Chapter 43 Suicide
Zhou Yu knew the three bags of grain prepared by his wife, two bags of coarse grains, and a small bag of rice and fine grains. "My brother and I will send them over."
Yang Xi patted the newly made quilt and said: "I hid the pancakes that I haven't eaten because they add oil to keep them for a long time in winter. It's even harder to cook if I hand over the food today. So the pancakes can be soaked in hot water to eat.
It’s convenient.”
Ye is willing to part with coarse grains, but she is reluctant to part with fine grains, "Don't take out the fine grains."
There are pregnant women and children at home. Nowadays, whole grains are not available, let alone fine grains that can nourish the body.
Yang Xi smiled and said, "Mom, I will get the fine grain back."
It makes no sense that we don’t have any fine grain, so we might as well give it out generously. There are old and young in our family, and Qian’s boss relies on Zhou Yu and he won’t accept fine grain.
Zhou Yu moved the grain bag down and said, "Mom, I'll be back in a minute."
Mrs. Ye was very convinced by her daughter-in-law, but felt sad at the same time. It would be great if her husband was alive and the whole family was here.
When Zhou Yu went there, Qian Zhu and the other two hosts had just had dinner. Zhou Yu explained the purpose of his visit, which made Qian Zhu feel clear.
Qian Zhu and the other two hosts looked at each other and said, "I won't be polite if the caravan is short of food. However, Brother Zhou has a wife and children at home. Take the fine food back to supplement your aunt and younger siblings."
Zhou Yu looked grateful, "The family really needs it, so I won't refuse."
After declining to stay for dinner, Zhou Yu carried the fine grain and walked back. When he encountered familiar inquiries, he would say a few words. When Zhou Yu returned to the carriage, the caravan basically knew that the Zhou family had taken out the grain.
The people who were originally interested in the Zhou family's food gave up their minds because they did not want to offend capable scholars.
Wu Shan came after dinner and his mouth was still oily. Wu Shan said: "You don't have food, tell me."
Zhou Yu lowered his voice and said, "I am different from the eldest brother. Our family has been eating with the caravan from the beginning. If we take out the food now, we can continue to eat from the caravan in the future. I am worried about the eldest brother. The eldest brother must collect the food well."
When Wu Shan heard that Zhou Yu had hidden the food, he felt reassured and worried at the same time, "When can we leave Bozhou? Today's prey did provide some rations, but the animals on the mountain are wild and keen. The beasts on the mountain will not come out easily today. Wait until they leave."
Where will the mountains get food from?"
Zhou Yu, "Take one step first and watch one step at a time. If it doesn't work, you can only kill the donkey."
Wu Shan secretly cursed the damn soldiers and bandits for not leaving any food for the people. "The road ahead will be difficult. I heard from the guards that there are two million people in Bozhou!"
Zhou Yu was thinking about how many people would starve to death. King Jiang did not treat the people as human beings. The people were just lambs to be slaughtered. They were all slaughtered this time, enriching King Jiang and other powerful officials.
Zhou Yu cursed in his heart, "This is forcing the people to rebel."
Yang Xi pointed out, "The strong laborers were taken away."
Wu Shan answered, "Even if we don't capture them all, they are useless without weapons."
Zhou Yu, "..."
He was confused by anger, so King Jiang had already made a good plan, killing two birds with one stone!
Yang Xi felt a little panicked, "Fortunately, we caught up with the caravan."
Wu Shanye was very scared and said, "Brother Zhou, thank you for the meat."
Their family is strong and has a lot of labor, but these days there is little water, and the sons are hungry and have no energy. He has already agreed that the third and fourth sons will follow Yang San. Yang San is a boy who has the ability, and the third and fourth sons have mixed up a lot of food.
Zhou Yudao: "Our two families have supported us all the way. Brother, please don't be polite to me."
