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1323. The Road to Return (1) Three in One(1/3)

Returning 1

I feel a little vomiting.

This is Lin Yutong’s first feeling.

I really want to vomit. Then I really vomit.

Where can I not wake up if I vomit?

Just someone outside asked: "Little sister, what do you think?"

"Yeah." Lin Yutong responded in a vague way, pressing the acupoints on her own to suppress the feeling of vomiting that was surging up.

She barely opened her eyes and felt it was a little bit like she knew that she was on the running carriage. On the side of the bed, she was spitting out the filth from a small wooden barrel.

She reached out and shoveled the charcoal ash in the charcoal basin placed in the carriage with a small shovel on the side to cover the dirty stuff and then covered the lid of the small wooden barrel.

The carriage is fast and the road conditions are not good. The carriage looks light and the interior is old. However, the configuration is good. Not everyone can have fixed charcoal basins and small wooden barrels on the carriage.

The place where the charcoal basin is fixed is the bracket above the charcoal basin and can also fix the teapot.

The place where the small wooden barrels should not be placed is the place where the food box is placed.

She sat up with her body weakly, and she moaned behind her. Then Lin Yutong got off, and there was a girl sleeping in the cabin of the carriage.

Or, this is not called sleep, but dizziness.

The bumps completely made me faint.

Lin Yutong looked at the person on the couch and saw that it was a girl who should be in her 14 or 15 years old when she sat up and she saw that the other person was combed in a woman's bun.

This is a married young girl.

He looks like a goose face, almond eyes, a nose is not tall and straight, his lips are plump, and his face is medium and upright, which makes him look very nice.

She got up, held the handrail in the carriage with one hand, and quickly sorted out her head with the other. When she looked up, she saw Lin Yutong looking at her, and smiled and said, "I woke up first? I fell asleep deeply. But I wanted to vomit again?" She looked very upset.

Lin Yutong smiled, but didn't care. Just from this title, she had some guesses in her mind.

There was a clear male voice outside before, calling himself a younger sister.

Now this young woman who is less than aged is called her younger sister.

Moreover, looking at the little woman's appearance, she was very polite to herself. It was a bit inadequate to get close to her.

Then, the possibility of my sister is ruled out, I’m afraid this is my sister-in-law.

She called out tentatively: "Sister-in-law?"

The woman raised her head and said, "But what's wrong with you? Otherwise, call you brother."

Before he finished speaking, the male voice outside came: "Little sister, bear it a little bit. Now, time is fate. We can leave earlier if we get the news. We will delay the first half of the day, and I am afraid that the refugees behind will chase you."

Refugees?

Lin Yutong responded: "I'm fine, my brother just need to hurry up."

Then the male voice said, "Please take care of your little sister."

The woman responded, and she stood up and sat aside: "My little sister lie down and rest, the road is still long. How about it? How about holding sour plums in her mouth?"

Lin Yutong shook her head: "It's better to sit while lying down than to sit. Sister-in-law just sit. I'll just lean here and slowly."

The woman handed over a sour plum: "Put down some disgusting feeling in her heart."

Lin Yutong took it and put it in her mouth, leaned against the carriage and closed her eyes and rested. In fact, her mind was empty and she released the original owner's memory.

The original owner, the little girl, had a very simple memory. In her memory, she was a small house with two entrances. She thought she had fewer steps in the front yard, and most of the time she was in the inner house.

In this inner house, there is an old lady who takes care of her and two granddaughters of the old lady. No one else.

The only relative in the family is the elder brother who is three years older.

These two children were miserable and lost their mother at a young age. The girl Yu Tong was three or four years old, and her mother died of illness. She and her brother Yu Liang were placed in foster care by her father. There were only two brothers and sisters in the old house, and a few servants. The two old nannies who had accumulated aged, and the rest of the people came and went. I don’t know how many times they changed from childhood to adulthood.

The father of these two children is a general who guards the border, but is not the main general. The generals and deputy generals are in rotation, and I don’t know what level they have achieved now.

