The eldest daughter of the peasant family just wants to start a career

Chapter 228 Arriving at Suzhou City

After a long time, my mother is also a little tired.

My grandma and grandpa's family also feels distressed, so I can do whatever I want in the future, even if I can't go back to my mother's house, I can still write letters, and if I really want to, I can go home and live for a while.

So before returning to her natal family this time, her mother hadn't gone back for a year, not because she didn't want her parents, but because she was pregnant and it was inconvenient to travel around.

After giving birth to his younger brother, according to the customs of Yuezhou City, his mother would go back to her natal home for a period of time, so my younger brother returned to her natal home in a carriage after the full moon.

It takes more than half a year to go back and forth, and father also wants to come back with mother, but business cannot be separated from people.

Originally, Lu Yangjin didn't need to come with him, he thought that he was idle if he was idle, and he didn't want to stay at home and go on his way all the time to see the surrounding scenery and see the beautiful scenery in poems and songs.

Besides, he hadn't seen his grandmother for a few years, and he missed the old man a little, so he came with him.

After bumping all the way to grandma's house, grandma missed his mother very much, so she stayed for a while longer, which was delayed until now.

"I see, your father and mother have such a good relationship."

Mu Zhixu nodded.

Feeling a little emotional, Lu Yangjin lives in this family so well, his father and mother are harmonious and happy, and his mother was also doted on and grew up since childhood.

It's no wonder that Lu Yangjin, a gentle and upright son, was able to be raised.

"Brother Mu, the relationship between you brothers and sisters is also very enviable to me,"

Lu Yangjin said.

"Brother Lu, don't you also have a younger brother? Seeing how you take care of him, your relationship will not be worse than ours in the future."

Mu Zhixu smiled softly, seeing Lu Yangjin being tormented by his younger brother's little devil along the way, his brain hurt but helpless, he knew that he would definitely be a younger brother in the future.

Thinking of the innocent smile on his younger brother's face, Lu Yangjin unconsciously smiled.

After chatting with Lu Yangjin for a few words, Mu Zhixu also felt a little tired, so he went back to rest.

The few hours in the second half of the night passed so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was dawn.

Breakfast is pancakes with pickles and meat sauce, and the jerky that Li Sanniang and Mu Zhixu made is not finished yet, so the meal is considered rich.

But the next month will be the same meal, and everyone will get tired of it.

But at least for now, Mu Zhilan and Mu Zhibei still have a lot of interest in these foods.

Out of politeness, Mu Zhixu also gave Lu Yangjin some jerky and meat sauce. I don't know if he will eat it or not, but it means that the courtesy has been delivered.

The road mentioned by Lu Yangjin can indeed shorten the distance by one-third, even if the group of people are only traveling during the day, the speed of driving the carriage is not too fast.

When the two carriages arrived at the gate of Suzhou City, it was less than a month, which was beyond Mu Zhixu's expectation.

"It's so fast."

But what was even more unexpected to her was after passing Linzhou City, Yuzhou City, and Yingzhou City.

There are actually refugees at the gate of Suzhou City, and the area of ​​Suzhou City is almost at the center of Feng Dynasty.

To be able to escape here, these refugees are also somewhat inferior. Their clothes look a little dusty and rustic because they have been traveling all the way, and their bodies also emit a bad smell because they have not been washed for a long time. It is easy to compare with the ordinary people around them. figure it out.

There were not many refugees around the gate of Suzhou City, but there were hundreds of them, and there were also servants of rich families who gave porridge and steamed buns at the gate.

The gate of Suzhou City was also surrounded by railings, and there were officers and soldiers blocking it in front of it. It seemed that it was not so easy to enter the city.

Mu Zhixu and Lu Yangjin looked at each other, and decided to split up to ask about the current situation.

It is not so easy to get close to refugees.

Mu Zhixu decided to share a bowl of porridge with the porridge places at the door first.

There are the most people around places like this where you distribute things for free.

There are hundreds of refugees, and there are still many people lined up in the porridge tent.

Mu Zhixu looked down at herself. Fortunately, she thought that driving the carriage was enough to attract attention, so she didn't wear any good clothes. It was the same tattered clothes with dozens of patches.

The clothes have been cleaned, and it doesn't smell like a stinky smell, but it's clean and refreshing.

But she was mixed among the refugees, and the stench was inevitable.

Moreover, there are also well-dressed people in the refugee team, and her appearance is not too abrupt.

She hid in the crowd, pricking up her ears to listen to the refugees talking.

"Hey, have you heard about the conditions for entering the city of Suzhou?" A refugee said,

Another refugee answered, "Of course I've heard that. Anyone who doesn't first ask the time to enter the city when they arrive, who would stay here at the gate if they can enter the city."

"If you want me to tell you what the magistrate of Suzhou City is thinking, the previous cities only charged two taels of silver or only one tael of silver. I thought that when we arrived in Suzhou City, we should not charge any money. , I came here happily, I didn't expect that the money collected here for the defense of the city was actually doubled by half!"

"Isn't it, five taels of silver!"

"This is enough for an ordinary person to spend half a year. In addition, we refugees have spent almost all the money on the way. How can there be any money left? What's more, there are five taels per person, and there are six people in our family. All of a sudden, 30 taels of silver went down, and I had to work hard for more than ten years to earn this money."

As the refugee said that, a touch of anger rose in his heart. Didn't he drag his family all the way to Suzhou City for a stable life?
But where is a stable life now, this is simply killing his family!

"Who said it wasn't? Although those officers and soldiers said nicely that the money would be returned, who would believe it? This time, the money that came to the government on purpose this time, when will it be returned?"

Another refugee sighed too.

"That's the reason. Anyway, I can't enter this city. Even if it is really possible to return it, I don't have that much money. Fortunately, there are porridge and steamed buns at the door. I plan to take a few family members to rest. , I will go back tomorrow."

He has a family of six, his wife, children, and the elderly can't give up. Now they don't want to enter Suzhou City to settle down, they can only get Huifu. Yingzhou City, which is a city away, is also a good place.

"So do we, we can't stay in this place."

Another refugee shook his head, and the surrounding refugees also shook their heads and sighed when they heard these words.

If you can't get in, you can only go back home.

Standing behind them, Mu Zhixu was also surprised when he heard the five taels of silver.

Five taels of silver!
It's still five taels of silver per person.

Even if their family didn't add Mulin, a baby who had just reached the full moon, it would still cost 20 taels of silver.

(End of this chapter)