Otherworldly Farmhouse

Tang Anwen asked how it was, okay?In his heart, he wished that this ancestor could leave early, the door was guarded by the two door gods, his Douzi and Guoguo didn't dare to come out to play, and now they were hiding in his bedroom and poking around.In order to make it easier for Mr. Chen to bring Maomao, Tang Dou and Guoguo continued to live upstairs. Fortunately, both children are sensible and have never lost their temper, so they are happy living upstairs.

Song Yunfeng glanced at Tang Anwen, closed the drawing book in his hand, and said, "I don't want to say whether it's okay or not, only the one who is satisfied with it will do it. Then let's do this first, and after showing it to that person, if it's okay I will give you another 500 taels of silver, as long as you follow me well, I will not treat you badly. As for Tang Angui, you don’t need to worry, Yun Xi is also my younger brother, because what happened here is definitely unstoppable. I'm also quite nervous. My family is not going to let them come back, and I have prepared a yard for them in a small town near the capital, so there will be no problems in life."

Tang Anwen was well-founded when he heard this, especially when Song Yunfeng said that the situation at the border was tense, it must be that the relationship had deteriorated, and a war might start.The ancient times are just as bad, the information is extremely blocked, even if Mu Feng goes to the road to inquire every day, those people who fled famine don't know much about it.

Tang Anwen even thought in his heart that maybe some of them escaped famine, while the other part escaped disaster.Because there are two extremes of people fleeing famine, that is, some are yellow and thin, and they really look like life is difficult, while the other part is not only a little haggard, regardless of their clothes and mental state.The most obvious thing is that there are several bamboo sheds selling buns and wonton noodles in the small market. If no one buys them and makes money, no one will open them, so the more they open, it means business Yes, those who flee famine must have silver in their pockets.

Tang Anwen sent Song Yunfeng away respectfully. Seeing Song Yunfeng leave under the protection of the two guards, Tang Anwen sighed inwardly, thinking about when Luo Ling would come back, and how he would move if he didn't. Let Mr. Chen also take it away.

Tang Anwen always felt that moving was imminent, because he felt that the danger was getting closer, especially if King Zhennan was not satisfied with the picture book he designed this time, and asked him to draw more obvious ones or simply use the prince's name directly, it would be troublesome. When it gets older, those who can't touch Zhennan Wang will be able to kill his whole family in minutes.

Under the scorching sun, Tang Anwen's whole family was escaping the summer heat in the main room. Mao Mao fell asleep, and Sanbao smashed his mouth and wanted to eat double-skin egg milk, but he was forbidden to eat it because of his round belly. Tang Anwen was deeply afraid that this kid would My stomach exploded.This is Tang Anwen telling Mu Feng how to make it when he was bored. After Mu Feng persevered in research for many times, he finally made the different world version of double-skin custard. The whole family loves this dessert.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the house, and Mu Feng reached out to pat the troublesome Three Treasures. When he opened the door, he saw several fleeing people, all of whom were grown men.They want to beg for water.Mu Feng didn't let the other party in, and told the people at the door that there was a well at the foot of the mountain, where they could fetch water to drink.

The other party claimed that there was no bucket, and Mu Feng told them that there was a bucket by the well, and they could drink it as long as they fetched water.Seeing that they could not enter Mufeng's house, several people said that they had been hungry for several days and hoped that Mufeng would give them something to eat.Mu Feng told several people that there was no extra food in his house, and there was nothing to eat at home at this time.However, there are still many delicious things in the mountains next to them, as long as they look for them, they can find some food.

Mu Feng was not a kind person, especially the few in front of him, although they were sallow and thin, did not bring any young or old, which made Mu Feng unhappy.When he was in the small market, he was willing to give it away, but when these people found his family members, Mu Feng was not happy. If these people were allowed in, it would threaten the safety of the family members.

Seeing that Mu Feng didn't flinch, several people finally walked towards the well.Mufeng picked up the wooden peg again to fasten the gate of the courtyard, and also pushed a log thicker than an arm on the wooden peg.Going back to the house and talking about it with Tang Anwen, even Mr. Chen was a little uneasy. He also escaped the famine when he was young. At that time, their hometown was washed away by the flood. Although Mr. Chen did not snatch it, he had seen it. Many times those fleeing famine would kill people for food, so most people in the village rejected the fleeing famine from entering the village.

