Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

The official road outside Dongshan Town,

The villagers of Lijia Village and the surrounding closer villages finally waited for the team from Tangjia Village, joined them, and marched forward along the official road in a mighty procession.

Xiao Yunxi had informed them in advance, so they were well prepared and set off decisively. There were not many people fleeing, and the journey was smooth, but the convoy was not moving fast.

The workshop usually needs to deliver goods. The village has a large number of horse-drawn carriages and mule-drawn carts, while other villages have only two or three, and most of them use ox-drawn carts, which are slow and can only carry a limited amount of things.

The men carried shoulder poles, the women carried heavy bags, the old and the children supported each other and moved slowly. The speed was too slow, so Xiao Yunxi ordered them to rest.

Everyone drank water and ate something in silence. The atmosphere was extremely dull. I don't know who started crying first.

I have lost my home and I don’t know where my future lies. The fatigue of traveling has become the last straw that breaks the camel’s back, and my emotions are out of control.

The crying infected the people around. The men's eyes were red like rabbits' eyes, and the women began to sob softly, and gradually the sound became louder and louder.

"Woooooooo..."

"What to do next?"

"Without fields, land, and money, how can we live?"

If a person leaves his hometown and becomes a nobody, does that mean he will become a wanderer in the future?

The adults cried, and the children followed suit. The villagers of Tangjia Village had some money and were more mentally resilient, but they were also affected by the crying and inevitably felt a little confused.

The head of Li Village lit his pipe and smoked it silently. After everyone had cried for a while, he cursed coldly:

"Why cry!"

"If the northern barbarians hadn't invaded, we could still go home."

"What's there to cry about?"

The emotions were released, and everyone felt better after the village chief comforted them.

"Maybe I can come back."

"Yes, just like Yun Xi said, just treat it as a trip."

"I've never been to the capital city in my life."

The people in Tangjia Village were joking around, and the people who were confused just now began to discuss the scenery of the provincial capital.

Xiao Yunxi asked Zhu Ming to organize the vehicles and let the elderly, children and people with mobility difficulties get on the vehicles. With her arrangement, the team moved much faster.

The convoy arrived at the dilapidated temple outside Luochuan County before dark. Zhou Shiya had already arrived, her eyes red.

The northern barbarians are invading. Murong Chen is the county magistrate and the people's father and mother. She cannot be a deserter at this time. She understands the truth, but she selfishly hopes that her husband can be safe.

"Sister Shiya, Lord Murong will be fine."

The Murong family is Zhou Jin's die-hard supporter. Murong Hai and Murong Chen are the best of the younger generation of the Murong family. Zhou Jin will not watch them die in the northwest.

He took Zhou Shiya's pulse and told her to take good care of her body, not only for herself but also for the child.

really,

The listless Zhou Shiya cheered herself up. If Murong Chen couldn't survive, the baby in her belly would be their only child.

As long as people have goals, they can become strong.

Zhou Jin is teaching the villagers to set up tents.

The elderly and children are in the middle, and the young and middle-aged are on the periphery. The young and middle-aged are divided into different teams to be responsible for night patrol. Although the secret guards can do this work, the villagers cannot be made dependent.

Lijia Village, Yingxiong Village and Tangjia Village are very united, so the arrangements go smoothly. However, other villages have their own selfish motives and villagers have their own ideas, so it is difficult to make unified arrangements.

Zhou Jin took the three villages and occupied a corner, and ignored them.

The men set up tents and patrolled, while the women built fires and cooked, pickling some chickens and ducks with salt and braising others.

Make more pancakes and steamed buns, as well as pickles.

For the next two days, we traveled during the day without cooking, and rested for 3-4 hours at night before continuing on our journey. We had to reach Hutou Cliff within two days, so we had no time to cook.

Xiao Yunxi's family, Zheng Tianming, Zhou Shiya, and Dr. Lu's master and apprentice sat around the big pot in front of the campfire, eating a simple and rough big pot stew.

The chicken is sweet, the potatoes are soft and glutinous, and the dried beans are soaked in the soup. If you were not fleeing, it would have a unique taste.

Zhou Shiya had a poor appetite and forced herself to eat two steamed buns and a large bowl of vegetables.

After dinner,

Xiao Yunxi distributed fruits to the children in the village. The children were overjoyed. Their laughter made the depressing and dull atmosphere become relaxed and cheerful.

She made sour plum soup for Zhou Shiya alone, which made Dabao and Zhou Jin stunned. They were not as easy to fool as the villagers, and many things did not make sense to them.

Like the spinach in the noodles, there's no explanation.

After a day's journey, the villagers went to sleep in their tents one after another. The bonfires lit around them crackled. Xiao Yunxi led a horse and prepared to go out.

"Where are you going?"

"Go out and have a stroll."

After saying that, he rode his horse and galloped towards a certain direction.

The space needs jade to upgrade, but it is difficult to find jade mines in the capital. If you just rely on money to buy it, you don’t know when you can upgrade it again.

The jade mine is nearby, and she plans to go there.

I don't know if the new function of the space is effective. If it works, it can absorb the entire jade vein. Maybe the space can be upgraded again. If it can unlock the bedroom,

After taking out the things inside, she wouldn't dare to say that she could walk around arrogantly in Daxia, but at least in the capital, she could ignore anyone.

If the emperor's things offend her, she will fight him if she doesn't obey him, and she will not care about life or death. After she is done, she will run away and find a deep mountain forest to live a secluded life.

There are enough supplies in the space for her to use, so who is afraid of whom?

Arriving at the mining area and tying up the horses, before getting close, I heard the sound of breaking air, which was the vibration of the knife breaking through the air.

Dodge sideways,

At the same time, a long knife appeared in her hand and slashed across the air in the direction of the sound.

puff.

Then something heavy fell down,

puff.

Xiao Yunxi quickly changed her position and lay down behind a rock. After making sure there was no movement, she carefully moved to the side of the corpse.

Night clothes, black hoods, typical attire of a secret sentry. A small jade mine actually has to arrange secret sentries. Who are they guarding against?

This is just the periphery. If it is close to the mining area, the number must be greater. No matter how powerful she is, she can't find the secret sentries hidden in the dark in advance.

This guy didn't have a crossbow just now, otherwise she would have died here.

Should I give up?

There was a noise behind him, and he raised his knife and prepared to chop.

"it's me."

It was Zhou Jin, she put away her weapon:

"Why are you here?"

"I'm worried about you, so I can't come with you to see you."

Zhou Jin glanced at the corpse.

"You want to go into the jade mines?"

"I've never seen a jade mine before, let's go in and take a look."

She lied with her eyes open, but Zhou Jin didn't expose her, as if he knew what she was thinking:

"There's no need to be sneaky if you want to get in. It's better to just go in directly."

The jade mine is the property of the Northwest Commandery and is operated by the Zhang family.

6% of the annual profit goes to the Capital Command Headquarters, and the remaining 4% goes to the Provincial Administration and the Zhang family. The Capital Command Headquarters is under the jurisdiction of the Five Military Commander-in-Chief's Office, so Zhou Jin can walk in with ease with his identity.

Xiao Yunxi followed Zhou Jin back to the main road from the hiding place. Zhou San brought a lot of people with him, and it looked like they were here to fight.