"Mom, can I help you change your makeup?" Zhou Yunshu half-crouched in front of Li Jialan, "This way, even if I meet an acquaintance, I won't be able to recognize you unless I look closely."
Li Jialan's eyes lit up when she heard this. She had seen her daughter's makeup skills, so she immediately nodded and said, "Okay, change it!"
Zhou Yunshu said that changing makeup is not complicated.
For example, changing skin color, changing hairstyle, or if you want to make a more radical change, change the eye shape through makeup.
This time it was for the sake of Li Jialan's peace of mind, so the changes were relatively large. Once she left the city and conditions were limited, she only needed to slightly change her skin color and hairstyle.
Since Li Jialan had changed, Zhou Yunshu also slightly changed Fang Huiwen.
After the transformation, the two people looked like ordinary people. At most, they had a little more scholarly quality.
The children were not as eye-catching as the adults. Apart from their yellowish skin color, Zhou Yunshu only cut her daughter's bangs neatly to cover her smooth and plump forehead.
While Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen were packing their luggage with the children, Zhou Yunshu took the money to buy some more rouge and gouache.
The rouge and gouache she used for her previous disguises was bought in Beijing, and was mixed with modern cosmetics in her space.
When Zhou Yunshu was learning makeup, she bought a lot of cosmetics, but after so many people used them, they didn't resist using them.
Zhou Yunshu went downstairs and met Chunque who was coming back from shopping. She bought a lot of things. In addition to medicinal materials, Zhou Yunshu also saw a cage full of eggs.
Zhou Yunshu did not ask Chunque to go out with her. She only asked her to help Li Jialan and the others pack their luggage and set off directly from the inn when she came back.
After Zhou Yunshu went to the rouge and gouache shop to buy the rouge and gouache she wanted to use, she turned around and went to a nearby restaurant with a good reputation.
She hasn't had breakfast yet, and is going to buy some cooked food to take away after breakfast at the restaurant.
In addition, the restaurant is one of the most well-informed places, and she wanted to find out some news about the capital.
Zhou Yunshu ordered a large bowl of braised pork noodles, a plate of hot and sour shredded potatoes, and a plate of fried steamed bun slices, and sat in the lobby to eat while waiting for her takeout meal.
She was sitting right next to two tables of people who looked like businessmen. The people at those two tables did not disappoint Zhou Yunshu, letting her hear the news she wanted to hear.
One of the news is that Youzhou has completely fallen. Cai Chuan, who once framed her grandfather Zhou Cungali for collaborating with foreign enemies, was driven to Cangzhou by the Eastern Turks and became a bereaved dog. Now he is nesting in Cangzhou waiting for the imperial court to rescue him.
The northern border has lost its combat effectiveness since Zhou Cungao led the Zhou family army to Biyu Pass. Cai Chuan is another person who can only talk on paper and grab credit. Except for General Li in Shuozhou who is still guarding the front line, many other places have abandoned the city and fled before fighting. .
This also caused the Eastern Turks and Tiele tribes to feel that there was no one in the Zhou Dynasty, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became; and the people who lost the protection of the soldiers either became the dead souls of the enemy, or moved their families southward.
In other words, now the entire northern border is about to become the possession of the Eastern Turks and Tiele tribes. If the people of the three northern states do not want to die, they have no choice but to flee south.
Zhou Yunshu heard what the merchant said. At this time, the number of refugees fleeing in the north had reached hundreds of thousands. If the court did not find a way to deal with it, the refugees might turn into mobs in order to survive.
By that time, the imperial court would not only have to deal with the Eastern Turks and Tiele tribes, but also the people in the north who were completely disappointed with the imperial court and began to fight back.
The second news is still not good news. Just like what happened to Zhou Yunshu in his previous life, the refugees from the northwest were intercepted by troops sent by the imperial court before they reached the capital.
The imperial court gained the trust of the refugees by recruiting them to settle down, and then killed and cremated them after they relaxed their vigilance.
