Chapter 178 Taking a Detour

Lin Jiayu, who was immersed in her great feat of robbing the rich to help the poor and plundering on the highway, was quite proud and excited at this moment.

She raised her little face, her expression full of smugness.

"Brother Chengle, what do you want to do in the future? Do you want to be a guard?"

Mu Chengle shook his head.

"I won't be a guard!"

I want to be a general! A general who can ride a horse and fight!

"Wow! Brother Chengle is so amazing!" Lin Jiayu looked at Mu Chengle with admiration.

Upon hearing Mu Chengle say he wanted to be a general, Ning Bao couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Ning Bao looked at Mu Laidi, who was in a daze.

"Laidi, what do you want to do in the future?"

Hearing Ning Bao's question, Mu Laidi blushed slightly and said a little shyly,

"I want to be a female shopkeeper!"

Ningbao, can a woman be a shopkeeper?

Ning Bao paused for a moment and then shook her head.

"Sister Lai Di, I've never been a shopkeeper before, and I don't know if women can be shopkeepers."

"Mother!" Ningbao, who was in a dilemma, happened to see Shen Yuzhen walking towards them. She quickly ran to Shen Yuzhen's arms with her short legs.

“Mother, Sister Lai Di said she wants to be a female shopkeeper when she grows up, and Sister Jia Yu wants to be a female guard at the city gate, but Brother Dong Yang said that women cannot be guards.”

So Jiayu is giving up being a female guard and wants to become a female bandit. Does Mother know that a woman can be a female shopkeeper?

If that's not possible, Sister Lai Di can do something else.

Shen Yuzhen smiled as she looked at the group of children.

"Girls in our Longyuan Kingdom cannot take the imperial examination to become officials, nor can they serve as soldiers to guard the border."

However, it is still possible for girls to run businesses and become shopkeepers. But if you want to be a female shopkeeper, you not only need to be literate but also good at arithmetic.

"How about this, when you have time, Jiayu, Laidi, and Ningbao can learn math with me."

Ningbao, who dreaded the thought of studying, frowned...

The village chief and his group were gathered around a tattered map, discussing something.

"Uncle Village Chief, are we really going to abandon the official road again?"

The village chief looked at Lin Hai, who had asked the question.

"After you left today, I went to the official road to take a look and inquire. It is said that most of the people who came from the border are now near Lanyu City. Some have just arrived and some have been staying here for a long time."

There are many refugees on the official road near Lanyu City now. They have been out for so long. Fortunately, Lanyu City is not short of water. As long as you are not lazy, you can definitely find water. However, there is not much food. The food that everyone brought has long been eaten up.

These people are much more ruthless now than when they first came out, all in order to survive. Although there are many of us, most of us are elderly people, children, and women.

Moreover, we can't compare to those who can eat people when it comes to ruthlessness. Besides, we're not always so lucky. We should cherish the fact that none of us have been injured or killed since we set off.

Therefore, for everyone's safety, I think we should bypass Lanyu City directly.

Mu Chunping looked at the route the village chief pointed to on the map.

"Uncle, is this a mountain?"

The village chief nodded.

“Yes, your father and I discussed it today. We can get to Lanyu City by crossing this mountain and taking a detour, but it might take three times longer than taking the official road.”

Although it's a bit far and difficult to travel, none of that matters when it comes to human life.

Moreover, now that we have Ningbao, each family can streamline their less frequently used luggage and have Ningbao help store the rest.

However, you can't keep letting that young girl work for you for free. You can give her something as a token of your appreciation.

"Uncle, is this the mountain behind us?" Mu Chunping pointed to the mountain behind them.

The village chief glanced towards the mountain.

Yes, that's the mountain.

After we finish eating, we'll head straight into the mountains, heading southeast. Once we exit the mountains, we can turn west and reach the main road leading south.

At our pace, it will take about ten days to get onto the official road…

After agreeing on the route, the village chief didn't delay. He planned to set off immediately after lunch, as he definitely couldn't spend the night there.

This morning he had already seen several groups of people coming over to inquire about the situation.

Having just been besieged by him once, he certainly didn't want to be besieged again this time...

"Village Chief, when do we set off?"

Ning Bao was just about to go to dinner with Shen Yuzhen when she suddenly sensed someone in the bushes across the river, and the person seemed to have a strong sense of malice.

So Ningbao, who always thought food was the most important thing in the world, didn't even have time to eat before coming to find the village chief.

The village chief noticed Ning Bao's serious expression.

"Bao'er, have you discovered something?"