Chapter 36 Passing by Qingcheng County
Gu Tianxing had the intention to help her mother improve the conditions for sleeping in the open, but it was not good to take out the yoga mat so suddenly, so she simply used her milk as a cover.
"Mother, it's really wet on the ground where you sleep!"
"What's the matter, isn't it uncomfortable? Come, my mother will bring you a piece of clothing to cushion you. As he spoke, he took off his coat and laid it on the hay.
Gu Tianxing would not agree, only said that there was a moisture-proof mat on her milk's mule cart, and she wanted to bring it to her mother.
The Wang family didn't stop it, and as soon as she heard that it was an object she had never seen before, she knew that it must have been given to her by her daughter.
Don't worry about the concubines feeling uncomfortable, anyway, it's not Zhonggong's, if you want to blame them, blame them for not being able to give birth to a promising doll.
Wang rubbed his sore waist, hey, it's not that he covets the child's good things, it's really that the ground is very humid, and every day when he just wakes up, his whole body hurts.
Gu Tianxing got into the mule cart and pretended to pull out the yoga mat from the package, feeling in his heart that the old father was cunning.
In fact, as early as before leaving, her father had already asked her to quietly put away her things, and deliberately tied a large package and put it in the mule cart in front of several houses.
Now it seems that this has indeed made things a lot easier for me.
"What are you doing?" Gu Tai suddenly stretched out his head and scared Gu Tianxing.
"Milk, you haven't slept yet? I'll get a moisture-proof mat for my mother. Before she finished speaking, the yoga mat in her hand was dragged by Gu Tai, and she touched and twisted it again.
"You little conscienceless, why didn't you take out such a good thing earlier? The door panel where you and I sleep is almost straight, and I haven't seen you take it out to honor me. ”
Mrs. Gu said that she was going to carry the yoga mat to her.
Gu Tianxing stood there, it was not good to leave, and it was not good to stay.
"What are you doing here? Call your eldest brother to come and carry this door panel to your mother. In the end, under the strength of the old lady, she had no choice but to go to her mother with the door panel.
Knocked on the board surface, although it is very hard, but the moisture insulation effect can still drop.
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"Another day has passed, and it's sixteen." The third uncle has been counting days lately, and the old man often thinks that he can earn one more day if he lives one more day.
Gu Anxia was also counting, but he was deducing which realm everyone had gone to.
After Yamato and Anchi, it should be Qingshan County next. Because the first two counties had just been affected by the disaster at that time, the county officials were in a hurry to dispatch people to relieve the disaster, and the prevention and control of the city gate was not strict.
The hundreds of them said that they went to Zhongzhou to join their relatives, and they spent a total of five dollars of silver, and they got out safely.
Now, I wonder if I can still fool the past? The group drove for another half a day, and finally, the gray masonry city wall was visible to the naked eye.
The big guy showed a tired face and a smile that he had not seen for a long time, and even the children were infected by this atmosphere, and the steps that had been dragging on the ground became brisk.
Adults have long been worried about the lack of food, and they are willing to supply some supplies. Qingshan County is considered to be the richest county in the entire Aozhou, and even if it is affected, it should not be too bad at present.
Gu Tianxing's expression was a little solemn, everyone couldn't see the situation at the city gate in the distance, but they could see it clearly.
At the gate of the city, there was a row of sharpened wooden stakes, and in the middle there was a narrow passage for two people, and two teams of officers and soldiers stood on the side with swords and halberds in hand.
There was a long table inside the stake, and two middle-aged men dressed as scholars seemed to be asking something. Seeing that a few people had entered the city, Gu Tianxing breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it is not completely denied entry into the city, there is still hope, and there are more ways than difficulties.
When the group arrived at the bottom of the city, it was already getting westward.
The gate of this county town is high, the city is deep, and the momentum is magnificent, which is indeed not comparable to a small county town. But looking at the many refugees sitting on the ground on both sides, everyone's faces became heavy.
Gu Li patted Gu Anxia's arm with a slight tremor in his forehand, Gu Anxia understood that the old man meant that this city was probably not easy to enter.
Sure enough, I only heard one of the clerks say in a loud voice:
"If you say you can't pass, you can't pass, this is not a place where there are more people than people!"
With that, he threw back the booklet-like object to the few people who kowtowed to the table and begged for mercy.