Zhang Lan came here often these few days. When he saw the people in the deserted village and people fleeing from the famine, he persuaded Mu Feng to build a house in Tangjia Village. After all, there are many people in the village, even if some people fleeing from the famine pass by, they dare not do anything. thing.Here is Mufeng's family, if the fleeing people unite, no matter how strong Mufeng is, he will be hard to beat with two fists.

Mufeng didn't refuse, but he didn't agree either. He and Awen had the same idea, and both wanted to go to the south, which was far away from the north. Although there were various natural disasters, the war basically didn't affect them.

Although Luo Ling hadn't returned yet, Tang Anwen and the others had already started to plan their route so that they could leave Jianyang City as quickly as possible after Luo Ling returned.

The weather in August was still sweltering. After a heavy rain, Luo Ling's shouts could be heard outside the yard.Tang Anwen jumped up from the bed, rushed to the gate of the courtyard, and greeted the dusty Luo Ling in.

Long-awaited and longed-for, Luo Ling was finally brought back, and Tang Anwen breathed a sigh of relief.He recently heard that Song Yunfeng didn't know what kind of medicine he had taken. He seemed to have a problem with his brain. He actually bought all the houses in the town. The yard he lived in was not going to be sold, and Song Yunfeng didn't force it either.

Luo Ling went into the yard to wash his face, immediately asked about Mao Mao's condition, and dragged Tang Anwen to see his precious son.

Looking at his baby son who was sleeping soundly on the bed, Luo Ling's eyes were a little moist. He had been away for almost a month, and his son's appearance had changed a lot. He became more and more cute, grew up a lot, and the corners of his mouth would curl up in his sleep. laugh.Seeing Luo Ling's excitement, Tang Anwen stretched out his hand and scratched Mao Mao's chest. The little guy suddenly gurgled twice, and laughed out loud from being tickled in his sleep.

Seeing Tang Anwen's prank, Luo Ling immediately stopped him and said, "Don't make Maomao sleep, Sanbao has grown up a lot." In fact, Sanbao has just grown fatter. Recently, the little guy has a good appetite and can eat super, which made Tang Anwen always Worried about the little guy eating too much and being overweight.

At night, Mu Feng and Tang Anwen talked to Luo Ling, told Luo Ling that they were leaving the deserted village, and explained the reason. Their general purpose was to go to the land of fish and rice in the south.He explained the recent situation in the north to Luo Ling in detail, and Luo Ling nodded. He also felt that Tang Anwen and the others were quite dangerous, and he supported them to escape quickly.

But Luo Ling also told Mu Feng and the others that he would definitely take the child to the Muha clan to find Mu Yu. Mu Yu was still waiting for him in the tribe, and he didn't want Mu Yu to wait too long.

Tang Anwen and Mu Feng didn't try to persuade Luo Ling, they just told Luo Ling that if they really want to go to the Muha clan, they should go to Gu Escort or go with the caravan. Although it will cost a lot of money, it will be much safer .

Luo Ling nodded. He also knew that the north was not safe now, especially on the road. Tang Anwen and the others were right. If they joined the big caravan, they would be safer walking, and there would be more bodyguards.

Tang Anwen asked how Luo Ling could come back so quickly. Originally, it would take at least a month and a half to travel by land, but Luo Ling rushed back in less than a month. He couldn't leave the two old people halfway, Tang Anwen thought about it. With Luo Ling's personality, it was impossible for him to do such a thing.

Luo Ling laughed when he heard Tang Anwen's words, and told Tang Anwen and the others that he also took his father and mother to join the caravan at the beginning.As a result, after five or six days of walking, when the caravan was unloading at a pier, they encountered a large ship. This ship was tens of meters long. Luo Ling felt that such a ship was safe, and the ship's destination was Where his elder brother is.

