The Legend of the Farm Girl

Today is the fifth day since Yunfang's family set out. They have reached the border of Wendong Province. After leaving Wendong Province, they will reach Taining Province, and then go south to Jiangliao Province.

Last night, the Li and Yun families slept on the road. The children slept in the car and the adults slept on the ground. Yun Fang's mother and Li's second daughter-in-law kept watch all night.

Yunfang practiced in the system for another night and rested well, so she cooked breakfast as soon as she got up in the morning.

At this time, Yunfang found that several people were sneaking up to her car. The adults had just woken up and were cooking. There were also some children sleeping in the car. The Yun family's car was at the end of the four cars. Yunfeng and Yunying were also in the Yun family's car.

Yunfang was the first one to notice someone approaching her car.

Yunfang immediately asked loudly: "What are you doing?"

The people from the Yun and Li families heard Yunfang's voice and then realized that someone had come to Yunfang's car.

The sons of the Li family quickly shouted, "Get out of here! We are not easy to mess with."

There were four men approaching Yunfang's mule cart. They had followed the four mule carts of Li and Yun's families yesterday. They were ruffians from Liushan County. They had no property so they were looking for some easy places to rob.

Their focus was on the Yun family's car, which was the last of the four cars.

After their observation, they found that this car was not that close to the three cars in front, and there were no men in the car. There were a lot of things in the car, enough for them to live for a while.

Hearing the Li family man scolding them, the thugs hesitated, but the leader shouted loudly, "Keep going."

I saw several people trying to rob Yunfang's mule cart immediately. At the moment they started to act, Yunfang, who was closest to her own mule cart, shot out the rope dart wrapped around her arm without any hesitation, and it hit the arm of the leader who was pulling the mule cart directly.

The leading thug screamed, and Yunfeng in the car was also shaken awake. Seeing such a scene, Yunfang immediately shouted to Yunfeng: "They are here to rob the car, protect Xiaoying."

Yun Feng acted faster than he thought. He immediately hugged Yun Ying tightly and took out the rope darts he had been practicing with in the past few days. He tried to throw them at the thugs. Yun Fang's mother also reacted and took her rope darts and threw them at the thugs.

Although Yunfang's mother and Yunfeng were not as accurate as Yunfang, after a series of random bombardments, the thugs were unable to get their hands close to the carriage.

The Li family members were also shocked by the fighting power of the women and children of the Yun family.

After reacting, he quickly ran to the Yun family's mule cart and drove away those thugs.

When the surroundings returned to peace, the Li family and the Yun family gathered together to prepare the meal. The eldest son of the Li family said, "I think the road is going to become increasingly uneasy. Sister Qu, can you teach the weapons you just used to our elderly, weak, women and children?"

Yunfang's mother thanked Aunt Li and her family for their help and said without hesitation, "Of course, this thing is very simple to make, the key is practice. I will teach you now. This thing was thought up by Yunfang."

After that, he looked at Yunfang, who did not hesitate at all and told them how to choose the appropriate rope length and weapon weight according to their own situation. Then he took out his own rope dart and told everyone how to practice.

At this stage, the most suitable heavy object is stone. After listening to Yunfang’s explanation and finishing their meal, the Li family went to find the stone.

For fear of encountering danger again on the road, they did not set off in a hurry, but practiced for a long time. Although they still had no accuracy, they could ensure that the weapons in their hands would not hurt themselves or the people around them, and they could control the weapons in a general direction.

When they were ready to set off, the eldest son of the Li family found Yun Fangniang again and said to her, "Sister Qu, let your mule cart go in the middle, otherwise your orphan and widow will be easily targeted."

Yun Fangniang knew that this was the Li family's care for her, and she was very grateful. She also obeyed the Li family's arrangement and moved to the middle position.

Along the way, more and more people were heading south. The larger teams were those of a whole family, with more than ten cars, while the smaller teams were just one family, without even a car.

The Yun and Li family teams were not conspicuous among them.

When they were about to reach Taining Province, the team stopped.

A group of soldiers appeared in front of them, blocking the entire passage, and the team's movement began to slow down.

