Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Qian Xiaohui put it on embarrassedly after listening to her mother.

"Wife, you look so beautiful in this, just like a fairy."

Zhang Xinbai looked at his wife's small face, which was framed by a circle of rabbit fur, making her face look white and small.

Since Qian Xiaohui applied the facial cream given by Zhao Yuanzhen, and because she had been escaping recently and no longer had to work in the fields under the sun and wind, her skin had become several shades whiter.

This time she was neatly dressed. She even had the hairpin Zhao Yuanzhen gave her last time pinned in her hair. She was already pretty, and it made her look even better.

The whole person looks more gentle and charming.

"You're so talkative." Qian Xiaohui blushed and hit him.

Zhao Yuanzhen sighed, saying it was great to be young.

These young ones are not very old, just in their early 20s, but they are all suppressed by the feudal ethics and become steady and profound.

"Xiaohui, tell them to take out the boots we bought tonight so they can change into them tomorrow. The weather is cold, don't let them catch a cold."

"Oh, okay, I got it, mom. I'll find it out tonight."

Zhao Yuanzhen looked around the mall again, wondering what kind of shoes women should buy.

Buy boots too.

There were few styles of women's boots in the Liang Dynasty. They were not very good-looking. Zhao Yuanzhen decided to buy some modern Hanfu boots.

They all look the same anyway.

I bought 6 pairs of tiger-head boots from Xiao Zijin. They are made of fine cotton embroidery on the outside and filled with thick cotton on the inside. The soles are made of -layer soles.

Zhang Xinshu's is a black background with dark red embroidery around it. It's simple yet exquisite. He should like it.

Qian Xiaohui's boots have a light blue base, embroidered with dark patterns of flowers using silver-white embroidery thread. They are also stuffed with thick cotton, and the height of the boots is a bit like modern Martin boots. This is a perfect match for her light blue vest.

The pink base I bought for Li Zhijuan was embroidered with light pink and light red embroidery threads and was also embroidered with dark patterns of flowers. This is the same style as Qian Xiaohui's, but the color is different.

Li Zhijuan is still young, she will definitely look good in this.

Bought the same style in lavender for Zhang Qingyan.

I also bought a moon-white color of the same style, which matches my fur coat very well. It’s nice.

I put everything I bought on the couch and would give it to them in the evening.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought two more pairs of gloves, made of raw leather with five fingers, for Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian to wear when they drove the carriage.

Well, you have to buy a hat too.

Zhao Yuanzhen bought two more sheepskin hats with ears, both in their original leather color, for Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian.

For the rest they bought felt hats with round tops and a circle of fur around them.

According to the color just mentioned, one for each person. Zhao Yuanzhen didn't buy any. Her own fur coat had a hat.

Live together.

Now everything is complete for the winter.

I made cotton clothes, bought cotton vests, made undergarments, made socks, bought hats, and bought boots.

Zhao Yuanzhen placed all the things she bought on the couch and half-lying on it.

If you are tired, just lie down and take a nap.

The officers and soldiers never encountered them. I don’t know whether they didn’t chase them or didn’t find them.

Actually, I didn’t catch up.

The higher-ups gave Xingzhou Prefecture a quota for conscription. If they failed to meet the quota, they would be punished. The prefect was busy arresting people in and outside the city. The people in the city and the refugees outside the city were enough to arrest for a while, so there was no one to chase them.

In this way, everyone traveled during the day until they could no longer be seen, and then they found a place far away from the official road to rest.

On the fourth day, we arrived at Xiangzhou Prefecture.

Everyone was afraid that Xiangzhou Prefecture was also recruiting soldiers and arresting people, so they stayed away from the city and found a safe place to go to the city for supplies.

Xiangzhou Prefecture is the last city before crossing the Yellow River.

They decided to find a safe place beside the Yellow River and wait for it to freeze over before crossing. It was unknown how long this would take, so everyone needed to do some shopping.

Young men are definitely not allowed to go. Choose a few strong women to go with the older men.

Zhao Yuanzhen wanted to go with them, but no one agreed, so they had no choice but to send Qian Xiaohui, Li Zhijuan, Zhang Sandao and two other women.

Qian Xiaohui wrote down everything everyone wanted to buy on a piece of paper.

Then the five men drove four carriages and set off.

This was the first time they had gone into the city by themselves since they had escaped. They were used to their mother's omnipotence, and this time their mother was not around, so they felt a little uncomfortable.

Li Zhijuan and Qian Xiaohui shared a carriage, and the other three people each had their own carriage.

She knew that her mother asked them to come because they both practiced martial arts.

They both didn't want to mess up the job, so they were extremely cautious.

He also hid his sword under the carriage.

When we entered the city, we found that there were indeed checkpoints to check our identities.

Xiangzhou Prefecture is also recruiting soldiers.

After checking their household registrations and looking at Zhang Sandao, they found that he was over the age limit, so they let them in.

It's strange. Has the whole village been conscripted? Are only the old and weak women left?

Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan also wanted to split the mining and buy faster.

Qian Xiaohui and two other women went to the grocery store to buy some groceries, and then went to the cloth shop to buy cloth and cotton. They drove away two carriages.

Li Zhijuan and her grandfather went to the grain store to buy grain. They drove two horse-drawn carriages, both of which had carriages, so that it would be safer to store the grain inside.

The five people acted separately.

