Mr. Zhang raised his eyebrows and looked at the butler, who nodded slightly.
Mrs. Wang was delighted: "Master Zhang, I have five grandchildren, you can pick one."
Mr. Zhang was extremely disgusted, his eyes full of contempt.
"Master Zhang, you may not have heard of this, but adoption is a very particular matter. It's best to go to a family with many sons. To be honest, my family happens to meet this requirement. You see, we have five sons and no daughters."
Anyway, that damn girl Xiaoqing has gone off with the bandits, so let's just pretend she doesn't exist.
Upon hearing this, Master Zhang looked at the housekeeper and said, "Go ahead and pick a smart one!"
So, eight-year-old Bai Lang was chosen.
"I won't go, grandma, please don't sell me out. I won't be naughty anymore, wuwuwu..."
Zhou held her son tightly and said, "Mom, please don't sell Lang'er!"
"Pa!" Wang Po slapped her without hesitation.
"I'm telling you you're an idiot. He went to the Zhang family to eat and drink the best food, isn't that better than following us? He's going to be a stepson, not a prostitute. What are you crying about?"
The old man held the twenty kilograms of grain in his hand and glared at Bai Hanrong: "Your wife is ignorant, and you are also ignorant? Lang'er was lucky to be chosen, this is also his blessing!"
Bai Hanrong sighed, turned away and said nothing.
Little Wang felt relieved, but she still held her two children tightly. Bai Hanfa had killed someone and no one knew where he had fled. Li Erzhu had kidnapped their eldest son in revenge, and no one knew whether he was dead or alive.
She tried to minimize her presence along the way, for fear that her in-laws would sell the three of them.
There was crying and pulling and tugging on one side, while on the other side there was a feeling of relief.
"Hmm! Are we safe now?"
Everyone sat on the ground and gasped for breath.
Tang Youyou unfolded the map and began to analyze: "We've been traveling for a whole day and night, and we're already sixty miles away from Wencheng. Once we enter Fengcheng, we can have a good rest."
Now there is not a drop of water or a piece of fish left, and everyone is starving.
Yu handed her the gold and silver and said, "Youyou, we have no ability to protect ourselves. If we get robbed in the city, it will be more trouble than it's worth. Please keep this silver for us."
Yao and Cui also handed over their money: "Yes, and the cost of going into the city last time can't be paid by you alone, we have to share it equally."
Tang's mother handed her a small cloth bag, filled it with gold and silver, and handed it to her: "Here, you take care of this money in the future!"
Tang Youyou took it with a smile. It felt good to be trusted. She asked mischievously, "Aren't you afraid that I'll abscond with the money?"
Everyone laughed.
"We got this silver by following you, so it should be yours!"
"That's right, you can do whatever you want with this money!"
"We have no objection!"
Butcher Zhang said hurriedly: "Of course, but can you buy a butcher knife?"
Everyone rolled their eyes. This guy's way of thinking was really different from others.
"Haha... Then I won't be polite. I'm going to let you see the dangers of the world!"
No one knew what she meant at this time.
I was stunned until I entered the city.
Old Man Tang tugged at Mother Tang's sleeve and said, "We just spent fifty taels of silver going into the city, and now we're buying an oxcart and all these things. This prodigal son, is he planning to spend all the money?"
Tang's mother tugged at her sleeve and said, "I've looked at everything we bought: clothes, shoes, water, food, salt... I know which ones we don't need right now. Don't worry about them!"
Two hours later, looking at half of the ox cart's stuff, Tang Youyou slapped his forehead and handed the ox rope to Tang Wu.
"Wait for me at the north gate. I forgot something. I'll be right back!"
He walked to the entrance of an alley, looked around to see if there was anyone around, and bought two daggers and sixty steamed buns from the mall, which he wrapped in a piece of cloth.
Everyone's eyes widened when they saw her coming with a large package.
She put the things on the ox cart, took out a dagger from her sleeve and handed it to Butcher Zhang: "This is the butcher knife you asked for. Take a look at it."
Butcher Zhang was extremely surprised and couldn't let go of it. He touched it and said, "Wow, this knife is so beautiful. Thank you, sister!" After saying that, he looked at everyone with a show-off look.
Everyone: Your butt is almost up to the sky.
"Let's find a place to change our clothes and shoes later!"
The men all shook their heads and refused: "You can exchange with the children, our clothes are fine."
The clothes they wore were all taken from bandits. Some of them didn't fit them well, and there were no patches or anything.
Tang Youyou's gaze fell on the official road. The big trees here had not fallen down, but some traces of the earthquake could still be seen. There was no place to find shade around, and only the dead trunks of the big trees were left.
There were groups of disaster victims under the trees, some lying down, some dying, and some crying loudly.
They felt very unhappy: it had been more than twenty days since they fled the famine, and the court had not taken any action at all, which was simply inaction.
"Chirp, chirp," another group of mice.
Xiao Si was startled: "Oh, so many mice!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of disaster victims rushed towards the rat with their eyes shining, and finally they were like a pile of human figures.
"Mine, this mouse is mine!"
"Whoever grabs it first gets it!"
Everyone started fighting over a few mice.
Seeing this, the children hid behind the adults, feeling a little scared.
Tang Youyou frowned. Why were they trying to snatch the mouse?
"Children, all get on the bullock cart!"
The children were already exhausted, their faces were tired and pale, and they couldn't even climb up.
Seeing this, several men threw them into the ox cart like chickens, and the children fell asleep leaning against the food.
"Sister Tang, take a break. I'll drive the bus!"
Seeing this, Tang Youyou did not stop him and fell asleep leaning against the bicycle frame. She was awakened by the noise after an unknown amount of time.
"Ah! Go away...go away..." a woman screamed.
Tang Youyou slowly opened her eyes, and saw two carriages parked not far away. A group of men dressed as servants lay on the ground, wailing in pain.
On the side, several strong men were trying to pull a gorgeously dressed woman.
"Let me go...you scoundrels, let us go..." a young girl's voice rang out.
Butcher Zhang gripped the dagger tightly in his hand and gritted his teeth: "Damn it, these bastards!"
Xu Da held his hand: "Don't meddle in other people's business!"
A man pinched the girl's chin and said, "Tsk tsk! You look pretty good, but a little shriveled." As he said that, he was about to tear off the girl's clothes.
"Zilla"
"Swoosh"
Two voices sounded at the same time.
"Ah!" The man's wailing sounded.
Everyone looked at Tang Youyou and realized that it was her who did it.
"Brother Zhang, tell them to move the carriage out of the way. It's blocking our way."
Upon hearing this, Butcher Zhang whipped his bull, and with a "moo" the bull charged forward.
"Didn't you hear what my sister said? Move the carriage away quickly."
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