After the village chief finished speaking, he went back into the house. A little while later, he returned with six taels of silver in his hand, which he placed in front of Wu Xiue.

"Here is six taels of silver. I don't know how much you can get from selling your house and land."

Go and pay back the money you owe those people.

Seeing the village chief's actions, Wu Xiu'e was deeply moved, and Song Zhili also thought that the village chief was quite nice, as he had even taken out silver to give to them first.

Her original plan was to let the village chief sell the house and land, and keep the money from any profits.

“Village chief, these fields and houses haven’t been sold yet, how can I take your money? You should take it back.”

Although Wu Xiue was moved, she couldn't just take the village chief's money directly, knowing that the land and houses hadn't been sold.

"Mrs. Wu, stop making excuses. Since you're all leaving, just take this money. Besides, you still have grain on your land, so I won't lose out either way."

Upon hearing the village chief's words, Song Zhili tugged at Wu Xiue's sleeve and nodded to her. Wu Xiue had no choice but to accept the few taels of silver from the village chief's hand.

"Then I thank you, village chief. I only need these five taels of silver. I am already extremely grateful for your willingness to lend our family the thatched hut at the foot of the mountain. This one tael of silver is my token of gratitude. Please do not refuse."

Wu Xiue was naturally grateful, and she only took five taels of silver. Seeing that she was so determined, the village chief did not say anything more and saw the two of them to the door.

"Village chief, please don't see us off any further. We'll be leaving now."

When Wu Xiue saw that the village chief had escorted them out, she told him to go back and not to see them off any further.

After leaving the village chief's house, Wu Xiu'e and Song Zhili went to the families where Wu Xiu'e had previously borrowed money and repaid them all the money they owed.

The two of them then returned home and glanced at the food in the kitchen. Song Zhili and the others had brought a lot of food with them when they came over.

They then led Song Dashan and Song Zidong to the families who had previously owed them grain, and returned the grain to them.

After finishing all that, Song Zhili and Wu Xiue returned home and began packing their luggage.

Seeing all the luggage they were carrying, Song Zhili was a little worried. There was only one oxcart and one horse-drawn carriage, and it seemed like there wasn't enough room for all of them, especially with all their belongings.

Thinking of this, Song Zhili walked to He Chengjing's side and poked his shoulder with her finger. He Chengjing felt it, turned his head, and saw Song Zhili waving at him. He then stood up and followed Song Zhili out.

"what happened?"

"Here's the thing, could you take me to the county town in a horse-drawn carriage? I'd like to buy an oxcart, because there are so many of us now, one oxcart isn't enough!"

"Okay, then you wait here for me, I'll go and bring the carriage over."

After He Chengjing finished speaking, he walked towards the carriage. Song Zhili went back into the house and called out Song Zidong and Song Dashan.

"Brother, Father, you two come with me to the county town later. I'm planning to buy another oxcart, otherwise, with so many of us going back, one oxcart won't be enough to fit everyone."

Song Zidong and Song Dashan nodded repeatedly; they hadn't thought of this before.

"Little sister, wait here for me for a while. I'll go and bring out the oxcart now, and we'll go to the county town to buy it together."

After Song Zidong finished speaking, he turned around to pull the oxcart out, but Song Zhili quickly stepped forward and stopped him.

“No need, brother. It’ll be faster if we take He Chengjing’s carriage. He’s already gone to fetch it. Wait here for a bit, and we’ll go together.”

When Song Zidong and Song Dashan heard that they would be riding in He Chengjing's carriage, their eyes lit up with excitement, as they had never ridden in a carriage before.

I'm actually lucky enough to ride in a horse-drawn carriage now.

When He Chengjing brought the carriage over, it stopped in front of Song Zhili.

"Come on up, we're leaving."

Song Zhili climbed onto the carriage and crawled into the compartment. After a while, she still hadn't seen Song Zidong and Song Dashan come up. She lifted the curtain and peeked out, only to see them still standing there awkwardly, looking somewhat at a loss.

"Big brother, father, come up quickly, we're leaving."

Upon hearing Song Zhili's voice, the two of them snapped out of their daze and climbed onto the carriage together. Once they were settled, He Chengjing drove the carriage towards the county town.

About half an hour later, they arrived in the county town, and He Chengjing led them directly to the place where oxcarts were sold.

Actually, Song Zhili wasn't very good at choosing oxen. It was Song Zidong and Song Dashan who came down and finally picked one, and also asked the ox seller to install the back seat of the oxcart.

Song Zhili spent a total of eight taels of silver to buy the oxcart. After buying the oxcart, they also bought some dry food and a few naan breads in the county town.

Then they returned to Xinghua Village together. Because Song Zili was riding in He Chengjing's carriage, she arrived home faster than Song Dashan and the others.

When they returned, Hu Cuicui and the others had already packed up most of their belongings at home.

When Song Zhili returned home and saw the mess on the floor, three black lines involuntarily slid down her forehead.

He saw that Wu Xiue and the others had packed pots and pans, old clothes, and even tattered quilts in their luggage.

"Grandma, let's not bring those pots and pans. Our oxcart can't hold that much stuff. And we don't need those tattered blankets anymore. We'll buy new ones when we get there."

Grandma, why don't you go ask around the village if anyone wants these pots and pans and give them to them?

Song Zhili noticed that the pots and pans were all intact; if she were to give them away, someone should want them.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xiue felt heartbroken for the things, but when Song Zhili said that the oxcart couldn't hold so many things, she had no choice but to reluctantly part with them and have Hu Zhengqing give them to familiar villagers.

Finally, they loaded everything they needed onto the oxcart, and they also loaded the things that Song Zhili and Hu Cuicui had bought earlier onto it. Soon the oxcart was packed full.

Hu Cuicui then belatedly realized that one car was not enough. She walked over to Song Zhili, pulled her aside to a corner, and whispered something to her.

"Da Ya, I don't think this oxcart is enough. Why don't we go and buy another one? There aren't enough seats for all of us!"

"Mother, I went to the county town and bought an oxcart. My elder brother and father should be arriving soon."

The back seat of that oxcart was much larger than this oxcart; it was an enlarged version that Song Zhili had specially asked the vendor to make.

Hearing Song Zhili's words, Hu Cuicui was relieved. They waited in the courtyard for a while longer, and Song Zidong and Song Dashan finally returned.

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