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Chapter 118 The parents on the road to escape 16

After drinking the water, Yuan Xi also gave medicine to the cows and donkeys. These five cows and donkeys are big treasures and must be taken care of carefully. They can not only pull the cart, but also store food.

"Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat in the ground." Yuan Xi touched the little dot's head and sighed.

Lowering his head to look into Little Dot's innocent big eyes, he gave it a candy with a guilty conscience, "Good boy, I was just complimenting you."

In view of Yuan Xi's love for small dots, this donkey cart belongs to him.

Most of the things in the carriage were the things he had prepared. There were two wooden boxes and several large luggage inside, which were all excuses he had prepared. No one else was involved, he had the final say on everything inside.

Most of the space in the car was occupied by things, leaving only a few empty seats. Yuan Xi arranged for his daughter Zhang Miao and his third son Zhang Yan to live together. The car was crowded enough to accommodate the daughter and third daughter-in-law, and Xiuxiu was held by the two of them in turns. The third child can take turns driving the car with him.

Five people were arranged at once. There are five vehicles in total, two of which are flatbed vehicles that mainly carry bulk items such as grain, iron pots, water tanks and buckets. When paired with two drivers, there are four people.

The remaining two cars contained some light sundries such as clothes, and there were also a lot of things on the roof. In one of them were the second brother and his wife, the second brother's great-granddaughter, the only great-grandchild at present, and Yuan Xi's four grandchildren. Zhang Wang and Zhang Lei were responsible for driving. The others were in another car, but the adults couldn't fit in, so they were divided into two groups and took turns riding in the car.

Except for Yuan Xi, everyone else felt sorry for their cattle and donkeys. They basically got out of the car and walked when they could walk, and only got in the car to rest for a while when they were tired.

"Like a stove."

Zhang Yuanlin fanned the wind and looked at the sparse shade of the trees, "These trees are also in bad shape, and the leaves are all withered."

When Yuan Xi came back from the clan leader's visit, he saw his eldest brother sitting listlessly under the tree.

"Second brother, let's go sit in the car while the sun is shining."

"It's very stuffy in the car."

It was indeed quite boring in the car. Yuan Xi glanced around. Everyone was trying to hide under the shade of the trees. It was almost noon and the sun was getting stronger. It was not a problem for everyone to squeeze in and bump into each other.

"Boss, go and take off the tarpaulin from the car, and call a few brothers to build a shed together."

When Zhang Lei heard this, he immediately took off the tarpaulin on the roof of the car, called a few brothers and cousins, and built a shed with a few bamboo poles. The sun was blocked, the place to enjoy the shade became more spacious, and there was no need to crowd under the shade of trees. Zhang Yuanlin felt much better. Seeing this, other people in the village followed suit and set up sheds.

"Second brother, I just saw my second sister-in-law secretly wiping her tears."

Yuan Xi looked around and saw no one, so he whispered in his second brother's ear. The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, not to mention the eldest sister-in-law who raises him as a son, so Yuan Xi cares about his second brother and his wife very much.

"She is worried that her married daughter also has two granddaughters."

This, then there is nothing he can do. Not every village can flee the famine as decisively as Zhangjiacun. Other nearby villages probably have to wait until they can no longer survive before planning to leave. After all, the commotion in Zhangjiacun is not small these days. There are marriages in the nearby villages, and everything that needs to be known is known, but until today, there is no second village that wants to follow Zhangjiacun.

Yuan Xi still said: "What do their in-laws say? You can ask their family to come with our village."

"It's not that easy. Not everyone has the courage to leave their hometown. I asked Daxing to ask them before, and they all refused. But at least we met for the last time and told them where we were going. It was a thought. .”

Yuan Xi's expression froze when he heard this, "Second brother, what you told your niece and the others was that we were going to the capital, right?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"It's nothing." I guess I will never see him again in this life.

"My nephew and his family are in Fucheng. I don't know if we will see each other again in the year of the monkey."

