Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

After the bodies were buried, more than twenty people sat down and began to count the money.

Apart from the small change they hid, which no one saw being put into their arms, the silver money exposed on the surface amounted to ninety-six taels. The old man also exchanged several silver bills with silver. The silver was heavy and inconvenient to carry on his body, so silver bills were more useful.

After the silver and money were exchanged, everyone started to divide the money.

There are a total of twenty-four people here, including the village head, Mr. Zhou Guo, so each person can get four taels.

Zhou Guo was not polite either. He refused it and said it would be a waste. It was very difficult to earn these four taels of silver seriously.

The old man also took it, and it would be a bit unreasonable for him to refuse it.

Everyone happily divided the money and agreed not to tell anyone else about this to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

Everyone nodded.

The old man took a few taels of silver in his hand, turned around and handed it to Zhou Guo, "Here, this money is also for you."

Zhou Guo finally remembered that he was an apprentice at this moment, and he refused embarrassedly: "No, no, no, you have already given me so much, and I am an apprentice. I didn't give you any apprentice gifts, so how can I ask for your money for free? Keep it for yourself."

The old man said, "We are fleeing now. We don't know when our heads will no longer be hanging from our necks. Why do we still have to be so particular? Let me tell you, I have lived alone for most of my life. Now that I am old, I have a disciple like you. You are like a relative now. So there is no need for us to be particular about those silly etiquettes. As long as you practice martial arts diligently every day, I will consider you as having found a treasure."

Zhou Guo looked at the silver in his hand and decisively put it into the bag in front of him.

She now has fifty-eight taels of private money.

It's just that there is too much silver, so it's a bit heavy. It's not a big deal that the bag is heavy, since she is strong. But the bag is bulging and you can tell at a glance that it contains good things, which is also quite troublesome.

But no matter what, no one searched her bag.

Everyone walked out happily.

The first thing Zhou Guo saw from a distance was a tall and big horse, wagging its tail and eating grass happily with its head down. She was delighted, the horse was found!

"Oh, look, it's a horse. Zhou Sanlang and his friends are really good. They actually found the lost horse. Now we finally don't have to push the cart like an old ox all day long." A person nearby said happily.

When everyone looked forward, they all ran forward excitedly, vying to see the horses.

Before, they only thought that the horse was tall and could scare people to death when it rushed over, but now that the horse is theirs, they feel that it is particularly majestic and powerful, and they are happy no matter how they look at it.

There were already a lot of people gathered around the horse, and everyone was talking about it.

"These days a cow costs more than ten taels of silver. How much does a horse cost?"

"That must be even more expensive, probably over a hundred taels. One head like this costs a hundred taels, and if we get back all the rest, how much would that be?!"

Someone did the math and it was incredible. If all this money was converted into money, each household would get 40 to 50 taels. With so much money, they could go anywhere and even go directly to the capital.

While listening to their conversation, Zhou Guo looked at the horse. Seeing that the horse had shiny fur, large and smooth hooves, and a tall and strong body, her intuition told her that this was a good horse.

"I'm back, I'm back again! Oh, I found so many again!"

The voices of surprise from the crowd rang in her ears. She looked up and saw a group of people coming back with several horses on both sides. More than a dozen horses were running towards her. Everyone was frightened and quickly scattered to make way.

She counted them and found that there were only twelve horses here, and there were still six left.

Others also said, "Sanlang, there are only twelve horses. There were eighteen, weren't there?"

Zhou Dacang said, "The rest are nowhere to be found, and we don't know where they went. We have walked a long way and searched for a long time to find these. I will just forget about the rest. I don't know if these thieves have any accomplices. We have stayed here for so long, we can't stay any longer. It will be troublesome if those accomplices come looking for us."

The people who were about to look for more immediately shut their mouths when they heard this. They couldn't risk their lives for money. What was the point of having so much money if they were going to lose their lives?

"That's right, very true. We have to go. Hurry, pack up and get going." The head of the village said hurriedly.

It's almost dark now.

But they were leaving very quickly because the things had been packed long ago and when the cart was found all the things were loaded onto the cart so they could leave as soon as they were told to.

No one had eaten anything that day, so some were hungry and some wanted to eat before leaving.

The head of the village said, "Will skipping a meal kill you or what? If you didn't eat, then everyone else didn't eat either. Those with serious injuries didn't scream as loud as you did. They didn't say anything, but you're the only one who's making trouble."

The man was speechless.

Those who were seriously injured were carried away on stretchers while applying the herbal medicine Zhou Guo had found. Those who were slightly more seriously injured were pushed on carts, and those who were less seriously injured followed the team on their own.

Mrs. Li wanted her daughter to sit on the cart and rest. Although her wound was not fatal, it was a long cut and a lot of blood was flowing, which looked quite scary.

Zhou Guo waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Mom. I'll walk for a while. I'll come back to rest when I can't walk anymore."

She still wanted to see the horses, so she could bear this little pain.

Everyone started on their journey as the sky gradually darkened.

Zhou Guo looked at the horses and finally remembered something. He said to Zhou Dacang worriedly, "Uncle, don't you think it's a bad idea for us to take these horses with us? What if someone recognizes us?"

Zhou Dacang said: "So, we want to sell these horses if we have the chance along the way. Anyway, no one here knows how to ride except the old man."

She nodded, somewhat reluctantly.

If this horse is sold, she won’t know how long it will take to have a horse to ride again. She also wants to learn how to ride a horse.

Zhou Dacang also wanted to do so, but there was nothing he could do.

The old man listened to their conversation and said, "Guo girl, come on, I will teach you how to ride a horse."

Zhou Guo raised his eyes immediately, and Zhou Dacang's eyes lit up. They both said in unison: "Riding a horse?"

The old man had already picked up the horse. "Sanlang, if you are brave, you can ride that one. I think that one is more docile. Do you like this one, girl?"

Pointing at one of the horses, he asked Zhou Guo.

Zhou Guo looked at the horse, which was the first one to be found, and nodded with some anticipation.

But the old man said firmly: "No, this horse is good, but it has a fierce temper. You are just starting to learn, it is not suitable for you. It is easy to hurt you. That one, the shorter one with a gentler temper, is most suitable for beginners."

The two were very excited, their eyes eager to try.