Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 154 Rushing to Chen County

After arriving at home, Ke Muqing said to Yin Tang, "Xiao Tian led his men to hunt us down. We killed them all and all traces have been erased. The Tian family would not have thought so quickly that we were the ones who killed their people, so we have to Hurry up and leave Liangjun first. You can move some food. I don’t know what the situation will be like on the way, so you must prepare more."

Ke Muqing patted one of the horses and said. "I'll give you one of the Yang family's horses. Although the horse is of ordinary breed, it is strong and easy to feed. It will have no problem carrying your personal belongings."

The yamen servants from Beijing were assigned horses, but the yamen servants from counties such as Yintang did not receive such treatment.

After all, the county government is poor, so how can it be possible to care whether these government servants work hard all the way south.

The ox carts used by the government officials were only given to them by Zhuang Tiannan later.

"You should keep the money. Whether you can buy food and water is another matter. Horse feed must be bought with money."

Ke Muqing said, "We'll see you in Chen County."

After Ke Muqing finished speaking, he asked Yang Yi and others to help Yin Tang move food and water, and asked Yang San and others to move some food and water for Mrs. Li San. The remaining people all unloaded the frames from the ox cart and loaded them onto the carriage.

The tools are simple, so long as they work, no one has to choose if special circumstances arise.

"Master Wang Chai, these cows will be given to you."

The words couldn't be said clearly, but Wang Jianzhong understood that Ke Muqing was giving him beef.

"Thank you, aunt. Don't worry, aunt. With me here, no one will bully cousin Yin." Wang Jianzhong naturally knew that the only brother-in-law that Ke Muqing could worry about was Yin Tang.

"Master Wang Chai, let's meet again in Chen County." Ke Muqing got on the carriage, and then called Yang Jiye, "You and Miss Chen also get on the carriage, we are on our way."

Yang Jiye was so happy that he immediately jumped on the carriage regardless of whether Chen Xiaoniang heard it or not. After Chen Xiaoniang also climbed up, Yang Jiye sat directly next to Feng Ying without even wanting to look at Chen Xiaoniang.

As Ke Muqing, Ke Xiucai, and Zheng Hui said goodbye, the carriage slowly moved forward and then accelerated.

Yang Jiye was shaken so much in the carriage that he complained to Feng Ying, "I thought it would be so comfortable to ride in the carriage, but I didn't expect that the pancake I had eaten for lunch was almost knocked out."

"Mom said the carriage is crude, so we will change it when we get to Chen County." Feng Ying said with a smile, "Slow down the ox cart and it will naturally be much more stable."

Yang Jimin clicked his tongue, "It's a pity for those cows. If they didn't rush and killed them for meat, I don't know how good it would be."

Yang Jimin has eaten beef for a while since he was so old, and he only took one bite of meat.

"It's easier for those poor men." Zheng Qiushuang said, "I don't know what happened to my mother and the others before. I saw that Yang San seemed to be injured a little, and cousin Guangzu's clothes were also stained with a lot of blood."

"It's designated as dangerous, otherwise Mom and the others wouldn't have suddenly changed horses to let us go on our way." Feng Ying said, "It's just that I was here just now, and Mom and the others couldn't tell me clearly. I'll ask Mom and the others later when we have rested."

While several people were talking, Chen Xiaoniang suddenly spoke.

"The old lady is really generous. She gives away so much food and water at will. There are so many of us, what use can the remaining food and water do? How many days can we use it ourselves?"

Chen Xiaoniang felt so much hatred in her heart. The old lady was generous to everyone, but she was harsh on her.

"It's okay to give it to my uncle. After all, I have the status of one of my own. What's the point of giving it to Mrs. Li San? The seams in the old lady's fingers are getting looser and looser." "Unruly thing!" Feng Ying He glanced at Chen Xiaoniang and said, "What qualifications do you, a young lady, have to say what the old lady is doing? Why are you interrupting what our master is talking about?"

Yang Jimin scolded Yang Jiye directly, "Why did you let her get on our carriage? She should stay with Mrs. Du and the others!"

After scolding Yang Jiye, Yang Jimin glared at Chen Xiaoniang, "My mother got everything in the whole family with her own skills. I can give it to whomever I want. Do you have any say?"

In the past, Yang Jimin would have been heartbroken, but now he could see clearly that no matter how loose the seams between my mother's fingers were, she would never treat her family unfairly, and my mother had her own arrangements and opinions in doing things.

They are children who are stupid and cannot understand, so they just watch and say nothing, so as not to embarrass their mother and make her angry.

Chen Xiaoniang bit her lip after being scolded a few times and looked at Yang Jiye with an aggrieved look on her face, "I'm not even qualified to speak now?"

Yang Jiye turned around and said, "If you can't speak and your words are still unpleasant to listen to, then you should stop talking. It's a pity that my mother didn't hear you now, otherwise you and I will have to get off the carriage and run away with it! You don’t even think about it, can you catch up or can I catch up?”

After Yang Jiye finished cursing, he couldn't help but add, "Look at how you talk without thinking."

These words were what Ke Muqing often scolded Yang Jiye, but Yang Jiye felt that these words were more suitable to scold Chen Nier.

"If you don't want to feel comfortable, don't drag me down. I don't want to leave again."

Yang Jiye now regretted calling Chen Nier up with him. The fourth child was right, it would be better for Chen Nier to stay with Mrs. Du and the others in the future.

Chen Nier knew that Yang Jiye was still angry with her because of what happened last time, but she didn't expect that Yang Jiye cared less and less about her now, and it was useless to even pretend to be wronged in front of Yang Jiye.

While Ke Muqing and his party were traveling day and night, a storm was about to come to their hometown of Wangshan Town.

Even if Yang Lizheng taught everyone to secretly harvest a little bit of each field in advance, the losses caused to everyone by the locusts crossing the border are still immeasurable.

Yang Lizheng had discussed with Ke Xiucai in advance how to prevent locusts, but when the locusts came in a black mass like an army pressing down on the country, even the strong men were so frightened that they ran around holding torches and holding their heads.

The locust swarm stayed in Wangshan Town for three days. After the locust swarm dispersed, there were no particles in the ground, and even the half-bald mountain was completely bald.

Just as the people were immersed in the grief of losing food, a new tax order came down, which was actually 20% higher than last year.

If you can't afford food, you have to use money to pay for it, and it's based on 300 cents per pound of food. This directly becomes the last straw for the common people.

As the chaos in the city gradually became apparent, Ke Hongxiu discussed it with her family. The Lou family took advantage of the fact that there was no chaos in the city yet and moved their family to the village and lived in the Yang family's courtyard.

The next day, Ke Hongxiu went to persuade sisters Yang Xiufang and Yang Xiuxiang, and the two families packed their things and moved into the Yang family yard.

Seeing that the time for grain payment was getting closer and closer, in order to save a few rations for their children and grandchildren and not to hinder them, many elderly people in the village secretly hanged themselves at night.

For a time, people in the village hung white cloths in their homes one after another.

But no one asked relatives or friends to see him off. They just silently sent the old man to the mountain to be laid to rest.