The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 83
Jingli and the others left the inn and hurried to Mayi County. Winter was coming and they had to buy more food to go back.

"How much? How much do you say per liter?"

Jing Dafu asked, squeezing the brown rice in his hand. Jing Li and Chef Fan also looked in disbelief.

The shopkeeper of Mihang ignored it and said: "I said 30 cents per liter, you can buy it if you like, don't delay my business."

Jing Dafu spat: "I won't buy it yet!"

I asked several grain and rice shops in succession and confirmed that it was grain that we could not afford.

Not only Chef Fan and others think that the price of food is a bit outrageous, but Jingli also thinks so, not to mention comparing with Qingzhou. In Qingzhou, it would be because of the war, the big families were hoarding food, so that the food grew like crazy, but this is four Isn't the prince's land a peaceful place?How could it be so outrageous?

A few people didn't know what was going on, so they could only buy some coarse grains and go back to deal with it. There was no other way. There were two hundred people who needed food and drink, which was not enough for a day.

When Jingli and the others left the city, they happened to miss a group of armored soldiers. The soldiers were galloping all the way to the county government office on horseback.

One of the guards talked to Guard Shen and the others about what happened in front of the city gate yesterday, and Jing Dafu was so angry that he cursed: "What a bastard, I'm lucky I'm not around, otherwise all of his teeth would be knocked out!"

Steward Wang, who had lost two front teeth, was also reporting yesterday's events to Mr. Wang. Yesterday Mr. Wang went to his concubine's natal village and came back at noon today. As soon as he came back, Steward Wang hurried forward to report.

"What? How dare you beat our Wang family members at the city gate? Doesn't he know whose land this Mayi belongs to?"

Mr. Wang had just changed into a satin robe and came out. Hearing this, he was so shocked that he even forgot to tie his belt.

The chief steward bent down: "No, that's what I thought too, it's just..."

Mr. Wang paused: "Just what?"

The chief steward pointed to the north and whispered: "Say it's related to that person!"

Mr. Wang placed the teacup in his hand heavily on the table: "Fart! You believe everything they say. Are you going back as you live? Who is that person? The prince doesn't pay attention to him when he sees him. Will he?" Are you related to the same group of refugees? Have you been kicked in the head?"

When the chief steward thought about it, he also felt that he had been fooled. At that time, he just felt that no one dared to follow that person, and Li Xunyin was helping him. He never thought about it at all, but now that he thinks about it, he feels that it is not the case.

He was so angry that he had blisters at the corners of his mouth. Yesterday, he paid a total of 480 and five taels of silver to go out. Damn it, nearly a hundred people beat eight people, and all of them were injured and had to pay compensation. Who would believe it?I don’t dare to say this to the master, otherwise I should slap his manager.

Mr. Wang was furious: "Where were those people assigned?"

The chief steward said obediently: "Well, I was busy yesterday, so I haven't had time to ask about it yet."

Mr. Wang was almost furious. For many years, no one had dared to slap the Wang family in the face. Now they actually asked a group of refugees to slap them in the face. The key is that the face was slapped by one of their own.

"Go, go to the county government office and ask where that group of people went. When they reach the Wang family's territory, even if he can go to heaven, I will have to break his wings."

The chief steward followed the order and went out. As soon as he reached the gate, he bumped into the young man who came to report the news. He was about to scold the young man, but thought about the third master in the back room and held it back.

The boy came in hurriedly: "Third Master, someone from the north has entered the county government office."

Mr. Wang was confused: "Oh? Are you sure it's from the north?"

Those coming from the north are the subordinates of King Changling. Although King Changling Tantai Lin and the fourth prince Tantai Yuheng live next to each other, they have always been in harmony with each other. Unless the Liao people invade, they will not send people from the north. .

"What are they doing here?" Mr. Wang asked hurriedly.

The boy hesitated and said, "I don't know very well. The yamen officer at the door told me that it was because of refugees or something. He didn't know very well. Mr. Li is receiving guests, so it's hard for me to inquire."

Mr. Wang paused for a moment, and then hurriedly ordered the boy: "Go, go quickly! Call the big steward back." Before the big steward could reach the county government office, he was chased back by the boy.

Inside the county government office, Li Weishan was talking to Chen Zhongyu, the patrol officer of King Changling.

"Is General Chen really here for yesterday's refugees?"

Chen Zhongyu clasped his fists: "That's true. Some of the refugees had a great debt to my prince. I hope Mr. Li will not make this matter public."

Li Weishan nodded: "I understand."

"It's just that I didn't know it was the prince's benefactor yesterday, so he was assigned to Lao Beishan. I will ask people to bring him back and resettle him."

Chen Zhongyu waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, no one dares to look for trouble. You don't need to worry too much about other things."

Jingli didn't know that Mr. Li had taken his name and returned with several carts of grain in large and small bags. If the owner of the oxcart who delivered the grain hadn't seen how happy this girl was with the money, he wouldn't have known how to travel to such a far away place. Come.

When we arrived at the foot of Laobei Mountain, it was already evening, and the red sun reflected on the water made the scenery extremely beautiful.

Among the several large tents, the men have built several thatched sheds, and the troughs for the livestock have also been prepared.

A high stack of firewood has been piled up in one of the thatched huts, and the men are still walking back carrying the trees.

The women brought back reeds from near the river, part of which was to be covered on the roof, and part of which was given to the old ladies to be woven into reed mats first.

Children chased and laughed in the sunset.

The large pots that were being prepared for dinner were already filled with smoke, and a picture of smoke and fire in the world came to mind.

At this moment, Jingli's heart felt inexplicably at peace. Since time traveling, the sense of isolation from this world seemed to be slowly disappearing.

When Mr. Jing saw the convoy returning, he hurriedly called for help in unloading the truck.

The food was quickly unloaded into the tent, and cheers came from outside.

Hunter Zhao, who had taken his people out for hunting, came back, followed by several guard brothers and a few boys who were all smiling.

Zhao Orion is an experienced hunter, and several of his guards are quite skilled. Naturally, this cooperation cannot be without words.

Aunt An and a few girls behind her were also smiling. The baskets on the girls' backs were full of things like mushrooms and fungus.

Xiao Su also took out a pack of golden wild persimmons and asked her mother-in-law, Widow Qin, to share them with the children.

The last ray of the setting sun disappeared into the water, and dinner was served beside the bonfire by the river.

Dinner was rabbit meat stewed in mushroom soup, and the men had whole-grain steamed buns, because they had to continue working after eating.

Women and children can just eat soup to fill their stomachs. Since they don't exert any effort, there is no need to eat too much.

However, Mrs. Ge quietly put a rabbit leg for Jingli. Jingli hurriedly refused to use it, and it was hard to say anything when Mrs. Ge glared at her.

Speaking of which, she really doesn’t need it. There is plenty of food in the space, so she is not lacking in nutrients.

Everyone held bowls and ate around the fire. Chef Fan sighed: "You didn't even wait for me to come back to get such a good thing. You ruined it."

(End of this chapter)