Sure enough, in front of delicious food, love was nothing.
Gu Sanlang took the rabbit aside and killed it. Gu Fei rinsed it a little, and Lian’er quickly took it over: “Miss Xiao Fei, tell me how to do it, I’ll do it, don’t dirty your hands.”
Lian’er insisted on calling her Miss, Gu Fei had no choice but to say: “Just chop it into small pieces.”
Mrs. Chen came over: “Don’t eat it today, you’ve eaten the pancake, save it for tomorrow.”
Gu Fei nodded: “Okay, then I’ll marinate it first and cook it tomorrow.”
She took salt, pepper, and cooking wine and poured them into the basin, mixed them with chopsticks, then covered the lid, wrapped it, and put it in the carriage.
Uncle Ma originally decided to distance himself from Gu Fei, the spy. However, he found that he had already liked Xiao Fei, this girl, but this was not okay. How could he have a good impression of a spy? At this time, he couldn’t resist the temptation of rabbit meat and came over: “Xiao Fei, what are you going to do with the rabbit meat?”
Gu Fei smiled: “How about making a dry pot of rabbit meat?”
Uncle Ma’s Adam’s apple moved: “That’s good.”
The Eldest Uncle came over: “Where’s your rabbit skin? Don’t throw it away. Let it dry for a few days. I’ll help you tan it when I’m free.”
Gu Fei smiled and said, “Okay, thank you, uncle. This skin can make a hat for Xiao Cao.”
Lanzhi said beside her: “I’ll tan the skin. I can also make a scarf. I think this rabbit is big enough.”
Now that Lian’er has come, she has a deep sense of crisis. Lian’er was smart and rushed to do everything. Compared to herself, she was just a fool.
Uncle Ma arranged for people to keep watch and everyone went to sleep.
The next morning, they got up again and hurried on their way.
There were still many disaster victims on the road, and the speed of travel was slow.
Originally, Uncle Ma estimated that he could reach Tongcheng late in the afternoon but he saw the city wall at the end.
When everyone arrived at the city gate exhausted, the gate was already closed. It was unknown whether it had been closed all day or had never been opened.
There were shacks everywhere around the city gate, especially along the bottom of the city wall.
It was difficult to find a vacant space under the hungry eyes of the disaster victims, and everyone unloaded the cart.
Gu Zhang and the village chief hurriedly looked for people to ask if the city gate was still open.
There was a river running through Tongcheng. Although the water level was much lower than in previous years, there was no shortage of drinking water. Several families hurried to the river to fetch water.
After a while, Gu Zhang and the village chief came back after asking around and said to everyone: “The city gate will be open early tomorrow morning. Now the opening time has been shortened. It will be closed at the end of the afternoon. And you have to pay to enter the city. An adult has to pay 300 copper coins, and children don’t have to pay.”
Everyone was furious when they heard this: “300 copper coins per person! How much silver does that cost?”
The village chief squatted on the ground and sighed. There were eight people in his family, and it would cost more than two taels of silver just to enter the city. Just thinking about it made him feel heartbroken.
Zhang Laoda was reluctant to leave, and looked at Uncle Ma: “Uncle Ma, can’t we go around and not go through the city?”
Uncle Ma shook his head: “If we don’t go through the city, and go somewhere else, I don’t know the way. I haven’t been there, I don’t know how far it will take.”
“If you go into the city, go out through the East Gate, which is still the official road.”
Gu Zhang said in a deep voice: “There have been wealthy families giving out porridge at the gate of the city for several days, so the victims gathered here and refused to leave.”
“I heard that the money paid to enter the city is to distinguish the victims and prevent them from entering the city to disrupt the order of the city.”
After all, those who can afford the city entrance fee still have money and purchasing power, so they won’t steal or rob.
“Everyone, figure out how to go.” Gu Zhang said and didn’t care.
Each family still had some money in their hands, but they were reluctant to spend it.
After talking for a while, everyone quickly built a stove to cook.
Mrs. Qian was angry when she looked at Xiao Hong. Does she have to pay 300 copper coins for this girl to enter the city?
There were many cities along the way. If she had to pay all the way, she was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to pay several taels of silver for her!
But Xiao Hong was still useful right now. Mrs. Qian rolled her eyes and said: “Xiao Hong, go to the river and fetch two buckets of water.”
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