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Just at this moment, Gu Fei came over and smiled at Aunt Huang: “Aunt Huang, do you have a thimble? Lend it to me.”

Aunt Huang hurriedly responded: “Yes, yes, wait for Auntie to find it for you.”

Gu Fei waited by the side.

Shanzi, who was sitting on the stool, raised his head and glared at Gu Fei fiercely.

Gu Fei was puzzled. What’s wrong with him? She just borrowed a thimble, which cost a few cents. Is it worth it to glare at her like this?

The family has been busy making sheepskin coats these days, and Lian’er has added work, so the thimbles were not enough.

Gu Fei stood a little further away from Shanzi. Aunt Huang quickly found the thimble and handed it to her.

“Thank you, Aunt Huang, my family will need it for a few days, and I will return it to you in a few days.” Gu Fei left quickly after saying that. If she didn’t leave, Shanzi’s eyes would eat her up.

Aunt Huang slapped Shanzi’s back head and whispered: “Why is Xiaofei here you are like a mute. You don’t say a single word, what can I say to you!”

Shanzi stood up, looked at her mother, and said word by word, “Anyway, I won’t marry her!”

Gu Fei looked back at this time. She seemed to have heard something about whether to marry or not. She didn’t know what the mother and son were talking about.

Back to her area, Gu Fei sat down next to Mrs. Chen, put the thimble on her finger, and started working.

The fire in the middle was crackling, and the women hung their heads to do needlework. Everything seemed quiet and beautiful.

Suddenly, Xing’er screamed in the dark: “There is a wolf!”

Then Xing’er was seen rolling and crawling to the light.

Just as she was about to turn around, she saw two green dots in the dark in the distance.

Remembering what the old man said about the wolf’s eyes being green, she screamed and turned and ran.

Everyone stood up in panic, some looked around: “Where is the wolf?”

Some shouted: “Mom, I’m scared.”

Some were so scared that they wanted to run, but they didn’t know where to run.

Uncle Ma shouted quickly and loudly: “Everyone, don’t make a fuss, gather together, come to the fire!”

The fastest one was Chen Hu. The three of them had originally lit a fire next to the group of people. When they heard that there was a wolf, Chen Hu carried his young master on his back and ran quickly to Gu Fei’s house. Zhang Ze also quickly followed.

Just because Uncle Ma was here.

Life was more important than anything else. Everyone quickly gathered around the fire lit by Gu Fei’s family, huddled together, shivering.

Uncle Ma shouted: “Women, children, and the elderly stand inside, and the young and strong men of each family stand outside. Surround everyone, grab your weapons, and keep an eye on the outside.”

Just as he finished speaking, a wolf howl sounded: Owooooo

Then several wolf howls sounded in the wilderness.

Chen Hu put his young master in the middle and turned to look at Zhang Ze with a serious expression: “It’s bad, there may be several wolves.”

Zhang Ze nodded: “You protect the young master, I’ll stand outside.”

Uncle Ma looked back and pointed at Chen Hu: “Come out too, it’s useless for you to protect your young master. If you beat back all the wolves, your young master will be fine.”

Chen Hu looked embarrassed: “This–”

Su Chen whispered: “You go.”

Chen Hu walked outside helplessly.

Uncle Ma called The Eldest Uncle and his two sons, and finally called out after a moment of hesitation: “Xiao Fei, come out too.”

Hearing this, Mrs. Chen anxiously grabbed Gu Fei’s arm, wanting to say something but unable to.

Mrs. Qian’s face twitched, and she had to pull Xing’er back.

Shanzi looked at the two with a gloomy expression on his face, and his fists clenched.

Aunt Huang, who was sitting beside him, spat at the ground: “Bah, don’t you look at your daughter? You still want to climb that high branch, dream on!”

Xing’er was still confused until she was pulled back by her mother.

What did her mother do just now?

She said something about making the bed and folding the quilt.

A little girl like her knew what was wrong with this.

Thinking that the young man was too lazy to look up at them, Xing’er’s face flashed with shame and anger, and she shook off her mother’s hand and ran into the dark.

Mrs. Qian frowned, ignored her, and went to pack her things.

Shanzi watched Xing’er rush into the dark field, gritted his teeth, and ran over there.

Aunt Huang shouted from behind: “Shanzi, what are you doing? Don’t go to that dark field!”

Shanzi didn’t even look back and quickly rushed to a place where the firelight couldn’t reach.

Xing’er didn’t run far either, squatting on the ground and pulling the dry grass on the ground angrily.

Shanzi walked behind her and suddenly said: “What do you mean?”

Xing’er didn’t realize there was someone behind her and was startled. She stood up and saw that it was Shanzi. Her expression relaxed, then became embarrassed and angry: “What do you mean? How do I know what my mother pulled me to do?”

