Ye Wenxue quickly subdued the troublemakers blocking the road, ignored the inscrutable stares from those around her, and boarded the carriage.
"Zhiwu, let's go and continue on our way."
Zhiwu closed his chin, nodded hesitantly, exchanged a glance with Wang Jin, and then tacitly shrank his neck.
No wonder everyone in the mountain stronghold treats Boss Ye with such respect.
No wonder the other bandits who were imprisoned quickly told him about the stronghold, the identity of the eldest brother, and so on, but dared not mention the eldest brother, Ye.
With the winter snow melting and no further news of rebels occupying cities from the south, coupled with local officials encouraging farmers to return to their hometowns, many refugees brought their families back with them.
A few people were walking around the roadside, their faces no longer showing the fear and panic they had shown when fleeing the famine; they were much more peaceful and calm.
However, this only applies to people from Tanzhou.
The area south of Tanzhou had been captured by the rebels and could not be easily handed over to the imperial court.
The people in these places were appeased by local officials and assigned to villages under their jurisdiction. Some, seeing that the drought had passed, insisted on returning to their homeland, regardless of who was in charge.
Qingxu Town is close to Tanzhou and can barely be considered a large town, with many people coming and going in recent days.
Some people even decided to stay in Tanzhou and settle down there, starting businesses and making some money.
Some people, who were not from Tanzhou, but had relatives or friends in Qingxu Town, temporarily settled in Qingxu Town, intending to rely on their relatives and friends.
So when the constables guarding the town entrance saw a scholar with his sleeves tucked up, leaning against the city wall and gazing longingly into the distance early in the morning, they weren't too surprised.
Even though the scholar had been waiting outside the town for two or three days.
"Uncle Xu, you go back and rest first. We'll keep watch."
Dazhuang carried Yuanyuan closer, followed by Shuangshuang, Sanyuan, and Siwang, who were licking candied fruit.
While his older siblings weren't looking, Siwang stuffed two candied fruits into his mouth, making his cheeks bulge out like a little hamster.
They had just arrived in Qingxu Town two days ago. The road the goose led was indeed unguarded by soldiers, but it was a longer route.
Xu Lin made the decision to rent a house temporarily with the two families, and then they took turns guarding the entrance of Qingxu Town every day, waiting for Ye Wenxue's arrival.
As for the bald guy... we'll see how lucky he is.
Xu Lin withdrew his gaze, took a bag of dried fruit from Da Zhuang's hand, and hesitated for a moment.
"you……"
Dazhuang understood what he was going to say and nodded like a little adult: "Don't worry, we'll come after we've eaten. We'll be back in half an hour when the city gates are about to close."
This has been the case for the past two days, and Dazhuang is already used to it.
He said considerately, "Uncle Xu, you can go ahead and get back to work."
As one of the few scholars in Qingxu Town, Xu Lin's eye disease has now recovered, and with the town's affairs being so busy, he naturally has to help out.
Who knows, he might even gain some money, food, and favor from his superiors through this, which would be beneficial to his future career.
Xu Lin smiled and nodded: "Okay."
He took one last look at the goose following behind Ye Wenxue and her children, then strolled away.
In the blink of an eye, the candied fruit that cost a lot of money was gone.
Da Zhuang glanced at his younger siblings who were squatting together, eating and looking outside. He sighed inwardly, then unceremoniously snatched the last two candied fruits, giving one to Yuan Yuan and stuffing the other into his own mouth.
Siwang glanced longingly at the candied fruit that Yuanyuan was licking, but not wanting to compete with his little sister for it, he quickly calmed down and gazed into the distance.
This time, no one asked when their mother would return or whether she would abandon them.
Because they knew their mother would definitely come back for them.
As dusk settled, the constables guarding the gates were announcing that the city gates were about to close, urging the people to enter and leave the city as soon as possible.
Dazhuang looked at the road into the city again and again. Just as he was about to turn around and lead his younger siblings back to the house to rest, a carriage came speeding by, kicking up dust, and came to a steady stop in front of the city gate.
Ye Wenxue jumped off the carriage and waved to the children: "Come on, let's go home."
Before Dazhuang could react, the two of them dashed forward, with Sanyuan and Siwang following behind. Their voices were loud:
"mother!"
Just like when she first arrived, Ye Wenxue patted the heads of each of the children, then patted the shoulder of Dazhuang who was walking slowly towards her, and with a smile, she led the children into Qingxu Town after the carriage.
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