was enough to tidy up casually.

By eight o'clock in the evening, the team had already assembled, and all the horse-drawn carts and ox-carts had rushed to the road, and they were ready to leave the village like a long queue of torches.

And as soon as they left, the whole village was empty, and it would not be long before it fell into the hands of Nanqi people, and they didn't know what would happen in the future and when they would be able to come back.

Needless to say sad, abandoning the homeland and leaving the country, no one will be in a good mood.

But the parents, mothers-in-law and children at home are all in the front line, and the men are always concerned about it, and they wish they could grow a pair of wings and fly to their families.

In the solemn atmosphere, the team drove out of the village.

Here we go, I hope everything is safe and well.

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After leaving the village, I didn't walk very far when I saw the flames shooting up into the sky in front of me. I don't know where it caught fire, and half of the sky was red.

Everyone looked up, filled with deep anxiety.

Looting, vandalism, arson, what a mess outside.Wu Chongwen couldn't help but frowned.

"Twelve full days were left to withdraw to the north. How could there be such chaos? Didn't the yamen send people to maintain order?"

Xiao Shan shook his head helplessly.

"The County Magistrate Qin disappeared two days ago. The order to evacuate to the north was issued by the master on his behalf. He also owed the yamen servants half a year's monthly salary. The yamen has already been messed up."

"Magistrate Qin? Qin Xianwen?"

"Yes, it's him."

"As a county magistrate, he abandoned the people and fled. Such a person is not worthy of being an official. If he is caught, he will be executed!"

"Execution? Impossible. His uncle is a high official in the capital. Who can do anything to get him?"

"Who is his uncle?"

"It is said that he is the current prime minister."

Wu Chongwen narrowed his eyes, and there was a chill in his eyes.

Just as he was talking, a group of torches appeared in front of him. Taking a closer look, it was Gao Butou leading more than a dozen officials on horseback.
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Seeing the team from Peach Blossom Village, he stopped and told them.

"The situation in Ding'an County is out of control. Many merchants in the city have gathered to grab anyone they see! You'd better go northeast."

The villagers have food in the fields, but those merchants only know how to make money, they don't store much food, coupled with their greedy nature, they even engage in robbery.

The county magistrates have all run away, and they are all reckless!
"Okay, thank you Catcher Gao for reminding you." The village chief nodded hurriedly, "Capturer Gao should also pay attention to safety."

"It's okay, everyone has a smooth journey." Gao Catcher said, and rode towards Xiaoshan's carriage, "Old Xiao, Xue girl, Mr. Wu, be careful all the way."

Xiao Zhang and Zhao who followed behind also took a deep look at Xiao Ningxue, "Miss Ningxue, take care."

After speaking, they clamped their horses and hurried towards the village of Huo.

"What's his name?'
Looking at the back of that hastily going away, Wu Chongwen's eyes froze.

"Captain Gao, Yao Yao." Xiao Shan replied, "Now in Ding'an County, he is the only one leading thirty or forty officials to maintain order."

Wu Chongwen silently memorized the name.

The carriage traveled all night, bypassed Ding'an County, and entered the territory of the neighboring county at dawn.

They left in a hurry, and many people didn't bring food, so the team had to stop to make breakfast.

"You guys can cook more rice, make a few more rice balls and take them with you for lunch. If you walk around for a while, it will be a day, and you won't be able to stop until night to rest." The village chief urged loudly.

"Okay, village head." Everyone agreed, and then got busy.

It took half an hour to make breakfast, and then the team set off again.

On the avenue, there were villagers who moved north with their families, most of them were driving ox carts and carts and wheelbarrows, and only a few had horse-drawn carts.

Suddenly seeing thirty or forty carriages approaching, everyone hastily stepped aside and looked enviously.

There are almost no such spectacular sights as Taohua Village, such as dozens of horse-drawn carts and ox carts, and hundreds of men guarding food.

(End of this chapter)