There was nothing wrong with what Mantou thought.

When it comes to picking up a child, the old Fu family is powerless even if you try with your toes!

What’s more, after what happened with Fubao, they wouldn’t even dare to pick up a wallet found on the ground, let alone a child.

The whole family was pretending to be asleep, and were particularly afraid that Yuan would wake them up, but fortunately nothing happened. Finally, Yuan came back silently and crawled back into bed.

If it were normal times, Eunuch Qian and Qin Mingyi would still have some way to deal with it, but now they have to rely on this family. They can hardly protect themselves and have important things to do. How can they create complications at this time?

The two of them closed their eyes in silence.

When I woke up the next morning, Mantou and Baozi, brother and sister, had already gone out.

The family cooked and ate, then left the ruined temple.

The two siblings didn't come back until the evening. There was a wedding in the nearby village today, and they ordered a lot of delicious food.

As soon as they entered the door, they were both stunned. The family from yesterday had already left, but there was a large piece of meat and a small purse on the altar.

There were some ugly words written on the tablecloth with charcoal.

Bai Mantou took several glances before recognizing it:

"The heart is known by the gods, the tribute is eaten by people, and believers can eat and use it."

Bai Baozi turned over his purse and six cents rolled out.

Bai Baozi said happily: "It's enough to buy three pieces of tofu at the market!"

White Mantou: ...This family is really poor! No, it should be the younger sister who is poor!

Bai Mantou looked at the purse with two dumplings embroidered on it and nodded affirmatively. It was her.

…………

Walking on the slippery snow, Yuan was a little worried:

"What if they can't read? Will they be embarrassed to take it?"

Eunuch Qian glanced at her and said, "They are not fools. So how much did you give them?"

Yuan said sadly: "All my belongings! If I met a friend now, I wouldn't even be able to afford a plate of mixed tofu!"

Fu Dabai curled his lips and said, "Your entire property is only six cents, right?"

Yuan particularly disliked his tone and emphasized:

"That's the money I saved from digging herbs bit by bit! That's my hard-earned money!"

Moreover, when she was saving this money, everyone had a lot of things to do and no one was willing to help. It was all her own effort that she made in her spare time from her busy schedule.

Fu Dabai said, "Then how much is your hard-earned money worth?"

A Yuan's face fell: "Six cents."

The whole family: Oh no! That’s still six cents!

Yuan was very sad and worried, but he did not regret it. The complicated emotions made the child distressed, but no one cared.

Eunuch Qian even thought that she learned to read very quickly. She had learned several words in such a short time in the morning, so he took her to the side and continued to teach her.

Niu Wa and Xing Zi also came over to listen.

In the freezing cold, the family struggled forward.

The children followed Eunuch Qian and chanted:

"Winter comes and summer goes, autumn harvests and winter stores, leap years make up a year, the rhythm of the sun and the moon adjusts..."

On December 7th, there was a heavy snowfall. The weather was freezing cold and the quails did not sing.

Fucheng was just around the corner, and an hour later they were outside General Zhenyuan's mansion.

Lao Fu looked at the soldiers patrolling the gate, and no one wanted to go forward.

Fu Dabai sincerely suggested:

"Can you two support each other as you go in?"

Eunuch Qian looked at his leg and said, "It's not healed yet. Are you so cruel to your second uncle?"

Fu Dabai: "It's not a kiss, how about you jump and walk?"

Their families really don't want to get involved anymore, not to mention with their luck and appearance, what would happen if they ran into some unreasonable soldier who gave them a good beating?

Besides, they were somewhat frightened when they saw this scene. They had never seen such a place before and had never passed by it before. Now they were asked to go up and find someone to say that they wanted to see the general.

That’s scary just thinking about it!

Fu Dabai asked again, "Let me ask you two again, are you sure you want to come here, to the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and not to the north of the town to buy tofu?

If you are lying, you have to tell me now. Once you are in jail, it will be too late to change your story!"

Eunuch Qian rolled his eyes at him and said, "Anything can be faked. Have you ever heard of a eunuch faked something?

All right, you are a bunch of useless people. Where is your usual stubbornness? Let's do it ourselves. You wait, I will go in and confirm and someone will come out to pick you up!"

Eunuch Qian climbed out of the car, Qin Mingyi also got out of the car, and the two of them supported each other and walked over there.

As expected, after entering the door, the two turned around and said:

"Wait!"

The old Fu family member waved his hand and replied ambiguously: "Okay!"

They went in over there and the family pushed the cart away.

Just send the people here, don't mix up the good or the bad. Looking at the situation in Pucheng, who knows whether today's temporary enjoyment will be a blessing or a curse, so let's go.

The soldiers didn't know whether they should stop them or not. In the blink of an eye, the people were gone, so they just let it go.

The old Fu family went straight out of the city, thinking that after passing Baicheng, they would reach Yuzhou City.

But I didn’t know how far these two places were, and when I counted the remaining money, I felt heavy in my heart.

