Chapter 43

"Understood." Ye Lan nodded and looked at Qiao Zi, "Mother, are we in danger?" ”

Qiao Zi was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect her daughter to be so smart, she suddenly thought of the key to the matter, hesitated, and nodded, "There is no danger to life, it's just that someone doesn't want us to be good, and arranged a robber robbery scene, which is the only way for us to go home, if we go directly, I'm afraid, we will be robbed penniless." ”

"Is there no other way to go?"

"Even if we go home, it belongs to the Ye family's territory, and I'm afraid we won't have a good life." Qiao Zi sighed.

It turned out that after Zhao Bin brought Ye Lan's words back, Ye Yu was furious, and Ma Yuying also fanned the flames on the side, thinking that Qiao Zi took away 10,000 taels of silver and gold and silver hand ornaments, Ye Yu decided to give her some power, how to say that he is also the head of the family, and it will definitely not be possible for him to rob openly, so Ma Yuying suggested that he decided to rob secretly.

After learning that Qiao Zi and Ye Lan left Juxian Building in a hurry, Ye Yu thought about it carefully, Qiao Zi had nowhere else to go except to go back to his hometown, so he sent a few guards to let them rush to the grove where Qiao Zi had to return home, pretending to be robbing robbers, Ye Yu ordered them to rob them all and let them taste his power.

If the defenseless mother and daughter return home penniless, you can imagine how difficult their lives will be, Ye Yu was angry with Ye Lan and cursed, she didn't treat her as a granddaughter at all, and didn't think about leaving her a way back.

Fortunately, Ye Yu ordered a person who had been favored by Qiao Zi's nursing home to hear it, Qiao Zi's mother and daughter had a fuss in Juxian Building the day before yesterday, and it was also famous, and the nursing home found the whereabouts of the two of them very much, worried that Ye Yu would find out, and the nursing home did not show up, so he left a note for the shopkeeper to hand it over to Qiao Zi, and then quietly returned to Ye Mansion.

After getting the note, Qiao Zi knew that she couldn't return to her hometown, her father was originally a tenant of the Ye Mansion, otherwise she wouldn't know the Shaodong family, Ye Yutie was determined to give their mother and daughter a good look, if they returned to their hometown, wouldn't they be in the mouth of a tiger, and finding some reason to deal with them could make them feel better.

Qiao Zi knew that it was the Ye Mansion Protector who pretended to be a robber and would not be in danger of his life, so he asked Lao Liu to drive the empty car and continue to move forward according to the original route, while he bought another carriage and chose to leave at a different intersection from Lao Liu when he forked the road with Ye Lan.

Although he avoided the Yefu Nursing Courtyard, the road ahead was vast, and Qiao Zi was a little confused, where should he go?

Ye Lan originally wanted to go back to her hometown with Qiao Zi to farm, but now it seems that it can't work, in the territory of Ye Mansion, they can live in peace before they have ghosts.

After scolding the old man Ye Yu a hundred times in her heart, Ye Lan looked at Qiao Zi and asked, "Mother, no matter how big the Ye Mansion is, it is impossible to leave a mark on every inch of land in the Chu State, I believe that there must be a place in the Chu State where the Ye Mansion industry has not been touched, think about it, can there be such a place?" ”

"When you say this, my mother really remembers that there is a place that has not been touched by the Yefu industry." Hearing her daughter's reminder, Qiao Zi thought carefully and answered,

"I once heard your father say that the northern plain at the northern end of the Chu State is barren land, and there is only a little industry in Yefu, and at the northern end of the northern plain, the land in the north is a barren place in the northern plain, and it is also a place where the industry of Yefu has not touched anything."

"Then let's go to the Northlands." When Ye Lan heard this, her eyes lit up.

"The northern border is the border of Chu State, the north is the sea that cannot be seen at a glance, no one knows what is on the other side of the sea, let's go to the northern border, although we can completely get rid of the grasp of Ye Fu, but the reason why Ye Fu did not develop the industry there is because the land there is too barren, I heard that people there are often hungry, the grain production is too low, and even many ordinary vegetables cannot be grown, and many people rely on wild vegetables for a living in winter."

