Uncle Seventh stared at everyone with a sullen face: "The Ersheng family doesn't owe us anything. Just like the Dahu family said, without the protection of the Fourth Girl and Erlang along the way, how would you have the chance to make sarcastic remarks here? Give them all to me. Go in line honestly, and if anyone dares to gossip behind my back again, get out of the line. Since you are so capable, just go to Xinyang Mansion by yourself."

Liu Lanxiang also came over with Da Niu, Er Ni, and San Wa.

"I'm a woman who doesn't understand many truths, but I only believe in one truth. Only when one knows how to repay kindness can one be worthy of one's own conscience. Ersheng and his family have helped us, mother and daughter, a lot along the way, especially the fourth child." The girl has saved my three children many times. Without their family, our three children would have died on the road long ago."

Yan Fugui glanced at everyone coldly.

"Even a woman can repay a favor, but your conscience has been eaten by a dog?"

They all knew in their hearts that without Jiang Ci and Yan Shu along the way, it would be difficult for them to reach Xinyang Mansion alive.

But the bad nature of people is that they don’t like people who were not as good as you before but are now doing better than you.

In the eyes of most villagers, Yan Ersheng was trained by Yan Tieniu and Wang Dahua since he was a child. He was originally the object of everyone's pity, but now he has become the most powerful person in the village, which inevitably makes them feel a sense of gap.

The seventh uncle looked at Yan Daqiang and said, "You should be at peace with your lame leg. Don't think about dirty thoughts all day long to slander Ersheng's family."

"Seventh uncle, I don't mean that. I also saw everyone queuing for a long time, and I felt anxious."

The seventh uncle saw through Yan Daqiang's thoughts at a glance and snorted disdainfully.

"Since you care about everyone so much, why don't you go and beg the officials guarding the city so that we can all go in through the back door?"

Yan Daqiang was too guilty to look directly into the eyes of his seventh uncle.

"I... I am just digging food in the fields, how can I know the official in Fucheng?"

The seventh uncle sneered: "Hmph, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. How can you have the dignity to embarrass others when you can't do it yourself?"

After being scolded by the seventh uncle, the crowd suddenly became quiet.

-

After the Yan family took a bath, Yan Shu asked them if they wanted to go for a walk in the city.

Liu Wenniang said: "I'm worried about our belongings in the car, so I'll wait for you at the inn."

Yan Ersheng followed closely and said: "I want to go to the North City Gate to see where the people in our village are lined up."

They were in a hurry when they entered the city. At that time, they didn't know why the officers and soldiers from the prefectural city wanted to take them into the city. Now that they were free, Yan Ersheng thought of going to the city gate to see the situation.

Yan Shu nodded: "Okay, let's meet at the inn in an hour."

After the discussion was completed, Yan Shu, Jiang Ci, and the three brothers of the Yan family went out together.

Among them, only Jiang Ci was familiar with Fucheng. Under his leadership, the group walked for about a quarter of an hour and arrived at the busiest commercial street in the city.

It is worthy of being a city in one state. Even if it is affected by the war, the city is still full of people and noisy.

Most of the shops on both sides were open for business, and groups of dozens of defenders patrolled the city from time to time. Even if refugees entered the city, they did not dare to cause trouble in public.

Yan Shu came to a shop that sold shoes. The weather was about to turn cold. They still had to walk for a month to reach Xinyang Mansion. They should prepare a few more pairs of shoes as backup.

When the shopkeeper saw a customer coming, he greeted him warmly.

"What style do you want to buy? We have recently received a batch of good products, all of which are the most popular styles nowadays."

The shelves of the shop were filled with various styles of shoes. Yan Shu glanced at them and said, "We use them on the road, so we need thicker and more durable shoes."

The shopkeeper walked to the shelf and brought out a few styles: "The thickest and most wear-resistant boots in our shop are leather boots. Felt boots, which are good for keeping warm in winter, are also sold well, and then there are cotton boots."

Yan Shu picked up the leather boots and took a look. The ancients' leather boots were not as advanced as modern people, but they were definitely made of pure leather.

"How much do these leather boots cost?"

"Two taels of silver."

Yan Wu was surprised and said: "Two taels of silver per pair? This is too expensive."

Two taels of silver is enough to feed their family for a year, but they can only buy one pair of boots here...

Yan Wen said: "Little sister, our shoes can still be worn. If you like them, buy them for yourself and Erlang."

"The weather is getting colder and colder. We are no better outside than at home. It's always good to have two extra pairs of boots."

After finishing speaking, Yan Shu looked at the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I want seven pairs of these leather boots, cotton boots and felt boots. Please give me a good price."

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, he had met a big customer.

"Please wait."

He picked up the abacus and banged it for a while, and finally quoted a reasonable price.

"Girl, the price of our leather boots has always been two taels of silver, felt shoes are one tael of silver, and cotton boots are three taels. I will charge you one tael of silver for a pair of leather boots, one tael of silver for a pair of felt shoes, and two taels of cotton boots. Money, do you think this price is appropriate?"

Yan Shu knew that the price was much more expensive than usual, but given the current situation in Nanwei Mansion, the average price was about three times higher than usual.

The price given by the shopkeeper is quite reasonable.

"Pack it up for me."

"Okay, tell me your shoe size, and I'll prepare it for you."

Yan Shu had prepared shoes for them before fleeing the famine. He remembered everyone's shoe size and reported them directly.

The shopkeeper immediately started preparing.

Yan Wen felt really sorry that Yan Shu had spent so much money to buy boots for them: "Little sister, the three of us who are strong can just wear cotton boots."

All the money was spent on Hua's little sister, and these grown men felt really bad about it.

Yan Wu whispered: "What the elder brother said is that the three of us are thick and not afraid of the cold, so there is no need to waste that money."

Yan Shu said: "I asked the shopkeeper to pack it up, brothers, please don't persuade me."

Jiang Ci, who had been silent until now, said at this time: "This year may be a cold winter. Our family is running around, so it is necessary to prepare a few pairs of warm boots."

Yan Shu suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a description in the original book, which said that the summer heat this year was unbearable, and that the weather dropped sharply at the end of November, which would lead to severe cold weather that had never been seen in a century.

Although leather boots and felt boots are expensive, they will definitely come in handy this winter.

After hearing Jiang Ci's words, Yan Wen and Yan Wu stopped trying to persuade him.

After the shoes were packed, Yan Shu paid the money and put them into the basket.

Yan Wu took the initiative to carry it.

"Let's go!"

The group of people wandered around for most of an hour, bought some needed items, and then returned to the inn together.

When he returned to the entrance of the inn, Yan Wu smelled the aroma of wine. He looked up and saw that there was a wine shop diagonally opposite the inn.

He had promised to buy wine for his master, and was later discovered that he had stolen the jar of wine from his father. He was beaten for this. He thought of taking this opportunity to buy two jars of wine, one for the master and the other. Make amends to dad.

"Little sister, you go back to the inn first, and I'll go check out the wine shop opposite."

Yan Shu glanced at the wine shop opposite and remembered that his second brother was scolded by his father two days ago. The reason seemed to be because of a jar of wine.

"Do you have any money with you?"

Yan Wu patted his pocket: "I brought it with me."

"Go."

After Yan Wu handed the basket to Yan Huai, he ran straight to the wine shop opposite.

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