Chapter 296: Be Prepared in Advance

Although Changzhi was sloppy, he was in very good spirits, his eyes were particularly bright, and there was excitement in them. He had learned a lot from this trip. Changzhi hated his sloppiness and said, "Dad, I want to take a shower first. I can't stand it anymore."

These seven days have been so miserable. I feel stinky all over and even the smell of myself makes me want to vomit.

Zhulan called out to the eldest brother, "Go and boil some water for your brother to take a bath."

The eldest brother looked at his younger brother with pity, this kid had never suffered any hardship, this is a great sin.

Zhulan thought that there was nothing left from breakfast. This kid must have gone home right after entering the city. Her stomach was growling loudly. "Big brother's wife, go roll out the noodles."

Lee, "Hey!"

Half an hour later, Changzhi took a shower and ate some noodles, and finally returned to his original state.

Zhu Lan saw that the boy had lost a lot of weight. "Tell me, where did you and your master go? Why are you so rude?"

Chang Zhi was still terrified, "Mom, I went with my master to pay his respects to his birthday. Mr. Qi is a great calligrapher. I never thought that my master and Mr. Qi were good friends."

He benefited a lot from this opportunity and his handwriting has improved a lot!

Zhou Shuren asked, "Did you encounter bandits after visiting your birthday party?"

Chang Zhi shook his head, "They are not bandits. Mr. Qi's home is at the northeastern border. There were two battles at the border a few days ago. My master was afraid of a major war, so he brought me all the way back. Many residents of the northeastern border also brought their families south. There are all kinds of people here. My master has travel experience, and we dare not show off our wealth. We hurried home without changing clothes. Today, many people gathered outside the city gate and want to enter the city!"

Changzhi was speechless as to why Mr. Qi settled down in the frontier. He admired Mr. Qi's courage for the sake of artistic conception. The master advised Mr. Qi to leave, but Mr. Qi didn't leave yet!

Chang Zhi's heart ached as he continued, "Dad, there were so many guards at the city gates. They wouldn't let people from the south into the city unless they had local household registration. Fortunately, Master took good care of it and didn't lose it, so we were able to get in."

Zhulan and Zhou Shuren looked at Boss Zhou, and Zhou Shuren asked, "Didn't you meet him outside the city gate when you came back yesterday?"

Boss Zhou shook his head, "Dad, we came back through the South Gate, and there was no one outside the gate."

Zhou Shuren thought he was confused, as Changzhi returned through the north gate.

Zhou Laoer was very worried, "Dad, is there really going to be a war?"

Or the war broke out in the Northeast. He really didn't want to recall the days of war. In the days of war, human life was not worth anything, even worse than animals. Animals can be eaten since they were young, but human life can be killed and that's it. It's scary to think about it.

Everyone in the room was very scared except Zhulan and Zhou Shuren.

Zhou Shuren cleared his throat and said as the head of the family, "It won't hit here, so you can all rest assured. However, don't even think about buying meat or vegetables these days."

It is estimated that the city gates will be blocked during this period. It seems that Pingzhou City will not let the people going south pass. Pingzhou City is blocking people from moving forward. Its attitude is surprisingly tough, and it seems that it has been prepared for a long time. But then I thought, if Pingzhou City was prepared, why would the northern states let people go south?

Boss Zhou stood up and said, "Dad, since only the gates of the north city are sealed, there should be farmers coming to buy vegetables. Li and I will go buy some meat and vegetables, otherwise we will be late and not be able to buy anything."

Zhou Shuren said, "Go ahead, sell as much as you can and bring back as much as you can. I think we should close the city tomorrow."

Boss Zhou, "Hey!"

Chang Lian stood up and said, "Dad, I'm going to my brother-in-law's house to get some information."

Zhou Shuren waved his hand, "Your brother-in-law must be very worried right now and has no time to deal with you, so just stay at home!"

Zhou Laoda, who had just gone out, turned back and said, "Dad, the servants of the Jiang residence came to tell me that my third brother doesn't need to go to the Jiang residence anymore, and he should try not to go out these days."

Zhou Shuren, "Where are the people?"

"He left in a hurry after delivering the message, without even accepting the money I gave him."

Zhou Shuren was silent. It seemed that many things were not simple. "I know. Just do your thing!"

"Why!"

Zhou Shuren then said to Zhou Laoer, "You send Rongchuan and Mingyun to the academy."

Zhou Laoer, "Dad, let's take a leave!"

"No, the garrison of Pingzhou City has been prepared for a long time. The city is safe. Moreover, Rongchuan and Mingyun's classmates include many children of officials. We can also get some information from them."

Then he said to Rongchuan, "Go to the academy and take a close look to see who is missing. Come back and tell me."

Rongchuan responded, "Yes."

Changzhi also stood up, "Dad, I'm going to my master's house."

"Go ahead!"

Mrs. Dong was a little anxious, but she didn't dare to speak to her father-in-law. After her father-in-law got up and left, she hurriedly said to her mother-in-law, "Mother, I want to send a message home."

Zhu Lan didn't hold back, "If you want to deliver the message, go ahead. However, I think there will be a lot of people delivering the message, so you may not be able to deliver it."

The Dong family members looked at each other, it was indeed like that, by now everyone who should have received the news had received it, and would want to send the message out.

However, the two looked at each other and decided to go and take a look.

Zhu Lan said, "Wait for Lao Er to come back and take you there. People are panicking right now, and it's inevitable that some people with bad intentions will take advantage of the opportunity to rob and cause chaos. It's better to have a man with you."

The two daughters-in-law were a little scared and did not dare to go out alone.

Zhulan waited for the two daughters-in-law to go out, leaving only the child and Xuehan in the room. The little girl was a little scared, "Mom, are we really going to have a war?"

Zhulan nodded, "Yes."

Xue Han held her mother's hand tightly, "Will the attack reach us?"

She had never experienced war, but she knew that war would kill many people, especially ordinary people.

Zhulan comforted him, "No."

Since the imperial court intends to send troops to the northwest, there will be no chaos in the northeast. Otherwise, it will be attacked from both sides. Although the northeast will not be able to gain power this time, many people will die.

An hour later, Li and Boss Zhou came back. They didn't get any human flesh, but only a few baskets of wild vegetables.

Li was very worried, "Mom, luckily we left quickly, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get any wild vegetables."

Boss Zhou continued, "Many of the big households in the market have their meat taken care of by their stewards. Fortunately, my father-in-law sent me a lot of meat yesterday, otherwise we would have been starving."

Zhulan thought to herself that she was indeed lucky enough. The meat sent by the Li family was quite a lot, enough to last for a month or two. She estimated that this civil unrest would not last long.

Zhou Shuren came back at noon. The Zhou family had no shortage of food, so they still had three meals a day.

Li admired her mother-in-law from the bottom of her heart. Last year, the family's grain was not sold and they had to move it to Pingzhou City. She just went out with the head of the household to inquire and found out that all the grain in the grain store was sold out and the price was extremely high. Every household was worried about not having enough food, but she was not worried at all.

For lunch, I had wild vegetable soup. I cut one pound of the two pounds of meat left over from yesterday and fried some wild garlic. This was the first time I had such a simple meal since moving to Pingzhou.

After lunch, Zhou Shuren and Zhulan were the only ones left in the room. Zhulan asked, "Did you find out anything?"

(End of this chapter)