Chapter 75 Inquire

"His father."

Mrs. Qiu looked at Lu Quan worriedly and opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't know where to start.

Lu Quan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he shook his head slightly at Mrs. Qiu, pretending not to care and told Mrs. Qiu: "You go cook first, and I'll go see if Xiao Wu is awake."

Mrs. Qiu was just a woman. She had no feelings about the Shen family being wiped out by the government. She was only worried about Xiaosi.

She was afraid that Xiaosi would miss her aunt and cousin, and she was also afraid that the Shen family's troubles would be caused by the Lu family.

Xiaosi's aunt and cousin are still in Nanyang County, and I don't know if the child will be thinking about them.

Last time, Xiao Si's aunt came out of the county jail, and Xiao Si went to see her and came back without even mentioning her. Mrs. Qiu felt uneasy and didn't know whether she cared about the child or not.

Now, if something happens to the Shen family, will it remind Xiaosi of what happened to the Lu family?

Lu Quan lifted the gauze curtain and entered the cabin. In the cabin, Xiao Wu was still sleeping soundly, and Xiao Si was lying beside him, eating the lotus seeds peeled by Lu Xiaoli one bite at a time.

Hearing the noise, she jumped up and looked at Lu Quan: "Dad, is there something wrong?"

At this time, Lu was usually busy outside, and it was rare to see him in the cabin.

In the summer, three layers of gauze curtains were nailed in the cabin, and the wind blew cool and refreshing. The family, Xiao Wu and Xiao Si, almost grew up in the cabin, and the small green carp and small fish would come in from time to time to enjoy the cool breeze.

Even Qiu would take a break in the cabin while breastfeeding Xiao Wu.

Only Lu Quan went out in the morning and came back at night, rarely coming to the cabin.

"Um,"

Lu Quan carefully covered the curtain and sat cross-legged on the open space outside the bamboo mat: "Xiaosi, the Shen family in Nanyang County has also been surrounded by the government."

Speaking of siege, the fate of the Shen family should be no different from that of the Lu family. In the end, the family property was confiscated.

I just don’t know if the entire Shen family can survive.

Lu Sheige narrowed his eyes. The Shen family in Nanyang County was also surrounded?

She immediately sat up straight and asked with some urgency: "Dad, what's the news from Dongyang County?"

Lu Quan was stunned and asked, "What is the relationship between the Nanyang Shen family and Dongyang County?"

Seeing that Lu Quan didn't understand, Lu Shege simply spread his arms and said clearly: "What I mean is, after the Lujiazhuang was burned, are there any big families in Dongyang County whose property, money and food were directly confiscated by the government in the name of collaborating with bandits?"

"this?"

Lu Quan frowned and thought, he really didn't pay attention to this.

Although Jiangjiaba is located between Dongyang County and Nanyang County, because Jiangjiaba is separated by rivers and lakes from these two places, the transportation is not very convenient.

Unless you take the waterway, the waterway can only go to Nanyang. If you want to go to Dongyang County, you have to stop the boat and walk for half a day to get to Dongyang County.

If we really want to go, everyone would rather go over the mountains and save these twenty coins.

Lu Quan thought for a moment and then answered cautiously: "I vaguely heard that Dongyang County is in chaos now. As for the specifics, I'm not sure."

"Dad, go to the dock and ask, or go to shopkeeper Li and ask."

Lu Quan was a little confused: "What are you asking about?"

"Inquiring about the current situation in Dongyang County, and also asking around. Is it because the government surrounded the Shen family, just like the Lu family, for collaborating with bandits?"

Lu Xiange remembered what shopkeeper Li Fushun said some time ago that the Hongying Army would move probably after the autumn harvest, and he warned: "Father, go now and bring your money bag. If the ships coming from Huaicheng or passing by Nanyang County,

If there is a dock at Jiangjiaba, dad can go up and ask. If there is a familiar steward on the dock, we can also find a place to have a drink together. In short, dad, don't be reluctant to spend money, it would be best if you can get some information.

