Chapter 66 Entering the Northwest
Su Yan was so happy that she could go with him. She could finally be with Brother Murong.
Su Yue walked on Murong Li's left side, and Su Yan walked on Murong Li's right side, stealing glances at him from time to time, the inexhaustible love in their eyes almost drowning him.
Unfortunately, Murong Li, like a piece of wood, was completely unaware of this. He smiled faintly and followed Su Yue's gaze.
The group walked down a street, and Su Yue bought some vegetable seeds, grain seeds, dozens of water bags, and even a large wooden barrel for water, the kind that could hold two or three hundred kilograms of water.
When entering the northwest, not only food but also water is indispensable.
Su Yue bought a lot of grain seeds. They will all be farming in the future, so how can they farm without seeds?
The grain seeds here are actually the grain that the farmers have just harvested and are selling. They use part of the harvested grain to pay taxes, keep part of it for the next year's grain seeds, eat a very small part of the rest themselves, and sell the rest.
The money from the sales was used to buy winter supplies or to exchange for cheaper food.
Su Yue bought the part they sold.
In addition, Caixia bought some household items for girls, while Su Yan only bought some hair ornaments for little girls.
As for Su Yue, there were many things for girls in her space, so she didn't need to buy anything.
When the shops were almost closing, everyone went back happily.
The whole night was peaceful, and the next morning the team set out to the northwest.
Now that everyone had food and carriages, the journey became faster.
Five days later, the team began to slowly approach the northwest edge, and the scenery here gradually began to desolate.
Although the weather is not as hot as it used to be and it has begun to turn into autumn, the weather here is still dry and hot, and it is rare to see rivers with water.
The trees on the mountain are wilted and lifeless.
Some people were extremely sad when they saw this situation. This was the situation even before they entered the Northwest region. What would the situation be like if they really arrived in the Northwest?
Many people began to waver. They knew that this exile group was actually out of control, so they thought about finding another way out.
Moreover, at this time, there were refugees on the road, bringing their families with them and heading towards the capital.
They were pale and skinny, looking more like exiles than the exiles themselves.
After seeing this, several families went to find leader Zhang and said they were unwilling to leave any further.
Leader Zhang had no choice but to ask Su Yue and Murong Li for permission. The two immediately agreed, and it was fine if those families didn't want to go with him.
However, those households were not considered to have reached their destination, and they had to figure out the household registration issue themselves.
I think those families have enough money, so they want to leave the team. After all, as long as there is money, they can find a way.
Besides, in the Northwest, the emperor is far away and the sky is high. Who will take care of those insignificant exiles?
After leaders Qin and Zhang completely surrendered to Murong Li and Su Yue, they were eager to get rid of those hot potatoes.
In the end, only the Su family, the Yun family, Doctor Xie's family, and dozens of servants were left, totaling about a hundred people.
Three days later, we had almost entered the northwest region. All we saw was the endless desert with a few old trees scattered across the desert. The few leaves on the trees fluttered in the wind, making it look so desolate.
When everyone saw this scene, they felt chilled to the bone.
At this time, a large number of refugees can be seen.
When the small number of refugees saw such a large group and the officers with swords, no one dared to come forward.
That afternoon, when they had entered the northwest region for dozens of miles, the team prepared to set up camp and make a fire to cook.
Unexpectedly, before they started to make a fire and cook, a group of fleeing people rushed up and surrounded their team.
Leaders Qin and Zhang waved their hands, and with their officers, they drew their swords and rushed to the leader of the fleeing team.
Leader Qin shouted sternly, "How dare you intercept the government officials?"
The leader of the fleeing team was an old man in his sixties. He squinted his eyes and looked at the people in the team. Seeing that they were all in high spirits, there were so many carriages, and there were even officials escorting them, he thought to himself that they must be officials from somewhere.
Seeing the carriage wheels sinking deep into the ground, his eyes already filled with greed, he said without fear: "We are almost starving to death. I don't care if you are an official or not. If you don't leave the food today, you will have to walk over our corpses."
They didn't dare to fight the officers head-on, so they played tricks on them, threatened to commit suicide, and surrounded them to prevent them from leaving.
Some of these refugees have not had a drop of water or food for two or three days. If they don't eat something, they will starve to death tonight.
They don't want anything but food. Only with food can the two hundred or so people there survive.
"Sir, please give us some food. My baby is almost starving to death."
Suddenly, a woman holding a child ran out from the team, rushed to leader Qin, and kowtowed to him.
The woman was disheveled and ragged. The child in her arms was probably two or three years old. He was so hungry that he looked like a big-headed baby and was dying in her arms.
Leaders Qin and Zhang were not moved at all by this. They had encountered such things many times.
"Girl Yue, let's go over and take a look." The old marquis who was sitting on the ground called out to Su Yue.
Su Yue had seen everything and was now thinking about how to help these refugees.
Hearing the shout, she nodded, helped the old lady up, and Uncle Su also helped the eldest lady up and went to take a look.
The three Su Qiwen brothers had already gone there and stood behind leader Qin, looking at the refugees with serious expressions.
General Yun also helped Old Madam Yun to go and see.
Only Doctor Xie's family did not move. These matters were not something a small doctor like him could handle.
Murong Li came over and followed Su Yue, walking towards the woman.
Su Yue was wearing a green cloth dress. Although the fabric was ordinary, her fair skin and beautiful face made her look like a girl from a poor family. She was obviously the daughter of a wealthy family.
Murong Li has an extraordinary temperament and is unparalleled in handsomeness.
When the refugees saw them, they were stunned. Where did these fairies come from? How could they be so beautiful?
And those two couples were obviously noble people of extraordinary status.
Seeing that it was useless to ask Qin Ling for help, the woman looked up and saw Su Yue. She rushed to her again with the child in her arms, holding the child in one hand and grabbing the hem of her skirt with the other hand, and kowtowed to her.
"Miss, please give us something to eat. If we don't have any food, my child will starve to death. Please..."
The woman cried and kowtowed to beg.
Su Yue swept her mental power over the area and saw that everyone in the fleeing group looked pale and thin, haggard, dragging their tired bodies and staring blankly at them. Some of them could not even stand steadily and could be blown down by a gust of wind.
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