Chapter 75 Ready to go

Melo Mei didn't know about Li's situation, or even if she knew, she wouldn't care, because she was currently focused on convincing Jun Buhuan to teach her martial arts.

She has always believed that learning a skill is more valuable than having money. Especially in ancient times, it was important for a woman to have the ability to protect herself, so she began to think about using sugar-coated bullets for Jun Buhuan.

Let’s not talk about Melo Mei for the moment. Let’s talk about Mei Lao Er and others going to the upper room for dinner. As soon as they entered the door, they were ridiculed by Xiao Zhang in a weird way. The general idea was that they would forget about me when they have money, and they would have to have a reunion dinner.

Just ask someone to invite you.

Mei Laoer and others didn't want to talk to her, they just entered the house to say hello to Mr. Mei and Mrs. Mei.

"Mom, dad, didn't you tell us to come over for dinner? Where's the food?"

After entering the house and saying hello, everyone in the house was there, but no food was found. Mei Qihai couldn't help but ask.

If I had known this, I wouldn’t have come here!

Old Man Mei took a puff of dry cigarette and said: "We don't have any food left. We have paid the local tax. I have called you all here just to ask, when will your mother and I's pension money be paid next year?"

The fields didn't produce much this year, and they didn't trust the merlot, so they didn't plant any sweet potatoes.

Now that I have paid the local tax, I have no food rations. The little food I have is the pension food given by Mei Laoer and others.

It turns out to be the Hongmen Banquet?

They looked at each other and Mei Qihai said: "Dad, the eldest brother and the third brother can give it to us whenever they want. We can give it as much as they give it."

When Mrs. Mei heard this, she immediately became furious and reflexively said: "How can we two elders and your eldest brother's family ask for his pension money? Besides, your eldest brother's family didn't get much land. As for the third brother's family, all the land has been sold.

Where else is there any output?”

"It's wrong for us not to sell our feelings!" Mei Qihai looked unhappy and said firmly: "As I said before, we will give whatever the two brothers give us."

If you want to take advantage of him, there is no way!

Mrs. Mei saw that her youngest son was in need of food and salt, so she had to look at Mei Laoer, "Second brother, tell me something, the three of you are divided into one family. Logically, you should give three shares. To raise a son to protect him in old age, and to support my mother.

If I kill you, you have to give me food for my retirement."

Mei Laoer was uncomfortable being looked at by Mrs. Mei. He wanted to answer something but hesitated. Logically speaking, parents should give them money for their old age, but this is a drought period. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy food, and now that you are young,

It's a bit unreasonable to start asking for next year's pension food before we've even finished it.

"Oh, it's right to give grandma money to support her in old age, but our third family now has no rice to cook with, and my parents don't have a living. It's not like my second uncle's family can still make some money by selling sweet potato vines."

Melodie stood aside, holding a handkerchief, and said softly: "If my parents make money, they will definitely give it to me without asking my grandma. The second uncle's family now even has a bullock cart, so they must not be short of money."

Order some pension food.”

She had long disliked her second wife, and she felt happy if she could make them feel embarrassed.

When Mei Luoxing heard that something was wrong, she said loudly: "We are still in debt with the usury money we borrowed to buy the bullock cart. Since Sister Xiaodie is so greedy, she can ask her uncle and aunt to borrow money to buy one."

They have never been very close to this cousin, and one day she spoke strangely, which was very uncomfortable to hear.

Melody was choked for a moment.

The others wanted to say something else, but Mei Qihai said: "Father, mother, I still say what I said, wait until the eldest brother and the third brother have paid the food before they come to us."

"Second brother, let's go home."

Turned around and left.

Several people came here, but they didn't get anything to eat, but instead they felt suffocated.

We got home and ate some food, and everyone ate melon seeds together to celebrate the new year.

Because the year was not good, no one celebrated in a big way. No one even set off firecrackers, let alone posted couplets and hung lanterns.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was still a sunny day. I received a notice from the village chief early in the morning, saying that I would set off in five days and the destination would be the capital.

The village began to get busy, and every household was packing up their own gifts.

Melome's family had already prepared everything, including a large bag of toilet paper. But now there was too much food and they didn't know how to take it away.

In the end, it was Melome who suggested taking some of them away and leaving the rest in the cellar, waiting for the right person.

On the night before leaving, Merlome called everyone together and gave each person a cowhide bag filled with water, a bag of salt, two kilograms of dried pork, a bag of dried sweet potatoes, a dagger, and five hundred dollars.

Two banknotes.

"Keep these things close to your body. You don't know what you may encounter on the way out, just in case you need them in case of emergencies."

"If we get separated in an unexpected situation, we can hold on for a while if we have money and food."

"Sanya, if we really get separated, where will we meet up?"

Mei Luotao asked in a low voice, feeling very unsure. It was her first time traveling far away, and she was particularly worried about being separated from her family.

"Fengcheng, if we get separated, we will find a way to meet up in Fengcheng."

Fengcheng is the capital city of the newly prosperous country. In ancient times, transportation was not developed, so only that place was famous. Compared with other places, it should be easier to find people there.

After thinking for a moment, he added: "No matter what happens, you must first save your own life."

Melome was worried that they would be reluctant to part with their things and lose their lives.

Jun Buhuan also received five hundred taels of silver notes. He held the banknotes with complicated eyes.

