"We are going to the northwest. I heard that there are many mountains there. It would be good to find an uninhabited mountain top to farm and hunt there."
Then he smiled and said: "The capital is full of noble people, and there is no room for us country folk."
Yongchang fell silent after hearing his words.
Yes, although the capital is prosperous, what can they do with their mud-legged people once they get there?
If he goes to the mountains, he can go hunting, and his wife and children can dig some wild vegetables, so they will not starve to death.
Thinking of this, he said: "Mingxuan, can our family go with you?"
Ye Mingxuan said happily: "Uncle Yongchang, what's wrong with this? Our two families have such a good relationship. If we can't separate from you, our whole family will be happy."
Yongchang smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and then said: "But it's not safe for our two families on the road together. How about we ask a few more companies?"
Ye Mingxuan smiled and suggested: "Uncle Yongchang, why don't you ask some of your and my father's good brothers?"
"Okay, I'll go find your Uncle Shitou first." Yongchang saw that it was getting late, and Mingxuan helped his mother pull the car for another day. If this continues, how can his body bear it?
He said: "Mingxuan, you go back to sleep first, I will just ask about this matter."
"Then I'll bother Uncle Yongchang."
"Whatever trouble you have is our own business. Go to sleep!"
When Ye Mingxuan came back, Ye Yutong and Ye Mingzhe were already asleep.
Li Wenxiu asked: "Mingxuan, what did your Uncle Yongchang say?"
"Uncle Yongchang went to the northwest with us. He is now looking for Uncle Shitou and the others."
Li Yunze saw that the two of them were still discussing, so he reminded:
"Mother-in-law, brother, go to bed early. We have to travel tomorrow. It's still a few days before we get to Jiangcheng. It's not too late to discuss it on the way."
Ye Mingxuan nodded and said: "That's fine, brother-in-law, then my mother and I will go to bed first, and I will get up at night to replace you."
"Brother, you don't have to get up, I can just sleep during the day."
Ye Mingxuan didn't listen to him and got up in the middle of the night.
But when he woke up, Li Yunze had already fallen asleep, and Mao Dan's grandmother, Aunt Yongchang, and mother were talking quietly there.
Seeing Ye Mingxuan wake up, Li Wenxiu said gently: "Go back to sleep, we are here to watch!"
She felt very sorry for her eldest son. Ever since his father joined the army, Mingxuan had matured like an adult. Everything is ahead of her.
Seeing that Aunt Yongchang and the others were there, Ye Mingxuan lay down and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, just after dawn, there was a commotion at the city gate, "What! Do you have to pay one tael of silver to enter the city? How can we country people have so much money?"
The guard at the city gate said fiercely: "What are you making the noise about? Don't stand here if you don't have money."
The refugees outside looked at the tightly closed city gate with numb and desperate expressions on their faces.
But no matter how desperate we are, we still have to find a way to get in. Otherwise, how will we buy food? You can't live without food.
In the end, everyone discussed that one person from each family would go in to buy food, and one person from some families with good connections would go in. The entry fee of one tael of silver would be shared equally among everyone.
Ye Yutong's family was also discussing who should be allowed into the city. Ye Mingxuan said he should go, but Li Wenxiu disagreed because he was afraid of danger in the city.
"Mingxuan, you look after your brothers and sisters here, I'll go in."
"Mom, I'm going. I'll go in with the villagers, buy something and then come back."
Ye Yutong saw mother and eldest brother fighting back and forth, and whispered: "Mom, brother, why don't you let me go?" After saying this, the two of them blinked.
"No." The two refused in unison.
Ye Mingzhe knew that he would not be allowed to go, so he did not express his opinion. Sitting on the cart with Li Yunze, he looked at the three of them.
The three of them talked in low voices for a long time, and finally decided that both Ye Yutong and Ye Mingxuan would go.
Mao Danniang came over, took out three taels of silver, and asked, "Mingxuan, could you please help bring some food? My aunt will pay half the taels for the entrance fee."
Ye Mingxuan did not accept her money, but first asked: "Aunt, if you can trust me, I can help you bring it, but we don't know the exact price of this food. If it is too high, can we buy it?"
Maodanniang smiled bitterly and said: "Mingxuan, I don't even dare to guess the food now.
But no matter how high you are, just help your aunt bring two taels of sorghum noodles and half a tael of salt. The remaining half of the silver is your entrance fee. "
Ye Mingxuan then smiled and took the money, "Auntie, I don't know what's going on inside now. But don't worry, as long as my family can buy food, I will definitely bring it back for you."
"Oh, judging from what this kid said, of course I believe you."
Yongchang originally planned to ask Shitou to bring some food back, so that he could save half a tael of silver.
But seeing that Mingxuan and Yutong were also going to the city, he thought about it and went. He didn't know when the next time he would have such an opportunity to go to the city to buy things.
Besides, it's quite uneasy for these two children to go in.
There were dozens of people entering the city this time, each pulling a cart.
After paying money and registering their heads at the door, several government servants led their group into the city.
Ye Yutong looked everywhere since he entered the city gate. Compared with other places, Jinzhou City is considered a very prosperous state. It covers a large area, with many two-story buildings on both sides of the street.
Carriages and sedan chairs can be seen everywhere, vendors on the street are shouting, and everything is filled with the smell of human fireworks. For the refugees outside, this is a paradise.
But refugees are not allowed to enter such a paradise. If they want to come in and buy some food, they have to pay a high ticket price.
Ye Yutong became more and more silent as he walked inside. As a child who was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze.
Although she does not have the love of her parents, she does not lack food and drink. Where has she seen such scenes of singing and dancing inside the city walls and purgatory on earth outside the city walls.
She now very much hopes that this is a book and these people are all paper people and will not experience the famine and war that will follow.
And when she wakes up tomorrow, she will be lying on the high-speed train going back to her hometown. It doesn't matter even if she takes back her space.
The leading government servant pointed to the grain store in front and said to them: "We're here, don't you want to buy grain? Go in! Move quickly! I'll give you an hour, and leave when the time is up."
Everyone heard that there was only one hour, so they all rushed to the grain store.
Ye Mingxuan and Ye Yutong couldn't squeeze through these adults, so they planned to enter the grain store later.
Ye Yutong walked up to the leading yamen servant and asked with a smile: "Sir, is there anyone selling farm tools nearby?"
The yamen servant was surprised and said: "Selling farm tools? Why are you buying farm tools?"
Before Ye Mingxuan entered the city, he knew that his sister came in to buy farm tools, saying that the gods asked her to buy them.
He stepped forward and replied respectfully: "Sir, we are all farmers, and the farm tools are what we eat. When the famine is over, we will still go back to the countryside to farm."