Zhang Sandao took Li Zhijuan to the grain store. There were three grain stores in total. They asked about the prices and found that they were all about the same.

So I chose a grain shop to make my purchase.

The price of food has increased a bit compared to before. Rice is 19 wen per jin, flour is 16 wen per jin, millet is 13 wen, sorghum is 11 wen, beans are about 9 wen, and corn is 9 wen.

There was no way. The world was in chaos and the Jin people had already begun preparing to attack the city again.

We are very grateful to be able to buy food nowadays.

When we got to Li Zhijuan and her group, we asked for 200 catties of flour, 100 catties of rice, 2000 catties of millet, 2000 catties of sorghum, and 1000 catties of corn.

Less fine grains are needed, everyone just takes a little to feed the children and the elderly at home, and the adults still eat coarse grains.

张三道去结账：大米100X19+白面200X16+小米2000X13+高粱2000X11+玉米1000X9=文。

The shopkeeper didn't give a penny less.

It was already difficult for the prefect to control the price and prevent it from rising, so it was certainly impossible for him to reduce it further.

Zhang Sandao didn't say anything, he paid the money and left with Li Zhijuan, preparing to meet up with Qian Xiaohui and the others.

Li Zhijuan followed behind in her carriage, and as she walked, she realized something was wrong. She looked out of the corner of her eye and felt as if someone was following her.

She deliberately increased the speed of the carriage and found that the man also accelerated.

Confirmed, I am following them.

I guess it was because I bought too much food and it attracted other people's attention.

Although Li Zhijuan was a little scared inside.

But she remained calm and thought about solutions.

When I saw a small alley, I turned into it decisively.

The people who were following did not expect the two carriages to go separately. After hesitating for a moment, they followed Li Zhijuan's carriage into the alley.

Li Zhijuan was still worried that the man would not follow her but follow her grandfather.

Fortunately, he followed.

The carriage went for a while, and then Li Zhijuan saw that there was no one around, so she stopped the carriage. She pulled out the sword from under the carriage and held it tightly in her hand.

My hands were sweating from nervousness.

She didn't move, waiting to see if the man would come over.

Seeing the carriage stop, the people who were following were startled, but then they thought that it was just a woman, what was there to be afraid of, so they bravely looked at the carriage.

I found that the carriage still didn't move, so I waited patiently for a while, but it still didn't move.

So I prepared to go over and take a look.

Li Zhijuan waited patiently for him, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the approaching footsteps. He finally came. She was afraid that he would run away.

The man slowly approached the carriage, intending to see what was wrong with the carriage. If nothing worked, he could rob the carriage first.

Just approaching the carriage.

Li Zhijuan used the carriage as a shield to stab the man with her sword. Because she was standing on the carriage, the height difference caused her to stab him directly on the shoulder. The man cried out in pain and covered his shoulder with one hand.

The man didn't expect that this thin woman actually had a sword, and he screamed in pain.

"Bitch, I'm going to kill you!" Then he pounced on her to grab the sword.

Only then did Li Zhijuan realize that it was a man in his 40s. She didn't know why this man was not forced to serve in the army.

However, my mother said that people who cannot see the situation clearly and who just scream and shout when they are slightly provoked are the most useless people.

Then she jumped down and chopped him on the neck with a knife. She had also taken powerful pills, so her strength was unusually great, and the man fainted immediately.

They dragged him to the alley wall and left him there.

Li Zhijuan got on the carriage and hurried back.

I was afraid that my grandfather would worry, and I was also afraid that someone would find me and then I wouldn’t be able to leave.

She had just walked a few steps out of the alley when she saw Zhang Sandao looking for him anxiously.

She hurried over in the car.

"Grandpa, let's go. Find my sister-in-law and the others. Let's get out of the city."

Zhang Sandao was extremely worried. Who would have known that he was driving the car in front and leading the way, and when he turned around, he found that his grandson's wife was missing. How could he explain to his grandson when he returned?

He was so anxious that he hurried back to look for her. Fortunately, Li Zhijuan came back after a while.

Although he had a lot to say, when he heard his granddaughter-in-law's words, he knew it was not the right time, so he drove away quickly.

This time, he would look back while driving, for fear of losing his granddaughter-in-law again.

After walking for about ten minutes, I saw Qian Xiaohui and others waiting in the grocery store.

Qian Xiaohui and her friends went to the cloth shop to buy cloth, cotton, etc., and then came to the grocery store to look for these two people.

The two men had now finished their settlement and started moving things into the car.

Everyone helped to carry things and then started to rush back.

Afraid that they would be scared, Li Zhijuan did not say much. Anyway, her grandfather was leading the way and was going fast, so the carriage behind would naturally follow fast.

After arriving at the city gate, we completed the routine inspection and then left the city.

Li Zhijuan had wiped the sword clean with the man's clothes and then put it back under the carriage.

Zhang Sandao didn't know what was going on, but the carriage was speeding.

It took more than an hour and a half to reach the rest area in the village.

Afterwards, a few people took the receipts for the carriage, purchases, and expenses to the village chief, asking them to check the accounts and distribute the items.

Zhang Xinshu came over and looked at his own carriage.

Zhang Sandao followed Li Zhijuan to Zhao Yuanzhen's carriage.

Li Zhijuan looked at her own carriage, then lifted the curtain and saw Zhao Yuanzhen sitting and leaning against a pillow reading a book.

I finally stopped being afraid and felt safe.