Marrying Ye Fanhua, although he rarely goes out, from Ye Fanhua's mouth, Qiao Zi has heard a lot of customs from all over the Chu Kingdom, and he knows a lot more than ordinary women, including Qiao Zi's literacy, and he also taught him after marrying Ye Fanhua.

Thinking of her husband's gentleness, Qiao Zi's eyes gradually accumulated tears again, worried that her daughter would see it, so she hurriedly looked away.

"Is the land of the north vast and sparsely populated?" Ye Lan asked.

"Supposedly so."

"Then let's go to the Northlands." Ye Lan made up her mind, the land is barren? It is difficult for her to be a graduate student of agricultural science and technology, as long as she has land, no matter how barren the northern land is in the eyes of others, she can be as productive as Ye Lan.

"Mother, believe me, the land is barren, there will be a way, let's start from the north."

Qiao Zi didn't understand why her daughter was so determined to go to the northern land, but when she thought about it, they still had a lot of silver tickets in their bags, as long as they saved some, life would not be a problem in just a few years, and Ye Yu shouldn't have imagined that their mother and daughter would go to the northern land, after staying there for a few years, this grievance should be over, and when they can't live in the north, and when they come back, no one will target them anymore.

Thinking so, Qiao Zi nodded in agreement with her daughter's idea, "Okay, listen to you, let's go to the northern land." ”

"Then let's go." Ye Lan said with a smile.

"Drive ......" Qiao Zi drove the car and went straight north.

On the other side, after Lao Liu walked for most of the day, in a small wood, he was stopped by a group of masked robbers, and his legs and feet were weak with fright, "Heroes, spare your life, Xiao is just a small sports car, and there is no money on him." ”

"Less nonsense, what about the people in your car?"

"The man in the car? Hey, weird, what's wrong with the people in my car? Hearing what the robber said, Lao Liu looked into his car and was immediately full of surprise.

"Obviously it was still when I left this morning, but what about the people?"

"Head, what should I do?" I didn't find anyone I was looking for, and a masked man looked at the masked man standing next to him and asked.

The masked man who was called looked at Lao Liu with a puzzled face, secretly thinking that this uninformed old man should not be able to lie, it must be Qiao Zi's mother and daughter who noticed something and slipped away in advance, they are not real robbers, so naturally they will not ask Lao Liu for his life, check that there is indeed no one in the car, so he waved his hand and asked Lao Liu to get out.

"Thank you, thank you heroes, let's get out." Lao Liu thanked him and drove away in the car, but a few masked thieves didn't see the place and showed a contemplative expression, it seems that the lady is right, there are really bad people who want to deal with their mother and daughter, and I don't know who they are, they will deal with the defenseless mother and daughter, he Lao Liu is also hot-blooded, and he won't tell those bad guys where the two mothers and daughters are going, so let them have a headache.

Not to mention the situation that those few guards pretended to be robbers and waited in the woods for a few days and had no choice but to go back to their lives, just saying that Qiao Zi and Ye Lan determined the way and went all the way to the north, although there were occasional thrills on the road, but after more than half a month, they finally arrived safely in the north.

During the journey for more than half a month, they had encountered a real robbery, but they were lucky enough to come out to do this business because of the life in the vicinity, and they didn't embarrass them too much, they only took Qiao Zi and Ye Lan's money bags, and they didn't even move their burdens.

However, Qiao Zi and Ye Lan had nothing of value in their baggage, but they just changed their clothes, and put more than two hundred taels of silver tickets and broken silver in their money bags outside, and let them all take it, although this money didn't matter to Qiao Zi and Ye Lan, Ye Lan was still very angry in her heart, and there was no accident, and she calculated this account on Ye Yu's head.

