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Bao’er bit his cheek and looked at Gu Fei fiercely, and after a long while he said: “If you lied to me, you are a puppy!”

Gu Fei nodded: “I promise I won’t lie to you.”

Bao’er turned around and left angrily: “Just walking by myself, what’s the big deal!”

Xing’er pursed her lips for a long time before saying lowly to Gu Fei: “Thank you.”

Gu Fei smiled and pulled Lanzhi: “Let’s go quickly, there’s still a long way to go.”

After walking for another hour, it was almost noon. The cart in front stopped and Uncle Ma shouted: “Everyone, rest for a while and eat some solid food. We will set off again in half an hour.”

With this shout, Lanzhi collapsed on the ground.

Gu Fei was not much better than her. She pulled her up hard and said, “Go sit on the mule carriage for a while, eat something, and lie down.”

Lanzhi’s eyes turned red: “Xiao Fei, I’m afraid I won’t be able to go south. This is only the first day, and I already feel like I’m going to die.”

“It’s okay, it’s just a bit difficult at first, you’ll get used to it.”

Gu Fei pulled Lanzhi to the carriage. Old Lady Gu got out of the car while being supported by Gu Erlang.

Old Lady Gu’s face wrinkled up: “It’s all that second son’s bad idea. What’s the point of escaping? It’s not like we don’t have food at home.”

“My old bones are about to fall apart.”

At this time, Bao’er ran over and stretched out his hand towards Gu Fei: “Give me candy.”

Gu Fei said nothing, took out a candy and put it in Bao’er’s hand, pulled Lanzhi into the carriage, lowered the curtain, and handed her a steamed bun: “Eat it quickly, don’t let anyone see it.”

Lanzhi shed tears while eating.

Tears dripped on the steamed buns, leaving a salty taste in your mouth.

She thought about how she, a rich young lady, ended up like this overnight.

Gu Fei was chewing on the steamed bun and opened a corner of the curtain to see Mrs. Chen holding a package and sharing white flour pancakes with her family members.

She gave Uncle Ma two, and the old lady also got one.

At this time, Mrs. Qian came over. When she saw the white flour pancakes, she exclaimed: “Second sister-in-law, how much money did your family make from the Marquis Mansion? You’re eating white flour pancakes?” Everyone who was resting looked this way.

Each one’s eyes flashed with different expressions.

Uncle Ma pricked up his ears even more.

Mrs. Chen’s expression suddenly changed, “Sister-in-law, stop talking nonsense. What does eating white flour pancakes in my house have to do with the Marquis Mansion?”

Mrs. Qian sneered: “Why doesn’t it matter? These white flour pancakes and this mule carriage were only bought when Xiao Fei came back. Do you dare to say that it wasn’t the money given by Xiao Fei?”

“Where does Xiao Fei’s money come from?”

Gu Fei suddenly opened the curtain and got out of the carriage, staring at Mrs. Qian: “Auntie, do you know that if you talk nonsense like this, if the government finds out, our whole family will be beheaded? What do you want to do? Do you want all of us to die?”

Mrs. Qian Shi snorted coldly, “It’s none of my business. You are allowed to do it, but I am not allowed to say anything.”

Gu Fei stared at Mrs. Qian and said word by word: “Let me tell you, the pancakes and mule carriage that my family eats have nothing to do with the Marquis Mansion.”

“If you dare to talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I will tear your mouth to pieces.”

Mrs. Qian’s voice was sharp: “Tear it apart, I will stand here and wait for you to tear it apart! Let’s see if if dare to touch a finger of mine and try!”

Gu Fei’s eyes turned cold, and she raised her arm and slapped Mrs. Qian’s face hard.

This time, Gu Fei didn’t hold back and used all her strength.

Some people, if you don’t scare them away, they won’t know how high the sky was.

Gu Zhang quickly stepped forward to greet Uncle Ma. The two chatted for a while.

