Wu, who had just washed the dishes and chopsticks, wiped his wet hands on the hem of his clothes very casually, and when he came over, he heard his youngest son's words, and angrily stepped forward and grabbed his ear and scolded: "You little rabbit cub, you don't even want your father and mother to eat, the old lady hurts you in vain." ”

"Oops, it hurts," Xiao Sanlang cleverly asked Xiao's wife for help: "Grandmother, aunt, sister, save me, my mother beat me again." ”

Not to mention, Xiao Saburo made such a fuss, and the atmosphere was much better.

After a while, Xiao Youfu and the others trotted back, and greeted with a solemn expression: "It's not good, hurry as soon as possible!" ”

After saying that, they didn't even have time to eat the lunch specially left for them, so they cleaned up first, and started to hurry again with the mule cart.

Xiao Xiao noticed that he didn't take the official road this time, but walked on another path.

Although the official road is also a loess road, it is finally tamped, not as bumpy as the trail.

Xiao Xiao simply lifted the rough gray curtain, poked his head out and asked Xiao Youfu, who was sitting on the wheel to catch the car: "Dad, what's wrong?" ”

Xiao Youfu wiped the cold sweat on his face, hesitated for a while, and then said with difficulty: "Fortunately, we didn't go in directly..."

When he was about to get to the town, he had an upset stomach, so he asked them to wait on the side, and found a secluded place to squat.

Unexpectedly, I inadvertently saw a few people arguing, among them said that Huining County has now been taken over by the generals under King Cheng, and if they go in, they will definitely have no return.

Now it is not only the king of Annan who is recruiting troops everywhere, but even the king of Sanxiang is secretly crossing the border, asking his subordinates to recruit troops and horses here, and by the way, they are scavenging money and food.

Knowing that the people are now fleeing at home, they simply let people ambush on the official road.

Those who fled at home must have brought all their belongings with them, and if they were caught, it would be considered a gain for both people and money.

If Xiao Youfu is not tired, then maybe he is really willing to be a soldier, can mix food and clothing, maybe with his own skills, he can still be a hundred households?

But now there are old and young, and he doesn't want to be arrested and sent to be a soldier.

What's more, in order to reward the soldiers, there is a red tent in the camp.

He glanced at his little daughter, even if she was wearing the gray shirt that Da Lang had patched and washed before, she was still fair-skinned, and her eyebrows and eyes were delicate: "Don't be lazy, beckon your sisters to get out of the car and run for a while." ”

Before, he saw that his daughter-in-law and daughter were not tanned, and he was very happy.

Now he would rather they all get tanned and not look outstanding, and he would feel more at ease.

Xiao Xiao silently looked at the big sun hanging in the middle, but still retracted his head and lowered the curtain, as if he hadn't heard him.

It's the hottest time of the day, at least 30 degrees, how much does she have to think about it before she gets out of the car and runs?

Besides, now that she is out of the house, it is inconvenient to take a bath, and it is even more inconvenient to wash her hair, she really doesn't want to be covered in sweat.

It's better to exercise in the morning and evening.

Inside, the Liu family and the two daughters also kept their ears open to listen to them, and when they saw Xiao Xiao shrinking back, Xiao Lian couldn't help but find fault: "Didn't you hear what my father said?" Why don't you hurry down? ”

Xiao Xiaocai was not afraid of her, but took her hand and showed no weakness: "Dad also said, let the second sister go with me to run?" ”

"Okay, let's take advantage of the moment to rest, and when it's cooler, let's all go down for a walk, and by the way, we can pick some wild vegetables." Xiao Wei is used to the two younger sisters below, and they have to scold each other dozens of times every day.

Let her go from nervousness at the beginning to indifference now.

No, it should be said that I can watch the excitement very calmly now.

Xiao Xiao leaned over to Liu's side and asked in a low voice, "Mother, will Dad get lost?" ”

Liu Shi was also worried: "Your father has never been far away, and he has a long mouth under his nose, so he can only ask all the way." ”

Now in addition to the official road, there are not many major roads, but small roads intersect.

But they had horse-drawn carts and mule carts, so they had to take the main road.

This time, Xiao Youfu didn't care about the distressed mule, and flicked a few whips, forcing the mule to run away for more than two hours, but he still couldn't go to the village and the store, and finally saw a small river, so he stopped to prepare for dinner and spent the night.

This is also the first time he has led the way, and when they rest, the three cars behind them are still a long way away?

Xiao Youfu unloaded the mule cart first, and led the mule to the river to drink water and graze.

Liu took the opportunity to find a hidden place with his daughters to solve the three emergencies, and then began to look for wild vegetables with a bamboo basket on his back, and by the way, he saw if there would be any danger in the place where he was going to stay overnight.

Thankfully, the summer sun goes down late.

Even though it was approaching the end of the unitary period, the sun still stubbornly left its afterglow.

The chariots and horses behind also came one after another, some cutting grass and chopping wood, some making fires and cooking rice, and some talking together.

Xiao Xiao also took the opportunity to lean over and listen to his father and Master Wu.

"I'm not familiar with this side of the road!" Xiao Youfu is very single: "Now the official road can't go, so we can only go anywhere." ”

Master Wu, who was born with a three-point smile, could not hide his sorrow at this moment: "I went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang more than ten years ago, but I took the official road. ”

"Now we can only go all the way and inquire all the way."

Old Man Xiao asked him: "It is said that we have been walking for six days, so we should be in Jiangsu and Zhejiang soon, right?" ”

Master Wu panicked, and said that he had only walked once more than ten years ago, and now he had no idea about the journey, but he could only touch his chin and pretend to be calm: "I've already walked half the way, right?" ”

Xiao Yougui, who had been silent, finally spoke: "If we are only halfway away, if there is no place to buy rice and grain, then our family's food will not be enough, and the miscellaneous grains for mules will be gone." ”

At this time, even Master Wu was worried.

He originally thought that he had brought five or six hundred catties of grain, as well as six hams, and some cured meat, which was enough to chew all the way.

Therefore, at first, he was very reluctant, not only to send some to the Xiao family, but also to those fake officials at the post station.

Of course, after that, those grains and bacon were cheaper for the Xiao family.

In addition, there is food for nine of their own people, and the mules and horses are also not bad, so they also have to spend twenty or thirty catties of grain every day.

So much so that now they only have about 200 catties of grain.

Now there is a long road ahead, and he is panicked.

But no matter what, he didn't dare to offend the Xiao family at this moment, for fear that he would not be generous, so they would simply rob it.

And this desolate and uninhabited place will not worry about how to destroy the corpses.

Therefore, Master Wu immediately said with a straight face: "Thanks to your protection this way, we can be safe, you don't have enough to eat, just come to us to get it." ”

"Even if it's all eaten, let's figure out another way."

"Maybe you'll be able to pass through a normal town next time?"

"If you are polite to me, you don't treat me as a brother."