Yu Xiaolian chatted with Master Ma for a long time and felt relieved to know that Zhao Kuo's death was judged to be due to a sudden illness and Zheng Yuanye was not involved.

She never wanted to kill anyone, but when someone put a knife on her neck, she wouldn't just let them kill her.

After waiting for a while, Zheng Yuanye didn't come back. The store was in a mess and it couldn't be opened today. Yu Xiaolian couldn't help him if he stayed, so he planned to go home first.

Passing by the vegetable market, Yu Xiaolian saw two familiar figures out of the corner of his eye and paused in his steps.

It's Cao and Yu Ziyi!

Why did they come to Yangcheng?

Why don't you come to the wet market to buy groceries in sleek clothes?

Yu Xiaolian bought a puppet mask from a street stall and put it on her face.

Cao and Yu Ziyi bought pork and mutton, and also bought dried vegetables and eggs from Aunt Ge's vegetable stall.

Although Yu Xiaolian was wearing a mask, she was afraid that Aunt Ge would recognize her, so she didn't dare to get close.

Ms. Cao was pulled by Mrs. Ge, and after chatting for a while, she and Yu Ziyi left chatting and laughing.

Yu Xiaolian followed Cao and Yu Ziyi to a large house in the south of the city and watched them enter.

Could this be the home of Cao's relatives?

Impossible. Which relative would be so generous as to make them new clothes and give them money to buy meat?

Yu Xiaolian was puzzled when a young woman walked out of the opposite door, carrying a basket. She seemed to be going out to buy groceries. Yu Xiaolian stopped her and asked.

The little woman only knew that there was a newly moved neighbor across the street, their surname was Yu, and they were a family of three. They were quite wealthy, but she didn't know anything else.

Yu Xiaolian frowned, "A family of three?"

"Yes, a woman with two sons said she has been a widow for many years."

The little woman looked Yu Xiaolian over, and then asked, "Do you know this family?"

Yu Xiaolian shook her head, "I don't know."

I don’t know what you’re asking about? The little woman rolled her eyes, “I have to go buy groceries. My mother-in-law will scold me if I delay making lunch.”

Yu Xiaolian was puzzled, why did Mr. Cao suddenly become rich?

And how could Mrs. Yu agree to split up the family?

Even if the family is separated, how can a family of four become a family of three again?

It is impossible to be a widow for many years. Yu Changfu was still alive last year.

Yu Xiaolian was restless.

She didn't go home, but went directly to Baihua Building.

She has never been to Baihua Building since she escaped with Zhao Erya last time.

Baihualou is extremely quiet during the day.

Yu Xiaolian found Sister Feng and tried to express what she meant.

Before Yu Xiaolian came here, she was actually conflicted.

She doesn't want to recognize her relatives from the Wu clan, but she wants to use them to do things for her. This seems a little bad.

But ever since she met Qi Yunfan, Yu Xiaolian knew that they already knew her true identity and would come to her sooner or later.

As for why they hold back, there must be some unknown reason.

Sister Feng said that not only could she help Yu Xiaolian investigate, but if the family posed any threat to Yu Xiaolian, she could also help deal with it silently.

Yu Xiaolian didn't want to risk several lives if her upper lip touched her lower lip.

If the Cao family could be more at peace with their family, then they would live a better life, and she would be happy to see that happen.

Sister Feng told Yu Xiaolian that she would come to hear the news in three days.

After Yu Xiaolian thanked Sister Feng, she went home.

When she saw Mrs. Sun and Yu Changhe, Yu Xiaolian was troubled in her heart, but in the end she didn't say anything about seeing Mrs. Cao.

He only told Yu Changhe about his service.

Mr. Sun said, the amount of labor money was set so high, probably because people couldn't afford it.

If every family can pay for the service, who will do the work?

Yu Changhe used to work as a corvee, because Da Liang would requisition corvées almost every year. In the past, the three brothers went there one by one in turns.

However, Yu Changyu only went there once and refused to go again. Mrs. Yu loved her younger son the most, so she let her eldest son and second son take turns to serve.

Yu Changhe thought of the days when he was a laborer, and he would be beaten if he moved a little slower. He said with lingering fear, "Not to mention that the work is tiring, but if you work slowly, you will be beaten. In the summer, you eat sow, and in the winter.

The food was cold and not fully fed, and some of the weak died on the embankment before it was completed."

Mrs. Sun sighed and recalled that your grandfather went to work as a corvee at that time and died of exhaustion there."

Not only do you not get paid for your work, but you work too slowly, you work so hard for a whole day, and you don't even get enough to eat, it's all evil to the imperial power.

Yu Changhe asked, "What are you repairing this time?"

"It seems to be water conservancy, and it is said to prevent floods."

Yu Xiaolian was particularly speechless. What a drought it was today, and there was still flood control!

Yu Changhe sighed, "This time the conscription coincides with the farmers' spring plowing. This is simply costing the lives of the people."

The family spent the entire afternoon complaining about all the injustices in the Great Liang Kingdom.

In the evening, the clerk from Mingxiang Pavilion came over and sent a letter to Yu Xiaolian, saying that Jiang Lin asked the escort to deliver it to Mingxiang Pavilion.

After half a year, Yu Xiaolian finally received news about the Jiang family and his son.

She couldn't wait to open the envelope.

The Jiang family and his son did go to Boundary City, but not long after they went there, war broke out on the border.

On their way back from hunting, Jiang Orion and Jiang Lin rescued a captured young general from dozens of Qi cavalry.

The young general's name was Yu Zhengyang, and he was the eldest son of General Yu Zhenwu.

After Yu Zhengyang was rescued, he told his father Yu Zhenwu that the father and son who rescued him were so powerful in martial arts that they could fight one against ten.

What Yu Zhenwu's army lacked was such brave and capable warriors, so Yu Zhenwu extended an olive branch to the Jiang family and his son.

Give money to the official.

Are you coming?

Jiang Orion and Jiang Lin stayed at the border for a while and met many people. Because the war-torn people were in dire straits and were separated from each other, Yu Zhenwu and Yu Zhengyang were sincere and invited them. When they came to invite them, the father and son joined the army.

Jiang Lin also told Yu Xiaolian not to come to Boundary City when her mother gave birth and they were fleeing famine. In the next two years, there would be no peace in Boundary City.

Yu Xiaolian put down the letter and fell into deep thought.

If they don't go to Jiecheng, where should their family go?

Ms. Sun has been pregnant for more than five months now, and she will give birth in four months. When Ms. Sun gave birth, it was in the eighth month of the lunar calendar. The weather should have turned cold by then. If she had been in confinement for another month, she would probably have given birth by then.

It got really cold.

It is really not advisable to drive bumpily in the breezy late autumn with two newborns.

Yu Xiaolian felt that they could no longer live in Yangcheng and should leave immediately.

Although it is inconvenient for Mrs. Sun to have a big belly, fortunately the weather is warm now and they have a carriage. They can drive more slowly and treat it as a tour to enjoy the scenery.

Yu Xiaolian thought about it again and again and expressed her thoughts.

Yu Changhe and Sun suddenly fell into a difficult choice.

In the end, they decided to wait until Sun gave birth.

In Yu Changhe's words, they have supermarket space, food and drink, and they don't have to participate in the matter of escaping from famine.

Yu Xiaolian was also worried about the bumps on the road. As an elderly mother, Mrs. Sun couldn't afford the trouble with her big belly.

But if she didn't leave, it would be difficult for Sun to find a good and stable woman to deliver the baby when she gave birth.

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