After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

Chapter 22 Unlocking the Backpack

She also seemed to be very frightened. She kept her head lowered and followed the large army like a frightened bird.

Xu Zhenying was speechless.

Just from a quick glance, she could imagine what kind of life the Qian girl lived in the Qian family.

She sighed, feeling a little pity in her heart.

But because I am too busy taking care of myself, I am really too lazy to consider the lives of others.

But just for a moment, Xu Zhenying noticed another thing. The Jie Chai who had dealt with them before seemed to have changed people midway.

It's also strange. The escort's information was clearly confirmed when he signed and stamped the bond. How could he be replaced outside the city?

Xu Zhenying was a little confused, and then told Xu Degui what he had discovered, but Xu Degui didn't know why.

Xu Zhenying could only hold back.

The large force began to advance southwestward.

The entire team consisted of more than 50 people from the Xu family, [-] or [-] people from the Fang family, and some students and petty officials who were implicated in the lumber case. The total number of people in the team was over a hundred.

There were 11 dispatchers in total, and the leader’s surname was Zhao. Xu Zhenying heard that the dispatchers called him Team Leader Zhao.

Bantou Zhao is capable and lean, with squinty eyes and no imposing manner. However, according to Xu Zhenying's observation, his subordinates are still more convinced of him. It seems that either he has real skills or he has connections above him.

The remaining ten detainees work in pairs, and each group looks after about 20-30 prisoners.

The Xu family was managed by a Jie Chai named Huang Yazi.In addition, the new accountant who had been exchanged had a cold and stern look on his face, refusing to let strangers in. When Xu Degui went to take care of things, he collected the money quickly, but refused to even give him an extra look, which seemed a bit difficult to deal with.

Xu Zhenying couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

She was not afraid of encountering a job seeker who was greedy for a small amount of money, but she was afraid of encountering someone who was very rigid in his work. It was a long journey, and if things were done according to the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, no one in their family would have to go all the way to Guizhou. state.

Xu Zhenying has imagined many difficulties along the way.The biggest problem is physical fitness. Xu Zhenying was somewhat confident at first. After all, she had been under the so-called military management of Old Man Xu for so many years. When she was a child, she also ran every morning with her friends in the military compound for exercise.

But she still greatly underestimated the difficulty of this journey.

The original owner was a girl who was raised in a boudoir, and her physical fitness was average. In addition, the aesthetics of women in the Zhou Dynasty was mainly soft and delicate, so most women were weak to Liu Fufeng.

Girls in the countryside need to work and produce, but their bodies are stronger.

Anyone above the landlord class would be proud to raise a woman to be weak and submissive, because it means that the family has enough food to raise a woman to be noble.

This is very painful for Xu Zhenying.

She felt that her physical and mental qualities were excellent, but unexpectedly, after walking all morning, the team had no intention of stopping.

Xu Zhenying felt dizzy, her feet were weak, and her legs seemed to be filled with lead and she couldn't lift them up.A dull pain began to feel in the soles of my feet, slowly extending to my thighs and waist.

Others weren't much better.

Although the Xu family made their fortune as a poor family, most of the Xu family had never worked in the fields since their second uncle was admitted to the imperial examination and became an official.This sudden and heavy amount of exercise was unbearable not only for the grandmother and the children, but also for the adults.

Especially Xu Degui and Xu Huiming, they are still wearing dozens of kilograms of shackles. If they go on like this, they will shed their skin even if they die.

Their situation is like this, and other families must be no less generous.

The Fang family has been a noble family since their ancestors. Not to mention being engaged in production, it is estimated that this large family has not even been to the countryside Zhuangzi a few times. It is hard to tell whether they are growing seedlings or leeks on the ground.The remaining few families are all pampered people. In this way, almost the entire team is made up of the old, weak, sick and disabled. If anything happens, they will have no choice but to be slaughtered.

Xu Zhenying couldn't help but feel that the future was worrying.

Fortunately, someone in the Fang family couldn't stand it any longer, and Team Leader Zhao finally agreed to order the repairs to be done in place for a while.

"Oh my God, I'm going to die——"

"I'm exhausted, I'm exhausted. Where's the water? Bring it to me quickly -"

"My mother, we have walked at least ten kilometers, right? There are still more than 1000 kilometers, we might as well behead our heads——"

Waves of miserable screams came and went, and Xu Zhenying quickly took off the water bottle from her waist and gave Xu Degui some water.

Xu Zhenying noticed that Xu Degui could not lift his right hand. She raised the shackles slightly and saw that Xu Degui's shoulders were rubbed red and swollen by the shackle wooden boards.

Mrs. Miao also saw it and immediately said: "Amei, take out a piece of clothing and I will put some padding under their shoulders."

Xu Meixiao said "Hey" and took out a piece of clothing from the baggage. Miao took it and looked for scissors, needle and thread in the baggage, but couldn't find it.

Xu Zhenying reminded: "Mom, just put a cloth under the board. If you want to get stitches, you must take off the shackles."

When Mrs. Miao heard this, she quickly pulled out the thin fabric and folded it into a long strip to pad the area where the pressure was on the two people's necks.

Xu Zhenying looked at the pile of fabrics thoughtfully.

Then she took off her bundle and spread it out, and asked Xu Meixiao to get the needle and thread. After thinking for a moment, she folded the square cloth in half and knotted it.

She handed Xu Meixiao and Miao a few more pieces of cloth, and said, "Mom, please help sew a strip of cloth that is about half a width that can support the strength of your fingers."

Miao was a little confused, but she still followed the instructions.

Amei came over, leaned on her shoulder, and asked curiously: "What does sister want to do? Is it a tiger?"

"I'm going to make a backpack that's less labor-intensive."

"What is a backpack?"

"I'll show you when I'm done."

Xu Zhenying and Miao acted together.Although Miao is the daughter of an old scholar in the countryside, she has also worked in the fields, studied embroidery and poetry, and naturally has a more active mind than others. She saw Xu Zhenying folding and sewing the edges twice and three times. Miao already understood most of the rudiments.

"I know, these two strips of cloth can be carried on the shoulders after passing through here. But...does this really save effort? I don't see much difference."

Xu Zhenying kept moving his hands and put the two strips of cloth through the newly sewn straps, and a simple backpack was completed.

Xu Zhenying put all the items in quickly, and then put it on Miao's back. Miao stretched out her hand to pick up the bag and said in surprise: "It's a lot lighter."

"The force on a backpack is more even, and the width of the cloth strip increases the force-bearing area. It naturally saves more effort than a bag, and it also frees up your hands to do other things."

Miao didn't understand a single word of these words that seemed to be written in heaven. A strange color flashed in her eyes, and she was stunned for a few seconds before she said, "My... Ying'er is really smart."

Then she lowered her head, not knowing what to think, but Xu Meixiao on the side put her backpack on her shoulders as if she had discovered a new world, and even happily ran to Xu Fuwei, the second roommate, to show off.

(End of this chapter)