After an hour, the people who entered the county town returned. There was only one mule, and three cars were pulled, so it was no wonder that it was late.

Huo Wu patted his head: "Oh, I'm really confused!" ”

The cars have their own styles, which are easy to remember and distinguish; The mules and horses looked at each other, but they were all the same. You just need to change the car, and you don't need to change mules.

Starting early in the morning, everyone first walked more than ten miles of mountain roads, and then stayed at the place where Shi's accident occurred for an hour, and then traveled twenty miles in a carriage, waiting here for an hour, everyone was hungry, waiting for food.

Twenty catties of sauced meat, five sauced ducks, five smoked fish, twenty catties of flatbread, one hundred meat buns, loaded with a small half-car hanging.

At present, it is already Shenzheng (four o'clock in the afternoon), and there are still sixty miles from Jinling, and I can't enter the city in time today, and these meals also include the meal in the evening.

Everyone was so hungry that they didn't speak, they all buried their heads in hardship.

Two catties of flatbread, others can only eat half a piece, Huo Bao took a whole one, sandwiched a pound of sauce meat, made a large burrito, ate three in one go, and the pale little face eased a little.

Charged!

The crisis is over!

Huo Bao didn't want to experience this feeling of powering off again, and thought in his heart that he would have to bring food with him to prepare for food in the future, otherwise it would be really scary.

While thinking about whether it is better to preserve the jerky or the dried meat, he ate a sauced duck, a smoked fish, and more than 20 meat buns, Huo Bao burped, this time he was really full.

Everyone is already dumbfounded.

Huo Bao ate porridge yesterday and this morning, eating three or four bowls more than others, and the contrast is not so obvious, today is dry food, the contrast is very obvious.

Huo Bao ate six catties of cakes, three catties of sauce meat, a sauce duck, a smoked fish, and more than 20 meat buns; There were thirteen people left, all of whom ate six catties of cakes, four catties of sauced meat, one sauced duck, one smoked fish, and thirty steamed buns.

The amount of food Huo Bao eats alone is about the same as what everyone eats together.

Everyone was still surprised by Huo Bao's amount of food, and Huo Wu was already distressed.

Compared with the amount of food that my son eats this time, the first few meals are like slipping, and my son doesn't know how to be hungry.

"Brother Huo, you are not a star descending to earth, you are a divine beast descending to earth, you are the one who has a big mouth and can eat that!" Jia Daishan circled around Huo Bao several times, staring at his stomach for a long time before coming to this conclusion.

"Second brother, say it again!" Jia Daihua was busy.

What can swallow the sky is gluttony, it is not a divine beast, it is a fierce beast.

It was not early, so everyone changed carriages and continued on their way.

When it was almost dark, the carriage also arrived at the ferry, and it was only a river away from Jinling.

There is a tea shed near the ferry, which is run by an old husband and wife, and is for the guests who cross the river to rest.

There were already two tables of guests inside, so everyone unloaded the mule cart and went into the tea shed.

A dozen people came in and sat down at the remaining three tables.

Xiao Lao'er stepped forward with hot water to greet him, and Huo Wu asked for tea, and then mentioned borrowing the stove to eat hot.

The little old man responded happily, and Huo Wu asked a few stones to eat hot.

When the hot meat buns, flatbreads, sauced meat, sauced duck, and smoked fish are served, the smell of meat fills the shed.

Huo Wu saw that he had plenty to eat, so he took half a catty of sauce meat and gave it to Xiao Lao'er as a thank you, and he was so happy that Xiao Lao'er was busy and kept bowing.

The two tables of guests next to him couldn't sit still and looked sideways.

When they saw two large pots full of food, someone came up and wanted to pay for them. When the guests at the other table saw it, they also stepped forward to say something.

Huo Wu didn't answer directly, but looked at Jia Yuan.

"The food that I bought for everyone, of course, is up to Fifth Brother Huo!" Jia Yuan said busily.

Huo Wu nodded, and said to the two of them: "We are not rich in food, but when we meet this, it is all fate, so we will have ten buns, two catties of sauce meat, and one sauce duck on one table." As for the price, I still need to ask my brother, who put it in front of him. This sentence refers to Jia Yuan.

The two thanked each other happily and asked Jia Yuan for a price.

"Ten wen for buns, two hundred wen a pound for sauce meat, and one hundred and fifty wen for sauce duck." Jia Yuan said.

The two of them had no objection, and each took seven pieces of silver, took food and left.

Everyone in Nanshan Village was frightened by this price.

"Second Brother Jia, has the price of rice risen again?" Uncle Huo asked hurriedly.

"Well, it was said that a few days ago, a bucket of rice was 200 yuan, and it rose three times a day, and today it has reached 1,000 yuan."

"This ...... How nice is that......"

"Brother Huo, rest assured, this is the price of Jiangbei, just wait for the river. Due to the spring drought, the price of rice in Jinling is also slightly higher than in previous years, but it is only 70 or 80 Wen for rice. ”

Rao is Jia Yuan said this, everyone hesitated and was careful when they ate again.

Huo Bao was full in the afternoon, and it was only two hours later, and before he could digest it, he only ate two sauce meat burritos, and the amount of food was not so eye-catching.

Others don't know, only when Xiaobao cherishes food, he refuses to eat more, and he does the same, and he puts down his chopsticks after eating half full.

"I'll cross the river tomorrow morning, and there is no shortage of food, why do you save these few bites? The meat is hot, it's all eaten, and it's distressing when it's broken. Tigers, stones, you eat them again. Huo Wu frowned and said, "Erlang, don't let go of the Qing boy, young man, it's the time to eat!" ”

was told by Huo Wu, everyone looked at Huo Bao, as if they wanted to act with Huo Bao.