Shanzi stepped forward: “You don’t know?”

Xing’er felt so wronged: “How can I know? My mother pulled me and left, and I didn’t expect her to say those words!”

Shanzi breathed a sigh of relief: “I thought you also wanted to climb up the social ladder.”

Xing’er’s mind flashed the scene of seeing the young man just now.

The young man had a white face and beautiful eyes, but he exuded a cold smell all over his body.

Xing’er smiled bitterly: “Who is he? He is a young master from a rich family. Even if someone likes me, they would only take me as a maid.”

Shanzi wanted to ask: “If they like you, you can be a maid?”

Thinking about it, he swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue and whispered: “You know how I feel about you.”

“When we settle down in the south, I will let my mother go to your house to propose marriage, okay?”

Xing’er was stunned for a moment when he suddenly said this, then her face turned red and she lowered her head.

Shanzi asked anxiously: “Okay? Give me a word!”

Xing’er lowered her head and bit her lips, and after a long while, she said “Um” in a low voice.

Shanzi became happy instantly, and suddenly stepped forward to grab Xing’er’s hand: “Don’t worry, I am the only one in my family, and my mother has saved a lot of money. I will not let you suffer in the future.”

As he was speaking, Aunt Huang’s shouting came in the night wind: “Shanzi, where have you been?!”

Shanzi pinched Xing’er’s hand: “My mother is calling me, you also go back, don’t stand in this dark place.”

Xing’er responded and shyly pulled back her hand.

Aunt Huang watched Shanzi run away with his fists clenched and then came back happily. What else did she not understand?

She held back her anger and pulled Shanzi aside: “Don’t hang out with that Xing’er, her mother is not an easy person to get along with, and Xing’er’s temperament and appearance are far worse than Xiao Fei’s.”

“When you have time, go hang out with Xiao Fei more often. That girl is good at making money and is lucky. Didn’t you see that your Second Uncle Gu’s family just made a hundred taels of silver?”

Shanzi said sullenly: “I won’t go near her.”

That day, he saw Gu Fei killing someone and had a nightmare in the middle of the night. Now he feels a little nervous when he sees Gu Fei.

Aunt Huang patted Shanzi with a look of disappointment and said in a low voice: “You useless thing. If you can marry Xiao Fei at home, you won’t have to worry about your life.”

Shanzi was annoyed: “I don’t like her if you want to marry her, marry her yourself!”

After that, he went aside to sulk.

One hundred taels of silver!

The crowd of people who were listening were all stunned.

Three people spent one hundred taels of silver for a month?

Is this a gift?

Or is there something wrong with the rich man’s brain?

Zhang Ze also thought carefully before proposing a hundred taels, which he thought was neither too much nor too little.

Recently, the price of grain has risen tenfold, and the prices of meat and vegetables have also skyrocketed. In Tongcheng, just eating a meal costs several taels of silver, but the taste is not something the young master can get used to.

Gu Zhang’s food was okay, unlike the coarse grains other families eat. Although there were not many vegetables, they couldn’t be so particular outside.

When Mrs. Chen heard the one hundred taels, she didn’t pack up her things. She straightened her waist and looked at Gu Zhang with a sharp look as if urging him to agree quickly.

Gu Zhang looked at Gu Fei again, but Gu Fei had already turned around and blinked at him desperately.

Gu Zhang knew what was going on. Neither his wife nor his daughter could resist the magic of silver.

He was about to nod his head and agree when Mrs. Qian suddenly came over from the side: “Why don’t you guys eat at my house? I still have white flour at home. I’ll make white flour pancakes and white flour steamed buns for you every meal. What do you think?”

Mrs. Qian’s eyes were fixed on the silver note in Zhang Ze’s hand as if she wanted to stretch out a pair of hands from her eyes and snatch the silver note away.

Zhang Ze glanced at her and said lightly: “Thank you for your kindness, Aunt. We still want to eat at Uncle Gu’s house.”

Gu Zhang made a prompt decision and took the silver note: “Okay, then you guys can eat with my family, but there are no good dishes to be found right now, so I’m afraid I’ll have to inconvenience you guys.”

Zhang Ze hurriedly said: “No, no, we’ll eat whatever your family eats.”

Zhang Ze completed the task and left happily.

Mrs. Chen glared at Mrs. Qian fiercely, how shameless she was? She wanted to snatch her family’s good fortune!

Mrs. Qian watched Gu Zhang handed the one hundred taels to Gu Fei, who then put it in her sleeve. She wanted to rush over and snatch the banknotes.

The mood of the spectators was also unsettled for a long time.

