After this incident, the adults became more cautious, especially the Tian An family, where the children were always surrounded by three layers of guards.
The closer they got to the capital, the more refugees there were, and everyone firmly believed that there would be a way to survive once they reached the emperor's feet.
After many bumps and bruises along the way, Tian An and his companions finally arrived at Cheng'an County. From Cheng'an County, it would take another two days to reach the capital.
Zhao Yiming originally wanted to find a place for everyone to have a good rest, take a hot bath, and eat a hot meal.
Considering that it was not cost-effective to stay in an inn with too many of them, they planned to find a village to pay for accommodation. Unfortunately, when the villagers saw that there were so many of them, they simply closed the door and asked them to leave.
After passing the village, they still couldn't find a suitable place to stay until evening, so they could only camp in a forest with water.
After instructing Deng Xue and the others to look after the children, Zhao Yiming took Tian An into the woods, under the pretext of hunting, because they had already finished eating the meat they had bought.
It is indeed hunting, but if you really can't catch any, just take some out from the space to make up the number.
As they walked, they talked about their future plans. They were about to arrive in the capital, and with so many people, food, clothing, housing and transportation were all problems. If they didn't plan ahead, there would be a lot of trouble.
"The village chief and his men don't have much money, and prices in Beijing are high. It's almost impossible for them to settle down here. They'll have to rely on us when the time comes." Zhao Yiming said as he observed the bushes.
"Can we buy a house in the capital with the money we have?" Tian An said while sitting on a rock and chewing an apple.
"Yes, but the house you can buy at this price can't accommodate so many people. Besides, a house alone won't be enough. They are used to farming and don't know how to run a business. They have no source of income at all. They can't rely on us to support them forever!"
"Hiss... This is a difficult situation. We have all finally come here safely. We can't just ignore them and let them fend for themselves!" Tian An frowned.
His mind was full of thoughts and his mouth was talking non-stop. In a short while, an apple as big as a bowl was gone. He almost bit his hand when he took a bite.
"Haha! You are so greedy for meat! You don't even let yourself go." Zhao Yiming said with a smile.
Tian An looked at him with resentment: "Not only did you not help me find a solution, but you also laughed at me."
Zhao Yiming held back his lips and said, "Who said I didn't think about it?"
Hearing this, Tian An's eyes lit up and he stood up immediately. "Have you come up with a solution?"
Zhao Yiming curled his lips, "Is there any need to think about this? They know how to farm, so why don't we just buy the land?"
Tian An choked. Damn, why didn’t she think of it?
Looking up, he saw Zhao Yiming's face with an expression that said "You can't do it!". Adhering to the principle of losing the battle but not the battle, Tian An opened his mouth and said, "Can you do it or not? If not, I'll do it."
Zhao Yiming: "..."
“You…you…”
Looking at Zhao Yiming's constipated expression, Tian An also noticed that what he said was inappropriate.
"Uh...that...do you want to eat fish or chicken?" Tian An said with his head down.
Zhao Yiming opened his mouth and finally said, "It's better for girls to drink more chicken soup."
Tian An also nodded: "Yeah, chicken soup is indeed more nourishing."
Zhao Yiming: "..." He was furious. "Fuck, what a mess."
Finally, Tian An took out three chickens from the space. Fortunately, the space had an automatic fresh-keeping function, and the chickens were not frozen, so they did not need to waste time thawing them.
But when I went back, Xiao Laosan kept asking me questions, which was really annoying.
"You two can actually pluck all the chicken feathers while hunting?" Xiao Lao San said in disbelief. This efficiency is too high!
"We were afraid that we would come back too late and not have time to do it, so we dealt with it first." Tian An explained with a stiff face.
"Where did you catch this chicken? It doesn't look like a pheasant!" Xiao Laosan pulled the chicken's head with a puzzled look.
Tian An was very upset and gritted his teeth and said, "This chicken might be the offspring of a hybrid between a pheasant and a domestic chicken."
Xiao Lao San: "Is this okay?"
Tian An: "The facts are before our eyes, what do you think?"
Xiao Laosan nodded and went to pester Chunxi again.
"Sister Chunxi! Let's braise one chicken, stew one in soup, and stir-fry one!"
Chun Xi looked embarrassed, "But we don't have any other seasonings except salt, so I'm afraid we can only make soup.
However, I still have a pack of spices that my daughter prepared earlier. They are delicious for stewing soup and chicken, too."
The plan to eat chicken was ruined. Xiao Laosan looked at the three tender white chickens in the pot with regret and said, "Okay! Let's make soup." It's better to have something to eat than nothing.
Chunxi burned a handful of leaves and slightly burned the skin of the chicken. After cleaning it, she added water to a large pot and put the spice bag directly in to start stewing.
As time went by, waves of tempting aroma gradually emanated from the cauldron, and everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"This chicken smells so good." Qiushan sucked the saliva that flowed to the corner of his mouth.
His father slapped him in the face, "Nonsense, this is meat, how can it not be delicious!"
Qiu Shan pouted, "The chicken cooked at home during Chinese New Year never smelled this good!"
"It's good enough that you have something to eat, and you're still complaining about it." Qiushan's mother also pulled his ear.
The village chief said, "I have to say, the chicken we cooked today is much more delicious than the ones we stewed at home."
Tian Gang took over the conversation, "This is all thanks to An An."
"Yeah! We're almost in Beijing. If it weren't for An An and Daniu, we wouldn't know where we would be now."
"I don't know what happened to the others."
…
As we chatted, the meat in the pot was ready. Everyone rushed to eat it, chatting and laughing, but no one consciously took the better parts of the chicken.
They knew in their hearts that without Tian An and Zhao Yiming, they would not only have no way to eat meat, but it would also be a question of whether they were still alive. Of course, the good things had to be left to them. This was the most basic conscience of being a human being.
After dinner, everyone gathered around the fire to keep warm, and Tian An tentatively asked everyone about their future plans.
As expected, everyone was at a loss. They'd originally been so eager to follow Tian An and Zhao Yiming to the capital because they had nowhere else to go. Their abilities were evident to everyone, and they firmly believed they could follow them to the end.
But they had never thought about how to gain a foothold after arriving in the capital.
Yes! The capital is coming soon, and they should think carefully about their future path.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Tian An didn't say much. It would be best if they could find a way out on their own.
In the end, if it really doesn't work, just do as Zhao Yiming said.
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