Lianyi pulled Song Dachuan and headed straight for a street they had walked on before. There were mostly common people setting up stalls there. It was a large-scale morning market with many people buying food.
Song Dachuan and Lianyi came prepared. They cleared out the stalls selling steamed buns, dumplings and scallion pancakes. Then they saw the stall selling wontons in meat soup. The meat soup was so hot that it turned white, and it looked appetizing.
"Sir, would you like two bowls of wontons? Ten cents a bowl, the broth is very fresh, and the wontons are filled with meat. After eating one bowl, I definitely want a second bowl."
The boss saw the father and daughter stop and immediately greeted them.
Lianyi was also a little greedy, mainly because after leaving Haoyuan City, they would have to speed up their pace and would definitely not have the chance to stop and cook, and water was also a problem.
Lian Yi said directly to the boss:
"Boss, give me and my dad a bowl of wontons first. We will make the remaining wontons on your stall!
But we are in a hurry, so you can cook the wontons until they are 90% done, then take them out and rinse them with cold water, then find a clay pot to put them in for us, and find a wooden barrel with a lid for the broth, and we can take them away. We will pay for the clay pot and the wooden barrel.”
Lian Yi finished speaking, and when the boss showed a happy expression, she directly threw half a tael of silver over to him.
"Okay! Please take a seat, sir! I'll take care of everything for you!"
The boss took the silver, said something to the woman who was cooking the wontons, and ran home. By the time Lianyi and Song Dachuan had eaten the delicious meat wontons, the man had already returned carrying a wooden barrel and a clay pot.
Then he cooperated with his wife and started to cook the wontons according to Lianyi's instructions. After a while, all the wontons were cooked and the broth was poured into the wooden barrel. He only covered the barrel with the lid after Lianyi had a look.
Song Dachuan and Lianyi had already eaten the wontons. They instantly felt a warmth in their stomachs, and their burps tasted like meat. Then they wiped their mouths, took the food and left the street.
Song Dachuan was holding a clay pot in his arms and carrying a bag of dry food on his back. Lianyi was holding a wooden barrel in one hand with a cloth bag hanging on her body. She was walking quickly in front and could see the entrance to the mule and horse market from a distance. She could also smell the unique smell of shit in the mule and horse market.
"Dachuan, Lianyi, this way!"
This time, it was Zhang Cheng who was waiting at the market entrance with his eldest son Zhang Fengrui. When he saw the two familiar figures, he immediately waved and shouted loudly.
Song Dachuan and Lianyi took two quick steps and met up with Zhang Cheng.
"Ah Cheng, have you bought the ox cart?"
"Dad has already chosen the cows and the cart separately. He has selected two cows and is now harnessing them to the cart! The two cows are only a little over one year old and look strong and sturdy, but they are extremely expensive!
Dad said it would be best to sign a red deed, so that it can be considered our family property and we can explain it clearly if something goes wrong."
"Dad is very thoughtful. If we encounter someone unreasonable who claims that the cow is theirs, and we don't even have any proof, we will be at a disadvantage!"
Song Dachuan agreed very much. After all, after fleeing from famine, they had witnessed the wickedness of human nature and felt that their father was right.
"Yes, that's what Dad meant, but because we were in a hurry, it cost me eighteen taels of silver."
Zhang Cheng lowered his voice and said.
“It’s money well spent.”
As soon as the four of them walked into the market, they saw Zhang Zhong and Zhang Jun each driving an ox cart with a carriage and heading out. The family was finally reunited.
Song Dachuan put all the dry food he bought on the ox cart and handed the earthen jar directly to Old Zhang:
"Mom, these are the cooked wontons that Lianyi and I bought. I asked Lianyi to hold them because I was afraid the broth would spill. We'll eat them after we get out of the city. These wontons are stuffed with meat, and they're a treat for the kids."
"Okay, you two are thoughtful. Let's not waste time and get on with our journey."
Old Mrs. Zhang said with a smile.
She was very satisfied with her son-in-law, except for the annoying in-laws. Fortunately, her son-in-law was able to stand on his own feet and divided the family, allowing her daughter to live an easy life. Her granddaughter Lianyi was also capable and had become everyone's backbone along the way. She was very pleased, and it would be even better if the wound on her granddaughter's face could heal.
After Song Dachuan delivered the things, he went to the second car. After seeing his wife and son, he led the calf in front and left Haoyuan City without stopping.
It was not until they were three miles away from Haoyuan City that Old Zhang ordered the car to stop. Then the family heated up the bone soup and each ate a bowl of fresh wontons. The children ate so absorbedly that they did not even raise their heads and did not miss a drop of broth.
After eating and drinking, the Zhang family chose the road heading towards Huangzhou at the fork in the road, and continued on their journey with their whips waving. Because they had completely left Liangzhou, bought a ox cart, and had a bowl of meat wontons in their stomachs, everyone's spirits returned and they continued on their journey happily.
On the night that Lianyi and his party left Haoyuan City, the victims used the silver they had collected to knock open the small door, and then unexpectedly stabbed the soldiers guarding the gate to death. They took the opportunity to open the main gate, and the victims who were surrounding the city gate suddenly rushed into the city.
After the extremely hungry victims rushed into the city, they began to smash, loot and rob. They would not let go of anything edible. Some people with ulterior motives even gathered the young and strong victims to attack the county government office.
The county magistrate was hugging his concubine happily at the time, but was discovered by the irrational victims, who smashed him to death with a stool. The entire Haoyuan City fell into chaos.
On the second floor of the inn, Yu Junyu stood at the window, looking at the chaotic scene below with a frown on his face. He had anticipated such an outcome, so he asked the coachman to take his seal to mobilize the nearby guards, who should have arrived by now.
After the victims had been smashing, looting and robbing for half an hour, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the city. The reinforcements had finally arrived. Some of the victims calmed down after hearing the sound of horse hooves. They found that the county magistrate had been killed by them, and turned around and ran out of the city. They knew that if they didn't run, they would be dead.
At dawn, the entire Haoyuan City finally calmed down. The main roads in the city were filled with soldiers in armor, and Yu Junyu had replaced the county magistrate who was beaten to death by the victims and began to clean up the mess caused by the disaster in Liangzhou.
People who had been shivering all night finally dared to go out into the streets. Looking at the smashed shops and bloodstains on the ground, they were glad that they had hidden in time. The most severely damaged places were the county government office and the mansions of the wealthy families in the city.
If they had set up a porridge stall outside the city, they wouldn't have attracted so many angry victims.
Lianyi was holding Huzi, sitting in the ox cart, swaying from side to side, listening to Shijiu talking about what happened after they left Haoyuan City.
"It seems that Yu Junyu is quite capable."
"Well! He is capable, and it is precisely because of his ability that he is tripped up by others.
His confidant received a large sum of money and wanted to assassinate Yu Junyu, but you happened to save him. Otherwise, the scenario they arranged for Yu Junyu would be that the horse got scared and rushed into the crowd, and the car was destroyed and the people died. "(End of this chapter)
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