The biography of Gu Qi, a poor girl

Yuanan Town has more yamen guarding patrols at the gate of the town than Linping Town. Fortunately, these yamen guards are only to prevent bandits and tramples, and they do not mean to stop the rogues.

Refugees entering the town can enter as long as they line up in an orderly manner and provide relevant household registration certificates, and they do not need to pay money.

After entering the town, Gu Danian was simply put in place. Gu Qi took a penny from his arms and searched for the beggar in the town's mouth to ask about the Zhou family's news.I learned that there is a big mansion in the west of Yuan'an Town. In previous years, it was vacant, and only a steward took care of it.

In the past few days, many people have come one after another. I heard that they came from Linping Town.

"Do you know the surname of the owner of that house?" Hearing the movement, it sounded like Zhou's family, Gu Qi thought about it and asked the little beggar again.

The little beggar shook his head: "There is writing on the plaque outside, but I don't recognize it, or I'll take you to see it?"

"Is it far?"

"It's not too far, and it will collapse after two streets." The little beggar got the money and worked very hard.

Gu Qi turned around and glanced at Gu Danian, who was hiding in the corner and resting. Seeing that his face was okay, he followed the little beggar towards the street ahead.

Yuanan Town is not much better than Linping Town now.Going along the street, I saw many beggars and refugees gathered at the gates of many houses, and no servants came out to drive them away. Obviously, the owner of the house had already moved out.

When the drought in Yuzhou Prefecture will end, no one knows. The relief food from the imperial court has already arrived in the prefecture, but unfortunately, the towns and counties below can’t take care of it at all.

The hardest-hit villages disappeared as early as two years ago. How many people died on their way to escape the famine. No one could count the list, nor dare to report it.

The county and town are guarded by government officials, and the situation is better, especially in Yuan'an Town, which is close to the border of Yuzhou Prefecture, and there is no trouble.

It's just that the town has some ability to defect to people in other states and counties, but it disappeared half a year ago.

The little beggar took Gu Qi to turn two intersections and came to a huge house. There were several carriages parked at the gate of the courtyard that had not had time to drive away.A few servants were helping to carry the objects. Gu Qi glanced at it and recognized that one of them was the servant who was with Liu Qingshan yesterday.

Looking up and looking at the plaque on the house, it said it was Yufu, thinking that it was a relative.Gu Qi didn't care, as long as he knew that he was not in the wrong place.

I don't know how to get out of Yuzhou Mansion, and neither does Gu Danian.At this time, it was obviously the best choice to follow the Zhou family's carriage.

After saying goodbye to the little beggar, Gu Qi squatted under a nearby tree and rested for half an hour. Seeing that everyone from the Zhou family had entered, and seeing that he didn't intend to leave for the time being, he got up and went back to the place where Gu Danian rested.

"Where have you been, have you found anything to eat?" Gu Danian asked with half-squinted eyes when he saw Gu Qi coming back.

"No." Gu Qi looked around, and the refugees who gathered together in twos and threes said: "The people of the Zhou family have been resettled, and there are many women in the Zhou family. I think I can't leave today, so I will go to the neighborhood to find something to fill my stomach. , if you've had enough rest, go look for it."

"I don't think this Yuan'an Town is as good as the previous Linping Town." Gu Danian pouted: "I haven't even seen a mu of land along the way, so I can find anything to eat."

Gu Qi didn't bother to pay attention to Gu Danian's complaint, just explained that he was careful and left.

When he first entered the town, Gu Qi noticed that there were a few stalls beside the town gate, looking at the Jianghu people dressed as usual.

Yes, after three years of turbulent times, ordinary people today can't easily go out to pay for it. If they are robbed by a hungry refugee, there is no official family to help you solve the case, and you can only admit that you are unlucky.

That is to say, those who walk around the rivers and lakes all the year round, with kung fu on their bodies, are not afraid of refugees and beggars.

Gu Qi stopped in front of several stalls for a while, and found that the things on the stalls were quite complete, including raw rice noodles, cooked wotou, and even a small amount of cured meat and dried vegetables, as well as straw sandals, ropes, daggers and machetes that are common when going out.

In addition to the things that can be taken out, there are also several signs on the two booths.Gu Qi recognized the words on it, and one of them said to the effect of renting and selling horses, donkey carts and ox carts, recycling iron tools, and recycling coarse grains and fine grains and medicinal materials.The next one is written to hire coachmen and porters to carry goods, and at the bottom is written to accept young boys and girls.

Gu Qi's expression was indifferent. From the moment he crossed over here, he saw countless people selling half a bucket of coarse grains for a basket of sweet potatoes because he couldn't live on.Even Gu Danian had not thought of selling Gu Qi on the way.

It's just a little strange, every time this idea arises, it is quickly suppressed for some unknown reason.Gu Danian's swaying, Gu Qi's eyes, but he is too lazy to care about it.As long as Gu Danian doesn't do anything, it's all like nothing happened.

At this time, it was near noon, and there were still people who stopped and asked in front of the booth.Not many people buy things, but more people pawn things.

Gu Qi's body is thin and small standing behind the crowd, but the stall owner with the employment sign looked at Gu Qi a few times. Seeing that Gu Qi didn't mean to come forward, he didn't want to look anymore.

Long, black and thin, for a girl of this age, half a basket of sweet potatoes can be exchanged for two, and many are delivered by someone.No matter where you send it, you are not afraid that someone will ask for trouble.

He's not a kidnapper, and he's not short of a few boxes of sweet potatoes. He really shouldn't bother himself with this kind of thing.

The ten coins on Gu Qi's body.I spent eight pennies on the road, and I gave the little beggar one pen in front, and the remaining pennies were enough to buy half a grain nest.Apart from this penny, she and Gu Danian only had a sickle and some medicinal herbs.

After leaving Yuzhou Mansion, how long will it take to go all the way, and how many refugees and bandits will encounter along the way, Gu Qi does not know.The sickle cannot be used, and the only things that can be exchanged for money are a few stalks of astragalus and half a bag of dried basil leaves that were dug up from the mountains a few days ago.

Astragalus is very precious, but it looks like a wild tree root. The ordinary farmers and victims of disasters don’t know much, so Gu Qi took it cheap.

Perilla leaves are quite common, and they have a good effect on the treatment of epidemics, colds, etc. Gu Qi picks some whenever he sees them, and sun-dries them for later use.

"Are you picking up the herbs?" Gu Qi waited for a while, and when he saw the people at the stall disperse, he put one hand on the package around his waist.

The stall owner looked up and saw that it was just a skinny little baby with tattered clothes and wounds on his face. At first glance, he was not from the town. How could such a refugee have any family background all the way, and he didn't care too much. Said: "The medicinal materials are collected, but let's talk about it first, and don't use the broken ones."