Aunt Liu’s mouth twitched for a long time, and she turned to the village chief and said: “What did I say? Gu Laoer’s family has had good luck. If it weren’t for making rabbit meat today, this wouldn’t have happened. 100 taels! That’s 100 taels!”

“Alas, why can’t you pick up a rabbit even when you pee!”

“My cooking skills are not bad!”

Zhang Laoda’s wife, Mrs. Yu, also sighed there: “Alas, why can’t our family encounter such a good thing?”

“That’s 100 taels!”

“Even if we sell our whole family, we can’t get one hundred taels.”

Seeing one hundred taels of silver, everyone felt envy, jealousy, and hatred to varying degrees.

Mrs. Qian returned to her own home and kept throwing things around.

Watching the one hundred taels of silver being taken away by others, she was so angry that she didn’t know who to vent her anger on.

She looked at Xing’er, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and she took Xing’er away.

Xing’er was puzzled: “Mom, what are you doing?”

Mrs. Qian didn’t say anything, she pulled Xing’er to Su Chen and smiled at him flatteringly: “This young master, do you need someone to serve you? My daughter can do everything, serving tea and water, making the bed, you just need to–”

Before she finished her words, Su Chen didn’t even raise his eyelids, and called softly: “Chen Hu–”

Chen Hu immediately stood in front of Su Chen like an iron tower, scolding: “What are you doing, woman, don’t come to harass my young master!”

Mrs. Qian was about to speak, but just as she opened her mouth, Chen Hu put his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist and stepped forward: “Are you not leaving yet?”

Su Chen smiled bitterly in the carriage.

That day, the horse was startled, and he was thrown out of the carriage. The horse dragged the carriage and no one knew where it went.

He lay on the ground for half an hour before two guards came to him.

The bag he had put in the carriage, the clothes and luggage, were all gone. The official document with a seal that proved his identity was with his mother. He could not prove his identity as an official family member, so he could not stay in the official post.

Fortunately, the silver bills were hidden close to him and were not lost.

So for the moment, for safety reasons, he could only choose to go with these people.

Zhang Ze also smiled bitterly: “If there is a place to live, live there. If there is no place to live, there is nothing we can do.”

Uncle Ma smiled: “Everyone is here, let’s go.”

Uncle Ma arranged the carriages and carts in order. The cart he drove with Gu Zhanghe and driven by Gu Qing were in the front, and the two carts by the uncle of Gu Family were at the end. Su Chen’s carriage was sandwiched in the middle.

Before setting off, Uncle Ma said again: “We must walk faster, pass Xishan County and Hedong County as soon as possible, and reach Huainan County.”

Gu Zhang couldn’t help asking: “Uncle Ma, how long will it take us to get to Huainan County?”

Uncle Ma thought for a while: “If we can walk a hundred miles a day, we can enter Huainan County in 10 days.”

“If we walk slowly, it’s hard to say.”

The village chief shouted: “Then everyone should work harder, and it will be safe to get to Huainan County as soon as possible.”

Hearing that it would only take a dozen days, everyone became excited, and the two grandsons of the eldest aunt’s family responded loudly at the back, “Okay, everyone, work harder.”

Gu Fei estimated that it was impossible to walk a hundred miles a day, and it would be good to walk seventy or eighty miles a day.

It can be estimated that it will take more than twenty days to enter Huainan County.

Everyone set off.

Perhaps it was the effect of Uncle Ma’s words that made everyone walk faster.

Uncle Ma’s cart was in front, and he would shout when he saw refugees from a distance and sometimes whipped his whip to avoid being blocked.

As soon as it got dark, Uncle Ma shouted to stop, but everyone refused: “Let’s go a little further, it’s not completely dark yet, we still have energy and can walk.”

Everyone wanted to get to Huainan County as soon as possible.

Everyone insisted on walking for another half an hour and then found an open space by the official road to start cooking.

Just as Mrs. Chen had set up the pot, Uncle Ma found Gu Fei: “Then the rabbit meat can be eaten, it will go bad if you don’t eat it now.”

He picked up the wine bag in his hand: “I specially got some wine!”

Gu Fei smiled: “Let’s eat it, I’ll make it right away.”

She went to the carriage and pretended to search for a while, and took out the marinated rabbit meat from the space.

Gu Fei took out the chopping board and was about to cut ginger and garlic. Lian’er quickly took it over: “Miss Xiao Fei, don’t do it. I’ll do whatever you want.”

Seeing that Li Chunhua had just cooked the rice, Gu Fei was not in a hurry. She closed her eyes and searched for ingredients in the space.

As a result, she found something. There was a bag of potatoes in the corner. Gu Fei herself didn’t remember when she put it in.

