People had to leave before it got dark, and there was a long line of people walking sparsely.

The one at the front, Chen Huihong, was walking swiftly. Apart from her somewhat slovenly appearance, she really didn’t look like a disaster victim. Especially her bulging clothes stuffed with straw, compared with the really weak victims next to her, they looked like nothing.

A strong man who can beat ten with one.

Hui Niang was a little afraid that her face would change faster than turning the page of a book, so she followed Chen Huihong closely, even if she couldn't keep up, she gritted her teeth and wasted her energy in running to keep up. When Chen Huihong occasionally looked back and glanced at Hui Niang's staggering figure,

Will slow down a bit.

As for Ren Yazi, who was third in the team, his expression and movements were much more ferocious.

In terms of body shape, Ren Yazi is considered to be on the thin side among modern people. He looks to be in his forties or fifties, and he is as tall as Chen Huihong. He is also dressed in tatters, and his clothes are relatively thick. He is holding a sweet potato in his arms, and he is

With all his belongings, he was considered quite wealthy among the victims.

Perhaps because she was carrying a heavy load, it was more difficult for her to keep up with Chen Huihong than Hui Niang, and Chen Huihong didn't care at all whether she could keep up. He just walked forward on his own and waited for Hui Niang.

Ren Yazi didn't want to be left behind by Chen Huihong, and was also afraid that the goods behind him would really fall behind. He was tired and anxious while walking, looking forward and backward, so he could only curse softly along the way, but Chen Huihong couldn't hear it anyway.

Chen Huihong couldn't hear it, but Qin Huai could.

Hearing that it was getting dark in the middle of the afternoon, Qin Huai probably figured out the situation of this team.

Compared with the scene seen in the last dream, this time Chen Huihong and Hui Niang should be temporary teammates who have been teaming up for several months and have a tacit understanding. Not only did they get out of the drought-stricken area, but they also made up their identities and confirmed their identity.

direction.

As for Ren Yazi, her surname is Zhang, and everyone else calls her Mrs. Zhang.

From Zhang Po's point of view, Chen Huihong was a young lady from a wealthy family who was separated from her family on the road to fleeing the desert because of her eccentric personality. Hui Niang was a maid she picked up on the road.

The reason why this strange team was formed was because Zhang Po's man died.

Mrs. Zhang is from Peiping. She has been in this business for more than ten years and has always been a husband-and-wife team. In the past two years, there was a drought in the Jin Dynasty. The couple made a lot of money by buying low and selling high. This year, they heard that the drought is still the same, so they hope to make more money.

With the idea of ​​​​a sum of money, I went to the land of Sanjin to buy people.

As a result, I didn’t expect that this year’s drought would be even more severe than the previous two years. The grain harvest had failed and the land was bare for thousands of miles. Ordinary families had reached the point where they couldn’t survive even if they sold their children and daughters. Buying people didn’t even require money or food. Just howl in your throat.

A lot of people came here to get a bite to eat.

Years of hunger, people eat each other, desperate hunger turns people into beasts, Zhang Po's husband died unexpectedly while buying goods. Zhang Po, who witnessed everything from a distance, was frightened and took the collected goods with her.

He ran away overnight, away from the crowd, and finally met Chen Huihong and Hui Niang, who were also far away from the crowd.

Huiniang was from a peasant family with a relatively good family background. She was a little stronger and taller than girls from really poor families. When Qin Huai saw Huiniang in his dream for the first time, he felt that Huiniang was thin, small and extremely malnourished.

She is far different from Chen Huihui in the real world. But compared with the group of half-year-olds bought by Granny Zhang, Hui Niang is much better than them.

Not to mention Chen Huihong, with her height, body shape, face, and coming from a wealthy family. Before, Hui Niang was the only one who didn't compare clearly, but now she stands out among this group of people.

Huiniang knew the way and could find water. Chen Huihong looked like she had a backing and was healthy and could still fight. After Zhang's mother-in-law died, the man still brought dozens of new goods. He was afraid that he would not be able to keep the food on his body, so he wanted to accompany Chen Huihong.

Find a strong man to protect yourself.

When Granny Zhang met Chen Huihong, she was surrounded by more than 20 half-year-old children, the eldest were thirteen or fourteen years old, and the youngest were only six or seven years old, both boys and girls.

Until now, the good-looking girls have been sold at discounted prices along the way, and those who were in poor health died on the road. The ones left today are considered to be Zhang's choice. Each one looked as angry as a gossamer and was about to die. When they arrived in Peiping, they ate two

A full meal will restore your energy and energy, and you can still sell it for a good price.

Now that they were about to arrive in Peiping, Granny Zhang had Hui Niang's idea in mind.

