"It's better to ask, than regret later if you miss it."
Just as vigilant as the Zhang family are the people in their village. Just looking at it from a distance, who knows whose family it is? Now that they are fleeing, it is only normal for the villagers to be vigilant.
The villagers in Shangliang Village walked slightly around in the direction outside the carriage, but when the carriage driver recognized the Wen family in the crowd, several people immediately shouted, "Xin'er, Yu, from the Wen family."
Son."
The voice sounded familiar to Wen Xin. He looked over and saw that he was an old acquaintance, "Hey, Uncle Zhang."
Due to many transactions with the Zhang family, Wenxin had already called Butler Zhang Uncle Zhang.
Seeing that they were acquaintances, the villagers in Shangliang Village also slowed down and looked at the two people greeting them with some curiosity. You must know that the Wen family used to be very poor. When did they know anyone who owned a carriage?
Wen Xin didn't have the time to ponder what these people were thinking, so she walked straight through the crowd of twos and threes and came to Butler Zhang. Of course, for her own safety, she also dragged Jing Chen over.
Jingchen was also a little confused. He was walking aside. Unexpectedly, Wenxin finished saying hello and pulled his sleeves and took him over. But he understood what she meant in an instant.
I have to say, this kid is very naughty. He wants to say hello to acquaintances, but he is also afraid of being..., ugh.
Jingchen nodded his head in confusion, Wenxin glanced at him apologetically, and then came to Butler Zhang.
"Uncle Zhang, why are you here?"
Zhang Guan sighed, "Hey, we left with the master and his wife, but within a few days of walking, we encountered a large number of refugees on the road and separated us abruptly. We were just thinking about what to do, so
When I met you, you are..."
"Isn't this all the same? It doesn't rain here, so we can't grow crops. We can't afford the food sold outside, so we want to try our luck elsewhere. But are there refugees? We didn't meet a large number of refugees along the way, but a small group
I’ve actually seen it.”
"We brought a lot of people and injured a lot of refugees, but they seemed to go in other directions afterwards, but there will still be some on the road." After speaking, Butler Zhang asked in a somewhat embarrassed tone: "Is this the way to go?"
People from Pingyao County, are you going there too?"
"right."
"Xin'er, Uncle Zhang has an unkind request. Can we go with you? I'm an old guy and I'm fine, but our lady... it's really not peaceful this way. There are so many of you, so we must be safe.
a lot of."
Wen Wen really didn't dare to agree to this request for the villagers. After all, Butler Zhang was asking her, but if they really encountered refugees coming to Fan, they were not from the village, and the villagers might not protect them, but it was actually not difficult to do.
, Wenxin said: "I definitely can't agree to you directly. After all, we are also following the village."
Looking at Butler Zhang's disappointed eyes, Wenxin said again: "Uncle Zhang, you must have brought a lot of money with you when you went out."
Butler Zhang's expression immediately changed from sadness to joy, and he smiled and said, "You kid is so smart."
"Uncle Zhang, let me take you to see our village chief. As for whether the village chief agrees or not, it's up to you."
"Well." After Butler Zhang finished speaking, he saw Jingchen beside Wen Xin. He said a little apologetically: "I'm really sorry. Please forgive my lack of etiquette. This is..."
"This is my uncle, Uncle Zhang. Let me take you there." After Wenxin finished speaking, she let go of Jingchen's sleeves, and it was Jingchen's request to tell others that Jingchen was her uncle. He was not willing to tell others that Jingchen was her uncle.
People know that he has taught others how to read and kung fu, and he only calls him uncle to others. Moreover, in the eyes of the villagers, Jingchen is like a warm uncle, so even if the Zhang family inquires, there will be nothing wrong.
After Wenxin loosened his sleeves, he waited for the two of them to leave before he returned to the donkey cart again, but Wenxin quickly pulled Butler Zhang to the village chief.
"Uncle Village Chief, Uncle Village Chief, please leave later. We have something to ask you."
The village chief had been paying attention to the situation here from the beginning. Although he could not hear clearly what the two people were talking about, he still paid more attention to such an abnormal connection. But who knew that the two people did not leave after chatting, but instead
Brought people over.
To be honest, the village chief's expression was not particularly good. Wen Xin probably didn't want his village to take these people with him.
However, it was true, but when Butler Zhang proposed to give money, not only the village chief, but also the eyes of the villagers lit up.
After all, it would be troublesome for them to follow them like this, but it would be different if they were given money. What the people in the village lacked was money. There was no reason to waste the money that was delivered to their doorsteps.
Before the village chief could speak, one of the villagers asked: "How much do you plan to give? There are quite a few people in our village."
These words are just crazy about money. The village chief said speechlessly: "Even if people give money, they are giving it to the village. This money is in my hands. We will buy food and share it equally. How can we give one share to each person? How much should we give?"
It’s enough.”
Butler Zhang twitched his lips in embarrassment, "We are going to Pingyao County. It is about 20 days away from Pingyao County. We will pay one hundred taels first. When we reach the destination, we will pay another one hundred taels. If we are halfway
When you meet people in our house and we separate, we will also pay you another one hundred taels."
As expected of a businessman, even the housekeeper is very good at money, but his request is not wrong. What if these people collect all the money and abandon the person halfway, and 200 taels is too much for rural people.
It was already a lot. According to the current price of 1 tael of silver per kilogram of grain, it could buy 200 kilograms of grain. This grain would be enough for people like them to eat for several days.
This deal is undoubtedly a good deal, but some things need to be made clear. The village chief said: "What do you want? We are all villagers, but we don't know much about Kung Fu. We can't protect you along the way. If the refugees come over, we won't be able to protect you."
We are all raising families, so we must take care of our own people first. At most, the refugees will not come, so let’s scare each other."
Butler Zhang really didn't ask for much, "The refugees are really coming over. We also have a dozen servants here. The main reason is that we want to go with you. There are more people, and the refugees will be more taboo. If anything happens, I think
If you don't care about yourself, how can you care about others? We all know."
Seeing that the other party was very sensible, the village chief agreed after hesitating for a while, and also told the villagers about the matter, "I will keep the money for everyone, and we will exchange it for grain when we get to Pingyao County."
They were distributed according to each household."
That’s right, it’s a household, not a head. You have to know that some households have more people in their families, and some households have less people in their households. Everyone has an opinion on whether the division is more or less. Although the division based on head is not balanced in the minds of those with more people in the household, it is still more fair.
are allocated.
Immediately, more than ten people from the Zhang family joined the Wen family and continued to move forward.