Volume 1, Chapter 16: Meeting an Acquaintance Down the Mountain
"What are you doing over there? Why don't you come over and bring us a bowl to eat?"
Mrs. Zhang looked at the people in front of the tent, and they all seemed to be dumbfounded and didn't speak.
"Ah Nai, this is beef jerky. If you chop it up and put some in the batter, it will taste more fragrant."
Xu Yunjin handed a cloth bag to Zhang. Inside was the beef jerky she bought. She wanted to eat something tasty.
They have been on the road these days, so the home-cooked food cannot be too out of the ordinary. They only eat good food once in a while in the past two days.
"What, this is beef. You can also buy this kind of good stuff at your farm. I have only eaten beef once in my life. I happened to go to the town market more than ten years ago and encountered one that rolled into the mountains and died.
The fallen cow is a good thing, just put some of it away and save the rest for next time."
As soon as Mrs. Zhang heard that it was beef, she quickly lowered her voice and told Xu Yunjin, for fear that she would not know how rare beef was.
"Grandma, don't worry. Besides, I bought a lot, so I'll just keep this. I have a long journey tomorrow, so just cook and eat them all."
So that night, everyone in the Xu family drank batter with beef jerky added. After dinner, Xu Yunjin went to the Wang family to look at Wang Xiaoquan's wounds.
Perhaps because the medicine produced by the system was effective, Wang Xiaoquan's wound was not infected. Xu Yunjin was a little lucky. Xiao Yi felt Xu Yunjin's mood swings but said nothing, hiding his merit and fame.
After Xu Yunjin went back to lie down, she went to the farm to farm. After the system was upgraded, tomatoes and eggplants were rewarded. She also brought cabbage and radish seeds from home to the farm.
This thing is heavy. Although it cannot be used for system upgrades and can only be replaced with some small things like needles and threads, it is still better than nothing.
When Xu Yunjin woke up, most of the troops had already had breakfast and were packing up. Xu Yunjin, who had been planting the fields all night, just wanted to cry.
Although I am not going to farm in person and my body will not be tired, long-term conscious labor is also very taxing on my mind.
After casually wiping his face, Xu Yunjin went to Luo's house to pack some help.
"Ajin, you're up. I just went to see you and you were still sleeping."
Luo Siamlan said when she saw Xu Yunjin walking towards them. Xu Yunjin took a handful of candies from his clothes and gave them to Luo Siamlan.
Isatis has always been hypoglycemic. People in this era don't know about this disease. Usually, if you don't eat on time or you are hungry for too long, you will feel dizzy.
Ever since she had the farm, she would bring a few candies to Rossilla and give them to her in a rationed amount every day.
Otherwise, those who like sweets will definitely eat several sweets every day, which will damage their teeth.
Xu Yunjin took the basket from Luo Silan's back, and then went to push another cart. The Luo family brought two carts. At first, the village arranged for people to take turns to help push the carts.
After all, it is very lucky to have a doctor on the way to escape from the famine. You may need someone for help at some point.
But then people were asked to open roads and keep vigil, and some people gradually couldn't hold on any longer, so now Xu Yunjin goes to help the Luo family push the cart every day, and occasionally Xu Yunqing is replaced.
"Last night the village chief grandpa said we were going down the mountain today. How are you doing today? Can you hold on?"
Xu Yunjin asked Luo Silan, the village chiefs of the two villages, Mr. Xu and the others had discussed it last night. Yesterday they only walked halfway up the mountain and did not fully enter the mountains, so they had a peaceful night.
But today we are going deep into the mountains. We can’t do what we did yesterday. We have to climb over the top of the mountain and go down the mountain as quickly as possible.
"I'm fine. I've been feeling much better these past two days. My grandpa gives me rice porridge every day, and there's no shortage of water. I've been fine these past two days."
Luosilan is indeed in much better condition than when she first started traveling, and she seems to be getting used to it.
The large group set off at 4 o'clock (six o'clock) and arrived at the top of the mountain at 4 o'clock (ten o'clock). They rested for a quarter of an hour, drank some water, ate some dry food, and then headed down the mountain.
The way down the mountain is more difficult than going up the mountain, because there is a fear that the things on the car will fall down, so someone has to push it from behind and someone from the front to support it, which consumes a lot of physical energy for the villagers.
The restless and restless army finally arrived at the foot of the mountain at three quarters past five o'clock.
Unexpectedly, there was a group of people stopped at the foot of the mountain, about thirty people, and several carriages.
Maybe they came directly from other places by taking the trail instead of climbing over a big mountain like them.
These people are probably from wealthy families in other counties, so they have so many guards and carriages.
When Xu Yunjin looked at the group of people, the group of people also looked at them. When they saw that there were a group of hundreds of victims, they felt a little relieved.
They were all afraid of robbers or barbarians, after all, they had just experienced a fierce fight before.
"Uncle Zhao, why are you here?"
Xu Yunqing's excited voice rang in his ears, and a man in the team who looked to be in his twenties looked over to them when he heard a familiar voice.
"Yunqing, why are you here? Where is your father? Is he here?"
It turned out that this man was Zhao Jin, who was selling their bullock cart. At this time, he was unshaven and looked at Xu Yunqing with excitement.
In fact, Xu Wen has always had a talent for reading, but he had no luck in taking exams. He took the exam twice as a child student and twice as a scholar.
Just when he wanted to give up studying and find something to do, his daughter was born.
He thought about becoming a scholar, so that his family would be able to cultivate and study in the future, and he would be able to find a good husband for his daughter.
With the support of his family, he went to school again, and then studied in the county town, where he met Zhao Jin, who was already a scholar.
After passing the examination as a scholar, people in the village said that Xu Yunjin might not live long, so Xu Wen did not continue his studies but went to a school to become a teacher.
Although Zhao Jin is about the same age as Xu Wen and has already started a family, he still looks like a child who has not grown up.
He has always relied on Xu Wen, who is calm and reliable.
"Zhao Jin, why are you here?" Xu Wen came over after hearing the voice.
"Wow, Brother Xu, I finally see you."
A grown man in his late thirties jumped into Xu Wen's arms.
Xu Wen was almost knocked down by Zhao Jin. After stabilizing his body and holding his forehead, the fool started again.
"What's going on? Didn't you set off earlier than us? Why are you still here and like this?"
"Brother Xu, we left right after you left Nanyun County. We took the official road all the way to Anyi County at high speed. However, after only one day of walking, Qin'er had a fever. We could only stop at an abandoned house outside Dafang County.
We waited for Qin'er to stabilize at a farm home before leaving. Unexpectedly, Qin'er was too ill, so we had to stay in Anyi for a few days. Unexpectedly, before we waited a few days, Nanyun County was destroyed, and we
Only those who saw the escape from Nanyun County knew that a group of barbarians were chasing us. We lost more than ten guards before we escaped, and we rode hard all the way to get here."
"What, Nanyun County is also broken."
Although everyone had already prepared for this, when they heard that their hometown had fallen into the hands of the northern barbarians, they still couldn't help but their eyes turned red.
"Is Qin'er feeling better? Where is my brother and sister Aling? Are they all okay?"
Xu Wen quickly asked, "I have watched the little girl from the Zhao family grow up, so it's better not to do anything bad."
"She's much better now, but her spirits are a little bit low. A Yin is staying with her."
Zhao Jin's wife is named Xu Yin. They have been married for many years and have only one son and one daughter, the eldest daughter Zhao Shuqin and the youngest son Zhao Shuling. This chapter has been completed!