After arriving in the northern land, Qiao Zi and Ye Lan changed back into women's clothes, in order not to be too eye-catching, they had already prepared ordinary materials, but the appearance of the two of them with fine skin and tender meat, coupled with their carriage that only wealthy people in the northern land could afford to sit in, and after entering the northern city, they frequently attracted attention.

"This little brother, may I ask who is this big restaurant in Northern City?" After more than half a month's trip, Qiao Zi is much more mature than before, and Ye Lan is brainwashed from time to time, and the noble lady's temperament on her body slowly disappears, replaced by a dry and decisive temperament.

"This big restaurant in the northern border city is the Shangguan Family Juxian Building, and the lady will see it if you walk straight along this street." When the young man saw a beautiful woman stop him from talking, he immediately stammered.

"Thank you." After thanking him, Qiao Zi and Ye Lan stepped forward together, muttering secretly, "Juxian Building, it is still the Shangguan family, and it has nothing to do with Juxian Building in the capital." ”

"It doesn't matter to us." Ye Lan smiled, finally arrived at the goal, as long as she settled down, she and her mother would have a home, and with a home, a better life would beckon to them.

"It really doesn't matter." Qiao Zi looked at her daughter with a smile, they didn't have much friendship with the Shangguan family in the end, "Let's gather in Xianlou to live first, inquire about the situation in the north, and then make plans, how about it?" ”

"Okay."

"Welcome, guest officer, please, the two of you are from out of town, is it for dinner or accommodation?" After the little brother's guidance, Ye Lan's mother and daughter found Juxian Tower, which cannot be compared with Juxian Building in the capital, but in terms of the entire Northern City, it is already one of the best buildings.

"Both food and accommodation, how did the little second brother see that we were from out of town?" Qiao Zi asked while handing the reins in his hand to the little second brother.

"Hehe, the northern city is a desolate border place in the Chu country, except for the exiles, few outsiders come, is it a person from this city, Xiao Er will know at a glance, if it is an exile, our government will go directly outside the city to greet him, Xiao Er looks at Mrs. Miss Mei between her eyebrows is not like an ordinary person, I don't know what the two of you are doing when you come to the northern city?"

"Exile?" Qiao Zi was stunned.

"Don't you know, Madame, the land of the north, there is another name, called the land of exile." Xiao Er carefully observed Qiao Zi's expression and did not seem to be a fake, and hurriedly explained to Qiao Zi's mother and daughter what an exile was.

The so-called exile, that is, the place where the emperor was exiled by the emperor for committing a crime, the northern land is one of the famous places of exile in the past dynasties, most of the aborigines here, the ancestors were exiled here for various reasons, some are exiled here for life, and some are unwilling to return to their original places after the exile, gradually, the northern land became lively, and then established the northern city.

Throughout the laws of the past dynasties, most of the people who were exiled by the emperor were the families of the criminals, so they were not exiled with the word "exile", or they were traitors and evil people.

Due to the harsh environment in the northern realm, outsiders will never easily step into this place unless it is necessary, so it is obviously not like the exile Ye Lan's mother and daughter received a lot of curious glances as soon as they entered the city, and even Xiao Er couldn't help but ask.

After listening to Xiao Er's explanation, Qiao Zi suddenly realized that she was a woman in the world and was not interested in the law, and Ye Fanhua didn't want his wife to know about the place of exile, and he never mentioned these four words, so Qiao Zi knew that the land in the north was barren and the Ye family's industry had not been touched, but he never thought that this was actually a famous place of exile.

"Don't be afraid, madam, although our northern border is a famous place of exile, the security here is very good, the government management is very strict, and the exiles are very honest when they come here." Seeing Qiao Zi's timid face, Xiao Er guessed that she should have gone to the wrong place, and hurriedly comforted her for fear of scaring away the guests.

"Lan'er, do we still want to be here?" Qiao Zi looked at Ye Lan in embarrassment, before she came, she never thought that this was a famous place of exile, and when she thought that the people around her might be exiles, her heart was a little unstable.

