For some reason, they gradually felt that the water under their feet was getting shallower and shallower, and it seemed to be almost up to their ankles. This shows that they are not far from the side of the case.

"Yun'er, look, there seems to be no way ahead!" Ma Mengfu pointed to the narrowing water channel ahead.

Indeed, the canal is shallow, and they seem to be in the center of a square district, but it is terrifyingly sparsely populated here, isn't Shuyang County the most prosperous county in Fuzhou?

Could it be because of the chaotic people in the east of the city?

Finding an exit, the two of them walked out of the canal together, and the cool breeze was blowing, and they felt very comfortable inexplicably.

It's just that the shoes, socks, and dresses are all wet.

Lin Wan'er squinted her eyes and looked around, the sun was a little dazzling, but there was no popularity as far as she could see, why was this?

She said to Ma Mengfu, "Fu'er, are we out of the county?" ”

"No, I didn't." Ma Mengfu affirmed, "I looked carefully, we didn't even close the city gate, where is the city?" ”

"But ......" Suddenly, a thin child ran by in the distance, Lin Yun'er was quick and shouted at him, "Stop!" ”

As if he had not heard their words, the boy did not look back, but ran down an alley!

She and Ma Mengfu looked at each other, and then chased after each other towards the place where the children had disappeared, but when they arrived, the alley was empty.

"Just ......" Ma Mengfu panted and crossed her waist, but her eyes were extremely inexplicable.

Lin Yun'er also gasped and nodded, "Yes, he's coming this way." ”

Why does Shuyang County have such a place? The first point that came to Lin Yun'er's mind was this.

"Let's go, maybe he's running somewhere else." Lin Wan'er looked around, and after making sure that there was no other way out, she was about to turn around.

But when they turned around, they found that there were several people around the alley where they had just come.

These people were also skinny, as if they hadn't eaten for several days, Lin Yun'er silently counted them, there were eight people in total.

Among them, old and young, dressed in shabby clothes, led by the child they had just seen.

"Who are you?" Lin Yun'er blurted out.

Those people seemed to be a little frightened in their eyes, but they looked at death as if they were at home, which made Lin Yun'er can't help but think of the chaos that happened in the east of the city this morning, and I am afraid that this place is not far from the place where the incident occurred.

After a long time, one of them boldly asked them, "Are you sent by the government?" ”

This sentence confirmed Lin Yun'er's thoughts, she took a deep breath and said to them, "We were kicked out." ”

The group of people at the entrance of the alley were shocked, obviously not believing Lin Yun'er's words.

Lin Yun'er pointed to their soaked shoes and socks, "You see, we escaped from the canal, we first came to Shuyang, but we encountered robbers on the road, and we were penniless and were driven out. ”

Half-truth, half-truth, half-truth, Lin Yun'er wanted to test whether they were friends or enemies.

The bold one asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

Lin Wan'er said, "Kyoto." ”

"Kyoto?" They were obviously amazed that Kyoto was so prosperous, that it was still an unattainable place in their eyes, and that there were still people who had abandoned that prosperity and came here, which was incredible!

"You don't believe me?" Lin Wan'er asked.

"You! What credentials do you have? The man looked at Lin Wan

Son, with an expression of disbelief.

Lin Yun'er suddenly laughed, "Anyone can enter and leave Kyoto, isn't this Langjun embarrassed for our two little women?" ”

She paused, "Lang Jun can go and inquire, yesterday we went to find the wife of Uncle Xu at the dock, and we met some people on the way, they can all testify for us!" ”

"Uncle Xu? But the one who walked? One of them asked.

Seeing that one of them knew each other, Ma Mengfu cried out happily, "Yes! It's the one who rowed the boat! ”

"You lied to people, Uncle Xu has been sailing for many years, how can he be ......?"

"How could it be?" Lin Yun'er retorted, "It's not a secret, we came to Fuzhou on the boat of Mr. Xu, but on the way we met a robber, the robber robbed the money and wanted our lives, the boss took risks to save us, and finally died, on the way the old man mentioned to us his wife and children, that's why we came to look for each other, thinking of sending some silver taels to let them spend the rest of their lives." ”

"You ...... Is? When one of the old women heard this, the tears in her eyes unconsciously fell, "Their mother and son are really miserable!" ”

"I heard that they were sent away, that's why we came to take a look." Lin Wan'er continued.

Everyone put down the utensils and guards in their hands, and the old woman stepped forward and stretched out her hand and took Lin Yun'er's hand, "Don't be surprised by the two ladies, we are a group of orphans and widows, old, weak, sick and disabled, just want to seek a way to protect ourselves." ”

"Mother-in-law, why is that?"

The old woman smiled bitterly and shook her head, not because she didn't want to say it, but because she didn't know where to start.

The old woman wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said to them, "Look at you, your dresses are soaked, go to my room and change into clean clothes, the old woman still has a few clothes pressed against the bottom of the box, it is the style of her youth, I hope you two will not dislike it." ”

"How so, thank you, mother-in-law." Lin Yuner said.

The old woman led them to a small dilapidated courtyard, in which pear trees were planted, but now they seemed to have not been tended for a long time, and they were all bare branches, and there was a rotten root on the ground.

The well in the courtyard was full of water, but it was covered with filth, as if it had not been used for a long time.

Such a dilapidated courtyard is actually in the rich Shuyang County, which is really weird.

The old woman gave each of them a peasant cloth coat, although it was indeed rougher and less gorgeous than the silk and satin, but it was quite comfortable and clean to wear, and it looked decent.

When the old woman saw them like this, she wiped her tears and laughed, "The two ladies are really talented! As she spoke, the old woman's eyebrows and eyes still looked at Ma Mengfu's face from time to time, so that everyone knew that the talented person she said was Ma Mengfu.

Lin Yun'er smiled lightly, this old woman really can't hide the love in her eyes.

Then she asked, "Mother-in-law, this place can be regarded as Shuyang County, why is it so sparsely populated?" ”

The old woman's face darkened instantly, and some of the other people standing outside the door began to cry when they heard this.

"Dare to ask, did the little girl ask the wrong question?" Lin Wan'er asked.

The old woman stopped, "The lady has never asked wrong, the lady is not wrong!" It's those who are in office who are wrong! The year before last, last year, now three consecutive years of drought in Minzhou, no harvest, Minzhou people can not pay the grain tax, have fled to Fuzhou, but Fuzhou Ming Mansion how willing to collect, meaning to build a porridge shed is over, who thinks, more and more refugees. ”

At this point, the old woman choked up a little.

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