On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

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Li Shiyue and his companions originally thought that this was the only caravan that would arrive today, but who knew that when it was almost midnight, the door of the inn with two lights on was knocked on.

Tian Danv bravely knocked on the door, and when she saw that the person who opened the door was an old man holding a lamp, she felt relieved.

When Mr. Liu saw that it was a dark-skinned girl, he asked Mrs. Liu to go forward and talk to Tian Da Nv.

Tian Da Nv had come here jogging ahead to explore the way, and the Tian family's caravan was still following behind.

Seeing Tian Danv's condition, Mrs. Liu knew that she was cold. "Come, drink a sip to warm yourself up."

Tian Danv looked at the hot soup bowl stuffed into her hand and did not refuse. She took a sip from the still steaming bowl.

When she drank the water, Tian Danv could tell it was noodle soup, and it was salty.

"Don't be disgusted, young lady. This is noodle soup. It's clean."

Li Shiliang, who was sleeping in the inn tonight, heard a noise downstairs, so he came downstairs with a lantern. When he saw it was a girl, he asked.

I heard from Tian Da Nv that there are about forty of them on the way here, and they should be here in two quarters of an hour.

Li Shiliang quickly called Zhao Min to come out and support Tian Da Nv with Liu Pozi, while he himself carried a lantern and left the inn, heading towards the village against the wind.

When he moved, all the dogs in the village started barking.

When the dog barked, all the people who were lying down and sleeping got up.

Li Shiyue fumbled to put on his clothes and was about to go out.

Li Qiutian, who was sleeping next to her, also sat up and groped for clothes on the edge of the kang in the dark and put them on.

"Sister, go to sleep. I can go and check it out by myself."

"I will go with you."

After Li Qiutian had put on his shoes, Li Xiatian put on her clothes. She anxiously said to Li Qiutian and Li Shiyue, "Wait for me, I'll go too."

So, when the three sisters went out, they saw Li's mother standing at the door wearing clothes and Zheng Meiniang holding an oil lamp.

However, there was no movement in Shitou's room, and he was sleeping very soundly.

"Mother, aunt, please don't come out. My sister and I will go take a look. I'm afraid there might be a caravan on the way."

The rabbit-skin boots made a "crunching" sound when they stepped on the snow-covered ground.

Sure enough, halfway through the journey, Li Shiyue and his friends met Li Shiliang who was holding a lantern.

"Third brother, is there a caravan coming?"

"Oh! Isn't it?
Who would have thought that this could happen at night?
Shiyue, go and have a look. Ma Zi and Mo Zi have lit torches and are going to the front to meet them. The young lady said that their leader is her mother.

Half an hour later, Li Shiyue met Tian Dayu's mother, Tian Guilan, in the lobby of the inn where all the lights had been relit.

Tian Guilan is small in stature, even shorter than Li Qiutian, and has a dark complexion, so she doesn't look like a Han Chinese.

However, Tian Guilan speaks Chinese very fluently.

"Sorry for bothering me!

I misjudged the weather on the way. How could I have imagined that the snow would fall so heavily?
No matter how hard we tried, we still finally got here at this hour!

Fortunately, your inn is open, otherwise we wouldn't know what to do tonight." Because more than half of the Tian family's caravan were women, Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian, and Li Xiatian went up to talk to Tian Guilan and introduced the accommodation and food in the inn.

Tian Guilan did not choose the expensive one. Like Wan Sanbao and Xing Guangzong, she chose a large bunk bed that could accommodate ten people.

And for this meal, I just ordered noodle soup.

Li Shiyue did not favor one over the other. She told Tian Guilan that Wan Sanbao and Xing Guangzong, who had visited her before, had given her tea and broth, and she also had some.

".The two families knew each other, and since both were men, they were all arranged to live in the same courtyard.

Since there are so many women here, why don’t you go over there,” Li Shiyue pointed at the door and motioned Tian Guilan to go to the inn opposite. “There are not many people here now, and only the lobby and kitchen over here are open. If you want to cook, you still have to come here.

If you want to cook some hot food yourself, there is a kitchen in the yard over there, but you have to buy firewood and water."

In this way, half an hour had passed.

Li Shiyue also learned from Tian Guilan why most of the people in their caravan were women.

It turned out that Tian Guilan and her friends were from the South, the southernmost part of the Dalong Dynasty. There was almost no winter there and it was very hot all year round, so they all had dark skin.

Originally they were farmers in their hometown, but then a war broke out and almost all the men in the village died, leaving only some young boys.

In order to make a living, Tian Guilan took her three daughters to work as small vendors carrying loads on their shoulders, and she did this for seven or eight years.

She used to be the only one carrying a load, but now it has grown into a caravan of more than 40 people.

"They are all women with miserable lives. Most widows like me have a hard time just making a living."

By the time Li Shiyue lay down again, it was already past the rooster's crow.

However, once I lay down and touched the warm kang, I felt so comfortable that I fell asleep in a short while.

After daybreak, Li Shiyue went to the inn first and saw that Wan Sanbao, Xing Guangzong and Tian Guilan were already sitting at the table drinking tea.

"Ms. Li is here? Come and sit down and have some tea with me."

Ever since Li Shiyue showed off his skills in front of Wan Sanbao yesterday, he has been envious of the fact that Li Shiyue, with such a small body, has such great strength.

Seeing Li Shiyue sitting down, Li Shiliang brought over a tray with four snacks.

Actually, it is fermented soybeans, sugar-fried beans, sesame candy and fried noodles.

If you talk about expensiveness, only sesame candy is more expensive. I bought it from Sanshan County and specially ordered it from the shop. I can’t say it’s very delicious, but it’s not bad either.

As for the remaining three, they were all made by Zhao Min herself.

Among them, frying the noodles does require some oil, but this oil can be used repeatedly, so it is not considered a waste.

Several people started chatting over the four snacks. This is how business is done. No matter what they think in their hearts, their faces will be warm as if they are close friends who have met too late.

For example, now, Xing Guangzong is praising Li Shiyue and Tian Guilan as if they were the best in the world.

".There are many women doing business. The daughter-in-law of my second uncle's mother's family is headed by a woman. She makes a living by selling tofu pudding in the streets, but she has raised three sons and one daughter well.

However, I have never seen anyone as powerful as Mr. Tian. I really admire him!" (End of this chapter)