Chapter 13 Separation
"Ah, Gousheng, Gousheng, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"
"Gousheng's mother, put the child down quickly and don't shake." Sister Lian looked at Gousheng with a bleeding head and quickly reminded him.
"Hey, hey, stop shaking, stop shaking." Gousheng's mother was frightened by Gousheng at this time. When she heard the voice, she subconsciously let go of her hand.
"Then Li Ming's wife, what should we do with our son Gousheng?" Gousheng's father was very anxious, because this was his only child.
"This... I also heard it from the doctor. I don't know anything else." In fact, she heard it from Zheng Yatou, but what if she told it out loud and implicated Zheng Yatou? Look at Gousheng's face covered in blood.
"Let me take a look."
"Zheng girl, are you okay?" Gousheng's father was a little worried. It was not that he didn't believe it, but he had never heard that Zheng girl knew medical skills.
"I've collected herbs and sent them to the clinic before, so I know a little bit."
"Okay, girl, take a look." Since no one in the village knew how to do it, they had to rely on Zheng girl.
"Yes, yes, yes, Zheng girl, take a look." Gousheng's mother said hurriedly, fearing that it would be too late.
"Okay, Village Chief, I have some medicine here. Let's apply some to everyone." After giving the powder to the Village Chief, Li Zheng began to treat Gou Sheng's wound. Due to limited resources, she could only rinse the wound with spiritual spring water, sprinkle some hemostatic powder, and bandage it.
"Sister-in-law, it's okay. Give him some water later and eat something when he wakes up. By the way, add some sugar and salt to the water." This is just hypoglycemia and weakness, but it's nothing serious.
"Oh, okay, thank you, Zheng girl." Gousheng's mother wiped her tears and smiled.
"fine."
Li Zheng went back and picked up Baoger, and took him to the village chief, "Village chief, is he okay?" She had just checked the situation. He was injured, but he was fine. However, a lot of food was stolen.
"No one is wrong, but a lot of our food has been stolen." Alas, how can we go on without food?
"Village chief, the best thing is that everyone is safe. Besides, we have been walking for almost half a month. We should reach Jincheng in a few days. We can buy some then." Li Zheng could only comfort him in this way, hoping that there would be some by then.
"Yes, Zheng girl is right. It's a good thing that no one is hurt. The food was stolen, but the money was not. We can just buy more when we get to Jincheng." The food had been stolen, so we could only think positively.
Yes, think ahead.
"Bao Ge'er, you're still sad." He started to get upset when he came down from the tree. But Bao Ge'er was a sensible child, so he must have been thinking about his own weakness.
"Sister, when will Baoger grow up? Baoger wants to help you." Baoger was very sad, frowning and pouting.
"Well, can Bao Ge'er start practicing martial arts and studying hard starting tomorrow? That way you can become stronger and stronger." Bao Ge'er hasn't practiced martial arts since he fled the famine, so he still needs to find something to do so that he won't think so much.
The village chief's cow was stoned to death by refugees, so it was cut into pieces and pickled. Each family got a little. After all, it would take a lot of salt to pickle so much meat, and it would go bad tomorrow due to the hot weather. Some families cooked it tonight. The meat made the villagers feel better. Li Zheng also cooked it, after all, he had been eating bread on the way.
We got up early in the morning and set off. However, everyone had some injuries, so we didn't walk fast. However, after five days of walking, when we were almost out of ammunition and food, we finally saw the city wall of Jincheng.
Arriving at the city gate, a plump man in a long gown with a mustache sat under a shed at the base of the wall, holding a pen. Ten sword-wielding guards stood on either side. Not far away, in the woods, gathered refugees, numbering several thousand.
Li Zheng and the others didn't rush in. Looking at these people, they knew it wasn't something they could easily get into. They just found a corner and quietly watched the situation.
At noon, the city gate opened and two soldiers were seen carrying out a basket of black-faced steamed buns. Some people saw this and rushed forward with green eyes, grabbed the buns and started eating them.
"Ah, murder, murder." Those who were about to grab the steamed buns stopped and retreated. Because they saw that the person who was trying to grab the steamed buns was lying in a pool of blood, the two soldiers put away their knives and ignored the body on the ground.
Seeing that the refugees had quieted down, the man in the long gown stood up and walked over and said, "I am the steward of the Jin City Lord. Our Lord knows that everyone is hungry and thirsty after fleeing here, so we specially prepared steamed buns to entertain everyone."
After waiting for a while and seeing that no one spoke, the housekeeper didn't care and continued, "If you want to eat steamed buns, there are rules. Now our Liang State has suffered a drought, and there have been wars in other places, so our city lord plans to recruit some soldiers to quell the war. Of course, you don't have to worry. As long as you enter, we will provide food and drink. There is a big lake in the city with water, so don't worry, and there are grain stores in the city. If you have family, each person will pay three taels of silver as an entrance fee, and we will also arrange a place for your family to settle down. Anyone who wants to enter the city only needs to pay three taels of settlement fee per person. Don't think it's expensive. After all, the price of food is crazy now, and this silver is not for our own use but for our soldiers. How can soldiers fight without food, drink, and weapons? Okay, those who are interested can come here to sign up, and those who want to enter the city should line up over there."
After hearing what the housekeeper said, everyone discussed with each other. Some wealthy families wanted to go to the city, after all, they had no food, while those who did not have enough money could only sign up for the army, at least they had food and drink. The villagers discussed it and all felt that going to the city was better, the main reason being that they had no food. They all told the village chief that they wanted to go to the city. The village chief thought for a while and said, "Okay, those of you who want to go to the city can go ahead, but when you get to the city, don't call me village chief, it's not appropriate. If we can be grouped together in the city, we can help each other. Okay, hurry up and line up."
After hearing this, everyone said they would, and went to line up. Some families who were short of money borrowed money from nearby families. Since they were all in the city, they didn't have to worry about people running away.
Li Zheng expressed to the village chief that she did not want to go into the city.
"What? Zheng girl, you are short of money. Uncle has some money here, you can use it first." After all, as the head of a village, he still has some status.
"No, I'm not the village chief. I want to go further south. I think the drought may continue. The south will be better."
"Uncle knows that, but there is no food left in the village. If we go any further, we will die. We can only rest here for a while." The village chief was helpless.
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