So Luo Ling spent a lot of money to take his father and mother on board the boat, and they arrived at the place in less than ten days.Sending Mom and Dad safely to the hands of the elder brother, Luo Ling didn't even agree to the elder brother's request to stay, and hurriedly returned with another big boat. During this period, Luo Ling even changed boats a few times, because he needed to enter a tributary to return, even if it wasn't so Even being safe couldn't stop Luo Ling's eagerness to see his son and daughter-in-law.

Luo Ling asked Tang Anwen when he would leave. Tang Anwen told Luo Ling that it would be better to hit the sun than choose the day. Just lock it, and give Xiao Hei to Luo Ling, because Tang Anwen and the others are fleeing, so they plan to take the boat first, and then look after the carriage.

Luo Ling also nodded, he was also planning to leave on the same day as Tang Anwen and the others, but he had to wait for Tang Anwen to leave first, and he would set off with Mr. Chen and the child in the afternoon.

Early the next morning, Mr. Tang Anwen, Luo Ling, and Mr. Chen came to the pier of the town. Mr. Chen rented a small boat and they rushed directly to Shuiyang Town. Tang Anwen inquired about the boat in Shuiyang Town, so that he could bring Mufeng and the child to the town. catch up in time.Luo Ling also asked about the caravan, but there is no caravan going directly to the border. If Luo Ling wants to go to the border, he has to go to Jianyang City first. There is a big city over there, and there are always big caravans going to the border. .

Tang Anwen and the others came back at noon. After Mr. Chen came back, he began to prepare the things to bring, the ground rice. This was the food he prepared for Mao Mao on the road. It is okay for the adults to have no food, but the children's food must be prepared enough .

That afternoon Mu Feng went to find Zhang Lan, who was his best friend. Mu Feng still told Zhang Lan some things he had learned during this period. He felt that this place was not particularly safe because it was too close to the border.If there is a war, this side is likely to be affected by the war, let Zhang Lan make early preparations.If Zhang Lan and the others didn't want to leave, it would be good to enter the mountain. Mu Feng still remembered that Lin Zuo said that there were some families living in the deepest part of the mountain. They were self-sufficient, and even the imperial court couldn't close them.

Zhang Lan was silent when she heard Mu Feng's words, she held Mu Feng's hand and shed tears, because Zhang Lan could hear from Mu Feng's words that Mu Feng seemed to be leaving here.Mu Feng didn't ask Zhang Lan if he didn't talk about it, because he knew very well that Mu Feng's life now was different from his family's. Zhang Lan was already very happy that Mu Feng could still remember talking to him.

Although Zhang Lan was not envious of Mu Feng, although Tang Lang in his family was not as good as Tang Anwen, his husband was already very good in the village. There is a surplus every year, and the children can also know some words. Their family is already very good in the village, which can be compared with half of the families in the village.

During the period, Tang Anwen also went to the Tang family compound, which is now divided into two sides. Tang Dequan and his wife lived in the main room, and the two sides of the courtyard happened to be the side of the eldest brother and the second brother's family.Now there is no more noise in the yard. The eldest brother and the second brother both know to say hello when they see Tang Anwen, and they don't make sarcastic remarks, let alone sarcastic remarks.

After Tang Anwen told Tang Dequan about his fourth brother, he left a silver note of one hundred taels to the two old people, telling them that it was the old-age pension money given by him and his fourth brother. Don't be attached to the two eldest sons, or if you lose money in the future, you may be old and have nowhere to depend.

Although the eldest brother and the second brother seem to be getting along well now, but who knows what will happen in the future, if the two old people hold some money in their hands, life will always be easier.Although Tang Anwen didn't like the two old people, but he thought that they were the fool's father and mother, and thought of his family in modern times. Tang Anwen still hoped that the fool could take care of his family more, so he made this trip.

After Tang Dequan heard what Tang Anwen said, he suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, "San'er, are you leaving too? Like your fourth brother, you won't come back, and you won't see your parents die in the future.

Tang Anwen patted the old man's hand and told the old man that he had offended a big man, and this time it was not just as simple as leaving, he was going to avoid disaster.If the disaster is over, he will bring the whole family back. The time is uncertain, but it will not exceed ten years. I hope the two elders will take good care of themselves.

