Before anyone else could react, Old Hengrong rushed in with a single stride.
When I saw the grain piled in the corner, I immediately knelt down on the ground and kept shouting: "Thank you, old god, thank you, old god."
Others were confused after listening to Old Hengrong's words.
However, when they looked at the clearly placed food, they could not convince themselves that they had missed it when they were looking for food yesterday.
Old Hengrong told them what happened last night.
Everyone listened to Old Hengrong telling what happened yesterday as if telling a story, their hearts were filled with excitement, and they rubbed their eyes to confirm that this was not a dream.
After Old Hengrong finished speaking, he said with an enigmatic face: "The old god must have helped us because he thought we were united, and he also said that the Imperial City is not a good place, so we have to discuss and change the situation again.
A route.”
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Jiang Zhiyue didn't know all this, because she left the city with her family after putting away the food and water.
It's quite far away from the county seat now.
This is the only main road. Although the Jiang family is no longer with the people of Jiangjia Village, they can only follow the road they just walked.
Without the delay of a large team, they walked quickly. After walking for more than an hour, they saw the team from Jiangjia Village in front of them from a distance.
It was already noon, and the Jiang family saw from a distance that the team in front seemed to have stopped to rest.
After the commotion that had just happened, they didn't want to come forward and get together again, so they stopped and found a place to rest under the shade of a tree.
It is said to be shade, but in fact it is only the slanting shadow of tree trunks and branches.
It hadn't rained for so long that even the trees were bare and bare.
After walking for several hours, everyone was tired and hot. Jiang Zhiyue felt that her body was sticky with sweat, and she pulled at her clothes uncomfortably.
Looking at the people dripping with sweat, Jiang Zhiyue asked Dalang and the others to take out the oilcloth from the car, tie a few corners with a rope and tie it to several adjacent big trees.
Although it can't completely block the sun shining on people, it is much more comfortable than sitting under the sun.
Jiang Zhiyue looked at the large shadow and called for others to come in.
There were several straw mats placed on the ground, and she took the lead in occupying a space and lying on them.
"Ah, comfortable~"
Jiang Zhiyue lay on the straw mat, stretched out her body in a large shape, and stretched comfortably.
Mrs. Zhang laughed and scolded her: "Look at you, you don't look like a girl at all."
The four members of the Jiang family and the Wang family have long been accustomed to this.
The Jiang family all felt that ever since Jiang Zhiyue fell into the water and had a falling out with Jiang Zhilan, she seemed to have opened up some strange Rendu channel and became more joyful than before.
When the Wang family lived here, they saw Jiang Zhiyue with this temperament. At first, she lamented that the Jiang family was so doting on girls, but now she has a calm look on her face.
On the other hand, Mr. Jiang Kangde secretly glanced a few times in surprise.
His legs and feet don't work very well, so he rarely goes out.
Most of the sources of information from the outside are family members chatting or mumbling a few words during meals.
All that can be heard is how well-behaved Jiang Zhiyue is, how smart she looks, and so on.
Why does this seem different from what he knows?
However, seeing that no one showed any surprise, I suppressed my confusion.
It must be because he hasn't been out much in the past few years and doesn't know what a girl's house is like anymore.
Yes, that’s it!
Mr. Jiang Kangde brainwashed himself and quickly convinced himself.
Jiang Zhiyue was lying on the ground and heard her grandma's complaints. She raised a hand and shook it.
The little head also shook in response.
"No, no, it would be boring if everyone were the same."
"It is precisely because everyone is a different firework that we have colorful lives and encounters, don't you think?"
Everyone laughed and replied in unison: "That's what Zhiyue said."
Rokuro was attracted by other things in her words.
He asked with some curiosity: "Sister, what are fireworks like? Have you ever seen fireworks?"
"Of course..." Jiang Zhiyue realized that she almost said the wrong thing, and quickly made up for it: "I haven't seen it, but I have seen firecrackers."
She had seen a lot of fireworks in her previous life, but the 'she' here probably had never seen fireworks.
Normally during the Chinese New Year, everyone just buys some firecrackers. Things like fireworks are luxuries that can be enjoyed by aristocrats and wealthy businessmen, but ordinary people cannot buy them.
Sanlang, Shiro, and Goro also came over to listen, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful when they heard her say that she hadn't seen her either.
"Sister, I haven't seen one either. I heard that fireworks are much prettier than firecrackers and can even fly into the sky."
