Shen Youyou poked her little head out again and whispered, "Dad, how much money did grandpa save?"

"More than 3,000 taels, I exchanged 2,500 taels of silver notes, but I didn't dare to exchange all of them. When we flee from the famine, who knows what will happen? What if we fall into the water or get caught in the rain and get wet? I still have 500 taels of gold and some silver."

"Where is the banknote?"

"In the box behind you."

As soon as Shen Zhiqiu finished speaking, Shen Youyou removed the bedding and opened the box. The most conspicuous thing was not the silver bills, but the five gold cakes.

She took out one, it was heavy, and she felt that this way of holding money was different!

In fact, the Shen family is in pretty good condition nowadays, but the numbers or bills in the passbook are certainly not as shocking as these gold cakes.

Shen Youyou then checked the silver bills in the box, including two with a face value of one thousand taels and one with a face value of five hundred taels.

She suddenly thought of a good way to pack the banknotes.

Put the silver bill back to its original place first, and then start looking for the bamboo pole.

After a while, Shen Youyou found a bamboo that was almost as thick as a finger.

Leave the bottom part, cut off the bamboo pole at about 7-8 cm, and then shave a thin layer on the open end.

A bamboo cover was made with the remaining half of the bamboo, and the inner diameter of the bamboo cover had to be thinned as well so that the other half of the bamboo could be put on.

After making the bamboo tube, Shen Youyou took out the silver bills again, folded them neatly and stuffed them into the tube.

Then she began to rummage through her mother's sewing basket, because she remembered that there were silk threads for weaving silk nets in it.

Shen Youyou used silk thread to weave the small bamboo tubes in the same way as weaving bamboo baskets, and tied knots.

Braid the remaining threads together using the three-strand braid method.

It doesn't look very beautiful, but it's fine for dad to hang around his neck.

Shen Zhiqiu was confused when he saw what his daughter handed over.

"Dad, I made a bamboo tube with some banknotes in it. You can hang it around your neck."

Oh, his daughter is really amazing! She came up with a solution after just a few moments! Shen Zhiqiu was so proud!

He took it with one hand, hung it around his neck, and then stuffed it into his clothes.

In this way, not only the safety of the banknotes is guaranteed, but they can also be accessed anytime and anywhere.

"My daughter, think about it for me, what should I do with the gold bars?"

"Why not make a few wide belts and put one in each belt, five pieces of gold to wear."

Shen Zhiqiu thought about it and it was feasible: "Then I'll sew it when we're on the road! What's under the golden cake?"

"What?" Without waiting for her father to reply, she turned around and started rummaging around, and ended up seeing a letter and a bronze medal?

"Don't read the letter, it's for the owner of the token."

Shen Zhiqiu said this a little late. His daughter took out the letter and read it directly. There was no seal or anything. She could read ten lines at a glance.

The main thing is that there were only a few words written, and his father didn't speak until he had finished reading it. Shen Youyou put the letter back with a guilty conscience.

He observed the token and leaned against the car door. "I think my grandfather might be a spy, the kind who gathers information for a general, similar to an informant."

Shen Zhiqiu was shocked. How did his daughter know this? He asked hurriedly, "You haven't seen it yet, have you?"

"I had almost finished reading it before you reminded me. There weren't many words on it. It just said that I could no longer work for you. It didn't say anything about the other party's identity."

Shen Youyou moved closer to his father and whispered, "I suspect he is a first-rank military officer, because in ancient times, Qilin could only use first-rank military officers. And this general's surname is Fu."

Who can't see the big "Fu" on the token? Besides, how can this message be passed without any rigor?

She was asked to write on paper with white vinegar, which would become invisible after drying. When she wanted to read it, she would roast it over fire for a while and brown writing would appear.

At this time, Shen Zhiqiu leaned back and said carefully:

"He is Duke Fu of Beiyan. Your grandfather was his personal guard. Later, he was injured and retired. He returned to his hometown, which is our county town.

On the surface, he was running an escort agency, but secretly he had been passing on information to that side. It was he who saved Uncle Li on the battlefield. I knew he had saved his life before, but Uncle Li told me the truth today. "

Shen Youyou said excitedly: "According to what you mean, we can find a backer in the north?"

Shen Zhiqiu glanced at his daughter's excited little face and thought she was still too naive.

Although I am in my twenties now and just graduated from college, I have never worked a day in my life. My family is well off and I don't need to work part-time like other children. I have never worked for anyone else.

Shen Zhiqiu shook his head: "We can't even deliver this letter. If we do, they will arrest us as spies and ask us how we knew about it? Why did we run here? What's our purpose?"

Even if her grandfather was alive, she would not be able to get any good results if she went back. People would say that this is the most critical time! Why did you come back instead of trying to find out the news? You are a deserter!

Hey! Don't tell your daughter about this, don't make her depressed anymore.

Even though her daughter seems very nervous, she actually has no idea what real escape from famine means.

Maybe they thought they could just run away in a carriage, but how could that be possible? When the conscription came, most people would not be able to escape conscription, but a small number of people would definitely be able to escape.

The officials also know this, and they will send people to chase him on all roads.

Then we can only go up the mountain. Do you think there can be a carriage on the mountain?

When the time comes, you will have to carry your food, drinks and clothes and walk on your own.

Besides, this is not the future, how can there be no jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains?

If he could avoid fleeing famine, he would definitely not want to do so. He would just hide in the mountains, just like Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring". How nice it would be to live in seclusion in a place with green mountains and clear waters!

Unfortunately, Henan was hit by a drought last year. Shenjia Village is located on the border of Henan and was also affected.

If there are disasters for several years in a row, and there is no water left, you won't be able to escape.

How can you run without water? How many days can a person survive without water? Don't be so stubborn and say that maybe it will rain this year.

It's already July and not a drop of rain has fallen in Hubei.

There was no rain in Shenjia Village last year, but fortunately there is a river and we can irrigate the fields, otherwise no crops would grow this year.

Speaking of this, to go north you really have to pass through the drought-stricken Henan area.

We can't go anywhere else. Unfortunately, the people in the south are attacking us, and there are foreign harassment in the east all year round. If we go there, we can't escape being conscripted.

Life was too difficult, and he did not dare to tell his wife and daughter in detail, letting them take it easy. A short time later, there was another plane accident, and he thought the whole family was going to die.

Finally, God opened his eyes and allowed them to travel through time and space, saving their lives for free!

Who knew that he would be called up for conscription and have to flee famine, and that the only way to escape famine was through drought-stricken areas. Just thinking about it made him tremble with fear!

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