265. New name
After the Chinese New Year, the war began again.
Most people are confined to their homes, but there are always people who have to go out and do things.
As a result, there were also cases in the nearby towns that were infested by small groups of barbarians who were scurrying around.
And because Wangning Town is close to Wang'an City, it is safer than other towns.
Finally, it's February.
The weather is slowly warming up, and although it is still cold in the Northland, it is not as cold as in winter.
The barbarians and the Great Jing Dynasty finally made a truce. After all, it's time for everyone to start recuperating.
It's a vicious circle. However, there is no way to solve it at the moment.
On the eighth day of February, Rong Qiaoyan fired Mrs. Zhu.
"Aunt Zhu, the weather is slowly warming up, and we are going back to Yuanzhou. It was because my father was from Wang'an, so we came to join after my father passed away. As a result, they did not meet their relatives. There are so many wars here, and we are really scared. So, the war has stopped, and it's time for us to return. ”
Rong Qiaoyan gave Mrs. Zhu a purse, which was a well-knotted monthly money.
Mrs. Zhu sighed, but took the purse and left.
This is the case with the Northland. People, come and go, and often.
dismissed Mrs. Zhu, Rong Qiaoyan first instructed Shi Jingtao to go out to investigate, then packed up her things and took Aunt Shuang to Yongning Town next door.
After staying in the inn in Yongning Town for a few days, Rong Qiaoyan's mother and daughter entered Wang'an City accompanied by the inn guys.
After entering the county seat and going straight to the county office, I found the paperwork for handling household dishes and road guides.
"Master Li, these two women said that at the end of last month, on the road from Yong'an Mansion to Yongning Town, they encountered a small group of barbarians passing by. Not only were they separated from the hired dart masters, but they also lost their household saucers and road guides. Now, they want to go back to their hometown, so the little one accompanies them to come over to make up a household dish and handle a road guide. ”
The innkeeper said to the clerk with a flattering smile.
"Isn't there any proof of this?" Although the clerk asked, he didn't care.
Normally, in the days of frequent wars, those who can prove it are powerful people.
They said that when the barbarian came, he fled for his life. If it weren't for the fact that there was a caravan hired dart master who fought against those barbarians, I am afraid that they would not have been able to escape from the chaos. Luckily, they had some money hidden close to them, so they could stay. ”
After the man finished speaking to the paperwork, he whispered into his ear the news he had found.
The silver ticket was sewn into the close-fitting garment. When he helped deliver the clothes, what he secretly heard at the door was only five taels, and there were less than three taels left along the way.
The dish and the road guide, because there will be officers and soldiers to check at any time, naturally cannot be sewn into the clothes. Therefore, when you run, you lose it.
The man then said that when the two men arrived at the inn that day, they looked pitifully ragged and unkempt.
If you want him to say, just such two weak women, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to go back if they handle the household dish and road guide.
People in this world are not as kind as him.
After listening to the guy's words, the clerk glanced at Rong Qiaoyan and Aunt Shuang. …
I saw the two women trembling and hugging each other. Jing Hai cloth skirt, her face is dark and yellow, and she looks frightened at first glance.
Rong Qiaoyan doesn't know how to disguise or anything like that, and she doesn't want people to see their faces clearly, so she can only use medicinal powder to paint her and Aunt Shuang's faces yellow, and then draw her eyebrows thicker and her mouth bigger to cover up.
Anyway, outsiders won't stare at the two women carefully, as long as they show it, they can make sure it's a woman.
"What's the name? Where is your hometown? Where did it come from and where are it going? Why come? Why go? ”
The clerk prides himself on being a reader, so after taking a look, he immediately turned his head around in a regular manner.
He looked at the two people, although pitiful, but still asked according to the rules.
"The little woman's name is Lan Han, and her daughter's name is Lan Qingyan. The husband's hometown is Lanjia Village, Yongning Town, Wang'an City. We have always lived in the capital. Last autumn, her husband passed away, so the little woman and her daughter went to her husband's house. Who knows, the Lanjia Village was slaughtered by the barbarians. Now I don't meet my relatives and don't talk about it, and I lost my luggage in the war. The little woman was so scared that she wanted to leave. We have relatives in Haizhou, so we want to go back to Haizhou to live. ”
Aunt Frost replied tremblingly as she began to cry.
Her fear was real. She rarely sees outsiders, let alone officials.
However, as the hostess of the house, she naturally can't push her daughter out.
As for the name, it was chosen by Rong Qiaoyan.
Rong Qiaoyan, who was nestled in Aunt Shuang's arms, pretended to be scared, but her eyes were clear.
Blue is Aunt Shuang's maiden name, and Han is Aunt Shuang's foreign family name.
Now, there is no one in Aunt Shuang's family, so it doesn't matter if her surname is Lan.
As for the name of the light face...
A trace of remembrance flashed in Rong Qiaoyan's eyes.
In her previous life, when she had low self-esteem because of the scar on her forehead, the sixth sister-in-law told her.
Appearance is not the most important thing, the most important thing is the inner part of the person.
Therefore, she took the name of contempt in this life, which means contempt for face.
After listening to Aunt Frost's words and listening to their cries, the clerk also felt pitiful.
At the beginning of last winter, the Lanjia Village was slaughtered by the barbarians, and none of them survived.
The family of this woman's husband must have died in that catastrophe.
Oh, poor.
After a few more simple questions, I was going to handle it.
And many of the words that Rong Qiaoyan originally planned were useless. She looked at the paperwork in a daze, and took out the paper and ink.
Rong Qiaoyan knew that it was easier to handle a household dish in the Northland, so this was why she went to the Northland.
It's just that she didn't know that it was so easy to handle the household plate. The two thousand taels that I spent before...
This is what Rong Qiaoyan doesn't know, in this place in the Northland, it is not easy for people to live, just to handle a household dish and road guide.
However, the hand holding the pen stopped again, and Rong Qiaoyan's heart also rose.
"Why don't you settle down here? You two weak women, how can you go back to your hometown? ”
The clerk looked compassionate and kindly persuaded him. …
"My husband has passed away, and we are here without relatives and not to mention, even wars occur from time to time, which is really terrifying. Even if we want food or work, we have to go to our relatives. Here, I can't stay any longer. ”
Aunt Frost said categorically.
"Li Tou, I have also persuaded you, but I don't listen to it. It's just that the whole world is full of good people. The guy complained to the clerk with a relative.
Good words are hard to persuade the starving ghosts.
In the war in the Northland, human life is the least valuable. They persuaded them, but these two people didn't listen, so they had to do it.
Therefore, these two people secretly sighed in their hearts, just afraid that if they left Wang'an City, they would have to be harmed.
Seeing that Aunt Shuang insisted, the clerk could only reluctantly reissue the household dish and open a new road.
"I don't know what you have done before, so naturally I can't handle it. Since you said that your husband is from Lanjia Village, then I will drive your household disk and road guide there. The clerk said as he handed the guide to Aunt Frost.
"Thank you, sir."
Aunt Shuang excitedly took over two brand-new household plates and road guides stamped with a large red seal, and held them tightly in her hands.
After a while, she took out a purse from her sleeve, took out a dime of silver from it, gave it to the clerk, and handed over the money for the road guide and the household saucer.
The clerk and the guy looked at Aunt Frost's style and sighed in unison.
Can these two people get out of Wang'an City?