There was no letter from there, and Yu Liang was only six or seven years old when he was sent back in his hometown. How could he know how to communicate with him? After going back and forth, Yu Tong had no information about communication with his father in his mind.

There is really no such brother and sister there. Anyway, there are 100 acres of land in my hometown, so it is enough to support two children.

However, Yu Liang did not grow crooked. The old lady who followed him was said to be the mother's nanny, who was serious about the child. While helping to take care of the land, renting out for someone, renting it out, etc. Before Yu Liang grew up, it was the nanny who helped him. He saved money and sent Yu Liang to a private school to study, and at least he knew a few words. Later, Yu Liang was thirteen years old and the nanny passed away. But at least Yu Liang could still stand up. The family affairs were handled by Yu Liang.

Compared to Yu Liang, Yu Tong had no conditions at home to give too many young ladies a living. He followed the nanny to learn how to thread needles and threads at the age of five. He was thirteen and had been taking out eight years of needlework. In the past two years, he had just started to do some embroidery work to take out. As for studying, he also read it. He taught the textbooks of enlightenment. Yu Liang learned it and taught it to his sister. It was really not enough to open his eyes. As for handwriting, it was enough to read it. There was no extra money at home to buy a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

In my memory, the news about my father was also occasionally obtained from the nanny. Lin Yutong pieced together the scattered information. If the nanny had no biased comments, it was roughly that Yu Jian was not a thing. He didn't like the original wife at first, but now the original wife died just now, and sending the legitimate son and daughter back to his hometown is beneficial to his promotion.

Lin Yutong agrees more with this point. Generally, the generals guarding the border cannot follow the family. Without parents, wife and children in their hometown, the court will not believe you. Therefore, without parents, the wife dies again, and sending the legitimate son and daughter back is a way to show loyalty. As for him, whether it is the remarried Xuxian or the reborn children, the etiquette is not as noble as the legitimate son and daughter.

The madam's words should not be wrong. She should have married and had other children.

I just think this is using waste.

Yu Liang started to support the school at the age of thirteen, so he would definitely not be able to go to school. It is said that poor children are already in the family, and such children who have no parents will become older if they stumble. He often walks outside and is alive. At a young age, he has barely managed to support his family.

The family had nothing else except the income from the farm. He relied on his young age, diligent legs and willing to work hard to start building a business with his middle-aged business and earning some money.

After getting the money, he did not buy a farm shop in his hometown. Instead, he dragged his familiar merchants to bring some southern goods from the south. Even if it was a profit of thirty or fifty taels of silver here, he would look down on him. This was not a small amount of money for the brother and sister.

But the money cannot be moved, Yu Liang and his sister said: "We are in our hometown, and no one has taken care of it for so many years. But in two years, I think we are useful and we must take care of it there. So, we have to make plans early."

Yu Liang didn't say anything about the plan. Yu Tong was a girl who had never left the door, so naturally he didn't ask. Whatever his brother said was always what he said.

It was like this that he had accumulated slowly, and for another one or two years, perhaps as Yu Liang said, he would prepare his retreat.

But unfortunately, the local area has a severe drought this year and the fields have not yet been harvested. From the beginning of the year to the autumn harvest, a drop of rain has not fallen. In Yuliang, there is a lot of food in his family. At this time, he only kept enough for his family, so he found a grain shop and sold the food at home at a high price, but also sold the farmhouse at home at a low price. After getting the money, he packed it up when he came back and quietly prepared to leave.

As a result, the old friend who had only heard of but had never seen him came to him.

It was a cousin of the Yu family's grandfather. An old lady came with a granddaughter. It was a disaster. I came here just to find a way out. It was said that it was a cousin of the Yu family's old lady in the early years that the two families would get married.

When the letters and tokens from that year were really taken out, the little granddaughter Shao Hua became Yu Liang's wife and Yu Tong's sister-in-law.

And the old lady couldn't make a living after she settled her granddaughter, so she went there.

