Upon hearing that their child could drink, He Yingyuan and his wife couldn't bear to drink any themselves and gave it all to their child.
He Yingyuan's eyes were filled with love and a sense of vicissitude. Anyone who saw them would sigh and say, "Fatherly love is great!"
Qin San Niang did not stop them. This was the love of parents for their children. No matter how much or how little they had, they would always think of leaving it for their children.
"Brother He, who do you think these bandits are?" Qin Sanniang asked leisurely. Everyone must have heard He Xiucai's statement that they were not bandits.
"Those thieves were soldiers in disguise; this was the work of the officials of Huozhou City. Their aim was to use these thieves to wipe out us refugees in one fell swoop, thus solving the problem caused by the increase in the number of displaced people. As for what happens afterward, they will use the pretext of suppressing bandits to send troops to quell the rebellion—truly killing two birds with one stone!"
"It really was the officials of Huozhou City who did this?! This is outrageous! Don't they value our lives? If they weren't defeated by the foreign tribes, we wouldn't have been forced to flee our entire families!"
Liu couldn't hold back any longer. If her son were in an army like this, with his stubborn temper, how could he possibly survive?
Gu Qingshan remained silent for a long time before asking, "In your opinion, Brother He, the officials who later sent people to suppress the bandits actually used the corpses of our refugees as substitutes, so there were no bandits at all? Their purpose was simply to kill the refugees?"
"It has always been this way. There are good officials and bad officials. It is not uncommon for officials to treat our lives as insignificant as ants for their own selfish interests. Brother Qingshan, please don't take offense. Just be more careful." This man was skilled in archery, but his nature was still too simple. He Yingyuan explained patiently.
Having studied the intrigue and treachery of five thousand years of history, Qin San Niang found it easy to accept. However, experiencing it firsthand still left her feeling somewhat disoriented. Why did everyone else transmigrate into princesses and princes? She wanted to transmigrate into an ant! She refused to accept it!
A clap of thunder on the horizon instantly extinguished Qin San Niang's resentment!
"Mother, it looks like it's going to rain."
The weather was perfectly fine just now, how come it's suddenly going to rain?!
"Don't be afraid, the rain probably won't be heavy. We can just take shelter for a bit." He Yingyuan remembered that it seemed to have rained tonight in his previous life. Because of this, he found a secluded place to sit and wait for the porridge distribution the next day. It was precisely because the place was secluded that he was able to escape the disaster and survive the next day. This rain wasn't heavy.
Liu looked up at the sky and said it was all bark and no bite. Everyone hurriedly tied the tarpaulin on the carport so that they wouldn't have to worry about rain even if it rained.
Fortunately, just as they said, the rain was only a passing shower and stopped quickly.
Qin San Niang couldn't help but look at He Yingyuan with newfound respect, thinking to herself that this guy was so mysterious that he could even read the weather—wasn't he practically a walking weather forecast?! It wouldn't hurt to bring him along.
The next morning, when Qin San Niang woke up, Liao Hongying was already helping Liu Shi prepare breakfast. Wu Chunhua and Pang Ya went to the nearby stream to fetch water and boil it, while the other men went to cut grass to feed the horses and mules. Now that there were more livestock in the family, they needed to cut more grass.
A-Nan was playing with Xiao-Bai and A-Zhi in the grass, while the two boys were circling around in front of the horse, probably figuring out how to ride it.
Mrs. Liu is getting old and wakes up early. She started cooking millet porridge early in the morning, and it was already thick and tempting. Served with pickled vegetables made by Wu Chunhua, everyone happily ate a bowl.
Feeling a little embarrassed about having to eat and drink at someone else's house, Liao Hongying took the initiative to wash the pots and pans. Wu Chunhua smiled and helped her clean up!
He Yingyuan didn't seem to mind anything. Whether eating or sleeping, he always looked completely at ease, giving everyone the impression of being detached from worldly affairs.
Even Liu was worried that the porridge she cooked wouldn't suit his taste!
This is entirely a consequence of his life of luxury in his previous life; it's not something he did intentionally, but rather a habit formed over decades.
Ahead lay Luochuan City. He Yingyuan pondered, his knuckles digging into the ground. A thought struck him: in his past life, he had stumbled upon a location where a bandit leader had hidden his silver—it was at Qingyun Temple in Luochuan City. He needed to find a way to enter the temple and retrieve the valuables. With the money, he could travel to Jiangnan and ensure his family's safety for life. Otherwise, being unable to even afford a pound of rice was truly unbearable!
Upon hearing that there was a city ahead, Qin San Niang felt compelled to go in.
Last night, after everyone was asleep, she entered the space and went to the room where she hid her treasures. It seemed that the area had increased by half a square meter, and the jade pendant was gone again. It was obviously the jade pendant that had caused the problem!
This discovery thrilled Qin San Niang!
She planned to find more jade to upgrade her space. The thought that her space could be upgraded infinitely filled her with excitement and anticipation.
As for how to exchange for jade? That didn't stump her either. She used the mirrors in the supermarket. Nowadays, there probably aren't any peep shows. These dozens of mirrors in the supermarket were priceless!
After breakfast, everyone hurried off. Liu and the others planned to go to the city to find a horse and carriage shop to sell the extra mules and horses.
Wu Chunhua thought to herself, "Pangya found a horse. Qin Sanniang had already said whoever found it could keep it. This horse could fetch at least twenty taels of silver. I plan to give it all to Qin Sanniang as food expenses for the two of us on the journey. It's really unfair to always eat and drink for free!" Although Sanniang always told her that Pangya and she had contributed to the family, they really hadn't done much! Driving? She didn't have to walk. Making clothes? Didn't they also have a share in that?!
The eldest son of the scholar He finally sat on horseback. The feeling of his dream coming true made the boy extremely excited, but he also lowered his voice and called out in a soft, sweet voice, "Giddy up, giddy up!"
The older and younger children watched with great envy.
Qin San Niang slapped her forehead, realizing she had almost forgotten about it. So she carefully placed Da Wa and Xiao Er on the horse one after the other, and then mounted the tall horse herself.
The group set off for Luochuan in a grand procession.
"Brother He, who is the prefect of Luochuan City? Will we be able to enter the city smoothly this time?"
Seeing He Xiucai's carefree appearance, Qin Sanniang was quite envious. To be able to act like he was enjoying himself while fleeing from disaster, this guy was either really amazing or a complete idiot. However, after hearing his analysis before, the latter was unlikely.
Hearing Qin San Niang's question, He Yingyuan remained unfazed and continued to move forward at a steady pace. His eldest son was already almost asleep from being shaken.
"Madam Qin, the prefect of Luochuan City is a smooth person and his attitude towards refugees is neutral, so there will be no problem for us to enter the city. You can rest assured."
In his previous life, he had long forgotten who the Prefect of Luochuan was; such a minor official was not worth his time to remember. However, this fellow was the kind of person who sought to avoid mistakes rather than achieve merit. Not long after, when the Qiang people attacked, he abandoned the city and fled, and the treasures in the temple were discovered by the enemy.
He Xiucai then thought of the treasures in the temple. Rather than letting them fall into the hands of thieves like in his previous life, he might as well take them and use them himself. That would be making the most of them.
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