Chapter 159: Snatching Things
It is only three or four days from Shunhe Town to Wei County, and everyone is not in a hurry to have a place to rest temporarily. The flow of displaced people rushing to Wei County is endless. At present, the most important thing is not to go to Wei County immediately, but to find out what the situation in Wei County is first.
So Hu Xiaomei and the others stayed in the yard to rest, and Hu Dayou and Wei Dahe went outside.
Finally, an hour later, the two of them finally found out the news and came back.
"This is really the world is changing, and finding a way is like a thief!" Wei Dahe was very emotional.
The two of them saw several locals from Shunhe Town, but these people were like thieves, and when they saw that the two were about to step forward, they immediately fled into the house and closed the door. In the end, Wei Dahe pretended to be old, weak, sick and disabled, and talked to an old man.
“…… It is said that there are many displaced people in the city of Weixian, and for the safety of the city in Weixian County, the government has closed the city gate for two days since the day before yesterday, and the displaced people are not allowed to enter. Starting today, the opening and closing time of the city gates in the morning and evening has been changed to open at 9 a.m. and close at 3 p.m...... The gates of the city were also guarded by officials...... It's okay to get out of the city, but it's a little hard to get into the city. ”
If you can't get into the city, you're in trouble.
"Is there a way to get into the city?" Fox Xiaomei said.
"I heard that the county government issued a city entry permit to every family in the city, and if you want to enter the city, you must have this city entry permit, otherwise you will not be able to enter the city...... Therefore, many displaced people now live outside the city...... The county magistrate has set up a temporary residence outside the city for all the displaced people to live temporarily......"
That's fine!
"And when are we leaving?" Fox Otomo said.
Wei Sanniang looked at Wei Dahe and looked at the fox Xiaomei.
Fox Xiaomei thought for a while and said, "Look at this situation." There will only be more and more displaced people, and the sooner they reach Wei County, the better. Although the court helped settle a temporary residence, it was inevitable that it would be gone too late. ”
Everyone nodded approvingly.
She looked at the pale and haggard faces of the fox fence incense, Xiang's, Wei Sanniang, and Kong's people, and said: "Everyone is very tired these days, especially the journey from Changliu Town to Shunhe Town, and they haven't slept well at night. I don't think it's better to rest here for a day tonight. We'll be on our way early tomorrow morning. I'm resting and I'm getting faster, what do you think? ”
"Okay!" Thirteen nodded: "Don't be in a hurry, only when you have a good rest can you reach Wei County faster." ”
So. The itinerary was decided. Don't leave today. Stay in Shunhe Town. Depart early tomorrow morning. Since they don't have to go, Xiang and the others are also relieved, not to mention the children who have been on the road for months. It's just that the adults are exhausted, and there are only two rooms to live in. Drag the bed out of the other room, and then find a plank and build a temporary plank bed, so that there are two beds in one room.
Then he took out the worn-out quilt and put it on the bed, and Hu Xiaomei made two duvets, which gave full play to its role at this time, Hu Xiaomei, Fox Lixiang, Wei Sanniang, Kong slept on the big bed, and there was a small bed Xiangshi and Wang Xiaobao slept. It was very warm for the four of them to cover a duvet, but it was a little narrow, and Wei Sanniang put her own quilt together. Xiangshi looked at the new quilt taken out by Hu Xiaomei, which was beautiful and novel, light and soft to the touch. Envious.
Wei Sanniang only vaguely told her that she went to the market to buy a new one. Then she took Kong's quilt for her and Wang Xiaobao. The two quilts are stacked on top of each other, and it is naturally warm to sleep at night!
In the other room, Wei Dahe, Fox Dayou, Fox Fence, and Thirteen are all their own people, so the duvet is generously taken out, and a quilt is enough to use.
The next day, before dawn, a group of people took their luggage, pushed the cart, and left the small courtyard on the road.
After a whole day's rest, I had eaten three meals yesterday, and everyone's spirits were much better than the day before. The dry food is also well prepared, Wei Sanniang not only baked all the flour into the cake, but also took out some grain and cooked it into dry rice, and then kneaded the rice into small rice balls, wrapped them with things, and after the cakes were eaten, you could eat rice balls. Even if it saves trouble and starves, it is not easy to attract attention.
In the first two nights, everyone was lucky, all of them settled in the small village, and on the third day, there were villages along the way, only there was a broken temple in Shilipo, and it was not yet the end of the Shen Shi (five o'clock in the afternoon) when they arrived at Shilipo. The dilapidated temple was already crowded with people, and even there were many people sitting in the dilapidated courtyard outside.
If you go further and there is only a wilderness and woods, at the suggestion of Hu Xiaomei, the group stopped, and found a place that could barely shelter from the wind and rain in the small courtyard outside the broken temple and sat down.
When it got dark, there were large and small fires in the small courtyard, and the fox Xiaomei and the others all sat against the wall, took the burden or clothes behind their backs, and took the old quilt to cover their bodies, although it was still a little cold, but it was much better than some people who could only sleep on the ground wrapped in clothes.
