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Chapter 72: Stopped

Li was a little suspicious of life. He looked at Jiang, who was carrying Tang Xie beside him, gritted his teeth and asked, "Aren't you tired?"

Jiang shook his head, "I have been at home every day, I have never done any tiring and heavy work, but I just walk a long way with my child on my back. It's okay."

Li pointed to the straw mat, "The problem is that this thing is really heavy..."

The Wei family has good conditions and there is more than one donkey cart. The family can earn a lot by relying on donkey carts to pull customers and goods. However, their family rented out all the land, and the food collected in a year is enough for them to chew.

It is no exaggeration to say that before she ran away, the Wei family was like a local landlord. Li lived a life that was less than the best and less than the best. She hadn't done heavy work for many years. This trick today made her so exhausted.

Jiang felt a little funny and looked ahead. The autumn rain seemed to be getting thicker, and there were no pedestrians around. I wonder if it was because of this rain that stopped the caravans and refugees from moving forward.

She asked Tang Ning beside her: "Anning, should we find a village, go in and buy some straw raincoats from others, and then see if there are any donkey carts that are willing to sell. Buy one first for emergency purposes, and then sell it when you arrive in Shangzhou."

Tang Ning didn't expect Jiang's proposal to take the initiative. He was surprised for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Let's go forward and take a look. If you encounter a village, go in and ask."

In this kind of weather, people who have nothing to do should stay at home.

After she entered the village, she completely disappeared. She asked three families in a row. She was either no one or was told that the whole family had gone to the ground. She suddenly remembered that the drought had lasted for so long, and suddenly there was a rain. People should not rush into the ground!

Because she couldn't find a young and strong person, Tang Ning had to inquire with the old people in the village, wandered around the village, and finally bought all the straw raincoats. These straw raincoats were woven by the villagers themselves. The ones she bought were still old, and they sold them for seven or eight cents.

In addition, Tang Ning pretended to ask about old clothes such as bedding and jackets, and collected two pieces, and spent fifty cents. This thing was really not very good, and the squid inside was hard. She threw the things into the space and replaced the ones she had bought before.

Donkey carts are not easy to buy. There are two donkey carts in the village, and two have mule carts. They have no intention of selling them. In the end, Tang Ning drove a high price and spent ten taels of silver to buy a mule cart from a man.

When I drove out of the village with a mule cart, the cart was full of things, with a straw raincoat taking up most of it, and there were many quilts and jackets under it.

When Tang Ning met everyone, Li's eyes lit up when he saw the mule cart. He couldn't wait to throw away the straw mat on his body, put on a straw raincoat, and then divided the other strawcoats. Only then did he find the quilt and jacket inside.

Tang Ning explained: "It is cheaper to buy from the people in the village than to buy from outside. Don't ask anything, let's hurry up and hurry up."

Li nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, you have to leave quickly and leave this place quickly."

As he said that, all the Li family and Jiang family got on the mule cart. Only Tang Ning and Tang Junsheng, who were pushing the cart, were used by Erlangzi. The three of them pushed a cart on their turn, and Tang Ning pushed one by one, and the speed was even faster than them.

Men all want face, but the four men were ruthless and actually pushed the cart all the way. Tang Ning maintained the same speed as them, wandering while walking.

The two girls left early in the morning in a donkey cart. There was no heavy luggage on the cart. At most, they were alone and the food. They should be unsatisfied with their desire to escape. With their intention to escape, they might have run ten miles away. The pursuers behind had not arrived yet, and probably in the past ten, they would not be able to catch them.

Thinking of this, a dense sound of iron hoofs suddenly came from behind, and Tang Ning's heart sank. Before the iron hoofs were approaching, he urged: "Hurry up, go to the side, someone behind him is catching up."

Good guy, this sound scared the others, and he accelerated for no reason, without stopping at all. Tang Ning held his forehead, "Do you think they can't suspect us?"

"What does it mean?" Tang Lao Er tightened the rope urgently and looked back at Tang Ning in confusion.

Tang Ning said speechlessly: "We are rushing to the road, not escaping our lives. Why are we doing so quickly? There is something wrong with others at a glance."

"Oh... Yes, yes, yes, can't be fast!" Tang Lao Er slowed down before letting Wei Dazhi maintain the same speed as him. The two had just finished adjusting and walked to the side for a while. The sound of iron hooves was gradually approaching, and everyone else could hear it clearly.

With just one turn around, Tang Ning saw a team of people rushing towards them with great momentum. His instinctive fear made everyone silent.

The leader stopped in front of Tang Ning and the others, looked at them condescendingly, and asked with the people behind him, "Can they be inside?"

The person behind him shook his head and muttered in a low voice: "This group followed the caravan yesterday, and then the caravan stopped to stay in the hotel and left, but..."

The man looked around and became more confused when his eyes fell on the mule cart. Tang Lao Er and others were so scared that they didn't dare to breathe.

"But what?" The person in the leader glanced sharply at these people in front of him.

The man said uncertainly, "I remember they were two donkey carts, how did they turn into mule carts? Or did I remember wrong?"

The leader looked at Tang Lao Er and the others.

Tang Ning stood up, bowed calmly, and replied respectfully: "You remember correctly, we are two donkey carts. Last night, we didn't stay in a hotel to save money. We wanted to travel overnight, but it was raining, so we could only find a land temple nearby to rest. I don't know if it was the rain or it was too tired. We all slept to death.

When I woke up, I found that there was no donkey cart, and even half of the food was reduced. I was so angry that I cried because of this. The mule cart was just bought with people in the village, and these straw raincoats were the same."

The leader looked at Tang Ning and saw that she was very calm, he said, "Since that's the case, you can say that it is the village. You can't go anywhere before verification."

Tang Lao Er and others all turned pale.

Tang Ning pointed in a direction and stood aside obediently, "It's where I bought the things alone, and I took them back in a mule cart. Many old people in the village have seen me, and they know."

Immediately, a few yamen were riding horses and running in that direction.

The person who followed the yamen in the caravan was anxious and said, "Official, I think the two women have already driven the donkey cart to run away. Should we send some people to chase forward?"

The leader thought for a moment, then ordered the three of them to continue moving forward, and the men in the caravan followed him and chased forward.

Tang Ning is only one official.
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