Chapter 19: The Treacherous Scheme Succeeds
Xia Qiyue took the purse, quietly took out a pound of rice from the space under the cover of the back basket, and then put the two children into the back basket on their backs.
Seeing this, the patriarch hurriedly waved his hand: "Okay, okay!" Let's hurry up! If you're lucky, you might even be able to have lunch when you get to the county seat! ”
The Zhuangzi in the north of Shanbei where they were located was too far away from the county seat, so there were not a few people fleeing the famine along the way, and they had already left first.
is also lucky, nothing major happened along the way, although the elderly and children can't stand it, but there are family members to support them.
The patriarch had spoken, and the lunch had worked, and nothing had happened for the rest of the journey.
Maybe it's because of a weak heart, the old man An stared at his old woman and didn't let her come out to make trouble, and he stayed away from her.
Liu Jiajia enthusiastically recognized Xia Qiyue as her sister, and the next road kept pestering her to walk with her.
Liu Jiajia and An Wang's family are women, although An Wang's is angry at this daughter-in-law's ignorance, but for the sake of her son and grandson, she has to take care of her all the way.
Therefore, I didn't go far along the way, Xia Qiyue mostly said a few words to An Wang's family, and then listened to Liu Jiajia's chatter, but there was not much response.
Although she knew that Liu Jiajia might be a personality distortion caused by a long-term lack of love, she still thought that she didn't have such a good personality, and if she could coax her to get along, it would be better to walk around not far away.
This is also for the sake of getting along with An Wang's family and helping himself everywhere, otherwise Xia Qiyue can't afford to provoke such a twisted heart and a pregnant woman.
The patriarch's Wangmei quenched his thirst, and everyone's speed was much faster.
It was not yet noon, and we arrived at the county seat.
However, the scene in front of him swallowed up the hopes of the people of Shanbei Zhuangzi.
Outside the city walls, there were countless refugees, crowded with people, and there was a lot of wailing.
But there was no movement at the city gates, and there were no soldiers on the walls.
Li Zheng asked everyone to stop some distance from the wall that surrounded the refugees.
This is not at all what the patriarch said, there can still be a stutter here, on the contrary, the county town does not even let people in.
"What now? The county can't get in, what are we going to do? ”
Panic sounded in the crowd, one after another, and the old and weak women and children who were already unassertive and cowardly collapsed.
"What can I do? The county magistrate doesn't care about us anymore, where else can we go? ”
And a woman took the lead, and many began to weep.
Xia Qiyue grabbed the hands of his younger brothers and sisters, and comforted the two children in the basket with a voice, but his eyes kept staring at the city gate.
She found that although the city gate was crowded, she could find that there was actually a vacant part of the main city gate, and there were officials guarding it, not one or two.
If there are more, you won't be able to see them, and there are too many people to hear anything.
"Alright, don't cry!" Li Zheng shouted with a headache, "If the county seat is not good, let's go to Fucheng, if Fucheng is not good, we will go to the capital, there is always a place to accommodate us!" ”
After speaking, he turned around and discussed with the patriarch.
Not long after, Li Zheng personally walked to the city gate, and when he came back, he told everyone about the situation at the city gate with a bad face.
"Don't worry, everyone, although it costs ten copper plates per person to enter the city, but fortunately, the county magistrate didn't give up on us, didn't he?" No matter how loud Li Zheng was, he couldn't shout so many people, but fortunately, everyone stopped and surrounded Li Zheng in the middle in order to hear the news.
"Lizheng, what do you mean by the county order not giving up on us?" There were some anxious people in the crowd, and they couldn't wait for Li Zheng to explain and asked loudly.
There are many teams like them, and most of the people who flee the famine come out as a team of clans or villages.
"Calm down! Listen to me! Li Zheng's voice was a little hoarse, and he waved his hand, "The lord at the gate of the city said, the county magistrate is raising donations from rich families in the city, and tomorrow will almost be able to give porridge to everyone and build a shed to settle down!" So all you have to do now is wait! Fortunately, we still have some dry food and water in our hands, and we can always get through it! ”
At this time, the women who broke down and cried also stopped, and everyone listened to Li Zheng's arrangement, and each took the family as a team, and sat down to rest in place.
Xia Qiyue didn't mean to be in a hurry to salute, nodded and gestured to Liu Jiajia's invitation to pull her together, and then her brain moved.
Ten copper plates for one person...... She has ten copper plates, exactly fifty copper plates...
But what excuse should she, a little woman with a child, have to go into the city when no one has jumped out to enter the city?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, put down the basket, let the two children come out to move their hands and feet, and then let the younger sister slowly shop the salute, and he pulled his son to whisper.
Soon, before Xia Jiu had time to lay out the salute, An Qingxuan suddenly collapsed in Xia Qiyue's arms.
"Xuan'er? Xuan'er, what's wrong with you? Xuan'er, wake up, what's wrong with you? ”
Xia Qiyue started his own performance, and his acting skills were superb, and he burst into tears, and soon shocked everyone in Lao An's family.
At the same time, An Qingke, Xia Jiujiu, Xia Xinghe was scared enough, his face was pale, and he shouted An Qingxuan's name, and An Qingke was even more out of breath.
Very good, this is what Xia Qiyue wants, it's nothing to be scared, the important thing is to enter the city.
At the same time, Li Zheng and the patriarch ran over, panting along with the old man An.
There was also an old woman behind her, scolding and scolding in her mouth, but it was not difficult to see on her face that she was a little worried.
"Uncle Patriarch, Uncle Lizheng, what should I do, Xuan'er, he suddenly fainted, no matter how much he shouted... Woooooo
Xia Qiyue sat on the ground with Xuan'er in his arms, crying and talking, but he didn't let people get close to him.
"Slut... What have you done to my grandson? ”
Li Zheng and the patriarch were anxious, but the old woman An who ran behind had already scolded.
"Uncle Anbang, why don't you let your aunt go back first! Don't mess around! ”
Li Zheng frowned, and he had a headache when he saw Mrs. An's hob meat.
Lao Antou is also worried about this grandson, although there is no shortage of grandsons in the family, there is only such a son who can join the army, he doesn't say it on his face, but he attaches importance to it in his heart.
Turning around and glaring at the past, Lao An's voice fell, but she still said, "Slut, my grandson is careful of your skin if something happens!" ”
Xia Qiyue didn't have time to care about so much at this time, he only looked at Li Zheng and the patriarch with tears in his eyes, but the hateful thing was that the entire Shanbei Zhuangzi didn't even have a barefoot doctor.
"Zichen's family, why don't you take the child into the city to have a look! There's a doctor in town! ”
The patriarch thought about it, there was no way at all except this, the child fainted, and the Zichen family didn't even let people touch the child, so that people couldn't check what was going on with the child.