The villagers of Dashui Village, sitting on the oxcart, praised Jiang Liu enthusiastically.

They needed to curry favor with Jiang Liu, in case he really became an official, they could benefit from his influence.

After waiting a while longer, and after the time for taking the oxcart had passed, Uncle Zhong raised his whip high, pulled the reins sharply, and the old ox slowly left the village.

At this time, the sky was still not fully bright, and it was a hazy gray.

Only Jiang Wanwan and two others went to the county town; the other villagers all went to the town.

A ride in an oxcart to town costs only one coin, while a ride to the county seat costs two coins.

On the way, the women on the oxcart fussed over Jiang Liu, showering him with concern and praising him in various ways.

They praised Jiang Liu's intelligence and handsome appearance, going over him from head to toe. Not content with that, they even complimented the beauty of his sleeves!

Jiang Wanwan, who was sitting to the side, was speechless when she heard this.

If this were modern times, these people would definitely be the leaders' right-hand men and their favorites!

Finally, after the women got off the oxcart, Jiang Wanwan was able to have some peace and quiet.

About half an hour later, they finally arrived at the county town. By then, it was fully light.

The county town's city gate was much more imposing than that of the town. Soldiers in gleaming armor stood guard on both sides of the city gate, their postures upright, their eyes piercing, their hands gripping their weapons tightly, maintaining a high level of vigilance at all times.

The people entering the city lined up conscientiously, waiting to enter.

Some of them came in empty-handed, some carried baskets on their backs, some slung baskets over their shoulders, and some even pushed carts in. It seemed they had come to the county town to do business.

You need to pay three coins to enter the county town.

Uncle Jiang, carrying Jiang Liu's luggage, said to the two of them, "Let's go, let's hurry up and line up to enter the city, there will be even more people later."

So the three of them quickly walked to the end of the line and stood in line.

Soon, it was the turn of the three of them.

Uncle Jiang took out a string of copper coins from his sleeve, counted out nine, and handed them to the soldier. “Sir, this is our entry fee for the three of us.”

He looked at the copper coins that had been taken away and felt a pang of regret.

Including the fare for the oxcart and the nine coins for entering the city, I've already spent fifteen coins in total.

That's fifteen coins! Poor people like them can't even earn fifteen coins a day!

The three entered the city smoothly. Uncle Jiang said, "Wan'er, I arranged to meet Liu Si at the city gate at 9:00 AM. It's still early, so let's take Da Liu to Yuanshan Academy first. I still need to pay his tuition later."

Jiang Wanwan nodded and said, "In that case, Second Uncle, I won't go with you. I want to wander around the city by myself. I'll go around at 9:00 AM..."

She drawled out the word, glanced at the city gate, and noticed a large tree next to it. Jiang Wanwan's eyes lit up, and she pointed to the tree, saying, "I'll wait for you under that tree."

Uncle Jiang frowned and refused without thinking, "No, you're a young lady who's not familiar with the city. If you get picked up by a conman, your grandma, grandpa, and parents will definitely beat me to death."

"Wanwan, so you should go to Yuanshan Academy with your second uncle."

Jiang Liu was also worried that Jiang Wanwan would be taken away by the flower sellers, so he said, "Sister, why don't you come with us?"

My younger sister is the lucky star of the Jiang family. My younger sister is like rice and meat, so my younger sister must never get lost.