Aunt Li had been hungry for two days, even though she had been doing such heavy work before. After she recovered from the cold, her appetite was not affected at all. She gobbled up a big meat bun in a few bites.
If Chaoge hadn't been lucky enough to get a few bags of buns when he signed in to the system today, he would have had to use ready-made sesame cakes or steamed buns.
It took the two of them almost half a day to reach the official road, which shows how remote this mountain range is from the official road.
Or maybe it was because Aunt Li was thinking about her husband and son that she didn't doubt Chaoge's luck, as he was always so lucky.
She felt extremely lucky to have picked up some food, and the food turned out to be meat buns.
That’s fine, but she even managed to pick up a precious horse!
Chaoge didn’t think too much about it. It didn’t matter how bizarre the reason she made up was. Anyway, she didn’t plan to continue with Aunt Li.
She was already harboring secrets, especially since Aunt Li knew that she was taking the three little ones as fugitives. Chaoge would never continue to be with her no matter what.
People’s minds are unpredictable, and besides, people will change.
There is nothing wrong with Aunt Li now, but what if it happens in the future? What if it happens to her husband or son? How can a couple keep a secret?
What if one day, Aunt Li accidentally told her secret to her husband, and her husband turned out to be someone with ulterior motives?
As soon as he stepped onto the official road, Chaoge felt very strange.
Generally, refugees who choose to flee famine will walk on the official road. Excluding the dozen days she spent in the cave, she has been fleeing for more than a month.
Wherever there is an official road, there will definitely be a constant flow of refugees.
But today, there is not a single refugee to be seen on the official road!
"What's going on? Little pigeon, did we take the wrong road?!
Or is it that during the time we were in the mountains, all the refugees left and no one is fleeing anymore?"
Aunt Li looked at the entire road and saw that it was empty, and she couldn't help but become suspicious.
"No way, only official roads are like this. We are not walking on a small road."
Chaoge frowned and looked around. Although she had never walked this road before, it was definitely the official road she had taken before.
Perhaps it was just the section of the road before the one they walked on the day of the accident. They had never walked on it before, so it seemed unfamiliar to them.
"Hey, someone is coming this way!"
Just when Chaoge was wondering which link had gone wrong, Aunt Li grabbed her arm, pointed forward, and shouted excitedly!
Suddenly, they saw some people. Not only Aunt Li, but even Chaoge was a little excited.
"Go up and take a look. Maybe this is not the official road to Taichuan Prefecture."
Generally, refugees leave the north and go to the east, west and south. However, according to the position of the sun, she was facing southwest, so why did those people come from the north?
Even if they took the wrong official road, it would be almost impossible for the refugees to go north.
The two men went to meet them. Behind them were a number of refugees, who were hurrying along with their families and looking exhausted.
Seeing this, Aunt Li quickly grabbed a woman and asked, "Sister-in-law, where are you going?
Shouldn't we go in that direction to escape the famine? Why are you going this way?"
"This is the road to Xiyingzhou. Just now, some soldiers came to inform us that the court has allocated grain and asked us to go to Xiyingzhou to collect it.
Are you also fleeing famine? If you don't have enough food, turn back. If you have enough food, continue along the official road.
After walking another 500 miles, you will reach Taichuan Prefecture.
It is said that tens of thousands of refugees have gone to Taichuan Prefecture. There is no drought there, and everyone can survive as long as there is water.
We have run out of food, so we have no choice but to go back and get some relief food, and then continue to Taichuan Prefecture.
After all, even if we have food, we can’t survive without water, right?”
"I see. Little Pigeon, do you think my husband and his family have also gone to Xiying Province?
They came out of that illegal mine without any water or food. I think this is very likely!"
The more she talked, the more Aunt Li felt that her analysis was correct, and she even planned to return to Xiyingzhou.
The place where they disappeared should not be too far from here, but if they want to go back, it is still at least fifty or sixty miles away.
Chaoge didn't want to go back, as the round trip was hundreds of miles.
But I felt a little worried about leaving Aunt Li alone.
"Little pigeon, judging from your expression, you don't want to go back with me. Well, I won't force you.
Don't worry, the dagger that the mysterious man gave me last time is still hidden in my pants, so I can protect myself.
You have helped me a lot. If I am still alive, let’s meet again.”
Hearing Aunt Li suddenly say words of farewell and seeing her suddenly not sticking to him again, Chaoge felt a little uncomfortable for a moment, but he was relieved.
“Indeed, I don’t want to go back.
Then you can share some of the food. Anyway, I have a horse, so it will be convenient for me to go back and look for food. You will have to rely on your legs.
By the way, do you have any silver on you?"
Aunt Li's eyes lit up, and her eyebrows were full of joy: "Little Pigeon, do you still want to lend me money!?"
"If you don't have any, I can lend you some. Return it to me if you can see it in the future. If not, forget it.
Let’s just consider it as our partnership. I’ll give it to you.
If you arrive at a place and don't have money to settle down, it will be very difficult.
Who put me on you?"
She is rich now, and she doesn't know how much gold is in those three boxes, but it must be a lot.
Having been here for such a long time, Aunt Li has been coming and going in her life. Although she is not close to her, she is one of the few acquaintances.
Giving them a few dozen taels of silver would be a good deed if it could give their family a chance to survive.
"Little Pigeon, with what you said, I, Li Xiufang, feel that I have no regrets knowing you!
In this life, even my husband’s son has never been so nice to me.
You are the only one who dared to lend me money, and you knew that we might never see each other again.
What's the difference between what you're doing and giving it to me?
Little pigeon, you really touched me, Aunt Li.
I thought you were cold and looked down on me.
Auntie, I have always been trying to stick with you. I know that this is annoying and has caused you a lot of trouble.
But at this moment, I just want to survive. I just want to see my husband and sons one day.
Little pigeon, thank you, thank you for not abandoning me even though you disliked me, and for helping me every time, otherwise, I...”
Chaoge took out thirty taels of silver and was about to give it to Aunt Li, but she became more and more sad and started to cry as she spoke, so she became afraid.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Li pushed her hand holding the silver back into her arms.
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