There is a little cute baby in the family, fleeing famine is not enough to get rich and busy

Chapter 128
After watching the woodcutters leave, Qi Zheng greeted Qi Ercai: "Second brother, drive the car, let's go to the base of the wall and find a place to settle down."

They have already decided to line up to enter the city tomorrow morning, so what kind of line is there today? Hurry up and find a place to be serious.

Qi Ercai responded.

Basically, all the strong men went to chop firewood, and the remaining few strong laborers just drove a car by themselves.

The old men stopped sitting in the carriage, and just followed the carriage, observing the surrounding situation at the same time.

Although their eyes are not as good as those of the young people, they are better at seeing people than young people.

Anyone who sees those with unkind eyes will immediately become vigilant.

The children in the carriage had also been instructed by Qi Chengshi to hide in the carriage obediently, not to mention showing off, not even making a sound.

The women were also walking around the carriage at this moment, holding fire sticks and the like as weapons in their hands.

After walking this way, when they saw so many living people at first glance, although they were a little happy, they were more nervous.

People are complicated!
In such an unfamiliar place, it is impossible to be more vigilant.

The five carriages, most of which were old people and women, instantly attracted the attention of all the people in line.

Some are curious, some are envious, but there are also greedy and calculating eyes.

In particular, there are many things in the car, which are fatally attractive to those who have escaped from a long distance.

But fortunately, officers and soldiers patrolled by from time to time, so it didn't cause any trouble.

When it was almost at the base of the wall, Qi Ercai came to ask Qi Zheng, "Father, where should we choose?"

Qi Zheng looked at it, and felt a little troubled.

The outside of the city wall is flat ground, at most there are some dry weeds on the ground, except for the city wall, there is no shelter from the wind.

It seems to be almost the same wherever you choose.

Yi Meng was on the other side of the carriage, and immediately said after hearing it: "Choose a place near the door, there are officers and soldiers there, if something happens, there is still time to ask for help."

Yi Meng doesn't know if asking for help is useful, but she knows that there are officers and soldiers around, so if someone wants to do evil, she has to weigh it carefully.

Seeing that his father nodded, Qi Ercai immediately ran to the front, and personally led the team to the edge guarded by officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers he had just inquired about were still there, and he was surprised to see him bring the convoy over.

Qi Ercai's thoughts turned quickly. When he was asking questions just now, he deliberately chose such an officer and soldier who was leaning on the farthest side to ask, and even used the cover of the other party's body to stuff a dozen or so copper coins into the other party.

That's why the other party said something. Similarly, Qi Ercai's impression is particularly deep now.

"What are you doing here? Go to the back and line up!"

Although the officer and soldier were deeply impressed by Qi Ercai, they didn't know him well, so he pointed his spear at Qi Ercai immediately.

Qi Ercai hurriedly let out a cry, stopped the carriage, and then said flatteringly: "Master, we are at the end of the line. Even if we can enter the city today, it will be dark. It is difficult to find a place to settle in the city. So our family thought about spending the night here at the foot of the wall, and then went to the city early tomorrow morning."

Hearing what he said, the expressions of the officers and soldiers slowed down a bit, but they still shook their heads: "Then go to the side, this is where we guard, what are you doing so close?"

"Guard, don't get me wrong! Don't we have a lot of old people and children here, thinking about getting closer to the officials, if there are any bad guys, we can be more or less scrupulous."

After a pause, Qi Ercai said again: "We don't stick to the officials, we just stop here temporarily, clear the ground, and then we move over."

The ground is covered with dry weeds. If a fire is lit, it will soon be staged as Lili Yuanshang Grass.

The officers and soldiers glanced at the other people in the convoy, only five or six looked at the younger men, and the others were really old people and women, so they didn't say anything, just told them to hurry up, and then continued to stand guard.

Qi Ercai called for people to park the carriage together, while the women rushed to the base of the wall with sickles and started clearing the dead grass on the ground.

"Don't make it too big, just enough for us and the carriage."

Qi Zheng exhorted.

Everyone responded and worked hard.

After a while, a vacant lot was cleared up.

Under Qi Zheng's command, the things on the carriage board were removed and piled up against the wall.

On the side of the vehicle board, the vehicle board is outside and the wheels are inside.

This blocks most of the cold wind.

The space separated by the carriage and the carriage was used as a resting place for five horses.

The front was even blocked by a car board to prevent wild horses from running out in the middle of the night, leaving a space for two people to pass side by side for feeding, drinking, and fueling the horses.

The other open space is equivalent to having two layers of baffles to block the wind, so it is not so cold all of a sudden.

A fire was lit, and the children gathered around the fire, while the adults began to prepare for dinner.

There are so many people queuing up now, and I don’t know if anyone else is staying at the bottom of the wall at night, so everyone dare not eat food that smells too strong.

Dried pancakes, dried wild vegetable soup, soaking some jerky in the children's soup bowls, and that's all for the meal.

The clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker, and the sky darkened at an extremely fast speed.

The gates of the city were closed ahead of time, and at the end of the day's work, there were indeed many people who queued in vain and failed to enter the city.

Everyone was crying and begging to open the door to let them in, but what was waiting for them were only the shining weapons in the hands of officers and soldiers.

Everyone cried and begged for a long time but failed to soften the hearts of the officers and soldiers. In the end, they could only droop their heads and drag their tired bodies around looking for a place to spend the night.

Qi Zheng and his team prepared early, and they were already resting by the fire, so naturally, someone followed them.

"Hey, who told you to stay here?"

A strong man with an unshaven beard came over, followed by a dozen people, both men and women, but they were all young people, and no old people or children were seen.

Qi Ercai heard it, and got up quickly: "We have already greeted the official, we can rest here."

Qi Ercai's attitude wasn't too good, but he didn't say he was rude, he just stated the facts calmly.

But the strong man didn't listen at all: "Stop talking about those bastards! This is our place, if you are sensible, get out of here, or we won't be polite!"

Speaking of this person, the strong man waved his casserole-sized fist.

Now Qi Ercai's complexion didn't look good anymore, and the others also stood up nervously, holding various tools that could be used as weapons in their hands.

(End of this chapter)