"I heard it's colorful, but I don't know if I'll have a chance to see it. Hey~" Saburo sighed heavily, feeling a little regretful.
Jiang Zhiyue comforted them and said, "Don't worry, you can definitely see it."
While they were talking, the Zhang family also prepared lunch.
Today's lunch is noodles, but each bowl of noodles has a poached egg inside, and three large slices of meat that look delicious.
Since they are all family members, Zhang no longer hides anything when cooking.
Everyone smelled the fragrance and looked in the same direction.
It’s really a blessing to be able to eat a bowl of noodles like this while on the road to escape from the wilderness.
Everyone was holding a bowl of noodles and eating happily. They suddenly felt that they were so happy not to follow the big team.
Otherwise, it would be really frustrating to not dare to eat even if there is food.
Several people were praising them while eating. Jiang Zhiyue's younger brother Jiang Jiagoro said vaguely while eating the noodles, ""
"Si Liu...Mom, your cooking is getting better and better now...Si Liu...I'm almost catching up with Third Aunt's cooking skills."
There was a lot of laughter and laughter here, and the people from Jiangjia Village in front also stopped to prepare to eat.
However, the food in their hands was limited, and few of them made a fire to cook. Most of them took out the dry food pancakes prepared in advance, took a few bites, and then sipped two small sips of water to moisten their mouths before daring to eat again.
After eating her own half of the pancake, Jiang Daya, the daughter of Jiang Kangde's eldest son, leaned against the tree trunk and planned to take a nap for a while.
But when he turned around, he saw the Jiang family and his party a few hundred meters away.
She suddenly became energetic, patted her mother's arm and said, "Mom, do you see the second grandfather's family behind that?"
Her mother looked in the direction she pointed and saw a bunch of figures not far away.
But it looks like there’s something covering it?
Huh, I really enjoy it.
She rolled her eyes and said, "You said you wouldn't follow the team, so why don't you follow me anyway?"
"Second Grandpa's family must have regretted it. My cousin did such excessive things. Hengrong will definitely not let them come back easily." Jiang Daya said proudly.
As Jiang Daya said, she heard her second aunt answer: "It's best not to come back. If you come back, you will be a burden to eat."
She was talking about her father-in-law Jiang Kangde.
After that, he continued: "We came late this morning. Do you know why that girl got kicked out of the team because of the quarrel?"
Jiang Daya and her daughter became interested and quickly asked: "Why?"
Second Aunt Jiang Daya continued with an unhappy look: "Aunt Wu just told me that they found food in the city last night and loaded a cart full of it."
"The food was originally found in the city, and we came here together. Why should their family take so much food for themselves?"
"Besides, their family has a cart full of food. How can they be short of food? They should give it to people like us."
"They have food but they don't even give it to us. They still have the nerve to say that Jiang Yuchao is kind to our family. Damn, you are such a shady thing. The whole family is not a good person."
While talking, Jiang Daya's third aunt also joined in, and her face was filled with pain when she heard this.
She said: "It means we are sincere. Dad insisted on staying with his second uncle and the others. We also left two kilograms of grain for him. If we had known that they had found so much grain, we should not have given them even a grain of rice."
The more they talked, the more outraged they became, as if Jiang Zhiyue and the others had done something heinous and bad.
In the end, even Jiang Kangde's three sons were persuaded.
I feel that if his father insists on following Jiang Zhiyue's family, he must have known for a long time that their family has found a lot of food.
You didn't even tell your own sons about such a good thing!
Several people felt resentful and felt increasingly innocent.
Several people thought bitterly: When they want to return to the team again, they must get more food from their hands.
In addition to them, many people saw the Jiang family following the team.
Everyone had different thoughts. Some wanted to ask for food from the Jiang family, some were gloating about the misfortune, and some were complacent and waiting for the Jiang family to beg for mercy.
Even if there are some who think the Jiang family is right, they don't dare to say anything for them now. If they are kicked out of the team, there will be no place to cry.
After resting for a while, Jiang Hengrong stood up, glanced back in the direction of the Jiang family, and snorted coldly.
Just a little girl dared to humiliate him again and again, and he was waiting for them to cry and beg for mercy.
When the time comes, it will be impossible to come back so easily.
Jiang Zhiyue and others had no idea what they were thinking.
Because they are discussing the next route.
