Xia Qiyue took the purse, quietly took out a pound of rice from the space under the cover of the backpack, and then put the two children into the backpack on her back.
Seeing this, the clan leader quickly waved his hand, "Okay, okay! Let's hurry up! If you're lucky, you might be able to have lunch when you get to the county seat!"
The village in Shanbei where they were staying was too far away from the county seat, so there were not many people fleeing the famine along the way. They had already left early.
We were lucky, and nothing serious happened along the way. Although the elderly and children were a little bit intolerable, they still had family members supporting them.
The clan leader had spoken, and the words about lunch had an effect, and nothing happened during the rest of the journey.
Perhaps out of a guilty conscience, Old Man An kept a close eye on his old woman to prevent her from making trouble, and he also stayed away from her.
Liu Jiajia enthusiastically recognized Xia Qiyue as her sister, and kept pestering her to go with her for the rest of the journey.
Liu Jiajia and An Wang were the only women in the family. Although An Wang was angry with her daughter-in-law for not being sensible, she still had to take care of her all the way for the sake of her son and grandson.
Therefore, he didn't go far along the way. Xia Qiyue spent most of the time talking to Mrs. An and Wang, and then listened to Liu Jiajia chattering without much response.
Although she knew that Liu Jiajia might have a distorted personality caused by a long-term lack of love, she still thought that she didn't have such a good personality and could coax her to get along with her, so it would be better to just move around a short distance away.
This is also because Wang An is easy to get along with and helps him in every way, otherwise Xia Qiyue would not be able to offend such a twisted and pregnant woman.
The patriarch's method of looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst worked, and everyone's speed became much faster.
We arrived at the county seat before noon.
However, the scene in front of them swallowed up all the hopes of the people in Shanbei Village.
There were countless refugees outside the city wall, and they were crowded and wailing.
But there was no movement at the city gate, and there were even no soldier handles on the wall.
Li Zheng asked everyone to stop some distance away from the city wall surrounded by refugees.
This is not what the clan leader said at all. People can still stutter when they get here. On the contrary, the county seat does not even allow anyone to enter.
"What should we do now? Even the county seat can't be entered, what should we do?"
Panic rang out from the crowd, one after another, causing those old and weak women and children who had no opinion to begin with to collapse.
"What can we do? The county magistrate doesn't care about us anymore, where else can we go?"
A woman took the lead, and many people started crying.
Xia Qiyue held her younger brother and sister's hands tightly and comforted the two children in their baskets while keeping her eyes fixed on the city gate.
She discovered that although the city gate was crowded with people, if she looked closely, she found that there was actually an empty space at the main city gate, and it was guarded by government officials, not just one or two.
No matter how many there are, you won't be able to see them, and if there are too many people, you won't be able to hear anything at all.
"Okay, don't cry anymore!" Li Zheng shouted with a headache. "If the county town doesn't work, let's go to the capital. If the county town doesn't work, let's head to the capital. There's always room for us!"
After saying that, he turned around to discuss with the clan leader.
Not long after, Li Zheng personally went to the city gate. When he came back, he told everyone about the situation at the city gate with a somewhat unhappy expression.
"Don't be anxious, everyone. Although it costs ten coppers per person to enter the city, it's a good thing that the magistrate didn't give up on us, right?" No matter how loud Li Zheng's voice was, he couldn't shout to so many people. Fortunately, everyone stopped to hear the news.
, surrounding Li Zheng in the middle.
"Li Zheng, what do you mean the county magistrate didn't give up on us?" There were some impatient people in the crowd who asked loudly without waiting for Li Zheng to explain.
There were many teams like them gathered together, and those who fled were mostly from clans or villages.
"Don't be impatient for a moment! Listen to me!" Li Zheng shouted, his voice almost hoarse, and he waved his hands. "The adults at the gate of the city said that the county magistrate is collecting donations from wealthy people in the city, and he will be able to give them to everyone tomorrow.
The soup kitchen and shelter have been set up! So all we have to do now is wait! Fortunately, we still have some dry food and water in hand, so we can get through it after a while!"
At this time, the women who were breaking down and crying also stopped. Everyone listened to Li Zheng's arrangement, formed a family group, spread their beds on the spot, saluted, and sat down to rest.
Xia Qiyue, however, was not in a hurry to salute. She nodded and gestured to Liu Jiajia to invite her to come together, and then her mind started to work.
One person wants ten copper coins...she has ten copper coins, which is exactly fifty copper coins...
But as a little woman with a child, what excuse could she use to go into the city when no one jumped out to do so?
Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind. I put down my backpack and let the two children come out to stretch their hands and feet. Then I asked my sister to salute slowly while I pulled my son over and whispered.
Soon, before Xia Qiyue had time to lay down and salute, An Qingxuan suddenly collapsed in Xia Qiyue's arms.
"Xuan'er? Xuan'er, what's wrong with you? Xuan'er, wake up, what's wrong with you?"
Xia Qiyue started her performance. Her acting skills were unparalleled, she burst into tears, and soon everyone in Lao An's family was alarmed.
At the same time, An Qingke, Xia Jiuyue, and Xia Xinghe were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they shouted An Qingxuan's name. An Qingke cried so hard that he was out of breath.
Very good. This is what Xia Qiyue wants. It's okay to be scared. The important thing is to enter the city.
Also running over at the same time were Li Zheng and the clan leader, panting along with Old Man An.
Old Mrs. An was also following behind, cursing, but it was easy to see on her face that she was a little worried.
"Uncle Patriarch, Uncle Li Zheng, what should I do? Xuan'er suddenly fainted. No matter how much he screams, it's useless... wu wu wu..."
Xia Qiyue sat on the ground with Xuan'er in her arms, crying, but wouldn't let anyone get close to him.
"Bitch...what did you do to my grandson?"
Li Zheng and the clan leader were both extremely anxious, but Mrs. An, who ran up from behind, was already scolding her.
"Uncle Anbang, why don't you let your aunt go back first! Don't cause any trouble!"
Li Zheng frowned, feeling a little headache when he saw the way Mrs. An was cutting meat.
Lao Antou is also worried about this grandson. Although there are many grandsons in the family, the son who joins the army is the only one. He doesn't say it on the face, but he pays attention to it in his heart.
Turning back and glaring, Mrs. An lowered her voice, but still said, "Bitch, if anything happens to my grandson, be careful with your skin!"
Xia Qiyue didn't have time to care about so much at this time. She only looked at Li Zheng and the clan leader with tearful eyes. What was despicable was that there was not even a barefoot doctor in the entire Shanbei Village.
"From the Zichen family, why don't you take your children to the city to have a look? There is a doctor in the city!"
The patriarch thought for a while, but there was nothing he could do except this. The child fainted, and the Zichen family wouldn't even let anyone touch the child, making it impossible to check what was going on with the child.
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