.If you can’t…”

Lu Sheige paused and did not continue.

If not, she might have to find a way to go to Nanyang County to have a look.

But it's still too early to say this now. Even if she wants to go, Lu Quan and Qiu may not agree.

Lu Quan asked curiously: "What if I can't find out?"

"If you can't find out, forget it. Dad will do his best."

Lu Sheige didn't say what was in her heart. Seeing Lu Quan go out, she slowly picked up a lotus seed and put it in her mouth, but she was thinking in her heart that she didn't know whether an honest person like her father could do things reliably.

She wanted to inquire more herself, but thought of the look in the eyes of shopkeeper Li, and gave up.

Forget it, just leave it like that.

Lu Quan left the complicated and trivial matters on the dock and ran to the town. He was a straightforward person. The thing that Xiaosi wanted to ask must be the most important. Nothing else was as important as Xiaosi's things.

Lu Quan first went to Laifushun and met shopkeeper Li. After leaving, he stopped by Ding's butcher's shop and chatted for a few words. Then he went straight to the dock with his money bag in hand.

In the past two months, the eel cage business at Ye Pier has been going well, and the three stewards on the dock and Lu Quan have also gotten to know each other quite well.

Hearing that Lu Quan wanted to treat them to a drink, he immediately called his men to watch the pier, and they went straight to Fushun.

Although Lu Quan and shopkeeper Li from Lai Fushun had already started doing business together, it was still the first real experience for Lu Quan to spend his own money to treat guests to Lai Fushun.

Shopkeeper Li saw that it was Lu Quan who was treating guests, so he specially prepared a private room for them. He also took the time to send two jars of wine and came up to drink two glasses with the three young stewards.

This face is given enough.

On weekdays, the chief stewards at the dock would respect Steward Li from Fushun.

Now, Lu Quan is just a fisherman, and three stewards can come, and he feels that he is giving Lu Quan some face.

Unexpectedly, shopkeeper Li would come to accompany Lu Quan, and he treated Lu Quan like a "Brother Lu".

Suddenly, the three dock stewards did not dare to look down on Lu Quan. After a banquet, they really talked about everything they knew and told Lu Quan everything they knew.

On a small fishing boat at night, the wind swept across the water along the river, penetrated the layers of gauze curtains, and blew into the narrow cabin.

There were rarely any lamps lit in the cabin.

Xiaoqing was picking up the soles of her shoes under the lamp, while Lu Xiaoli and Qiu were comparing themselves to cutting out a piece of material they had just bought. On the other side, Lu Xiaoyu was coaxing Lu Xiaowu, who could already walk, to take a few more steps.

"Almost all the big families in Dongyang County had troubles more than a month ago. Like the owner of the big village in Lu, two families were accused of collaborating with bandits. There were also several families who donated their property to the court, saying,

It is said to be used for disaster relief by the imperial court."

Last year and the year before that were both famine years, so I didn’t see any donations from them. This year, the weather has been good, and the famine has just begun to ease. Are these big households starting to donate food to the court?

Lu Sheige put down the charcoal pen in his hand and frowned.

Do these wealthy households know that the food they donate may fall into the hands of the rebels?

Lu Quan flushed, drank the herbal tea handed over by Lu Shengge in one gulp, and continued: "Shopkeeper Li said that I am afraid that I will not be stable in the future!"

Lu Sheige raised his hand to fill the tea bowl in front of Lu Quan and asked softly: "Did shopkeeper Li say when he will return to Yangzhou?"

"Go back to Yangzhou?"

Lu Quan had a little too much wine today, and for a moment he didn't understand the meaning of Lu Xiuge's words.

"Shopkeeper Li's wife and children are in Jiangjiaba. Why is he going back to Yangzhou?"

"Go back to Yangzhou and take refuge!" Lu Sheige looked at the people in the cabin and sighed softly: "Maybe, we have to leave, Jiangjiaba may not be safe!"

Of course, it would be best not to leave.

Although it is said that the people on the boat are all wandering, they may live a stable life in one place, or they may make a living elsewhere.
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