Gu Zhang raised his voice and said to everyone: “This Uncle Ma is the guide I invited. This time he will go to the south with us.”

“Uncle Ma was an escort when he was young and has rich experience. Everyone must obey Uncle Ma’s instructions along the way, leave when he said to leave, stop when he said to stop, eat when he said to eat, and sleep when he said to sleep.”

“I’m going to say something ugly first. Although we are all friends and relatives here, if anyone doesn’t listen, then go alone and don’t drag everyone down.”

The village chief was the first to express his position: “Of course, there are too many people here, so there needs to be someone in charge. Otherwise, if you want to go east, and the others want to go west, then we won’t be able to leave.”

Zhang Laoda also said: “Second Brother Gu. If I didn’t believe in you, I wouldn’t have left my hometown with you.”

Aunt Huang said even louder: “Second Brother Gu, don’t worry, we two will not hold you back.”

Needless to say, the rest were all family members.

Gu Zhang nodded: “Okay, everyone should drink water, and we’re going to set off.”

Gu Fei found a water bag from Gu Sanlang’s carriage, which contained water that Gu Sanlang bought for money in the city. He boiled it last night and filled all ten water bags.

Gu Fei wrapped a circle of red thread around the lid of the water bag, then picked it up and took a few sips.

Uncle Ma glanced at it. Is there any special purpose for marking the water bag?

Or is it simply to differentiate yourself from others?

After finishing the drink, Gu Fei put the water bag back in the car and called Gu Sanlang: “Third Brother, my water bag is wrapped with red thread. Don’t let anyone else drink from this.”

Everyone rested for a while by the city gate, then went out of the city gate and onto the official road.

Not long after they got to the official road, Mrs. Qian called to Xing’er: “You carry your brother on your back, he doesn’t want to leave.”

Xing’er didn’t say a word. She bent down and carried Bao’er on her back. Xing’er was thin, but Bao’er was stronger and fatter than the average child because he was well-fed at home. Lying on Xing’er’s body, the little girl’s waist was bent.

After walking for more than a quarter of an hour, Bao’er didn’t come down. Gu Fei followed them and saw Xing’er’s calves trembling with every step she took.

Gu Fei frowned and caught up with them in a few steps, “Bao’er, come down and walk by yourself. Look at Huzi, he walks all by himself!”

Bao’er rolled his eyes: “I don’t, I want my sister to carry me.”

Xing’er turned around, glanced at Gu Fei with a complicated expression, and lifted Bao’er’s butt with both hands.

Gu Fei glared at Xing’er: “Are you stupid? You can’t even walk by yourself, but you still carry him!”

Xing’er pursed her lips and whispered: “My mother asked me to carry it. What can I do?”

Gu Fei rolled her eyes and shouted forward, “Huzi, come here.”

Huzi shook off his mother’s hand and ran over.

Gu Fei took out a candy and said: “Huzi is the best. He knows how to walk by himself. I will reward you with a candy.”

Huzi was so happy: “Sister, I’ll walk by myself every day, can you give me sweets every day?”

Gu Fei touched Huzi’s head and said, “Okay, as long as Huzi is good, I will give you candy every day.”

At this time, Bao’er got off Xing’er’s back and stared at Gu Fei: “I want to eat candy too!”

Gu Fei stuffed the candy in her hand into Huzi’s mouth: “The candy Huzi ate was given by me as a reward for him walking on his own. Since you didn’t walk on your own, I can’t give you this candy.”

Bao’er shouted angrily: “I’ll walk by myself, you give me candy.”

Gu Fei made a serious face and said, “Then you walk by yourself first. When Uncle Ma told us to rest later, I will give you a candy.”

After a while, the village chief’s family drove over with two mule carts.

Zhang Laoda also arrived with his carriage.

The entrance to the village was crowded with carts and people.

Not only those people who wanted to leave but even those who were not leaving were present to watch the fun.

