Five-year-old little girl: Mom has thousands of acres of material space

Chapter 296 Refugees
Hearing Jiang Xuelian's words, even Jiang Wei, who was usually calm, was stunned.

"...This is indeed a treasure." She laughed softly.

Jiang Xuelian, who was sitting in the front, didn't hear it. She thought Jiang Wei was still considering finding a new coachman, so she said hurriedly, "Well, well... Madam Jiang, you don't need to find another coachman. I can drive the carriage for twelve hours a day. I'm not afraid of being tired, and I won't feel sleepy."

Jiang Wei laughed, "You are not afraid of being tired, but the horse will be tired too. Let's go to the next town and rest for a night."

As for whether to find a groom or not, that’s another matter.

Jiang Xiaoxiao did intend to find a groom, but failed to find one in the end.

They traveled for a day and a night before finally reaching the town.

As soon as they arrived in the town, the mother and daughter took Jiang Xuelian to the largest restaurant for a meal, and then found an inn to rest for the night.

It was not until the next day that we started going to the town to buy some dry food to eat on the road.

Originally, they had not planned to buy any, but considering that Jiang Xuelian was there, it would not be convenient for the mother and daughter to take food directly from the space, so they decided to stock up on some dry food.

However, when passing by a street food store, Jiang Xiaoxiao was shocked by the high prices of food there.

The normal price of rice is fifteen cents per catty. Even during the years of drought in Yong'an Town, the highest price of grain was only twenty-eight cents.

But the price of rice here has exceeded thirty cents per pound!
Even the cheapest brown rice was sold for thirteen cents per pound.

Is this crazy!?
With rice so expensive, how can ordinary people afford it?
Jiang Xiaoxiao felt very upset when she saw the farmer kneeling in front of the grain shop and crying.

This place is still far away from Yong'an Town. Yuhe Village has been suffering from drought for several consecutive years. If her mother hadn't found a way to bring water down the mountain to irrigate the farmland, the people in the village would probably not be able to afford food...

Jiang Xuelian's eyes couldn't help but tear up when she saw those helpless families who were preparing to sell their daughters for food.

She tried hard not to look.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was also pulled away by Jiang Wei.

The three of them soon arrived at the post station.

There are many horses at the post station, and naturally many grooms, but when they hear that the journey is to Yong'an Town, which is so far away, they will not go no matter how much silver they are offered.

"Alas, you don't know, this road all the way south is full of refugees, the road is not peaceful, refugees are running around everywhere, and all kinds of bandits are rampant..."

"Why are there so many refugees?" Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't quite understand. Everything was fine in Xuzhou, and every place seemed prosperous. Why were there so many suffering people outside of Xuzhou?
The man sighed and said, "Alas, you don't know. The floods in the south this year were very serious. Many places had no harvests. The refugees were homeless and began to wander around."

"The weather is getting colder and colder. If these refugees don't find a place to stay, they will surely freeze to death on the road, right?" A soft-hearted person sighed.

"Why are you being so kind? You might as well store more food for the winter. Otherwise, if those refugees come to us, it will be troublesome."

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Listening to the people at the post station talking to each other, they were all discussing what to do with the influx of refugees here.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's face gradually became ugly.

Xuzhou City is located in an area that is neither north nor south, and the refugees cannot get here in a short time.

But it is hard to say about Yong'an Town, which is located in the south of Xuzhou.

Once the refugees arrive, they will inevitably pass through Yong'an Town.

She had seen the appearance of those refugees in the original book. They had long lost their humanity. Wherever they went, they burned, killed, looted, robbed food, silver, women... they did all kinds of evil.

Finally, the three of them left the post station, got back on the carriage, and started heading south on the official road. Since they couldn't find a coachman, Jiang Wei decided to drive the carriage with Jiang Xuelian at different times.

While one person was driving the carriage, the other took the time to rest, tried not to stop on the side of the road, and went as fast as possible.

Jiang Xiaoxiao sat in the carriage and no longer had the leisurely mood she had at the beginning.

However, within two days, they still saw some refugees wandering aimlessly on the roadside.

Almost every one of them was pale and skinny, emaciated by hunger, with lifeless eyes. They walked on the road like zombies, as if they could be blown down by a gust of wind.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked through the car window for a while, but finally couldn't bear it anymore. She looked at the unfinished dry food in her hand.

However, just as she was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of a lady who was dressed decently and wealthyly getting off the carriage not far away, with a maid by her side.

The lady asked the maid to take some cakes out of the carriage and prepare to distribute them to the refugees on the roadside.

But who would have thought that as soon as the cakes were taken out, the refugees surrounded them frantically. Without waiting for the lady to distribute them, they all rushed forward and snatched all the cakes and dry food from the maid's hands.

Even the remaining food and water in the carriage were not spared.

Some refugees arrived late and failed to grab any food, so they cast ferocious and greedy eyes at the lady and the maid.

The coachman who was driving the carriage was protecting the front, but he was beaten by the refugees who rushed over, his face was bruised and swollen, his body was covered with blood, and he lay on the ground unable to get up.

The lady and her maid were robbed of all their valuable belongings, including jewelry, hairpins...even clothes, by the refugees who rushed over.

The lady never expected that her momentary kindness would bring her such a disaster, and she fainted on the ground out of anger.

The maid knelt on the ground, almost crying.

She clutched her clothes tightly, as if she were stripped in public on the street, her innocence would be ruined.

Just as the refugees were about to dismantle the carriage and take away the horses, someone shouted:
"Run! The soldiers are coming!"

The refugees then put down their things and fled in all directions...

Jiang Xiaoxiao withdrew her gaze and felt a chill all over her body.

Jiang Wei glanced coldly at the situation outside the window and said nothing. He only told Jiang Xuelian in front to speed up and not to stop the carriage.

Their carriage was moving very fast, so even though many refugees were eyeing them, they had no chance to attack them.

The carriage drove out of the area and continued on for another two days.

Just when Jiang Xiaoxiao thought that everything would pass peacefully, trouble still came.

The further south they went, the more refugees they encountered.

These refugees were dressed in rags, with their bodies almost completely exposed, and they were so hungry that even their bones were exposed.

They wandered along the roadside like zombies, and whenever they met pedestrians, they would rush over like crazy to grab food and money...

If the person had no food, he would be dragged into the alley nearby by a group of refugees and would never be able to get out.

As soon as their carriage arrived at this area, it was targeted by the wandering refugees there.

After a short while, the carriage was surrounded by refugees coming from all directions.