Ye Yuqing was lying with her mother. They were about to arrive in the capital, and she was getting more and more nervous.
In their previous life, several of their villages did not flee to the capital, but to Yuncheng where there was less drought.
She also met Yulang in Yuncheng, and later followed him back to the capital.
She didn't understand the situation in the capital now, and she felt a little worried when she saw more and more victims.
She didn't know if she could enter the city smoothly. Even if she did, she couldn't go to Yulang immediately.
She is only twelve years old this year, which is too young, and she has not yet grown up. She cannot attract the picky Yu Lang now.
In the past few years, she is preparing to take her family to establish a foothold in the capital and make herself excellent so that she can be worthy of her boyfriend.
"Qingqing, why aren't you sleeping yet?" Huang Yunqin saw his daughter lying there tossing and turning, and thought something was wrong.
Ye Yuqing held her arm and said, "Mom, what did you think we would do to make a living when we arrived in the capital?"
"Well, Jincheng is a place for nobles. What can we do to make a living? Your father said that when the time comes, he and the villagers will go to the dock to find some work. I will take you to help others wash clothes. You can always survive. "
In fact, their family had quite a lot of money, but who knew that when they were in Jiangcheng, they were targeted by the victims, who not only robbed them of most of their food, but also their money, the mother-in-law said.
But she didn't believe this. The old woman must still have money in her hands.
The ginseng dug by Ye Dafeng was sold for more than one hundred taels of silver. Although some of it has been used in recent years, there must be a lot left.
Ye Yuqing frowned when her mother told her to help others wash clothes. How could her hands do such rough work?
She will marry Yulang in the future. If others know that the young mistress of the Hou Mansion has washed clothes for others like a maid, she will be laughed at.
But she couldn't refute her mother now. She could wait until she got to the capital. If it doesn't work, ask my mother to go to the embroidery workshop to get some embroidery.
In her previous life, Yulang liked to wear the clothes she made and the purses she embroidered, so she learned many tricks from the embroiderers in the Hou Mansion. With this skill, she was able to lead her family in the capital.
However, the family she was talking about did not include her third uncle and sister-in-law. Both of them had their minds set on her.
If she doesn't come back with revenge, it's just because she has a kind heart and wants her to keep her. That's just a dream.
Even for grandparents, it depends on their future performance. If she still favors Third Uncle, she won't care.
"Mom, I'm hungry, I want to eat." Ye Mingwei shouted, holding his stomach.
Huang Yunqin held her son in her arms and said distressedly: "Oh, poor mother, how can we still have anything to eat? The wild vegetables we dug in the afternoon were all eaten in the evening. There is not even a leaf left. Let mother go." Where can I get you something to eat?”
Ye Mingwei lay there and said, "I don't care, I want to eat. I want to eat snacks, meat, and white flour steamed buns. Go and buy them for me."
Ye Yuqing angrily slapped his butt and said viciously:
"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat. Are you the only one who is hungry? You have eaten the most for dinner. How long has it been? You are hungry again."
Ye Mingwei cried even louder after being beaten, and kicked Ye Yuqing hard on the chest.
He cursed angrily: "How dare you, a little girl, hit me? I'm going to tell grandma and grandma to sell you."
Ye Yuqing was shaking with anger and pulled his feet with her hands to prevent him from kicking.
This younger brother was disobedient in his previous life and caused trouble for her all day long.
Yulang doted on her, settled her family in the capital, and bought her a small yard. Sometimes he would help Ye Mingwei settle the troubles he caused.
Once or twice is okay, but Yulang gets annoyed after too many times.
Madam often provoked Yulang in front of her, and later Yulang also complained about her and didn't even go to her room.
Thinking of this, she spanked Ye Mingwei several times on the buttocks, and threatened: "Just cry hard, and the victims will drag you to stew meat later."
Only then did Ye Mingwei get scared, freed his feet, threw himself into Huang Yunqin's arms, and began to cry softly, crying and complaining that he was hungry.
Huang Yunqin patted her youngest son comfortingly, glared at Ye Yuqing, and said displeasedly: "Your brother is so young, why are you scaring him?"
Ye Yuqing "hummed" and lay down there, covering her head with some clothes.
She felt very depressed. No one in this big family had peace of mind. When she entered the capital, she didn't want to hold her back like she did in her previous life.
Early the next morning, people from the three villages continued walking to the capital. Except for the noise of children, the adults in the queue were silent and in no mood to talk.
After running away for more than a month, with little food and drink, no fixed place to live, everyone was numb, and they just wanted to rush to the capital as soon as possible, maybe there was a glimmer of hope.
But their plan was doomed to fail.
After walking for two days, we finally reached the foot of the high city wall.
The majestic city gate was tightly closed, shutting them out for more than a month of running around.
It is not only them who are locked out, but also the victims who have fled from various places.
Everyone was standing, sitting, or lying down, and they didn't even have the energy to speak.
Ye Yuqing stared blankly at the closed city gate, not knowing what to do. She murmured: "How could this happen? Why did the city gate be closed? Doesn't even the emperor care about these victims? "
Speaking of the emperor, she suddenly remembered that the current emperor was the eldest prince of Yun Chao Kingdom, but this prince only reigned for two or three years before he suddenly died of illness.
He was succeeded by his younger brother, the second prince.
In her previous life, she heard Yulang mention that the second prince was more powerful than his brother and very smart. He had won the hearts of many ministers within a few months of taking office.
She couldn't remember exactly when the second prince ascended the throne, but he didn't sit on the dragon chair until the end.
She vaguely remembered that before she died of illness in her previous life, she heard the maid say that the prince had already attacked the capital, and the second prince and his men fled with his uncle.
As for what happened next? Who will be the next emperor? I don't know, because she was no longer alive at that time.
"Qingqing, sit down and take a rest!"
Huang Yunqin pulled her to sit down and said with a sad face: "What should we do now? Everyone has no food, but we can't even enter the city. This doesn't give us a way to survive!"
Ye Yuqing had a stern look on her face, glanced at her mother who had been fussing about her since she arrived here, and said impatiently:
"Mom, what's the use of talking about this now? Why not think about how to get in?"
Ye Mingxiang asked: "Qingqing, what can you do?"
Ye Yuqing lowered her voice and said, "Brother, why don't we discuss it with everyone? Let's exchange some money in several villages and go to the city gate to find out what the conditions are for entering the city."
She had just seen the city gate open several times, and a few people on horseback and carriages entered.
Some of those people showed the signs in their hands, some stuffed their wallets for the government officials, and the city gate opened immediately.
Since the city gate can be opened, it's not like they have no chance to get in. They may have to spend some money to get in.
Moreover, they were forced to come to the capital by King Xia, so they were different from other disaster victims.
After hearing what his sister said, Ye Mingxiang immediately went to Ye Daqing to discuss it.
Although his third uncle and his sister-in-law wanted to sell his sister for food some time ago, he felt very uncomfortable.
But now is not the time to worry about these things. The family still has to work together. We can talk about other things when we get to the city.