The next day, the whole family got up early before dawn. Tang Anwen was carrying a backpack and holding the three treasures wrapped in a small blanket in his hands.The same is true for Douzi and Guoguo. Tang Anwen told Mu Feng the style. Tang Anwen packed a lot of emergency things in his backpack, such as a small iron pot, a catty of rice, salt and sugar, flint, bread spoon, Sanbao’s diapers and clothes, There are also several sets of clothes for him and Mufeng.In the backpacks of Douzi and Guoguo are also several sets of clothes, some loose silver, and the bread specially prepared by Mufeng.

Mu Feng is relaxed. Tang Anwen said that his task is to take care of the whole family. The two children must be watched closely and must not be lost. He will definitely not cause problems if he holds the three treasures.

Bypassing the town, Mr. Chen untied the boat rented yesterday, and Tang Anwen's family entered the cabin, and the boat quickly set off towards Shuiyang Town like an arrow from Li Xuan.Early in the morning, Mufeng bought some snacks in Shuiyang Town, and the family of five entered the cargo ship. This ship was going back to the pier of the Grand Canal. Tang Anwen and the others had to go to the Grand Canal first, and then find a building boat to the south. If the road goes well, it can be reached in ten days.

As for where to settle down, Tang Anwen thought about taking a step at a time, and wherever it was suitable, his family would settle there temporarily.As long as the new emperor ascends the throne, it will be clear whether he will return or flee.

At noon, Tang Anwen and the others ate on the cargo ship. The freshly caught fish and fish soup in the river, and Sanbao was full of fish soup alone. Sanbao seemed to like to eat such things.Because of the money, the cook in the cargo ship even cooked a bowl of sweet egg custard for Sanbao.

Tang Anwen and the others arrived in Linshui City in the afternoon. When they disembarked from the ship, Sanbao kept waving goodbye to his brother, showing two small white teeth like rice grains on the upper lip of his mouth.

Soon Tang Anwen found a building boat going down to the south of the Yangtze River. The boat was more than 30 meters long. Tang Anwen even asked the other party how the bilge was divided into several areas, so as to prevent the building boat from hitting a hidden reef and be able to dock safely.As a result, Tang Anwen asked all over the pier, but there was no such boat, so they could only choose this larger one, because such boats were always slightly safer than small boats.

Tang Anwen and his family of five, even the children have to pay, 20 taels of silver per person, and the 100 taels of silver bills are gone.They were allotted a room, which was quite big, with two beds in it, both of which should be about 1.2 meters three.Mufeng, Tang Anwen, and Three Treasures were still a bit crowded, so the whole family switched to sleep. Mufeng and Guoguo slept, Tang Anwen and Three Treasures slept on one end, and Douzi slept on the other, so that it didn't look so crowded.

It's not that there are better rooms in this building, but it costs an additional 50 taels. Tang Anwen and the others have some money, but that's not how they spend their money.Moreover, the other party does not include food and accommodation, and they have to pay for food and water, and it is said that they are not too cheap.

Sure enough, at night, Tang Anwen and the others had a meal of one tael of silver. This dish was not as good as the one on the cargo ship at noon. It was simple vegetable and tofu soup, a plate of braised pork, a small pot of rice and a bowl of eight-treasure porridge. It's like slaughtering people like pigs, but Mu Feng and the others can't help it. Now that they are on the boat, they have to eat.

After docking at the pier for one night, the big ship sailed along the river downstream at a fast speed the next morning, which was completely incomparable to a small boat. Tang Anwen stood at the bow of the ship with the three treasures in his arms. Sure enough, it was expensive for a reason.However, most of the people living in this boat were businessmen traveling from north to south, and most of them brought goods, but there were no people like Tang Anwen and others who brought their families with them.

For more than ten days, Tang Anwen and his family lived peacefully. At the beginning, Tang Anwen and the others would look at the scenery from the bow of the boat, but they would inevitably get tired of it after more than ten days.Tang Anwen's family stayed in the room, and Tang Anwen and the others spent about 50 taels of silver in more than ten days.The scattered silver in his hand had bottomed out, so Tang Anwen had to ask someone to exchange him for a one-hundred-dollar bill, but in the end he was only exchanged for 98 taels of silver.

