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

"My family's savings of several lifetimes were robbed by these bastards. We are penniless, and so is my old man. Old man, open your eyes and see that these bastards will not have a good end. They will go to hell after they die!"

The four men were immediately searched from head to toe. Not feeling that it was not enough, the crowd simply stripped off their clothes. The women and children all turned their heads away.

These people were still not satisfied after stripping the people, so they picked up stones and threw them at people, again and again, screaming heart-wrenchingly as they did so, like crazy.

The women covered their children's eyes and left. Some who had watched the whole process couldn't bear it and ran to the side and vomited.

Zhou Guo had already walked aside and was looking at these people in agony from a distance. She felt somewhat fortunate that she had put some jewelry in the box. She saw one of them holding a piece of jewelry of unknown origin, holding it in his arms and bursting into tears. It was obvious that this must be a family member's thing.

This battle of revenge ended with the four people being smashed to pieces and their faces could not be seen clearly. Everyone was tired of smashing and crying.

Everyone picked up the things they had searched from these people and left one by one, spitting on the corpses before leaving.

There were not many refugees here, only about thirty or forty people, and many of them were families. She thought that the silver and money she had stuffed in should be enough for them to share.

It seems that every family has picked up some, and everyone is quiet and no one is making a noise.

When passing by the escort team, these people paused, but in the end they said nothing and left with their families.

Zhou Guo also saw the family she had met before. She recognized the young master, who was in a very miserable state. There was only a middle-aged man left by his side, who looked like his father. The woman was gone.

She felt extremely sorry at this moment and regretted what she had said. She didn't expect that her words would come true.

Zhou Dacang, who was standing by, also saw it, was stunned for a moment, and inadvertently stood in front of Zhou Guo, blocking her figure.

After watching these people staggering away lifelessly, someone in the team finally realized, "Hey, they divided up all the money. We fought hard to kill these people and took revenge on them, but we didn't get a penny?"

Everyone thought, yes, so many people died because of this, and in the end there was nothing? Isn't this a sign of someone having a share?

"Yeah, we don't know where these people got all the money from, why should we give it all to them? They didn't do anything, but they took all the money!!"

The more they talked, the more they felt they were at a disadvantage, and their voices grew louder and louder.

The head of the village quickly stepped forward and said, "Don't quarrel, don't quarrel, everyone, don't quarrel. There are only four people, but we have killed more than ten people. This money must be shared by everyone. Don't worry, let's bury the people first and let them rest in peace. This is the most important thing."

When everyone heard that there was a chance, they stopped arguing and started looking for tools to work. They dug a big hole and buried everyone in it. As usual, they would pick up the remains when they had settled down and the conditions allowed.

Zhou Guo and the other two gathered together and looked at the remaining things. After some of the jewelry was distributed, a large part was still left. The pearls were not touched, and neither were the few pieces of gold.

The village head looked at the box of pearls and said, "Why don't we give each family two pearls and not share the jewelry. Let's keep them as heirlooms."

Zhou Guo said, "It would be better if each family gave them a humble piece of jewelry, which could be passed down as a family heirloom. Pearls are not good. After a long time, the beads will turn yellow and lose their value. It would be better to exchange these beads for some money while they are still in good condition. There are families along the way who have lost someone. When we settle down, we can use the money to collect their remains along the way."

As soon as he finished speaking, the head of the village was stunned. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good use.

Zhou Dacang said, "This is a good idea. If we rely on ourselves, we don't know when we can collect these corpses. With this money, we can arrange it according to the schedule."

Then several people picked out the inconspicuous jewelry in the package, comparing their size and value, and choosing them one by one.

If it was not big enough, they would use finely crafted ones to make up for it, and if there were gems, some would be pried off. Several people took great pains to make the value of these heirlooms equal.

After the body was buried, the head of the village began to distribute money to everyone. In addition to the money, each family received a piece of jewelry.

Most of them are finely crafted gold hairpins. If there are not enough hairpins, bracelets can be used to make up for it. However, the bracelets are bare and have nothing on them, so the value is not much different.

The eight relatives who lost their family members cried and almost fainted while holding the fifty taels of silver and the jewelry they had exchanged for their lives.

But no matter what, this is at least some consolation.

Zhou Guo handed the old man fifty taels and a small gold bracelet, "Here, Master, this is your share."

The old man waved his hand and said, "Here you go."

Zhou Guo looked at the silver in his hand and said in surprise: "This is for you. I have it, and it is also fifty taels."

The old man looked around, then patted his chest and whispered, "I have a lot." Pointing to the four people lying by the woods, "I searched them and found a lot of good things, including a lot of change. I won't share these with you. You can take your share as your teacher's money to replenish your body. Who told me that I didn't protect you well and made you suffer so much?"

Zhou Guo couldn't help but look at his chest and then his sleeves when he heard that. He immediately felt that his master was covered in gold. He asked curiously, "Master, how many treasures did you find? Let me see."

The old man covered his chest and walked away without saying anything. "That won't do. Fifty taels and a bracelet are not enough for you. Stop staring at me."

Didn't ask.

But she was still a little bit happy. She couldn't help but smile as she looked at the fifty taels in her hand. This was her private money. No one except her master knew about this fifty taels. This bracelet could be given to her mother and it would definitely be suitable.

She put the fifty taels into the bag in front of her and handed over her own fifty taels.

Huang was still in charge of the family's money. She didn't take a penny so as not to make Xu feel uncomfortable. She also didn't want to worry about it. Managing the financial expenses of such a large family was not an easy task.

Zhou Dacang also handed over his money.

The family suddenly had an income of more than seventy taels of silver. Although everyone was sad, they also felt a little more confident. They were not worried because they had money in their hands.

Huang took out two silver ingots weighing five taels each and said to her family, "You have seen how dangerous this time was. They risked their lives to earn this money. The two children worked so hard, they cannot risk their lives and suffer such serious injuries without leaving a penny. I will give these five taels to them."