Along the way, Huiniang relied on bean cakes every two days and the food she found along the way. She was doing well among the victims. When she got outside the city, she was among the high-quality victims who had the best chance of being selected to buy. Granny Zhang

Along the way, men died, money was lost, and goods were sold cheaply. It would be inconvenient for one person to run a business in the future, so I just wanted to make more money one last time and sell every one I could.

In order to earn more, Mrs. Zhang even generously gave Chen Huihong and Hui Niang a small sweet potato each.

Mrs. Zhang used flint to light hay and ignited the wood to roast sweet potatoes and keep warm by the fire. Hui Niang sat by the fire, holding a clay pot filled with water in her hand, waiting for the water in the pot to settle. Chen Huihong may be worried that the flames will ignite her clothes.

I sat far away from him, gnawing tree bark silently, and stuffed sweet potatoes into my clothes.

"Hui Niang, have you and your lady been to Peiping before?" Granny Zhang talked to Hui Niang.

Hui Niang shook her head silently.

"Beiping is very big. There are imperial palaces and palaces. Now that the emperor is gone, those old princes, Baylor, are still very wealthy. If you can work in the palace as an errand, you will get bean flour pancakes every day, let alone one every day."

No one will care about you if you eat 10." Granny Zhang offered the temptation of bean flour pancakes.

Hui Niang was unmoved and said that she had seen the world: "But I want to eat white flour steamed buns."

Granny Zhang: "...there are also white-flour steamed buns. The girls in the alley, not to mention white-flour steamed buns, are rich. In the past, only the nobles in the palace could eat pea yellow, donkey rolling, and kidney bean rolls. I have heard of these foods.

No? They are all expensive and good things, made of fine grains, finer than fine grains, with plenty of sugar, sweeter than honey!"

Hui Niang remained unmoved, because she had neither eaten refined grains nor honey, and could not imagine what Granny Zhang was talking about.

Granny Zhang did not give up: "If it really doesn't work, you can work as a laborer in a restaurant or oil mill. Some places don't pick people. Although those places are bitter, you can still get enough to eat. If you don't like the taste of beans and rice, you can go to fish for it."

Eat with your eyes open, 1 copper coin and chopsticks, if you're lucky you might be able to get a piece of meat."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhang blinked her mouth as if in recollection: "One time, Li Mazi, who was selling staring food, got the folded basket from somewhere. He said it was a Taishalou that came from outside the customs. What a taste.

, it’s delicious even if it’s sour, a copper coin is really not wasted.”

Hui Niang was moved by Mrs. Zhang's wonderful description of eating meat for a copper coin. Hui Niang ran to Chen Huihong holding the jar and handed the jar to Chen Huihong: "Sister, drink water."

The water has almost settled.

Chen Huihong took a small sip with interest, returned the jar to Hui Niang, and continued to play with the half of the wooden horse she had picked up before.

"Sister, just now Granny Zhang said that you can get meat for just one copper in Beiping City," Hui Niang said in a low voice.

"I heard it." Chen Huihong said calmly, "It's all swill. If you eat too much, you will get sick. If you are unlucky, you will die."

"But..." Hui Niang was still a little eager, "You can eat meat."

There were several boys who were lying down and resting with the same idea as Huiniang. One boy stood up with difficulty, looked at Granny Zhang longingly, and asked: "Zhang... Granny Zhang, when we get to Peiping, we can also give you a copper coin."

Do you want to eat meat?”

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat!" Granny Zhang scolded, "How much food did I eat along the way? The pace is so slow, I will give you a full meal when we get to Peking. Who asked you to sit and talk?

Don’t you know that it’s a waste of food to spend energy just sitting and talking?”

"You're all sleeping with me, and you'll be on your way as soon as dawn. When you get to Peiping, I have to find a buyer for you. If you sell it a day earlier, you'll miss a day's worth of food for me!"

The children hurriedly lay down. Granny Zhang carefully gnawed the sweet potato, swallowed the skin carefully, then curled up with the bag and lay down to sleep.

As if in a breath, Chen Huihong and Hui Niang were the only ones sitting there among everyone.

"Sister, why should we find a job when we arrive in Peking? It seems that being a beggar will easily lead to death." Hui Niang asked in a low voice.

"That's your business." Chen Huihong put away the wooden horse, "I don't know where to go. You said that your parents might go to Peking. I will accompany you."

"When you get to the place, you find yours, and I'll go mine."

After saying that, Chen Huihong lay down and closed her eyes to sleep.

Huiniang was still sitting with the jar in her arms. She sat blankly for a while, then carefully lay down, with her back pressed against Chen Huihong's back, and fell asleep quietly.
Chapter completed!