Not long after, An Sijin, who had gone to the front to find out the news, came back.
"How's it going?" An Youde asked quickly, still breathing heavily when he spoke.
Apparently it's time for the freezing weather to begin in the north, it's extremely cold.
"There was an official asking questions in front of me. Li Zheng told me not to run around and I will come back!" An Sijin put his hands to his mouth and breathed. It was obvious that he was freezing after running back.
I am originally from the south, but when I go to the north, winter comes, and many people cannot stand the heat, wind and cold.
Just wait, what else can you do? Looking at the city gate, you can't get in at all. It's better to just rest here.
Xia Qiyue took out the water bag from the space. Inside was brewed sugar water. The temperature was just right for drinking. It was warm and sweet and replenished her physical strength.
The two children were in the carriage, wrapped in quilts like rice dumplings, with only their eyes exposed and blinking. Xia Qiyue felt that it was not enough, so he poked their foreheads from time to time, fearing that they might get hot or cold, and there were still snowflakes falling outside.
Along the way, the patriarch's family asked a carpenter to make a wheelchair for Liu Jiajia to sit on and push. It was also wrapped in a quilt. An Youcai pushed it all the way, fearing that something might happen to the first child.
At this moment, Xia Qiyue and their carriage were not far away, and the clan leader had obviously gone to the front. Mrs. An hurriedly helped Liu Jiajia wrap up the quilt.
After it snowed, it was even more difficult for the refugees who were walking without any cover. Thick clothes and bedding were not enough. Apparently some people felt sympathy.
Looking at the tightly guarded carriage with almost no wind exposed, Ge Mingyu looked at the two children shivering with cold in her arms. Her daughter was okay, she was a little older, and she was a girl, so she wouldn't care too much.
But her son made her feel so distressed that she was about to cry. The little boy could only babbling and could not tell what he wanted.
This time it's not that Mrs. An was stingy in not giving thick clothes and bedding to the second bedroom, but that she didn't have that many at home.
"My father, why don't you go and ask your fifth brother to let him think of a solution? Hua'er can't stand the cold anymore!" Ge Mingyu said with a cry.
When An Zikang heard about Lao Wu, he felt a little trembling in his heart. He couldn't help but be afraid.
"You wrap the quilts tightly around the two children! Come out! This way the two children won't be cold!" An Zikang said angrily.
I used to be afraid of Ge Mingyu, but now I'm not afraid at all. Why is she making such a fuss like this? She can fix people with just one slap.
Ge Mingyu's face turned dark, and he shouted dissatisfied, "It's easy for you to say, my mother didn't even buy me thick clothes. I froze to death as soon as I came out of the quilt. You, a heartless man, don't wear thick clothes yourself."
You know how cold other people are! I married you blindly!"
With this sentence again, when Ge Mingyu was at home, he kept talking and said that he married her only because he was blind.
An Zikang couldn't hear these words the most right now, "Do you think the elder sister-in-law has thick clothes? Does the second sister-in-law have any? Why are you so pretentious?"
Ge Mingyu almost jumped up in anger, "My elder sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law have thick clothes in their own bags. Can you compare with them?"
The voice involuntarily got louder, and it was finally the old lady next to me who was cold and hungry.
In order to save food, they ate twice a day along the way, so the old lady had to endure it since it was not yet dinner time.
Because she made the rules herself, and she was very strict with her three daughters-in-law, so she couldn't make any exceptions.
"What are you making the noise about? Can't you just stay quiet for a while?" The old lady's devilish voice sounded, and Ge Mingyu shrank his neck and did not dare to speak any more.
An Zikang took away the quilt and wrapped it in the two children, who were shivering from the cold.
Li Zheng and the clan leader came back soon and told everyone a shocking news.
The earth dragon turned around and destroyed Liulin County, but the court had made arrangements. As long as the refugees came from Liulin County, they would arrange a place for them to rebuild their homes.
The arrangements at the gate of the city have almost been made. I heard that they are also from Liulin County. The official official counted the number of people and households and said that they can be arranged the day after tomorrow at the latest. He asked Li Zheng to apply for household registration and then he can make arrangements.
The place is settled.
"They said they would be given land, and they would also be provided with money and food. Don't worry, we are saved!" Li Zheng said all the news he had learned, grinning happily.
Wang Dazuo had a question, "Li Zheng, then we have to wait at the city gate while waiting for the news? It's such a cold day, we can't even eat a hot bite, and everyone can't stand it!"
As soon as she took the lead, everyone started talking, "Yes, it's so empty here. You can't even find firewood, especially if you freeze to death before you even get to the place where you can settle down!"
"How about we walk back and go to the nearby mountains to find some firewood or game to fill our stomachs!"
We sometimes hunted prey along the way, and Xia Qiyue also ate the pheasants and hares that the two brothers Anton and Ancheng brought back.
But she wanted to give the money to the two of them, but they didn't want it. They always ate together, and the food was provided by the fourth sister-in-law. What little they had was nothing. If she wanted the money, they wouldn't have the shame to follow her.
Xia Qiyue didn't force herself, she just ate what she ate, and she would slowly repay the kindness of a few people.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet for now. No fires can be lit here at the city gate. As a family, we can go a little further away to make hot food and come back to eat! If it's really cold, go to the woods a few miles away and pull some fallen leaves to deal with it!
Arrangements will be made soon!"
After Li Zheng's words, everyone no longer dared to make any nonsense, and everyone went to arrange their own little homes.
In fact, those who had few bedding actually went to the forest to pull out fallen leaves and spread them underneath, using the bedding as a quilt to cover themselves and stay warm.
The snow only fell a little and then stopped, which made everyone feel relieved. At the same time, they were busy cooking and eating. After listening to what Li Zheng said, the higher-ups would provide settlement fees and food relief, so everyone became more generous.
In the past, the porridge was just a thin soup, but now it is much thicker.
Here in Xia Qiyue, a scene of rushing to work is taking place.
"Okay, you don't need to grab it. I'm going to cook the porridge. You just need to help make the fire. Two people will come and help me carry the pot and rice. The other people will unload the horses and clear out the sleeping area at night. There's no need to do it.
Leaves, others also have two sacks of fodder, that should be enough!"
Xia Qiyue made arrangements one by one.
"Sister, let me help you!" Xia Jiuyue got out of the car. She had been coughing for the past two days, maybe because she had not adapted to the northern weather and caught a cold.
"Just don't come out! Stay in the carriage with Ke'er and Xuan'er!" Xia Qiyue asked people to go back. She had to quickly think of a way to boil medicine for her sister in case her condition worsened if she came out.
"Yes, sister Jiuyue, if you catch the wind and cold, don't come out. It's too cold outside!" An Youde couldn't help but said what he was thinking, "You don't even have to come down while we unload the horses!"
Xia Jiuyue couldn't help but blush. She didn't know when An Youde started calling her Jiuyue sister, but she couldn't tell him to stop calling her.