Chapter 179: The Old Lady in Desolate Years (10)
Chapter 179 The Old Lady of the Waste (10)
Author: Xiao Nuan
Chapter 179 The Old Lady of the Waste (10)
After confirming, Mrs. Wang took Wang's hand and said with a smile on her face, "Daughter, why are you here?"
"Mom, I had something to do yesterday. I stayed at home too late when I went back. Seeing that my parents were sleeping, I didn't let Dalang and the others call me."
Old Mrs. Wang asked Old Mrs. Wang to go to the kitchen. She took Mrs. Wang to the main hall and chatted for a long time, but most of the time it was Old Mrs. Wang who was talking.
Later, Uncle Jiang Er, Uncle Jiang San, Wang Hualin and his wife also got up. The originally quiet yard suddenly became lively.
After breakfast, Wang asked to tell them something.
Uncle Jiang Er and Uncle Jiang San stood up consciously, and Wang called them, "Second and third brother, please stay here and listen."
"Okay." The two of them looked at each other and sat back on their original position.
What Wang wants to say about the disaster, and he uses the saying that Jiang Weidong gave her a dream, which sounds ridiculous, but when Wang's condition improves, it is more credible.
Mr. Wang is an old scholar after all. After pondering for a moment, "If the drought is coming, the Imperial Heaven Supervision should have predicted it early. Hualin, Jiang family boys, the old man has such a task to explain to you."
Those who were called listen carefully.
Mr. Wang said, "You go to the town and the county town to visit, especially pay attention to the families of officials and wealthy families, see what they are doing, remember to inquire quietly, and don't let anyone discover it."
"Will we go now?" Wang Hualin asked.
"It's OK, you guys be careful."
"Dad, my idea is to go to the south, and it must be as early as possible. Once a famine occurs, it will inevitably be in chaos." This is what Wang said.
"I understand what you mean." Mr. Wang thought a lot and said to his two grandsons, "You can go out and see if the price of food outside has increased."
"OK."
"Grandpa, let's go now."
Now there are only two old men and Wang’s sister-in-law in the main room, and they are not in a calm mood.
"Old man, should we pack up first?" Old Mrs. Wang was very nervous.
Mr. Wang spoke, "Wait for them to come back first."
The Wang family was not far from the center. Several people who went out to inquire about the news came back soon and all told the news they had inquired about.
Wang Hualin said, "I have inquired about it. Lord Yuan's family had already left yesterday. I looked at the traces left on the ground in front of the door. They were taken away by me, but not by anything."
Uncle Jiang Er said, "The same is true for Mr. Li's family I found out. I heard that there are only a few servants left in the house."
Uncle Jiang San also said, "Today, passing by Liuyunju, the shopkeeper Ma mentioned to me, asking me to prepare more grain and salt, and said that the price will be increased soon."
"Uncle Jiang San, I went to the grain shop to ask, and the price has increased." Wang Dalang said this.
Wang Erlang nodded.
In this way, everyone had an answer in their hearts and felt a little hesitant, but they did not hesitate anymore. Mr. Wang asked Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Jiang to go back and clean up first, and asked Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xiao to clean up at home, so that the two grandsons would
When he went to school to leave school, his son went to the county government to take the road with him.
Wang also said that in order to arrive in the south safely, it is best to have an escort agency.
Mr. Wang agreed and said that he would handle this matter and asked them to meet at the city gate the morning after tomorrow.
Then everyone immediately took action.
When Wang arrived at home, he asked a few children to put away the things at home, saying that he wanted to go far away with his grandfather's house and would not plan to come back in the future.
After giving the order, Wang took the silver she hid under the bed and hurried to the town. He spent 70 taels to buy a spacious carriage, bought some food and bags for water, so he hurriedly
go back.
The carriage ran faster, and it was only afternoon after finishing the work. At this time, the sun was hanging in the west. I don’t know if it was a psychological illusion, but it seemed to be a little hotter than before.
When Wang returned home, he packed up all the things she wanted to clean up, and then picked some necessary ones to load on the carriage first.
When the five young ones were loading things, Wang found out that their mother had bought a carriage and came back. They were curiously surrounded by the carriage, feeling very handsome.
There were not many things to be packed at home, so Wang was happy as they did.
I went to the kitchen next door to get the bow and arrows and machetes that Jiang Weidong used to hunt, and planned to use it on the road for self-defense.
The Jiang family’s old house next door is busy packing their luggage at this moment. Mr. Jiang even went to find Li Zheng and said that they were leaving here.
He mentioned it suggestively, saying that he dreamed that he was going to have a drought again.
He was also teased by Li Zheng.
Mr. Jiang could only be anxious when he was indifferent to Li Zheng's inattention, but no matter how much he said, he would not say it, and he was afraid that it would affect them at that time.
It is one thing to remind you kindly, and as for whether you believe it or not, he said he could do nothing.
It took more than a whole day to clean up the old house and Wang and others. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they set off before dawn.
When the villagers found out that the Jiang family was empty, it happened a few days later, and it was still said that the Jiang family went to the south to seek refuge with relatives.
It once became a topic of conversation in the village.
The Jiang family drove the ox cart and horse cart without entering the city gate, and was waiting for the Wang family not far outside the city.
The Wang family did not let the Jiang family wait for more, so they showed up with the team of escorts.
The two families simply greeted each other, met the leading bodyguard, and then the large army set off.
The ox cart was not moving fast, so the entire team was not moving fast.
When they found a place to rest, the old men from both families frowned and looked around, "The weather is so hot today, and the grass on the ground is sunken."
"Yes, it wasn't that hot yesterday, but today it was so hot all of a sudden. It seems that a drought is coming." Mr. Jiang was so hot that he couldn't wear clothes.
The same goes for others, the water on the road is consumed very quickly.
On the second and third days, the temperature was gradually rising, and it was obvious that the green on the road was yellowed visible to the naked eye.
In the middle, I deliberately reduced the time to rest on the way, so I rushed to the south. After spending more than half a month, I finally entered the south.
The climate here is much more comfortable.
After paying the fees for the escort, the two families rented houses in the town, and the money they had suddenly decreased.
At the same time, how to make a living has become their biggest problem at the moment.
The Wang family plans to continue opening a shop.
The Jiang family and the Jiang family brothers plan to find physical work, and their daughter-in-law also wants to make more female red embroidery pieces to exchange for money.
Wang was trying to do something different.
When everyone came back from outside, they heard news about the north, saying that the drought had already broken out in full swing, and now that food and water were cut off, many refugees had come to the south.
Everyone's mood is particularly complicated.
Chapter completed!