Gu Anxia took Gu Tianxing to line up behind the crowd, ready to try his luck. When they got to the front, they found a wooden board standing on the left side of the procession, on which was written a notice:
1: To enter the city, you need to show the household registration book (equivalent to the ID card), and those who do not have the document are not allowed to enter the city.
2. Those who enter the city must have relatives in the city as a guarantee, and those who do not have relatives are not allowed to enter the city.
3. If there are no relatives in the city, those who meet the following points can enter the city: those who know more than 1,000 words; There were three generations of eunuchs in the ancestors; Healer. All three types of people are allowed to enter the city.
The two glanced at each other, there was a play!
"Isn't it all written on the notice? What else is there to ask? ”
The clerk looked at the strong man in front of him with dissatisfaction, thinking to himself that a group of mud-legged people couldn't read a few big characters, and this morning, his voice was about to smoke.
"Literate?"
"I don't know"
"Are there any relatives in the city?"
"Nope"
"Are the ancestors three generations out of official eunuchs?"
"How dare you think about it, the villain's ancestors were all farmers" The man nervously pinched the corners of his clothes, sweating like rain on his head.
"Don't enter the city, hurry up, don't get in the way!" The interrogator did not raise his eyes the whole time.
The man wanted to say something more, but the soldier on the side kicked over: "Get out!" ”
Soon the uncle and nephew arrived, and Gu Anxia didn't wait for the document to ask, so he handed over the household registration book.
"In Xia Nai Daqing forty-three years of children, but there are a large number of relatives, I don't know if we can go into the city together."
When the clerk heard this, he looked at the Chinese book in his hand and looked up at Gu Anxia and said, "It was originally an ancient child, and he was polite below." You are allowed to enter the city, but the county guard has an order, and the children can accompany no more than 30 relatives. ”
Koansha Dake:
"How's that for good? There are more than a hundred of my people. I don't know if the clerk is a good pointer? As he spoke, he pinched a piece of silver horn and stuffed it secretly.
"It's okay to add a few people, but you have a large number of people, and you really can't do it here. If you still have a person who can read 1,000 words in your family, you can bring 10 more people into the house."
The clerk said politely, after all, Gu Anxia is only in his early twenties, if he settles down in the county town and goes well in the future, it will also be a good reputation for their Qingshan County.
Gu Tianxing secretly complained that she blamed her father, and she didn't study well, and she still knew so many words.
But she thought she should be able to make up the number, so she hurriedly said:
"This adult is well, I can read more than a thousand."
"You little girl, you can't talk nonsense and fool adults"
Gu Tianxing saw that everyone didn't believe it, so he asked the essay to test himself, and it was no surprise that he passed them one by one.
But even so, it was still impossible to bring all seven families in the village into the city.
"My lord, I can also heal, I don't know if I can bring more people." Looking at the impatience on this paperwork, Gu Tianxing wanted to fight for it again.
"Adults often don't know what to eat, and they have insomnia and night sweats at night? It is also accompanied by diarrhea. ”
The clerk was shocked, and it was all right. I don't want this seven or eight-year-old girl to really know how to heal, it seems that this group of people does have some ability. Immediately asked Gu Tianxing to take his pulse and prescribe medicine.
The so-called eating people have a short mouth, and after getting the prescription, this person finally relented and let them go to all seven households.
A group of more than 100 people walked on the street, attracting the attention of pedestrians. After a long time, everyone rushed into the city, and looked around curiously.
Although it is separated by a wall, it is a very different scene.
Outside the city, there were hungry people everywhere, not to mention their ragged clothes, and their hair was messy, and their faces were sallow, like people who had been sick for a long time.
The people of this inner city are relaxed and have light steps.
Within a hundred steps of entering the city, a group of people shouted:
"Recruit, recruit! All applicants from other counties can apply. ”
After glancing at the recruitment notice a few times, Gu Anxia smiled secretly, these people are shrewd. Knowing that the conditions for entering the city are harsh, it is extremely difficult to recruit scholars to work for them, not to mention that the remuneration is so low.
It's just that now the big guys are fleeing the famine, and as long as they have enough to eat, thank God, so there are still many people crowded in front of the notice to ask.
Everyone in Daao Village was also moved. But when I think about it, it's not early, and the most important thing is to find a place to stay.
Just when Gu Anxia was looking for someone to ask, a coarse cloth Xiao Si suddenly burst out:
"Yo, how many of you are guests from afar? The small one is our bag in Qingshan County, the capital of Qingshan County. If you want to stay in a hotel, hit a sharp spot or something, the small ones can show you the way. ”