"Bah, brother, you are so shameless that you actually want to be Miss Zhou's brother." The other people laughed at him. The man spat a few times, not feeling shy at all, and looked quite proud of himself.
Zhou Jiaojiao shook her head helplessly.
The two returned to the house. Mother Chu had not come back yet. Only Father Chu, the eldest and second sisters-in-law Chu, and a few children were there.
Mrs. Chu was helping Xiaohua change her clothes. She was the first to see the family of three return and quickly stood up. "Sister-in-law, third brother, you're back?"
"Come in and sit down." Mrs. Chu hurried to get a stool from the house.
Zhou Jiaojiao came in and told her not to do that, but Mrs. Chu waved her hand and said it was just a small favor.
"Second sister-in-law, how much food is left at home?"
Mrs. Chu came over, holding Xiaohua in her arms. "Is there much food at home? But it's enough to last for a month."
"Are you still short of any daily necessities?" Zhou Jiaojiao asked again.
Mrs. Chu smiled. "Basically, we have everything we need for daily life. Living here, the yamen runners assigned by Lord Mo haven't treated us badly. Although there was an epidemic in the prefecture, after it was under control, the shops were open as usual. Mother brought me in to buy whatever I needed."
"We're not short of money at home right now." Mrs. Chu explained the family's situation and asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, why are you suddenly asking about the family's situation?"
"We should leave soon." Zhou Jiaojiao came back to inform him of this.
After hearing this, Mrs. Chu Er and Mrs. Chu Da were stunned for a moment and then became happy.
"We have been living in this house. Although it is nice, it is not ours after all. It is really uneasy." Mrs. Chu did not feel safe with things that were not hers.
Mrs. Chu was thinking about her family members who had already left for Youzhou. The journey was so dangerous and she saw so many refugees getting into trouble that she didn't even dare to think about whether her family members were okay.
Only when she arrived in Youzhou did she dare to look for him.
Mrs. Chu was not idle after hearing the news. She turned around and started packing her luggage, and asked her two sons to quickly pack their clothes and toys such as wooden swords.
Chu's second wife quietly walked over to Zhou Jiaojiao and asked in a low voice, "Third sister-in-law, are we going with the village?"
"The village husband has already been notified. I'm not sure whether they will go to Youzhou. I'll wait and see when the village chief counts the number of people. This time..." Zhou Jiaojiao didn't know how to go.
She originally only wanted to take a very small number of people away and did not want to go with the villagers. After all, it would be very dangerous for them to go with her.
"Second sister-in-law, you have some good friends with the women in the village, right? Tell them that you can go to Youzhou with your own group, or you can leave with Zhao Changliu, or you can stay with our family."
"However, no matter which way we go, there will be danger. You know, even though the artifact has been sent to General Xie, there are always people who don't believe it, so they will naturally arrange secret guards to come. In fact, staying in Yuzhou now may not be a bad choice."
Zhou Jiaojiao likes to be spontaneous. "If you leave with me, you will always have to take risks. Chu San and I can only do our best, but we can't necessarily be responsible for anyone."
After listening to this, Mrs. Chu nodded and said, "Third sister-in-law, you are kind enough to tell us about these things and let everyone think about it. If they still think it's not good, then they are ungrateful. Besides, we were just escaping together and protecting each other before. Now everyone has their own considerations. How can they continue to rely on us?"
"I'll go tell them right away. Once the women in the family know the news, the men in the family will also know it." After saying this, Mrs. Chu carried Xiaohua to another yard.
Zhou Jiaojiao took this opportunity to wave to Chu San, "Husband, I'm going to rest for a while."
"good."
"Just sleep peacefully, I'll take good care of Bao'er."
Zhou Jiaojiao went back to the room to sleep. Chu San was not idle either. He packed his luggage first and listed the supplies that needed to be prepared, such as oil, salt, medicinal herbs, and facial cream, especially Baoer's diapers, which were changed most frequently.
His shoes are the easiest to wear out, so he needs to prepare a few more pairs. His wife's menstrual belt and other necessities of life, even small items like tooth powder and toothbrushes, also need to be prepared, as well as alcohol.
Looking at it this way, there are quite a few things that need to be prepared.
While Chu San was listing these daily necessities, he asked Erbao to help take Baoer to play on the floor covered with a layer of cloth.
Erbao still had the candy Chu San gave him in his mouth.
He ate with relish, and couldn't help wanting to take out some to sweeten his little brother Bao'er's mouth. Chu San saw it out of the corner of his eye and whispered, "No, Xiaobao, you can't feed Bao'er. He's still young. Eat less sugar now, otherwise his teeth won't grow."
"When can Bao'er brother eat candy?" Xiao Bao quickly wiped the sugar water off his hands. Seeing that he couldn't wipe it clean, he told Chu San to go get some water to wash his hands.
There are two wells in the front and back yards of the house, which are shared.
When Xiaobao went to wash his hands, Aunt Huang came over at some point. Seeing him, she leaned forward with an old face and grabbed his little arm with her rough hands: "Child of the Chu family, when are you leaving your family? Does your Third Aunt have a magic weapon?"
"As long as you tell me, I will give you a piece of malt sugar." Aunt Huang's eyes flashed strangely, and she couldn't wait to coax her.
Xiaobao was startled by her approaching, "I, I don't know."
Xiaobao was very young, how could he possibly know these things? He wanted to leave in a hurry and even dropped the malt sugar on the ground.
But Aunt Huang seemed to be possessed by a demon, holding on tightly and refusing to let him go. Seeing that coaxing him was useless, she immediately turned her face black and angrily scolded him, "You son of a bitch, I think you are deliberately lying to me. If you don't tell me, I will beat you to death."
"Ah, help, mother..." Xiaobao was slapped on the butt by her and immediately started crying. Aunt Huang subconsciously reached out to cover his mouth, and Xiaobao struggled and kicked her several times.
Aunt Huang got angry and raised her hand to slap him in the face.
"Auntie Huang, what are you doing!" Mrs. Chu heard the crying and came over to see this scene. She ran over to grab Xiaobao and pointed at Auntie Huang angrily, "You old woman, how can you bully a child like Xiaobao?"
"Second Aunt, wuwuwu, she hit me." Xiaobao complained quickly, crying until his voice became hoarse.
Mrs. Chu was so angry that she dragged Aunt Huang to the village chief to reason with him.
When Aunt Huang saw Mrs. Chu coming over, she wanted to leave and didn't want to argue with her at all, mainly because she felt guilty. As a result, she was forcibly pulled over by the angry Mrs. Chu.
The village chief saw this scene and frowned: "What's going on?"
"Village chief, Aunt Huang had nothing better to do than bullying my Xiaobao by the well. She definitely has some ulterior motive!" Mrs. Chu was afraid that the village chief would not take it seriously, so she deliberately exaggerated the matter.
I didn't expect that I was right by accident.
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