What's more, the weather is cold. What should I do if I have to set out on a journey in such weather and have no place to stay along the way?

But if they really stopped, they might be able to survive, but when it came to mustering the courage to go on, thinking about the terrible things they had done along the way, they were not so sure.

So they had to go. As long as they could make it to the capital, even if they couldn't accomplish anything, at least they had tried. Even if they would never be willing to give up even if they closed their eyes, it was better than stopping without any future before they even reached the destination.

Lao Fujia kept moving forward, encouraging himself.

Over there, in General Zhenyuan’s mansion.

Eunuch Qian was so angry that he started to curse:

"What a bunch of immoral people! They just run away! They leave me, an old and lonely man, behind! What an unfilial bunch!"

General Zhenyuan was quite puzzled and asked Qin Mingyi secretly:

"Are those the relatives of Eunuch Qian?"

What could Qin Mingyi say? He was caught off guard and had no place to be a dog anymore. He could only say vaguely:

"Well, I guess not."

What kind of words are these? General Zhenyuan looked at the two men and said nothing.

Eunuch Qian knew this family's character too well. He must have run away because he was afraid of being implicated in something. To be honest, if the identities of the two sides were reversed, he would have run away too.

But this is too unfair. We got along so well with each other along the way, but when we got to the place, you just cowardly ran away. He has made so many promises but I can't repay him, so it's unfair to both sides.

After cursing for a while, Eunuch Qian said to General Zhenyuan with a smile:

"That group of useless and disobedient people are in a hurry to go to the capital. I have to trouble General Zhenyuan to help arrange a carriage and prepare some travel expenses."

These were all trivial matters, and General Zhenyuan immediately turned around and ordered people to do it.

Eunuch Qian then said seriously:

"The Emperor has spoken..."

…………

On the official road, the old Fu family member, who had walked two miles in one breath, had already cheered himself up and walked forward in a heroic and confident manner.

Behind him came the sound of horse hooves and clanging, and someone shouted:

"The one in front, stop! The one from the old Fu family in front! Wait a moment!"

"Did something happen and they came to arrest us?!"

Fu Dabai said subconsciously.

Old Yang even pulled out his sledgehammer.

The family stood beside the cart and had the same idea: to lift the cart up and smash it over, then the family would rush forward, beat them to death and run away.

The plan was very good, but when I turned around, the soldiers were not as ferocious as I had imagined.

There was only one person, driving a horse-drawn carriage over. The clanging sound was from the carriage, not the sound of weapons as imagined.

Feeling relieved, the carriage stopped.

The soldier handed them the carriage and a bag of money, and told them that Eunuch Qian had asked the general to send it to them.

The soldier probably thought that they might be poor relatives of Eunuch Qian, so his attitude and tone were particularly nice. He left without expecting any reward.

The family looked at the carriage in disbelief, and suddenly remembered what Eunuch Qian said:

With a little effort, the cart can be transformed into a horse-drawn carriage.

Looking at the purse again, there were two hundred taels of silver in it.

It was just like a dream. When I lifted the curtain of the car, I saw a charcoal basin, bedding and all kinds of things inside. It was a mess. It was so nice!

That's good. This is General Zhenyuan's most low-key carriage. It looks similar to those of ordinary wealthy families, but it is very comfortable inside.

He doesn't usually use it, so now that Eunuch Qian mentioned it, he just sells it.

It is always good to do a favor and show favor to those who are in front of the emperor when they make a request, but don't go too far, just enough.

The whole family watched this with joy and sadness.

"If something bad happens and all these are gone, how miserable it would be!"

Fu Sibai swallowed and spoke.

Old Yang raised her hand and hit him on the back of the head:

"Don't say such unlucky words. We got this with great difficulty. We should be able to use it in the capital at least!"

People now have lower and lower requirements for luck. No one expects good things at home to stay intact, but just hopes that they will disappear later.

They were reluctant to throw away the cart and kept pushing it. Everyone took turns to get on the cart to rest and warm up.

After all, having a car to rest in gave the whole family more energy and they walked even faster.

On January 1st, New Year's Day, they arrived at the gate of the capital.

The exceptionally tall and magnificent city gate is right in front of us.

The whole family was filled with emotion.

Yuan: "The entrance fee to the city is more expensive than other places!"

In other places, it’s only one or two cents, and three cents for a cart. But this place is different. A horse-drawn carriage is five cents, and a cart is cheaper at three cents.

After paying the money, the family felt a different feeling as soon as they entered the city.

It seemed like everything was different, even the streets were paved with bricks, with no dirt roads to be seen.

There are so many people and shops, and it is very lively everywhere. I heard that the East Market and West Market in the city will be even more lively.

Yuan and the others were not happy at all. Where should they go?

On the way, I just wanted to walk, but when I really got to the ground, I became confused again. The whole family stood beside the carriage in a daze.

Just as I was confused, a young man came over and said:

"Hey, are you guys from outside the area?"

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