On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 359 Rescue 3
Li Yan wanted to come back, not to save his aunt, but mainly to save his second aunt.

He felt that Xiao Xiao and the Yue family were good to him, so he wanted to do his part.

Of course, he also understood that his father had good intentions in asking him to rescue his aunt.

With this life-saving grace, the face-loving aunt will make things less difficult for my aunt and Xiao Xiao.

If Xiao Xiao contradicts his aunt's mother in the future, her aunt's mother cannot let herself divorce Xiao Xiao because of this life-saving grace.

As for why he thought Xiao Xiao would contradict his aunt's mother, he believed that it was not because Xiao Xiao had a bad temper and didn't understand the rules, but because his aunt's mother liked to make trouble for nothing.

He was also preparing for a rainy day.

Before they arrived at Zhuangzi in Li Mansion, they were discovered by Xiao Erlang's five and a half-year-old children who were guarding there.

Xiao Xiao waved them on to the carriage.

Fortunately, Li Yan's colleagues were considerate of him and gave them some space to be alone. There were only two of them in the carriage, and now there were five more people without crowding.

Xiao Erlang knew what they wanted to hear before Xiao Xiao could speak. He explained the matter clearly as if he were pouring beans out of a bamboo tube: "Now the Chen family and the second sister are still alive, and they should all be under control." ”

"The man surnamed Jiang and the bandits must have united together. Yesterday afternoon, we asked the housekeeper of the Li Mansion to deliver a message to us, saying that if we want to redeem him, we should prepare money and food."

"The servants all receive twenty taels of silver, the aunts receive one hundred taels of silver, the sons and daughters of the concubines receive two hundred taels of silver, and the masters receive either one thousand taels of silver or ten thousand catties of grain."

"They said they would give us five days to prepare."

When Xiao Erlang said this, he glanced at Li Yan's face before continuing: "Our family doesn't have so much money. My uncle and my father have already gone to the nearby village to see if they can buy some grain at a high price."

He was telling Li Yan that it wasn't that we were unwilling to redeem people, but that we couldn't afford so much money and food.

And we did not let it go, but actively prepared food.

"But now that the third brother-in-law is here, we can rescue everyone without paying ransom money or food."

When Li Yan heard that they were fine, he said to Xiao Xiao: "Then let's go to Zhuangzi to repair it first, and then discuss how best to do it."

None of them were familiar with Chen Mansion's Zhuangzi route, and the Xiao family didn't know the terrain there either, fearing that going there rashly would alert the enemy.

Of course Xiao Xiao would not refuse: "It's such a winter, even if your colleagues have to make this hard trip, you still have to give them a light meal."

On the way to Zhuangzi, I met three waves of men squatting on the roadside, all holding gongs in their hands, ready to strike if anything went wrong.

Mrs. Wu had already started making lunch. When she saw so many people coming, she immediately called a few women to help.

Xiao Xiao was also generous, mainly because King Jin'an was fighting again, and they didn't have to prepare to run away. This was good news worth celebrating: "Thank you for your trip, my second aunt has cooked all the meat."

"I'll kill a pig again in the afternoon, and wait for your lords to return in triumph. It's time to have a celebration banquet."

Although there were few soldiers present with higher official positions than Li Yan, hearing Xiao Xiao speak like an adult made me feel so beautiful.

Before they even started, a celebration banquet was arranged for them, which made the words even more pleasant to their ears.

Normally, let alone inviting them to eat meat, even if we prepared delicacies, they might not notice it.

But in the past month, I have either been training soldiers or practicing. If I can eat well outside, it is considered good, and there is no need to think about delicious food.

That is to say, I lurked into Fucheng a few days ago and found an opportunity to go to a restaurant to have a tooth ceremony.

But since the battle yesterday, they have only had dry food to eat. Their Five Zang Temples have long been in rebellion, and they are very happy to hear that there is meat to eat.

They thanked each other: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

"Mrs. Sister-in-law is so virtuous, and Brother Ji is so lucky." Li Yan said modestly, "You don't deserve everyone's praise."

But the smile at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows was rare and carefree.

Mrs. Wu didn't find her eldest son among the visitors, and she couldn't laugh anymore, looking passive and sabotaging her work.

Xiao Xiao leaned close to her ear and whispered: "Brother is very good, but I won't let him come back. Is it more dangerous here than on the battlefield?"

"Besides, what if he comes back now and his military glory is robbed?"

What she said was half-truth.

It was indeed dangerous to come back, but she didn't see Xiao Dalang at all.

After all, when you go to the military camp, you have to abide by the rules and don't get out easily.

Mrs. Wu used to not doubt Xiao Xiao's words, but now she felt uneasy and couldn't help but ask, "Is your elder brother really okay?"

Xiao Xiao nodded firmly: "Second aunt, just relax, it's really okay."

Wu also immediately beamed: "Okay, I'll have the pig killed later."

More than half an hour later, everyone was eating large pieces of braised pork, spicy stir-fried large intestine with pickled vegetables, and white rice, not to mention eating too much.

On the other side, enter Zhuangzi of the Chen Mansion.

Now Ms. Li and her brothers and sisters-in-law are all crowded into a mud-brick house. They all feel that the house is drafty from all sides, and their stomachs are growling with hunger.

In fact, today's mud brick houses are warm in winter and cool in summer, making them very comfortable to live in.

But it can't be tolerated. They used to be in the room, burning the charcoal stove, drinking hot tea, and wearing fox furs. It must have been very warm.

But now there is no need to think about the charcoal stove, even the fox fur has been stripped off by them, so they can keep warm by being full of righteousness and shaking themselves.

Governor Chen couldn't care less about his manners now and wished he could curl up: "Do you think they would really trade food for people?"

"Even if the price of food rises again, it will still save us money." Mrs. Chen still thought in her heart: "My husband will definitely come to save us."

Mrs. Chen didn't want to hear her sister-in-law showing off her man, and couldn't help but add some trouble to her: "Who knows if King Jin'an can still take back the city?"

Mrs. Li was blindly confident in her husband: "Of course it can be done. Sister-in-law, just wait."

Governor Chen sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that it's so far away. It's not easy to know the news outside."

At this time, a mother-in-law brought their meals.

No, this is not even a meal, just a bowl of boiled sweet potato porridge.

It's a pity that there is a little less rice. The soup can be used as a mirror to reflect people's figures clearly.

Mrs. Chen looked disgusted: "What is this? Is this for human consumption? Do they want to starve us to death?"

Mrs. Li held the bowl and started eating in small bites. She also advised her sister-in-law: "It's like pig food. We are living under the eaves and have to lower our heads. While there is still some heat, sister-in-law, why don't you eat it quickly?"

Governor Chen also picked up a bowl to drink sweet potato porridge, hoping in his heart that if his wife really didn't want to eat it, then he could help empty the pig food from her bowl.

No, he was stupid, how could he admit that this was pig food?

It's a pity that Mrs. Chen's Five Zang Temple has rebelled long ago. Seeing that they all started eating, she couldn't help but follow suit.