Lord Wu, the prefect of Ankang City, was whipped to his knees by a small leader of King Jin.

Lord Wu said, “I really have nothing to do with them, I have always supported your King Jin.

Even my wife is King Jin’s distant cousin.

How could I team up with the refugees to frame King Jin?"

When the little leader heard that Magistrate Wu's wife was related to their King Jin, his attitude softened.

"So which direction did you hear them going?"

"They seem to be called Hanjia Village, and they are heading east to Youzhou."

"Humph! You still want to go to Youzhou and seek refuge with Prince Rong!

I must capture them all and send them to the battlefield."

After that, he ordered, "The first squad, take ten people and ride fast to ambush on the road leading to Youzhou.

As long as they are from Hanjia Village, arrest them all."

When the soldiers left,

He helped Prefect Wu up and said, "Prefect Wu, you see, all the men we captured have escaped from your territory. You have to gather 200 men for me."

Prefect Wu cursed King Jin in his heart for being such a coward.

With a smile on his face, he nodded, "Yes, yes, I'll send it to you tomorrow."

Li Lanzhen and the others didn't know that King Jin's captain was a vengeful man, and he had already sent people to ambush on the official road leading to Youzhou.

At this moment, they all gathered around the waterfall pool, drinking the sweet water to their heart's content.

Everyone was talking about taking a good wash.

Since there has been a severe drought in Hanjia Village for several years, no one has washed themselves properly and everyone is stinking.

The men in Hanjia Village said to let the women wash first.

Han Shunde also directed the men to surround the pond with straw mats.

Invite the men to go up the mountain to chop firewood, hunt and dig wild vegetables.

Li Lanzhen instructed the women in the family to place three pots on the straw mat, start a fire and start boiling water.

He also said to the women in Hanjia Village, "You'd better boil some water to wash yourself. Don't catch a cold. There is no medicine here. If you have a headache, fever, or diarrhea, it will be troublesome."

When the women in Hanjia Village heard that this was indeed the case, they all started to prepare to boil water.

The girls and boys under one year old were thrown into basins of hot water by the women and scrubbed clean.

Li Lanzhen looked at everyone's long hair, and her own hair was stuck together like felt. She thought it would be really troublesome without shampoo, but there was indeed no such thing in the space.

Suddenly she remembered that the merchant of labor protection products with whom she had exchanged supplies had once given her a box of sulfur soap.

Sulfur soap is a good thing. It can be used to kill bacteria and eliminate eczema. In such a hot day, adults and children have a lot of heat rash on their backs, armpits and necks.

So she took out a few pieces of sulfur soap, cut them into three pieces with a machete, and shouted to everyone, "Ladies of Hanjia Village, I have some soap for washing your hair. Take one piece for each of you."

The women laughed and said that this was really expensive. This soap was used by the masters, young ladies and ladies of wealthy families. They all whispered that it must have been given to her by the young master Jin Fulai.

Li Lanzhen ignored it and didn't explain. She was free to think whatever she wanted. But when she saw that the women in Hanjia Village had found a good excuse for her, she kept silent.

There were several families of her own, and she gave a bar of soap to each family. After the women used it up, the men could use it.

While taking a bath, she saw Tonghua, her mother Ye, her little daughter, and her eldest daughter-in-law. She didn't dare to rub the clothes on them hard, as they would definitely tear a hole if she did.

The clothes Xue Nizi wore were relatively good. Xue Lao Hu and Xue Bao made a living by hunting, and they would send her cloth with the money they earned.

Anyway, the sulfur soap has been taken out and they have found a good excuse, so they might as well take out some coarse cloth clothes.

It just so happens that I found a lot of clothes for maids and old women in the small storeroom of Magistrate Wu’s wife, so I’ll wear this.

More than an hour later, the women, girls and children finally washed and came out from behind the straw curtains.

The women in Hanjia Village saw that several people in Li Lanzhen's family were wearing new clothes, and thought that they must be worn by the servants in Master Jin Fulai's mansion, so they expressed envy.

"It must be Young Master Jin Fulai, who gave her the clothes worn by the servants in their mansion."

"Who cares if he's a servant or something? As long as I have clothes to wear, it's fine. I don't even dare to rub my clothes too hard, for fear of making a hole and exposing my skin."

Everyone was laughing and joking, and then they went back to their own straw huts to start preparing lunch.

Li Lanzhen was also observing the people in Hanjia Village. Seeing that they were just envious and had no other thoughts, she felt relieved.

