Escape after crossing

There is not too much fodder, so we have to be careful along the way.

The Jiang family has been hiding their food these past two days. The food in Manager Hong's store is all refined grain, and there is no coarse grain at home.

Seeing that the Jiang family only ate fine grains, Doctor Hu gave the Jiang family the limited coarse grains he had and mixed them with the fine grains.

It’s just that there aren’t many coarse grains, and even if they are mixed together, they’re still different from others, so I dare not be too ostentatious.

After dinner, everyone took the time to rest as they were exhausted after a long day. However, the village chief still asked the men in each family to be more alert.

That night was fine and nothing happened. At daybreak, the village chief woke everyone up and asked some to cook and some to clean up.

Families who don’t have much water are also allowed to fetch water, but they are not allowed to go alone as it may be dangerous.

By the time we set out on the road, it was already daybreak. The weather was not yet hot, so the village chief asked everyone to stop less and travel more quickly.

After traveling for two consecutive days, they prepared the day's food in the evening or morning. The village chief would ask people to find a place in the evening that would be safe for all the villagers to rest.

We have been walking on the official road for the past two days, and it goes all the way to the next city, so the road is relatively easy to travel on.

They were full and there were many people. Although they had to hurry on their way, no one would stop when it came to gossiping.

These days, the village chief's ox cart, in addition to carrying things, has left room for one person to sit.

The village chief's wife and his pregnant granddaughter-in-law took turns to rest. The village chief was not young anymore, even though he had been doing farm work for half his life.

But walking all the time was unbearable, so sometimes Jiang Runzhi would let the village chief sit on the ox cart to rest.

When we took food from Luo City, we also brought back more than a dozen carts, which were also distributed to the villagers.

In this way, almost every family has a car to store their belongings, which is better than having to carry them on their backs all the time.

But seeing that the Jiang family was better off than them, it was hard not to feel jealous. In the past, Zhao only talked to her neighbors in the village.

Sometimes we work together to make clothes, shoes and socks for the young and old in the family.

The villagers originally thought that the ox cart belonged to Doctor Hu, so no one said anything. But how could they keep it a secret after traveling together for three or four days?

During these two days, a few people who were looking for trouble got together and started whispering.

At first, they just said that the Jiang family was very scheming. They knew that if they hooked up with Dr. Hu before them, they could save a lot of trouble along the way.

Gradually they realized that the ox cart did not belong to Doctor Hu, and they started to wonder how the Jiang family had the money to buy an ox cart and a donkey cart?

A few people talked about it, but couldn't make anything out, so they started gossiping among the villagers and asked about the Jiang family.

When in the village, each house was close and far away. The Jiang family had neighbors on both sides, but there was still some distance.

Moreover, the two families who were neighbors of the Jiang family often worked with Jiang's father. The wives in the family were not good people either. When those good people asked the two families about the Jiang family, the two families just evaded the question.

Then they would tell the Jiang family, so Jiang Ziluo knew that the villagers were discussing his family's affairs these days.

The Jiang family didn't care about these things. No matter what they said, they just followed the instructions of the village chief every day.

Jiang Hongyu followed Doctor Hu for the past two days and learned how to drive an ox cart and also learned some simple characters from him.

At night, Jiang Hongyu would teach what he had learned to his younger siblings, and they all learned very seriously.

Jiang Ziluo learned to read, firstly to hide his identity from others, and secondly to see whether this dynasty used traditional Chinese characters.

So in the past two days, Jiang Ziluo was the fastest learner. Some of the characters of this dynasty still use traditional characters, but some are the same as modern characters.

Some things are not because you don't care, but because I won't bother you. After several days of traveling, the Jiang family can take turns to rest in the donkey cart and ox cart.

This made those who originally disliked the Jiang family or were jealous of the Jiang family even more jealous.

Today, when the village chief asked everyone to rest, a few nosy women came up to Doctor Hu.

"Doctor Hu, you can't be fooled by the Jiang family, okay?" This is Liu Axiu, a well-known unreasonable person in the village who likes to gossip about other people.

"That's right, Doctor Hu, don't be fooled by the Jiang family's seemingly honest appearance. They are actually very calculating." This is Granny Wang, who is as good at gossiping as Liu Axiu in the village.

To be honest, Granny Wang and Liu Axiu actually disliked each other, but now their goals are the same, so they don't care about it.

"Doctor Hu, look at our children. They are much better than the Jiang family's children."

This is Liu Cui, who is very close to Liu Axiu in the village and whose maiden family is from the same village.

"Doctor Hu, if you want to take in an apprentice, there are many smart kids in our village. Look at my little Niu. Even though he is younger than the eldest brother of the Jiang family, his brain is much better than his."

This is Widow Cui from the village. Three years ago, Widow Cui’s husband Zhang Laoshi went out to help the master with work. He had an accident and died.

The owner, in consideration of Zhang Laoshi's hard work and honesty, paid him five taels of silver in addition to his wages.

Widow Cui married an honest man, but she was not an honest person who could be easily bullied. Seeing that the master's family only paid this much money and Zhang Laoshi had not yet been buried, she asked her family to carry Zhang Laoshi's coffin.

She placed it directly at the door of the host's house and started crying. In order to save face, the host took out another two taels of silver. But how could Widow Cui just leave like that?

The four brothers from her mother's side were not there to watch, so the master of the house took out another pound of silver and said that if they made trouble again, he would report them to the police.

Only at this point did Widow Cui give in and bury Zhang Laoshi.

After this, Widow Cui was not like other widows who were afraid of gossip. Instead, she became unruly in the village.

Following these nosy people, they gossip about the Li family and the Wang family every day. They are targeting the Jiang family.