Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

"What can I do? What can I do? If you don't want your family members to join the army, you have to gather some money and make sure it's done tomorrow morning. Otherwise, those soldiers will come to your house to recruit people, and I won't be responsible then!"

Ten taels of silver was an astronomical figure for the villagers of the former Kaoshan Village.

But because of last year's income, most people have a lot of savings.

Although it cost a lot of silver to store up a lot of food, but ten taels of silver could still be scraped together.

No family wants to let their family members suffer on the battlefield.

Most of them were discussing how to raise money.

The same goes for Xia Shengsheng, he will definitely just pay the money and settle the matter.

But because Xia Shengsheng's family had servants, just like the rich families in the city, they had to pay more silver.

30 taels of silver is nothing to Xia Shengsheng.

Craftsman Chen had saved a lot of money from working over the years, so he also chose to pay the money to cover his head.

In other villages, after experiencing several misfortunes, almost no one went to get silver to fill the gap. Most of them let the brothers in the family draw lots to decide who would go to the battlefield.

Among those who were drawn, some had many children, some had just gotten married and didn't even have children, and some had been engaged but had not yet gotten married.

Faced with such a situation, they had no choice but to obey the arrangements from above and join the army for the sake of their families.

This time, the villagers of Kaoshan Village managed to escape.

But if there is a next time, who will have so much money to squander?

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After another month's journey, Tao Siyuan and his group finally returned to Kaoshan Village.

The weather at this time is dry and cold. Since the beginning of winter, there has been no snow.

The gatekeepers and patrolmen were all wearing thick cotton-padded clothes, but even so, they were still frozen after a long time.

In order to warm up my body, I kept moving back and forth, stamping my feet and rubbing my hands.

When Tao Siyuan arrived at Kaoshan Village, the people guarding the gate were Xia Yi and Ma Er.

When they saw who was coming, they let him in immediately.

Ever since the village started to restrict water use.

Village chief Ma also issued a special regulation.

That is, no matter who the relatives or friends are in the village, they are not allowed to take refuge in the mountain village, so as not to increase the water consumption of the entire village.

But Xia Shengsheng was different. The Xia family used their own well and also contributed two wells for the villagers to use.

As long as you are Xia Shengsheng's guest, you can enter Kaoshan Village at will.

"Master Tao, Master Tao, you are finally back!"

Xia Yi was very happy to see that Tao Wuji and his son returned safely, and that his brothers also returned safely.

"Well, we're back. Let's go back first and talk about anything later."

Tao Siyuan took his father and hurried towards the Xia family, hoping to find a doctor as soon as possible to help treat his father's illness.

Xia San and several others also followed behind, wanting to hurry back to report.

Many villagers also saw Tao Wuji and his son coming back. Not only that, they also brought a lot of people with them.

Some gossipy people also made a few comments.

"How much food and water will it take for so many people?"

"It's a good thing that the Xia family has a big yard and they have accommodation at the factory. Otherwise, if so many people were placed in our house, even if they were piled up like an Arhat, there would not be enough space."

"Okay, stop being sour, why are you caring about others?

Mr. Tao is an honored guest in our village, please don't talk about him behind his back, it will be bad if others hear him!"

Although everyone would talk about trivial things, there was no malice in their intentions.

Xia San went ahead of everyone else to invite Doctor Zhao.

Xia Si also informed Xia Shengsheng in advance.

When Xia Shengsheng learned about what happened to Tao Wuji, he was also shocked and hurried out to pick him up.

When you see the dusty group of people, you can also feel the hardships they have gone through along the way.

"Auntie!"

After seeing Xia Shengsheng, Tao Siyuan suddenly felt like he had found his backbone. His eyes were a little red, as if he was trying hard to hold back tears.

"I'm glad you're back safely. Come in first. The house has been burning for you! Doctor Zhao will probably be here soon. Don't worry. Everything will be fine."

Tao Siyuan listened to Xia Shengsheng's voice and suddenly felt relieved. He felt that he no longer had to pretend to be calm.

He was about to pull Tao Wuji into the house first. Tao Wuji looked at Xia Shengsheng, but suddenly said something.

"Jingwan? Jingwan, you're back? Are dad and the others okay? Are you safe on the journey? I just found out about this and was about to pack up and go out to see my father-in-law before he picked you up.

Jingwan, since this is such a big thing, you should have written to me earlier. How is your father-in-law?

Do you want me to bring a few famous doctors to take another look at my father-in-law?"

Xia Shengsheng was a little confused by what she said. Who is Jingwan?

Tao Siyuan knew exactly what was going on, Jingwan was his mother's maiden name.

His father has been like this all the way. Not only does he hardly recognize people, but he also has some memory confusion.

He is often treated as a few-year-old child and all the things he talks about are things that happened in the past.

This time, it seems that he recognized the wrong person. He was talking about the time when his grandfather was seriously ill and his mother went back to her parents' home alone to visit him.

"Dad, let's go inside first. It's very cold outside. We'll talk later!"

Tao Siyuan could only comfort him carefully and send his father into the house first.

Only then did I explain it to Xia Shengsheng.

Tao Wuji indeed felt quite cold. He looked at the weather outside, why did it feel so wrong?

I was still thinking, wasn't it the hottest time of the year when my father-in-law was seriously ill?

Why is it so cold suddenly?

Sicheng stood at the back and whispered, "How did Uncle Tao become like this?"

Er Cheng hit him with a hammer and said, "This is adult business, kids, stay out of it!"

Sicheng was about to refute when he was stopped by Yiyi.

"Stop making trouble, go and see if Grandpa Zhao is here!"

The two children obediently stopped arguing and went out to greet Doctor Zhao.

Before Doctor Zhao even walked out of the door, Xia San came over to him.

"Why are your family matters so urgent? Can't you let me walk slowly by myself? You really have to carry me here every time. If you continue like this, I will cut off my relationship with your family and will never have any contact with you again!"

Doctor Zhao was so angry that he was fuming. When Xia San went over, he had already explained Tao Wuji's situation.

Doctor Zhao thought that since he had been delayed for so long, it wouldn't matter if he waited a little longer, so he wanted to finish grinding the medicine in his hands before coming back.

I didn't expect that before I could put away my things, Xia San had already carried me here.

I don't know who he learned this trick from?

"Grandpa Zhao, no one would break off relations with my family. You still wanted to come to my house for dinner! How could you break off relations?"

Sicheng is a person who speaks his mind directly and doesn't even know how to be tactful.

Seeing that Doctor Zhao was about to lose his temper, Ercheng quickly poked Sicheng.

"What are you talking about? Grandpa Zhao obviously likes us brothers and sisters, so he often comes to visit us. How can he come here just for a meal?

Grandpa Zhao loves us, so he has such a good relationship with our family. He will be the first to rush to us when something happens, right, Grandpa Zhao?"