Most people were anxious.

Seeing that these families were leaving with their whole families, they suddenly felt that they had done something wrong by not leaving, and whether they should leave with them.

Huzi was being pulled by several friends. One of his friends asked: “Huzi, when will you come back after you leave?”

Huzi shook his head: “Dad didn’t tell me, I don’t know.”

A little boy cried and hugged Huzi tightly: “I won’t let you go. If you leave, no one will play with me.”

Huzi also cried, “Wuwuwu. I don’t want to leave either, but my dad is leaving.”

Mrs. Qian was also holding her two daughters and crying. Her daughters, Tao’er and Li’er were already married. They wanted to go with their parents, but their parents-in-law refused to leave. What could they do? They could only come here early to see them off.

While everyone was crying, Gu Qing and Gu Erlang came over carrying the old lady.

The old lady struggled and shouted: “I won’t leave, I won’t leave, even if I die. Where are you going to carry me!”

She was being carried. One person held her arms while the other held her legs. The two of them walked to the carriage and asked Gu Zhang: “Dad, where should we put grandmother?”

Gu Fei quickly got up and opened the curtain.

Gu Qing and Gu Erlang threw the old lady into the carriage with all their strength.

Gu Zhang shouted at this time: “Let’s go!”

Mrs. Chen was still standing on the roadside saying goodbye to several of her best friends in the village. As soon as she heard “Let’s go!” she burst into tears. She held her friend’s hands and said: “If it doesn’t rain the next spring, you should hurry up and come to the south. Don’t delay any longer.”

Mrs. Li pulled Huzi away from his friends and said: “Let’s go, don’t cry. When you grow up, you can come back to see them.”

Li Chunhua was still crying while hugging her mother. Her mother pushed her and said: “You go and live a good life with Dalang. After you settle down, you can send us a message.”

Everyone turned around, wiped away their tears, and left the entrance of the village.

They need to go to the city first to meet up with Gu Sanlang, the Eldest Sister of the Gu Family, and Uncle Ma, and then go out of the east city gate and go to Shangguan Road.

From the village to the city, it usually takes half an hour in a carriage and more than an hour by walking.

The mule carts were full of things, and the people could only walk with their two legs.

Gu Fei pulled Lanzhi. This was the first time Lanzhi to walked such a long way. Gu Fei walked so much in her previous life, but her current body was weak. After being raised in the Marquis Mansion for eight years, she had injuries on her back, and they were not fully healed yet.

Before they could travel several steps, Mrs. Chen came over and said: “Xiao Fei, don’t walk. Get in the car quickly.”

Gu Fei shook her head and said: “Mom, I’m fine. Ask your eldest brother to put Xiao Cao in the carriage.”

Her walking was now a little unstable, but she knew that she had to walk. They have to travel thousands of miles away. This was just the beginning, and she had to adapt as soon as possible.

The mule carriage cannot carry many people. At best, they could take turns to go up and rest.

Lanzhi was even worse than Gu Fei.

The tender-skinned young lady from the Hou family usually only wanders around in the garden. After walking such a long distance, under the weather in mid-September, she was covered with sweat all over her body.

She staggered a few steps before she could ask Gu Fei: “How much longer until we get to the city?”

Gu Fei always said: “Soon, very soon, hold on a little longer.”

After walking for almost an hour, they finally entered the city.

Except for Gu Fei and Lanzhi, the others didn’t feel tired at all. For country people, walking for an hour was nothing.

At the east city gate, Gu Sanlang was driving a mule carriage, and Gu Fei’s uncle was driving another one.

The two sons of her uncle’s family were driving two mule carts.

Gu Qing stepped forward and replaced his eldest uncle.

Uncle Ma, carrying a package on his back, was also standing by the city gate, glancing towards Gu Fei without leaving a trace.

Gu Fei had no choice but to get up and get dressed.

She walked to the yard and got some water to wash up, but then she heard chickens and dogs jumping around in the neighboring houses.