As soon as it was dark, everyone in the temple, including those who had gone out, came back, and then they all covered their sleeves and fell asleep. Fox Xiaomei leaned on Fox Fence Xiang's shoulder, and took the quilt to cover herself almost completely, leaving only her head outside. People who don't pay attention think that she is asleep, but in fact she is taking the opportunity to eat bread to fill her stomach, so that the group of ten people all took the opportunity to cover up and eat something.
Eating and sleeping is naturally not so cold.
Because there are too many people inside and outside the broken temple, in order to prevent things from being stolen, Fox Dayou and Thirteen, as well as Wei Dahe, take turns to be on duty at night. However, the others did not sleep well, and the fox Xiaomei woke up early in the morning of the second day.
Wei Sanniang took the basin and fetched water in the well behind the broken temple, dipped the handkerchief in water and wrung it out, wiped the face that had not been washed for a few days, and the dirty things on the original face were gone, revealing a delicate face at this time.
In the meantime, some homeless people also woke up one after another, packed up their things and left.
Put everything away, Fox Dayou pushes the cart, Thirteen pushes the wheelbarrow, Wei Dahe picks the bucket, Wei Sanniang and Xiangshi carry the bamboo burden, the fox Xiaomei, the fox fence incense and the fox fence carry the back, the flour has been eaten, and the only food left is not much, which is placed in the board cart, the wheelbarrow and the bucket.
Wei Sanniang and Xiang's bamboo burden put quilts, as well as basins and the like, the three of them put some daily necessities in the back, as well as duvets, the duvets were solidly bundled together, and the two backs were stuffed full, and miscellaneous things were placed in the back of the fox fence, and there was a ball of cotton cloth inside, which was the remaining rags for the sewing workshop to make down jackets, and some had been cut into pieces.
But Hu Xiaomei is still not willing to lose it, and it is good to use such good materials to sew up clothes in the future.
In particular, there is a piece of fabric that is bright red, luxurious and beautiful, but it is too small to make clothes.
"This fabric is very beautiful, sister, why don't you make a purse?" Fox Xiaomei said.
"I think it's better to forget it, this fabric is very beautiful as a purse, but you look at what kind of clothes we are wearing, and then hanging such a colored thing, it really doesn't match!" Kitsune shook her head as she looked at the bright red fabric.
"Yes." Fox Xiaomei stuffed the fabric back, and then put it into the down quilt on her back. So that you don't accidentally drop it.
"Have you packed up?" On the other side, Fox Dayou was already urging to hurry on the road.
"Alright, alright." Fox Xiaomei said busily, and she and Fox Lixiang helped each other to carry the back.
A group of people pushed carts and carried things and slowly walked out of the dilapidated temple in the flow of people.
The name of the ten-mile slope comes from the fact that it is a slope, a long slope, slowly descending, not steep or urgent, about half a mile long. In the past, there were green wheat fields on both sides, but now they are barren everywhere, and the trees and flowers are all gone.
Standing on the top of the slope, I only saw the bustling flow of people heading towards Weixian on the stretching and curved slope, and the dense black spots became smaller and smaller. Quite a spectacular view.
If you have a faster journey today, you may be able to reach Wei County when it gets dark. It has been more than a month since coming out of Weijia Town, everyone has experienced too many hardships and hardships, and almost lost their lives, and now they are finally about to reach their destination, everyone is a little excited in their hearts, and they can't help but go fast.
Fox Xiaomei and Fox Fence Xiang whispered as they walked, and compared to the slow and staggering walking speed of the others, their stride was particularly prominent.
Everyone is hungry to the bone, why can they be so relaxed when they are exhausted?
Someone looked puzzled as they were crossed.
Suddenly, someone behind him groaned, fox Xiaomei turned around, only to see an old man staggering and falling to the ground, the people around him avoided it, she didn't see what was going on, a figure stumbled up, grabbed her back and pulled hard, fox Xiaomei was caught off guard, and was pulled from behind, she screamed "ah", and the whole person fell backwards. Even so, she subconsciously grabbed the rope on her shoulder.
Needless to say, someone must be stealing something!
Although there is no silver and food, the duvet inside is already a valuable thing, and after arriving in Wei County, they still have to rely on these two duvets for the winter!
The people around were frightened to see this scene and scattered, and Fox Fence Xiang wanted to come forward to help, but the person actually knew in advance, and pushed her to the field with one palm.
Knocking down the fox fence, the man came to pull the fox Xiaomei's back again.
How could Hu Xiaomei let him succeed, the other party was behind her, and grabbed the back on her back, she had no way to fight head-on, she could only hold on to the back rope, the man saw such a big hand, he didn't even tear the back down, stunned, the teeth were tied tightly, and the mission kicked on the calf of the fox Xiaomei, the fox Xiaomei stumbled, fell to the ground, and the person took the opportunity to pull the back away from the fox Xiaomei.
"Grab something!" The fox yelled. The pain in her calf was so painful that her eyes were full of tears. And the person who grabbed the thing is still a little familiar!
Before she could think about it, another person suddenly rushed from the front, jumped up more than half a person in front of Fox Xiaomei, and flew over with a kick and kicked the thief to the ground. (To be continued.) )