"Second brother, what if the exiles end their exile and are unwilling to leave here?" Ye Lan motioned to her mother to calm down and looked back at the little second brother.

"As long as you go to the government to eliminate the case and settle down again, you will be a good citizen." Xiao Ersu replied, "The current aborigines of our northern city are all good people, in fact, most of the exiles have been implicated by their families, not that they are evil people. ”

"What if we want to make a home here?" Ye Lan took out a tael of silver and threw it to Xiao Er.

After taking the silver, Xiao Er smiled happily, "As long as you go to the official mansion to get a household, you can settle down here, our northern city is relatively poor, there is no good picture, so the household registration is relatively relaxed, the second brother knows the official office as an errand person, if Mrs. and Miss are in need, Xiao Er can go and invite the adult to come, and then Mrs. and Miss only need to mean it, this household registration is very simple." ”

"In that case, then we will stay here for the time being, and please help us make an appointment with the adult, little second brother." Ye Lan learned about the situation in Northern City carefully, and asked all the questions she wanted to know, Xiao Er took the reward and answered in great detail, and got a satisfactory answer, Ye Lan asked the little second brother to help make an appointment with the official office.

Since you want to live here in the future, then, the hukou matter must be solved first, Ye Lan understood a truth in her previous life, if she wants to settle down in a city, if she wants to be protected by the policy, she has to get a hukou in that city.

Although Qiao Zi had doubts, she saw that her daughter had already made a decision, thinking that she had nothing else to pursue in this life anyway, just for her daughter, she would be wherever her daughter was, she had already arrived in Northern City, and she didn't know where to go if she left, so let's stay here.

Having money can make ghosts grind, Qiao Zi and Ye Lan stayed in Juxian Tower for one night, and early the next morning, they got their household registration certificate in the north.

There are more than a dozen villages outside the northern city, among which the famous one is Splendid Village, not only because of the elegant names among the dozen or so villages, but also because it is poor.

Yes, Splendid Village is one of the poorest villages in the more than a dozen villages outside the northern border, and it can also be said that it is a poor village in the entire northern border.

It's just because of its name that Ye Lan likes, so she decided to settle down with her mother in Splendid Village.

In this regard, recommending Ye Lan's mother and daughter to go to a rich and large-scale village outside the northern city was rejected by Zhao Qi, the official messenger Zhao Qi seemed very regretful, he really didn't understand why Ye Lan's mother and daughter chose to be poor and have no future, but they didn't choose a rich and large-scale shit village, is it because of the name?

Don't talk about Ye Lan, even Qiao Zi didn't hesitate to choose Splendid Village when she heard these two names, she didn't want someone to point at her nose and say that this was a shit village xxx in the future.

The scale of Jinxiu Village is not large, leading from the county seat to the village, there is only a winding road, and there are only 11 households in the village, all of which are low houses with low soil embryos, and then surrounded by a small fence yard.

Along the way, the farther north, the cooler the weather, the more barren the scenery is, after entering the northern land, it is full of loess and half-human tall weeds, Qiao Zi has gone from surprise to calm, Ye Lan is eyes are bright, there is a large area of uncultivated land in the north, in her eyes, it is all treasure.

Zhao Qi was very kind to Ye Lan's mother and daughter because he received money from Ye Lan's mother and daughter, he actually wanted to arrange Ye Lan's mother and daughter in the prosperous area of the northern city, but the two of them didn't know why they had to get the poor villages in the north, this honest man always felt sorry for Ye Lan's mother and daughter, and kept apologizing all the way, as if he had done something sorry for them.

When he arrived at Jinxiu Village, Zhao Qihan's face was already covered with redness, this poor village, there was really nothing to recommend, and then he said dryly,

"Although this village is a little poorer and smaller, it also has advantages, that is, the people here are more simple than other places."

Zhao Qi is honest in what he said, everyone is very poor, there is nothing to envy or jealous, living together from generation to generation, the neighbors naturally get along very harmoniously.

(End of chapter)