Surprise! I emptied the emperor's private treasury before exile

Erniu was still confused, but when he saw that the leader Qian Chuanzi was already showing impatience, Datou quickly grabbed Erniu and warned him softly: "Don't you want to live? If you don't want to live, don't let us get in trouble."

Erniu was not afraid of his friend beside him, but after his reckless behavior, his reason returned. His fear of the knife-wielding soldiers took over. He lowered his head in fear and dared not say another word.

Refugees, possibly refugees of different identities, how could they not have some special communication codes? After a few whistles of varying lengths, several figures emerged from the forest.

Seeing Erniu's broken arm, Datou stood there respectfully. He couldn't figure out what was going on for a moment. However, being respectful was always right. So the group knelt on the ground with a plop. "Greetings, sir."

"My wife and I will go back to the carriage first. You still need to discuss the matter of selling yourself with your family." Fan Jingrui was polite and distant, portraying the image of a dignified young man to the fullest.

As expected, these people didn't even dare to ask a question. They only dared to ask in a low voice after Chu Ci, Fan Jingrui and Qian Chuanzi left.

Datou and other young men did not dare to hide anything and told the whole story.

Finally, half pleading and half threatening, he said: "Although I don't know what's wrong with Brother Heng, the lady's expression clearly showed contempt when she mentioned Brother Heng. I think we have all been tricked. So, we have to go."

Datou's grandfather had always looked down on Heng Ge'er and his mother. He had nothing, but he always wanted to be better than them. He always used his future to lure everyone, and now he almost implicated his grandson.

"It's good for you to go out and explore the world, but remember your identity, be sincere and careful. Maybe your grandfather's lifelong wish will fall on you." After saying that, he patted his shoulders twice, picked up the pen, signed his name on the indenture, and pressed his fingerprints.

Chu Ci watched from afar: "He can actually read, it seems he is a man with a story!"

Fan Jingrui did not respond, but frowned, as if thinking about something. Seeing this, Chu Ci could only continue to observe the development of the situation quietly.

In the end, among the eighteen children who "robbed" together, seventeen except Erniu were all registered under the name of the eldest sister Fan Qianxi, and successfully got rid of their status as refugees.

They also had new names. Big Head was renamed Moyan, and the other sixteen were named in order: Bingmo, Guanyan, Minglu, Mingxin, Mingji, Qingyu, Qing'an, Shuangrui, Shuangshou, Laiwang, Laibao, Laixing, Laizhao, Ping'an, Pingshun and Pingxin.

Chu Ci always felt that they would meet again in the future, so he decided to change the original five taels of silver per person to five taels of silver plus twenty catties of coarse grains.

The refugees, led by Grandpa Datou, were naturally grateful and in tears. However, it was true that one of the children was getting more and more anxious. It was not until her family left and disappeared without a trace that she mustered up the courage to say, "Sir, no, sir, can I change my name? I am actually a girl."

The voice gradually became fainter, but Chu Ci could still hear it clearly.

A girl? Fan Jingrui thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll call her Caiwei, and follow my elder sister. What do you think, madam?"

"I'll listen to my husband." Chu Ci had no objection.

After all the hassles, it was almost noon. After a day and night of running around, the feast I had worked so hard to prepare had all turned into rotten meat.

However, the tense situation left them no time to re-order. A good cook cannot cook without rice, and for a moment the eldest sister who had been cooking was really stumped.

"Sister-in-law, you are the one who has the most ideas. Help me think about what to eat for lunch." After being used to eating different kinds of food every day, it would be hard for everyone to adapt to the sudden change to steamed buns. In desperation, the eldest sister Fan Qianxi could only look for Yue Chuci's living cookbook.

At this time, the value of Mo Yan became apparent. "Mo Yan, do you know where there is a river?"

"It's available just outside the valley, but the fish has a strong fishy smell and many bones. Would you, my lord, eat such disgusting food?" Although Mo Yan kept his grandfather's teachings in mind, he couldn't help asking out of curiosity.

"That's because you haven't eaten delicious fish. Today, your young mistress will let you open your eyes. Okay, let's go catch fish!" Chu Ci has been suppressed by Fan Jingrui's intelligence these days, and he is very depressed. Now someone finally lets him show off. Chu Ci suddenly becomes active.

"Yes." Although Mo Yan and others did not believe it, they kept their identities in mind, agreed and ran out of the valley.

Perhaps because no one had fished for years, in just a quarter of an hour, Mo Yan and his companions brought back a large bucket of fish and a basin of river shrimp. "Madam, since you said that fish can be eaten, I thought that these shrimps should also be edible. What do you think?"

"Okay, let's add another dish of boiled shrimp and braised prawns for lunch today."

Chu Ci still talked but did not do anything, but with the help of Mo Yan, Cai Wei and others, the eldest sister who was in charge of the kitchen was more efficient. She marinated the fish with salt and pepper to make them taste good.

For the steamed series, Chu Ci didn't need to worry about it. Big sister Fan Qianxi had already steamed it skillfully.

Fried fish was even simpler. Just coat the fish with a paste made of flour and starch, put it in the pan and fry it. She could judge the required heat skillfully without Chu Ci's reminder.

The only thing she hadn't done was shrimp, but whether it was blanched or fried, it wasn't difficult to make. With a little help from Chu Ci, she cooked it perfectly.

Soon, as the dishes came out of the pot, the aroma gradually spread around, penetrated into everyone's nasal cavity, and stimulated everyone's taste buds.

"It smells so good. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have known that fish could be so delicious." Caiwei's eyes sparkled. If she could have such a skill, she would probably be able to survive any disaster, right?

Caiwei finally became convinced that she was really lucky this time.

Likewise, the others were not stupid either, so the originally harmonious group of friends visibly became angry. No wonder the saying goes, "Food is the first necessity of the people"!

Looking at these pairs of expectant eyes, Chu Ci felt that if he didn't start eating, he would be drowned in the saliva of the people present. "Eat, eat."

As soon as Chu Ci finished speaking, Qian Chuanzi and his men came over. Not only that, they also made a request: "I'm tired of eating steamed fish, give me more of this braised prawns."

Qian Chuanzi was so proud that Lao Liu beside him immediately said to him: "Qian Chuanzi, you are so proud. You are tired of eating such delicious fish. What will you do if you don't have the chance to eat it in the future?"