There was no shortage of food on the way to escape, and the lucky lady was busy farming.

Chapter 36 For the sake of skewers

Yang Songlan had read the book and knew the words. She read the notice briefly and her heart dropped.

"Tang...Beautiful girl, could it be that I misidentified the word? Why did the Yang family suddenly become the culprits leading the refugees to cause chaos?"

There were so many people and so many eyes. Yang Songlan was worried about her identity and did not dare to speak directly. There was some worry hidden under her astonished expression.

Song Rutang didn't expect that just one night later, the situation would develop into what it is now. Seeing the notice, he didn't say much and turned around and left with Yang Songlan.

Yang Songlan calmed down and didn't let herself show anything in front of others. She just held Song Rutang's slightly trembling watch to reveal her uneasiness at the moment.

Song Rutang squeezed her hand and without saying anything, he led her to the alley behind Siri Inn.

Zhuang Mang is already waiting here.

Seeing Song Rutang coming, he hurriedly greeted her, pulled her inside, and said anxiously:

"My benefactor, it's bad, something happened to the Yang family!"

"I know, have you found out any information?"

When Song Rutang heard that this was what he said, she knew that he must have put in the effort and asked directly.

Zhuang Mang thought for a while and briefly stated the information he had found out:
"I heard from people that Anping County was experiencing a drought for a long time, and the magistrate concealed it for a long time before reporting it. Someone once saw disaster relief materials distributed by the court being sent to the county government at night, but there was no news after that.

They also said that there was at least three years' worth of grain in the county government warehouse, but the magistrate was unwilling to distribute it and secretly transported it to the rice shop and sold it at a high price. The floor of the magistrate's house was paved with jade, and even the dog raised by the magistrate's wife was there. Eat meat.

This time, the refugees wandered outside the wall for several days. They couldn't bear the hunger anymore and launched an attack on the city gate. The magistrate not only refused to release food, but also ordered the soldiers to light fire on the arrows. Some refugees secretly climbed out from the other side. When they came in, they were beaten to death by soldiers with sticks, and the residents of the city were also accidentally injured. Everyone complained, but the magistrate not only ignored him, but also told them to shut up, saying that if a senior official from the capital came to make an unannounced visit in a while, if If anyone leaks the news, his whole family will be skinned! "

"Unannounced visit?"

Song Rutang keenly grasped the key point and thought of a way to save the Yang family.

Zhuang Mang nodded, thinking about the news he heard from the beggar jailers, and thought of something useful:

"It must have been in the past few days. Last night, I heard a drunk jailer say on the road that the magistrate moved a cell to the Yang family yesterday and put them under strict supervision. They were blamed for leading the refugees to cause chaos. , Never let anything happen to them before the officials make an unannounced visit."

After hearing this, Song Rutang could roughly guess what the county magistrate was going to do to the Yang family.

It was nothing more than taking the blame for the war so that the magistrate could pluck it out.

I just don’t know what kind of character the officials from the capital are. If they are honest and honest, it’s okay. But if, like the county magistrate, the officials protect each other and condemn the Yang family to death, then they can only abandon the Yang family, change their names with Yang Songlan, and continue to escape.

"Can I ask when exactly the official will come?"

"I asked the brothers to guard the city gate without asking. Although there are many people fleeing the city these days, there must be some differences between officials and people."

Song Rutang thought about it for a while and decided to give it a try:
"You also go over. Remember, whenever someone comes into the city, you must find a way to lure them to Yangui Restaurant. I sell kebabs there. If this happens, I will treat you to salt-baked kebabs." "Yes." Well! Don’t worry, for the sake of those skewers, I will definitely be able to accomplish this for you!"

Zhuang Mang cheerfully called out to his brothers. When everyone heard that there were skewers to eat, they swept away their previous fatigue and went to the city gate to hunt for people with great energy.

Song Rutang comforted Yang Songlan and told her not to be so panicked. After her face returned to normal, he took her out of the alley.

The two of them walked side by side to the Yangui Restaurant. Unexpectedly, Xiaosi, the waiter at the Siri Inn who complained and was beaten, saw him and followed the two of them, and hid when they arrived at the place.

"Master, you are finally here. Without you, I really can't handle it alone."

The cook was extremely busy. When he saw Song Rutang coming, he hurriedly made room for her and handed her the main seat. He marinated the meat on the side and skewered another plate of meat that had just been marinated one by one.

After the fermentation of public opinion last night, this salt-baked skewers have become famous. People came early in the morning and lined up.

There has been a drought for a long time. Although the people of Anping County still have food in hand, they are saving food in order to have food for a long time in the future. They have also lived in poverty for a long time. At this time, a delicious kebab comes out. It was still meat skewers, so everyone took their money and ran out one by one to eat meat.

This scene is a bit like the state of people after the mask period was initially lifted.

While Song Rutang was grilling skewers, he looked at the pots of meat in the cook's hand with confusion.

"Where did the meat come from? I didn't see a butcher shop open on the road today."

The cook kept moving his hands, and he heard that Song Rutang was afraid that the stale meat would affect the taste, so he smiled and said:
"Don't worry, our shopkeeper's mother found a way to get this last night. It's guaranteed to be fresh. The shopkeeper even got a beating for this!"

Song Rutang couldn't help laughing, her gossip soul was burning, and she asked garrulously:
"For the 200 taels of silver?"

"Hey, Master, you are really amazing. You can even guess this. You don't know..."

The cook wanted to say more, but the waiter suddenly gave him an elbow. He felt a chill on the back of his neck. He suddenly had an ominous premonition. He looked back and saw Qin Yuming staring at him coldly and slapped him. Shivering, he quickly changed his words:

"How could our shopkeeper be so resourceful and still be beaten by his mother at such an old age? I don't know who spread these words. It slanders our shopkeeper's reputation. It's really abominable!"

Song Rutang chuckled. He didn't need to think about it to know that Qin Yuming was listening behind him and said with a smile:
"Yes, yes, it's really abominable."

Qin Yuming snorted coldly, feeling very resentful and unwilling to be acquainted with these two people. He glanced at Yang Songlan's leg injury, turned around and went into the house to boil eggs for her.

There are more and more people queuing up here, and they have already reached the intersection. Each one has dozens of skewers. It is too busy for one stove. The waiter can't help it, so he quickly goes to borrow a stove from another place and takes people with him. Three more ovens were brought over, and Song Rutang and the cook each managed two, which was barely enough.

Xiao Si hid in the dark and observed for a long time. After seeing the situation clearly, he sneaked back to the Ri Inn. When he entered, he was slapped by the shopkeeper. He ignored his anger and said anxiously:

"Yesterday, that young lady set up a stall in front of Yangui Restaurant, but many people went to buy it, and the money was put into their pockets. Shopkeeper, how about we go sell skewers too?"

(End of this chapter)