Along the way, An Chuxia already knew that Si Heng was going to the northern border of Hebei, and they were going to go separately here.

Originally, Si Heng wanted to send someone to send them to Wei County, but An Chuxia refused, "This is not far from Wei County, where we are going, and I can't get to the county government today... It should be there tomorrow morning, so there is no need to trouble Si Gongzi. ”

"Oh well! Pay attention to safety all the way next, we will have a date later! ”

Si Heng said goodbye to An Chuxia and Zuo Wang, then turned around and rode on the back of the horse in a dashing manner, and galloped away with dozens of people behind him, leaving only a burst of dust flying around and scattered in the wind.

Liu Xue, who was sitting in the carriage, never came out, but when Si Heng led people away, he looked at his departing back from the carriage window with stupid eyes.

thought that this man was really a decent gentleman, she was such a beautiful lady and sent it to the door automatically, and he couldn't bear to hurt himself.

At first, he was sad about this, and when he figured it out, he knew his hard conscience, but Liu Xue was embarrassed to see Si Heng when it happened.

An Chuxia glanced at the carriage made by Liu Xue before getting into the carriage, glanced at it meaninglessly, re-got into the carriage he was riding, and began to head towards their destination.

The carriage entered the jurisdiction of Wei County in the afternoon, and An Chuxia couldn't help but shrink her eyes when she looked at it, the crops in the field had been harvested, which was nothing to surprise her.

It's just that the villages I saw along the way were all low mud-walled thatched houses, and there was not even a single house with a roof tiled roof and slightly better conditions.

Occasionally, I met some people on the road, who were also ragged, skinny, and numb in their eyes, and the people who watched were shocked.

An Chuxia asked Xiaoxi to stop the carriage, turned back to Zuowang and said, "You lead them to the tea shed in front to rest for a while, and Zixi and I will go to the village not far next to you to have a look." ”

Zuo Wang looked at the tea shed not far from the roadside in front of him, nodded and said, "My lords wait here for a while, and I will send them to the tea shed in front to accompany you."

In some places, villages are very reluctant to outsiders, so it is better for us to be cautious when we first arrive. ”

An Chuxia thought about it and felt that what Zuo Wang said made sense, so she agreed with his statement and waited for him.

Zuo Wang took the lead in driving the carriage to take Liu Xiang and Liu Xue, as well as Wu Pozi, mother and son to the tea shed to rest, and let the tall and rough Da Zhuang watch the carriage and wait for them to come back.

Da Zhuang nodded awkwardly, and said in a voice like Hong Zhong's chest: "I will take care of them... Watch the carriage! ”

Zuo Wang patted his big and thick arm, turned around and walked quickly to An Chuxia's carriage, and jumped next to An Zixi.

A few people drove the carriage down the avenue and along the country road towards a village not far away.

As soon as An Chuxia and they drove the carriage to the head of the village, there was a group of curious children following behind their carriage, and An Chuxia lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw the children following behind, all of whom were very thin.

Even some of the faces are skinny and protruding, and the small eyes have sunken in, which is already thin skinny and bone-in-one.

Some children are so thin that when chasing the carriage, their legs are weak and they will fall every few steps.

An Chuxia asked Zixi to stop the carriage and let her get off the carriage, and at this time, some villagers had already heard the movement and came out of the house.

When these villagers saw the carriage, they obviously showed some fear and timidity, and they only watched from a distance and did not dare to approach.

An Chuxia saw that both adults and children here were ragged, their bodies were thin, and the clothes they were wearing were patches and patches, and she couldn't help but feel sour in her heart.

An Chuxia walked up to a woman who was also skinny and slender standing in the fence courtyard, and asked in a soft voice, "Sister-in-law, can we ask for a bowl of water to drink when we pass through here?" ”

The thin woman saw that it was a woman with her hair tied up to ask her for water, her nervous spirit relaxed a little, and she nodded cautiously and said, "You wait here for a while, I'll bring it to you." ”

At this time, a few children gathered around them not far away, looking at An Chuxia and them curiously.

An Chuxia looked at these skinny children, and couldn't bear it, so she asked Zixi to take out the pastries they ate on the road and distribute them to the seven or eight children here.

At first, these children were too timid to take it, until a bold child couldn't resist the temptation of pastries, and walked up to An Chuxia with a smile on his face.

took the pastry in her hand and put it in her mouth to eat, and the other children couldn't help but take it one after another, and Zuo Wang and Zixi handed them the pastry.

The children in the village rarely ate such a good pastry, and they chewed it in their mouths for a long time before swallowing it, and the soft and sweet taste made them extremely nostalgic.

When the woman who came out with the water saw An Chuxia and them, she took out the cakes and gave them to the children in the village, her eyes flashed, and she shouted, "Girl, the water is here." ”

An Chuxia walked over and looked at the gap bowl and took it without hesitation, and before Zixi could stop it, she had already gulped it down.

When the woman saw Android's bold appearance of drinking water in early summer, her impression of her became very good, and there was a slight smile on her thin face.

At this time, a dusty little boy ran over and handed the woman a piece of pastry that was still in his hand, "Mother, the pastry is delicious, and I left this piece for my sister." ”

The woman touched the little boy's head with water in her eyes, took the pastry he handed over, and said to An Chuxia: "Thank you, if it weren't for you and they were so big, they wouldn't even know what the pastry tasted like." ”

The woman's words made An Chuxia also feel astringent at the corners of her eyes, how poor this place is, and she doesn't even have the money to buy snacks for her children once a year.

An Chuxia saw that there was still a hint of defensiveness in the woman's eyes, and this reaction was normal, after all, they were strangers.

Seeing her like this, An Chuxia took back the idea of wanting to go in to understand the situation, and asked with a kind expression: "Sister-in-law, can you tell me where the village chief's family lives?" ”

The woman was first stunned by An Chuxia's question, and then thought that this was a daylight, and the village was full of people, and if it was a bad person, she wouldn't dare to ask for directions so blatantly to do bad things.

The woman pointed to the family at the head of the village, "It's the third family in the front row, do you have anything to do with the village chief?" ”

An Chuxia smiled and didn't answer, only asked Zixi to take a few more pastries to the woman, and heard the sound of a young child coming from the house, there should be a small child at home.

The woman was visibly pleased to accept the pastry, and called out to the little boy from home and asked him to show them the way.

The little boy took the last piece of cake from Zixi's hand and happily took it to the village chief's house, where several women on the way avoided them.

It wasn't until An Chuxia came to the courtyard of the village chief's house that he knew why he hadn't met the men of this village along the way.

It turned out that all of them had gathered in the courtyard of the village chief's house for a meeting, and they heard the conversation about paying taxes this year.

An Chuxia grabbed the child who was about to run into the yard and asked him to play elsewhere first. The little boy may have eaten the pastry they had given him, and obediently went to find a playmate not far away.

(End of chapter)