"drive!"
Zhang Shiwen quickly caught up with the team in front.
He had already seen several familiar figures, and it was indeed Su Yunhai's team.
His eyes were full of joy.
"Su Xiucai, wait a minute!"
When Su Yunhai heard the familiar voice, he looked back and his eyes lit up.
I didn’t expect it to be Zhang Shiwen.
He thought that the Zhang family had taken the lead, but he didn't expect that they would fall behind, so he immediately stopped the team and waited for people.
Shen Shuli raised her eyebrows. The people from the outlying villages in the city were arrested batch after batch by the yamen runners.
I didn’t expect that the Zhang family had been hiding in the city for so long without being caught. It seems they have some capabilities.
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"Su Xiucai, that's great, it's really you, I finally caught up with you." Zhang Shiwen's face was full of undisguised joy.
He had been living in extreme fear in the city these past two days, and only felt safe when he was with Su Yunhai.
"There are a lot of people here. I'll wait for you in front." Su Yunhai nodded to him and pointed to a place.
Seeing that there were many refugees around, Zhang Shiwen understood what Su Yunhai meant and immediately returned to the team.
A quarter of an hour later.
The two teams merged together.
Zhang Shiwen's people were speeding up to catch up with the people, so Su Yunhai could only let the team stop and give the other party time to rest and replenish their energy.
The two sat together and exchanged information.
Su Yunhai told Zhang Shiwen all his experiences without reservation.
"Hey, we have been walking on the mountain road for the past two days and have been chased in various ways. Those people from Taohua Village behind us are the ones who abandoned us halfway when they encountered danger. I am not going to accept them."
Zhang Shiwen's situation is not much better.
"Fortunately, I have two houses in the city, and I'll leave the larger one for the villagers to stay in temporarily."
"I guess the soldiers knew that the house was occupied, so they didn't come to search. The villagers didn't dare to light a fire to cook. Fortunately, there was a well in the house, so everyone had enough water to drink and could make do with dry food for two or three days."
"The city has been in chaos for the past few days. The county government treasury and granary have all been seized. Fortunately, the mysterious man was very kind and left all the food to be distributed to the people of the city. He also opened the city gates, so we can leave the city smoothly."
"All the grain shops in the city are sold out. If the county magistrate does not open the city gates, we won't be able to buy even a grain of rice. The more than 100 of us will definitely not be able to hold out for a few days."
Shen Shuli briefly told Su Yunhai about the situation in the city, and he knew a little about it.
But after hearing some information from Zhang Shiwen, he had a deeper understanding of the situation in the city.
“Before I fled the famine, when I was buying food in the surrounding counties, I heard that a mysterious merchant had bought up all the food available.”
"It seems that we can't buy food in Qingzhou." Su Yunhai immediately thought of the imminent crisis and his expression immediately became serious.
When Zhang Shiwen heard this, his expression changed.
He still had enough food, but the people in Taohua Village with whom he was traveling did not have much food left.
When their food is completely consumed, can his Zhang family still remain unscathed?
Shen Shuli was sitting nearby, listening to the conversation between the two, when she suddenly got a start!
This plot does not exist in the book.
In other words, it was her appearance and some of the things she did that caused the plot to change.
There are more and more refugees nearby. What will happen if all the counties and state capitals are unable to buy food, or if the price of food soars to a level that the people cannot afford at all?
"Dad! We have to speed up!" Shen Shuli looked at Su Yunhai with a pale face.
Qingyun City is located in the northwest of Qingzhou, in a relatively remote location. The surrounding counties have small populations and underdeveloped commerce.
The county town to the east of Qingzhou Prefecture is prosperous and has a large population, mainly because the official roads are spacious and well-developed.
If the northern barbarians attack Qingzhou, the cities in the east will definitely be the first choice.
If the grain in the county town over there is also monopolized by someone.
To survive.
The people would definitely choose to go to Qingzhou City to find a way to survive.
There are nearly a thousand refugees gathering on this road.
How many refugees would have gathered in the north and east of Qingzhou?
It’s scary just thinking about it!
Shen Shuli immediately told Su Yunhai and the others what she had thought.
When Su Yunhai and Zhang Shiwen heard this, their faces changed drastically!
They haven't thought of this yet.
But everyone knows that Shen Shuli is definitely not exaggerating!
"Hurry, let's set off immediately!" Su Yunhai walked into the team and urged everyone.
The team led by Zhang Shiwen had just rested for a short time, and most of them had been eating steamed buns and dry food in the city for several days.
They finally had a chance to have a hot meal to nourish their stomachs, but they were urged to set off before their water had even boiled.
There was a lot of complaints in the team.
Zhang Shiwen immediately explained the reason to everyone.
"We must speed up and get ahead of other refugee groups! Otherwise, we will definitely be refused entry into Qingzhou!"
"By then, a large number of refugees will be stranded outside Qingzhou. What do you think will be the consequences?"
"Don't cook! Hurry up and get some water and hurry on your way. You'll have a full meal once it's safe. Otherwise, if your life is in danger, this meal will be your last!"
"I don't care whether you leave or not. I will definitely take the Zhang family and Su Xiucai with me! You can do whatever you want!"
The Zhang family completely obeyed all of Zhang Shiwen's arrangements.
As soon as he heard that he had to set off immediately, he quickly packed his belongings and started on his way.
When the people from Taohua Village saw that everyone had left, they became anxious and hurriedly packed up their things and chased after them.
The whole team from Taohua Village hurried on with all their might and did not dare to relax.
Fortunately, the closer we got to Qingzhou, the fewer refugees there were on the road.
There were few refugees or passers-by on the road for a long time.
The road was unobstructed and everyone traveled much faster.
Originally, Su Yunhai wanted everyone to find a place to spend the night in a town halfway.
Even if you can't afford to stay in an inn, the city is much safer than the wild.
But in order to hurry on, and because the temperature is cooler in the evening, it will be easier to travel.
They were more than twenty miles beyond the town.
There were no houses nearby to rest, so everyone had to spend the night in the woods by the roadside.
Finally I can rest.
Everyone was so tired that they just lay on the ground, but the women still had to grit their teeth and cook for the whole family.
After a whole day of traveling, if I don’t eat something to replenish my energy at night, I will definitely not have the strength to travel tomorrow.
As for men.
Men are under more pressure than women because they are stronger and carry more and heavier materials.
This is the crux of why men and women can never be equal.
Shen Shuli's family was the most relaxed among the refugees.
Shen Yuehua and Zhang Lanhua took Su Tianze in a carriage.
Even Li Jiao'e took the car in the afternoon. She had been punished to walk for half a day and had not been given much to eat or drink. She could not hold on any longer.
At this moment, Shen Yuehua and Zhang Lanhua had already gotten out of the car and were busy preparing food.
Li Jiao'e stayed in the car and refused to get out, showing no intention of helping.
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