The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

"Yeah, yeah!" Gu Mingxing on the side nodded vigorously. Whenever she saw the soldiers, she would think of the scene where her mother was beaten to the ground.

"Dad, Mom, what should we do next?"

Gu Huaiyi asked softly.

Gu Lanzhang thought for a moment before saying, "This road is definitely not going to work. Whether we go forward or back, we may run into them. We only have two choices now. One is to hide in the mountains for a few days. Those officers and soldiers can't stay away from reporting. We can continue on our way after they go back."

Second, we can just walk in the forest. If we go in the right direction, we can still get there, but we might run into wild animals, which is not very safe."

"There are so many of us. We are not afraid of wild beasts. We can kill them with our swords!" Gu Huaili said with a look of disapproval.

"Dad, I can help you too. I'm very strong now. If I encounter a wild beast, I can throw stones at it~"

Gu Mingxing had long wanted to show her father how strong she was, but she never had the chance because her father and brothers wouldn't let her carry the luggage on the road.

Xiao Yun and Gu Mingyue did not say anything. Xiao Yun maintained her original personality. In front of outsiders and her children, her man was there and he made all the decisions. Xiao Yun was too lazy to think about it.

Gu Mingyue, under the guidance of her original body, became like her mother. She would not step forward when someone else was in charge, but she would step up at the critical moment. It must be said that her original body was very wise in life. In ancient times, women who liked to take the lead would not have a good life.

Gu Mingxing's personality is somewhat similar to Gu Huaili's, but better than Gu Huaili's. This is mainly because she is the youngest in the family and is spoiled by her brothers and sisters, which is why she is a little naive and impulsive. However, she still knows what is important at critical moments.

In Xiao Yun's original body's memory and the contact on that day, he discovered that the five adopted children really had distinct personalities. The eldest was steady and intelligent, the second was shrewd and capable, the third was straightforward, the fourth was calm and dignified, and the fifth was lively and cheerful.

Xiao Yun felt that the original body was better at educating children than himself. He mostly let his children run wild, giving them whatever they needed and ensuring they had a worry-free life and were not bullied.

"Ma'am, what do you think?"

Xiao Yun came back to his senses after being asked this question. He almost replied, "I'll see with my eyes." Fortunately, he remembered in time that he was now in ancient times.

"It's up to you, my husband... My family came here before when we were fleeing famine, but it's been more than ten years, and I don't know if much has changed."

Xiao Yun thought of his original body's memories and added another sentence.

"Yes, I forgot that mother told us that she fled from the west to Yanshui County. Will we pass by your hometown later?"

Gu Huaili, who still spoke without thinking, spoke first.

He didn't notice that his two brothers were glaring at him. Well, it was too dark and he really didn't see anything.

"Mom, do you remember how many villages or towns are ahead? Even if we go through the mountains, it won't be a long-term solution. We have to get out eventually."

Gu Huairen came up to his parents and said.

Of course Xiao Yun knew about this. It wasn't because his original body had a particularly good memory, but he was really impressed by the place. His second uncle's family sold their own food in a county town not far away.

Their original family was from Fanyang County in the neighboring Xinzhou. When there was a drought in Fanyang County, the people from their village fled to this county along with other villages. After being accepted, they were prepared to be dispersed to various villages.

The original body's grandparents died on the way to escape, leaving behind the original body's family of nine and the second uncle's family of three. The two families already had some conflicts, and the second uncle and his wife often found fault on the road. Then, the original body's father, as the eldest brother, decided to divide the family.

Even though they had split up, they were still one family in the eyes of outsiders. The plan was to separate the two families together, but when my second uncle and his family saw a wealthy family buying people in the county town, they felt that the county town was prosperous and they didn't want to go to an unfamiliar village to start over, so they sold themselves and moved into the wealthy Li family.

The original father had tried to stop and persuade the other party, but the other party not only did not appreciate it, but also felt that he was blocking their future. He ridiculed the eldest brother, and the two families lost contact from then on.

In Xiao Yun's opinion, the other party just wanted to take the opportunity to distance themselves from the villagers and their family, because his second uncle and his wife only had a daughter, and they were the kind of people who couldn't hold their heads up high in the village. His original grandparents had always wanted him to adopt a son from the old family.

The original body's parents agreed. After all, they had no shortage of sons, and it would be difficult to raise more than one child.

But my uncle and aunt disagreed. They had their own children and felt that it would be better to marry in instead of raising a nephew. After all, nephews were sensible and could not be tamed at all.

Another reason for selling her body was that a family in their village bought their daughter to be a maid in a wealthy family. Not only did the girl often send good gifts home, but she also later married a village head as a wife.

They only had this one daughter, and they certainly wouldn't be willing to sell her, so they decided to sell the three of them together, hoping that they could all go in and enjoy life together.

But they didn't understand the whole story. They thought they were either there to serve the master and mistress, or to drive a cart or watch the door. They never considered that people might buy them to farm.

The wealthy Li family must have bought people when some refugees from famine came to settle down. Not only were they cheap, but they were all honest farmers, perfect for farming on their farm.

It is impossible for such a family to buy people from outside to serve them. They only use those who are born in the family or trained since childhood.

Generally, wealthy families would buy slaves with death-death contracts to farm on their farms, and only some gentry and landlords would rent the land to tenants.

My second uncle's family was obviously not aware of the situation. They thought that they were just going to serve in someone else's backyard, and that they wouldn't have to work in the fields anymore, and that they could also create a good future for their daughter.

When she was at home, she was not liked by her grandparents and was looked down upon by the villagers. She must have been very upset. At that time, there was a saying that it was better to marry a maid from a wealthy family than a girl from a poor family.

At that time, the original body and several sisters were envious. After all, that family did look rich and powerful, and their house was much more magnificent than the big courtyard in Yueya Town.

There should be pavilions and towers inside, and you can see layers of stilted eaves from the outside.

It was not until later, after the original body married Gu Lanzhang, that she inadvertently talked about the previous situation of her family. Gu Lanzhang gave her some general information, and the original body then realized that her second uncle's family might have made a wrong calculation.

After all, even if the Gu family had fallen into complete decline, they had once been officials in the county, and their educated descendants were definitely more knowledgeable and sophisticated than those of ordinary families.

That’s right, Gu Lanzhang’s grandfather used to be the chief clerk in the Shun’an County. He returned to Kuiyang Village after his house was ransacked.

It's just that Gu Lanzhang was still young at that time, and he didn't remember his life in the county town very clearly, but his father often talked to him about it, so he still had some understanding of some of the situations in the county town and how the wealthy families handled things.

Gu Lanzhang only mentioned these things when educating his two eldest sons, and never said much to the three younger ones. After all, this was not a good thing, and he was afraid that the young children would talk nonsense outside.

If he passes through Shunan County this time, he can be considered to have revisited the old place.