The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 72
Hearing this, Jingli no longer refused, and happily accepted the banknote: "Okay, after we settle down in the future, Auntie and Tan'er will be our guests often."

Jingli did not expect that after they had arranged everything and their family business was getting bigger and bigger, Mrs. Wang would never have the chance to be a guest again.

Approaching Chang'an City, Jing Li asked everyone to put on clean clothes and wash their faces and hands before leading them to the downstairs of Chang'an City.

"You came here from Qingzhou?" The city guard raised his eyelids and glanced at the people. These people didn't look too miserable.

Jing Li apologized and smiled: "Exactly, it took us several months to get to Chang'an City. It was really not easy."

"Here, this is an autographed letter from Mr. Qian, the city guard at Tongguan!" Jing Li handed over the letter respectfully.

Huo Shen mentioned King Changling in an extremely cryptic way, not wanting too many people to know about it, so the city guard's letter only said that it was a native of Daren Township. Sorry, it is not convenient to reveal who he was.

The boss said while opening the letter: "There are not many people who come from Qingzhou!"

That's not true. If you have to travel thousands of miles to avoid the plague, the White Lotus Army, and bandits, you still need to have food. It's not rare to get here.

After reading the letter, the boss waved his hand: "Chang'an City is already overcrowded, and there will be many officials and their families coming later to assign you to the county seat below. Do you have any objections?"

Jing Li hurriedly smiled and said: "How could it be possible? It's too late to thank you, sir. It's just that our family is a rich family. Can you allocate us to the same place?"

The boss said slowly: "Someone has spoken over there, can I not arrange a place for you?"

"Go ahead, the patrol officer will take you to your destination."

The owner stamped the household registration document and said: "When you arrive at your destination, find the local chief and ask him to go to the county government office to settle you down."

The inspector took the document and led the people into the city. A group of country bumpkins looked around and said: "It's not as evil as the legend says. Look at the deserted streets. It seems like there is no one there. Doesn't it mean it's overcrowded?"

The patrol officer who led them curled his lips: "This is Refugee Street, just for people like you to pass through. The main street is full of dignitaries. Who can afford it if they are bumped into?"

"Besides," the tour guide continued, "there are so many of you dressed like this. Don't be sent away as refugees as soon as you enter the city. That will be troublesome."

The implication is that a group of beggars shouldn't go to the city and be an eyesore.

Mrs. Fan muttered: "Then the porridge we promised is gone?"

The patrol officer squinted his eyes and said: "There are so many people outside the customs who are not even qualified to enter the customs. Just be content. It's going to be winter soon. You still have a few months to prepare. If you come here in winter, Hehe!”

The patrol leader laughed twice and did not continue talking. Everyone felt like a mirror in their hearts. Even if they entered the pass in the cold weather, it would be difficult to settle down. Apart from working as a military household, doing corvee work, or selling themselves to rich and powerful people, there was nothing they could do. There is another way to go.

Everyone was talking in low voices about how this Chang'an City was different from their hometown, when they heard someone shouting: "Madam, Miss, my servant is here to pick you up!"

Mrs. Wang raised the curtain of the car in surprise, and it was her stewardess, Mother Qin, who came. She immediately blushed: "Why are you here?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Qin's mother's face: "The chief steward went to Zhuangzi early this morning. I haven't seen madam and young lady for a long time. I missed them very much, so I spontaneously came to pick you up, madam."

Qin's mother spoke and waved, and asked people to bring many things over: "I heard from the messenger that Madam needed help from noble people along the way, so I prepared some gifts, but I don't know what I like, so the preparations were a bit unsatisfactory."

Mrs. Wang patted her hand: "You are thoughtful!" She turned around and asked someone to give the things to Jing Li: "All of them, Qin's mother has been with me for a long time. Although I didn't look at them, I also know that they are all necessary things. If you want to settle down now, you have to buy everything. Just take it. If you feel bad about it, you can come and talk to Tan'er and me more often after you settle down in the future."

Mrs. Wang had already said so, and Jing Li was embarrassed to refuse again: "If you settle down, you will definitely come to make trouble."

Mrs. Wang nodded: "You still have to go on your way, so I won't delay. The day is long and we have plenty of time to talk."

Wang Tan stepped forward and hugged Jing Li while sobbing: "You must come to see me after you have settled down. If I can go out, I will definitely come to see you."

She is a boudoir girl, and it is not that easy to go out after entering the boudoir.

Jing Li wiped her tears and said, "Don't cry so hard. Go back quickly. I haven't seen my family for a long time. They must miss you."

Wang Tan and Jing Li felt tired for a while before reluctantly getting on the carriage.

After seeing off Mrs. Wang and her daughter, everyone rested in an inn outside the city in the evening.

Aunt An and others came forward and followed the shopkeeper's bargaining, and successfully checked into several Datong shops.

The shopkeeper was a little displeased: "There are so many of you. Seeing that it's not easy for you to escape from the famine just now, I've given you a lot of discounts, but it's already night. If I boil water for you one by one to wash up, you guys don't have to sleep." "

The fat aunt stepped forward and said, "Don't bother me, second brother, we can just heat the hot water ourselves."

Seeing that the price had been negotiated, Jing Li stepped forward and said, "The shopkeeper is kind and righteous. It's us who have caused trouble. But please make more of this meal. We should pay for it. We must let everyone have a full meal."

The shopkeeper also looked surprised. The family was old and young, and the one who came forward to make trouble was actually a little girl.

The old ladies are busy boiling water, and the men are busy fetching water for chopping firewood. If they don’t think there are too many of us, then we will fill the water jars for them and chop more firewood. Anyway, if we don’t have anything, there will be more people. .

The meal was ready, and several large basins were immediately brought to the table. The shopkeeper was stunned again. Unlike other refugees, as soon as the food was on the table, he was like hungry wolves descending from the mountain to plunder the food.

This group of people is extremely orderly. There is one person standing in front of the two dishes and the rice. First, they serve rice to the elderly and children, and then to the men and women. Each person has a bowl of rice and then covers the dishes.

There was no noise or movement at all. After finishing the meal, the men and women put away the dishes and chopsticks together.

The younger brother looked surprised: "You men still help women clean up the pots and pans?"

Jing Dafu chuckled: "The women in our family are no worse than men. We men can't think that we are superior to women. We have to wait for women to do everything. It's not easy to get here all the way. We should support each other."

When Jing Li heard this, she felt a little touched in her heart. Women have grown up along the way, and the level of men has also improved. This is not a good harvest.

Jing Li was wiping her hair after washing it when she heard Huo Shen come to her, and went out with wet hair and a handkerchief.

Under the moonlight, Huo Shen's face was a little hazy, and when he saw Jing Li with wet hair, he looked a little unpredictable.

"I gotta go!"

(End of this chapter)