Li Erlin was also puzzled, Zhang Yu and Chen Song were also confused, although they saw that the sack was filled with white rice, they didn't see much joy.

It's so abnormal, so abnormal that they even wonder if this half sack of polished rice is drugged.

It's not that they don't believe in the good-hearted landlords, but after all, they have only heard of them and never seen them, and they don't believe that such good luck will befall them.

"It's white rice!" Xiao Ruyi saw the white rice in the sack, exclaimed, raised her little head and looked at Li Erlin, her bright eyes sparkling, "Dad, do we have white rice to eat?" ”

In these years, the people eat brown rice, that is, the outermost layer of chaff is licked out of the grain, and there is a layer of light yellow rice wrapped in the husk, which does not taste very good for Li Ping'an, so sometimes he will use his private money to buy some expensive refined white rice back, but he does not often buy it, he heard his grandparents say in his previous life that he is easy to get sick if he eats too much refined white rice, such as weakness and weakness, mouth ulcers, etc.

As for whether it's true or not, he doesn't know, but he would rather believe it, anyway, in his life, the current conditions at home are not enough to support a meal of white rice every three or five days. The rice made of refined white rice is soft and glutinous, and Xiao Ruyi likes it, so even though she has only eaten it a few times, it does not affect her impress.

Now that she sees this half bag of white rice, she can't help but miss the deliciousness of white rice.

It's a pity that her expectations were disappointed, Li Erlin shook his head and smiled: "Let's not eat white rice first, and then we'll talk about it when the brown rice is finished." ”

It's not easy to refuse to accept it, but whether to eat it or not, and when to eat it, they can still make their own decisions. When the others heard Li Erlin's words, they had no opinions, although they felt that there was nothing worth making a big deal to do, but in this chaotic world, it was better to be careful.

Xiao Ruyi was extremely disappointed, but she didn't make a noise, but when she drank the rice soup cooked from brown rice at night, she asked Li Ping'an aggrievedly: "Cauldron, how long do we have to go?" ”

She missed her life at home so much, she ate dry rice every meal, and she could ask for a piece of sweet starch candy from the cauldron every once in a while, as well as delicious snacks, and she was never hungry.

Unlike now, when she is hungry for nine meals in three days, she is not cute! Before, many people liked to pinch her face, she was always angry, but now except for the occasional pinch of the cauldron, no one else pinchs it anymore.

Li Ping'an made a rough calculation, "It's coming, it will take half a month at most." ”

From Huzhou to Yuezhou, there are two states in between, and they can enter the boundary of the next state after walking for two days, and they will be Yuezhou through it.

It's not that I don't know, Li Ping'an was scared, it turned out that Huzhou and Qizhou, where they are now, are not small, and it has taken them more than half a month to get here.

The farther south they went, the lighter the damage became, and the local government also sent officials and strong men to guide and watch over the victims, so that they would not cause chaos in their lands. Although the city gate is still closed and there is no intention to intercept the victims, it is still possible to manage a bite to eat, which can be regarded as the end of the exile days of the disaster victims.

The farmland is no longer washed away and destroyed, and the grass heads are stuck in the wet mud, telling the victims who have fled south that they have experienced a harvest not long ago.

In the evening, the smoke of those villages made the victims yearn for it, and they seemed to smell the fragrance of rice from a long distance, as if they saw the scene of a warm reunion of a family in a thatched house or wooden house.

For a time, many victims of the disaster, whose families were ruined and who sold their children, either hid their faces, beat their chests on the ground, and wept bitterly.

More and more disaster victims are unwilling to continue to go, just outside the county towns where these soup kitchens are given, and those county orders do not drive these disaster victims, they cannot accommodate these disaster victims, but they can intercept a part of the evaluation of the officials is also a plus, just wait for the imperial court to mobilize food to send, these disaster victims can be repatriated to their hometowns, and their merits will be recorded.

Li Ping'an and his party continued to go south, and Chen Song, who originally planned to find a county seat to stay in and go back to Xiaochen Village, and another family also changed their minds and remained in the team, as for the reason, no one else knows.

Mr. Wang's convoy still followed them slowly, and when they settled in the evening, they would still be next to them, and they would send them half a bag of refined white rice every other day or two.

Li Ping'an was quite puzzled, what were they trying to do? He couldn't figure out what they were worthy of such care from Master Wang?

Li Erlin and the others also gradually let down their vigilance, only to feel that they had good luck against the sky and really met a good person. Xiao Ruyi also got her wish and ate delicious white rice porridge, the little girl was in a beautiful mood, and she hummed Li Ping'an's usual tone to put her to sleep.

Looking at the happy appearance of his younger brothers and sisters, Li Ping'an recorded this kindness of Master Wang in his heart. He had already figured out how to repay them, and maybe he could get some connections with them and find a backer for himself.

Due to the decrease in the number of displaced people on the road, Li Ping'an and his next steps were much faster, and in less than ten days, they finally stepped into the boundary of Yuezhou.

Li Erlin's hometown is in Mingxia County, west of Yuezhou, and the state city where Master Wang wants to go still needs to go south.

On the night before they separated, when they settled, Li Erlin had the courage to go to say goodbye to Master Wang, and finally saw Master Wang's appearance clearly.

Hearing Li Erlin's intention, Master Wang was stunned for a moment, "Didn't you go to the state city?" I thought you were going to the state city. ”

Li Erlin chuckled in his heart, quietly glanced at Master Wang, and explained: "I originally fled from Yuezhou to Huzhou, and this time I went south to escape the famine, just to return to my homeland. ”

"That's right." Master Wang suddenly realized, and then asked enthusiastically, "Far from it?" Do you need us to send you there? Do you have money to live in? ”

Li Erlin was completely stunned, what was going on? Before, my peers could still explain, after all, the destinations on a large scale are the same, but now they are obviously different roads, why does Master Wang still want to take a detour? And listen to what Master Wang meant, it seems that if they don't have money, he will give them money?

Master Wang smiled and asked, "Aren't you confused?" ”

Li Erlin nodded silently.

"That Jiale shouldn't have told you, before leaving Fuping County, we were actually infected with the plague, it was a Taoist who saved our family, the Taoist learned that we planned to flee south, and before leaving, he painted a portrait, it was a little girl, and said that if we saw her, take care of one or two more, it would be a reward for saving his life."

Master Wang looked up at Xiao Chen Village's team, his eyes locked on Cao Ya's body, "Jia Le also found out by accident, that little girl is in your team." ”

On the side, Steward Wang unfolded a portrait, Li Erlin looked over and recognized it as the child at a glance.

Tsk, that long painting is too good, isn't it?