Plane Trading: A Peasant Girl Escapes from Famine and Becomes Rich Enough of a Nation

"Okay, let's go a little west and find a place with fewer people to rest!" Su Laosan, who was sitting in the carriage, pointed to the outskirts of the crowd.

Although he heard from his eldest daughter that the man gave her more than thirty taels of gold, his daughter had her own plans and he didn't want to go in. He still wanted to check the whereabouts of his younger daughter with the team that was coming behind him.

Su Xiaofang quickly pulled the reins and walked to the side, carefully reminding the people around her to make way.

Su Qiuyi looked at the yamen runners who looked normal, and she knew that there must be many people like her who could only ask questions but not get any answers.

The four of them drove the car out of the crowd and, following Su Laosan's instructions, headed west and stopped in a deserted place.

This place was a bit far from the town entrance and no one was coming, so Su Qiuyi got off the carriage.

"Yueyue, come down. The horse is tired after a day and needs to be unloaded to let it rest. Come and help prop up the sticks so that Dad can lie down on the carriage for a while."

Su Laosan's image in public is that of a patient with a broken leg. If he gets out of the car to move around, it would be too conspicuous.

So, as soon as Su Qiuyi gave the order, the others took action. Although the carriage did not have a roof, with the help of Su Mingyue, they managed to make a comfortable place for Su Laosan to lie down.

He took down two beds of bedding and spread them next to the carriage, then tied the horse to the carriage. The rope was long enough so the horse could lie down or move around at will.

The four of them had finally found a place to rest for tonight. The journey was really tiring, so they sat on the spread out luggage to rest.

Su Qiuyi took out the dry food again. He hadn't eaten at noon and was very hungry at this time. He couldn't care less and just ate some sesame cakes and drank some water to fill his stomach first.

No one came to disturb them until dark. Only when it was dark did Su Laosan get off the car to stretch his muscles. Then he discussed with Su Qiuyi and asked Su Xiaofang and Su Mingyue to take good care of the luggage and the carriage. Then they went back to look for the team they saw during the day.

It was relatively safe for Su Laosan to move around in Heitian. The father and daughter walked back about five or six miles before they saw that the team in front had stopped not far away and was already resting.

The two of them approached on tiptoe, and then checked each house one by one in the dark. They were almost discovered during the process. After they checked everyone, there was still no sign of Su Wenxing.

"Let's go, Dad. My sister is not here!" Su Qiuyi said in a low voice, dragging his father who wanted to check again towards their carriage.

On the way, Su Lao San sighed and muttered to Su Qiuyi, "I have carefully searched the group of people at the town entrance, but there is no trace of your sister. Could she be in Chisha Town? Mr. Li's family is rich, so maybe she can take refuge in the town!"

"Dad, let's go back first. When it's daybreak, I'll go in and look for her under the pretext of buying something!"

Su Laosan knew that this was the only way, so he stopped talking. If possible, he wanted to go find her himself, fearing that something might happen to his eldest daughter.

But he might bump into the villagers one day. The villagers all knew that he had a broken leg. If they saw that he had recovered so quickly, and his family now had a carriage...

In the end, I could only let my daughter make the arrangements.

The family got up early the next morning. Su Mingyue began to pack her luggage and put it on the carriage as she did before.

The four of them simply ate some dry food, and Su Qiuyi went into the city.

He only paid ten copper coins and was told to come out within an hour. The bailiff snorted disdainfully and let the man in.

The other three harnessed the carriage and waited at the entrance of the town.

Their faces didn't look very good, and they kept looking inside with worry.

Su Qiuyi entered the city. As soon as he walked in, a group of people came over and started to solicit customers.

Some invited her to dinner, some came to sell things, and some even came to the inn to solicit customers.

But the guard inside waved him away and shouted, "This girl only paid ten copper coins to come in to buy something! Don't break the rules!"

After saying this, Su Qiuyi saw those soliciting customers quickly step back and no longer pay any attention to her.

Later, I heard that the yamen runner sent out another little boy and asked him to take Su Qiuyi in. The meaning was obvious, he was afraid that she would not be punctual and run around.

Su Qiuyi followed the little boy all the way inside, looking at the shops on both sides of the road, she found that Chisha Town was about the same size as Qinghe Town, and many shops had closed long ago.

"Young man, do you know where the best inn here is?" Su Qiuyi asked the child who was leading the way.

Speaking of a little boy, she thought he should be two or three years older than her, so she called him "little brother".

The boy in front turned around and warned, "Don't look around. There's a grocery store right ahead. There's also a grain store next to it. Buy some and get out right away! Don't ask about the inn or anything like that!"

Su Qiuyi curled her lips and said, "From what you said, you know everything about the town, don't you?"

When the little boy heard the compliment, he said proudly, "Of course! I have been leading the way here for several days, I must know!"

Su Qiuyi took out a tael of silver from the space, took two quick steps to walk side by side with the boy, then took out the silver and handed it to him, saying, "Young man, can I ask you something?"

When the little boy saw the silver, his eyes lit up and he reached out to take it.

"What are you asking about? There's nothing in this town that I don't know!"

Su Qiuyi showed great admiration and flattered him a few times. When he saw that it was almost time, he quickly asked.

"Brother, I just want to find out if there is a family with the surname Li coming to the city? To be honest, my sister was sold to that family, and I came here looking for my sister..."

Su Qiuyi did not lie. The main reason was that it didn't matter if he told the truth, and it would also help him to get more information.

Sure enough, the little boy thought for a moment and said, "In the past few days, all the people who came into the city were rich people, but they left after staying for less than two days. There might be the family you mentioned among them, but they left a long time ago. There are not many people staying in the inns in the town now, and there is no family surnamed Li like you mentioned!"

Are you kidding? The price of an inn is sky-high now. Even if you have money, how many days can you stay here?

Su Qiuyi was skeptical, "How can you be so sure that there is no family with the surname Li living in the town?"

Some people doubted what he said, and the little boy was a little unhappy. He tried his best to prove it, "How could I not know? The town strictly controls the number of outsiders. Every inn requires real-name registration before check-in, and there are strict inspections on how many days you stay and when you leave. Of course I know! I am the one who counts the number of people in each inn!"

Su Qiuyi nodded. Although she was a little disappointed, since she had already come in, she still followed the young man to the grocery store and bought some lamp oil, tinder, candles and the like. She didn't spend much money and left without buying any food from the grain store.

After all, she couldn't put things into the space openly because many eyes were staring at her.

Besides, if we buy too much and take it out, it would be really dangerous when there are so many refugees outside.

It wasn't until she left the town that the three people waiting outside felt relieved. Although they didn't find anyone, they were already satisfied that Su Qiuyi was able to come out safely.