Chapter 16: Starve to death
"Hey, I haven't seen half a horse in the vicinity, and even if I escape now, how can I catch up with Aunt Qian and them? Walking on two legs, even if it doesn't stop, it's very slow! I'm afraid that I didn't keep up with the fleeing people, but was caught by the Beiliang soldiers halfway, and it was really over! ”
Xu Jingluo hurriedly ran forward, while muttering to herself, she suddenly thought of something, clapped her hands suddenly, and said happily: "Yes, I remember that there seems to be a battery car for sale in the mall of the space, why don't you wait to spend some money to buy a battery car, the speed is definitely much faster than any carriage and mule cart!" ”
After thinking about it, he muttered again: "If there are not many people, let's go out from the West Gate first, if everyone sees me riding a battery car, it will definitely feel very strange!" Besides, the money in the mall has to be saved, so save some when you need to save it, or walk! ”
Having made up her mind, Xu Jingluo ran forward with the fleeing people, and as she expected, the West Gate was not crowded, and they soon left the capital.
Xu Jingluo quietly walked under a willow tree, and while no one was paying attention around, he hurriedly escaped into the mall of the carry-on space, directly clicked on the breakfast page, spent a few pennies to buy some siu mai and fritters, and soy milk, and after eating and drinking, he filled the two kettles on his back with cold water, and did not forget to sign in and check in before leaving, and received the reward of the day, a small box of refreshing sunscreen.
"Sunscreen, okay. The sun is scorching for these two days, apply a layer of sunscreen on your body, and you will not be afraid of the sun when you travel under the sun in the future! ”
Xu Jingluo nodded with satisfaction, put the sunscreen in his arms, did not linger any longer, and quickly left the carry-on space and rushed all the way south.
It wasn't until the fish belly was white floating in the east that Xu Jingluo came to the place where he had agreed with Aunt Qian and them to meet: Jiayukou Phoenix Ridge.
"Girl, girl!"
Cui Ying stretched her neck under the tree, waited all night, and when she saw Xu Jingluo's figure, she rushed forward excitedly, held Xu Jingluo's hands tightly, and cried: "Girl, we have been waiting for you for a long time." You didn't have any accidents on the way, did you? ”
"Silly girl, what can happen to me? Don't cry, let people see the joke. Xu Jingluo smiled and reached out to wipe away the tears on her cheeks.
"Jingluo!"
"Fourth sister!"
"Mother!"
At this time, Zhang's, Xu Jing'an, and Xu Jingling hugged Runtian and Yi Bao respectively, and they all ran to Xu Jingluo together, hugging each other tightly.
Their family has been separated for several years, and finally reunited again at this moment!
However, they can't afford to delay on the road for too long now, and they must continue to hurry, otherwise, if the Northern Liang barbarians come around at this moment, I am afraid that they will be wiped out.
So, after resting in place for a while, the team began to move forward gradually.
"Jingluo, you must be sleepy after walking for so long, why don't you go to the car and lie down to make up for sleep?"
"Uh-huh, got it." Xu Jingluo responded.
She has been sleepy for a long time, the original owner's body was seriously ill before, and she was already weak, plus she had been on the road for so long yesterday, if she hadn't secretly bought some glucose supplements in the mall last night, it was still a question whether she could have the strength to persist in coming here!
Lying down in the car, Xu Jingluo soon fell asleep.
At this moment, a gorgeously decorated black-canopy carriage passed by the mule cart that Xu Jingluo was riding, and a young man with a cold face opened the curtains, and a pair of black onyx-like eyes like raised in Yaochi kept looking around, as if he was looking for someone!
Did she not go out of the city by the west gate?
It can only be said that she is more unlucky, otherwise, Emperor Qiande of the Western Wei Dynasty, who loves treasures like life, saw such a rare treasure fall from her, maybe she could be allowed to settle in the Western Wei Dynasty!
Everyone fled in the same direction, so several scattered teams finally converged together, and the road was narrow and there were many cars, so the speed of travel was naturally much slower.
At this time, Xu Wanjun and his party, who finally kept up with the team, had to abandon the car and flee because of the congestion at the city gate, but now they can only walk on two legs, and everyone is listless, like frosted eggplants.
"Daddy, I'm dying of thirst! We really don't have anything to drink? ”
The two sisters, Xu Jingting and Xu Jingyun, pursed their lips and asked Xu Wanjun, who was also dry-mouthed, weakly.
Xu Wanjun and Aunt Zhao only remembered moving boxes and boxes of silver taels to the car at that time, where did they remember to prepare some water to drink on the road? Only before leaving, everyone was given a kettle.
The family didn't know how to save some drink, but by now, the kettle has long been empty, and not a drop of water can be poured out!
"Daddy." Xu Jingyang, who was really thirsty and couldn't hold on, echoed at this time: "We still have a long way to go, and now the kettle is empty, I'm afraid we will die of thirst before we reach our destination!" Let's see who brings enough water, let's spend some money and buy some water to drink, right? ”
As soon as these words came out, Xu Wanjun had not yet answered, and Mrs. Pang, who had always been extremely stingy, was not happy, and said to Xu Jingyang: "What stupid thing did you say? Take money to buy other people's water? Do you think our family has too much money to spend? Loser! ”
Xu Wanjun pondered for a moment, and said in a fierce voice: "Your grandmother is right, until you have no choice, the silver in the box must not be taken out and used, for the time being, give me patience and patience, and when you meet a well dug on the road or something, then you will drink so much that your belly will burst!" ”
When Xu Jingyang's three brothers and sisters heard this, they all looked at each other, and they didn't dare to shout thirst anymore, and continued to rush forward with sad faces.
At noon, everyone was so hungry that their stomachs were growling, and there was no food prepared in the car, so Xu Wanjun plucked a handful of grass roots on the side of the road and distributed them to a few people to eat.
"Dad, what's this? It's very bitter to watch, and I don't have the appetite to swallow, let alone be full. ”
Xu Jingting looked at the Mao Gen'er in her hand, and couldn't help puffing up her mouth and complaining a few words, it was really difficult to convince herself to stuff it into her mouth and chew it, so she threw it to the ground with a disgusted face, and played the eldest lady's temper and said: "Dad, I want to eat big white rice and shark fin vermicelli!" ”
Xu Wanjun scolded fiercely: "Love to eat or not!" Now where is Lao Tzu going to find you big white rice and shark fin vermicelli? Starve you to death! ”
As he spoke, he stuffed the grass root in his hand into his mouth, and after only two bites, he spit it out: "Bah, it's so unpalatable!" ”
For a while, his mouth was full of bitter taste, and he was so angry that he threw all the roots on the ground and left with a scolding.
Until sunset, the family had not eaten a single thing, and there was not a drop of water, their legs were so heavy that they seemed to be filled with lead, and their strength to walk was almost gone, and they became very haggard.