The money was spent like running water. Fortunately, Tang Anwen still had about 700 taels of silver in his hand. Tang Anwen put the 2000 taels of silver bills in an envelope. Tang Anwen never thought that he spent so much money on this outing.To be honest, the money is enough for their family to eat for three months.

It was extremely boring to put on. On this day, the door of Tang Anwen's room was knocked open. It turned out that a merchant next door was bored and came to visit Tang Anwen's house.The other party's name was Zhang Dafu. When he saw the three children of Tang Anwen's family, he couldn't stop talking. He said that there were more than a dozen children in his family, and all of them were very well-behaved.How can it be like the three little fellows of Tang Anwen's family, who seem to have a lot of opinions. At this time, Guoguo and Douzi are playing backgammon, quarreling non-stop, and pulling their mother to comment.

Anwen didn't mind after hearing this, but immediately said that your daughter-in-law is too powerful to have so many babies, so she must have one baby a year, otherwise the other party will look like she is in her thirties, and she can give birth to ten babies. Come on?The man has been running outside for so many years, maybe the green hat at home is already old and tall.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Dafu told Tang Anwen with a smile that he had several daughter-in-laws, and one daughter-in-law could have more than a dozen, wouldn't she be an old sow!He has only been married for seven or eight years.

Tang Anwen immediately said in admiration, the brother is young and mature.

Zhang Dafu was even amused, he said something about being young!Talking about this, he couldn't help feeling emotional, so he talked about his family's daughters-in-law. After listening to Tang Anwen, he realized that Zhang Dafu's family was originally extremely poor and couldn't afford a wife at all. With the face of a passerby, no one is willing to marry him.

In order to be able to marry a wife, the poor Zhang Dafu left the village and went to the city to find a job. After wandering around for several years, he failed to find a good job. However, he did marry a brother at that time. They came out of the building, but they didn't dislike him, it's just that neither of them had much money.

Until one time Zhang Dafu set foot on a boat with a merchant who bought goods, Zhang Dafu made his fortune from then on.He secretly lowered his voice and told Tang Anwen that although the shipping cost of this building was high, it was relatively safe. The water bandits in the north and south gave a little bit of trouble, and they had never been robbed.

It is quite dangerous to take other ships. His employer at the time found a cargo ship with a low price and no background because he was greedy for cheap.As can be imagined, the cargo ship was robbed, and his employer was also stabbed to death by the other party. He hid under the bed at that time, because the candle was extinguished at that time, and the water bandits did not find Zhang Dafu.

Zhang Dafu was very courageous back then, when the water bandits were going to kill other people, he took out the silver taels brought by his employer, jumped into the river and escaped.It's not that Zhang Dafu is stupid and bold, he comes from a water village, his water skills are very good, and he is confident that he can swim across the open river that spans thousands of meters, otherwise he would be dead even if he jumped off the boat.

Speaking of this Zhang Dafu is not without pride, because he not only got money from his employer, but also learned how his employer made money. From that day on, Zhang Dafu became rich, and now he even gives his original employer dozens of taels of silver every year Living expenses, because of the loss of the head of the family, the other family was in trouble immediately, and Zhang Dafu was grateful to the employer back then, not the employer, he is still a poor boy now.

There can be a happy life like now, there are three or four beautiful brothers in the family, but Zhang Dafu told Tang Anwen that we should not forget the ugly daughter-in-law at home even if his daughter-in-law came out of the building back then, he is still good now Food and drink are provided, the seat of the son-in-law is still reserved for the daughter-in-law, and the family is also taken care of by him. After all, people fell in love with him when he was still poor and poor, and followed him. People can't forget their roots.

Zhang Dafu kept chatting until the evening before going back. Before going back, he told Tang Anwen that we two had a good chat, and we will continue talking tomorrow.Tang Anwen was actually pretty boring, especially when Sanbao was hugged by Mu Feng, he had nothing to do.Zhang Dafu is very eloquent, so it's not bad if you listen to it as a story.

