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Chapter 122 The parents on the road to escape 20

After leaving the city, the clan leader led everyone away from the city gate and found a flat place to set up camp.

Under the moonlight, there were torches all around, illuminating this small area.

Brothers Zhang Lei and Zhang Xing skillfully parked the car, unhooked the frame, and let the cows and donkeys loosen up quickly. After doing this, a few familiar people set up two sheds, an inverted triangular shed with two sides. An oilcloth was hung on each side, and a layer of oilcloth was also spread on the ground to block the moisture at night.

Yuan Xi lay leisurely in the shed with his legs crossed, "It is useful to have more sons."

For example, he doesn't have to do the night vigil himself. The four sons can't take his turn no matter what. He doesn't have to do the rough work along the way. He can just use his mouth. It's better to be a father.

"Dad, the clan leader is looking for you."

"coming."

Yuan Xi shouted outside, stood up and poked his head out of the shed.

What's going on in the middle of the night, patriarch? Yuan Xi had been tired for a day and really didn't want to move, so he kept sticking his head out and said to the patriarch: "Chief, what's the matter?"

The clan leader who was five meters away from him had a dark look on his face. Why was he so lazy? He was unwilling to walk even a few steps.

The patriarch walked towards Yuan Xi holding a wooden box in one hand and a cane in the other.

He sat down in the shed and placed the box in front of Yuan Xi, "It's for you."

"Chief, you stayed up late at night and came to give me something. I'm so touched."

After saying this, Yuan Xi looked calm. Anyway, the clan leader didn't see how he was moved.

"Your family deserves this."

With that said, the patriarch took out three keys from his arms.

Yuan Xi took the key handed over by the clan leader and opened the box. It was full of silver. Could these be the public funds that the clan leader said? He had always known that there was a public fund in the village, but he did not expect so much.

The patriarch touched the wooden box and said with emotion: "Actually, the ancestors of our Zhang family also fled the famine and settled in Zhangjiacun. It is also a clan rule left by our ancestors to set up a public fund in the village. I heard that our ancestors relied on The village's public funds survived on the road to escape famine, so this rule has been retained and cannot be used except in emergencies. The Zhangjia Village has actually escaped several disasters with this money, so this clan rule continues to this day."

"This wooden box has been passed down from generation to generation. Under normal circumstances, you can only put money in it and cannot open it. The keys are also stored separately. One is for the clan leader, and the other two are in the hands of two clan veterans. To be honest, I don't know what's inside. How much money you have, whether it is enough for five hundred taels, you can count it yourself, if not, the village will make up for it."

Yuan Xi looked at this pile of fine pieces of silver, and visually estimated that the largest denomination was one tael. He suddenly felt a little dizzy. He wanted to count to the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.

He looked at the clan leader, his little eyes sending out signals for help.

The clan leader tilted his head, refusing to receive the signal.

In this case, he can only rely on his brother. Just as Yuan Xi was about to call his second brother to come over and help him, he suddenly remembered that he had cheated on both sides.

Five hundred taels of silver was not an amount he could afford, so he told the patriarch that it was his family's wealth. At that time, the patriarch sighed, and he felt more and more that Zhang Yuanlin could endure it. He had such a rich family and could not bear to spend it. Over the years, He has been living a hard life and is a cruel person. He told the second brother that it was given by the clan leader. The second brother was very touched that the clan leader trusted the third brother so much and handed over such a large sum of money to the third brother with confidence.

So now he seems to have no choice but to do it himself.

Unable to catch strong men, Yuan Xi counted the silver diligently, while the clan leader just watched, showing no intention of helping.

Yuan Xi looked at him as if he were watching a show, twitched the corner of his mouth and threw himself into counting the money.

"Three hundred and twenty-eight dollars."

"You should collect this money first. The remaining one hundred taels of silver can only be owed. Don't worry, this is what the village owes your family. I will give you the IOU tomorrow. When the village settles down, I will pay it back slowly. of."