Potatoes also existed in this era, but they were not widely promoted, and few people used them to cook. They were just cooked and eaten as food.

Gu Fei got up and walked to the mule cart, took out two big potatoes, Lian’er took them, washed them, and peeled them.

The potatoes were cut into small pieces and marinated for a while. Gu Fei heated the oil in the pan and fried the potato pieces.

Seeing that the rice was almost cooked, Gu Fei started to fry the rabbit meat.

The rabbit meat was fried in the oil pan until it was crispy before being fished out.

Gu Fei then added ginger, garlic, and dried red peppers. Considering Xiao Cao, Gu Fei did not add too much pepper. She sautéed the ginger and garlic until fragrant, added a few Sichuan peppercorns, and then added the rabbit meat and stir-fried it. Gu Fei added some sugar to enhance the flavor and then added potatoes, pepper powder, and soy sauce.

Seeing that it was almost done, Gu Fei sprinkled a handful of cumin powder, and the aroma immediately spread out domineeringly.

Gu Zhang quickly apologized to the store owner and pulled the old lady out: “Mom, if you can’t bear it, don’t eat it. If you don’t like us eating, don’t watch. Don’t make trouble when you are away from home!”

The old lady pointed at Gu Zhang and trembled all over: “I’m making trouble? You, do you dislike me? Should money be spent like this?”

“You spent more than 1 silver in one meal, but you don’t allow me to say anything!”

“You are wasting money. Sooner or later, this family will be ruined by you!”

Xiao Cao looked at the old lady and said softly, “Grandma, don’t you like noodles?”

“The noodles are so delicious. You ate them all and even drank the soup. Why are you still angry?”

Gu Fei couldn’t help but turn her back and giggle.

Xiao Cao was a treasure.

The old lady looked at Xiao Cao and was so angry that she couldn’t speak. She couldn’t argue with a three-year-old child. She was either old or confused.

Gu Zhang quickly signaled Gu Qing to help the old lady get in the car. He was also very troubled by his mother. Alas, he shouldn’t have taken over this hot potato.

The old lady’s face was livid as she was carried by Gu Qing and Gu Erlang and put on the mule carriage. The group hurried to the east city gate.

It was not yet noon, so only the village chief’s family was waiting at the city gate.

When Gu Fei’s mule carriage arrived, the village chief’s family was eating white flour buns.

Suddenly, seeing Gu Zhang and Gu Fei, the village chief hurriedly stuffed the white flour buns into his arms.

Gu Fei laughed.

People in this era didn’t know if they were afraid of being poor. They were reluctant to eat even if they had money. They were afraid of being seen by others when they ate something good.

Gu Zhang also laughed: “Village chief, don’t hide it. Why are you afraid of being seen eating a white flour bun?”

The village chief smiled awkwardly: “I, my children are greedy, there nothing I can do, there is nothing I can do.”

As he was talking, the eldest aunt’s family also came over.

Juhua and Tieniu got out of the car, their lips were shiny.

Auntie Liu joked: “Oh, what good food did this family eat?”

Juhua smiled heartily: “Grandpa took us to a restaurant to eat meat.”

Auntie Liu smiled and said nothing.

She also said that she would take the children to a restaurant first. After all, they had been living in the open air every day. It was not easy to get to the city, so they should have a good meal.

But the old man was reluctant to give up. After much persuasion, he finally gritted his teeth and bought a few white flour buns, giving each person half a bun.

Auntie Liu turned around and glared at the village chief fiercely: “You old man, you are so stingy.”

Soon, several families arrived one after another, and Uncle Ma also came with a bag on his back and a wine bag in his hand.

Gu Zhang was just worrying about why the son of the county magistrate hadn’t come yet, when a carriage came from afar, and the driver was Chen Hu.

The carriage stopped, and Gu Zhang said to the vague group: “This is an acquaintance of mine. He will travel with us on the way.”

Chen Hu and Zhang Ze quickly jumped out of the car and greeted everyone.

Su Chen, who was sitting in the carriage, just lifted the curtain and glanced at everyone.

Uncle Ma looked at the carriage curtain with a flash of light in his eyes and said meaningfully: “It’s okay to go together, but from now on, I’m afraid there will be no inns to stay in. I don’t know if you can stand it.”

Before Chen Hu and Zhang Ze answered, Gu Zhang asked: “Why are there no inns along the official road?”

Uncle Ma shook his head: “Of course, there are inns along the official road, but I just got the news that Xishan County and Hedong County are in chaos, and most inns dare not open. From now on, we can only rest in the wild, and we have to find water along the way. Life would be difficult!”

He thought about it and added: “You can stay in the official post, but we ordinary people don’t have the qualifications to stay there.”