A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

Chapter 85
"Father, are you back?"

As soon as Li San'er stepped into the gate, before entering the room, a little girl with braids and a floral skirt greeted her.

He rushed towards Li San'er in a daze.

Behind her, a boy who was about eight years old, holding a boy who was about one or two years old in his arms, also hurriedly followed.

"Girl, do you miss Daddy?"

Li San'er picked up the girl, pinched her nose lightly with his hands, then looked at the boy holding the baby behind her, and said with a smile: "Go, let's go into the house with daddy."

Li Yongqing is the eldest son of Li San'er, at first he was a little happy when he heard that his father was back, but after seeing his father's appearance clearly, this joy turned into worry.

The father and son entered the house, Li San'er put the little girl down, and stretched out his hand to pick up the little girl in his son's hand.

Teased: "Brother Feng misses Daddy?"

"Father, father, I think" Not counting the one in the womb of the daughter-in-law Fen'er, Li Yongfeng is Li San'er's youngest son. He was just two years old, and he was just learning to speak and couldn't speak clearly. He met Li San'er. Son, is also happy to clap your hands.

After teasing his daughter and his son, Li San'er finally regained his energy, and after all, he had traveled for several days, tired and hungry, so he didn't have any energy left.

"Yan'er, brother Feng, come on, go to the yard with brother to play, daddy is tired, let daddy have a rest, okay?"

Li Yongqing keenly noticed his father's exhaustion and coaxed his younger siblings out.

Fen'er made a bowl of water in the stove, took two steamed buns into the room, and put them on the table.

Li San'er wiped his hands with a handkerchief and sat down at the table to eat. He ate quickly and hurriedly. He never thought that he would be hungry one day. With some money, it is impossible to make the family rich and powerful, but it is barely enough to live frugally.

Seeing that he was eating anxiously, Fen'er who was sitting next to him hesitated to speak.

"What's the matter? He hesitated just now?"

Fen'er looked embarrassed, and said: "You eat first, and we can talk after eating."

Li San'er didn't know why, so he quickly put the steamed buns in his mouth into his mouth, swallowed a few mouthfuls, put away the bowl, and the couple sat on the bed. He held Fen'er's hand and sighed: "Fen'er, I'm not at home." Thank you for your hard work"

She was pregnant and had to take care of a few children, and he was busy with work outside the house. It was only because of her that he could have a family.

Especially this time, he almost couldn't come back.

"I didn't work hard, it was you who suffered a great crime." Fen'er shook her head, held Li San'er's hand, and carefully stroked his face. I haven't seen him in just a few days, but he lost a lot of weight. I also know that going out this time must have suffered a great crime.

"I've suffered a bit." Li San'er murmured, then comforted with a smile: "But it's okay, didn't I come back safely?"

After finishing speaking, seeing that Fen'er was still frowning, she couldn't help asking: "I just saw that you were very preoccupied. What happened during the days when I was away?"

Fen'er got the news earlier and wanted to send a message to Li San'er, but he was on a business trip and riding a horse, so he didn't have a fixed place, so even if he wanted to send a message, he couldn't do anything about it. Now that he's back, she'll have it right away. Backbone, I didn't want to disturb him to eat before, but when I heard him ask, I couldn't hold back anymore, and said all the things hidden in my heart.

"Shortly after you left, the water level of the wells in the county dropped, and the water level of our well also dropped a lot. The county magistrate ordered people to dig wells in various places in the county, but no water came out."

"Within two days, the grain shops in the county were closed one after another, and the price of grain rose from [-] Wen a catty to [-] Wen a catty. I was pregnant with my child, but I couldn't get any food from the grain shops. I can only buy some steamed buns for storage, and now there are no grain stores in the city, and the steamed buns I bought are about to go bad.”

"The food at home is less than ten catties. Although there is still some money, there is no way to buy food."

"A lot of people in the city have moved out. The head of the house, do you think we should move out too?"

Fen'er has been flustered these days. She is pregnant and her mind is more sensitive than usual. Now that her neighbors are planning to leave Wu County to join relatives, she can't help but panic.

It's just that Li San'er is a head catcher in the yamen, and he doesn't know if moving is possible.

As soon as she finished speaking, she looked at Li San'er tightly with her eyes.

Li San'er's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't rush to answer her. He went to the mouth of the well in the backyard and fetched water into it with a bucket.

A bucket of water was put down, but only half of the bucket was lifted, and there was still a lot of sand mixed in it.

After driving outside for a few days, no one knows better than him what the current weather is like. Should he continue to stay in the county town and be his arrester?Or according to what Bai Xia and the others said, submit to them?
He stood there, struggling inwardly.

"Father, are we going to move?" Li Yongqing looked at Li San'er by the well and asked softly.

Li San'er suddenly turned to look at him, it turned out that when Fen'er was talking to Li San'er just now, he was eavesdropping outside the door, knowing that his family ran out of food, he couldn't help but worry.

Seeing his son, Li San'er was hesitant at first, but instantly decided to move.

Wu County is no longer a place to stay for a long time.

Having made up his mind, he went back to the room and told Fen'er.

The couple got busy, and the eldest son Li Yongqing also helped to pack things. It's not dark yet, so hurry up and get out of the city before the city gate closes.

The whole family packed up a cart and left before dark.

As soon as he went out, he met Liang You who came over. He also pushed a cart, and his blind old mother was sitting in the cart. He was about to call Li San'er's house when he saw them come out.

"Where's Xu Cai?"

"head"

As soon as Li San'er asked, he saw Xu Cai came from the side with his wife. The two of them each carried a pannier, and they didn't bring anything else, obviously they were planning to go out of the city.

If they were still a little hesitant when they returned to Wu County, they felt that they shouldn't listen to the nonsense of those two little dolls, but after returning to Wu County and hearing about the situation in the city, they had a premonition that they could no longer stay here.

The three came back quietly, only one Shunzi knew.

Shunzi didn't know that they didn't go to the county government to report back, so the three families joined together and mixed with the people who left the city, and they left the city easily.

Out of the city, the three families followed the people out of the city, and finally they separated at the fork in the road. The people out of the city walked in other directions, but the three families walked in the direction of Ganzhou.

Li San'er's daughter and youngest son were sitting in the car, the eldest son Li Yongqing and his wife Fen'er were beside him, Liang You was pushing his old mother beside him, Xu Cai and his wife were walking behind the two families.

"Boss, there are many people who are also going in the same direction as us"

"It seems that there are quite a few people, so nothing will happen?"

Xu Cai turned around and glanced behind him, there were probably six or seven families with them, they had been with them since they left the city, and they were also dragging their families along.

(End of this chapter)