On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 77 Blocking the Road
  When they heard that there was wine and meat, the escorts all cheered: "Thank you, Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Yu thanked the Xiao family again: "Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Xiao, my second uncle, and my two younger brothers. You will also drink more later."

Then he said sincerely: "Aunts and the others have worked hard on the road to cook for so many people. Now that we are staying in an inn, we should give them a good rest. We will have to work hard on the road again in the future."

Boss Xiao is not a fool. He has long seen that Jiang Yu is too polite to treat them but not close enough.

But he is not a good person, nor does he really regard him as a good nephew. He just borrows his strength and wants his protection to reach Wuning County safely.

Now that Jiang Yu has become sincere, he couldn't say his words of "good nephew" anymore. After some refusal, he thanked him and agreed.

Sanlang ran in and called them: "Sisters have cooked ginger soup. Everyone, hurry up and drink it while it's hot."

Although the taste of ginger soup is not good, the effect is good.

The escorts are all afraid of getting sick when they come out to escort, so of course they don't want to refuse this kind offer.

After everyone drank the ginger soup, Jiang Yu ordered three more tables of noodles.

Two tables were placed on the escort side, and the other table was for the female family members.

Jiang Yu toasted everyone, ate some food, and then stood up: "You are welcome to eat and drink. I am too drunk, so I will go back and rest first."

This is of course an excuse.

He understands that everyone will be restrained when he is here.

Then I just found an excuse to leave so that everyone could feel more at ease.

When he walked out, he vaguely heard the people inside shouting: "...Si Xicai, five leaders..."

Hou Er also stayed to greet everyone.

Although he is a slave, he grew up with Jiang Yu, and a big manager will be indispensable in the future.

Therefore, the escorts will not feel neglected.

Boss Xiao asked in surprise: "Is your young master such a light drinker?"

"Yes, my young master doesn't like to drink, nor does he like to eat greasy food," Hou Er said the lie as if it were true: "Uncle, let's eat more. Does this dish suit your taste?"

Boss Xiao gave a thumbs up: "It's delicious. I've never had such good noodles."

Jiang Yu walked to the yard next door, and just as he was about to enter, he heard voices inside, and then he remembered that the women in this yard were now there.

In the past, he would have refused to listen to anything inappropriate, but at this moment, he paused, wanting to hear what they would say together.

Mrs. Xiao was full of praise after eating: "Oh, the meat they made is not spicy at all, but it is still delicious, fragrant and tender!"

"It tastes better when the meat is put into the steamed buns." Xiao Xiao first broke open the steamed buns and put in the fat and thin roasted meat: "The roasted meat in steamed buns is a famous dish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It won't be greasy when you eat it this way."

Xiao Lian followed suit and did not hesitate to quarrel with her: "When it comes to food, you are the most proficient."

"Being able to eat, being able to eat is also a skill." Xiao Xiao ate with gusto, and gave his mother a bighead carp head: "Mom, eat more fish."

Wu laughed when she saw it: "This silly boy, the fish head has no meat and is just a pile of bones. What's so delicious?"

You are stupid, your whole family is stupid, Xiao Xiao has not finished thinking in her heart, she suddenly remembered that she and she are also a family, so she can only explain: "The head of bighead carp is the most delicious, and the bone marrow can also nourish the body." , if pregnant women eat more fish and shrimp, the children they will give birth to will be smart.”

Mrs. Liu was a little embarrassed and whispered: "I may not be happy either?"

However, I still feel that my younger daughter is right.

When she gave birth to her daughters, she ate a lot of fish and shrimp. No wonder the daughters were so smart.

Although she said she was not pregnant, she had a feeling in her heart that she was really pregnant.

She lowered her head and started eating the fish head, making up her mind that she would eat more fish and shrimp in the future.

Lin Xuan laughed after hearing this: "Xiao Xiao, if you like to eat fish and shrimps, you might as well come with us to Mingzhou. You don't have to spend money to buy fish and shrimps. You just need to go to the shore to pick them up after the tide comes in." When Lin Long left home I was young and had forgotten some of them. I was very excited after hearing this: "Sister, when we go back, we will also pick up fish and shrimps."

After hearing what the Lin sisters said, Mrs. Xiao was still more concerned about her granddaughters: "Mr. Jiang is really a good person and generous. I wonder if he has a family?"

When she saw her three granddaughters, she felt that ordinary mud-legged people were not worthy of them, and she wished she could marry them all.

Now seeing that Jiang Yu is young, handsome and has medical skills, he must have money to open a medical clinic.

How great would it be if he could marry his granddaughter?

In the future, if you get sick at home, you won’t have to worry about being sick.

She thought about how her son had to pay several taels of silver each time he went to the hospital to get medicine.

Thinking about it now, she couldn't help but feel pain in her body.

Xiao Xiaoshen was afraid that her grandmother would make some mistakes again, so she hurriedly said: "Grandma, I heard from the monkey that his young master is already married."

Of course she was lying.

However, she felt that her speculation was reasonable.

Nowadays, men and women get married very early. I heard that Jiang Yu is already twenty-two years old. He must be married. Maybe the children are running around.

Mrs. Xiao didn't expect that her granddaughter would lie to her, so she could only sigh regretfully: "That's right. Seeing that he is not too young, he must have already married."

Jiang Yu took a deep breath and walked back with his hands behind his back.

If he continued to listen, he was afraid that he would not be able to help but go in and ask Xiao Xiao why he was making this up.

You must not go in, otherwise you will expose yourself and eavesdrop on their conversation.

Huh, he knows that women like to talk nonsense.

He is still young. Looking horizontally and vertically, he is still far from young.

The rain kept falling for two days.

The medicinal materials should not be exposed to rain. Even if they were wrapped in tung oil cloth, Jiang Yu did not dare to take risks.

By the morning of the third day, the heavy rain turned into a light drizzle.

Boss Xiao went to the inn in front and saw that some guests had already left in a hurry while the rain was light.

He looked at the sky and felt a little worried, so he asked Head Guard Song: "It's not sunny yet, can we leave today?"

Captain Song shook his head: "Some medicinal materials are expensive and cannot be touched by water because they are afraid of the tide. I'm afraid we won't be able to leave today."

It doesn't matter to them, anyway, if they go out, they will have an extra day, an extra day of money, and they can also eat and drink well in the inn, how comfortable it is.

But in front of Jiang Yu and the Xiao family, I was embarrassed to show it.

When it was almost noon, the guests who had left the inn in the morning all came back in shock, and brought back bad news: an hour ago, the hillside ahead had a landslide, and the road was blocked by mud, rocks and trees.

They also saw with their own eyes that the carriages and horses in front of them were swallowed up by mudslides and disappeared without a trace.

They really stepped into the gate of hell and saved their lives.

Jiang Yu couldn't sit still after hearing this: "I have to go and see it with my own eyes."

If only one road is blocked and the weather clears up, the government will organize people to deal with it.

If there were a lot of collapses, they couldn't be stuck here for ten days and a half, and they would have to find another way to leave.

(End of this chapter)