Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 61 Abandonment
"Girl Qian's craftsmanship is still good. After eating the steamed buns last night, it feels like I haven't eaten them. I'm hungry at dawn."

Today's breakfast for Lao Mei's family is still pureed wild vegetables and batter, but to be honest, it is "real food", at least they won't get hungry so quickly later on.

However, Li Youyou, the apocalyptic exchanger, relied on her high exchange level and her private messages were not as restricted as Mei Qian's. Although she exchanged some with Mei Qian this time, she also directly complained to Mei Qian that the vegetables should not be with her next time. That cookie powder got mixed up.

Even a little bit of compressed biscuit powder could be eaten in one go with Li Youyou's tongue that had been chewing biscuits for many years, and she said she didn't want to eat it anymore.

She also asked Mei Qian if she could "open a small stove" for her like she did some time ago.

In this regard, the amount of wild vegetables is not much in the first place. If they are cooked and mixed separately, any less will be too conspicuous.

Secondly, the cook who "ran the small stove" was no longer here. Mei Qian knew just by looking at Li Youyou's description of what she wanted to eat that she knew whose craftsmanship he was talking about.

"Ah~"

After eating, Mei Qian couldn't help but think of Li Baizhou. After all, his skills were really good, and Mei Qian could vaguely feel the current situation from her surroundings.

not too good.

After the family had breakfast, they led the donkey cart away from the pier. Jiang sat on the donkey cart with her newborn Yusheng in her arms, which was also piled with other family belongings.

"Let's go outside Huaichu City to inquire about the news first. We don't necessarily have to enter the city. Let's check the situation first."

Lao Mei's family was walking on the road, and Mrs. Mei finally talked about the purpose of their trip.

They also saw many people along the way.

Among them were refugees with unkempt hair and small bundles on their backs;

There are also those who are cleanly dressed, carrying a load of luggage and dragging their families along;
There are also motorcades of wealthy families walking in the middle of the road with no end or end visible...

In short, there were everyone on the road, and they were all heading in the direction of Huaichu. When Mei Qian heard Mrs. Mei talk about asking for news, she couldn't help but think of what Yu Hai said last night, and asked:
"Nai, Uncle Yu said last night that Huaichu was accepting people from the north, so are these people heading towards Huaichu?"

"Ah."

Mrs. Mei nodded.

"Then... Huaichu is willing to accept people from the north. Is this a good thing?"

Mei Qian remembered the not so good expression on Mrs. Mei's face last night, and then asked this question with doubts.

It was okay if she didn't ask. Mei Erhu also heard this question this time. He looked at Mei Qian and couldn't help but ask: "Qianqian, is what you said true?"

"Yeah." Mei Qian nodded, "Nai also heard it yesterday, right, Nai?"

Now Mei Erhu understood why his mother was so unhappy.

"The southern borders are starting to recruit the people from the north again. Is this...are you not planning to take over Jiangbei?"

Mei Erhu tentatively asked his mother in a low voice. Mei Qian on the side heard this and was immediately frightened.

Mei Qian didn't expect this move to have such meaning!
Mei Qian was shocked and turned to look at Mrs. Mei, hoping to get some different answers from her, but Mrs. Mei's answer was similar to Mei Erhu's.

"If you want to take back the north, like us, at least you won't have to make arrangements so early. At most, you can set up an area outside the city for temporary shelter, instead of this... After re-registering, you will be completely from here. ”

Mrs. Mei's tone was a little heavy. What she told Yu Hai last night about selling the boat and planning to find a way out to settle in the south was just to lower the other party's vigilance and sell the boat as soon as possible.

After hearing the news about Yu Hai, God knows how shocked Mrs. Mei was.

It is said that when people get old, fallen leaves return to their roots, and Mrs. Mei thinks the same.

"Even if you can't go back...but your father and your eldest brother are still buried in the north..."

Mrs. Mei said this in a suppressed voice. Han, who didn't understand anything before, suddenly heard Mrs. Mei's words, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

Cui'er, who was supporting Han, couldn't help but grab the edge of the donkey cart with her other free hand.