Zhang Yuanlin sighed, knowing in his heart that there was no hope of meeting him again in the future. What's more, after the death of the eldest sister, the relationship between the two families has become further distant, and they don't see each other even once a year.

Yuan Xi didn't feel anything. The original owner was born late, and he was still a baby when his eldest sister got married. He had no impression of her in his memory. The so-called nephew only met her once when her eldest sister passed away, and he had long forgotten what he looked like.

Everyone in Zhangjia Village rested for a few hours in the shade of the trees, until the sun was about to go down, and then they set off again. Everyone ate dry food for dinner.

Taking advantage of the fact that they had just started to escape and everyone had enough strength, the clan leader planned to walk a little longer.

Until dark, the clan leader had no intention of stopping. He arranged for people to hold torches at intervals along the way and asked people to follow the torches. The group continued on their way under the moonlight.

Three days later, a group of people from Zhangjiacun walked out of Yu County.

Early in the morning, everyone in Zhangjia Village just woke up from their sleep. After walking for three days, many people had tired and numb faces.

The clan leader has been leading the way at the front of the team, and now he looks a little melancholy at the road ahead.

"Chief, what are you looking at?"

The clan leader was not surprised by Yuan Xi's sudden appearance. He had become accustomed to it these days.

"Watch the road."

Yuan Xi glanced at it and said, "Isn't this the official way to Fucheng?"

What catches your eyes? Doubts almost appeared in Yuan Xi's eyes.

"I can still recognize the roads in Yu County. After leaving Yu County, we can only follow the official road, pass through Fucheng, and then continue forward. But our village is now full of refugees, and there are no roads at all. Fucheng If we go around Fucheng, no one in our village knows the way."

The patriarch is so worried that he can't sleep at night. He didn't know the extent of the disaster, and it was inevitable that he would leave Xiyuan Mansion.

Yuan Xi looked at the map on the panel and realized that it would be too slow to go around Fucheng. It's not worth it to take a lot of unnecessary steps. It would have taken a long time to take a detour. Finally, Zhangjiacun maintained its advantage and walked in front. There was no need to meet other refugees along the way, which was much safer. The most dangerous people on the road to escape are other refugees.

In the memory of the original owner, the number of refugees in Zhangjiacun was reduced twice, and the refugees who were about to faint from hunger were unreasonable. Those green eyes looked full of appetite, and Yuan Xi felt panicked when he looked at the scenes in his memory.

"Clan leader, please wait a moment."

Yuan Xi turned around and ran towards the donkey cart. He pretended to be in the carriage for a while, took out a wooden box, and then ran towards the clan leader.

"Clan leader, look."

The patriarch opened it and took a look, "This is... Lu Yin. Where did you come from? So many?"

How else could it come about? Money can make all the difference.

It happened that he was least in need of money. The county magistrates all ran away, leaving the county government without a leader. Secretly contact a yamen to make false documents, and you can get it done by spending a little money.

Yuan Xi lowered his head and said in the clan leader's ear: "It cost some money to do it. And I heard from people in the yamen that the county magistrate also ran away."

The patriarch's pupils shrank, what do you mean, the imperial officials have all run away, this is more exciting than the wealthy family running away.

He touched his chest, suddenly out of breath.

The disaster was so serious that even the county magistrate ran away. The clan leader was a little lucky for a moment. Fortunately, his initial goal was the capital, so the emperor would be safe at his feet.

"Who else have you told this to?" the clan leader asked nervously.

"My brother, there is nothing else."

"Huh, you have some sense of control. You can't let other people in the village know about this."

"Don't worry, Patriarch, I have a sense of discretion."

Looking at the passages one by one, the clan leader knew what was going on.

"You keep it first and give it to me when the time comes. Don't worry, you won't have to bear the money for the road guide alone. They have to pay the money that should be paid."

"Everyone listens to the patriarch."

He liked hearing what the patriarch said.