Her uncle was shouting: “Kill the chicken quickly, it will be difficult to carry it on the road.”

“You can’t kill it. Bao’er eats eggs every day. If the chicken is killed, Bao’er will have no eggs to eat.” Mrs. Qian said as she tied the chicken’s feet and threw the chicken on the bullock cart.

The dog from their neighbor on the other side was barking wildly. Their neighbor scolded it: “Stop barking. If you bark again, I’ll kill you.”

The dog whimpered a few times in grievance.

Her own home was not much better. Mrs. Chen was directing Gu Qing and Gu Erlang to move the water tank at the door to the mule cart.

Gu Fei couldn’t help but shout: “Mom, there’s no need to bring this with you. This thing is so heavy, it might crush the mule.”

“This -” Mrs. Chen looked at the mule, then at the water tank, and suddenly approached Gu Fei and whispered: “Don’t you have a place where you can put things? How about putting this in too?”

Gu Fei looked at the vat and sighed: “Okay.”

With a flash of consciousness, the water tank entered the space instantly.

Gu Qing and Gu Erlang stared blankly at their empty hands, and then at the girl. If they hadn’t been mentally prepared, they would have shouted ‘Ghost!’.

Mrs. Chen laughed: “No, no, this water tank should be filled before you put it in. You take it out, and I will put something in it.”

Gu Fei looked at her mother helplessly and had to move the water tank out again.

Mrs. Chen happily ran in to get something. Gu Fei’s sharp eyes saw that Mrs. Chen stuffed a few rags into it. She twitched her lips and turned away: “Mom, call me when you’re done.”

When Gu Fei came out again, the yard was full of things, including water tanks, bedding and luggage, oil, salt, soy and vinegar, cabinets, and the broken tables and benches from home.

Mrs. Chen looked at Gu Fei putting all the things in and said with joy: “This is good. There will be a free mule cart for you and Xiaocao to sit in. Your injuries are not healed, and you can’t walk.”

After packing up, Gu Qing drove the mule cart to the entrance of the village. When he saw his uncle’s house next door, he quickly drove out the newly bought mule cart from which he had borrowed money for Gu Fei.

Two mule carts passed by the uncle’s house. Mrs. Qian was stunned when she saw them, “Are you leaving now? I haven’t finished packing yet!”

She shouted at the top of her voice: “Husband, hurry up, it’s time to set off, you go and catch the carriage!”

“Bao’er, Bao’er, get up quickly, stop sleeping.”

Not long after, everyone in the village who wanted to leave drove their carts to the entrance of the village.

Aunt Huang jumped off the mule cart and walked to the Gu family. She looked around and asked Mrs. Chen: “Where is Xiao Fei?”

Mrs. Chen pursed her lips: “She’s in the carriage. She’s injured and can’t leave.”

Aunt Huang opened the curtain and took a look. The spacious area in the mule carriage was covered with several thick layers of mattresses. Gu Fei was lying on her back in the carriage, enjoying herself.

Aunt Huang put down the curtain and secretly marveled at the Gu family’s care for Gu Fei. Then she thought: “Where are your things?”

“You didn’t bring anything? You have to bring food!”

Mrs. Chen’s eyes flashed: “Of course, we bring food with us. My Sanlang is in the city. There are two carriages in the city, and everything is in there.”

Aunt Huang exclaimed: “There are two more carriages! Your family is prosperous.”

Just as she was talking, Gu Zhong drove a mule cart over and called Gu Zhang: “Mom refuses to leave. What should I do? She is making trouble at home.”

Gu Zhang glanced at Gu Qing and Erlang, “Go and bring your grandmother over.”

Gu Qing and Gu Erlang ran away in a hurry.

The pigs at home were killed the next day.

Mrs. Chen marinated half of the meat and asked Gu Fei to keep the other half.