Moreover, Tang Anwen also learned a little bit, knowing the living habits of some southerners, and also heard that in some places in the water town, houses are built on the water, and people who go out to sell vegetables and sell meat are all on boats, that is the real people on the water.

After dinner in the evening, the three noisy children had already fallen asleep. Tang Anwen and Mu Feng were leaning on the bedside and chatting. Tang Anwen mentioned the water town, saying that such a place would definitely not be affected by the war, because they were all separated by water. Even if the murderer's iron cavalry wanted to go there, the horse couldn't drag the murderer to swim there, and it would definitely sink.

Mu Feng was amused by Tang Anwen's words, and he said that he was in the south, it was several months away from the north, and it would be very difficult for the criminals to come here unless Weinan was really occupied by the criminals.But this is unrealistic. Weinan has a vast land and resources, and the Tiemu tribe has a population of only 200 million. Including some other small tribes, even if my brothers follow suit, the army will not exceed 100 million.

Weinan has more than 30 troops stationed on the frontier alone, and with the addition of their Muha fighters, there are 40 troops on the frontier.If there is a real battle, Weinan will be able to mobilize millions of troops to march towards the frontier in just one month.No matter how fierce the iron wood thugs are, as long as they are brought into Weinan territory, closed doors and beating dogs, the iron wood thugs can be ground to death.This is also the reason why the iron wood murderers have been unable to defeat Weinan for thousands of years.

This is the first time Tang Anwen has heard Mu Feng talk about these things. The communication in this world is extremely underdeveloped, and the people do not have access to higher-level lives, so they don't understand these things at all.Mufeng will know that these are all taught by the school in the tribe.

The Muha family has the opportunity to go to school no matter whether they are older or younger. In fact, it is not considered a school. They do not have a special teacher. They are taught by some older people when they have nothing to do. Children who like it can go to listen and learn. Those temporary teachers talk about whatever they know, all kinds of things.

Some talked about how to forge iron, some talked about how to raise horses, some talked about how to distinguish herbs and spices, and even more, they all analyzed how to kill the iron wood murderers.There are also those who teach boxing and kicking, and there are also those who teach children the art of war after the general retires. If the children are interested in that, they go to learn that. They don’t even have a school. Sometimes they are in tents, and sometimes they are in the open grass. In fact, this is also the reason why Mufeng knows a lot of things.

It wasn't until my brother was 11 years old that the tribe uniformly arranged for them to train sword skills and boxing skills. This is also the reason why Mu Feng is not very good at tribal sword skills, because he is not yet old enough to learn, so his father took him with him. sneak away.

Tang Anwen talked about another thing that Zhang Fu said in the afternoon, saying that the boat might not be safe, especially because there are water bandits in this river, and said that this boat seems to have a backstage, so it is relatively safe, that is, all kinds of things are expensive.

Mu Feng said that as long as they are safe, their family can still afford the price, and they can earn money if they lose their money, but if they lose their people, they will lose everything.

Unknowingly, Tang Anwen fell asleep, Mu Feng looked at the sleeping person, covered Tang Anwen with a blanket and kissed Tang Anwen's face, then took down the wooden stick supporting the ship's window, lay back on the bed, and the wooden wind blew The oil lamp is extinguished, and the day goes by again.

Although Mu Feng has always been calm these days, in fact he was still a little nervous. He left his safe and warm home and went to the south where he knew nothing.He didn't know what dangers he would encounter, and in a place he was unfamiliar with, he couldn't make any small mistakes.

In the previous days, Mu Feng still slept very peacefully at night, but since hearing Zhang Dafu's talk about the water bandits today, Mu Feng can't feel at ease.What should I do if I really meet him, will I jump into the river too?Awen said that he can swim, but none of the three children in his family can swim. No matter how good his water skills are, it is impossible for him to support three children with one hand.

Mu Feng thought that he would discuss it with Tang Anwen tomorrow, they might as well go overland, even if something happened, Mu Feng was confident that he could solve it.It won't be like it is now, Mu Feng can't think of any solution, and his family of five can cross the wide river safely.