The Zhou family's two shops were very close to each other. When Yu Zizhen went there, the shop assistants who had gotten up early to work were already cleaning the shelves and the floor.
Yu Zizhen did not go in immediately. She took out the steamed dumplings and red date, white fungus and lotus seed soup from the system warehouse and ate breakfast on the side of the road.
It was not until early morning vendors started setting up stalls on the street that Yu Zizhen stepped into the Zhou family's grocery store.
She showed the shopkeeper Zhou Fengnian's private seal and the shop's deed to the shopkeeper, "Please ask Shopkeeper Sun to help me get everyone from the shop next door over here."
Shopkeeper Sun didn't know Yu Zizhen, but she had Zhou Fengnian's private seal and the shop's deed in her hand, so Shopkeeper Sun had no choice but to obey her orders.
He invited Yu Zizhen to the back of the shop and asked the accountant to entertain her first, and then went to the next shop to help her find someone.
After the owner of the shop next door heard what happened, he came over with everyone in his shop with a serious look on his face.
When Yu Zizhen saw the person, he immediately took out the deed from the shop next door.
When the two shopkeepers saw this, they knew that Zhou Fengnian was entrusting both shops to Yu Zizhen, and they immediately felt a little worried.
Before they could test Yu Zizhen's identity or inquire about the Zhou family's situation, Yu Zizhen came straight to the point and said, "The Zhou family's shop can no longer be kept. Soon, people from the county government will come to forcibly take it over. Master Zhou doesn't want you to be implicated, so he asked me to lay you off early on his behalf. As for severance pay, the clerks will receive 20 taels, and the manager and accountant will receive 50 taels. This should be enough for your families to spend for two to three years."
Manager Sun and the others had complicated expressions. They were worried about their former boss's current situation, angry at the county magistrate for abusing his power for personal gain, and frustrated that as small people, they could not change anything and could only let things take their course.
Yu Zizhen glanced at the shopkeeper and the accountant of the grocery store. "Just pay from the grocery store's account. You can each take some of the goods from this store. But one thing, when you leave this door, you'd better take your family out for shelter immediately. It would be best if you can move out, otherwise the county magistrate will take his anger out on you later."
Everyone's expression was grim. Was this official crazy? Why was he biting everyone he caught?
They didn't dare to curse out loud, and could only take their money and leave with a lot of anger in their hearts.
When handing over the account books and keys, the shopkeepers and accountants of the two shops couldn't help but ask Yu Zizhen about the Zhou family's recent situation.
Yu Zizhen did not mention the prison escape of Zhou's father and son. She only said that they were still alive, but she couldn't say what would happen in the future.
This wasn't really a lie, after all, she really didn't know what would happen to the Zhou family in the future.
As soon as the people in Zhou's shop left, Yu Zizhen immediately started to clean up the front and back.
Just like when she was at Zhou's house before, not to mention the goods in the shop, she even took out the rice, flour, oil and salt in the kitchen, leaving nothing behind.
On the other hand, none of the "fugitives" who rushed out of the city early in the morning were troubled by the officers and soldiers guarding the city.
Because they could not collect the "exit fee" for leaving the city, the officers and soldiers refused to even pretend to check. They just yawned and leaned against the city wall, letting the early risers leave the city on their own.
Everyone was worried and mixed in the team to leave the city. Yu Zizhen, who saved them, took advantage of the fact that there were few pedestrians on the street, changed his face, and successfully slipped back to the inn with the help of the system.
As for the other three families she didn't have time to visit, they were all just slightly wealthy families, and their residences were far away from the inn where Yu Zizhen and his friends were temporarily staying. Yu Zizhen could only try to see if he could find a bargain another day.
After slipping back to her room yawning, Yu Zizhen did not immediately go back to sleep. She cancelled her disguise, changed her clothes and walked out of the room.
Mrs. Zhang, who had already gotten up, heard the noise and immediately brought toiletries and warm water to Yu Zizhen.
After a simple wash, Yu Zizhen walked to the open space in the middle of the yard and began to practice martial arts with Yuheng and Yaoguang.
Yu Zizhen, who had successfully returned to his original identity, heard a faint noise coming from the front yard of the inn while having breakfast as he wished.
She randomly called a guard to inquire, and the guard quickly came back and told her that someone had kidnapped all the prisoners at the county government office last night, and now the county magistrate was ordering the bailiffs to search house by house.
Yu Zizhen's eyes widened, and he acted surprised and shocked. "Is Baofeng County really that dangerous? Do we still have to stay here?"
The guard thought, no matter how noble their status, a child is still a child. He patiently said to Yu Zizhen, "Your Highness, rest assured and recuperate. We are here to guard the inn. Those bad guys will definitely not dare to come close and seek death."
Yu Zizhen nodded, "Then I'll trouble you to take care of it."
The guard did not answer her second question, but told her to rest assured and recuperate. In other words, Mr. Jiang was not planning to change his itinerary.
In that case, she still has time tonight.
Although he thought so, in the end, Yu Zizhen did not travel at night again.
The reason is very simple. Yu Zizhen is reluctant to spend points to exchange for the disguise skill.
During the day, the system told her that one of the two people who had argued with their families about whether to leave or not eventually chose to travel alone.
His family gave him some money to keep him safe, and concealed the fact that he had returned home after escaping from prison.
The other one who was stopped by the Yue family was in a more miserable situation. Because he refused to fall into the trap and go back to prison to suffer, he was almost tied up and sent back to prison by his own Yue family.
They were afraid of being implicated, so they wanted to stage a "killing one's own relatives for the sake of justice", but the man's parents were reluctant to let their son go back to jail.
You have to know that this is a prison break. Even if he goes back on his own initiative after escaping, the only ending that awaits him is definitely "death."
The old couple couldn't bear to part with their son, so when the two families started fighting over this matter, they decisively attacked the in-laws who wanted to tie up their son.
The man's father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law were all attacked from behind by his parents and knocked unconscious with porcelain bottles and benches that they had picked up.
The man's wife was so frightened that she subconsciously wanted to scream, but her husband covered her mouth.
Finally, the man persuaded his wife, and the family hurriedly packed up some gold and silver and left before dawn.
As for the people from his wife's family, they were all tied up with ropes by that man in his own home.
According to the system, the man's parents did not use much force, and his Yue family members had actually woken up before they left, but their hands and feet were tied and their mouths were blocked, so they had no way to stop them.
In addition, their family was the man's next-door neighbor. The four members of their family went to the neighbor's in-laws' house, but did not return all night. The others waited until dawn and still no one came back, so it was natural for them to go to the neighbor to inquire about the situation.
After this inquiry, the four people tied up in the yard next door will naturally be freed.
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