On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 22 Huining County

The three Wu brothers and sisters also followed them to pick up the leaks.

They weren't really looking for anything, they just wanted to take the opportunity to build a good relationship with Xiao Dalang and the others.

Nowadays, most of the inns are far away from the villages, so the small villages are seven or eight miles away from here. Nine boys and girls walked over talking all the way, looking like they were going out for a spring outing.

"Look at the fish in the river here?" Xiao Sanlang, who was looking around, pointed at the small fish no bigger than a palm jumping in the river, and screamed excitedly, then looked regretful: "It's a pity that we didn't bring a fishing net. No fish basket!”

Xiao Xiu was afraid that he would fall into the river, so he quickly stepped forward and pulled him: "Be careful, the river looks quite shallow."

There are also many farmlands in front of the village. Unfortunately, the fields have been swept away at this time, leaving only some unripe rice that has not been harvested.

Well, Xiao Xiao admitted that what she thought before was a little too beautiful.

But now that they are here, they definitely don’t want to leave empty-handed.

After a while, Xiao Xiu pointed to a bamboo shelf behind a house and couldn't hide his surprise: "Look, there are beans and loofah over there, go and pick them."

Seasonal vegetables such as beans, loofah, water spinach, amaranth and eggplant are common in ordinary people's homes.

When there is a lot of vegetables, one penny can buy two catties.

If it's far away from the town, it's not worth the effort to choose and sell it.

Because people in nearby villages will also pick and sell them. If they cannot be sold, they will either pick them back, or they will be taken away at a low price to be dried or made into pickles.

More common people sometimes simply use the uneaten vegetables to feed pigs, chickens and ducks.

However, now that they have not eaten fresh vegetables for several days, they are all eating wild vegetables, so of course they are very happy.

Not to mention the Xiao family started picking vegetables, even the three Wu brothers and sisters also followed suit.

For them, their family owns a restaurant and they can often eat delicacies from the mountains and seas. This bacon is not a rare thing.

Wu Erlang happened to see four or five palm-sized cucumbers on the cucumber shelf. He picked them immediately, rubbed the small thorns on the outside of the cucumbers with a handkerchief, and started eating: "Come here quickly, there are cucumbers here."

"Brother Wu is very lucky!" Xiao Xiao also came over and picked one, rubbed it with a handkerchief and started eating.

Today's cucumbers are light yellow before they are ripe, and turn golden yellow when they are ripe. They are thicker than a fist.

Although the outer skin is rough and a bit astringent, it is still crisp and delicious.

In fact, the people who fled could only take away important money, clothing, food stored at home, or food that could be harvested from the fields.

Things like soybeans, peanuts, corn, etc., although they are not yet mature at this time, the tender ones have a better flavor and people will definitely take them away.

The doors of many houses have been kicked open, and tables, chairs, baskets and baskets inside have been knocked to the ground. There are also some broken water tanks and jars, indicating that this place has been occupied by soldiers or bandits, or they may have taken advantage of the situation. People who took advantage came to visit.

Xiao Xiao also walked in very carefully. She was also one of the people who wanted to take advantage.

In every kitchen, it was so clean that a mouse would starve to death, not even a grain of rice or oil or salt left.

Iron pots and kitchen knives are also considered valuable items, so of course they cannot be left behind.

After walking through several houses, Xiao Xiao found several small clay stoves and some earthen pots.

This thing was heavy, and it could pick hundreds of kilograms of vegetables, so she simply asked Xiao Erlang to run back to find her father to drive a mule cart to transport it.

These people are not people who carry burdens and baskets, so it would be nice if they could walk back by themselves.

Unfortunately, the sweet potatoes in the ground were also dug up.

Fortunately, the vegetables in the field can continue to grow after being cut and picked, so Xiao Xiao and the others have gained a lot.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t finish the vegetables for a while. Just take advantage of the nice weather and spread them on the roof of the car to dry them.

Not to mention, the relationship between the two children has become much harmonious once they move around. On the road after that, the Wu brothers would also come down and walk for a while. They hunted and fished with Xiao Dalang and others.