The first time someone gave him a banknote, he felt overwhelmed.

He found it incredible that a peasant girl could give out so much money, but that was someone else's business.

He raised his eyebrows and stared at the banknote thoughtfully.

Mei Qihai thought that Jun Buhuan didn't dare to accept it, so he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Li Huan, just keep this banknote. Don't feel pressure."

He leaned close to Jun Buhuan's ear and whispered: "My niece is smart, lucky, and good at making money. As long as you treat her with your heart, you won't have to worry about running out of money."

Jun Buhuan's body stiffened.

Since everyone in her family thinks it's okay, why would he, an outsider, question it?

I collected the banknote and put it in my arms, thinking that I would give her more when I return to the capital!

"Uncle, you should just call him Li Huan from now on. Don't call him brother. He is our cousin now. Isn't it confusing the seniority when you call him brother?"

His brother-in-law called him brother, which resulted in Jun Buhuan having lost a generation in vain, and Melomei felt that she had suffered a loss.

"Hey, don't scream if you don't want to. In fact, I am only over ten years old. I have to be your uncle before I get married. I am also under a lot of pressure."

Mei Qihai sighed and looked at her sensible little niece, "You are good at everything, but even a bastard, I don't know who will dare to marry you in the future."

Melome felt very angry.

"Brother-in-law, I'm a bitch. I'm just talking about things. Besides, I'm still young, so I can always find the right one. If I can't find the right one, I'd better save more money and buy ten or eight maids to take care of me when the time comes.

It's still a pleasure." Melome secretly looked at her banknote.

Alas, I'm missing another few thousand taels, and it seems I have to find a way to make money again!

"You girl, you are really shameless when you have a foreigner here." Mei Qiying clicked, really not knowing what to say.

Melomei glanced at Mei Qiying, then at her two sisters, and found that their faces were all red, as if they were drunk, and they were speechless.

She was just expressing her opinion.

Looking up at Jun Buhuan, she saw that the other person was looking at her inquiringly, and glared angrily, "What are you looking at? You haven't seen a beauty?"

Jun Buhuan's mouth twitched and he turned his head away.

He thought to himself: This girl always talks differently than ordinary people, and I don’t know how she grew her head.

He shook his head, grabbed the things on the table, stood up, and went back to his room.

Seeing that the great god was gone, Mei Luotao picked up the dagger on the table and said, "Third sister, can I not take this dagger with me?"

It seems strange for a girl to bring a dagger when she goes out.

"Take it, why don't you take it? Hide it and don't take it out unless absolutely necessary."

There's nothing wrong with bringing a dagger with you to defend yourself when you go out.

Early the next morning, the village began to be lively, because every household packed up their belongings, took their families with them, and all rushed to the grain drying field to gather.

The Melome family's belongings had long been placed on the oxcart. In addition, everyone also carried a backpack on their backs.

Merome's backpack fell into a cave and broke, so she didn't knit it up, so she carried her own backpack.

Jun Buhuan stood beside the oxcart with a sword in his arms and the old god didn't even bother to back him up. Melo Mei said it was useless several times and ignored him.

Just love me! I can’t afford to offend you!

"Sanya, come here, daddy will carry you on the bullock cart."

The bullock cart was completely piled with things, but there was a small hole left. Mei Laoer was worried that the little girl would not be able to walk. She left it specially for her.

"Dad, the village chief has called for a gathering. You go ahead. I suddenly remembered that I still haven't picked up something. I'll go in and get it."

Melome still had some things to do and wanted to send her family away.

"Well, we went first, so hurry up and get it."

Mei Laoer didn't hesitate. He pulled the bullock cart and asked his family to go to the grain drying field first.

Jun Buhuan stood motionless with his sword in his arms. Mei Laoer told him not to respond, so he had to leave first.

Now everyone knows that this savior has a weird temper, so they usually don't dare to force him.

Merome entered the house and looted everything she thought was still useful, then went to the cellar to collect all the food in her backpack. Then she came out again and looked around the room. In the end, she didn't even leave out the bed boards.

If it weren't for the fear of being discovered, I might even be able to move the door.

After leaving the yard, he locked the door and turned around to see Jun Buhuan standing by the door.

My eyebrows twitched, feeling like something bad was going to happen!

When Jun Buhuan saw the person coming out, he just glanced at her lightly, then walked away leisurely with his sword.

Melome looked at the other person's back, always feeling like she had been caught doing something bad.

But the other party didn't ask, and she wouldn't take the initiative to explain anything. Otherwise, there would be no three hundred taels of silver here, and nothing would become a problem.

The two of them soon arrived at the grain drying field. The village chief had finished explaining, and everyone began to leave the village.

Melome found her family and slowly followed the oxcart.

Soon after we walked out of Shuanghe Village, we saw that the cracking of the surrounding land was getting more and more serious and the place was lifeless. Everyone's mood dropped a bit.

The further we go, the more severe the drought becomes.

"Oh my god, I didn't expect it to be like this outside." Someone sighed.

Someone answered: "Yes, fortunately our village has grown sweet potatoes and has some food rations. Otherwise, we might have starved to death in a short time like this."

Someone said: "It's not possible to starve to death, but I think it's possible for some shady people to sell their children and daughters."

Mrs. Mei, who has been thinking about selling her granddaughter: "..."

I’ve started writing about Escape. The next chapter is about to be published.

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