Chapter 1328 Leaving Liu Village
"Dad, I want to go back to my mother's house and tell my family about this, okay?"
Zhuang Sisi pursed her lips and said in a low voice.
"Okay, go back and remind my in-laws, and go back and tell the second son's wife, if the pass can be obtained, we will leave. Don't be idle these two days, start making dry food at home."
Old Man Liu finally made the decision.
"Yes, Dad!"
When the three brothers returned to their own rooms, they did not rush to rest. Instead, they spoke to their wives in a low voice, especially the eldest and the second oldest, telling their wives what they could and could not say when they returned to their parents' home.
After listening to this, Lianyi coaxed Shangen to sleep. When they woke up the next day, their parents were no longer on the kang.
Lianyi instructed Shangen to put on his clothes, and took his younger brother to wash up. Then he met up with Erya, Sanshan and Dafeng. The group of idiots all carried their own small backpacks and prepared to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables with the people in the village.
Old Man Liu did not stop him. Children from farming families are all raised in the wild. At this age, they have to do some simple farm work. Only those who grow up through hardships can become strong.
Liu Dahu went to Fenghe Town early in the morning with silver in his pocket to do business. Feng Xuer was a man of great calculations, so she gave him five taels of silver in private and told her husband that if the other party asked for a higher price, he should not argue as long as the silver was enough, and should get the pass first.
Liu Dahu also understood that some things are constantly changing. When he inquired before, he needed ten taels, and now he estimated that the price would increase, so without saying a word, he took the silver, ate a pancake and left.
The rest of the people in the family were not idle either. They all started to get busy. There was no cow at home, so they could only prepare two more carts. The broken house was worth a fortune, so they had to collect all the things in the house.
Liu Dahu was busy all day long and only came back when the sun set. The first thing he did when he came back was to drink water. The water in the town had to be bought with money, and he was reluctant to do so.
After he quenched his thirst, he took out a pass from his pocket and handed it to Old Man Liu at the top, amid everyone's expectant eyes.
"Dad, the person who handled the matter raised the silver price. I paid five taels of silver more. Fortunately, Xuer gave me some silver for emergency use. If I hadn't brought enough silver, I wouldn't have been able to get the pass today. It will be raised to twenty taels tomorrow."
Liu Dahu was also helpless. These officials did not give people a way to live. They actually made such a fortune. They would definitely suffer retribution in the future.
After listening to this, Old Man Liu nodded and said:
"Third brother, you did a good job. I will give you the money later. This is everyone's business. You can't spend your wife's dowry."
"Thank you, Dad!"
"Okay, now that we have the pass, we can go. Hurry up and pack up in the next two days. I've been feeling very upset these past two days, and I'm afraid something might happen."
"Yes, Dad!"
The three sons responded immediately.
Afterwards, the Liu family closed the door and made low-key preparations for three days. At dawn on the fourth day, they left Liujia Village with all their belongings on three carts.
Lianyi and the other little kids were put on the car while they were sleeping. When they woke up from hunger, they were already on the official road.
Moreover, the Liu family was lucky. They followed behind a famous group of wealthy families in Fenghe Town and looked like family members of the wealthy family's servants. In this way, they left Fenghe Town and headed towards Youzhou.
It was a coincidence that this wealthy family also went to Youzhou. Lianyi knew that her blessing had benefited the Liu family.
Along the way, Lianyi, as the eldest child in the family, was mainly responsible for taking care of his younger brothers and sisters and preventing them from running around and being targeted.
The children of the Liu family were all nourished by Lianyi's spiritual spring. Although they wore patched coarse linen clothes, they were all good-looking, obedient and sensible, saving the Liu family a lot of trouble.
Even so, the journey was not peaceful. When leaving the severely affected Xuzhou, the rich family's team was robbed. Fortunately, the bodyguard they hired was capable, and the servants fought hard, so they finally escaped without any danger.
The Liu family had three strong laborers. They all held hoes and sickles. They surrounded their wives and children and vowed to defend their small home to the death.
Lianyi led the other robbers, armed with homemade slingshots and small stones, to launch a sneak attack to help their father. In the end, they drove the robbers away at the cost of Old Man Liu suffering minor injuries.
The three sons hurriedly lifted their father onto the cart. Lianyi and his younger brothers and sisters made room for him and took out a small medicine bag from the cart and handed it to Fengxuer.
Feng Xuer calmly cleaned the wound with a burning knife, applied crushed hemostatic grass, and then wrapped it with a clean cloth. She also let Old Man Liu drink a bowl of brown sugar water, and then looked at the three brothers and said:
"Dad's injury isn't serious, he just lost some blood. Don't let him walk for the next two days. I'll get him some delicious food to nourish him."
"That's enough. I'm an old man. I just need to be alive. It's inconvenient to be away from home. Don't bother. Just change the medicine on time."
Old Man Liu waved his hand.
Of course the three sons were unwilling, but they did not argue with their father. They exchanged glances with each other, agreed under oath, and then did what they were supposed to do.
The wealthy family in front also reorganized their troops, fearing that these robbers had more tricks up their sleeves, and set out again in a hurry. The Liu family naturally followed closely, and they walked like this for ten days before they completely left the territory of Xuzhou.
After leaving Xuzhou, they gradually saw green grass and trees on the roadside. Where there was grass, there were wild vegetables. The Liu family members secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When they stopped to rest, they would pick some wild vegetables to eat, and the food was consumed more slowly.
Old man Liu was forcefully pressed on a cart by his three sons to recuperate. Ten days later, his wounds had scabbed over and his complexion had improved a lot. He then strongly requested to get off the cart and walk, and took turns riding in the cart with his grandchildren.
This time the three sons did not refuse, mainly because Lianyi secretly gave Old Man Liu a drop of diluted spiritual spring water, mixed it in water and asked him to drink it, which enabled him to hold on.
After entering Youzhou City, the Liu family breathed a sigh of relief. The only thing left was the issue of settling down, and this required Feng Xuer to step in. After all, she had lived here for ten years and had worked as a maid in a wealthy family, so she had some connections.
The Liu family first checked into an affordable inn. After Feng Xuer changed into decent clothes and took Liu Dahu out, the family waited anxiously for news.
Lianyi touched the red rope on her wrist, her eyes flickered, and she felt that she would not be able to stay with the Liu family for long.
It was not until the afternoon that Feng Xuer and Liu Dahu came back, but both of them did not look very good, and it was obvious that things did not go smoothly.
Old Man Liu looked at the expressions of the young couple and said:
"Third brother, third brother's wife, how did things go? Tell us whether it was successful or not, and we can think of a solution together."
This time it was Feng Xuer who explained:
"Dad, we can settle down, but the other party wants too much silver. They said it's calculated per person, five taels of silver per person, so our family needs sixty taels of silver. They also asked for another five taels of silver as a fee. If we want to choose a good place to settle down, we have to pay extra money."
"They... they are robbing openly!"
Liu Dachuan said angrily.
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