Lao An's house was some distance away from Li Zheng, and Xia Qiyue originally didn't want to get close to Lao An's house, so when she passed the resting place of the patriarch's house, Liu Jiajia waved to her, and she walked over naturally with her younger siblings.
The open space outside the city wall is large, but there is no obstruction, and the view is unobstructed, so everyone puts their unimportant luggage that takes up space outside their homes, and then puts food, water, women and children in the middle to rest.
Xia Qiyue looked over and saw that almost all families were like this.
Shanbei Zhuangzi has a large population, but there are only about forty households if each household is gathered together. Therefore, without moving around, the situation on Xia Qiyue's side can be clearly seen by Lao An's family not far away.
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Liu Jiajia waved her to the innermost place where they were resting, but Xia Qiyue waved her hand and refused. She chose to lean against the patriarch's house, but it was only three meters away.
After all, she has a fifteen-year-old sister. In this world, reputation is valued. The patriarch's family has three unmarried sons, and the second son is about the same age as her sister. She has to help her sister protect her reputation.
After arriving at a settled place, when her life becomes smooth, she will marry off her sister Feng Guanggang.
Xia Qiyue had already cleared a piece of ground and came out to take out the bedding and spread them out, and then the five of them sat on them.
Lao An's family, which is three houses away from here, is facing the patriarch's house and can be seen clearly.
But Mrs. An was lying there with her eyes closed at the moment, and she didn't know if she had fallen asleep.
The others were either sitting or lying down, except Liu Mei. After looking at Xia Qiyue intently for a while, she quietly approached Ge Mingyu who was putting her two-year-old son to sleep.
Because Yang Qiuju usually doesn't deal with her most of the time, Liu Mei likes to go to Ge Mingyu more often when something happens.
"Third brother and sister..." Liu Mei called out softly. Ge Mingyu looked up and saw that her sister-in-law was coming. She originally wanted to move a place for her to sit, but they only had so much luggage in the third room, and the four of them had already taken up all the space.
There is no room for one more person to sit down, and the child is still sleeping.
"My father, go and see my eldest brother!" Ge Mingyu directly sent away his man, An Zikang, the third son of the An family.
Because she knew that the fourth sister-in-law was back, and the sister-in-law must have come here because of her affairs, and she just wanted to know about it.
The smelly old woman held grain and water in her hands, but didn't give them even a grain of water. They were really tired, thirsty, and hungry, and they couldn't bear it just sitting there under the sun.
Seeing An Zikang stood up and left with his head lowered, Liu Mei quickly sat down in his seat, but she couldn't bear it and she felt dizzy even if she stood for a while longer.
"Sister-in-law, why are you here? Is Yu'er no longer making a fuss?"
An Qingyu is Dafang's youngest son, he is already eight years old, but because of his grandma's pampering, he has been noisy since he fled the famine. He is either tired, hungry or thirsty.
Along the way, either Liu Mei or her twelve-year-old sister An Qingyan carried her on her back.
Old Mrs. An didn't say anything. It was not her son or grandson who was carrying the person, so let them be, so as not to tire her precious grandson.
When Liu Mei heard about her younger son, her face became a little ugly, but she smiled again and reluctantly said that she had stopped making trouble, and then talked about looking for Ge Mingyu.
"Third brother and sister, you saw it, the fourth brother and sister are back with the children!" Liu Mei whispered.
Ge Mingyu nodded, how could she not see it? She had already seen it clearly.
"Look at that bastard Xuan'er's face glowing red. Who would believe the four brothers and sisters if they don't have any private money?" Liu Mei leaned into Ge Mingyu's ears again. "The entry fee alone costs ten coppers per person. Five of them
What about me? Do you think the patriarch’s daughter-in-law would give her so much money?”
Ge Mingyu had never figured out where the four younger siblings got the money to go to the city for medical treatment. After her sister-in-law mentioned it, it should be like this, private money! Yes! It is private money.
Their sisters-in-law all worked as women's clothing to support the family. However, the cloth shop's business has been sluggish in recent months, so they stopped sending out handicrafts.
Not to mention the four younger siblings, she has some private houses in her hands, not to mention her sister-in-law, there must be a lot of them.
So, could it be that the fourth younger brother and sister, who usually have no scheming intentions, also hide their secrets?
"Third brothers and sisters, look at them. They bought a lot of good things when they went to the city. Why don't we talk to mother about it?" Seeing Ge Mingyu thinking about it, Liu Mei said straight to the point, "We are almost dying of thirst."
How does it make sense that she, Xia Qiyue, can go to the city to enjoy herself even though she is starving to death?"
"But sister-in-law, is this okay? After all, we have separated her, and she has become so powerful, will it be in vain again?"
Ge Mingyu is more considerate than Liu Mei and can turn around her head. Unlike Liu Mei, who is single-minded, she will move forward bravely as long as it is beneficial.
"Are you stupid? Let's not talk about it and let mother go. Although her family is separated in Xia Qiyue, her parents-in-law are hungry and she can't eat it alone. When the time comes, even if mother prefers not to give it to us, at least our son will be able to eat it.
Come on, look at how thin Hua'er is, you don't have much milk, right? When the child cries, he is hungry! As the fourth aunt, she has fine food but doesn't want to worry about Hua'er. Forget about other children.
We can all eat steamed buns with wild vegetables, but our Hua'er is so pitiful. Look at this child who is hungry..."
Hua'er is the youngest son of Sanfang. He is only two years old and is still breastfeeding. However, Ge Mingyu often cannot feed his son enough and hears his crying along the way.
Seeing that her persuasion didn't work, Liu Mei started to play the pity card and counted the pity of her arrogant son in front of Ge Mingyu.
How could Ge Mingyu bear this? She had been worried about her son's food rations, but now that her sister-in-law said this, she felt enlightened.
She was still thinking about Xia Qiyue here, but she didn't expect that she didn't think about her at all. She must have heard her son crying from hunger every day, but he didn't give her even a morsel of fine food.
If I could have fine grains and cook some rice soup to feed my son, my son would not be so hungry that he would cry every day.
She had no milk left and her son wouldn't let go of his mouth. He sucked and bit her until her skin was torn.
In this case, what else is she thinking about? It is true that she should quickly find a way to get the good things back from her.
So they nodded, the two of them summed it up again, then handed the sleeping son to their five-year-old daughter An Qingling, got up, and walked to Mrs. An with Liu Mei.
After the two people passed by, Mrs. An, who didn't know how to coax her, put a smile on her face.
When Yang Qiuju noticed it, Mrs. An had already led two people towards the clan leader.
Yang Qiuju quickly got up and ran after him.
What a joke, although she and Liu Mei are not very good at dealing with each other, there are benefits that she can't let go of, right?
I saw Mrs. An, with her two daughters-in-law, and one chasing behind her, walking majestically to the place where Xia Qiyue was resting. She started shouting loudly, regardless of the good show or disdainful glances from those around her.
"Xia Qiyue, how much private money you have hidden away, please take it out for me! Also, give me all the things you bought from the city! You shameless bitch!"