She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

Lian Chengmo remained noncommittal about this, not wanting to explain anything to Yao Daniu. However, Yao Dahe took the opportunity to slap his foolish cousin.

"What do you know? If it weren't for that one or two taels of silver from the young master, would people have told us there were wild beasts on this mountain?"

"If we hadn't known, we might have lost our lives if we hadn't been careful," Yao Dahe said sternly to his younger brother.

Yao Dahe understood the saying, "It's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with his underlings." Hadn't these military households seen enough of that in the northern frontier?

However, my cousin is still inexperienced and a bit naive.

"Huh? If the young master doesn't give those silver coins, won't those two officers remind him?" Yao Daniu scratched his head in bewilderment, somewhat incredulous.

Wasn't it said that the young master was of noble status?

"What do you think?" Yao Dahe asked instead of answering, looking at his silly cousin with a look of disappointment.

It seems Dad's decision was right. This kid really should go out more and broaden his horizons.

Lian Chengmo listened to the two talking but didn't say anything to explain; he knew perfectly well what was going on.

His status as a member of a collateral branch of the Liancheng family was naturally considered precious and even unattainable by ordinary people.

Even his literary talent might make him someone worth befriending in the eyes of some, but it's different in the eyes of these garrison officers and soldiers; what matters most is the benefits he can bring them.

After all, civil and military affairs are two different systems, and the superiors they obey are different; they are not the same thing.

Since they're willing to do something for us, we can't let them work for nothing.

Regardless of whether others will remind him or not, Lian Chengmo is going to give that tael of silver to the squad leader. Otherwise, the squad leader will be resentful after working for nothing and might try to trip him up in the future.

This is what they mean by "a troublesome brat".

In any case, the three of them carried their belongings and hurried along the road, arriving at the official road half an hour later.

Perhaps because of the detour, Lian Chengmo discovered that they were actually further back than the main force's resting place, and this place was still far from where he had instructed the main force to hide.

We need to travel another ten miles towards the county town.

Then, Lian Chengmo led the two back to the woods beside the path and found a secluded place to hide.

“Brother Da Niu, you’re fast on your feet, why don’t you go and call the others over? We can travel back tonight,” Lian Chengmo said directly.

Yao Dahe has high combat skills, while Yao Daniu is agile and quick. It is clear that Yao Daniu is more suitable to go find someone at this time.

Yao Dahe stayed behind to guard the grain, just in case.

The place was near the main road. Although the three of them had found a place to hide, who knew if any passing disaster victims would come and steal their food? That would be troublesome.

"Okay, I'll go right now." Yao Daniu put down his things, turned around and ran, hoping to come back as soon as possible.

The remaining two, Lian Chengmo and Lian Chengmo, sat on the ground, leaning against a large tree and closing their eyes to rest.

Lian Chengmo pondered what to do next. There were still too few people going into the city this time, and they could not bring out much food.

If we take Yaoli Village south later, we'll probably have to find more food.

Back at the camp this morning, Banxia got up early and had a delicious breakfast. Then, she looked at the boys who were busy catching fish and started to worry.

Although most of the fish in the river were caught yesterday, after a period of rest, many more fish swam down from upstream, so there was still a harvest.

Banxia was worried because she didn't want to take care of the children at the camp!

Four kids—only the person taking care of them knows how demanding it is. After finally getting a few days off, the children are full of energy, calling her "Big Sister" one minute and "Sister Banxia" the next, driving her crazy.

When I was in the orphanage, I never thought the children were this noisy.

At this moment, Banxia truly admired Lian Chengmo. He always stayed in the camp with a few of the younger ones, and he was incredibly patient!

Having no other choice, Banxia had to teach the little ones to recite the Three Character Classic. The little ones were obedient and recited it with great enthusiasm, swaying their heads as they did so.

At birth, human nature is inherently good...

However, Xiao Shuang'er could only memorize ten or so sentences, Juan Bai was more capable and could memorize a few more, Changshan could memorize most of it, and only Liancheng Yu could recite the whole text.

Although Lian Chengyu was not as talented in studying as his cousin, he had already finished learning the Three Character Classic for beginners, and he could even teach others to recite it.

The commotion at Banxia's place, coupled with the absence of the usually strict and unapproachable young master, instantly attracted the attention of many children in the village.

They had helped with a lot of chores at home these past two days, and had collected enough firewood to last for five days. Now that they were full and satisfied, they were eagerly watching Lian Chengyu and the others recite their lessons.

Those little faces were filled with envy and longing, and Banxia couldn't help but feel it.

Then, on a whim, she called over the youngest member of the village's children's group.

"Do you want to study and learn to read?" Banxia smiled and patted the little guy's head.

In fact, her actions were quite strange, because the child was also eight years old, but due to long-term malnutrition, his development was delayed, and he looked no different from a five or six-year-old child.

But Banxia didn't know that, she asked the little guy affectionately.

"Me, can I?" The little boy's eyes widened, and he didn't even care about Banxia's kind and gentle pat on the head.

The aunties standing nearby felt that Banxia's behavior was more like an adult than a child's, but considering the state of the world now, they could only sigh and say that children from poor families have to take on responsibilities early.

"Of course, we don't have anything to do right now anyway. You can have all the kids in the village who are unemployed come over, and I'll have Ayu and the others teach you to read," Banxia said confidently.

Note that she said she would have Lian Chengyu teach her, not that she would teach herself.

Just now, Banxia came up with a way to look after the child, which freed her from this predicament.

The little boy happily agreed and then went to call his friends.

On the contrary, Lian Chengyu, who had listened to the whole process, came over and pulled Banxia somewhat awkwardly.

"Sister Banxia, ​​can I teach them?" Lian Chengyu asked, somewhat unsure of herself.

His father always said that he was dull-witted and not as good at studying as his cousin, so Lian Chengyu admired Lian Chengmo the most in this respect, while he himself was somewhat inferior.

"Of course you can. Didn't you just teach Changshan and the others to read?" Banxia affirmed without hesitation, and added when she saw that Lian Chengyu was still a little hesitant.

"Don't worry, Ayu. The children in Yaoli Village are all illiterate. You are more than capable of teaching them."

"Besides, they are all our partners now. Don't you want to be friends with them?" Banxia said, pointing to the children from Yaoli Village.

"Yes!" Lian Chengyu looked at the children and nodded without hesitation.

He had always wanted to play with those kids, but they were special in the group. It seemed that all the kids had been instructed by their parents to stay away from Changshan and the others.

Even though Lian Chengyu was still young, he knew that it was all because his surname was Liancheng.