It's a pity that the technology is not good and the harvest is not abundant.

Miss Wu will also come over to talk to the Xiao sisters and help them find wild vegetables.

Mr. Wu even took out wine to drink with the Xiao family and his son, and took the opportunity to talk to them. Although his sister was a concubine, she was a good concubine, and she was lucky enough to have the eldest son.

As long as they can find someone safely, arrangements will definitely be made.

The Xiao family's father and son also understood in their hearts what Mr. Wu meant by 'safety'.

It was just to dispel the thoughts they shouldn't have, and also so that if something happened on the road, the Xiao family could help instead of treating them as a burden.

After walking for six days, we finally passed through Huining County.

Just in case, Xiao Youfu took Xiao Dalang to inquire about the current situation in Huining County, while the others who stayed behind were doing some repairs in a hidden grove.

Along the way, they also saw a lot of people fleeing with their families. There were relatively few horse-drawn carriages, but mule-carts were common. The most common ones they saw were ox-carts. Most of the people could only walk on their legs, supporting the older ones and holding the younger ones. , or pushing a wheelbarrow.

It was really hard and embarrassing to leave. Looking at them more, I felt that my life was not too hard after all.

It's hot now, and there are already more than a hundred people resting on the edge of the woods.

Seeing their carriage and mule carriage coming, some envious eyes, some unwilling ones, and even malicious eyes fell on them.

Mr. Wu also felt that their horse-drawn carriages and mule-drawn carriages were eye-catching enough. If the food was too good, someone might have evil intentions.

He immediately asked his mother-in-law to cook wild vegetable porridge, and did not forget to remind the Xiao family to cook a pot of wild vegetable porridge as well.

Xiao Xiao took a look after getting out of the car, and there was no trace of wild vegetables wherever she looked. When she saw the unkind eyes of those people, she simply asked her second uncle to take Achang and A, all carrying knives, to sit aside to hold down the battle.

Not to mention, Uncle Xiao is worthy of being a pig butcher, and he is tall and strong. Even if he has lost some weight in the past few days, he can still be considered strong.

Achang Aquan had been injured a few days ago and was frightened. He had lost a lot of weight. Now he was standing behind Mr. Wu, who was still fair and fat, with a knife in his hand, and he looked quite majestic.

It is said that officials force the people to rebel, but as a last resort, people are still afraid of officials.

Therefore, those who had ulterior motives looked away, suspecting that they were officials and family members who could not be messed with.

"The third girl is still thoughtful." Mr. Wu's worries disappeared, and he was unwilling to drink wild vegetable porridge: "Then why should we still cook porridge?"

Xiao Xiao just didn't want to drink porridge, so he came up with this idea. Hearing this, he quickly said: "We are going to cook noodles here, uncle, you can do whatever you want."

Now even she knows that it is not easy to be in charge.

After only six days of walking, there were only forty or fifty kilograms of rice left.

Thick noodles and thick noodles can only be eaten together for one meal.

Now she hopes that Huining County will really make people feel peaceful and allow them to go in and rest for two days before replenishing rice and noodles.

These days are sunny. Although it is so hot that people don’t want to move, the advantage is that they can pick up some dry branches for firewood along the way. There is no shortage of firewood for the time being.

Mr. Xiao was afraid that there would be instability due to the large number of people, so he invited the two families to cook together.

After Xiao Xiao and the others finished eating the gnocchi, they felt a little anxious before they saw the people who went to explore the road come back: "Grandpa, my father and the others have been gone for almost an hour, right?"

"Well," the eldest brother was not around, and Mr. Xiao was afraid of causing trouble. The second brother couldn't control the situation, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "Your father is greedy, so he might have gone in first to have a big meal."

Xiao Sanlang, who was only six years old, took it seriously and burst out laughing, unable to hide his grievance: "Uncle, why did you only take your eldest brother to eat delicious food?"

He grabbed Xiao Xiao's hand again, with a look of expectation on his face: "Shall I be my uncle's son from now on? Then my uncle will love me the most, right?"

(End of this chapter)