Afu felt that she had never been so nervous, almost out of breath.

Her gaze quickly swept over every vendor in her sight.

They all looked up, pushing and picking, looking anxious, as if they just wanted to leave quickly.

In the basket, in the burden, in the car, the white rice, the yellow corn, the green spinach, and even the red persimmons, full of people worried about falling out, a good harvest scene.

Afu was chilling all over her body, and her hands clenched unconsciously.

If it is really an ordinary pawn of a peddler, how can he not want to sell such a full basket for a while and leave in such a hurry?

The crowd in front of them finally began to squirm, like a clogged sink unblocked, the flow of people quickly dissipated, and with a stick of incense, the street seemed a little empty, and the road surface was so clean that one could not imagine that it was a bustling market a moment ago.

Afu walked as steadily as she could, but she walked faster and faster, passing straight in front of the rouge shop.

Yan Xian said: "Madam, don't you go into the rouge shop?" ”

Afu said in a relaxed tone: "Tell your sister to pick another meeting, let's go shopping first." ”

This is the direction of the city gate, after all, most of the houses have been built in the city, and the peasants' land is outside the city, so there is nothing wrong with the hawkers going outside the city.

But now Afu can't figure it out, their land is outside the city, why do they have to move to the city to live? Is the grain piled up outside the city, or is it piled up in the city? If they are piled up outside the city, where will they go?

Passing by an alleyway, Afu slowed down when she heard a small sound coming from inside.

"Official, please, I'll go in and get some dry firewood, and I'll go. It's said that there is going to be a wave of frost tonight, and there is not enough firewood hoarded outside, so I can't do it, please..."

"Don't talk about those useless ones! Didn't you tell you? Don't go into the city these days, don't go into the city! Why don't you listen? ”

"Oh, sir, we really can't help it, we still inquired specifically, today Qin Cha was drinking tea in the council hall and not on the street, so we sneaked back... You let us take it quickly, and we will leave immediately, and no one will see it. Please, sir, or most of this stubble will be lost, sir...."

Afu pricked up her ears to listen.

It was a very contemptuous laugh, and the "official" said, "What's the matter with me?" All I know is that the Lords won't call you back. Don't come again, hurry up, the people above will be gone in a few days, when you like to come back and when you will come back. ”

After speaking, there was a "bang", which smashed directly on Afu's heart, making her tremble.

Hikoshi reached out and grabbed her elbow and led her behind a battlement.

Naturally, he understood, and he cautiously poked out half of his head and watched as several young men who looked like peasants walked out of the alley with their heads downcast.

When they were far away, he let go of his grip on Afu and asked in a low voice, "Shall we go back, ma'am?" ”

Afu's face was pale, and she gritted her teeth for a while and said, "Let's go out of the city." ”

Yan Xian narrowed a pair of narrow eyes. Well, since she is going out of the city, then he will protect her.

The young man, with his courage and courage, was not afraid.

Ah Fu looked down at her dress, which was simple enough, but it was not dazzling.

There were a lot of people out of the city, and the two of them were mixed in the crowd, but they were not hindered.

Before, Afu and the others were stationed in the northwest outside the city, and Afuyan followed the flow of people to the southwest.

Few of the pedestrians spoke, and they all hurried away with their faces bowed and their heads bowed, and some of them were still carrying burdens.

After walking for about a mile or two, he passed by a small river.

There was still ice ballast in the river, and many people took off their shoes and waded across the river without blinking.

Afu and Hiko glanced at each other first, and had to go downstream along the river.

After walking for another three or five miles, Aphra couldn't walk anymore, and he didn't see any bridges, but the river was a little shallower, and he threw a few pieces of wood to cushion his feet.

I can't walk anymore, but I still have to wet my shoes and socks in the past, Afu hesitates.

Yan shook his sword first, bowed down, and motioned for Afu to carry her across the river.

Ave hesitated again.

Although it is said to be "my own family", but....

Yan Xian couldn't help but pick her up on his back, and jumped over the stones in the river, only a little wet at the cuff of his shoe.

