Gongliang Subai has realized that Lan Shichu is not the gentle and virtuous woman who regards her husband as her mother. On the contrary, she is also very sharp-tongued and sharp. But he can't blame Lan Shichu. He feels that this may be Because of the huge gap in status and suffering after being exiled, her personality has changed drastically.
So he pretended not to have heard Lan Shichu's words and whispered: "I will find a way to make you feel better tomorrow. When we get to town, we will look for abortion pills."
After finishing speaking, he glanced at Lan Shichu: "You...do you need my help with anything else?"
"No." Lan Shichu replied indifferently, and the two of them were silent for a while. They were a married couple without any affection, and they didn't talk much, so Gongliang Subai had no choice but to send Lan Shichu back.
Lan Shichu didn't know what he could think of to make herself feel better tomorrow, but she found out the next day that she found a bullock cart from nowhere and gave it to Gong Liangxian. Gong Liangxian asked his parents The child and Lan Shichu sat on it.
I don't know how Gongliang Subai persuaded the officials to turn a blind eye to the ox cart, but in the end, Lan Shichu didn't have to walk and felt much more relaxed.
When other prisoners saw this, they were jealous and envious, and some of them were not clear-headed. They directly approached the guards and said, "Why can people from Gongliang's family ride on a bullock cart, but we can't? We also have the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled!"
The officer sneered: "Just because the ox cart was obtained by bartering for things from good men and virtuous men! If you have the ability, you can also let me, my wife, and my children ride on the ox cart!"
"..." Those people choked immediately, but they still muttered, "Isn't this against the regulations? Can prisoners ride in the car?"
"If it doesn't comply with the regulations, then you go and file a complaint!" The officer rolled his eyes and said confidently. After all, the mountains and ridges here are deserted, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Where can they go to file a complaint? Report to whom? When they arrived at the place of exile, they were not afraid of telling the local officials because there was no evidence. Wouldn't Gong Liangxian dispose of the ox cart before arriving? And local officials don't bother to pay attention to such trivial matters as prisoners.
The officials obviously benefited a lot from being honest, so they were so angry at those jealous people.
Some prisoners who were smart and had some money hidden began to imitate the good deeds and asked people in the caravan to help find an ox cart or donkey cart, or even a wheelbarrow. As long as they can be pushed, it is better to push them Walking on two legs is easier.
As expected, Gongliang Subai bought anti-fetal medicine in the medicine hall in the next town, and found an opportunity to give it to Lan Shichu. At the same time, he didn't know if he had a new idea or consulted other people, and brought a replacement to Lan Shichu. clothing.
Lan Shichu accepted it, but just threw it into space without taking the anti-fetal medicine or changing clothes. After all, her own anti-fetal medicine was much better than the one he bought, and so were the clothes.
The days passed like this, and as the place reached became more and more desolate and there were fewer and fewer people, everyone knew that the destination was not far away.
Of course, Gongliang Subai couldn't really follow them to the penal colony, nor could he arouse others' suspicion, so after arriving at Jade City, which was adjacent to the penal colony, he separated from the team, and he took away the ox cart and disposed of it.
Since ancient times, the place of exile has been a remote, desolate, poor and backward place. So after arriving at the destination of his trip, Lan Shichu was shocked when he looked at the shabby and dilapidated Yamen in front of him. This Yamen was actually made of mud bricks! And I don’t know how long it has been built, and it seems like it has never been repaired. It is almost crumbling. I don’t know when it will collapse. It is more shabby than the old farmer’s house on the outskirts of the capital. And this is still a government office. You can imagine the ordinary people here. How are the people living?
The official quickly handed over the prisoners to the local government, and then left in a hurry, as if running away. Lan Shichu understood very well that if it were her, she would not be able to wait to leave.
But she is a prisoner and cannot leave this area. She can only live here.
After arriving at the place where she was arranged to settle, Lan Shichu was shocked again. What caught her eyes were dilapidated, dark and narrow thatched houses, as well as people in ragged clothes and numb expressions. She saw new prisoners. , they are not even curious.
"Those are the people who were exiled before or their descendants. They have lived here for a long time. Okay, you can find a place to live by yourselves. You can live in some shabby thatched houses without people, or you can build them yourself in the future; We can only give you one meal for today. We don’t want to give you more. You will have to deal with it yourself in the future. You will also cultivate the fields yourself, as long as the uninhabited wasteland is enough... In short, you are here to be punished, not to enjoy happiness. , don’t think about having a good life! Of course, you can’t leave here, and you will become fugitives after leaving, understand?” The official who led them told these new prisoners everything they needed, and finally returned A kind reminder, “If you don’t understand something, just ask the people around you.”
After he finished speaking, he left. The prisoners looked at each other, and then they dispersed as a family unit to find a place to stay.
As the only young adult man in the family, Gong Liangxian took on the responsibility of being the master of the family and quickly found a deserted thatched house for everyone that was not so shabby.
"We will live here for the time being, and then my second brother will ask someone to help us build a new house. Let's be patient for a while." Gong Liangxian comforted everyone, but also reminded his uninformed wife and two Child, "Don't reveal anything about your second brother, otherwise he will also be arrested."
Wen Shi nodded quickly: "I understand!"
The two children followed suit with half-understanding.
Lan Shichu knew that Gong Liang Subai would not make his family suffer too much, so he didn't worry. In this life, Gong Liangqin and Liu did not die because of the power of Lan Shichu's pills.
I don’t know what the butterfly effect is, but Gong Liangxian’s arm was not broken, but his face was disfigured. Because his family members were not dead, Gong Liangxian wanted to help his elder brother find medicine to remove the scar. Therefore, the scar on Gong Liangxian's face is not serious now, and it will probably become lighter and healed in a few years.
Compared to the previous life where nearly half of the family members died, it can be said that the Gongliang family in this life was not too miserable except for people suffering on the road. At least everyone arrived at their destination safely.
After finding a place to stay, the family began to prepare for life after settling down. Gong Liangxian and his wife took their two children out to find new thatch to make a bed and some dry firewood to make a fire.
Gong Liangqin and his wife and Lan Shichu started cleaning the thatched house. In fact, there was nothing to clean in the thatched house. After all, it was empty and the walls were bare. At most, there were fallen leaves, dust, bird feathers, small animal excrement, and abandoned old nests. Lan Shi Chu, his father-in-law and mother-in-law were able to clean it up without much effort.
