PDLP Chapter 258: The Cubs Being Treated as Two-legged Sheep on the Road to Exile (2)
Chapter 258: The Cubs Being Treated as Two-legged Sheep on the Road to Exile (2)
"Shh..."
Before Wei Kegao could finish his words, Wei's uncle stopped him from continuing.
The Wei family raised their heads and looked behind them. It turned out that it was Zhou Yatou who came over.
Zhou Yatou looked at the men of the Wei family, nodded, and then looked at the tree behind them. The women, children, and bedding of the Wei family were still on the tree. Zhou Yatou's eyes flickered a few times, then he looked at Wei Keyuan and clasped his fists and said,
"Thank you for saving my life just now!"
Wei Keyuan clasped his fists in return, "You are too polite, Lord Zhou. We are all in this together. This is what we should do, this is what we should do!"
Zhou Yatou did not say anything, nor did he ask why Wei Keyuan had such a high level of fighting power. He just clasped his fists towards Wei Keyuan again, then turned and left, as if he came here just to say thank you.
After Zhou Yatou left, the men of the Wei family took the women and children down from the tree, and then packed their luggage. There was such a strong smell of blood here, they must move away.
Sure enough, after the yamen runners simply bandaged the wounds, they were notified to set off immediately.
At the same time, two yamen runners came and called the four brothers of the Wei family to help carry the wolf corpse.
The Fang and Hu families began to pack up their things in a panic. Half a quarter of an hour later, the yamen runners and the men in the team started on their way again, holding torches.
Because several yamen runners were injured, when they encountered a town, Zhou Yatou led the exile team to the post station for the first time.
Of course, as exiled prisoners, they were not qualified to live in rooms and could only set up camp outside the inn.
After traveling for half the night, everyone, except the Wei family, almost collapsed to the ground unable to bear it.
Chief Zhou asked the uninjured yamen runners to guard the prisoners, and then he took the documents to find the postmaster and asked him to find a doctor for the injured yamen runner.
Because the injuries of the yamen runners were not very serious, mostly superficial wounds, so after being bandaged, they set out on the road of exile again the next day.
At this time, a month had passed since the exile began.
Wei Keyuan and Song Yuxian also found that as they went further south, there were fewer and fewer water sources along the way, and they knew that the drought had begun.
When we went to the town to replenish supplies again, the price of food had obviously risen a lot.
Wei Keyuan thought of his memories in his previous life. Because the yamen runners had not made any preparations in advance and had no extra food to eat, he decided to reveal some of the food to others. After all, they were in the same team now, and it was not a good thing for the Wei family alone to have enough food.
Because Wei Keyuan had saved Zhou Yatou when they were killing the wolves before, when they were on the road later, Zhou Yatou did as Wei Keyuan expected and removed the shackles from all the men in the team. They only let them pretend to wear them when they needed to change documents when passing through towns or post stations.
Moreover, because of the powerful force Wei Keyuan displayed when killing the wolves, the yamen runners' attitude towards the Wei family became much better.
"Zhou Yatou," Wei Keyuan walked to Zhou Yatou who was sitting on the stone.
"Brother Wei, what's the matter?" Zhou Yatou looked at Wei Keyuan and smiled rarely.
"Boss, I wonder if you have noticed along the way that the water sources we pass by are getting less and less, and the streams are getting thinner and thinner. The most important thing is that the grain prices in the city have risen sharply. This is probably not a good thing," Wei Keyuan said with a worried look.
Zhou Yatou's expression became more and more solemn as Wei Keyuan spoke. He had escorted many exiled prisoners, from south to north and from north to south, and had made several trips in recent years. Naturally, he had some guesses about these situations. Now, after hearing Wei Keyuan's words, he became more certain.
"As Brother Wei said, I have also made some discoveries recently. It seems that there is a drought in the south," said Zhou Yatou.
Wei Keyuan nodded, without further ado, and stated his purpose directly, "So I think we should stock up more food now while the food price is not at its peak, I'm afraid that later..."
Wei Keyuan didn't finish his words, but it was enough for Zhou Yatou to understand.
Zhou Yatou nodded, thought for a while, turned around and ordered the yamen runner beside him, "Go and call the people from the Fang and Hu families who can speak for them."
There is no need to call the Wei family, Wei Keyuan alone is enough.
After a while, the masters of the Fang and Hu families and their eldest sons came over together, supporting each other.
Zhou Yatou explained the current situation and finally said,
"This is the situation. You can decide whether to prepare more food. However, we will not be responsible if there is not enough food later."