Their original plan was to go east together with everyone in Jiangjia Village, and then take a detour in front of the Third Prince's fiefdom and head southeast.
Now that something like this happened, they were wondering if they could change their route and not be with them.
Fortunately, they had made preparations in advance. Jiang Yuchao made a simplified version of the topographic map of the Wu Dynasty in the town school early.
Although there are many places that are not very detailed, it is enough for them.
Jiang Yuchao unfolded the topographic map and spread it on the ground. Jiang Zhiyue knelt on the ground and looked at the route on the topographic map, trying to choose a more suitable route.
Others walked over to join in the fun after finishing their meals.
"We have just left the county town. If we follow this road and continue walking eastward for about a hundred kilometers, we will reach the border of Mizhou City. After passing Mizhou City, we will set off to the southeast."
"We have already arrived at Mizhou City, why don't we just stay there? After all, we are the prince's subjects, and the city should also accept us." Mr. Jiang Kangde asked.
Jiang Zhiyue never considered settling around Mizhou City from the beginning, for two reasons.
One is that locust plagues and earthquakes have occurred in the counties surrounding Mizhou. Although she remembers Mizhou as safe and sound, people affected by the surrounding disasters will definitely flock there.
If there are too many people and the government does not handle it well, it will easily lead to chaos. What's more, even if the government is willing to accept so many people, there will definitely not be that many places to accommodate them.
The second and most important thing is that Mizhou is close to the fiefdom of the fourth prince.
The fourth prince is the male protagonist in the book, and his ambitions are certainly not small. Now that the emperor is seriously ill, if he burps one day, he will definitely be the first to attack the third prince who has no influence from his mother's family.
Then going to Mizhou City, isn’t it just a sheep in the wolf’s mouth?
When the war breaks out, it will be impossible to hide even if you want to.
However, Jiang Zhiyue still explained: "Grandpa, there are disasters happening in many places in Mizhou. Everyone is rushing to Mizhou City, but the number of people Mizhou City can accept is limited."
"So we'd better make plans in advance instead of competing with others about the possibility. Let's go to the south of Wu Dynasty. There are beautiful mountains and clear waters over there, and the generals in the territory also guard the border well. There is no better place than that.
"
Others had no objection to what Jiang Zhiyue said, but Mr. Jiang Kangde looked hesitant.
According to what Hengrong said a few days ago, they wanted to go to the fourth prince's fiefdom or around the imperial city. If he went to the south, he would really never see those gangsters again.
To say how angry he was when he just set off, he is now very hesitant.
Although none of them live up to expectations, they are my biological children after all, so I would still be a little reluctant to leave them.
Thinking of what happened in the morning, the old man felt extremely sad.
Those daughters-in-law were singing along just to leave him alone, and the second daughter-in-law, don't think he didn't know, the second daughter-in-law took advantage of the troubled waters and tried to push him down.
The last two kilograms of grain left were still old grain from last year that was a little moldy.
He sighed and said, "Grandpa, think about it carefully."
Jiang Zhiyue nodded in agreement, knowing that this could not be done.
After discussing the matter, the group of people looked up again and saw that the team in front had already left at some point.
They also started to pack their things and prepare to leave, otherwise it would be dark if they didn't wait a while.
I don't know if they were walking too fast or if the group in front was walking too slowly.
In the evening, they met again.
But this time Jiang Zhiyue asked them to drive the oxcart closer. There happened to be a few rocks there, so they rested behind them.
I thought about passing them early the next morning and walking in front of them.
They parked the oxcart closer, and everyone in Jiangjia Village spotted them immediately.
However, no one dared to come here. Even Song Furong saw Zhang and wanted to come over to say a few words, but her daughter-in-law stopped her.
I saw them arguing a few words from a distance, but finally sat down.
Aunt Wu glanced sideways, walked over to Jiang Hengrong's mother-in-law and sat down.
"I'm just saying, this person doesn't know how to give in, so he's just trying to catch up."
Jiang Hengrong's mother-in-law took over his words and laughed: "Isn't it true that a junior does not understand the rules so much that the whole family will be affected."
Both of them didn't like the Jiang family, so they sang every line without lowering their voices at all, and even deliberately raised their voices in order to humiliate Jiang Zhiyue.
Old Mrs. Jiang was listening behind her. She couldn't even cook anymore and immediately wanted to pick up the spatula and give it to the two old ladies.
These two bullshits dared to scold her precious granddaughter.
