Everyone looked at Grandpa Gao; it was he who first suggested moving away from here.

“I still want to take my family with me and go with them. Although I am very reluctant to leave this place and everyone here, I have to find a way out for my family.”

In small villages like theirs, with only a few dozen people, there was never a village head or anything like that before. Instead, the villages were managed by the town, so there was no one to make decisions.

"We're moving with our in-laws." The Gu family originally moved from the neighboring village, and now that their in-laws want to find a better place to settle down, their family will naturally follow suit. Their in-laws have always worked away from home, so their move is much farther than those of them who have lived in the mountains for generations.

Seeing everyone still hesitating, Grandpa Gao didn't want his old neighbors to miss such a good opportunity. "There are few people here. Although life was inconvenient before, we could still get what we needed in half a day. But now there's no one around, and the crops aren't yielding well. If a drought comes along, then we'll really have no way to survive if we stay here. Although they've separated us, we have oxen. They'll definitely not treat us unfairly if they're planning for the long term."

After thinking for a moment, he brought up the previous conditions again, "And they also agreed to help us build houses first and give us the same farmland as their villagers. Although we have to exchange our oxen for these, they have also left us a guarantee. Since we know how to raise oxen, we will eventually settle down there."

"Then let's set off with them this time, but what about all the food we still have at home? We can't carry it all over in one trip."

Although they said they would move the whole family, a broken house is worth a fortune, and if you pack up all the odds and ends, there's a lot of stuff.

"We have cows, right? Everyone can pick up the important things and that should be enough."

"But will they agree? Didn't they mention before that we were going to provide them with a certain number of cattle, and that they would let us transport them?"

Grandpa Gao hadn't really thought about this issue. "Let's go and call them over, and we can discuss it with them. But I suggest that this time we also go with them to exchange for some salt, otherwise we don't know what the situation will be like in the future."

While Gao Shitou was calling for people, the leaders of several villages were discussing how to resettle them.

The observant Gao Shitou also noticed that these people simply laid out a mat on the ground and lay down to rest, with no one guarding them. Weren't these people afraid of those ubiquitous snakes?

"Is this something that's been agreed upon?" Ma Su asked as soon as he saw Gao Shitou standing there.

"Everyone wants you to come over and discuss this." Although Gao Shitou was puzzled by their fearlessness of snakes, the matter at hand was more important.

"Alright, we'll be right there." Since it was a discussion, the matter was probably settled. Ma Su tried his best to control his facial expression, not letting himself show too much anticipation.

After some discussion, both sides made relative concessions, but the next issue was the distribution.

Because Grandpa Gao initially dealt with Si Cheng and his group, he insisted on going to Pinghe Village. The Gu family, who followed closely behind him, also insisted on going to Pinghe Village. In his words, they were family, and it wouldn't be right for them to separate like this.

In this way, one or two villagers from each village joined, and the next step was to discuss bringing some things to go and exchange for salt the next day.

Si Cheng knew that the journey was so long that it was impossible for them to make several trips back and forth like the villagers who had migrated from the city before. They could only take all their belongings with them this time, so he simply gave them a suggestion.

"Some of you can stay home and pack your things, while the rest of you come with us to exchange them for salt. Today, you can pack out the heavier, more bulky items and try to get as much salt as possible. Some of these items can be exchanged for supplies with salt once we get there."

Upon hearing this, everyone realized that their previous worries were unnecessary. If things were done this way, they could move all their belongings at once.

"I'll take you to exchange salt tomorrow. I'm very familiar with the salt wells there," Grandpa Gao said to Sicheng after everyone had made their decision.

“My dad worked there when he was young, so he’s familiar with that area,” Gao Shitou added, helping his father.

"That's great! With someone leading the way, we won't go astray." This is the second piece of good news tonight.

Just as they were about to head to their campsite, they saw the young men returning with torches.

"Why aren't you all resting properly? What are you running around for?" Ma Su couldn't help but ask when he saw his nephew Yun Jianying among them.

"We didn't run away. We just arrived here and are checking out the surroundings with them," Zhao Dongwei tugged at Yun Jianying's sleeve, answering quickly.

"Go back and rest early, or you won't be able to walk tomorrow and what will you do?" Yun Mingwu looked at Yun Yang, who was hiding behind Yun Xun, and simply told them not to call out names, but to go back and rest early.

Once they were some distance away from them, Yun Jianying tugged at Zhao Dongwei's sleeve and said, "You don't think I'm as stupid as you, telling them everything, do you?"

“I’m just afraid that if you see your uncle, you’ll tell him everything.”

"We've only set a few traps, and we won't even have enough to eat ourselves, so why would we tell anyone?" If Ma Su heard Yun Jianying say this, he would be furious. "A nephew is a dog, he eats and runs away." That's absolutely true. He'd been so good to him before, but as soon as something good happened, he treated his own uncle like an outsider.

"You didn't even know that, and you've already started talking about food. Let's hurry back, I'm so sleepy." This was Yun Qiao's first time following them to set a trap, but he had no confidence at all. He felt that he was wasting time here and would rather go back and rest.

"When should we go check it out?" Gao Baiyun and the others had a different opinion, because judging from the snares set up by Yunxun and the others, the chances of catching them were quite high.

"Let's go check again in two hours. Everyone should rest for a bit now. I'll have the night watchman call us later." Yun Xun had gathered the number of rabbits from Gao Baiyun and the others, and thought an hour should be enough. But to be on the safe side, he changed his mind and said he would check again in two hours.

"Then we'll rest with you, otherwise you won't be able to find your way around." Gao Baiyun and the others wanted to see if this approach would work. Besides, it would be dark soon, and they weren't familiar with the area. If they got lost, it would be troublesome.