0p0 Chapter 163 Find Zheng Da Again
Chapter 163 Find Zheng Da Again
Su He looked at the magistrate in front of her. After two interactions with him, she was sure that this was a capable official.
"Sir, this is a recipe for epidemic prevention passed down from my family. I am offering it to you."
Su He took out a prescription for epidemic prevention that she had carefully selected and handed it to the master.
"Well, you're thoughtful."
Qi Chengming took a glance and seemed to not believe that a peasant could have any good recipe.
"Sir, our village originally brought some sweet potatoes, and now there are only 100 kilograms left. If you need them, I'll have someone deliver them to you later."
sweet potato?
Qi Chengming thought for a long time before he remembered what it was. He frowned and was about to reply when the yamen runner nearby sent someone to say that a group of people had robbed the granary in the east alley, so Su He and his group had to retreat.
Two yamen runners came out with them. They were asked by the lawyer to go to Qinglong Village to help settle down.
Wang Zhun walked in front and discussed with Su He, then put on a smile and talked to the two yamen runners, "Can you two give us some time to buy things? After all, it's not convenient to buy in the village."
Wang Zhun handed over 10 taels of silver.
The two yamen runners took it and looked at each other. "In that case, you can come to the yamen to find us in an hour at most when you are ready. It's just right for you to come and handle the household registration."
Wang Zhun quickly agreed, "Yes, sir. There is a young man in our village who just passed the examination last year. Haha, I will let him go with you."
Su Yuwen was standing nearby. When he heard Wang Zhun mention him, he immediately stepped forward, accompanied by Wang Chenggang and Xu Qian. The three of them were the sons of the village chief and were familiar with the people in the village, so it was just right for them to handle the household registration.
Wang Zhun watched the three second-generation villagers follow the yamen runners away, and then discussed the next steps with Su He.
The people of Tianyuan Village stood in two rows this time. One row was Wang Zhun, Su Yumin, Village Chief Xu, Wang Qingshan, and Su Yuzhi. The other row was the people who were going to Yunhe primarily, with Su He as the main group.
"Lotus, we'll go there after we buy some things, what do you say?"
Su He still wanted to go to the escort agency. With the help of the escort agency's people, he could achieve twice the result with half the effort on the road ahead.
"Uncle Wang, we are going to go to the escort agency. If the price is right, we will have someone take us to Yunhe as before. This is safer. Please go back and tell my grandfather to tell us. We will go back after we confirm it."
Since the three village chiefs are no longer village chiefs, Su He changed his title.
It's finally time to say goodbye. Wang Zhun and others are very reluctant to leave, but now they can only say "have a safe journey".
"Uncle Wang, I left you 500 kilograms of sweet potatoes. It's not a lot. When you go back, ask my grandfather for them. We are the only ones who know about this for now. Once you have established yourself, you can distribute them to the people in the village."
"If the harvest is bad next year, these will be used to save our lives. They must be kept secret."
When Wang Zhun and others heard that there were sweet potatoes, they were happy at first, but then became cautious.
"Lotus, you are really amazing. You ate all ours. Did Lord Chen deliver them to you?"
The sweet potatoes at Village Chief Xu's house had been eaten up long ago. This stuff goes bad quickly, so he didn't bring many with him at the time. He sold the sweet potatoes for silver to buy stale rice.
Su He smiled and nodded, not planning to explain any further.
"Uncle Wang, Uncle Xu, Uncle Yumin, Uncle Qingshan, Uncle Yuzhi, Hehua will say goodbye to everyone for now."
"Alas, Lotus."
Su Yumin wiped away his tears, and people on both sides felt uncomfortable.
"Yumin, stop wasting time. Hurry up and take your people back to buy things. This time, persuade everyone not to be reluctant to spend money and buy more cold medicine."
Wang Fugui persuaded Su Yumin and the others to leave first. The yamen runners said that it would take an hour and they could only leave earlier and not later, so they had to hurry.
The two sides still separated.
Wang Zhun led his men and ran towards the city gate, and Su He's group also split into two groups.
"Uncle, Liu Bai and I will go to the escort agency. You guys go shopping. We will go back later."
Wang Fugui had nothing to worry about, as they all knew that Liu Bai's skills were no problem.
"Okay, Lotus, then you guys be careful."
Wang Fugui nodded at the two of them and walked towards the grocery store. Their oilcloth was getting damaged quickly, so they had to buy more this time, as well as five more hot water bottles as backup.
Su He ran very fast with Liu Bai. The streets after the earthquake seemed a little desolate. Some places collapsed seriously. There were also people from Su'an wearing mourning clothes. The sad mourning voices were heard against the background of heavy snow. Su He was also somewhat affected. It's really not easy to live.
The two men ran for 20 minutes before they found the escort agency. The Weiyuan Escort Agency in Su'an County seemed a little small, but it was very lively inside, with the sounds of children playing.
When Su He and Liu Bai entered, they were greeted by someone.
"I'm looking for Zheng Da, is he still there?"
Without waiting for anyone to speak, Su He asked directly. She chose to find someone she knew, so it would be expensive.
The visitor was stunned. "Yes, I'll go get him. You two guests, please come in and talk."
Su He followed Liu Bai into the house and sat down. Before anyone could make tea, Zheng Da arrived.
"Hehua, Xiaobai, it's you. As soon as Wang Yuan said it, I knew it was you."
After not seeing him for a few days, Zheng Da looked much older.
"I thought you had already returned."
Su He also tried to ask, but who would have thought that Zheng Da really didn't leave.
"Alas, I can't go back. Jinyang is now an empty city. Our people withdrew not long after I left. We are all running south now."
"What about your family?"
"My family also came with the brothers from the escort agency. They arrived three days earlier than us. Hahaha."
"We are planning to go to Yunhe. I wonder what the price is at your escort agency?"
Zheng Dada was surprised, "Hehua, you guys are not in Su'an anymore?"
"Most people in our village have settled in Qinglong Village. Only a few dozen people are going to Yunhe. We are in a hurry, so it would be best if we could leave in the next two days."
Zheng Da saw Su He's eagerness, suppressed his doubts and discussed with Su He, "You came at an unfortunate time. We just received a big order six days ago, and 40 people from our escort company went there. Now there are only us and Wang Yuan and his five companions left in the escort company. There are 25 people in total. I wonder how many people you want to accompany you."
Su He nodded, "We'll pay as much as we can."
Zheng Da knew that Su He could afford the money, so he didn't hesitate and calculated carefully, "If I can afford 15, the escort agency can't have too few people."
"Okay, are you going? I want people I know. I want all five of them who participated in Plum Manor last time."
"Go, I'll go get some people right away. The next village is very close to here, and it only takes two hours by horse carriage. Lotus, are you planning to leave today?"
"No, let's do it tomorrow morning. We'll stay at the inn tonight. Let's meet at the south gate in the morning."
"How much silver?"
Zheng Da directly quoted a price. Nine hundred taels
"Captain Zheng, our fellow villagers have all settled in Qinglong Village. If you can be of any help, please lend a hand. This is a thank you gift."
Su He gave 50 taels of silver as a reward for his hard work. In addition, Su He did not bargain for the escort fee and directly paid a deposit of taels. After paying the money, he simply said goodbye.