The restaurant was almost full, but suddenly sixteen families came, and the manager felt embarrassed. However, the officer made it clear that these people were related to Mr. Qin, and he could not neglect it, so he immediately ordered people to vacate the house.
The steward said: "What's missing? Just tell me?"
Mrs. Yang said: "We encountered bandits twice on the road. Many people lost their luggage and lacked bedding and everything else."
The steward responded: "We don't have any new bedding here, but we have some old ones... Even though they are old, they are all clean."
Mrs. Yang smiled and said, "Then please give us some."
Without waiting for Mrs. Yang to say the rest, the steward said: "There is some food cooked in the kitchen, but it is mixed with a lot of coarse grains. These are the things in the di shop. But if you don't want to eat, you can take your own food to the kitchen."
Cook in the room."
Not to mention mixing it with coarse grains, even if it is mixed with chaff, they would not be happy. This is enough. Tian and others thought about it in their hearts, but kept their mouths shut, and they had to listen to Mrs. Yang in everything.
"Is there anything else?" Old Mrs. Yang asked, "There are too many old people, young women, and children along the way. Many of them can hardly hold on."
"Yes," the steward nodded, "there is still some meat, not much, but it can make some soup... the children..."
The steward said cruelly: "Each person boils an egg." Anyway, there are enough things for relief, and the store has also collected a lot of money these days, which is just a small amount.
Mr. Tian and others are happy to hear that, is there such a good thing? There is broth and eggs can be added? Thinking about it makes your mouth smile. No matter how many people can eat it, it is unimaginable for them.
When the relocation order came down, people from the government office said that there would be relief on the road. But after walking for so many days, how could one day eat without money? This was really a meal provided by the government office.
The children who heard a few words went crazy with joy. They all looked up into the kitchen with dirty little faces. Their eyes were a little red because they stared for too long.
If adults hadn't come to drive them away, they didn't know how long they would have to defend them.
The Di shop suddenly became so busy that people hiding in the house opened their doors to see what was going on. Everyone frowned when they saw it was a farmer wearing rough clothes, wondering how these people could come to the Di shop.
When they heard that the house was to be vacated, everyone frowned even more.
Zhao Luoyang walked to Mrs. Yang and said, "Mistress, please talk to the manager a little more to make everyone more lively. I will also take the opportunity to see who lives in the restaurant."
What if the young master with the pseudonym Sui Ji was hiding here? It would save her the trouble of searching everywhere.
Two-quarters of an hour later, Zhao Luoyang searched all the stores in his residence, but there was no one like the "Fuji" Shaodong's in Zhao Jingyan's words.
"No," Zhao Luoyang told Mr. Song, "at least not in the Di shop." She detailed her vision and trusted Shi Jiu even more. If the young master's family was here, they would not be able to escape her and Shi Jiu's eyes.
Mr. Song nodded: "I didn't expect him to be here. This store is full of relocated people. If other people are mixed in, they will still be easily recognized."
Zhao Luoyang said: "Looking at it now, it is most likely that they are among the merchants. They are merchants to begin with and are familiar with them. They will not make mistakes when questioned."
Mr. Song didn't ask how Zhao Xiaoxu tricked him into this restaurant. Anyway, he stayed there and took a bite of the food he was given. Even if Mr. Qin was unreliable in the future, he would be kicked out of the restaurant.
After all, now they have a place to stay, and all the sixteen families are happy, even if they just spend one night.
Everyone was packing their luggage when the officer who had just left came back and said: "Master Qin can return to Minzhou tomorrow. I will come to guide you there at early tomorrow."
Zhao Luoyang thanked the officer, and Mr. Song nodded slightly with a straight face, looking quite like an old gentleman.
Zhao Xueli took his two brothers to help everyone get settled.
The food in the kitchen was cooked, but few people came to serve it, which was a big advantage for the sixteen families. The children were sweating profusely after eating.
One by one, they ate from the bowl and looked at the food in the pot.
There are three big pots in total, full of rice and whole grain rice, which a greedy person can swallow with his tongue.
There was no place to eat together, so everyone squatted or stood around the yard.
"Eat less." The adults began to stop the children.
I haven't eaten enough for a long time, and suddenly something will happen if I overeat.
"We'll eat it tomorrow," Mrs. Yang also said to her three grandchildren. "There's also a pot of eggs cooked in the kitchen, and there's one for each child. You'll help share them later. No one is allowed to take more."
Zhao Yuanrang agreed.
Old Mrs. Yang held the bowl and said to Mr. Tian and Widow Xie: "It's not easy for the baby to follow us here."
As soon as we arrived in Taozhou, we finally got through it.
Everyone's eyes are a little red thinking about it. Only when we have a place to stay can we take care of the elderly and children.
After dinner, Mrs. Yang told the women: "Boil some water and clean the wounds on the children's feet first. Some of them are broken into pieces. Mr. Song brought some medicine over and gave it to the children.
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Now everyone is very grateful to Mr. Song. Mr. Song took out a lot of medicinal materials to treat everyone's symptoms on the way. Otherwise, I don't know how many people would have been left on the road.
The water was boiling in the kitchen, and the remaining people packed up their things. Sixteen families divided their rooms to rest. The men got firewood and moved things, and the women got bedding and spread them out.
The doll stood nearby, waiting for all the luggage to be put on the kang, and couldn't wait to lie down on it.