He also thought about leaving part of the meat and freezing it, but then he thought it would be a disaster if he kept it because he wouldn't know whose mouth it would end up in, so he might as well give it all to the Wu family.
After a lively night, the caravan set off again. The caravan had more energy in its belly and the dullness of the past was gone.
Yang Xi believed that only what he ate was his own. During this time of food shortage, he quickly ate some precious ones to feel at ease. In the following two days, he kept eating dried fructose and sugar water. He would cook some and send them to the Wu family every time.
The rest is divided into three points with Yang.
Yang Xi discovered that Yang San cultivated Li Zheng but consciously made Li Zheng remember that he was the master and never gave Li Zheng sugar water.
She also discovered that Yang San and Yan Bing drank sugar water separately.
Yang San has been brainwashing Li Zheng, and he has a purposeful intention to be kind to Yan Bing. This guy found something profitable in Yan Bing.
Yang Xi told Zhou Yu what he had discovered, and Zhou Yu laughed in a low voice, "If you train this kid well, he can achieve great things."
While he was in the caravan, he didn't have time to teach Yang San, and this kid wasn't idle either!
Yang Xi sighed, "I have to admit that some people are born with abilities."
"Um."
Yang Xi added: "Now that we have left the mountains, there are only some dried meats and a small amount of coarse grains left. Can Boss Qian think of a way?"
Zhou Yu said, "Qianzhu knows a lot of people as a merchant. This time we are going to change our route to Gan County. We have friends who have business dealings with him and see if we can buy food."
Yang Xi didn't hold out hope, nor did she say anything to hurt her. It was better to have hope than no hope.
The caravan was like the fifteenth moon in the dark night. It was particularly eye-catching. It encountered many people begging for food. Before they entered Qin County, a large number of refugees gathered outside Qian County.
Yang Xi's scalp was numb, and he was stared at by thousands of pairs of eyes, as if he was a plate of meat.
Zhou Yu told Zhou Xiaodi and Yang San not to go collect firewood because they were afraid they would not be able to come back.
The guards' knives were stained with blood, and the entire caravan would not be able to leave unless the refugees were frightened.
The gates of Gan County were closed tightly. Yang Xi asked, "Do you think Prince Jiang is not afraid of getting out of his own way?"
Zhou Yu sneered, "He's not afraid. You also heard the news from inquiring that some squire and landlords were robbed by refugees."
This is what King Jiang left to the people. Why not rob the squire and landlord himself? King Jiang has scruples, as some squire families rely on him, and he is afraid of being exposed if he does it too many times.
It's different if it's left to the people. The more chaos there is in Bozhou, the happier King Jiang will be, and he can also follow the people to show favor to some families!
Yang Xi was silent for a while and then said, "Prince Jiang is very cruel."
The modern history of their reincarnation is different from the ancient times they lived in. A different turning point can form a new future. She and Zhou Yu also talked about the Three Thousand Worlds and so on, because they did not reincarnate in the modern world of this world, so they did not know the future history.
Yang Xi didn't know whether King Jiang would succeed or not, but from the bottom of her heart, she didn't want such a ruthless person to succeed.
After another two days, Qianzhu had no choice but to spend a lot of gold, silver and goods to bribe the stationed sixth-grade general. After getting the news that Jingcheng was still stable, the caravan rushed towards Jingcheng and spent a lot of money.
Only then did Yinzi get the chance to enter the city.
There were no refugees outside the city. The refugees begging had been driven away long ago. The black and red bloodstains ten miles outside the city showed the suffering of the people.
Although Jingcheng is still normal, it is also very depressed, and at most it is not life-threatening.
Yang San went out to inquire and brought back a lot of news, "Brother, the magistrate of Jingcheng has married the concubine of King Jiang."
Zhou Yu rolled his eyes inwardly, and Yang San called him brother directly, "What else do you want to know?"
Yang San lowered his voice, "I also found out that King Jing's eldest son's family was caught and they all committed suicide by taking poison."
Chapter completed!