This news instantly made the atmosphere in the restaurant feel dull.
"Are you sure this news is true?" Some people don't believe it. Those who dare to do this will be stigmatized throughout the ages.
"I'm sure that the kerosene was bought from my uncle at that time. I heard that the pit could accommodate thousands of people, and more than 20 pits burned for two days and two nights."
"How dare they, those are real people!"
Some people feel pity for the victims, while others feel that they deserve to die.
"They should be burned to death!" A man in his twenties said angrily: "They are refugees from the epidemic area. If we don't burn them to death, if the plague spreads to us, then we will be the ones who die." With my family and friends!”
"But I heard that there are people inside who are not infected with the plague. They are so innocent."
The man said coldly: "That's because their fate is bad. We can't get involved with more innocent people like us for the sake of those very few."
After he finished speaking, there was silence around him.
After finishing her braised pork noodles, Zhou Yunshu took the fried steamed bun slices and thought, this person gave her a wake-up call.
Just in case, yes, still just in case.
She needs to prepare some things that can prevent the epidemic.
But ancient times were not as developed as modern times, and the things that could be used were really limited.
All Zhou Yunshu can think of now is spirits, plant ash, and mugwort. By the way, she can prepare some things that can be used to make soap, and some fabrics that can be used to make masks.
Zhou Yunshu silently remembered it in her mind and prepared to buy all these things after getting the packaged food.
The people at the two tables next to them started exchanging messages again.
"Brother Wu, since you can't go to the north to buy goods now, do you want to follow us to the southwest?"
The man called Brother Wu shook his head and said: "I heard that the emperor is planning to send the prince to the north to suppress the battle, and the king of Wei will be accompanying him."
"With the crown prince taking action, maybe the Northern Territory will be able to settle down soon. I want to wait here until the situation in the Northern Territory becomes more stable and then go there. My goods can't be cut off."
"You don't want to take your life just to make a fortune..."
Zhou Yunshu didn't care about what he said later, which was of no use. She just thought that if what the merchant said was true, then Ji Sheng would go to the north earlier in this life than in the previous life.
And the prince...
If she remembered correctly, the prince did win a few battles in the north, but he was captured and taken hostage by the prince of the Eastern Turks not long after. Since then, the northern army has been led by Ji Sheng...
Zhou Yunshu got the packaged cooked food from the restaurant and turned around to buy what she had thought about before.
She actually saw the soap that was made, and that piece of soap cost five or six taels of silver.
Zhou Yunshu bought four spare pieces, muttering to herself that if she hadn't been in a hurry to go to Haizhou now, she would have wanted to make a fortune by making soap.
When Zhou Yunshu asked someone to help carry the large and small bags she bought back to the inn, Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen had already packed the two mule carts.
The mule carts were packed to the brim, and even the one with people on them was packed with a lot of stuff. Who asked Zhou Yunshu to buy a lot of stuff?
However, in order to conceal it from others, the mule cart containing food and daily necessities driven by Chunque was covered with a large oilcloth and tied tightly with ropes.
The one carrying people was driven by Zhou Yunshu, at least before leaving the city.
In order to make the driver more comfortable, Fang Huiwen tied a thick old mattress to the shaft of the car, just to protect Zhou Yunshu from the bumps.
Zhou Yunshu's newly bought things were sorted by Fang Huiwen, and the children sat in the carriage holding their toys and books.
Li Jialan looked at Zhou Yunshu, who had not shown her pregnancy yet, and thought about driving the mule cart by herself after leaving the city. Fang Huiwen also thought that she must learn to drive the mule cart as soon as possible, so that others could be more relaxed.
With everyone's own thoughts, Zhou Yunshu drove the mule cart towards the city gate.
It's just that sometimes people are more afraid of what will happen to them. Zhou Yunshu and the others were stopped as soon as they arrived at the gate of the city.