Huo Wu's voice softened a little.

"Xiaobao, don't worry about eating, what are those two mouthfuls of food for? Eat some more, if you starve you, won't it make Daddy die of pain? ”

"This kid is sensible!"

"Xiaobao doesn't eat it, and we don't eat it either."

"Uncle Bao eat, Niuniu will bring you buns."

“……”

“……”

Seeing this, Huo Bao can say anything, continue to eat.

It's another burrito with meat, let's eat it.

As if they had won something, the originally worried and worried expressions changed, and the second round began happily.

I don't know if it's because I'm in a good mood and have a good appetite, or if I think that the price is expensive, I'm afraid that I won't have the opportunity to eat so much meat in the future, but everyone is really open to eating.

Two large pots full of food, but they ate a lot.

The two tables of guests next to him understood what Huo Wu meant by the phrase "eating is not rich".

It's a bunch of pot-bellied men.

None of them saw the end from the beginning, and naturally they didn't know that the biggest pot-bellied man was a young man.

After squinting in the tea shed for a night, when the sky was bright, the ferry came.

The Huo family also brought the remains of Second Uncle Shi with them, and these are the most taboo when traveling on a boat, so they had to make it clear to the owner of the ship, and directly paid the price of a new ship before negotiating.

It took three shifts to transport people and mule carts to the other side.

This is not the official ferry of Jinling City, but a wild ferry that is still more than ten miles away from Jinling City.

Everyone got off the boat again, traveled more than ten miles, and came to the outside of Jinling City.

Jiangnan is comfortable, and Jinling City is a prosperous place, bringing together many small merchants and hawkers, who can't afford to buy houses in the city, so they all settle outside the city.

Bustling with a lot of people, the shops on both sides are complete, and there is half a trading street outside the city.

"How the Shi family says it, you have to find Brother Shi to get an idea." Jia Yuan didn't even need breakfast, so he greeted Huo Wu and hurriedly went to the thousands of households to find someone.

The others found a stall on the side of the road for breakfast.

A meat bun is not as high as the price in Jiangbei.

Qianhu is not far from here, and when everyone finished breakfast and walked around on the left, Jia Yuan brought a twenty-seven or eight-year-old soldier over, who was Jia Yuan's friend Shi Jin.

The soldier looked at everyone with red eyes, his eyes fell on Huo Bao, and his face was grateful.

This is not a place to talk, so Shi Jin invited everyone to a small courtyard in the back street to settle down.

"This is placed by a colleague, before renting out to collect rent, the former tenant just checked out not long ago, I paid a year's rent, the city is lively, but there are many people and the house is small, Brother Huo and Fifth Brother Huo might as well settle here."

It is said to be a small yard, but the house is not small.

The north room with three ears and two ears, two rooms in the east and west compartments, and two other rooms in the south room, a total of more than a dozen rooms.

The gate of the courtyard was also wide open, and several mule carts rushed in.

Shi Jin saw his uncle's remains, so he took his cousin's two blood letters and went to the city to find his aunt.

When a person dies and is buried in the ground, there must be a statement on how to bury and in what name.

Jia Yuan took his son and nephew to follow Shi Jin, and returned home from a long journey, and he wanted to send the child home to report safety.

Only the people of Nanshan Village were left in the courtyard.

Huo Wu, Huo Bao and his son glanced at each other, and they all looked at this courtyard.

If there were only two of them, father and son, there would be no difference between inside and outside the city, and father and son would be able to protect themselves when something happens; But if such a family is trapped, if he is trapped in the city, Huo Bao will not dare to guarantee anything no matter how powerful he is.

Others are okay, but the Niu Dalang brothers are uneasy.

All the way, they were eating and drinking with the Huo family, and now when they arrived at the place, they all wanted to support themselves, but now the pockets of the three brothers are cleaner than their faces, and they are really not a big son, so they have to follow the Huo family with a thick face before they enter the account.

Huo Wu saw it in his eyes, but he didn't know what to do, and said to Uncle Huo: "Big brother, let's settle down in this courtyard, it is spacious and cheaper than in the city." ”

Uncle Huo nodded.

Huo Wu casually made an assignment.

"The eldest brother lives in the east house with me, his sixth aunt brought Niuniu to live in the west house, Da Lang and a few of them live in the east room, and Xiaobao brought a few of his nephews to live in the west room."

"Fifth Uncle Huo...... A few of us brothers will go out in a moment to look for work. Niu Dalang's face was full of gratitude, but he didn't say anything about it.

"Well, there are a few of them with stones, they are all young men, not to mention how much money they make, it's good to see the world."

"I'll cook for everyone." Aunt Huo Liu said busily.

Although they are all cousins, they don't have the face to eat rice when they are separated from the room.

Eating is a big deal, and even if the price of Jinling is cheaper than the two meals in Jiangbei, it is enough to make them countrymen smack.

Now everyone is scrambling to do things, but the grief of the tragic death of their relatives and the departure from their homeland has been reduced a lot.

After all, except for the two children, only Huo Bao and Uncle Huo are idlers, but everyone takes it for granted.

Uncle Huo will be a sixtieth year, and he can't find it if he wants to go out to find a job; Huo Wu's father and son got the gift of the Shi family, and they were not short of money, and they were recovering from a serious illness, and they should be recuperated; A twelve- or thirteen-year-old, no matter how much strength he has, is still half the age of a child in the eyes of outsiders.

Everyone has a plan, they all have the appearance of running, and their faces are a little relaxed and expectant

Huo Bao looked at the mule cart in the yard, thinking about the remains inside, and really wanted to ask everyone, did you forget something, why is your heart so big?