Yes, her father's bones are still soaking in the cold river water in the north.

In the future, will she not even be able to go back to worship along the river?

"Let's go to Huaichu first to find out the news. There is still hope for everything when people are alive. People who are dead are still waiting for us to go back. There is no point in being sentimental here."

Seeing that the whole family was in a sad mood, Mei Qian suddenly spoke, causing the whole family to look at Mei Qian. Mei Qian glanced at the whole family, narrowed her eyes again and said, "Time is still long. No matter what happens in the future, we have to live well. If we live for a long time, we can see everything."

"Yes, girl Qian is right!"

Mrs. Mei nodded heavily, sniffed, and continued following Mei Qian's words: "No matter what happens above, as long as we survive, there is hope for everything!"

The whole family once again walked firmly towards Huaichu.

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"How about all those wealthy people with horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts who just took out the road and entered the city?"

Outside the city, Mei Qian's family stood in the shadow of the donkey cart to enjoy the cool weather and observe the situation entering the city.

"There are still some who gave money. They didn't ask for directions. I can see clearly."

Mei Shitou didn't mind basking in the sun. He ran back from the front without wearing a bamboo hat and shared what he saw.

"I heard on the notice board over there that people have to take the road to enter the city. Those who enter the city temporarily only need one tael of silver per person and can only stay for one day.

If you want to apply for household registration and settlement, it will cost about 80 taels for a household of five people, and an additional 20 taels for one more person. "

"Oh my God, why are there so many?!"

Han was speechless, and Mei Qian was also frightened.

Thinking of her milk-selling incident, Mei Qian's eyes couldn't help but fall on Mrs. Mei's face, but Mrs. Mei's expression was indifferent and she didn't express much.

"Huaichu is the most prosperous city in Chuyang Mansion. It is reasonable to ask for high amounts of money to settle here. There is no need for us to hang ourselves here in Huaichu.

Besides, it is too close to Yuanjiang River. "

Although Yuanjiang is naturally dangerous, Mrs. Mei is still worried about it, "Since Huaichu has begun to recruit people, there should be other places to recruit people later.

Later, Shitou and Qian Yatou will follow me into the city to buy some things and get some news. Second brother, you should take good care of your home. "

Before leaving, Mrs. Mei gave Mei Erhu half a silver coin, and then left after emphasizing that she was not allowed to buy cooked food casually.

Mei Erhu listened to her mother's statement, and when they were far away, he frowned and turned to ask Han: "Sister-in-law, mother said she won't buy cooked food, so what else do we want to buy?"

"How would I know?"

In this regard, Han, who was not only eating, also expressed that he did not know.

However, after yesterday's lesson, Mr. Han was no longer interested in the food here.

"Huaichu is located in the south of the Yangtze River. It's been hot these days. The tea shop outside the city is doing good business. Can I go there to buy some herbal tea and hear some news?"

At this time, Cui Er made a suggestion.

Now that their family has left the boat, they have almost finished drinking the water they picked up at the dock in the morning. Cui'er's suggestion is quite good.

Mei Erhu glanced at Jiang, who was sitting in the donkey cart and fanning Yusheng.

It was also a hot day, and even with the curtain rolled up, the donkey cart was still a bit stuffy.

Ms. Jiang also heard what they said just now. Ms. Jiang also thought it was appropriate to drink some herbal tea, so she agreed.

But this time Mei Erhu didn't go. He gave the money to Cui'er. Cui'er took the money but didn't expect that Mei Erhu would let him go.

She even hesitated in place for a while holding the half silver coin before leaving.

When Cui'er walked away, Mrs. Han said with a resentful look: "Erhu, you too, if you want to protect your brothers and sisters, you ask my sister-in-law to buy it, and you let that girl go, in case she swallows the money What should I do if I run away?”

"Sister-in-law, where can she, a weak woman, run away with half a silver coin? Besides, that girl Cui'er is very clever at first sight. She might be able to find out other news when she buys water."

Mei Erhu knew that the Han family liked petty gains, but that was not what he cared about.

Besides, he wasn't blind during this journey. The boy Shitou and Cui'er seemed...

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