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In the evening, Liu Caixia was counting the profits of several shops. Fortunately, the profits were good, otherwise, at the rate they were spending money, they would really be broke.

He left twenty taels of silver for Liu Hao as a reserve, and the rest added up to more than three hundred taels. "Dad, it's wishful thinking for us to go to the capital city with this little money to buy a house or a farm. I really want to sell the little things left."

"So your mother took a lot of things and put them in Ke Yu's place. We sold them in the prefecture city, and they were worth more than in the county town. We kept what we could, and sold the gold bars and supplements. We could buy them back when we made money. We were afraid we wouldn't be able to find some of the things we wanted to buy back. I don't know who they were."

Liu Caixia also knew this truth. The things her mother gave her were indeed good things, whether in ancient times or modern times. She was really reluctant to give them up. Both Liu's father and mother were reluctant to give them up and had kept them for so many years.

"Okay, I forgot about the gold bars too. It should be enough to exchange them for silver. When we come back, we will have saved a lot of money from the shop. Then we can consider buying a farm near the county town."

"Well, I have already made an agreement with the guy from the dental shop. We are all acquaintances now. I asked him to try to reserve a suitable farm for us. If he really can't keep it, then it's not fate."

"Okay, if we can't buy a farm near the county town, we can just buy a residential plot and build our own."

"We'll see when the time comes. There's nothing wrong with building it ourselves. We can build it into a single-family villa, one for each family. We can have our own space and live next to each other as neighbors. We can build a wall around it. We can also build a workshop next to it. When the time comes, let Xiaolu draw the design according to our ideas. It will definitely be better than buying it."

"That makes sense. It's better for us to build our own. To be honest, I don't think much of houses at that time. The space is so large, but the utilization rate is not high. And the toilet is a big problem. I am really convinced. Now I am not used to using the toilet. Although someone comes to collect it every day, it is really smelly. The drainage system for taking a shower is not good either."

"Alright, alright, go to bed early. We can talk about all this later. We have to travel early tomorrow morning."

Liu Caixia returned to the room where the women lived. Her bed was at the innermost part. Many people were sleeping in a row outside. All the women in the family slept together. There were not so many rooms here, so only the men and women could sleep together.

I got up very early in the morning. It was still dark, and it was around five o'clock.

When Liu Caixia got up, the maids around her also woke up. Usually, they would not get up until dawn. Liu Caixia would not blame them. As long as there was enough time, it didn't matter if they slept a little longer.

"Master!"

"I'll just get up, you guys can just take a nap if you have nothing to do!"

"It's okay. I don't sleep much now. I'll light a fire and make you something hot to eat before we continue on our journey. You'll probably be eating dry food on the road all day. It's better to have some soup in the morning."

The other old women also got up. Mrs. Tian got up a little earlier because the braised meat shop opened early and basically only sold until two or three in the afternoon.

"That's fine. I'll just have rice and two side dishes for breakfast."

I also boiled all the eggs I took out yesterday and brought them along to eat on the way. It was almost done with some meat and vegetable buns.

When Liu Caixia came out, the men had also gotten up. They fetched water, washed, and packed their things.

Each of them ate a bowl of rice, and after they were full, they drove the carriage towards the city gate.

Lin Weizhong and Liu Caixia sat on either side of the carriage door, one on each side. It was still crowded with six people in the carriage. "Luckily we found a caravan, otherwise it would be a bit difficult for one horse to pull eight of us."

When we arrived at the city gate, the sky was just beginning to brighten.

Father Liu and Luo Hong got off the carriage, and the space inside became more spacious. With eight people sitting in it and some luggage, the carriage was really full.

Everyone could clearly feel the carriage was struggling and it was moving much slower than usual.

Before long, four carriages drove over from the main street.

The leader was actually the shopkeeper whom I saw at Su's Trading Company that day.

Father Liu and Luo Hong stood at the front. When the carriage approached, they greeted him and said, "Boss Su, it's really great that we can go with you this time. Please take care of us along the way."

A servant nearby explained, "This is not the shopkeeper, but the owner of the Su Family Business in Shanqing County."

"Master Su, please don't be surprised that we didn't recognize Master Su! It is our honor to follow Master Su."

"It's okay. We at Su's Company believe in fairness and justice. We treat everyone equally, regardless of the size of the business. It doesn't matter if it's me or someone else who receives you."

Father Liu thought that this was a big family indeed. If they did things with such principles, there was a reason why they had been able to stand for a hundred years.

Luo Hong politely greeted and complimented him a few times. Everyone likes to hear nice words, and it is a more sociable way.

The head of the Su family said no more, but asked the servant beside him to arrange a carriage for them.

Father Liu and Luo Hong got on the carriage and realized that it was a carriage specially used for carrying passengers. There were four other people in the carriage, all of them men. Luo Hong immediately felt that these four people were probably students going to the capital city to take the exam.

After a brief greeting, the convoy set off.

The officers at the city gate saw the flag of the Su family trading company's convoy and let them pass after a routine check of the pass.

After leaving the city, the five carriages headed north. Shanqing County is more than 100 kilometers north of Shanhe County, and another 100 kilometers north of it is the prefectural government. There is a town there, and there are also post stations and inns in the town. It is considered a large town. The prefectural capital is another 80 to 90 kilometers north of the town.

It takes about three days to get there.

The Su family business often takes this road and is quite familiar with the route. They take rest stops in Shanhe County and the town along the way.

In this way, we can reach the city in the evening of the third day.

So their caravan was made up entirely of horse-drawn carriages, and only horse-drawn carriages could run a hundred kilometers a day. It would definitely not work if they used mule-drawn or ox-drawn carriages instead.

The horses had to be strong, and the back of the carriage couldn't be too heavy, so the caravan carriages only had people sitting in the back, not pulling goods.

The county town is more than 100 kilometers away. If they set out early, they will just arrive late at night. If nothing goes wrong, they can only find a village to rest on the road if they suddenly encounter a natural disaster such as heavy rain.

There were no bandits along the way.

After the carriage drove for a distance, the number of pedestrians on the roadside gradually decreased, and it drove into the official road at the foot of the mountain. The speed basically stabilized.