Yang Xi signaled Zhou Xiaodi to stop and rest. She had already seen Zhou Yu and the others, and she put her heart at ease.

Brother Zhou shouted a few words to the front and the sled stopped.

After a while, Zhou Yu and his companions came back, and the Wu family surrounded Wu Shan. Yang Xi and Zhou Xiaodi surrounded Zhou Yu, and they all laughed when they confirmed that he was not injured.

Third Yang looked lonely, with envy in his eyes, but the envy quickly disappeared. He was happy that he could integrate into the team this time.

Zhou Yu simply told his family what had happened. Yang Xi looked at the Wu family. This was a good thing. It would not make the Wu family feel that they were too cruel, and it would also reassure the Wu family that they were not soft-hearted people.

Ye Shi remained silent. She found excuses for her son’s change, saying it was all caused by family changes.

Yang Xi sensed her mother-in-law’s emotions, and she didn’t know how to comfort her, so she could only change the subject: “We got so much fine grain, let’s cook some rice after we rest.”

Zhou Yu took out a cloth bag from his arms and said, “This is the money that was divided. Count it.”

The whole family stared at the cloth bag. Yang Xi took it and opened it, and was surprised, “So much?”

There were two ounces of silver and a few small coins in it.

Zhou Yu brought back three bags and took out strings of copper coins from the bottom of the last bag. There were eight strings in total, with one hundred copper coins in each string.

Zhou Xiaodi was delighted, “These families are quite wealthy.”

Yang Xi heard the cheers from the Wu family. The Wu family was also counting the money, including the money Third Yang got. Yang Xi felt that the eight people deserved to be killed. They had indeed engaged in human trafficking more than once.

Zhou Yu said: “It’s getting late, let’s leave here.”

Zhou Xiaomei asked, “Brother, will they report to the yamen?”

Zhou Yu, “Don’t be afraid.”

If they had really reported it to the police, they would have run away long ago, not to mention that these people didn’t dare to report it.

They set off again, with Third Yang’s bag on the Wu family’s sled. Third Yang did not follow the Wu family but followed the Zhou family’s sled.

Third Yang said, “We have been through thick and thin together.”

Yang Xi smiled, “So you want to tell the truth?”

Third Yang touched his red nose awkwardly, “Sister-in-law, I am indeed the third child, and my name also has the character Xi. Let’s get to know each other again. My name is Yang Xixuan.”

When little brother Zhou chuckled, he knew that Third Yang was not honest.

Zhou Yu, “Can you read and write?”

Third Yang, “Yeah.”

Zhou Yu and his wife did not ask any further questions. Their current trust was not enough to warrant a disclosure. Instead, Third Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

This time the two families were not so lucky. They did not find a village to settle down. Fortunately, there were no big mountains nearby so it was relatively safe.

Yang Xi, “We need to collect enough firewood to burn for one night.”

Zhou Yu looked at the woods in the distance and said, “With more of us, we can collect enough firewood in a while.”

Yang Xi nodded and took Zhou Xiaomei and the two daughters-in-law of the Wu family to get some snow. They wanted to make a snow wall to block the wind.

Li Shi said hurriedly, “Your sister-in-law is pregnant, just leave her to us.”

Yang Xi also knew that she was pregnant, “I won’t move the snow blocks, I help make the snow blocks without getting tired.”

In Li Shi’s mind, all officials’ wives were noble ladies, but after meeting Yang Shi, she realized that she was still too inexperienced. Yang Shi not only knew how to cook but also knew a lot.

Li Shi thought so and said, “Sister-in-law, are all officials’ wives like you?”

Yang Xi smiled, “It’s different.”

Li Shi said, “Then my sister-in-law admires you even more.”

Yang Xi instructed how to build the snow wall, and it was quickly built. Yang Xi was grateful for the first heavy snow which helped them so much!

After dinner in the evening, Yang Xi and Zhou Yu sat together. Yang Xi said, “I wonder if the Xu family has reacted?”

(End of this chapter)

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