"Do you feel that there is something wrong with our third brother today?" Qian poked Zhao with her hand.
"What's wrong? It's the same as before. Fortunately, no one asked to ride on the cart, otherwise how would those kids bear to get off and walk?" Zhao said as she walked, wiping the sweat off Boss An's face. When necessary, she would take over the cart to let Boss An, An Muching, have a rest.
Qian's family has only one son, the youngest, who just turned three this year. Even if her third brother wants to ride in the cart, she will not let her son move, but it is her man who pushes the cart.
When she thought about how An Jingzhi did nothing and was always squandering the family's savings, she realized that at this point, he was still thinking about competing with his nephews and nieces for seats. Her parents always said that her third brother was weak due to congenital deficiencies and couldn't do any work. But she didn't look at her third brother and he didn't look like a weak person. He went to the county town every day and no one knew what he was doing.
I don't know what my parents were thinking. It's normal for my eldest brother and my husband to eat more from pushing the cart every day. As the head of the family, dad must eat a lot. It's ok for my third brother to eat a lot because he relies on my parents' love, but today he even complained that the porridge was not tasty.
Thinking of this, Qian curled her lips and lost the desire to speak.
"My surname is An. I have something to tell you, father-in-law. It's a matter of life and death." Under the other party's vigilant gaze, An Jingzhi bowed and stated his purpose.
"If you have anything, you can tell me." The man standing in front of the carriage said with a cold face.
"Ling'er, let him come over."
"Father, you can't."
Interrupting his son, Yue Xian looked at An Jingzhi and said, "What do you want to tell me?"
The world is in chaos now, and even the dignitaries are unable to take care of themselves. If they are not careful, they will become the victims of the bandits and rebels.
These merchants may seem respectable, but they still have to feed the corrupt officials in the imperial court.
In the eyes of those officials, businessmen are just fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered.
Therefore, Yue Xian was more careful in doing things and was always kind to others. His family was already somewhat conspicuous among the refugees. His son was always standing outside with a long knife, which made many people hide their thoughts.
If a dispute arose at this time, the refugees might gang up on them and rob them.
"Are you going to Dingxiang, old man?"
In the previous life, after this family arrived in Dingxiang City, it was captured by bandits within half a month. No one was left in the family as they were all killed by the rebel army and all their money was looted. The reason why An Jingzhi knew this was because the original owner also took advantage of the chaos to rob and even killed Yue Xian with his own hands.
The original owner's two elder brothers died at the hands of bandits in the chaos in order to protect their entire family.
He was on the road to escape famine again, but this time without the help of his two brothers. The original owner wanted to sell his nephews and nieces, but was stopped by his two sisters-in-law. So he simply "rented" his two sisters-in-law out in exchange for some food.
After his two sisters-in-law were insulted to death by refugees, he sold his children, abandoned his parents, and joined the bandits.
"Exactly."
"I suggest you change your route. Dingxiang City will soon be captured by bandits. If you are well-informed, you should know that the trade route there is already in trouble."
"How do you, a farm boy, know this information?" Even he himself had some vague guesses, but this boy spoke so confidently.
"Father-in-law, I also found out about it accidentally. I'm not in a position to elaborate on the specific reasons, but I saw that you secretly helped a few children before, so I couldn't bear to see you die." Could it be that he wanted to say that he knew it from the original owner's memory?
A moment later, Yue Xian's wife felt a little dissatisfied when she saw An Jingzhi leaving with the food.
"I don't know where this kid came from, but you believe everything he says. I think he is here to cheat food." The food at home was almost gone, and there was no place to buy food along the way. How could Yue Xian's wife not feel heartbroken if she gave some away for nothing?
"What do you know? I've been doing business for many years, how could I let myself be fooled so easily? There is indeed a problem with the trade route, but I don't know how this guy knew about it. I've been thinking about whether to go and take a look or change the route these days."
"Also, this kid may look ragged, but he speaks with dignity. Consider that little bit of food as a token of goodwill. We're trying to survive in this chaotic world. Who knows, we might need help again in the future."
Of course, he would not decide the whereabouts of his family just because of An Jingzhi's words.
If you take the wrong road, the whole family will lose their lives.
After thinking for a moment, he recalled some news he had heard on the road before, that none of the merchants who went to Dingxiang had returned, which proved that something might have happened there.
He was hesitant all the way. Going to Dingxiang was the original plan, and changing the route at will would come at a price.
After listening to An Jingzhi's words, I no longer held any hope.
It would be more accurate to say that he decided to take a risk rather than believing An Jingzhi's words.
An Jingzhi's words only added fuel to the fire.
He called his eldest son to discuss changing the route to the south.
Although Yue Xian's wife expressed dissatisfaction, Mr. Yue still made the final decision on important family matters.
This family was of excellent character, and sharing this news with them was a way of atonement for the original owner. It also provided him with a source of food, but he didn't expect them to actually give him half a bag of food.
When An's mother saw An Jingzhi coming over, she quickly pulled him aside. She quietly took out a vegetable nest from her arms and gave it to him, "Son, this is what I secretly left for you. Eat it quickly. How can you not eat?"
"It's okay, mother. I just got a free gift from someone when I went to the front to get some information. I've already eaten it. I'm not hungry anymore. You can eat it yourself."
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