Ye Qichi and Xiao Jinxing were visibly startled when they heard the noise.
The two exchanged glances and saw two soldiers approaching.
"Who goes there?!" one soldier demanded, his sharp sword also pointed at them.
"We come from Guihe."
"We are from Yuzhou, returning home to visit family."
"Speak a few sentences in Yuzhou dialect," the soldier pressed harshly.
The dialect of Yuzhou and Xun City were naturally different.
Xiao Jinxing was somewhat troubled.
Although they had heard plenty of accents from Yuzhou or the surrounding areas on the road, to speak it on such short notice was simply impossible.
Just then, Ye Qichi suddenly spoke next to him, "Soldier brother, I am from Yuzhou, this is my husband, he is not from Yuzhou, he accompanied me back to my maternal home."
He spoke in a Yuzhou accent.
Xiao Jinxing turned to look at Ye Qichi.
He was quite surprised by Ye Qichi.
Once the soldier heard the accent, which was indeed authentic, he lowered his guard a bit and said, "Yuzhou is now under quarantine, nobody is allowed to enter or leave, you’d better turn back!"
"But I want to return and see my father and mother, my father is fifty this year, I need to rush back and celebrate his birthday."
"You’re talking about celebrating birthdays when inside Yuzhou City they’ve long since..."
"Don’t say it!" another soldier hastily stopped him.
The soldier nodded and continued, "In any case, if you want to stay alive, turn back now, Yuzhou City is not allowing anyone in or out!"
"I just want to go back and see my father and mother."
"How clearly do I need to explain it? Yuzhou City has been under lockdown for a while now, even if I let you go now, you wouldn’t be able to enter the city gates, move along, move along, if you don’t leave, don’t blame me for being rude!" The two soldiers were shooing Xiao Jinxing and Ye Qichi away.
They were clearly getting impatient.
Ye Qichi and Xiao Jinxing exchanged glances again.
The moment they pretended to leave,
Ye Qichi suddenly collapsed to the ground.
Xiao Jinxing hurriedly caught her, "Wife, wife."
His voice was very urgent.
And somewhat exaggerated.
The child cradled in Ye Qichi’s arms also started crying loudly due to her sudden fainting.
The two soldiers frowned as they looked at the people in front of them.
"Soldier brother, please save my wife, we haven’t had anything to eat for three days and three nights..." Xiao Jinxing was in extreme agony, "Could you give us some water, something to eat?"
The soldiers exchanged looks.
Feeling pity for the people in front of them.
Thinking of the hardships in Yuzhou City, they sighed.
They took out a canteen and handed over a biscuit, "Take this, we don’t have much either, ration it carefully."
"Thank you, soldier brother," Xiao Jinxing quickly replied, then brought the water to Ye Qichi’s lips.
Ye Qichi took a few sips.
It was truly like sweet spring water.
It was literally life-saving.
She took a deep gulp, pretending to choke and woke up.
In truth, it was to scrounge some food.
If this continued, the two of them would starve to death.
Xiao Jinxing then gave Ye Qichi a few bites of the biscuit.
Ye Qichi didn’t eat, urging Xiao Jinxing to have some himself.
Xiao Jinxing didn’t stand on ceremony, greedily drinking several mouthfuls of water and eating the better part of the biscuit.
Ye Qichi was now bowing her head, slowly giving the baby in her arms sips of water.
The baby was thirsty too, Ye Qichi fed her little by little for a long time.
The soldiers, seeing the family in front of them, couldn’t help but say, "Why would you bring your family all the way to Yuzhou? What’s the point?"
"We hadn’t heard that Yuzhou was under quarantine before," Ye Qichi hurriedly answered, "Soldier brother, what exactly happened to Yuzhou, why was it suddenly placed under quarantine?"
"Sigh," the soldier heaved a heavy sigh, knowing that there was much he couldn’t divulge.
Ye Qichi, of course, understood this and quickly asked again, "So I really can’t enter Yuzhou City? Will my father and mother be in danger?"
"Just stop asking and leave now!" The soldier was clearly unable to answer, so his tone was somewhat irritated.
"Then do you know how long the quarantine will last?"
"I don’t know. The way things are..." the soldier shook his head, "Who knows how long it will be."
"If the city remains closed off , do the people inside have enough to eat?" asked Ye Qichi.
"They have already run out of food, inside..."
"Stop talking!" another soldier called out to him again.
"Why can’t I say it!" the soldier suddenly became a little agitated, "Our own parents are still inside, and we can’t even see them! If this keeps up, I won’t be able to take it either!"