Chapter 52 Qi Nanfeng remembers it clearly!
This was just like seeing the King of Hell, and he was so frightened that he knelt on the spot in a daze.
Ruan Mian played with the hilt of the knife and ordered him, "Why don't you go find someone to do the work? Oh, I'll tell you who to find to get twice the result with half the effort."
She leaned over and whispered a few words into the man's ear.
The man thought she was a magical person, and was so scared that he crawled to the cabin, tremblingly called his companions, and ordered some people from the Qi and Bo mansions to go and chop ice together.
Especially Qi Nanfeng, Ruan Mian gave special instructions, so he was the first one to be taken away.
He was hung by a rope and dug at the side of the ship with a pickaxe, which undoubtedly made his already itchy body even worse!
Liu was also hung down with her son. She gritted her teeth and chipped the ice while shouting.
"Nanfeng, look, none of Ruan Mian and the others came down to suffer. She must have bribed the boatman and is only trying to harm us!"
"Think back to when your father was still alive, our Qi family was so prosperous. Now our family has suffered such a disaster, all because of marrying that vicious woman Ruan Mian!"
Qi Nanfeng remembers every single account clearly!
He couldn't wait to reach the Zhangzhou mountain pass, and once he got to Ji County, he was going to take action!
Only by destroying the Ruan family first can I get rid of the hatred in my heart.
And those people from the Bo Mansion who were hung up afterwards also complained continuously.
Especially Mrs. Li, she is in such a weak state now, and she didn’t expect to have to go through all this.
Ruan Jiao took the tool from the old lady's hand at this moment and whispered, "Mother-in-law, let me help you. You can't bear it."
Mrs. Li's previous impression of Concubine Ruan was that she was just a lowly concubine who used her beauty to please men.
Now it seems that she is actually filial to herself.
I couldn't help but ask her, "Now that you're living well in the Ruan Mansion, have you ever thought about going back?"
Ruan Jiao suddenly burst into tears, as if she was feeling aggrieved but had no one to vent.
"Old Madam... I'm already the eldest prince's wife, and even if I die, I'll be the ghost of the Bo Mansion. Moreover, if my elder sister knew that I had the idea of going back, she would definitely beat me to death."
Upon hearing this, Madam Li was filled with indignation. "Your sister is such a beast! Even though you are a concubine, she shouldn't treat you like that. Well, you've been so loyal to Shen'er. When we meet Wu Heng, I won't let you suffer any injustice."
Ruan Jiao was filled with gratitude, and from time to time she looked at Wang and raised her voice, "Madam, why don't you get some rest? I'll help you."
Wang glanced at her and coldly refused: "It's not necessary."
Ruan Jiao looked embarrassed and felt wronged again, so Old Lady Li couldn't help but scold Wang.
"Mrs. Ruan has good intentions, how could you be so ungrateful? Now that we're in this predicament, Mrs. Ruan is still trying to help you, but you refuse to appreciate it! How can you be the mistress of the house!"
Wang was really blind. She really let Ruan Jiao hook up with the old lady?
She also took the opportunity to remind the old lady: "Mother-in-law, you also know that we have suffered such a disaster. The entire Bo Mansion is gone. How can there be a mistress of the house?"
"You...are useless."
The old lady glared at her and motioned Ruan Jiao to go to work.
With the hard work of this group of people, the boat slowly moved forward.
The boat finally reached the shore. The group of people from Qi Mansion were already exhausted and collapsed on the ground. The boatman came over with his men. The officer thought they were here to collect money, so he immediately walked behind Ruan Mian and motioned for Ruan Mian to hand over the money.
However, the boatman not only refused to let her pay the money, but instead offered her some fresh mutton with both hands.
"My dear girl, this is our gift to you. Please don't be angry with us. You should know that this mutton is... a rare delicacy! Taoqiu County is just ahead, so we won't go there. Please do as you please."
After saying this, those people ran away in a panic.
Only the officials and others looked at Ruan Mian in astonishment.
Ruan Mian smiled indifferently and then gave some mutton to the officials.
Seeing this, the officials were overjoyed. Regardless of the lives of the people in the Qi Mansion, they clamored to go to the county as soon as possible to find a place to settle down.
Although those who did the hard labor were exhausted, they gritted their teeth and followed after thinking that they would have a place to shelter from the wind and snow.
However, they did not expect that the entire Taoqiu County was empty, without a single person in sight, with doors closed on both sides, and occasionally the sound of some people crying could be heard.
The county town covered with heavy snow has a creepy smell.
The officers tried to knock on the door of one of the houses, but no one responded.
This made them all curious: "Taoqiu County is considered one of the richest counties in Ji County, with official roads leading to the capital. How did it become like this now?"
They wanted to go back to the county town, but the snow was already above their knees, making it too difficult to get in.
The officers could only find a larger farmer's yard on the spot. They saw that one of the households had built a thatched hut. When they knocked on the door but no one responded, they simply asked someone to hide in the hut first.
The shed is fenced off on three sides, so it's warmer than outside.
The officials were puzzled and started chatting: "Why do I feel that Taoqiu County is much colder? The snow is so thick! I wonder if the road to Ji County is still open."
"This snow must have started falling during these three days of travel, right?"
Ruan Mian and the others lit a fire, and as the flames rose, the snow on the ground melted a lot immediately!
She couldn't help but think of what Guard Liu had mentioned at that time. When they were in Changping City, the situation in Ji County was not good. Now it seemed that Ji County might have suffered a snow disaster.
Could it be that... the natural disaster that was supposed to happen in Changping City in the original book was moved to Ji County?
If this is the case, the current situation in Taoqiu County makes sense.
How can people who are close to running out of food have the leisure to wander around during a natural disaster?
It seems that her plan might change suddenly, but that is a story for the future. The most urgent thing is to fill her stomach first.
The boatman gave her mutton just now, which must be their most precious thing.
She asked Cuizhu to bring the stove, and Meixi volunteered to clean the mutton, cut it into pieces and give it to Ruan Mian.
She had a special wooden box on the cart, which contained some seasonings that she had looted from the kitchen when she emptied the Qi Mansion.
Of course, there are also things from the Ruan Mansion’s kitchen.
Whatever you want, you can get it.
In addition to salt, she also found some spices to remove the fishy smell. She had previously taken some fat meat from the space and cut it into pieces and placed them on the cart ready at any time.
It’s so cold, it won’t go bad even after ten days or half a month.
This is just right for making lard, then frying the mutton and stewing it in the pot.
After a while, an extremely mouth-watering aroma of meat wafted out. She cooked some mutton and vegetable porridge on another stove, put the minced meat in, and smelled the fragrance of rice mixed with fresh vegetable leaves.
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