Although Changzhi was sloppy, he was in very good spirits, his eyes were particularly bright, and there was excitement in them. He had gained a lot of experience this time. Changzhi disliked his sloppiness and said, "Dad, I want to take a shower first. I can't stand it anymore."
These seven days have been so miserable. My whole body stinks and I feel like vomiting just by smelling it.
Zhulan called out to the eldest brother, "Go and boil some hot water for your brother to take a bath."
The eldest brother looked at his younger brother with pity, this kid had never suffered any hardship, now he has suffered a great sin.
Zhulan thought that there was nothing left from breakfast. This kid must have just returned home after entering the city. His stomach was rumbling loudly. "Big brother's wife, go and roll the noodles."
Lee, "Hey!"
Half an hour later, Changzhi took a bath and ate noodles, and finally returned to his original state.
Zhu Lan saw that the boy had lost a lot of weight. "Tell me, where did you and your master go? Why do you look so miserable?"
Chang Zhi was still in shock. "Mom, I followed Master to celebrate his birthday. Mr. Qi is a great calligrapher. I never thought Master and Mr. Qi were good friends."
He benefited a lot this time and his handwriting has improved a lot!
Zhou Shuren asked, "Did you encounter bandits on your way back from the birthday party?"
Chang Zhi shook his head, "They are not bandits. Mr. Qi's home is on the northeastern border. There were two battles on the border a few days ago. Master was afraid of a big war, so he brought me all the way back. Many residents of the northeastern border also brought their families south. There are all kinds of people. Master has travel experience, and we dare not show off our wealth. We rushed home without changing clothes. Today, many people gathered outside the city gate and want to enter the city!"
Chang Zhi was speechless as to why Mr. Qi settled down in the frontier. He actually did it for the artistic conception, but he also admired Mr. Qi's courage. The master advised Mr. Qi to leave, but Mr. Qi didn't leave yet!
Chang Zhi continued anxiously, "Dad, there are so many guards at the city gates. They don't let people from the south enter the city unless they have local household registration. Fortunately, Master kept it well and didn't lose it, so we were able to get in."
Zhulan and Zhou Shuren looked at Boss Zhou, and Zhou Shuren asked, "Didn't you meet him outside the city gate when you came back yesterday?"
Boss Zhou shook his head and said, "Dad, we came back through the South Gate, and there was no one outside the gate."
Zhou Shuren realized that he was confused, and Changzhi came back through the north gate.
Zhou Laoer was very worried, "Dad, is there really going to be a war?"
The war broke out in the Northeast. He really didn't want to recall the war-torn days. In war-torn days, human life was not worth anything. They were even worse than animals. Animals could be eaten since they were young, but human life could be killed at will. It was scary to think about it.
Everyone in the room was very scared except Zhulan and Zhou Shuren.
Zhou Shuren cleared his throat and said as the head of the family, "It won't hit us, so you can all rest assured. However, don't even think about buying meat or vegetables for a while."
It is estimated that the city gates will be blocked during this period of time. It seems that Pingzhou City will not let the people going south pass. Pingzhou City is stopping people from moving forward, and its attitude is surprisingly tough, and it seems that it has been prepared for a long time. Then I thought, if Pingzhou City is prepared, why would the northern states let people go south
Boss Zhou stood up and said, "Dad, since only the gates of the North City are sealed, there should be farmers coming to buy vegetables. Li and I will go buy some meat and vegetables, otherwise we will be late and not be able to buy anything."
Zhou Shuren said, "Go ahead, sell as much as you can. I think we should close the city tomorrow."
Boss Zhou, "Hey!"
Chang Lian stood up and said, "Dad, I'm going to my brother-in-law's house to get some information."
Zhou Shuren waved his hand, "Your brother-in-law must be very worried right now and has no time to deal with you, so just stay at home!"
Boss Zhou, who had just left, came back again, "Dad, the servants of the Jiang residence came to tell me that my third brother doesn't need to go to the Jiang residence anymore, and also told me to try not to go out these days."
Zhou Shuren, "Where are the people?"
"He left in a hurry after delivering the message, and didn't even take the money I gave him."
Zhou Shuren was silent. It seemed that many things were not simple. "I know. Just do your thing!"
"Why!"
Zhou Shuren then said to Zhou Laoer: "You send Rongchuan and Mingyun to the academy."
Zhou Laoer, "Dad, let's ask for leave!"
"No, the garrison of Pingzhou City has been prepared for a long time. The city is safe. Moreover, Rongchuan and Mingyun's classmates include many children of officials. We can also get some information from them."
Then he said to Rongchuan, "Go to the academy and take a close look to see who is missing. Come back and tell me."
Rong Chuan responded, "Yes."
Changzhi also stood up, "Dad, I'm going to Master's house."
"Go ahead!"
Mrs. Dong was a little anxious, but she didn't dare to speak to her father-in-law. After her father-in-law got up and left, she hurriedly said to her mother-in-law, "Mother, I want to send a message home."
Zhu Lan did not stop them. "If you want to deliver the message, go ahead. However, I think there will be many people delivering the message, so you may not be able to deliver it."
The Dong family members looked at each other and realized that it was true. At this time, everyone who should have received the news had received it, and they all wanted to send the message out.
However, the two looked at each other and decided to go and take a look.
Zhu Lan said, "Wait for Lao Er to come back and take you there. People are in a panic right now, and it's inevitable that some people with bad intentions will take the opportunity to rob and cause chaos. It's better to have a man with you."
The two daughters-in-law were a little scared and did not dare to go out alone.
Zhulan waited for the two daughters-in-law to go out, leaving only the child and Xuehan in the room. The little girl was a little scared, "Mom, are we really going to fight?"
Zhulan nodded, "Yes."
Xue Han held her mother's hand tightly, "Will the attack reach us?"
She had never experienced war, but she knew that war would kill many people, especially ordinary people.
Zhulan said comfortingly: "No."
Since the imperial court is going to send troops to the northwest, there will be no chaos in the northeast. Otherwise, it will be attacked from both sides. Although the northeast will not become powerful this time, many people will die.
An hour later, Li and Boss Zhou came back. They didn't get any human flesh, but only a few baskets of wild vegetables.
Li was very worried, "Mom, luckily we went there quickly, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get any wild vegetables."
Boss Zhou continued, "There are many housekeepers of big households in the market who have reserved all the meat. Fortunately, my father-in-law's family sent a lot of meat when I came back yesterday, otherwise we would have been without meat."
Zhulan thought to herself that she was indeed lucky. The meat sent by the Li family was quite a lot, enough to last for a month or two. She estimated that this civil unrest would not last long.
Zhou Shuren came back at noon. The Zhou family had no shortage of food, so they still had three meals a day.
Li admired her mother-in-law from the bottom of her heart. Last year, the family had to move all the grain to Pingzhou City because it was not sold. She just went out with the head of the household to inquire and found out that all the grain in the grain store was sold out and the price was extremely high. Every household was afraid that there would not be enough food, but she was not afraid at all.
For lunch, I had wild vegetable soup. I cut one pound of the two pounds of meat left over from yesterday and fried some wild garlic. This was the first time I had such a simple meal since moving to Pingzhou.
After lunch, Zhou Shuren and Zhulan were the only ones left in the room. Zhulan asked, "Did you find out anything?"