Whenever she discovers that she has any inappropriate thoughts, she thinks that she will have to be more cautious in the future.

At this time, the men also came back one after another. As expected, they caught more than a dozen pheasants and rabbits, and also picked a lot of fresh wild vegetables.

The children were the happiest. Hanjia Village had been suffering from drought for several years, and they rarely had meat to eat, and even had problems getting enough food.

Now, when they see fresh wild vegetables, pheasants and rabbits, their saliva begins to flow. They happily surround their fathers or brothers, jumping and shouting with joy.

The women took over these tasks and let the men help with the washing.

The man took the sulfur soap and wondered where this rare thing came from.

The women in their own family laughed and said that they had enjoyed themselves, and it was Lan Zhen who gave them the pleasure.

At this time, Han Shunde came over and said to Li Lanzhen, "My dear, my father said that we should all eat together tonight because it is difficult to share the pheasants and rabbits we hunted."

Li Lanzhen said, "Okay, let's eat together."

Li Lanzhen thought to herself that she had found so much food in the prefect's warehouse yesterday, and it would be against her conscience to keep it all by herself, so she thought of giving some food to the people in Hanjia Village and each family in Dongjiazhuang.

It is not suitable to eat alone while fleeing from famine.

For today's lunch, she didn't let everyone contribute food, and only took out some wild vegetables.

Thinking of this, she said to Han Shunde, "My dear, I found a lot of food in the kitchen of the prefectural government.

After the horses bring it back, put it in your own cart. I'll ask Han Mingjiang and Han Minghai to bring it over later, and you can distribute it to everyone. I'll pay for today's lunch."

Han Shunde looked at Li Lanzhen with admiration, thinking to himself, this old lady from Hanjia Village, who used to take advantage of others, has indeed changed a lot on the road of escaping famine, and is more generous than men in doing things. He nodded gratefully and said, "Thank you very much, my dear."

After a while, Han Mingjiang and Han Minghai carried the bags of grain and placed them on the ground.

Xue Bao and Li Xishui also carried a bag over, and the other bag was carried over by Zhang Songshu and Grandpa Zhang Deshui.

There were also two bags of potatoes and sweet potatoes that belonged to Li Lanzhen, who smuggled them out of the space.

She wanted the people of Hanjia Village to slowly realize that potatoes and sweet potatoes existed in this dynasty, but the people of Hanjia Village had not encountered them.

After a while, two bags of potatoes and sweet potatoes were also brought over.

Putting the five bags of grain in the middle, everyone happily gathered around the grain, chattering and laughing, and from time to time looking at Li Lanzhen with admiration and gratitude.

Han Shunde stood in the middle and said, "Everyone go home and bring a bag or a basin. Let's divide the food. Remember the kindness of Lan Zhen's sister-in-law. If she hadn't found the food in the prefect's kitchen, we wouldn't have any food today."

Everyone was laughing and saying, "Thank you, Auntie Lan Zhen." "Thank you, Sister-in-law Lan Zhen." "Thank you, Sister-in-law Lan Zhen." "Thank you, Grandma Lan Zhen."

Li Lanzhen enjoyed everyone's praise and waved her hands. "The village chief just said that we should eat lunch together today. Everyone should gather their own pots on the field. Some should collect firewood, some should light the fire, and some women should come. We will make pancakes. We can also make soup with pheasants and rabbits, and put potatoes, sweet potatoes, and wild vegetables in it. This way, we can have vegetables, meat, soup, and pancakes for a good meal."

Adults and children all said happily, "Yes, yes, let's eat meat."

The three bags of grain had been mixed by Lanzhou, and some of them contained rye bran. She didn't dare to take out the white rice directly and distribute it to everyone.

So what was taken out was a mixture of black flour, corn flour and wheat bran.

Despite this, everyone held the noodles they were given tightly with trembling hands and returned home carefully, for they were afraid that they would not be able to walk steadily and spill some of the noodles, which would have been heartbreaking.

The food brought home was carefully packed into cloth bags and placed in a place sheltered from wind and rain.

Each family didn't get many potatoes and sweet potatoes, but everyone took them home with great care and put them away carefully.

Then the men went to bathe in the pool under the waterfall, and the women and children began to happily prepare lunch.

Half an hour later, the rich aroma of meat and wheat wafted through the woods on the top of the mountain.

The men quickened their movements, quickly scrubbing off the years of plaster on their bodies.

The children rubbed themselves hurriedly and came out of the water. Jila held her shoes and went around the pot. Even if she couldn't eat it now, she could at least smell it.

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