The next step was to use flour and whole grains to steam buns and make bread. At Gu Fei’s suggestion, Mrs. Chen and Li Chunhua also made some dumplings stuffed with pork and cabbage, pork, and chives, while the rest was mainly stuffed with pure wild vegetables. Their family has almost plucked out all the wild vegetables in the back mountains.

The women of the Gu Family worked day and night, and finally made three sheepskin coats.

Mrs. Chen was thinking that she and the old man would each have one coat, and there would be one for Gu Fei to wear.

But then she thought about it, Old Lady Gu had no sheepskin coats, so it would be outrageous if they wore them.

Mrs. Chen looked at Gu Fei and said hesitantly: “I’d like to give this coat to your grandma. Xiao Fei, do you think it’s ok?”

Gu Fei nodded: “Okay, Mom, just send it over.”

Mrs. Chen laughed. The old lady said that Xiao Fei was a white-eyed wolf. Look, isn’t her Xiao Fei so filial?

The money used to buy the sheepskin belongs to Xiao Fei, their family didn’t even spend a penny.

“Okay, I’ll take it over then.”

Mrs. Chen excitedly went out holding her sheepskin coat.

When she walked to the next yard, she raised her voice and shouted: “Mother!”

Old Lady Gu in the room responded impatiently: “What do you want?”

Mrs. Chen quickly walked in and offered the sheepskin coat with a smile, “Xiao Fei is a filial girl. She took out her money and asked her elder brother to buy some sheepskins and make some coats. She said she would give you this.”

“We are going to the south soon. She is afraid that you will get cold on the way.”

Old Lady Gu touched the thick wool in her hand and snorted: “She will be filial to me, an old lady? Do you think I’ll believe it?”

Mrs. Chen said angrily: “Mother, I brought it here. Do you still think it’s fake? If you don’t like it, then I’ll take it back and use it myself.”

Old Lady Gu hugged the coat tightly: “Since you gave it to me, it’s mine, no one can get it.”

She looked at Mrs. Chen and said, “Go back and tell my son that I know his filial piety.”

Such a coat costs several taels of silver. This was filial.

She doesn’t believe what Xiao Fei gave to her. Only her son has this kind of filial piety.

“Okay, I’ll go back and tell him.”

Old Lady Gu suddenly said: “Also, in 2 days, if you want to leave, you can leave. I won’t leave anyway.”

Mrs. Chen frowned, “Mom, how can that be done? Even the eldest sister-in-law is leaving. If you stay alone, who will take care of you?”

Old Lady Gu shook her head desperately: “If I won’t leave. I won’t be able to live for a few days after we leave anyway. And once I leave, I won’t be able to come back. My old bones must be buried next to your father.”

When Mrs. Chen was about to persuade her, she suddenly thought that the old lady would not listen to her, so she just nodded: “Mom, I’ll go back then.”

Mrs. Chen told Gu Zhang when she got home. Gu Zhang waved his hand and said: “Ignore her, there’s no way to talk to her. I’ll just carry her away when the time comes.”

Gu Fei heard a chuckle in the back room.

Her father was good at dealing with their grandmother.

At this time, a woman’s voice suddenly came from the door of the courtyard, “Is Second Sister-in-law Gu at home?”

Mrs. Chen responded, “Yes.”

A woman who had tidied herself up walked in.

Mrs. Chen let her into the room and said: “Shanzi’s mother, come in and sit down.”

Shanzi’s mother was holding a paper bag in her hand. She handed the paper bag to Mrs. Chen, “I heard that Xiao Fei is back and injured. I have been busy packing my things these days and didn’t bother to see Xiao Fei.”

“These two pounds of brown sugar can nourish Xiao Fei’s body.”

Mrs. Chen immediately felt that the paper package was tricky. Two kilograms of brown sugar was not a light gift, especially now that there was a drought and every household was tightening their belts. She remembered what her old man once said: A person giving a gift must have something to ask for.