Zhao Yuanji lay on the kang and turned over several times, with a smile on his dark and thin face: "It would be great if we could be assigned a house like this when we get to Taozhou."
Tao stretched out his hand and tapped Zhao Yuanji's nose: "What a beautiful thought."
After arriving in Taozhou, after naturalization, everything has to be arranged by oneself. Even if the government office gives a house, it will definitely leak from rain and wind. The weather is not bad at the moment, and the roof can be repaired, so everyone has no expectations. There is something similar.
Just place.
Zhao Luoyang took Old Mrs. Yang and Luo Zhenniang and asked them to sit down and have a rest: "In a while, my father, third uncle, and I will go outside to look for the location of the government office, and then go to Dongshi to inquire about the news."
Zhao Yuan gave way: "Take me with you too, I won't be easily discovered."
Luo Zhenniang deliberately stopped Zhao Luoyang and glanced at Old Mrs. Yang. Old Mrs. Yang didn't say anything, and she didn't say anything. These days, Sister Luo has become a living monkey. Isn't it right to leave her idle?
It's possible, and it seems that what we have to do next is inseparable from Sister Luo.
Zhao Xueli thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, it's more convenient for the children to go to Dongshi to inquire about the news than it is for us."
Zhao Luoyang looked at Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji: "You guys go with me, plus my father and third uncle, there are exactly five of us. Let's freshen up, change our clothes and go out, so as not to be misunderstood as refugees."
While a few people were cleaning up, Tian and others came over to ask if they needed help. Everyone was thinking about Mr. Zhao. This was a blessing for them, and they could not bear the burden all on Old Mrs. Yang and her family.
After hearing that he was told to go out first to inquire about the news, a few people left.
When Zhao Luoyang was changing his clothes, he found a secluded place and saw that there were no bronze mirrors around him before he felt relieved. Even though Shi Jiu was a system, he couldn't see it...
Shi Jiu also knew what Zhao Luoyang was doing and kept silent, as if he was avoiding it.
After changing his clothes, Zhao Luoyang said to Shi Jiu: "I still need to exchange some medicinal materials to bring with me. I have a way to tell people when I meet them."
Shi Jiu said: "Do you know how to find Sui Ji?"
"A woman is pretending to be a man," Zhao Luoyang touched his neck, "This is the most reliable part of the neck, right? Unless she is pretending to be a young man under sixteen or seventeen years old."
Shi Jiu responded: "Who taught you?"
Zhao Luoyang didn't want to hide it: "Little mute."
Another little mute.
Shi Jiu became curious and asked, "Who is that?"
"When I was five or six years old, the people who lived in the village were one or two years older than me and couldn't speak." Zhao Luoyang thought of something. "Do you think there is any cure for mutes in the system?"
Shi Jiu said: "I don't know, but not all mute diseases can be cured."
Zhao Luoyang continued: "She talks about him, but she just doesn't want to talk. The little mute is a very nice person. We were often together for more than a year, and she didn't pay attention to anyone, but she was willing to walk around with me."
Maybe Zhao Luoyang was too affectionate when he mentioned "little mute", so Shi Jiu subconsciously asked, "Is little mute a man?"
"No," Zhao Luoyang said, "a girl like me."
This was something Shi Jiu didn't expect. Shi Jiu said, "A six or seven-year-old girl? How does she know this?"
"That's what you heard," Zhao Luoyang said. "She traveled around with her grandmother, suffered a lot, and saw a lot. The little mute seems to have a bad temper, but in fact she is a very good person. She always leaves food for me.
, but she is also petty, so I often give her food. Once I met a child from the same village and gave half of the cake away, and she became angry."
"But soon his anger dissipated and he came to look for me again."
After Zhao Luoyang said this, he felt a little disappointed: "It's a pity that she left with her grandmother and never came back. We also moved away after that. Now we can't find anyone if we try to find her. I don't know if she has spoken now."
Hearing Zhao Luoyang talking about someone like this, Shi Jiu felt a little sour for some reason.
"Let's go," Shi Jiu said. "It's getting late. I don't know what's going on in the city. I have to go early and come back early."
Zhao Luoyang tidied up his clothes and walked out. Zhao Xueli and others were already standing in the yard waiting, and the five members of the family each took a wooden sign and walked out.
"The wooden sign is ready." Zhao Luoyang told his two younger brothers that the three of us should not separate yet. Someone is checking the wooden sign on the way, so don't take it out yet.
No one knows whether a young man like Zhao Yuanrang or Zhao Yuanji needs a wooden sign. It's a good idea to bring it with him for safety. I'll go down today to find out the news. Once I know the situation clearly, I'll make other arrangements later.
Several people went out and walked directly to Dongshi. As expected, they encountered someone interrogating them on the way. After taking out the wooden sign, the officer didn't ask any more questions.
This wooden sign is more useful than Zhao Luoyang thought.
When he arrived at Dongshi, looking at the crowds coming and going, Zhao Luoyang said to Zhao Xueli and Zhao Xuejing: "Dad, third uncle, see if you can find some work here. There are so many merchants, so they should need to carry goods."
Zhao Xueli and Zhao Xuejing nodded.
Zhao Luoyang continued: "Before dark, no matter how much news we get, we will meet here and go back together."
Zhao Xueli said: "What about you?"
"Let's go buy some things," Zhao Luoyang said, "see if we can sell them to a restaurant."