The food at home is also under the organization of the village chief, who should pay taxes and taxes, and sell money for money, and everything is calm and there is no wave.

On the day of selling grain, Helan was also fortunate to follow Wu Qingzhu and a group of people to the county seat.

To be honest, this is really the first time Helan has been away for so long, and if she says that the farthest place she has gone to, it may be on the mountain.

Out of curiosity, Helan and Qingmei were pointing along the way, and Qingmei would tell Helan what was here before and what was there before.

Among them, the most unique one is a tree that has been broken off from the middle and burned, Qingmei told Helan that this tree is an old willow tree that was split by thunder in the sky a few years ago.

"I heard the old man say that this tree has grown for many years, and it has been good, but that day's thunder went straight to this old willow tree, and you can see a lot of thunder going to this piece from afar, and the scene is really scared to death."

"So amazing? It's something in this piece that leads the mine. ”

"But no, the old people say that this old willow tree is going to become a fine tree, and the old man will rain thunder to punish it."

"Didn't you hear that lightning strike wood can ward off evil spirits? Shouldn't it be very sought-after? I wonder why this tree is still there? It doesn't look like someone has picked it. The first time she heard such a bizarre thing, Helan was very interested, and hurriedly urged Qing Mei to say more.

"It is useful to ward off evil spirits in the surviving trees, and if the tree is killed by lightning, it has bad signs, but no one dares to touch it. I heard that not only can it not ward off evil spirits, but it can also attract trouble. ”

Hearing what Qingmei said had a nose and eyes, Helan, a person educated in the new era, almost believed it.

Withdrawing his eyes from the old willow tree, he looked to the next place.

Father Wu and Wu Qingzhu, who were sitting in front of the carriage, couldn't help but smile when they listened to the conversation between the two of them.

When they arrived at the city gate, the two of them looked east and west, just to look for the traces left by the war some time ago.

When I heard about the war, I heard it from my family, and if I was lucky enough to be at the scene of what had happened, I would look around out of curiosity and fear.

I still wonder if I will see things I shouldn't see, such as corpses or something, and what will happen when I really see them.

When she was about to enter the city gate, Qingmei opened her mouth first: "Brother, which wall were you guarding at that time?" ”

"West."

"I heard from the people in the village that the city wall over there was breached, and a big fire was burned?"

Wu Qingzhu didn't answer immediately, paused, or Wu's father spoke: "Really, look at that wall, it's all black now." ”

Helan and the two of them looked at the place where Wu's father pointed and pointed out, and sure enough, the entire wall is still black, and there is no trace of weeds living in that area until now, and it even looks oily and shiny.

"I heard that a lot of people were burned there, is it true?"

"I don't know how many people died, anyway, it was true that people were burned to death, and in the next few days, this wall did not send many troops to attack, I heard that the wall was too hot, or I was a little afraid of the fire that day." Men naturally like to brag to others about the big scenes they have seen, but now that they are surrounded by their own children, they naturally can't help but say a few more words.

The sister-in-law quickly turned her eyes back in fright, not daring to take a second look, thinking about the place where she was burned, how scary it was, to say that those individuals who were burned to death were estimated to be not only burned to death, but also to death in pain.

At this time, Qingmei suddenly remembered that his father was almost burned by a rocket, and hurriedly asked, "What happened to the day you were injured, Dad?" ”

"At that time, the enemy troops outside the city walls kept throwing stones and arrows into the city, because the fire was burning so vigorously that the soldiers who had suffered losses rushed desperately towards us. The other side seems to have been inspired, and the arrows shot are all fire. I saw an arrow flying past me in front of me, and I was glad that I just dodged it, but I didn't hit it, but I didn't know that the arrow hit my clothes and burned instantly, but fortunately the fire was extinguished in time, otherwise I wouldn't have seen your father. ”

When Father Wu said this, he couldn't help but sigh, he really survived at that time, and he was very glad to think about it afterwards, if it was a little late, he didn't know where he was now.

After listening to what Father Wu said, Qingmei and Helan both gasped, and couldn't help but feel even more sorry for Wu Qingzhu and Father Wu.

The sister-in-law had a lot of peeled melon seeds in their hands at this time, and they didn't hesitate to stuff them into the hands of the two people.

Helan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I just hope that my family will be safe and happy, and I will never experience these bad things again." ”

When I arrived in the city, people came and went very lively, and everyone couldn't help but sigh a little when they saw such a scene.

Think about a month ago, the city was still full of corpses, shouting and killing, a scene of chaos, and even many people were lost or died.

And now I see a lot of stalls along the way, buying and selling, as if nothing happened before.

Passing by the bustling street market, they didn't linger and went straight to today's destination.

Wu Qingzhu's family still had a cart that had not been pulled at that time, and they said that they would deliver it today at the latest, so they drove the carriage to pull it over today, which cannot be forgotten.

When I arrived at the place, I saw that there were many people lined up at the door, but I didn't expect that there were quite a lot of people buying and selling grain.

Father Wu first went to the front to ask the shopkeeper, and when he came back, he told a few people that they needed to wait for a while, and first settle the accounts of the person in front of them before entertaining them.

While they were standing next to them and waiting, several people came to ask, but Father Wu was resolute and didn't pay any attention to these people.

Qingmei whispered to Helan that you must not believe this kind of accosting on the side of the road, and they must not be liars.

In the past, there were people in the village who were deceived, and at that time, these people gave a very high price, and they followed these people after they were moved.

Unexpectedly, they led them to walk more and more remotely, and when they reached a place where there was no one, a group of people rushed out, grabbed the carriage and food, and ran away.

The man searched for a day and found his horse and carriage by the river, but he could not find the food.

"Is it so blatant? Nobody cares? ”

"I can't say that the backers of these people are the government, black-hearted, some people report to the official, and they have never caught anyone." For this kind of deception, Qingmei expressed deep contempt.

"You two are waiting here at the door, and my father and I will help them move things in and out." At this time, after saying hello to the shopkeeper, Wu Qingzhu came over and instructed the two sisters-in-law Helan.

"Okay, you're busy, we're definitely not running around."

After saying this, the two of them went to the corner of the wall, the sun was hot at this time, and it was estimated that they would tan after a while if they didn't look for a cool place.

"Sell steamed buns! If you buy steamed buns, you can drink tea for free, vegetarian buns and meat buns! ”

At this time, there was a man selling steamed buns and tea on the side of the road, and the smell was full of fragrance.

Helan couldn't help but think, this person is really good at doing business, putting the stall here, and the people queuing up to sell food are hungry and tired, and when they hear that they can drink free tea, they will spend a few pennies to buy a few buns.

However, Helan didn't have the consciousness to buy free tea when she heard it, they all brought boiled water when they came, but it was still okay to buy a few meat buns to satisfy their hunger.

Helan saw that Qingmei had been looking over there, so she knew what she was thinking, smiled, took out eight cents from her sewn pocket and walked to the stall selling steamed buns.

Qingmei grabbed Helan in time: "Why are you going?" ”

"I haven't eaten white flour meat buns for a long time, and I'm panicking."

"Okay, you can buy two to eat, but don't spend that extra money."

"Got it."

Although Helan promised in her mouth, she was not ambiguous when she bought the buns, first filled the bamboo tube she brought with water, then took four meat buns and four vegetarian buns, and walked over to Qingmei.