A massive famine! The whole family travels through time together, and with their spatial abilities,

The officers and soldiers then came to their senses and, realizing they had been somewhat out of line, immediately put on serious faces.

"Each person needs to pay a city entry fee of five taels of silver and a household registration document to enter the city. The same applies to livestock. If you want to enter the city, you can prepare in advance. The city gates will be closed after dark to avoid delays."

"Five taels of silver?" Shen Shuli's eyes widened in shock and disbelief.

Of course, Shen Shuli's performance was more of an act.

She was already mentally prepared, but she still didn't expect the city entry fee to be so outrageously high!

"Thank you, officer. Let's go back and discuss it." Shen Shuli pulled Su Yunhai back to the group with a pained expression.

Inform the villagers of the situation truthfully.

The villagers immediately erupted in excitement!

Where would they get so much money to pay the city entry fee?

But if they don't hand over the supplies, how will they replenish their supplies?

Qingzhou is the heart of the entire Qingzhou region and also a crucial strategic pass.

Only the north and south gates are open for entering and exiting the city.

The city is surrounded by towering, steep mountains on both the east and west sides. If you want to take a detour through the mountains like you would in Qingyun County, the difficulty would increase by more than tenfold!

Only by entering the city can we pass through Qingzhou and continue south.

Of course, there is another way, which is to detour through other counties, go around to the neighboring Ningzhou, and then head south.

However, the passes in Ningzhou were not so easy to pass either.

Who can say for sure that the entrance fee charged by Ningzhou will be cheaper than that of Qingzhou?

Moreover, this place is more than a thousand miles away from Ningzhou, and the villagers' supplies simply cannot last that long!

Therefore, passing through Qingzhou was the only option available to everyone!

The Su, Shen, and Zhang families will definitely choose to enter the city; they have plenty of money.

But the Li family and other villagers might not be able to afford it.

In this day and age, most households have a large number of members.

Even small families with few members have to pay at least ten taels of silver.

For large families, such as Su Dashan's large family, which has a total of 14 people, that would amount to 70 taels of silver.

This doesn't even include Old Man Su, Old Woman Su, Su Dalin, and their livestock.

This exorbitant city entry fee has undoubtedly plunged the villagers into despair.

Everyone in the Su family was filled with anxiety.

They don't have enough money to pay the city entry fee!

Last night, when the refugees robbed supplies, Su Dashan discovered that the silver he had hidden on his person had been stolen without his knowledge!

He completely lost his energy and spirit.

That was money he had saved up for several years!

It’s just gone!

Although he knew that Old Man Su and his wife must have a lot of money, it didn't belong to Su Dashan yet, and it was different from money that was entirely his own!

"Second son, my second son, you can't abandon your parents and this whole family!" Old Mrs. Su was reluctant to spend so much money on the city entry fee; it was all the money they had saved up their whole lives.

If they hand it all over, they won't have any money left to buy food.

But if they don't enter the city, they will eventually starve to death and be trapped outside the city.

She also had to say goodbye to her second son's family forever, and just thinking about it made her heart ache terribly.

"All our silver was stolen by the refugees last night, we have no silver left!"

"Second son, I was wrong. I shouldn't have abandoned you and run away when we were in danger. From now on, I'll stay with you. Please, please help us pay the city entrance fee too!"

Old Man Su looked at Su Yunhai with pleading eyes, hoping he wouldn't be so heartless.

Seeing that the second brother was unmoved, he kicked Su Dashan hard and glared fiercely at Cui Yuhong a few times.

Only then did Su Dashan and his wife reluctantly pull the entire eldest son's family to kneel down and beg Su Yunhai.

The Su family of four felt no psychological burden at all. They quickly knelt down and kept kowtowing, but they didn't utter a single forced word.

Su Yunhai didn't let his brothers get up. He glanced at Shen Yuehua and waited for her to give her opinion.

Shen Yuehua walked to Shen Shuli's side, pulled her a few steps toward an open space, and Su Yunhai immediately followed.

"Daughter, what do you think? Should we bring the Su family along?"

Su Yunhai also looked at his daughter, waiting for her to express her opinion.

He had long been accustomed to the mercenary nature of his family and had no expectations of them, so he could take it all in stride no matter what they did.

But my daughter is different.

My daughter was spoiled by all her grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and other relatives in her past life.

But when they came into this world, everyone except the couple had their personalities changed.

The daughter must be feeling terrible.

But he also saw it.

I've been separated from my daughter for eight years, and she's changed so much.

In the past few days, he has increasingly noticed that his daughter has become too cold and indifferent, as if she has no feelings for the Su family at all.

"Father, Mother, I haven't spent much time with them, so it doesn't matter to me. But you've been with them for eight years, so you must have feelings for them. You can decide for yourselves. If you don't have enough money, I have some here~"

"However, if you help them through one ordeal after another and they still don't appreciate it and act like ingrates, then I can't tolerate it."

"Let them sign a contract of servitude. They can be freed only when they have paid off their debts."

Shen Shuli couldn't help but make a suggestion.

Su Yunhai's eyes lit up. This was a great idea!

This way, you won't have to watch the Su family die, nor will you have to feel nauseous from helping them.

By making them slaves, he not only saved them once again, but also kept them by his side to torment them from time to time to relieve his displeasure.

Hey ~

The best of both worlds!

Su Yunhai immediately decided to do it.

"Okay, I'll listen to my daughter!"

A wicked smile appeared on Su Yunhai's fat face. He chuckled for a long time before speaking to Shen Yuehua.

“Wife, go and talk to my in-laws. Let us pay for all their money. Let them keep the money to buy food. The journey of fleeing famine is long, and we can’t do without money. Don’t waste money on the city entrance fee.”

Shen Yuehua did not refuse; that was what she thought too.

Although the Shen family members were also written by that scoundrel of an author based on her biological parents.

But her parents treated her very well, and she was happy to spend money on them.

Soon, Su Yunhai conveyed his intentions to the Su family.

The elderly couple and Su Dashan's family were completely dumbfounded!

Su Dalin didn't react much.

He knew his second brother wouldn't keep them as servants forever, so he just signed it.

Even if their second brother doesn't grant them their freedom, their family would be much better off as servants than they are now.

"Second brother, I'll sign, I'll sign! All four of us will sign! I'll sign and put my fingerprint on it right now, hehe." Su Dalin quickly said, afraid that his eldest brother would change his mind at any moment.

Su Yunhai raised an eyebrow at his third brother and told his eldest brother to fetch a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. He quickly wrote a stack of indentures and had Su Dalin's family sign them first.

Old Man Su and Old Woman Su didn't even realize what was happening.

By the time she realized it, the third child was no longer her third child!