Soon, soldiers came to them and informed them that during this special period, not everyone could be allowed to pass through the border. If they wanted to pass through the border, each person needed to pay a construction fee of five taels of silver to Taining Province, regardless of whether they were adults or children.

As the news spread, it caused an uproar in the entire southbound team.

Five taels of silver is the annual income of some families. A family with five taels of silver per person may be able to come up with it easily, but for a farmer family, it is extremely difficult.

This money was not required in the past. In the past, if you had a household registration, you only had to pay a few cents as an entry fee to enter the city.

Soon, a family of ordinary means who were walking in front started to make a fuss.

He loudly asked the officers and soldiers: "Are you going to kill us ordinary people? You are too cruel!"

I heard a captain yelling, "I think you are talking nonsense. You came to Taining Province to do something bad. Leave immediately, or else you will lose your life."

As he spoke, he pulled out his knife, as if he was going to immediately execute the person who resisted him.

When they saw that the soldiers had really drawn their swords, everyone stopped talking. The man who was resisting started to tremble with legs and was dragged away by his family.

Then the voices of the officers and soldiers were heard again: "Those who cannot pay the construction fee for Wendong Province should return home immediately. If there is really no grain to be collected in the autumn harvest, the government will open the granaries to release the grain. Those who can pay should line up on the east side."

The officers and soldiers' words gradually brought order to the chaotic scene.

There are only four people in the Yun family, and they can afford the twenty taels.

The Li family was different. All three sons of the Li family were married. The eldest son had two sons and one daughter, the second son had one son and one daughter, and the third son had two daughters and one son. Together with Aunt Li and her husband, the entire Li family needed to come up with eighty taels of silver.

Everyone knew that this was not the time to feel sorry for money. Perhaps some people were just fleeing south because of the drought, but the Li and Yun families knew that the riots in the north were the main reason for fleeing south.

The Li family pooled together all their money, even everyone's private savings, but they were still short of ten taels. As a last resort, Aunt Li came to the Yun family's mule cart.

Aunt Li said to Yun Fang Niang with an embarrassed look on her face: "Xiao Qu, I want to borrow ten taels of silver from you shamelessly. What do you think?"

Yunfang's mother said with a smile: "Aunt Li, even if you don't come, I will go to your place to ask you later. In the past few years, Yunfang has saved some money from embroidery. In addition to the twenty taels from my family, there are more than ten taels left!"

After hearing this, Aunt Li finally put her mind at ease and said quickly, "Thank you, Xiao Qu. I'll ask the eldest brother to write a promissory note for you later. When things settle down, I'll ask them to make money and pay you back."

Yun Fang Niang shook her head and said, "No need for that, Aunt Li, I trust you."

After saying this, he took out thirty-five taels of silver from his arms, counted out ten taels and handed them to Aunt Li.

This is also to let Aunt Li know that these are all she has left. Yun Fangniang has always felt that you should not have bad intentions, but you must be on guard against others.

Aunt Li took the money and thanked everyone again and again, then went to the car led by the Li family and gave it to the eldest son of the Li family in the car.

A few minutes later, Li Muwen, the youngest son of the eldest son of the Li family and the same age as Yunfang, brought the IOU to Yunfang's mother and said, "Aunt Yun, this is what my grandma and dad asked me to bring to you."

Yun Fang's mother had no way of refusing a favor to a child, so she accepted the IOU.

Then he said to Li Muwen: "Go back and tell your grandma and dad not to take this to heart."

Li Muwen said to Yun Fangniang solemnly: "Aunt Yun, this is not just ten taels of silver, but also a timely help. My Li family will pay back the ten taels of silver, and I will always remember your kindness in my heart."

Yunfang's mother looked at the boy in front of her who was the same age as Yunfang. She had never met him before, but now she saw that he was a steady and thoughtful child.

Yun Fang's mother praised him, "I've heard your grandmother mention before that all her grandchildren are good. I can see that from you. Your Li family's upbringing is really impeccable!"

Li Muwen blushed when he was praised.

"Aunt Yun, I'm going to go back first. We have to get in line to pay the money."

After saying this, he said goodbye and returned to his carriage.