Chapter 186

Xu Qing said: "not long after we arrived in the capital, the old man who taught martial arts in Changting died. We buried him and came back directly. We came over from Qingzhou and brought some salt for you

But Li Jinmei didn't believe it: "you choose the right words. I know it must be very dangerous along the way, but Changting and Duanmu are good at martial arts. I don't worry much."

Cao Laoliu next to him opened his mouth, but he still didn't expose his daughter-in-law's worry. He had to read about ah Qing and Changting every night before going to bed.

Li Jinmei said, "you must be tired all the way back. Let's have some food and have a rest."

Xu Qing and his family have been on their way all night. Now they are sleepy and tired.

However, she asked Xu Ying not to fetch water. They went to bed after eating. They didn't have the time to take a bath.

Xu Qing didn't wake up until the afternoon. At this time, the village already knew that Xu Qing and Li Changting were back, and they also knew that they had brought salt back. They were just afraid of disturbing them, so they didn't come to disturb them.

After dinner, Xu Qing asked Xu Ying to invite the patriarch and Li Jing.

The clan leader and Li Jing have been waiting for Xu Qing to come and shout. They can't wait to ask what happened to Xu Qing and Li Changting along the way, and how people in other places are doing now.

It's not convenient for Xu Qing to talk about other things. She only talked about the fact that Qingzhou can buy salt, and about Xinghu.

After hearing this, the patriarch was very happy to know that there were still many people living like them, as if they had found a mainstay, and their hearts were settled down.

After coming out from Xu Qing, the clan leader called everyone to Dashan cave.

We all know that it's about salt. We come to inquire about the situation and the price of the salt. But after all, Li Changting risked his life to bring it back. Even if the price is higher, they can accept it.

The patriarch said to everyone, "I have several good news to announce. Thanks to Changting and Xu Qing, we can know so much about the outside world. Thank them very much."

"Patriarch, please tell me quickly. I'm so anxious!"

The patriarch laughed and said, "the good news is that the imperial court has not given up on us, but now the disaster situation is very serious everywhere. Everyone is as hungry as us, but it doesn't matter. The imperial court has no food for us, and there is salt! Changting has brought back more than 160 Jin of salt. Everyone can share one jin of salt. This Jin of salt is to help you tide over the difficulties. In the future, we can go to Jizhou to buy salt by ourselves. "

"Share a kilo. Is that money free?" Someone can't wait to ask.

The patriarch nodded: "yes, Changting won it back for our village. You should be grateful for his hard work."

The crowd immediately exclaimed excitedly that they could eat one jin of salt for half a year, and that's one Jin for each!

Happy, some people asked: "patriarch, is it expensive to buy salt in the future?"

The patriarch said, "there is no specific price for salt in this court, but Changting said that the price of salt in the future will only be low but not high. It won't be very expensive."

"That's good!" The crowd was overjoyed.

"Patriarch, what's the good news?"

"Yes, patriarch," he said

The patriarch stretched out his hand to make everyone quiet, and then said, "Changting, when they came back, they passed by Qingzhou and Shezhou, both of which found water nearby, and the people there were digging caves to grow food just like us. Qingzhou is too far away. Let me talk about Shezhou. There is a lake in the mountains of Shezhou, where more than 250000 people have gathered. It is said that the people there grow grain in the caves and raise some poultry and livestock. They have enough water, so they can make do with their life. "

"More than 250000 people!"

"Great, I thought we were the only ones left alive in the world!"

The patriarch said, "all right, let's go back and get something to share the salt."

The crowd cheered and went back to get the salt pot. No, there were several people in the family. They had to load several jin of salt. It was really distressing that the salt pot could not be filled.

Take your equipment and go straight to the cave.

Li Jing and Cao Laoliu came out carrying two bags of salt, one for each person. The patriarch was staring at them, taking a notebook to record the salt of each household.

See everyone noisy around, the patriarch immediately cheered: "everyone don't squeeze, all line up for me! One by one, the salt is here, and I can't run. What's the hurry? I'll smoke you carefully! "

Everyone scattered and went to line up laughing.

Li Jing and Cao Laoliu said very carefully, for fear that if they said too much, the people behind would not score.

When Xu Qing and Li Jinmei passed by, the salt was almost the same. Many people warmly greet Xu Qing and thank her.

If Li Changting and Xu Qing hadn't brought salt back, they didn't know what to do. Many of their families had already run out of salt.

Xu Qing chatted with them and asked about the recent situation in the village.

At this time, Xu Qing saw Xu's mother coming with a pot, but she only needed three jin of salt. When she left, she gave Xu Qing a flattering smile.

Finally, Cheng Dafang, Xu Jie's father-in-law, came to get the salt. He also got three jin of salt.Xu Qing asked Li Jinmei next to him, "are they separated?"

Li Jinmei immediately understood who Xu Qing was talking about. She nodded and said, "it's not true. She split it half a month ago. At that time, for this matter, I almost fought with Xu Laoniang."

"Ah?"

"There is something wrong with Xu Laoniang's mind. She goes door to door to ask for food for her family. She also comes to me and says that you are her daughter. You should be filial to her and ask me to give her food."

"You gave it?"

"Fart, I won't give her a grain of rice! Who dares to feel that other people's food comes from strong wind? Who's to blame for the fact that she's going to take in so many people herself? She didn't make it herself. Why do you want me to give her food instead? Who do I invite to offend? "

"That's right!"

"Old lady Xu has no face and no skin. After being scolded by the woman in the village, she goes back to separate her family from Cheng Dafang and asks Cheng Dafang to get out with his son and little daughter."

Xu Qingxiao: "is Xu Jie's daughter-in-law willing?"

"What if she didn't? She was pregnant. After two days, she was beaten by Xu Jie, and then she was honest. Now, although Cheng Dafang's family is taken in by the village, there is no food for them. They are allowed to dig caves to grow food by themselves. But do you remember Cheng Dafang's big bag of gold and silver jewelry? "

"I remember." When Xu Qing heard that Xu Jie's daughter-in-law was pregnant, he frowned. In such a world, he didn't know whether the child would live or not. The Xu family were a group of people with brain holes.

Li Jinmei then said, "Cheng Dafang spends money everywhere to buy grain and seeds from the villagers, but we don't have much grain, so we have to ask a lot of prices. I've also sold some of them, and I don't want to buy them for nothing."