Yun Yiyi nodded in understanding, "Brother Zirui, I understand what you mean. No need to explain it to me anymore."
Xie Zirui scratched his head embarrassedly, "Yiyi, anyway, this is how it is."
Yun Yiyi chuckled, "Brother Zirui, don't worry. I know the result."
"That's great, Yiyi. This way I don't have to rack my brains to come up with excuses."
"Brother Zirui, just follow us and escape the famine safely. We will definitely not let you starve or freeze."
"That's for sure, Yiyi."
"Zirui, Yiyi, what are you two talking about? We've finished shopping and are going home now."
"Here I come, mother."
"Here I am, auntie."
Zhang was holding a few cabbages and radishes she had bought, while Third Brother Yun had more than a dozen potatoes in his pocket.
"Mom, did you buy just vegetables?" Yun Yiyi said in surprise.
"Yeah. If I hadn't paid quickly, I wouldn't have been able to get these dishes."
When Zhang talked about this, she had a proud expression on her face.
"Yiyi, Zirui, let me tell you, it's only thanks to Mom's quick payment that we were able to snatch these dishes."
"Are you the women from our village? They are so fierce when they rob things. It's really scary."
After Third Brother Yun finished speaking, he secretly shuddered.
"That's good! We have cabbage and radishes, so we can eat vegetables again. Eating wild vegetables every day has almost turned my face the color of wild vegetables."
After hearing what Third Brother Yun said, everyone burst into laughter.
Zhang scolded with a smile, "Third brother, mother wants to ask you something. Did you eat all that meat the other day and turn you into the color of wild vegetables?"
"Mom, I don't have that." Brother Yun San answered embarrassedly.
This time, Lian Yun the Butcher and Brother Yun also laughed.
Zhang put all the cabbage, potatoes, and radishes into the carriage.
"Wife, how come you bought so many vegetables?"
"I grabbed them. I went too late and missed out on sugar, salt, and some other things."
Zhang looked regretful.
"Don't worry, wife. Maybe these peddlers will come again in the future. If you go early and grab them, you can buy them."
Zhang gave Yun the butcher a cold look and said, "Boss, what are you saying? Don't you have to spend money to buy things?"
Yun the butcher was speechless because he had flattered the horse and hit the horse's hoof.
All the children turned their backs and laughed secretly.
After a while, Zhang's meal was ready, and everyone had a quiet dinner while she took it out of the pot.
It just so happened that it was dark at this time.
Yun the Butcher asked the children to wash up and get ready for bed.
He and Zhang cleaned up together. The mules and donkeys also needed to be fed with grass, water, and cornmeal again.
As for the hens, Zhang secretly fed them. Some time ago, she had been staying outside Shilin Town.
The hens are eating well and seem to have gained a lot of weight.
After finishing all these, Zhang went to bed.
Starting tonight, everyone gathered the mule and donkey carts together. The Yun family also slept in the carts instead of on the floor.
Yun the butcher did not sleep as it was his turn to be on duty tonight.
Now the village has returned to the night duty mode of two people at noon and two people at night.
Yun the Butcher and another person agreed that one of them would be on duty in the first half of the night and the other in the second half.
Finally, they decided that Yun the Butcher would be on duty for the second half of the night.
So Yun the Butcher went back to the mule cart and slept for a few hours.
Later, when Yun the Butcher was on duty at night, he sat in the middle of the team and lit a bonfire in front of him.
It was noticeably colder at night, so Yun the Butcher put on all his thicker clothes.
Many people around him slept on the floor, so some of them snored very loudly when they slept.
Whenever Yun the Butcher felt sleepy, he couldn't fall asleep because of the noise.
Later, he strolled back and forth along the Yunjia Village team.
The village chief woke up more than an hour before dawn.
He went from house to house asking people to get up and cook.
Butcher Yun returned to his home. He added a pot of water to the big iron pot, covered it with a lid, and started to light a fire.
After a while, the water boiled. He first filled a clay pot with boiled water.
He added the washed and chopped sweet potatoes and half a bowl of millet to the half pot of water in the pot.
The sweet potato porridge in the pot was not yet cooked, and Zhang woke up when she heard the noise.
After washing up, she busied herself with chopping vegetables. She planned to stir-fry hot and sour cabbage in the morning, adding a little diced bacon, which the children loved.
The staple food is steamed buns.
When Yun the butcher started to turn the high heat down to low, Zhang put the cleaned grate into the big iron pot, covered it with a cage cloth, and put more than ten big steamed buns in to keep them warm.
After finishing these, Zhang went to light the fire, while Yun the butcher went to feed the mule and donkey at home with grass and water again.
After more than half an hour, the steamed buns in the pot were hot and the sweet potato porridge was cooked.
Zhang poured the sweet potato porridge into a clay basin, put the steamed buns into a basket and wrapped them with cloth.
Next, Yun the butcher lit the fire, and Zhang skillfully fried two large plates of spicy and sour cabbage.
When all the food was served on the table, Yun the Butcher called all the children in the family to eat.
It was still dark and the oil lamp was still lit on the table.
Yun Yiyi yawned, "It's as early today as yesterday. The village chief has never been late."
"Hey, if we rely on you lazy bastards, it will take us forever to get to Yunzhou."
"Mom, you're too blunt. Your daughter has no respect for herself."
"Okay, Mom won't say anything more." Zhang smiled secretly.
After all this playfulness, everyone felt a little less sleepy.
When the Yun family started to eat breakfast, many people in the village still had their meals not ready.
However, everyone knew the village chief's temper, so he would definitely eat before setting off.
Everyone guessed correctly. The village chief waited until dawn, and only when everyone had finished their meal and packed up their things did he urge everyone to set off.
When the team started to move, Second Brother Yun and Third Brother Yun drove the donkey cart in front.
In the middle was Brother Yun, with Yun Yiyi and Xie Zirui. However, the two children fell asleep as soon as they got in the car.
At the end, Yun the Butcher was sent off to sleep by Zhang. Now it was Zhang who was driving the carriage.
Now it was daybreak, and the team wasn't moving too fast. With Zhang driving the cart, Yun the butcher felt more at ease.
In this way, after the Yunjia Village team had been traveling for ten days, the weather changed.
The sun had disappeared, and the entire road was shrouded in mist. A cold wind was blowing fiercely.
"It's probably going to snow in this weather."
"According to the solar terms, it's time for snow. I just don't know if it will snow."
"It's really worrying now. It's dark everywhere. We're moving at a snail's pace now."
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