On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 63 Sister, do you believe me?
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Mother Li finally hugged Zheng Meiniang and cried. Li Shiyue watched from the side, not knowing what she could do to make Mother Li less sad.

She and sisters Li Qiutian and Li Xiatian sat in a row with Shitou and Li Wangming, looking at the blurry river scenery along the bank in the gradually dimming sky, feeling the slightest breeze, just sitting there without saying anything. She just felt that this moment was the most comfortable time since she had fled from the famine.

When the last ray of daylight fell, the lights on the ship had already been lit, but the ship was about to enter the port.

Yes, we have arrived at Dongmu Port!

Even though it was dark, Dongmu Port was brightly lit, which gave Li Shiyue the feeling that Dongmu Port was full of vitality!

On the river bank, soldiers were walking back and forth, scolding the boatmen; there were managers of ship merchants directing the laborers to move things up and down the dock; mixed in with the noises were the women hawking food; occasionally, one could hear the shrill voices of young girls shouting in an incomprehensible local dialect; and no one knew what was being sold in the baskets they were carrying.
Li Shiyue and her family got off the boat smoothly. Standing at the dock, she watched Li Shiyang standing at the bow and talking to the boat owner.

Looking back, two men holding lanterns walked over from the outskirts of where Li Shiyue and his group were gathered.

"Would you like to stay overnight?
The ship to Andong will be available in three days, so you can come to my Liu's Inn. I'm honest with you, and I'll charge 10 cents per person for a bed, plus a pot of hot water."

This man was the first to speak, and the other man with a big belly who was slow to open his mouth soon followed and sneered: "Liu Laosi, you are really stingy. You only give a pot of hot water for a dormitory room with ten people."

Turning back, the man bowed to Li Youfu, who was standing in front of the Lijia Village man and was obviously quite old. Then he smiled and said, "Father, I am Zhu Youneng, also known as Zhu Laowu. The earliest passenger ship to Andong will be available is three days later.

Father-in-law, do you want to stay overnight?

The price for a bed in Zhu Laowu's inn is also ten cents per person, with two pots of hot water provided. If you stay for three consecutive days, it can be even cheaper."

"Hey? Why are you stealing my business again, Zhu Laowu?"

Liu Laosi was unwilling. He held the lamp to shine on Zhu Laowu's face, with an expression that looked like he wanted to say something.

“What do you mean?
My father-in-law hasn't said anything yet, and he hasn't made a decision yet, so how can you say that I'm stealing your business? It all depends on our own abilities."

Zhu Laowu shook off Liu Laosi's hand, turned around and smiled at Li Shiyang who was walking towards him: "Young master, you look like a scholar. Do your clansmen want to stay at my inn?
The price is fair, and I can still call a taxi for you. Don't worry, I know the taxi drivers well, so I won't charge you too much."

Zhu Laowu only said these few words, but Li Shiyue felt that it would be a real loss if she didn't go to his inn.

Li Shiyang thought about what the ship owner had just said to him, and bowed to Zhu Laowu and Liu Laosi: "Excuse me, two shopkeepers. Excuse me, do you know Yan Jun?"

"Captain Yan?"

"Do you know Mr. Yan?"

In the end, all fifty people from Lijia Village followed Zhu Laowu to his inn.

Although Liu Laosi failed to get this business and looked a little disappointed, he was not particularly angry. He even told Li Shiyang that if he changed his mind, he could come to him at any time.

The people of Lijia Village were not willing to spend money to hire a vehicle to transport the gifts. Besides, most of the gifts had been thrown away on the road, so there was really no need to hire a vehicle to transport them.

However, Zhu Laowu was fat and could not accompany the people from Lijia Village all the way back to the inn, so he asked a servant to lead the way for the people from Lijia Village, and he took a car back to the inn first.

Li Shiyue followed the crowd to the Zhu Family Inn. As she walked, she observed the buildings and people on both sides of the road. After leaving the dock, although the noise was quieter, she saw that there were still food shops open on the street, and lights were hung at the door of the shops.
There were also women wearing headscarves standing at the door of the snack shop, shouting to attract customers.

"This is a peaceful and happy scene." This is what Li's mother said to Zheng Mei Niang. Li Shiyue thought of the power of the people who maintained this prosperity through the street scene.

Dongmu Port is still able to conduct business, and it is doing very well. The innkeepers can come out to solicit customers and clearly state the departure time of ships to Andong. This shows that this place is peaceful and can allow business to flourish.
The first reason is naturally that the Black Armor Army is powerful, otherwise the rebels would have attacked us, right?

The second thing is that the county magistrate here is really capable. At least he can make business flourish under such circumstances. Isn't that good governance?
In addition, the departure time for Andong is clear, which means that there are many civilians fleeing famine like the people of Lijia Village.

Anton can eat the fleeing civilians and arrange ships to transport them. At least the road from Dengzhou to Dongmu and Dongmu to Anton can be controlled by the Xuanjia Army.

Then, the relationship between the King of Zhenbei behind the Xuanjia Army and the Magistrate of Dongmu County is also worth thinking about.

Thinking about this, Li Shiyue and his friends arrived at Zhu's Inn.

The inn is not small, and we originally wanted to divide it into male and female sections, but there are always people who don't want to and want the whole family to stay together.

Later, Li Shiyue pretended to do it and pulled Zheng Meiniang, her daughter and Li Wangshui, Zhou Lanhua, Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang to share a bunk bed.

In this way, each family would find a familiar family and set up a bed together.

Zhu Laowu also did as he said and delivered two pots of hot water to each dormitory room, but how could this be enough to drink?
If you want to drink water, you have to buy it with money. If you want to eat something, just go out and buy it. If you don’t want to go out, this inn also sells dry biscuits, just pay for it.

Everyone basically didn't eat anything that day. Li's mother finally bought two pancakes for everyone. In her words, "We finally have hope for the future. I'll buy this one for once. Tomorrow we'll go to the yard to buy firewood and cook porridge ourselves."

Dry biscuits with hot water is a pretty good meal these days.

At night, the man slept on the left, the woman slept on the right, and in the middle were the couple Li Wangshui and Zhou Lanhua.

Where Li Shiyue was lying, there was a wall on her left and Li Qiutian on her right.

"Sister?"

Li Shiyue leaned over and whispered to Li Qiutian. Li Qiutian leaned over and asked her in a low voice: "Shiyue, do you want to pee? Sister will go with you."

Li Shiyue nodded, and Li Qiutian got up. No matter how small the movement of the two of them getting out of bed was, Li's mother was still alert.

"Mother, sister, come with me to relieve myself."

At this point, Li's mother, who had half sat up, whispered, "Slow down, be careful."

Nodding in the dark, Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian went out.

When they arrived at the yard outside, they stood in the middle of the yard, quite far away from all the rooms, and then Li Shiyue pulled Li Qiutian to stand still.

Li Qiutian was just wondering when she saw Li Shiyue lower her head and whisper in Li Qiutian's ear: "Sister, do you believe me?"

　It can be regarded as catching up. . .

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