The old lady was buried in a hurry, and the three moved. Yu Liang often ran outside, and the news was more informed than others. Due to drought and famine, there were people selling children everywhere. Now they can still bear it, but in winter, it is difficult to bear it. Before, a large number of old grains appeared on the market, and some were mixed with weeds and gravels. This kind of thing, which others don’t know, Yu Liang knew! He had seen the kind of disaster relief grain before, and it was like this.

Such food is now sold at high prices and has no money. You can buy land at home and exchange your wife and children for food.

This is not normal.

Yu Liang came back to tell Yu Tong about this. The girl listened in a hurry. She didn't understand the key points. But Lin Yutong understood this. The disaster relief grain was resold, so why did it take to provide disaster relief? At the beginning, maybe everyone couldn't react, but then, when the person was forced to have no choice, it would definitely be in chaos.

Therefore, Yu Liang did not dare to delay at all and left as soon as he said that.

There are still a few old servants at home, and Yu Liangben said he would take them away. But the parents and relatives of this family are here, where can they go?

There is only one old lady who serves Lin Yutong, and she can't leave. Her daughter's house is close to her and she can't separate her flesh and blood.

There was still some old grain left at home. If the old lady was left to see the house, the grain would be enough for her to eat for a year. There was also an acre of vegetable field and a half acre of pond. In previous years, there must be more than ten taels of silver for production. As long as she took care of it, those things would be enough for her to support her.

When we went out, there was only a sixteen-year-old man with a fifteen-year-old wife, a thirteen-year-old sister, and an old carriage that was said to be the mother's dowry. The three of them had a hundred taels of silver notes sewn on them, and several scattered silver. There were some dry food on the carriage, which could last for a while.

Without guards, if three people encounter refugees, they will be dead. So, at this time, it is indeed time to hurry up.

She felt roughly in her heart, so she opened her eyes and saw Shao Hua looking out of the carriage with a worried look on her face, and also looked over. At this time, the scenery outside was a little unclear. It was late, but there was no place to stay.

What should I do if it is a cold day in the wilderness?

There were whips outside, and I couldn't hear the sound of talking. Without asking Lin Yutong, I knew how tired Yu Liang was sitting outside.

But there is only one horse, so if you keep going like this, it will probably not last until dawn.

She tried to ask, "Where is my brother going?"

Yu Liang seemed a little surprised that his sister would take the initiative to speak, "Where to go? Go to the capital! There is always a bowl of rice under the emperor's feet."

But where have you gone now?

Lin Yutong tightened her cloak, "How far is it from the capital now?"

"From the capital, far away." Yu Liang's voice sounded less than Qingyue before, with a little dryness. Lin Yutong even heard his hard-working voice swallowing: "We will leave Liaoyang immediately. The three counties are affected. Only waiting for the city, Gaoxian and Liaoyang are the most serious. The front is the place where the three counties junctions. After passing this place, Shenzhou is ahead. As long as you arrive at the prefecture, the situation will improve. This horse should be disbanded. When you arrive at the prefecture, there is an escort agency there. Let's find an escort agency and follow the escort agency to Beijing. As long as you arrive at the capital, we will find a way."

There is a success.

Lin Yutong didn’t know where the county and state are, but it sounded reliable.

But is it that easy to have the junction of the first three affected counties?

She asked this, and Yu Liang was silent for a while before saying, "So, I said it's time to hurry up! I'm afraid that we will react too, and we will dive into the crowd of refugees here, but we can't say it."

Sure enough, after the carriage lasted for about an hour, Lin Yutong heard a whistle, and the carriage suddenly slowed down.

Lin Yutong grabbed the handrail, and Shao Hua quickly lifted the curtain over there and looked out: "What's wrong?"

It was far away, like starlight.

Actually, it’s not, it’s a fire that has been lit. Needless to ask, there must be a lot of people gathered there.

How come there are so many people waiting there at night on this official road? It must be refugees.

Shao Hua whispered: "Or, I won't want the carriage. We will all change into men's clothing and mix in the refugee group."

This is a good idea.
To be continued...
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