Chapter 21 Severe drought!
"Lan Xi, it's a journey with high mountains and long rivers, so you must save some money!" The Shen family has been reduced to this. When her daughter came out of the palace, she definitely didn't bring much with her. Shen Congwen spent a tael of silver to buy it yesterday After a bag of water, I deeply realized that a penny can’t defeat a hero!
In this case, it should have been his wife who said it. Now that his wife is sick, his daughter has never been in charge of the fine clothes and food when she is at home. He is worried that if her daughter still spends money lavishly like before, Shen With such a big family, my daughter may not have enough money.
Shen Lanxi understood what her father meant.
"Father, I left the capital this time and bought a lot of fashionable goods in the capital. When I get to the next town, I should be able to sell them for a lot of money. I plan to buy a batch every time I go to a place. Then take the goods to the next place to sell them, which can increase some of the income!”
Shen Congwen heard from what his daughter revealed that her daughter had some money, but not much. You must do some small business to ensure your future life!
"I will beat your grandmother and the others, go ahead, the Yamen have looked here several times!" Shen Congwen said with a worried look.
Shen Lanxi nodded, turned and left.
Shen Congwen immediately began to beat his children: "You must always think of your eldest sister in the future. Your eldest sister used to be such a proud person, but now she has to compromise in order to take care of us..."
Shen Lanxi walked up to Liu Laohu and saluted with clasped fists: "Brother Liu, is it time to go?"
Liu Laohu said in his heart, if your eldest son hadn't gone to deliver the food, he should have set off long ago.
“Yes, it’s time, it’s time to set off!”
After he finished speaking to Shen Lanxi, he immediately scolded the Yamen servant to set off. As Shen Lanxi walked away, he secretly glanced back. Until now, he still couldn't imagine a delicate and gentle young man killing everyone with a bloody stick.
Remembering the scene last night, Liu Laohu shuddered and quickly whipped out his whip to drive away the prisoners.
Because of the beating in the morning, when the woman kowtowed to Shen Yuantang again and asked for food, Shen Yuantang didn't give it, causing the woman to roll around and curse, and Shen Yuantang was so angry that she cried.
We finally drove the woman away, but halfway there, she was suddenly hit by a child who appeared out of nowhere and fell to the ground. Her feet were twisted and her palms were bruised. The three brothers had to take turns carrying her.
The men in the other rooms were unhappy. There were a few less people taking turns carrying the old man and the old lady, so the time they had to carry would be extended. If it weren’t for Shen Lanxi hanging up, they would definitely have stopped long ago. .
“Miss, there is a village ahead!” Haruyuki reported.
Shen Lanxi opened the car curtain and glanced into the distance. Smoke rises from the village, it is an inhabited village!
“You can go to the village later to exchange for some that can be used on the road!”
"Yes!"
The entrance to the village is guarded, and the exiled prisoners cannot enter the village. It was still early, Liu Laohu planned to ask for some water, get some food, and continue setting off!
Shen Lanxi and the others were also stopped. A dark-faced man looked at them warily.
"Who are you? What are you doing in our village?"
Haruyuki: "Brother, we are businessmen. We transported some rare things to big towns to sell. Passing by here, I thought Let’s get some food instead!”
The black-faced man relaxed his guard when he saw that Haruyue spoke politely and was a little girl.
"As long as you are not refugees from the north, what do you have in the car?"
Shen Lanxi always remembers every piece of information revealed to her during her coma, including the Northern University drought.
Before Chun Xue spoke, Shen Lanxi said: "Silk porcelain and rouge and gouache, do you need anything, brother?"
The black-faced man's eyes flashed with disdain, and he couldn't even eat his food. Come on, who wants that thing?
"If you don't need anything, we can buy it with money!"
The black-faced man shouted to the village, and someone took his place and came to guard it.
"Are you going to ask someone to buy it with me, or are you going to do it all?" Shen Lanxi: "Chunxue, ask Mother Li and her son to come with you!"
"Yes!"
They are heading north all the way, and they need to talk to Liu Laohu about the refugees!
“Brother Liu, I heard a news from the villagers!”
Liu Laohu also heard about it.
“The road to the north may be difficult!”
Shen Lanxi looked at the road ahead: “We must prepare early!”
Now that Shen Lanxi got the news to remind him that what comes and goes, he also reminded her.
“Your carriage and ox cart are too eye-catching!”
Shen Lanxi smiled: “Thank you, Brother Liu, for reminding me!”
If the speed of the carriage is in danger, you can run faster. , the bullock cart must be replaced!
Chunxue Li’s mother and the others bought a lot of dried eggs, vegetables, and dried meat from the village. They also bought a few live chickens, ducks, and pickled products. Everyone was covered with clothes. Then he filled all the water bladders in the car with water before setting off.
The exile team has gone five or six hundred meters.
"Sir, the household registration you asked me to buy is ready!" After walking out of the village, Chunxue immediately took out the things in his arms and handed them to Shen Lanxi.
There are seven cards in total, one for her, one for each of the two maids, and the remaining four are for the four adults in Mrs. Li’s family. The two children are too young and do not need user registration!
"Give it to others!" She took out hers. For the convenience of the road in the future, Chunxue Qiushuang changed into men's clothes from today on, and the household registration she bought was also a man's household registration!
The next stop is to pass through Yongcheng, which is a relatively large town nearby. We are expected to arrive there tomorrow afternoon.
The road got hotter and hotter, and there were more and more people. Many people took mule carts dragging their families towards the capital.
Even if no one tells the news, the exiled prisoners can tell that something is wrong.
"We are all walking towards the capital, so let's go north. Did something happen in the north?"
"I don't know. When I stop to rest, I will find a chance to ask people passing by. "
So many people are going in the same direction, but they are going in the opposite direction, feeling panicked!
"Master, something seems wrong. Do you want to ask the young master?" The old servant of the Shen family stepped forward and asked.
Shen Congwen thought of a possibility, is there a war in the north?
"If something happens, the yamen official will definitely be notified. Don't ask the young master yet." It also costs money to send a message to the yamen official.
The old servant of the Shen family looked worriedly at the people who looked like they were fleeing the famine, and said hesitantly: "Master, they look like they are fleeing the famine!"
Shen Yuanjing was carrying his back at the moment. It was very difficult to walk with my mother in my arms.
"No way, I haven't heard of any disaster anywhere?"
Shen Yuanjun: "Yes, butler, are you thinking too much?"
The butler just wanted to speak, and he whipped his whip. The sound sounded.
"Hurry up, if you talk again, you will be whipped!"
At first, the prisoners were just suspicious, but then some prisoners couldn't help but pay for water, and the yamen refused to sell it. Got it!
The prisoners really started to panic!
“We can’t go any further. There’s a severe drought ahead. If we go any further, we’ll all die!”
(End of this chapter)