Chapter 96: Lincheng Chaos
Four days later, Lincheng was in chaos. Both the refugees outside the city and the original residents in the city developed high fever symptoms one after another. The high fever would not subside, they could not breathe, they were gasping for air, and finally died in a coma.
Even the officials who had been guarding the city gates were suffering from a high fever. The wealthy families in Lincheng hurriedly fled with their families in their horse-drawn carriages.
The people in the city who were not sick also packed up their belongings and fled for their lives.
The refugees from Liuhe Village were already a hundred miles away from Lincheng. Old Man Xu drank several doses of medicine but found that they had no effect at all and he fell into a coma.
The first and third wives waited until dark that day but Xu Xiaoju and Xu Yunyue did not show up. They then went into the city to look for them but still could not find them. They asked the police at the city gate for help but were beaten up.
Therefore, both families hated Old Man Xu at this time, and now both families were waiting for their father to take his last breath.
If he hadn't insisted on going into town to get medicine, his daughter wouldn't have disappeared.
They even suspected that their own father might have sold him out, otherwise how could he have the money to buy so many medicines? But when they interrogated their own father that day, he refused to admit it.
Xu Zhiyi was just stopping to find a place to spend the night. He looked at the refugees around him and saw that they had decided on a place to stop. Then he found a place far away from the refugee team.
I have been eating black porridge for six or seven days in a row. Now there are no refugees nearby, so I can take this opportunity to improve my diet.
Then he walked into the woods and waved to Wang Xiaohe next door: "Xiaohe"
Wang Xiaohe over there heard Xu Zhiyi calling her, put down the things in her hands, and ran over quickly: "Sister Zhiyi, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Reach Out"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiaohe obediently stretched out her hand.
Xu Zhiyi took out three eggs and handed them to her: "Here are three eggs for you. I bought them when I went to Lincheng to stock up on food. Along the way, the refugee teams were too close to us, so we didn't have a chance to eat them. Now that there are no teams close to us, we can eat some more."
Wang Xiaohe shook her head and stuffed the egg back: "Sister Zhiyi, I can't take this. You need it to replenish your body. You need it more. Your grandparents haven't fully recovered yet. They are all skinny. You keep it for them. I don't want it."
After saying that, she was afraid that Xu Zhiyi would stuff it on her again, so she turned around and tried to run, but Xu Zhiyi grabbed her.
"Xiao He, take it, I bought a lot, and I still have some, really."
Wang Xiaohe looked at the egg that was stuffed back into her hand and was about to give it back.
"No, or I'll be angry."
There was no choice but for Wang Xiaohe to take the three eggs back home. Unexpectedly, she was scolded again when she got home.
Afterwards, he thought about it and gave it to one family. The other families voluntarily stayed and waited together during the days they met the Su family, and also helped with some small things later on.
So we gave each family three eggs, using the same reason, that they were bought in Lincheng. Anyway, everyone went shopping separately to prepare food that day, so we didn't go out of our way to ask who prepared what.
The situation in Lincheng is much better than that in Rong'an County. It is also drought-stricken, but at least the wells still have water to last for three or four months. Some people even sell the water to those fleeing famine.
Therefore, the people of Lincheng had no intention of fleeing the famine. They all thought that three or four months was a long time. Maybe it would rain next month.
Xu Zhiyi took out ten eggs and made ten poached egg soups, just one for each person. The Su family was making pancakes, and today they were made with all white flour.
As for the other families, they felt a little embarrassed to have received three eggs from Xu Zhiyi, so when each family prepared food, they brought some over as a gift in return. When it comes to social interactions, there should be give and take.
Everyone in the Su family looked at the fried eggs in the bowl and the white bread in their hands, and they were reluctant to eat them.
Xu Zhiyi looked at the Su family, who were reluctant to eat, and urged them, "Grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, hurry up and eat!"
Su Manman, who was standing by, heard this and broke the pancake into two halves. She handed the other half to Xu Zhiyi and said, "Cousin, Manman, just eat half. Also, I'll give you the egg."
Xu Zhiyi looked at the half pancake that Su Manman handed over and handed it back: "Cousin has some, you eat your own."
Su Manman shook her head: "Cousin..."
"Give me all the food, don't worry about the food. The food I prepared is definitely enough for us to walk to the next city. Eat. Today there are no other refugee groups too close, so I specially improved the food. Maybe from tomorrow on, we will have to eat black face every day again."
After hearing Xu Zhiyi's words, everyone in the Su family picked up their bowls and started eating. Seeing that these were all fine grains, they savored each bite carefully before swallowing it.
In the evening, Xu Zhiyi was just about to lie down after giving Shen Changan a massage as usual, when she discovered Shen Wuyou was lying behind her.
Seeing that Xu Zhiyi finally noticed him, Shen Wuyou leaned to one side, propped up his head with his hands, looked at Xu Zhiyi in a silly way, then patted the seat next to him and said, "Madam, are you going to sleep soon?"
Xu Zhiyi looked at the space left between the two brothers, looked at Shen Wuyou and said, "You go to sleep over to Changan."
Shen Wuyou didn't understand, and thought Xu Zhiyi wanted to drive him to sleep on the other side, and then she slept next to her brother. She immediately glared at Xu Zhiyi angrily: "Madam, you always sleep next to your brother, and never sleep next to me, Madam, you are partial, you favor"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi held his forehead helplessly and explained, "I told you to sleep next to Chang'an, and I'll sleep on the other side of you. I favor you. Tonight and tomorrow night, I'll favor you, okay?"
When Shen Wuyou heard it, he quickly moved his seat, next to Shen Changan on the right, and then patted the seat on the left: “Madam, can we add one more night?”
After Xu Zhiyi lay down, he looked at Shen Wuyou with his face sideways, and said helplessly: “Wuyou, you are hopeless!”
“No, my lady, you can save her.” Shen Wuyou turned sideways to face Xu Zhiyi, staring into her eyes, and said seriously.
Under the moonlight, Xu Zhiyi looked at Shen Wuyou's silly and cute yet serious face, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch his face: "Oh, how can you be so silly and cute? Come on, call me sister and let me hear it"
Shen Wuyou was so scared when he heard this that he sat up all of a sudden, and said anxiously: "My wife, you clearly said that I was married into your family to be your husband, but you actually regretted it and wanted to be my sister instead, how could you lie to me?"
"What's wrong? Why are you two arguing?"
The people around sat up and looked over here, all with concerned expressions.
And Shen Changan was also confused. Didn't Wuyou just lean over and chat in a low voice? What did the lady say to make Wuyou so angry?
Xu Zhiyi looked at everyone and waved his hand: "It's okay, we were just joking, he was a little loud in a hurry"
After hearing this, everyone lay down, closed their eyes and went to sleep.
Xu Zhiyi patted the seat next to him and said, "Go to sleep quickly, are you stupid?"
After Shen Wuyou lay down, he still looked angry.
Xu Zhiyi was helpless, so he tugged at his arm and whispered, "Put your head closer."
Although Shen Wuyou was angry, he still moved closer obediently. As a result, he was kissed several times on the face as soon as he moved closer. Now, let alone being angry, his mouth was almost grinning to his ears. He touched the kissed face and laughed.
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