The whole family traveled through ancient times to start a new business

Soon, the group sent someone to give Zhao Huaixi a thank-you gift. There was a small silver headdress suitable for Zhao Huaixi's age, and some food, including dried meat and brown sugar.

Zhao Huaixi looked at the gift from the visitor and did not refuse it. Although she was kind-hearted and did not want anything in return, nor did she have any other thoughts. But the other person might think that this was a favor and did not want to owe it. She might as well accept it and let the other person feel at ease.

Zhao Huaixi asked the visitor to wait and went to her car to get some of the medicines she made. Some were for injuries, some for trauma, and some for headaches and fevers. They were all commonly used medicines.

Zhao Huaixi handed the medicine to the other party and explained to him in detail how to use the medicine. The other party listened very carefully and did not refuse. After accepting the medicine, he thanked Zhao Huaixi and left.

In the evening, Su Anton called together the heads of each family for a small meeting.

Everyone sat together, and Su An Dong tried to lower his voice and said, "You have seen today what the consequences of being soft-hearted are. This is a group of young and strong people with knives in their hands. It is easy to see that they are not easy to mess with. If this happened to us today, we would not know what the consequences would be. We don't have weapons as good as theirs. So when you go back, you must warn your family members not to be soft-hearted."

After hearing this, everyone nodded. They all knew the seriousness of the matter.

In fact, even if they didn't need to go back and emphasize that they couldn't be soft-hearted, the families had already realized it. Watching the girl being drowned by refugees was a visual shock. It made those who originally felt pity for other refugees suddenly feel that it was not others who were pitiful, but themselves.

They are in such a dangerous situation, so don't pity others, but pity yourself first!

On the second day, the carriage team gradually surpassed them. After all, they were horse carriages, and their speed was there!

They were about to reach Anqing Prefecture, the next place they had to pass to get to the north. They didn't know if they would let them pass through, or if they would accept refugees. If they were not allowed to pass, they would have to take a detour.

Su Anton and Su Zhihao left the team and went ahead to explore the way.

When we arrived at the official road leading directly to Anqing Prefecture, we saw that there were already many refugees at the city gate of Anqing Prefecture.

The father and son looked at the closed city gate, probably thinking that they would not be allowed to pass.

The refugees under the city gate had begun to riot. Su Anton looked at the agitated crowd and felt that if this continued, these refugees would probably cause trouble.

At this moment, a small door at the city gate opened, and a group of people came out, saying they wanted to distribute porridge.

After a while, a soup kitchen was set up under the city gate, and soldiers with swords in their hands organized the refugees to line up.

As soon as the refugees saw that there was food, they all lined up. Because of the presence of the officers and soldiers holding swords, those restless people were intimidated and lined up obediently.

Su An Dong and his son also lined up. As they were lining up, they suddenly realized that they didn't have any bowls. They had no choice but to fill their water bags when it was their turn.

After making the porridge, Su An Dong went to the guard on the side. The guard wanted to coax Su An Dong as soon as he saw him. Before he could open his mouth, Su An Dong stuffed a piece of silver into his hand.

The man immediately noticed what was in his hand, lowered his head and looked at it secretly. When he saw that it was silver, he stopped driving Su Anton away.

Su An Dong stood beside him and whispered, "Sir, may I ask when the city gate can be opened?" Su An Dong called the other party "Sir" very politely. Judging from the other party's expression, he was obviously very satisfied with this title.

The man also whispered, "I advise you, if you still want to go north, take a detour! You poor people can forget about entering this city gate. The city gate will not be opened to you, because the officials are afraid of letting in rioters!"

When Su An Dong heard this, he had an idea in mind and asked, "What kind of family can enter?"

The man glanced at Su An Dong and said with some disdain: "Anyway, it's not people like you. It has to be officials, wealthy businessmen, and officials. They either have power or money."

When Su Anton heard this, he gave up asking how much money was needed to enter the city.

First, even if the Su family could come up with the required amount, he felt that it was not worth spending so much money to enter the city, so he might as well take a detour. He didn't want to settle here anyway. Second, the money to enter the city was still too expensive for the Su family at that time. Third, the other people in the group couldn't come up with the money, so they were just left here.

At this time, Su Anton also realized more deeply the importance of the imperial examination.

In this class-divided society, if you don't want to be bullied, you can only climb up.

The father and son left the city gate, having already made a decision in their hearts. They had to continue taking a detour, even if it wasted time.

After returning to the team, Su Anton told everyone in detail what he had learned at the city gate.

When everyone heard this, they knew there was no hope of entering the city, so they all agreed with Su Anton's idea and continued to take a detour.

After deciding on the route, the group set out again.

At this moment, the group was actually very tired. Even without pretending, they looked like real refugees. After all, they didn't eat well or sleep well, and they were in a dangerous situation all day long.

Gradually, some people in the team fell ill from exhaustion. Su Anton felt helpless looking at the tired people. In fact, he was also very tired, and everyone was very tired.

Finally, Old Mrs. Su found Su Anton and said that it was going to rain heavily again.

This time, Su Anton felt relieved when he heard the news again. He just took shelter from the rain and took a rest.

Just like last time, Su Zhihao found a place to take shelter from the rain in advance. This time it was not a cave, but a village in the mountains.

The weather gradually became gloomy, and the group went to the village under the leadership of Su Zhihao.

As soon as I entered the village, I was stopped by several people. The people in this village were very wary of outsiders.

Su Anton politely explained his purpose to the other party. After hearing this, they did not let them enter the village, but asked them to wait at the entrance of the village.

One of them ran towards the village, and it was obvious that he was going to inform the village.

After a while, an old man came out of the village.

The old man asked Su Anton and the others in detail where they came from, where they were going, and why they came here.

Through their inquiries, Su Anton learned that this village was very isolated and had no idea about the people fleeing famine outside.

Su An Dong did not hide anything and answered his question seriously. Finally, he said, "Don't worry, old man, we will not avoid the rain in vain."