Chapter 42: The Rebellion of the Displaced People
The rumors about Xin Jianniang have evolved: Xin Jianniang is the reincarnation of the fox goblin, and the two villains who want to insult her have actually been killed by her in the broken temple, and she charmed the general who passed by to become the general's wife!
Xin Jiaoniang couldn't cry or laugh, if there was a chat in this era, she would definitely be written.
Ye Wenzhou had completely lost his temper when he heard this, he didn't know when Yan Yijun fell in love with Jiao Niang, and he didn't know how he should react in such a chaotic situation......
"Uncle Ye, Jiao Niang can't marry him, he just has bad intentions. I didn't tell you before, when he rescued Jiao Niang back that day, he said that he was offended in a hurry, and he was responsible for Jiao Niang! This is clearly uneasy and kind! Xin Ping was angry, he felt that Yan Yijun was a scheming villain.
Jiao Niang was embarrassed: "Brother, don't get excited. Brother Yan, this is just an expedient measure. ”
Yan Yijun looked at Xin Jianniang seriously and said, "Miss Xin, I am serious. ”
Ye Wenzhou's head hurt even more, no matter what, Jiao Niang's reputation has been saved, and a monster that kills people is better than a bad one.
No matter how Xin Ping and Yan Yijun maneuvered, day after day, Jiao Niang went in and out of Xin's shop with a cane every day, and when she was in a good mood, she would make some special dishes for the diners.
Recently, diners have become scarcer, and Jiao Niang initially thought that her reputation had affected the business of the shop, but after walking around the market, she found that there were almost no people in many small stalls, and in comparison, the Xin family shop was still prosperous.
Jiao Niang inquired with some diners and found out that the famine had become increasingly serious recently, and the price of vegetables and rice had risen day by day, and of course the price of the Xin family's shop had also increased. Some diners can't afford to eat and don't come.
Jiao Niang found that all the dishes on her menu had risen to the point of smacking, and it seemed that she missed a lot of things when she was sick in bed.
Before she could ask Xin Ping, Widow Lin ran into the shop in a panic from outside the door: "It's amazing, the homeless people have rebelled and rushed in from the West City Gate!" Everyone was amazed.
"Quick, bring Xin An and Innocence here. Leave the shop alone, let's hide and go home! Jiao Niang was the first to react, there is no hiding in the shop, the homeless people are fleeing from famine, and this kind of place where there may be food must be their first target.
A large group of people supported each other and ran towards Xin's house, and they didn't even have time to close the door, only Widow Lin was not afraid of danger, holding the money box in the shop, and finally ran to the street near her home, and several of the homeless people had already rushed over. Fortunately, Yan Yijun and Ye Wenzhou arrived in time and sent the group of old and young people home before turning around and leaving.
The guys in the five shops all said that they wanted to go home to find their families, but Widow Lin and Jiao Niang and others tried hard to persuade them but still couldn't persuade them. So they had to stuff a few ingots of silver into each of them and let them go out.
After the guys left, Xin Ping locked the front and back doors tightly, and stood in the front yard alone with a kitchen knife, while Widow Lin guarded the back door with an axe for chopping wood. Lin Ruyi took Xin An and Wuxian to the back room, and Jiao Niang did not leave, but stood in the front yard with Xin Ping and listened to the movement outside.
At first, it was okay, but then there were screams, scolding and fighting, and some people came to smash the door of Xin's house, but unfortunately the door was so thick that it didn't matter if anyone saw it open.
Xin Ping and Jiao Niang glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's nervousness, and the fact that the homeless people were able to rebel showed that they were hungry and crazy. Let them rush into the house, not only will the money and food be gone, but it is likely that their lives will also be lost.
I don't know how long it took, the chaos outside gradually subsided, Xin Ping asked Widow Lin to close the door and run out to see the situation by herself. After a while, Xin Ping came back, and it turned out that the officers and soldiers had barely suppressed the displaced people, but now there are too many displaced people outside the town, and I am afraid that it will not last long.
Several people were in a hurry at home, but fortunately, Ye Wenzhou came back after a while, and this time he brought a wide carriage. "This town is too stupid, there are people who are stirring up resentment, and these people are now rebelling! We rushed out through the north gate, where there were few homeless! ”
Jiao Niang said nervously: "Can you rush out?" ”
Xin Ping waved his hand and said: "No matter, you can still live if you rush out, Jiao Niang will take Wuxian and Xin An to get into the car first, and sister-in-law, Ruyi, let's pack up our things." ”
Sitting in the carriage, except for Innocent and Xin'an, everyone's mood was heavy. finally settled down in the town and opened a shop, and all the hard work was wiped out in an instant. Especially Jiao Niang, the big yellow dog at home can bring it, but the sheep can't.
The carriage drove to the north gate, and Jiao Niang saw that there were already a lot of people who wanted to escape at the north gate, Ye Wenzhou waved the horse whip to drive the crowd and squeezed to the north gate. The officers and soldiers guarding the north gate saw the token Ye Wenzhou took out, so they let them pass.
Ye Wenzhou whipped the horses hard, the horses neighed and rushed to the north gate, the entangled officers and soldiers and homeless people scattered and fled, and the carriage miraculously rushed through the crowd.
Jiao Niang quietly looked out of the window, and the townspeople at the back door of the carriage took the opportunity to run out, but most of them were robbed of their burdens and belongings by the homeless, and some people were squeezed to the ground, and they were trampled by the crowd and couldn't get up in an instant.
Those homeless people are old and young, and some people are desperately crowded into the crowd with children of several years old, trying to grab a little food, Jiao Niang couldn't bear to look at it anymore, only closed the curtains and hugged Xin An tightly.
The carriage galloped for half a pillar of incense, and gradually the displaced people began to become scarce, and everyone could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Jiao Niang opened the car door and asked, "Uncle Ye, brother, where are we going next?" ”
Xin Ping didn't know anything and had to look at Ye Wenzhou, Ye Wenzhou frowned and thought about it and said: "We want to bypass Dingcheng and go to Luonan through Chuzhou, and now Dingcheng is probably not very peaceful." ”
Jiao Niang's heart tightened, it seems that this is not a small-scale riot, I don't know what happened to those people in Panxi Town? Did a couple of guys find their families?
Jiao Niang has been living in the peaceful Celestial Empire before she crossed, and she has only seen the war in books and on TV. Even after crossing over, she knew that there was such a thing as war, but since it had little to do with the heroine's plot, the novel was also brushed aside.
What she had just seen at the gate was enough to terrify her, but it had not been long before the carriage had traveled, and they had witnessed something even more terrible......
The time was approaching sunset, and everyone needed to light a fire and eat something, and finally found a dilapidated yard. There are already three people cooking on fire.
Judging from the dress, the three of them are homeless, but the two old men are skinny men. Ye Wenzhou and the others didn't care about it, and they also went to the yard to make a fire to cook.
They also came out of the carriage and breathed their breath. Others didn't notice, but Jiao Niang smelled a strange fragrance.