Yang Xi was nervous, worried that refusing would anger the other party. Don’t think that laughing at you meant you were good-tempered. The other party just thought it was funny!

Zhou Yu bent his back, “I am timid and want to live a stable life in the south. It is fate that we met. The sled blueprint is for you.”

The man narrowed his eyes. His intuition allowed him to avoid many dangers. His intuition told him that the man in front of him had some skills. He was tolerant towards people with skills.

After seeing the blueprint, the man’s restrained face smiled again, “Haha, good, good, little brother is not bad.”

As he said this, he put the blueprint into his arms, got on his horse, and shouted to the team, “Speed ​​up and get to the post station before dark.”

The caravan just left and disappeared on the official road in a short while.

Wu Shan then ran over and asked worriedly, “Will they rob us in front?”

Zhou Yu, “No, all our belongings are not worth as much as their horse.”

He could see clearly that the caravan had all good horses, and he didn’t know whether they were bought from the army or from the grassland.

Brother Zhou said, “Brother, they took the blueprints without any response.”

Zhou Yu, “I was the one who gave him the blueprint. You have to remember that you are not qualified to negotiate terms if you are not equal.”

Wu Shan continued, “You are young, we are lucky to be safe today. If they really rob us, we can’t do anything about it.”

Brother Zhou believed that transactions must be equal. He learned another lesson today. He was no longer a child of an official and was a little depressed.

The two families did not stay for long. They had to find a place to stay before dark. They had to rush to Hezhen tomorrow. With enemies behind them, both families were in a hurry.

The afternoon’s journey was smooth and they successfully found a village to stay in. There were no accidents this time and they rested for a day before continuing their journey.

The Xu family found clues in the refugee area of ​​the capital and confirmed that the Zhou family had left. The more the Zhou family managed to hide, the more it felt like a thorn in the throat for the Xu family. Not only did they send people to continue the investigation, but they also sent people to the Zhou family’s ancestral home to wait.

In the ancients’ understanding, after death, the dead must be buried in their ancestral hometown, and the Zhou family would eventually return to their ancestral hometown.

The Zhou family and their entourage arrived at Hezhen smoothly. Hezhen was not big. In the north, a town with a population of more than 2,000 was considered a big town. In the south, the developed and populous towns had a population of over ten thousand, which was incomparable to the north.

Hezhen had a small population and was not a road hub. It was not prosperous. There was only one main street that stretched to the end with scattered shops and not many pedestrians. It was not easy for the Zhou and Wu families to buy three donkeys.

Neither family had a good rest, so they found an inn to stay overnight.

Yang Xi took a shower and applied the frostbite medicine she had bought. Only then did her face feel better. She felt like she was reborn after taking a shower. She ate some simple noodles and let out a long sigh, “Comfortable.”

Zhou Yu had a heavy burden on his shoulders, and he felt refreshed after taking a bath. “I’ve had a hard time for you these days.”

Yang Xi, “I’m not tired, and the child is fine.”

Zhou Yu looked at his wife’s belly with gentle eyes. The child was not only fine but also knew that his parents were in a difficult situation and did not make any noise at all.

Yang Xi smiled and said, “I have a feeling that she will be an obedient little girl.”

Zhou Yu’s mouth curled up, “Yeah.”

Yang Xi saw his son finish the noodles, touched his stomach, confirmed that he did not eat too much, and said: “Donkeys are not easy to buy, we can’t stay in Hezhen.”

They wanted to use the second heavy snow to completely cover their tracks.

Zhou Yu, “Well, let’s go to the morning market tomorrow morning and buy some cows if nothing works.”

Yang Xi frowned, “A cow will cost us at least ten taels.”

They currently have a little more than ten taels of silver.

Zhou Yu, “We’ll talk about it when the time comes.”

Yang Xi hoped that their luck would be better, but unfortunately, there were only two donkeys at the morning market, no cows or horses, only sheep and other livestock.

(End of this chapter)

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