The whole family travels with me

Chapter 1 Dilemma
The cold wind of late autumn carries the icy rain slowly soaking into the yellow sandy ground, and a few yellow mulberry leaves rustle down from the branches.

The gate of Pucheng on the border of Chen State was rarely opened wide. A group of carriages and horses entered the East Street from Dongyang Gate, passed through Pingkangfang, and stopped at the gate of the county government office. The common people setting up stalls only dared to glance at it from a distance, and did not dare to express their anger. one time.

The atmosphere in the city is tense, but the suburbs are peaceful and peaceful.

An old woman wearing patched coarse clothes and trousers was walking slowly in the field with a basket of thatch on her back. The rain was getting thicker and thicker. The old woman quickened her pace and entered a fenced yard. She threw the basket under the eaves and quickly put it away. The two dustpans that were drying on the fence rack were put into the stove room.

At this moment, a bright voice came from outside, "Meng Sangpo, why did you collect so much thatch today? It's not even enough for a roof!"

"It's not that you are unreliable! You didn't know how to come back to collect things when it rained. I almost lost so many herbs. If I didn't come back, our family would lose more than ten copper coins! You are a heartless and stinky girl!" Meng Sangpo! Coming out of the kitchen house, he nodded the visitor's head angrily.

As she spoke, she glanced behind the passers-by a few times and raised her eyelids, "Are you busy working blindly again today?"

Huang Ye sat down neatly on the threshold, pulled a basket of thatch to his side, and while working with his head down, he said casually: "It's not a waste of time, there are people coming from the city today."

The movements of Meng Sangpo's hands were stagnant, and her face looked a little ugly. "How many more people have been brought here?"

Huang Ye shook his head and looked up outside the fenced courtyard, his mind wandering, "The people who came are not exiled people, they are soldiers. They are probably noble people from somewhere."

Pucheng is on the frontier of Chen State, and [-]% of the people here were exiled. Some committed crimes themselves, and some were implicated by their families.

Pucheng does not support idlers. Those who commit crimes have to work as coolies or join the military camp as cannon fodder. The relatives who are implicated will be better off, but they must also make a living and contribute to Pucheng.

Old women like Meng Sangpo who cannot do other heavy work still have to pay a certain amount of cloth to the county government every month, men open up wasteland and farm land and pay grain, and children over five years old go to the county government every month. After receiving the task, you need to wait for the county government to arrange what to do.

Everyone was oppressed by the government and suffered terribly. They didn't dare to die, but they couldn't leave. They were suffering day after day.

When she heard that they were not exiled people, Meng Sangpo breathed a sigh of relief, and her whole body relaxed. "That's none of our business. You should do whatever you want, and don't join in the fun."

Huang Ye nodded, was silent for a moment, and said: "But there are many people here this time, and there are so many more mouths in the military camp. Maybe the county magistrate will put pressure on us again, so why does it have nothing to do with us?"

Meng Sangpo turned around, held on to the door frame and entered the main room, "That will happen in the future. If you really can't survive, you will starve to death, as long as you don't commit suicide."

Exiled people are regarded as sinners. Sinners have no right to take their own lives. Once they commit suicide because of their thoughts, all their relatives will be implicated. Even the bones of deceased relatives will be dug out and crushed to ashes. So no matter how hard life is, here is No one dared to think of committing suicide.

Huang Ye paused, lowered his head and continued working, "Meng Sangpo, do you think we have a chance to leave here?"

Meng Sangpo sat on the bamboo chair, her eyelids drooped, and she slowly opened her mouth, "Don't think about the things that you have and don't have. Unless you have made great achievements and been pardoned by the superiors, or you have fallen in the eyes of a noble person, and they are willing to give you a hand, don't think about it." If you want to get out of this hellish place, you’d better stop messing around with your little arms and legs!”

Huang Ye looked at his skinny eight-year-old body and was speechless.

I think back then she was the most noble eldest princess of the Yan Kingdom. She could get the wind or the rain, and she would do anything she could. Even if she died and was reborn in the 21st century, she would still be in a wealthy family, with no worries about food and clothing, and live a rich life. In the life of the eldest lady, who would have thought that a year ago she would inexplicably travel back in time and transform from the aloof eldest princess of Yan State into a fatherless and motherless orphan in the border town of Chen State.No, she can't just sit there and wait for death. She has to find a way to leave this hellish place. Now that she's back again, she can't let go of the people who killed her in her previous life!

Thinking of this, Huang Ye retracted his thoughts, sped up the movements of his hands, looked up at the gloomy sky, and turned to Meng Sangpo and said: "The weather is bad today. If it clears up tomorrow, I will repair the roof first and then go to the county government office." Find a job."

Meng Sangpo nodded almost imperceptibly, her eyes already closed.

Since the beginning of spring this year, Meng Sangpo's health has been getting worse day by day. Last year, she could deliver a month's worth of cloth in half a month. Now it takes a whole month to complete the task. If she continues like this, she probably won't survive. .

It would be okay if he died like this, but there is another perverted rule in Pucheng, that is, useless people must exert their last bit of value, either being taken away to test the medicine or used as bait to lure the enemy. No matter which one, they will be killed in the end. Not a good death.

Meng Sangpo was a good person. She wanted to be buried with her husband and son after her death. Huang Ye didn't want her to end up miserable.

When she finished tidying up the thatch, it was already dark, there was no funnel, no sun, and she didn't know the time. Seeing that Meng Sangpo had really fallen asleep, she went into the house and took a rough shirt that was mended so that the original color could not be seen and covered Meng Sangpo. Sang Po quickly lit the fire in the stove and cooked some bean porridge.

Although the family was extremely poor and she and Meng Sangpo couldn't make any money, fortunately they didn't have much to eat and could barely keep themselves fed.

After the bean porridge was cooked, Meng Sangpo almost slept.

Huang Ye called her to eat.

After finishing the meal, Meng Sangpo lit a brazier in the center of the main room and started weaving by the light of the fire. Huang Ye lay beside the brazier, covered with a quilt made of thatch. Dreamland.

Meng Sangpo was busy for a while, and when she got tired, she stopped and looked at the sleeping Huang Ye in trance, with tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

Early the next morning, when Huang Ye woke up, the brazier had already cooled down, and there was some noise in the stove, so she quickly got up.

There was an autumn rain and a cold. Today was obviously colder than yesterday. The clothes she and Meng Sangpo wore were not enough to keep out the cold. Last winter they relied on burning firewood to get through it. This year, Meng Sangpo's health is so bad that she has to find a way. Just get some thick jackets and come back.

"Why are you so absorbed in your thoughts? Come over and eat quickly."

Meng Sangpo's voice interrupted her thoughts.

Huang Ye shook his head and put on a heartless smile, "I'm wondering if I can get a job that's easy and save money today. If I have a chance, I'll go to the back mountain to have a look. It's best if I can earn a dozen or twenty. Copper plate, hahaha.”

Meng Sangpo rolled her eyes at her, "How dare you daydream even when you are awake! Eat quickly, and go to the county government office after eating to see how big a bowl you are capable of holding. Don't think about it all day long. Come back as soon as you are done. This The weather doesn't look good, I'm afraid it's going to rain again later, and the roof can be repaired in two days."

In Meng Sangpo's thoughts, Huang Ye picked up her backpack after breakfast. Before going out, she told Meng Sangpo: "I will repair the roof when I come back. You can weave well and rest when you are tired." , don’t worry.”

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