Farm widows have space, pick up a treasure on the way to escape

Chapter 24 The smell is quite strong

After thanking the officers and soldiers, the group entered the city. Because they were not sure whether Lu Guilan had left the city immediately, and Lu Daping's leg injury needed to be seen by a doctor first, the Lu family decided to stay in the city for a day to look for it first. .

As for Chengke and Chengyang, He Jiuniang knew that they were only protecting their family into the city as ordered by Mrs. Jiang. Now that they wanted to stay in the city, they naturally could not delay them, so after discussing with their families, He Jiuniang was responsible for saying goodbye to the two of them. .

The main reason is that the rest of the family is not very good at talking, and Mrs. Sun feels that He Jiuniang has performed very well during this period, so it is best for her to come forward, and others have no objections.

The entry fee for the two of them was paid by the Lu family together. Although they had money with them, the Lu family felt that they should not be stingy with such a small amount of money to protect them, so they gave it together.

"Thank you very much for the protection of the two young masters. It will be much safer after entering the city. Our family has decided to stay in the city for one day and will not delay the two young masters. You two young masters will treat me well. Thank you, madam."

He Jiuniang did a good job of etiquette and prepared dry food and two bamboo tubes of water for them. The sugar was still added. In this weather, it would not hurt to add some sugar water to the body.

After entering the city, there are also food and drink shops selling food and drink on the street, but after all, this is what their family wants.

"Madam, you are polite, so my two brothers accepted it."

Chengke made the decision to accept it, and He Jiu Niang took out a small porcelain bottle and said: "This is a blood-tonifying pill that calms the mind and replenishes energy. It is a good thing. It is useless for us rough guys to keep it. The bento is a thank you gift for the madam."

Chengke only hesitated for a moment before accepting it. He had heard Ling Xue talk about these small porcelain bottles from He Jiuniang. He had previously given his wife calming pills and anti-surge medicine. After she took them, the effect was indeed remarkable.

After bidding farewell to the two of them, the Lu family began to divide the work. Old man Lu said: "The boss and Fugui and a few other strong men will go to the grain store first and buy some food. The boss and Daping's family will go to the hospital to check for leg injuries. By the way, Buy some commonly used medicinal materials and prepare them. You don’t know what you will experience along the way, so you must be prepared in advance. The second son’s family and the third daughter-in-law searched around the city for the whereabouts of the Guilan family, and bought whatever they wanted. Buy some and take them with you; if the rest of you want to buy something, go and buy it. After buying, come back and wait here. If someone runs around and gets into trouble or disappears, our family won't care!"

The last sentence was mostly spoken to a few outsiders. Along the way, except for the Liu sisters who made a fuss once, the others didn't do anything bad and were still obeying the rules. However, Old Man Lu still wanted to be the first to say ugly things. If something happens later, don't look for trouble.

Several people knew that the Lu family was their only supporter, so naturally they didn't dare to say anything and kept nodding.

The three taels of silver per person previously distributed in the bandit's den were gone after the adults paid the city fee, but there was still one tael left for the children. People with children wanted to use the money to buy something, but they couldn't use it anymore. They borrowed everything from the Lu family, and they didn't owe them anything.

Those who don't have children want to sell some of their remaining grain. At the worst, they can eat one meal a day. After selling the money, they can buy other necessities. Anyway, they will be busy.

In the end, only Mr. Lu and his wife were left with a group of children waiting under the awning not far from the city gate. If nothing else happened, they planned to spend the night here tonight and leave the city early tomorrow morning.

The puppy had to follow He Jiuniang to death, and when he finally got a chance to act alone, He Jiuniang would not bring the small oil bottle, stuffed the baby into Sun's arms, turned around and left, and the puppy cried anxiously. She doesn't care either.

Sun's voice coaxing the child came from behind, and He Jiuniang smiled proudly and ran faster.

"Second brother and sister-in-law, you go to the east and north to search, and I'll go to the west and south. It's faster to search separately, otherwise the dog will make a fuss again if you get back late."

The second couple also thought this method was good, so they acted separately.

It's not that difficult to find a family in a city. Who knows whether they will leave or stay, and if they stay, where they will live.

Qianzhou City has also been hit by drought, but it is not as serious as Changzhou. In addition, there are many refugees outside the city, and there are no people on the streets, making it very depressed.He Jiuniang walked around, but found it boring and found nothing.

The prices of all the edible things in the city have increased. Even steamed buns without fillings cost two cents each. In the past, you could buy three for two cents.

Two pennies in this era is equivalent to one dollar in postmodern terms. A two-dollar steamed bun is expensive even to modern people, let alone in ancient times.

There are even government servants guarding the wells, and one penny is less than half a bucket of water. Compared with the post-modern [-] cents per ton of water, it is a sky-high price.

Even so, there was still a long queue at the well to buy water.

He Jiuniang didn't want to go there and join in the fun, but she suddenly remembered that Lu Guilan's family might come here to buy water, so she went to ask the Yamen servant for questioning.

"Go, go, if you want to buy water, line up at the back!"

When the yamen servant saw someone pushing forward, his temper suddenly got bad. He picked up a whip and wanted to hit the person.

He Jiuniang quickly grabbed the rope before her eyes, then took advantage of the chaos and stuffed a few copper coins into the hands of the Yamen servants, and said flatteringly: "Brother Yamen servants, don't be angry, I don't buy water, and I'm not here to jump in the queue. I just want to ask if you guys have seen each other." I passed by a butcher from Changzhou, who is quite strong, somewhat aggressive, and smells like pig, to buy water?"

The yamen servant was very angry at first, but after receiving the money, he thought about it seriously, but he really had no impression.

"How long has it been since the drought? There's no water for people to drink. How can anyone still have water to clean themselves up? Do you know who doesn't smell bad?"

At this point, the government officials' expressions became a little more ugly. They had been standing guard here under the bright sun, and they smelled worse than anyone else!

Other people in line also started to cheer, and He Jiuniang felt a little embarrassed when she thought that they could take a shower from time to time on the road.

"Hehehe, having said that, the smell of pigs is always different from the smell of humans. Or, have you ever seen anyone with a stronger smell?"

People who kill pigs all year round will inevitably have the smell on their bodies. In addition, people in this era don't like to take baths very much, so the smell is naturally intoxicating.

The yamen servant didn't say anything because he really couldn't remember it, but some people in the queue still had some impressions: "Looking at it this way, it seems like it really happened!"

He Jiuniang rushed to the man in an instant and looked at him eagerly.

That person: ...

Those who know are asking people, but those who don’t know think he is the piece of pork!
"Just yesterday, a little boy walked past me crying. The smell was quite strong. It seemed that the smell of raw pork was stronger. There were also a few flies following him..."

Speaking of that scene, everyone couldn't help but frown, it was really...

(End of this chapter)