Although Yuan Xi is not short of the money, if the clan leader wants to pay it back, he will not stupidly say no.

After the clan leader put away the keys, hugged the box and left.

Yuan Xi unfolded the clothes used as pillows, put all the money on them, tied a knot, and a small round pillow appeared in place. Yin Zi had been transferred to the space by him. He threw the small pillow into the shed and Yuan Xi lay down again.

After a while, Zhang Yuanlin came over, "What does the patriarch want from you? He is still holding a box containing the village's public funds."

Yuan Xi didn't even think about it and just opened his mouth to lie. "It's nothing. This is not an escape. There will be situations at any time on the road. The clan leader just wants to count the money. By the way, he also left a little money with me, so it's convenient for him to do things."

Zhang Yuanlin believed it immediately, "Hey, the village's energy has been greatly damaged by this escape."

The two brothers chatted for a while, and their children and grandchildren also went into the shed to make beds on the floor. The female family members were in another shed. Except for the night watcher, everyone else soon fell asleep.

A series of snoring sounds sounded in the camp.

In the early morning, Yuan Xi opened his eyes and subconsciously signed in. He had developed a good habit of eating melon in the past six months.

The panel that pops up in front of you is a map with some red circles on it.

"This is……"

【Dangerous place. 】

Wuba left five words coldly.

Yuan Xi zoomed in and saw that the red circle closest to him said: Black Tiger Village, there are about three hundred bandits.

He opened his eyes wide and looked at the location of Black Tiger Village. It was on the only road they were going through. According to their speed, it was only two days away. It was so close to Fucheng. If it wasn't for the collusion between officials and bandits, he wouldn't believe it. .

Fortunately, he was prepared in advance. Apart from the refugees who were the first on the road to escape, the second thing he was wary of were bandits.

Earlier, he asked Qi Hu to make some spears, which were made of ironwood from the mountain. The ironwood was hard and it took a lot of effort to make thirteen spears. Once it is broken and sharpened, the tip is slightly baked with fire, making it black and shiny, harder and sharper, no worse than iron.

The point is no money. The cost is to give Qi Hu one stone of food for craftsmanship.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have the means to buy a knife, he wouldn't have spent so much effort making a spear.

After breakfast, everyone in Zhangjiacun set off.

Getting further and further away from Fucheng, until the walls of Fucheng can no longer be seen.

On the way, Yuan Xi asked Lao San to drive. He ran to Qi Hu and muttered. Qi Hu looked heavy after hearing this.

After a while, the two of them separated. Yuan Xi went to the front to find the clan leader, and Qi Hu unloaded the spear from the car.

"Clan leader, something big happens."

"what's up?"

The patriarch was sitting on the trolley, playing with his pipe and taking a leisurely puff of cigarette. He saw Yuan Xi running to him out of breath, took out a piece of paper from his arms and said, "Nuo, here's the IOU. I'm sorry." What, I will still trick you."

Yuan Xi stuffed the IOU into his pocket, "It's not about the IOU. I heard in the city yesterday that there were bandits in front of this road. It's called Black Tiger Village. There are about three hundred people there."

"Cough cough cough, cough..."

When the clan leader heard the news, he choked on the cigarette and kept coughing.

"Are there really bandits?"

"How can I lie to you about such a big thing?"

After receiving a positive answer, the clan leader couldn't sit still. "What should we do? How about we turn around and go to Fucheng to report to the official?"

After saying that, the clan leader shut up. This idea was unreliable. They were refugees now. Even the common people in the city knew that there were bandits, but the bandits had not been wiped out yet. How could those officials do this for refugees like them? send troops. Not to mention that they haven't met the bandits yet, even if they did and were robbed, the officials wouldn't care about them.

Even though the clan leader had already figured it out, Yuan Xi's words still made his heart sink.

"Clan leader, at our speed, we will reach the boundary of Black Tiger Village the day after tomorrow, not far from Fucheng. It's such a close distance, you can taste it yourself and taste it carefully."