She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

Once she confirmed that the wounded were all alright, Banxia returned home. As for the piece of ginger, she naturally left it for Doctor Li to study.

After telling the little ones a story about mending the fence after the sheep are lost, Banxia put the children to sleep.

She just didn't expect Lian Chengmo to return so quickly. In the middle of the night, the sound of carriages and horses woke Banxia up.

Although there were people on duty, no disaster victims had come to this path in the past few days. Banxia thought that Lian Chengmo and the others had probably rushed back overnight.

Lian Chengmo had told Banxia before he left that he would return soon, so as soon as she heard the sound, she carefully crawled over.

As Banxia emerged from the makeshift tent, she noticed that the men from several nearby houses had been awakened and come out. Their vigilance was truly remarkable; no wonder Yao Li Village had managed to travel all the way from northern Xinjiang to here.

I walked quickly to the edge of the camp. The uncles on night watch had already lit torches. Thanks to those bandits, they could now use oil lamps and torches.

Banxia had just walked over when the person who had gone to investigate returned, with the familiar yellow ox behind him.

Lian Chengmo was sitting next to Yao Dahe, who was driving the carriage, and Banxia saw him at a glance.

"Lian Chengmo, it really is you back!" Banxia waved happily and called out.

At the same time, the men who had woken up with Banxia also ran towards the oxcart with smiles, asking their children and brothers who had gone out if their journey would be successful.

Banxia saw that Yao Lizheng was also among them, and it seemed that he had come over after hearing the commotion. He was currently greeting Lian Chengmo.

There were too many people, so Banxia stood still. She looked back at the direction of her own tent. The commotion was too loud, and people in the camp were starting to wake up one after another.

Seeing that the little ones showed no signs of waking up, Banxia turned her head again, and almost bumped into someone.

Banxia was so startled that she took a step back on tiptoe. It turned out that Lian Chengmo had walked up behind her without her noticing.

She was startled when she turned around and saw Lian Chengmo's delicate face.

"Lian Chengmo, you walk so quietly, you know that scaring people to death?" Banxia patted her chest and said irritably.

"I'm sorry," Lian Chengmo said silently, taking a step back.

He didn't know why, but when he saw the little girl waiting for him there, he quickly greeted Yao Lizheng and came over.

Seeing that the little girl was looking at something, I didn't call out to her, but I didn't expect to startle her.

Someone silently reflected on themselves, wondering why they were acting so childishly when they were clearly not children anymore.

I must never act so recklessly again.

However, after being away for a few days, Lian Chengmo was still a little worried about his younger brother and sister-in-law. He said a few words to the girl and then the two walked towards the tent.

Given the current circumstances, the six children are sleeping in one tent, but Lian Chengmo insists on keeping his distance from Banxia.

Their younger siblings slept between them, which is why Banxia got up quietly without disturbing the children; she was sleeping on the very edge.

Lian Chengmo lifted the tent flap and peeked inside. In the dim light, several children were sleeping in different positions, perhaps disturbed by the noise.

Lian Chengyu and Qi Changshan, who were sleeping on either side, opened their eyes in a daze.

"Big brother, you're back!" Lian Chengyu saw his older brother as soon as he opened his eyes and immediately sat up happily.

Qi Changshan, standing to the side, also rubbed his eyes and looked in Lian Chengmo's direction.

"Shh, keep your voice down so you don't wake Shuang'er." Lian Chengmo quickly put a finger to his lips and whispered to his cousin.

"Mmm." Lian Chengyu quickly covered his mouth, glanced at his cousin who was turning over beside him, and indicated that he would stop making noise.

"Ayu, Changshan, it's still early, you two should sleep a little longer," Lian Chengmo said to the two awakened children after hearing the noise behind him.

"Mmm!" Lian Chengyu nodded hurriedly, still not daring to shout loudly again.

Qi Changshan on the other side nodded silently, his eyes looking behind Lian Chengmo.

He was startled when he woke up and found that his older sister was not beside him, but he was relieved to see her behind Brother Mo.

After glancing at Xiao Shuang'er, who was still asleep, Lian Chengmo put down the tent and turned to look at Yao Lizheng and the others.

Yao Dahe and Yao Daniu were each carrying a lot of things, all of which Lian Chengmo had bought in the city.

The two were carrying things and placing them next to the wheelbarrow beside the small tent.

"Uncle Village Head, may I speak to you in private?" Lian Chengmo said in a low voice, knowing why Village Head Yao had come to see him.

“Alright, young master, please.” Yao Lizheng glanced at the tent and immediately understood.

"Banxia, ​​I bought all of those in the city. If you have nothing else to do, you can take a look at how to arrange them." Lian Chengmo gave Banxia this instruction before leaving.

That means all the things he bought are now under Banxia's control.

"Okay, I understand. You can go do your thing." Banxia smiled and her eyes crinkled upon hearing this.

With so many large packages, there must be a lot of good stuff inside. How could I not be happy?

Banxia immediately went to open the package. Who can understand the joy of unpacking a package? Haha!

Lian Chengmo really bought a lot of things. Banxia looked at the two sacks of grain, which were separated by a small cloth bag in the middle, and it was clear that they contained different kinds of grain.

Yao Dahe and Yao Daniu, who had helped deliver the items, also left with Lian Chengmo and Yao Lizheng. Since there was no one else around, Banxia took out the small cloth bags one by one and opened them.

First, there are refined grains: 20 catties each of white rice and white flour, and then 25 catties each of brown rice and brown flour, which makes a total of 100 catties.

Then there are coarse grains: 20 catties each of sorghum flour, corn flour, soybeans, mung beans, and buckwheat.

I didn't expect there to be so many kinds of whole grains in this world. Sorghum flour and cornmeal are out of the question, but soybeans, mung beans, and buckwheat are all unprocessed and can be used as seeds.

Banxia glanced around and, finding no one paying attention to her, quietly grabbed a handful of each seed and put them into the cloth bag where she stored the seeds.

Regardless, leaving some seeds has become a habit of Banxia's.

After unpacking the other packages, Banxia discovered that Lian Chengmo was quite thoughtful. He had bought two jin of each of the necessities, such as oil and salt. Banxia guessed that salt was probably rationed in this era, so Lian Chengmo could only buy this much.

The fine cotton cloth that Lian Chengmo brought back before was used to make a set of close-fitting clothes for everyone, and it had long been used up, so this time he directly bought a bolt of fine cotton cloth.

Of course, besides the fine cotton cloth, there were also two bolts of coarse cotton cloth. Banxia happily put them away, thinking that she could take advantage of the break to ask Sister Lin Chun to help make a new set of clothes for everyone.

In addition, Lian Chengmo also bought several bowls, plates, chopsticks and other daily necessities as a backup.

To Banxia's surprise, the old-fashioned guy even bought a pound of beaded headscarves, since everyone had one.

But there were only two sets of beaded flowers, made of silk cloth. One set was larger and peach-pink, and the other set was smaller and pink. It was obvious that these were bought for her and Xiaoshuang'er.

A small pearl was also attached to the beaded flower, and the craftsmanship at the bottom was quite beautiful. Although it was just openwork silver wire, it must not have been cheap.

However, since they were still fleeing famine, they couldn't bring the hairpins. Banxia took out the hair tie from the box and put the hairpins back in to hide them.