Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

"We already owe Xiaolan's family a huge favor, so we can't cause any more trouble for them."

"I understand." Hu Yidao nodded repeatedly. He was very hungry yesterday. After the meal was served, Xiaolan's family kept urging him to eat more, so he really ate. After eating, he also felt a little regretful. How could he eat like this? People were just being polite, but he really didn't want to be polite.

After breakfast, Sheng Xuan and brothers Zhang Qingfeng and Zhang Qingnian planned to go out for a walk. They heard yesterday about the dangerous journey Hu Yidao had gone through. He said that it was very chaotic outside. Xiao Lan planned to go out for a walk with her father and two uncles. She thought of the records of cannibalism in ancient history books, and she was afraid that it might have happened now.

Xiaolan's family hasn't gone out recently. This time, the four of them took a walk around the area. What Hu Yidao said was true. Some of the brave ones who were not starving to death wanted to pounce on her when they saw her as a child, but gave up after they saw the adults following her.

"Why is the city so chaotic?" Sheng Xuan returned home and told his family what he had seen and heard.

"The border war has started again. The Hu people have sent a new general to lead the troops. Mr. Shen Liu has gone to fight. He is busy with one thing and has no time to take care of the other. The prefect of the city is a coward and he is probably hiding himself." Zhang Shanfeng sighed.

Because the world was in chaos, food was scarce, and the family could not even afford to hire a teacher for their children, the Hu family dismissed the teacher they hired. Xiaolan watched Xiaowen and Xiaohu study hard every day and decided to visit the teacher.

Hearing Xiaowen's words before, he admired this gentleman very much. Xiaowen said that the gentleman lived with his father in the capital. Xiaolan was thinking about whether he could take him to live at home, so that he could teach the children at home. When the situation gets better in the future, he can leave or stay as he pleases.

After Xiaobao recovered from his illness and Xiaolan sent Hu Yidao and his family away, Xiaolan told her family about her thoughts. After all, in this turbulent era, having two more mouths to feed was no small matter.

The whole family supported her idea.

A few days later, Sheng Xuan, Zhang Qingfeng and Xiao Lan and Xiao Wen went to visit the master's home. Unexpectedly, the master's family had changed drastically, his father had passed away, and the master was only half alive. Xiao Lan looked at his dilapidated house and asked Sheng Xuan and Zhang Qingfeng to move him to the carriage and take him home to recuperate.

Mr. Huang is 30 years old. He passed the imperial examination last year, but he was unlucky. In previous years, he would have gone to Beijing to take the exam. But this year, the Hu people went south, the capital was in chaos, and the court cancelled the spring exam. In order to make a living, he could only teach the children in his family. But as the days became more difficult, his family could not even afford to eat, so he was fired as a teacher.

Mr. Huang rested at Xiaolan's house for three days and drank Tu Su wine for three days before he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He happily agreed when Xiaolan's family wanted to hire him to teach their children and to take him to live in their home.

His family had a hard time. Now that his father had passed away, he was the only one left at home, and it was not safe to live there. In these troubled times, being able to live in Xiaolan's house, being protected by her family, and having enough food to eat was already very touching to him. Besides, several of her children, especially Xiaowen, were quite talented, and he was happy to teach such students.

The children's study is located in the house on the right side of the main entrance, and Mr. Huang's residence is in the front yard. Listening to the children's reading aloud every day, Xiaolan's family also has more laughter and joy in their lives.

Since Xiaoru's death, Wang has become crazy. When the old Sheng family packed their bags to leave the Sun family, she kept crying and had no mood to pack.

Xu packed up the things in the old house. Wang cried all day, thinking of Xiaoru and the child's death, and she rushed to beat Shengnuo when she saw him. As Wang's bedside man, he was beaten like this all day long. Even a clay man would have a temper. His patience has reached its limit in the past two days.

As Wang was his legal wife, she had not committed any of the seven grounds for divorce, so he had no way of divorcing her. Moreover, if Mr. Sheng knew about his thoughts, he would probably be beaten to death. Even if his son Sheng Hong knew about it, he would not only not agree, but there would probably be a rift between the two of them.

But he really couldn't stand Wang's crazy behavior.

Because Wang kept making trouble and was unwilling to leave the Sun family, the old Sheng family had no choice but to tie her up, throw her on the ox cart and leave.

Wang originally wanted to live with Xiaoru, but now the old has lost her daughter, and she has not yet gotten over the pain of losing two lives.

When Xiaoru was five months pregnant, she was worried that the Sun family wanted to harm her, so she came to the house to pick up Wang to take care of her. The Sun family had a complex population, and Sun Sheng had many concubines. Even though she was careful and cautious on weekdays, Xiaoru still died of dystocia in the end.

She was responsible for her daughter's food, clothing and daily life, but Xiaoru died right under her nose. Wang couldn't accept it, so she made a scene at the Sun family, asking Xiaoru what had happened.

But Xiaoru was a concubine bought by the Sun family with money. The master family had the power of life and death over her, so the Sun family did not need to reply to her. In the end, the Sun family gave the old Sheng family 20 kilograms of grain as an explanation. Wang was in a daze all the time. She was extremely sad. When she thought about the hardships on the road to escape, the string in her mind that was too tight broke, and she became crazy.

The old Sheng family came to the city with their family and rented a two-story house on the outskirts of the city, planning to live there temporarily. The old Sheng family was not short of money. During the time the family lived in the Sun family, all the food and drink expenses were paid by the Sun family. Because Xiaoru was pregnant, the good things and delicious food at home flowed into the yard like water, and Wang, who was accompanying her, naturally got a lot of benefits, and the old Sheng family also benefited from it.

It was relatively safe for the Sheng family to walk all the way to the provincial capital. After all, there were many people in the family, more than ten people. Even if someone wanted to rob them, they would have to consider whether they could defeat them.

Cui arranged for Shen, Liu and Xu to pack their luggage, and the family went to rest. After two days of running around, Mr. Sheng and Cui were a little exhausted.

Cui was really worried about Mr. Sheng, so she asked Liu to cook a special meal for Mr. Sheng and feed him millet porridge three times a day. Mr. Sheng's health gradually got better.

"The world is not peaceful now. We must keep our doors closed and have people patrol our home for safety at night and day. If refugees break in, we can shout and everyone will be alert." Old Man Sheng sat on the kang, leaning against the quilt and said to his sons and grandsons.