Now that they are out of the capital, they must hurry and get it done. It will be even more difficult for the Xu family to track them down if they re-register.

Yang Xi and her husband went to the county town, and they felt relieved knowing that the Wu family was looking after their home.

The two rented a donkey cart in the village and arrived at the county town in half an hour. After entering the county town, they did not rush to find a pawnshop. Instead, they went to the pawnshop to pawn two jade pendants and cut the pawn price in half. These two jade pendants were collected by his father-in-law for his birthday and later given to Zhou Yu. The original price of each piece was at least one hundred taels, but now the two pieces were only pawned for ninety taels.

They sold the jade pendant to avoid the servants who followed them, went to the clothing shop to buy two sets of the cheapest clothes, and then went to the pawnshop after changing into the clothes.

The local boss of the pawnbroker could do anything as long as you pay enough money.

When the yazi heard that they needed to register their household and get a travel permit, he glanced at Yang Xi and the others and didn’t ask any more questions. He was forced by the world and had already done a lot. “One price, fifty taels for household registration and ten taels for travel permit.”

Zhou Yu whispered, “I want two travel permits.”

The Wu family has a travel pass, but the Xu family must have found out about the Wu family. It was better to be cautious. It was safest to replace the Wu family’s pass.

The pawnbroker only cared about money. One more business meant one more profit. The pawnbroker had their own rules. The pawnbroker would not break the rules easily. Zhou Yu’s worth was not worth the pawnbroker breaking the rules. “Okay, when do you want it?”

Zhou Yu, “Today.”

Yazi stretched out his hand and said, “Add another five taels.”

Yang Xi felt heartbroken when she heard this. Five taels of silver were gone just like that.

At the same time, she sighed, now the government was corrupt and only cared about money. As long as you had money, it was no longer difficult to get a pass!

The country would perish sooner or later!

After receiving the silver, Yazi said happily, “Come back in an hour to get it.”

Then he wrote a note and asked them to bring it to get their household registration when the time came.

Zhou Yu wrote the changed name. He directly wrote Zhou Da. His wife only had her surname. His younger brother was Zhou Hu because his nickname was Huzi. His younger sister was Zhou Xiaomei. His son was called Zhou Yi. His mother only had her surname. Third Yang had the same surname as his wife, so he also added Third Yang to the household registration. It would be even more difficult to check the household registration for multiple people.

The couple did not wait in the pawnshop. They still had more than 14 taels of silver left, so they went around the county town. The county town was quite prosperous, with many shops on the street. They went to the grain store first, where the price of grain had gone up again.

Due to natural and man-made disasters, people were displaced and the land was left uncultivated. Natural disasters also reduced grain production. In addition, 90% of the land was in the hands of the powerful, and people’s lives became increasingly difficult.

The couple bought 500 wen of flour, 500 wen of rice, and 200 wen of various beans. It was not that they did not want to buy more, but that the grain store did not sell much.

Yang Xi saw the snack shop and thought of her mother-in-law and son, “Shall we buy some snacks to take back?”

Zhou Yu, “Buy some more, save them for when you’re hungry.”

Yang Xi was also greedy. In modern times, she could eat delicious food everywhere. When she returned to ancient times, she had to flee and hadn’t eaten anything good in these days. In modern times, she didn’t like sweets, so she was happy to be able to eat them now.

The price of food was high, and the price of snacks had also increased a lot. She bought seven pounds of pastries for two hundred coins, and the price of snacks had increased by at least half.

Then the two of them bought some salt and other seasonings, and finally went to the clinic to buy some plaster for frostbite, and also got some medicine to replenish their mother’s body.

By the time the two of them got their household registration and returned to the village, it was already afternoon.

Zhou Yu did not mention the new household registration, but gave Wu Shan a new pass, “With the new pass, we will be safer in the future.”

Wu Shan knew that the pass was not cheap, “I don’t have any money at home, I will pay you back slowly when we get there.”

Zhou Yu shook his head. “I changed the pass for safety. You don’t have to return it, brother. I’m going back first.”

Having said that, Zhou Yu left a pound of snacks and got up to leave.

Wu Shan chased to Zhou’s house, but Zhou Yu didn’t open the door, so Wu Shan stood there for a while before going back.

Li Shi waited for her husband to come back and asked, “Where did the Zhou family get the money?”

Wu Shan said, “There are quite a few people in the Zhou family. It would have been easy to secretly stash away a jade pendant or something during the chaos, but it wouldn’t have fetched much money. By now, they’ve likely spent most of it on securing travel permits.”

Li Shi thought the same—since they had hidden so many things, there was no need to suffer along with them.

In Zhou’s house, Third Yang was very excited because he had the same household registration as the Zhou family.

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