But Afu choked enough, didn't take a few steps off the ground, his legs and feet were weak, and he slipped into a bush, and rolled out several meters on a wheel, so frightened that Yan Xian jumped down without hesitation.

Although Afu's left arm was better, she still couldn't help the pain after such a fall, and she fell to the ground and endured it for a long time before she recovered from the feeling of almost fainting.

Yan helped her up first, and when the two of them looked up, they were stunned.

From this angle, you can see a large mess of shacks on the edge of the field in the distance, and you can faintly see some pot stoves and cooking smoke.

It is too far away to see really, as if someone is carrying a basket into the shack.

Afu didn't care about slapping the dirt on her body, she got up with her hands and feet, and ran along the slippery path, and Hiko-first hurriedly followed.

The road looked far away, and when they walked further, as soon as they entered the dense forest under the slope, it seemed to be submerged in an instant, and with Yan Xian's sense of direction, the two of them touched forward.

The sky was a little dark, not to mention eight or nine miles, and the tired Afu was a little prostrate, and finally arrived at the shack.

Many peasants had just returned from the fields, staring at the two grizzled outsiders in amazement.

Afu suddenly didn't dare to open her mouth, she didn't speak the local dialect, so she was afraid that after opening her mouth, she would be attacked as a foreigner.

Yan Xian said in a rough voice: "Brothers, I got lost with my daughter-in-law and got here, I accidentally got here, I don't know if I can borrow a night?" Tomorrow we get up early and we will continue to find the way. ”

One of the men frowned suspiciously, "Where did you come from?" Get lost and get lost here. ”

Yan Xian was not in a hurry: "We from Pei County, we are going to Taozhuang to visit relatives." No, my daughter-in-law's aunt got married to that place. ”

The man saw that Afu and Yan Xian were quite right, but he didn't think much about it, nodded at them and said, "Come with me, I'll go and ask my daughter-in-law." ”

Yan Xian grabbed Afu's wrist and walked through the crowd of onlookers to a shack.

The man motioned for the two to wait outside, and bowed in first.

Not long after, an aggrieved and depressed female voice came from the shed to "accuse": "You know that you are poor and generous, where is there a place to entertain guests?" When the guests come, they have to drink saliva, right? Are you going to fetch water outside? Yes? I can't get two taels of grain back even if I soak in the ground all year round, but I can easily pick up two people! ”

The man said, "Okay! Where is there no place, and there are still two people lying down? ”

Then there was a deliberate discussion in a low voice, and after a while, the man came out and beckoned to Yan Xian and Afu, "Come in, you two." ”

Yan took Afu by the hand, and the two bowed their heads and entered the shack.

I didn't expect that this big place could accommodate the man's wife and daughter, the man and Afu, and they suddenly became cramped.

When the woman saw Afu's appearance, she immediately stopped talking, and her tone became softer: "His sister, we are really pickled, if we can enter the city in the next few days, we will take you to the city." It's just a coincidence...."

Yan first asked, "Oh, it turns out that the eldest brother and sister's family still have a house in the city. Why can't you go? But the lockdown? We still want to borrow through the city. ”

The man waved his hand: "Don't listen to her nonsense. You outsiders should be able to enter the city, and a messenger has come to the city these days..."As he spoke, he took off his shoes and began to pick his feet, "When the messenger came, the county said that we should not enter the city first, saying that we were embarrassed and sent soldiers to make a show..."

The woman was dissatisfied: "They are not ashamed of us, they are afraid that we will sue!" ”

Ah Fu didn't ask, but looked at the woman with those fawn-like gentle eyes, and the woman led her, wanting to continue: "Tearing down our house, causing us to build a shack on the ground for so many years, is it...."

The man threw his shoes down: "You don't talk nonsense!" Isn't the house for you? ”

The girl who had been standing quietly next to her hurriedly persuaded: "Mother, don't say a few words, don't make Dad angry." ”

Afu raised her eyes to look at the girl, and gave birth to a plain round face, which was clean, but on one side of the face, you could clearly see that from the jawline and ears downward, it was extremely dark, and a lot of dirt had accumulated, which made people's stomachs pantothenic.