After a while, Ah Chang was sent back to reply, so as not to worry them: "Master and Master Xiao are still inquiring carefully with people, so let's wait with peace of mind and don't panic." ”

Mrs. Xiao panicked when she heard this, and looked around: "Then let's go find some wild vegetables and firewood?" ”

She was running out of food in her hands, and she dreamed that she was eating Guanyin soil, and that day was really miserable.

Xiao Xiao looked back, and at this moment, there were more than a dozen ox carts and mule carts lined up behind them, followed by many people.

There are old people who use branches as crutches, and more ordinary people pushing wheelbarrows or two-wheeled carts, and their faces are full of wind and frost.

But what made her uneasy was that there were also strong men mixed in, and they only carried a small package on their backs, which could not hide their fierceness.

If all the soldiers who came to inquire about the situation in ordinary clothes were better, I was afraid that they would be bandits.

"Grandmother," Xiao Xiao motioned for her to look behind her, and said in a low voice, "Let's stop moving around for now, and wait for Dad to come back." ”

Now everyone doesn't dare to mess around, because there are officials guarding a few feet away.

But if you go far away, it's too late to shout for help even if you are in danger.

Besides, the current official is not a police uncle, and when he hears someone shouting for help, he is afraid that he will treat it as if he didn't hear it.

Old woman Xiao gasped and lowered her voice: "Mother, so many people have come in a while?" ”

"Everyone be vigilant," Old Man Xiao also frowned, and whispered to everyone with a serious expression: "Don't leave your car." ”

Along the way, they have seen several times that there are refugees who have fled to bully the more and less to grab the food and go away.

The refugees who were knocked to the ground could only fall to the ground and cry in despair, praying to take them with them when they saw them.

The most the Xiao family can do is to leave them some salt, or a handful of rice, and they will never dare to take them with them.

Not only was they afraid that they would wait for everyone to rest at night, and secretly snatch the mule cart and run away, but also because there were three mule carts and a carriage, which carried them just right, and no more would be enough.

There were also refugees who saw their line like hungry wolves saw meat, but they all showed their swords and made them stop.

This is also because the other party is only a rabble of twenty or thirty people, and if there are more people on the other side, it may be a vicious battle to the death.

Anyway, in the past two days, everyone tried to avoid people, and the convoys that met by chance only exchanged news with each other, and no one dared to go together.

Now that Old Man Xiao mentioned it, everyone subconsciously gathered around the mule carts of each family, and the mule carts had knives and sticks, in case someone dared to snatch the carriage and mule cart, they could also resist it.

The mule cart has all of everyone's belongings, and it is too important for everyone, for fear that those people will have their eyes on their mules and horses.

Xiao Xiao also helped his grandmother get into the mule cart: "You sit and rest first, think about what we want to buy when we go in?" ”

"You don't know the difficulties of being in charge!" Xiao Lao Niang habitually complained to her granddaughter: "Our family of 12 people, if we have three meals of rice a day, we will get at least more than ten catties of rice." ”

"The most important thing is to buy rice noodles, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, we only have a jar of salt left now, and nothing else."

"There are also two mules who only eat grass these days, and they have lost a lot of weight, and they have to walk slowly, and they have to buy some wheat bran, bean cakes, and rice bran to replenish them."

"This time, we need to buy more rice bran, in case there is a shortage of food, we can make do with it..."

Xiao Xiao was not happy when he heard this, they didn't have no money, why did they fall into the share of grabbing rations with mules.

It is true that along the way, there are people who have fled and can only eat bran and wild vegetables, but she feels that she cannot be worse than now.

She firmly believes that in order to live well, people must have their own skills.

When she has practiced archery, the tiger will not dare to be delusional, the wild boar will not dare to hope, and the hare and pheasant can still think about it, right?

She is also very glad that it is summer, and there are many wild vegetables and fruits to fill her stomach.

If you flee in winter, it will be really miserable, there are few wild vegetables to eat outside, and most of the wild beasts hibernate.

If you encounter a tiger wolf that does not hibernate, it will be even worse, and nine times out of ten it will become the prey that will be automatically sent to the door.

Half an hour later, Xiao Youfu came back with Master Wu.

Xiao Youfu's tone pretended to be relaxed: "In the past, there was chaos at the city gate, and the city gate would be closed, but now the city gate has been opened, we have a household registration guide, and we can enter with some silver." ”

Mrs. Xiao, who was most concerned about money, instantly grasped the key point in her son's words: "How much do you have to pay if you go in alone?" ”

In the past, they didn't have to pay money to go to town from their hometown.

But if you enter the county seat, that person has to pay five yuan, and the carriage and mule cart are more expensive, and you have to pay ten yuan.

Therefore, Mrs. Xiao had already taken out her purse and was ready to count the copper coins.

Xiao Youfu sighed: "Now one person has to pay one or two pieces of silver, and another mule cart also needs one." ”

Even he felt that the toll was too expensive, and he could understand why the displaced people had rioted in the past.

If you don't have money, you will starve to death if you can't get by, so you can only fight with your life.

"What did you say?" Mrs. Xiao's eyes widened in shock, suspecting that she had misheard: "One or two pieces of silver alone?" ”

Seeing her son nodding, she was almost out of breath and patted her chest hard: "This is a human life!" ”

Although I have this money at home, I am really distressed.

Xiao Xiao thought more: "I'm afraid that the prices inside will also rise outrageously." ”

She felt that the adults in charge were too ruthless to loot the silver.

She originally thought that her sixty taels of windfall could buy a lot of rice and grain, but now she felt that she was still ready to borrow a sum of silver from the Wu family.

Xiao Youfu glanced at his youngest daughter again, and felt that his youngest daughter's smart temperament was like himself, and she could think of these things so quickly.

It's a shame to say that on the way back, he was stuffed with a hundred taels of silver tickets by Master Wu, and he reacted only after listening to what Master Wu said.

"Don't worry about the money," Xiao Youfu looked around vigilantly before he said in a low voice: "Lao Wu borrowed me fifty taels of silver, let's go in first." ”

In fact, he was also afraid of another riot, and he was also afraid of robbers.

They inquired about this, they were lucky, they didn't meet murderous bandits on the way, they heard that there were mountain bandits near here, and they were bold enough to come to the city gate to rob and kidnap people.

Like now, the city gate is full of people who want to enter, if the mountain bandits come, and wait for the messengers inside to come to the rescue, the mountain bandits here can grab a few and run away.

Old Man Xiao also frowned and sighed: "In the future, I will take more care of the Wu family, now that I have helped them, when we get to the place, we have a lot of things to ask for help!" ”

Xiao Yougui is an honest man, and he responded with a bitter face: "Hey, after borrowing so much silver, when will we be able to pay off the debt?" ”