"Shut up! Money is just an external thing."

"mother?"

"Shut up! Go get the money for the soldier. Go now!"

The leading soldier looked at Old Madam Feng and said, "Old Madam is so sensible. Don't worry, we only want money."

"Don't worry, don't worry, go and get it."

Feng Lao Er dejectedly pulled out a money pouch from his person. "That's all I have left."

"How come there's so little left?"

"Rice prices are rising every day."

"..." Old Mrs. Feng took off all her jewelry. "Sir, this is all we have left. If you don't believe me, search us again."

"No need." They were in a hurry to go to the next house. "Aren't you related to the Yun family by marriage? We'll just give the Yun family some face."

After saying that, he put the things from Feng Lao Er and Feng Lao Tai's hands into his pockets and left with his men.

A moment later, a scream came from next door.

Feng Lao Er trembled in fright. "Mother, how are we going to live from now on?"

Grandma Feng sighed. "We have no choice but to go find your eldest brother. He married into the family, and I didn't want to go to him. But now... we can't go on like this if we don't go to him. Pack your things."

Feng Lao Er also wanted to go find Feng Yuanfu. But, "Mother, there's fighting everywhere outside."

“I know. I’ll hang the sign that Xiao Liu gave me in the highest place in our house right now.”

"Sixth grade? Which sixth grade?"

"Your sister-in-law's niece."

Feng Lao Er suddenly remembered. "That little girl who came to our house to propose marriage on behalf of my sister-in-law?"

"Um."

"When did she give you the name tag? How come I didn't know?"

"You're not your older brother's mother."

"...What's the use of her brand?"

"She said if we ever encounter a problem we can't overcome, we should hang that sign in the highest place in our house. Once her people see it, they'll come looking for us."

"That's amazing?"

"Of course. Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. The Yun family has been officials for so many years, they are definitely better off than us. Go pack your things."

"Let me hang the sign up for you first. The sooner we hang it up, the sooner Xiao Liu's people will see it."

"Too."

Grandma Feng took out a wooden plaque, over a foot long, from the box. The plaque was carved with a Maitreya Buddha. "Here you go."

That's it?

"What's wrong with that? It's conspicuous, yet not strange at all."

That's true. If it were something else, it would immediately look like someone keeping their word. But carving a Buddha statue won't arouse suspicion. "I'm going to hang it up now."

"Go."

After hanging up, Feng Lao Er went to find his wife. "Hurry up and pack your things."

"Why pack your things? We still have a place here, but once we leave, we won't even have a place to stay."

"We'll starve to death here. Hurry up and pack, then we'll go find our eldest brother."

Feng Lao Er's wife was even less inclined to clean up. "Are you crazy? My eldest brother is at the border; it's definitely more chaotic there than here."

"Just pack up when I tell you to. Why are you saying so much? If you don't want to go, just stay here."

"I...I was just afraid I'd die on the road before I even found my brother, wasn't I?"

Feng Lao Er was also afraid. But if he didn't leave, he would starve to death. "If you're afraid, then don't leave."

"How am I supposed to live if you're all gone?"

"Then you'd better hurry up and pack."

Feng Lao Er's wife had no choice but to start tidying up. Seeing her get moving, Feng Lao Er went out to check the sign; it would be terrible if it fell or was blown away by the wind.

He had only been looking around for a little over an hour when someone came looking for them.

Feng Lao Er was overjoyed. "Mother, Mother, the Yun family has sent people! The Yun family has sent people!"

Grandma Feng quickly came out of the house, holding a small ball in her hand. "Hello, Xiao Liu said you know how to open this?"

"Hmm." The person took the ball and spun it a few times, and it opened. There was a small Maitreya Buddha in the middle of the ball.

Grandma Feng was relieved. "We'd like to go and stay with Xiao Liu, is that alright with you?"

"Okay." The person put the ball back together and handed it back to Grandma Feng. "Are you all packed up? If you are, you can leave now."

"It's all packed up."

"Let's go then."

"Okay. Second brother, go up and take the sign down."

"good."

Grandma Feng called everyone out of the house. Grandma Feng's second daughter-in-law noticed a stranger in the yard and secretly asked who it was.

Upon learning that it was Xiao Liu's man, Feng Lao Er's wife couldn't help but exclaim, "Mother is so shrewd. I thought Mother was confused when she arranged for my eldest brother to marry into the family."

"Of course. Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Let's go."

Okay. Is he alone?

"I don't know. Since he dared to let us go with him, he should be able to protect us."

Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The Feng family was following Sisi's people towards the border when suddenly a troop of soldiers appeared ahead. The Feng family was very nervous.

Sisi and the Feng family moved to the side of the road.

The young officer in charge, noticing they were heading towards the border, stopped out of curiosity. "Where are you all going?" he asked.

The Feng family members dared not speak.

Sisi bowed to the young general. "Greetings, General. We are heading to Ningyuan City."

The young general waved his hand. "I'm not a general. Are you all crazy? Everyone else is running inland, but you're running to the border."

Old Mrs. Feng thought to herself: You're the one who's crazy. "Sir, we're going to visit relatives. My in-laws live in Ningyuan City."

"Your in-laws are probably too busy to even take care of themselves right now. You should go back; even if things are chaotic in the interior, it's still better than the border."

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