Chapter 460: Reconstruction of the Family on the Road to Escape
Chapter 460: Reconstruction of the Family on the Road to Escape
Gu Li threw down the big bag on her back unhappily and straightened her back, "I'm so tired!"
Wiping the sweat off his forehead, he pulled Gu Mancang's hand and asked him to sit down, "Dad, I found a lot of large-sized leather boots. Try to see which one you can wear."
Grain full warehouse: -----
He was wrong. How could he forget such a caring daughter?
Gu Li put out pairs of boots like a street vendor, and compared them one by one with Gu Mancang's big feet.
Zhang Tongyi couldn't stand it anymore, "Xiao Li'er, can you wait until we find your aunt and the others before looking at the shoes?"
"No." Gu Li didn't even raise her head. "Uncle Tongyi, if you can't wait, you can take the uncles and aunts and go first."
Gu Li murmured carelessly, "Isn't that what we did before?"
Zhang Tongyi's face turned green and red. If it was just his family, it would be fine, but there were several families in the escort agency, and everyone had to escape together. He was pushed by the women at the time and had no choice. There were so many children, and he couldn't let everyone take the risk.
He urged Xiao Li'er only because they had not gone far and they could still see the fire burning from the convoy. Zhang Tongyi was worried that someone would follow the light and come here, and it would be difficult for them if they were discovered.
Gu Mancang looked at the back of his daughter's cute head, and this time he rarely explained for the brothers who had been through thick and thin with him.
He happily sat down on the yellow earth, picked up the shoes handed to him by his daughter and tried them on.
"Xiao Li'er is so thoughtful." Gu Mancang said, "Dad will take care of Xiao Li'er from now on, for the rest of his life!"
Gu Li pulled her lips into a smile, hehe, it just so happened that she had just used a bag of gold, silver and red hairpins to arrange a wife for her father.
Gu Mancang found a pair of leather boots that fit his feet. Gu Li picked and chose from left to right, and picked out a pair of the same size from the middle to keep as a spare. She put the rest of the shoes aside.
"Uncles and aunts, everyone who sees it can get a share. Check to see if there are any that fit you and change them!" Gu Li pointed at the mess of shoes, stood up and stood obediently beside Gu Mancang.
These people left earlier than Gu Mancang and his friends, and walked farther than them. After taking a detour and turning back, they met them again. None of them were still wearing cloth shoes. Most of them were wearing straw sandals.
Zhang Tongyi was the first to respond, "I didn't expect that before I could enjoy the blessings of my own son and daughter, I could enjoy the blessings of Xiao Li'er first. Uncle will remember Xiao Li'er's kindness!"
He laughed, sat down on the ground, and took off his tattered cloth shoes.
Gu Li did not hate them for leaving her and her father behind. If she were in that situation, she would have made the same choice.
It's human nature.
Besides, they also left precious water and food for the father and daughter.
But it was she and her biological father who were abandoned, so Gu Li always felt uncomfortable.
This time, she was done complaining. She held her father's hand, curled her eyes, and said innocently, "Uncle Tongyi, just remember. From now on, try not to ask my father to do the dirty work in the escort agency. Let these uncles do it!"
Several uncles who just sat on the ground: ------
Is it really okay to take on the dirty work for them so openly?
But they had nothing to say.
Their lives were saved by Gu Mancang, what hidden thoughts could the children have!
Zhang Tongyi paused as he put on his shoes. "If there is still an escort agency in the future, I will definitely remember what Xiao Li'er said!"
Gu Li was happy and looked up at Gu Mancang, as if waiting for praise.
Gu Mancang stroked his daughter's head with his rough hands and pulled off a few strands of Gu Li's hair. "Daddy won't escort anymore. I'll stay with Xiao Li'er from now on."
Gu Li:-----
Uh, did she push too hard?
All the shoes that Gu Li had looted were replaced by his uncles and aunts, and their worn-out shoes were thrown directly into a ravine on the side to destroy the bodies.
Gu Li pointed to the half-empty bag on the ground and said, "This is what I looted from the carriage. Anyone who sees it can have a share. Let's share it together!"
These things would have to be distributed in the end anyway, and she didn't want to be a porter who handled them in vain.
"This-----" Zhang Tongyi was a little embarrassed.
If Gu Mancang had not happened to appear, it would be unknown whether the seven of them would be alive today.
They were so busy escaping that they didn't even think of entering the carriage to search for anything. They just picked up the tools used for cooking and cooking that were discarded on the ground.
Gu Li didn't think that no one saw her taking these things, and she didn't want to end up in conflict with these people because of these things.
Only when everyone participates in sharing the spoils can everyone shut up.
She doesn't want to test the good or bad of human nature.
"I don't understand either. Anyway, I took all the silver hidden in the boxes in the carriage. I didn't dare touch the box under the sister whose belly was broken." In fact, Gu Li also took it. It was the bag of jewelry she gave to Tao Chunhua.
"That's enough. We only have these things thanks to Xiao Li'er." Zhang Tongyi asked Gu Mancang to put away the package of silver and money. "Go find your sister-in-law and the others first. We can talk about these things later."
I don’t know how Gu Mancang brought his daughter along all this time, forcing the little girl to manage the household at such a young age.
Gu Li followed Gu Mancang and soon found out why the strange phenomenon of two groups of people being drugged occurred.
The person in the carriage was indeed the county magistrate of Yazhou, Zhou Naian. When he knew that the court was not going to send anyone to Yazhou for disaster relief, he planned to flee with his family.
Although it was a natural disaster, a large number of people left the area under his jurisdiction, so his fate would never be good.
If the imperial court wants to hold people accountable, the people will riot and break into the government offices.
So Zhou Naian took his guard team and fled with his family early. He originally planned to go the other way and go to the north.
On the way, he learned that the imperial court had issued an order to resettle all refugees in Wufeng and Danshan in Gaoyao Prefecture. Zhou Naian changed his plan and rushed to Gaoyao.
Because of their status, they were not allowed to enter any city along the way, and were restricted everywhere. He wanted to follow the refugee group and fish in troubled waters to go to Western Xinjiang.
Another important reason was that Zhou Naian's brother-in-law happened to be an official in Danshan.
This is also the reason why the group of bullying guards have never abandoned Zhou Naian, a loser who needed to take a carriage to escape.
They thought that if they went to Danshan, they could still work as yamen runners and enjoy a good life.
But Zhou Naian didn't want to.
It was at noon today when Zhou Naian was setting up camp to rest that he happened to meet a group of people from the escort agency who were also resting nearby.
He secretly found Zhang Tongyi when no one was paying attention, gave Zhang Tongyi a large sum of money, and promised him a position in Danshan government office, hoping that they would help kill his guards.
It turned out that when Zhou Naian fled, he took a wife, a concubine, two sons and a daughter with him. On the way to escape famine, he had nothing to eat or drink, and suddenly one day his youngest daughter disappeared.
That night, the team cooked a big pot of soup.
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