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Liu Caixia brought Tian Zhaodi to the city gate to meet up with Liu's father and others.

They just waited at the city gate and did not go back to look for Liu Caixia. It was getting dark, and there was a high possibility that they missed each other on the way because of misjudgment.

Waiting where you are is the best option.

With one more person on board and two taels of silver added to the day's fare, the group arrived in Shanqing County in the evening of the next day.

Several people looked at the words "Shanqing County" on the city gate and were all deeply moved.

After more than six months of travel, they finally arrived at their destination.

For better or worse, this is it.

Here, they have to build a home of their own with their own hands.

Liu Caixia said with excitement: "Dad, we are finally here."

"Yeah, it's finally here."

However, it was too late and the city gate was already closed.

There were patrolling officers and soldiers walking back and forth on the city wall at regular intervals.

Perhaps because they did not pose any threat, the soldiers ignored them and continued patrolling on their own.

Stayed at the city gate for a few minutes.

"Well, we've seen enough, let's find a place to rest for the night. We'll go into the city early tomorrow morning."

"Are we going back to the dock?"

"I observed the dock and found that people who stayed overnight were all crowded in a thatched hut. That place should be where people who want to get up early to work stay at night. Merchants passing by would not rest there."

"Do you think we can go back to the boat and rest for a night?" Liu Hao asked naively.

"I guess I'll have to pay silver."

"Just give me some money. Staying in an inn costs money."

Liu Xiaolu now feels that their family is not so tight on money, and has been spending money quite generously recently. She was used to spending money this way before. Anything can be solved with money.

Father Liu: "Forget it. It's still quite far to walk from the pier. I saw a few families on the way here. They should be people from nearby villages. Let's go there and see if we can get some shelter. Give the silver to these farmers, they will be happy to accept it."

"That's fine. I saw it too. It also saves us a lot of walking." Liu Caixia agreed.

Father Liu walked in front, from the main road outside the city gate towards the direction of the pier. He walked one-third of the way and took the fork in the road on the right. It didn't take long before he saw five or six households.

These households are neither close nor far away. If you shout to the nearest neighbor at the doorstep, you can hear a response.

The first one is a fenced courtyard. From the outside, you can see the house inside. It is an adobe house with a thatched roof. There are two main rooms and a side room.

There is a chimney on the roof of the side room, which should be used as a kitchen.

It’s not that I don’t want to help them, it’s just that there are too many of them in two rooms, and this house can’t accommodate so many people.

Perhaps because of the sound of someone walking outside, the door of the main house opened a crack, and one could feel the sight of someone looking out from inside.

Father Liu shook his head and left with his men, walking along the dirt road.

There are some stones on the dirt road, which should have been laid by the people living here.

The situation of the second family was much better. Although it also had a fenced courtyard, looking inside the wall, there were three rooms in the house, with a side room on each side, and you could hear the occasional crowing of a rooster or two.

There is also a small vegetable garden outside the side room. I can't tell what vegetables are planted there.

Father Liu couldn't just take out the flashlight to illuminate the area, so he asked Liu Xiaolu to take out some tools, and simply made a simple torch by crumpling some cotton into a ball and dipping it in some gasoline. That would be enough for them to use at the moment.

"Let's go with this one. Ask about the situation first!"

Liu Hao took the initiative to walk forward and knocked on the fence door a few times.

A voice immediately came from the main room asking, "Who's outside?"

"Excuse me, we are passers-by who came here by boat to seek refuge with our relatives. However, the city gates are closed now, so we would like to find a place nearby to stay for the night. I wonder if your family is convenient. We can give you some compensation."

"How many of you are there? How many men and women?"

"Four men and three women? That's a bit too many people. Just take as many people as you can and let's go ahead and ask!"

"Hold on."

The old man who was talking inside came out, opened the fence door, and looked at the few people in the light of the fire.

At this time, Liu's father walked to the front and stood with Liu Hao and the other men. Liu Caixia and the other two stood at the back and bowed to the old man, saying, "Excuse me..."

The old man waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I can stay with you. My family is large and can accommodate three women. You should have passed the first house, right?"

Father Liu nodded: "Yes!"

"If you don't mind, four grown men can go to their house and stay for a while. There are only two men left in their family. If possible, give them a little compensation. Our family won't need it."

Father Liu thought about it and thought that the first family might be in poor condition and the neighbors wanted to help them.

So he nodded and said, "That's no problem. Just give us a place to sleep. We'll pay you per person, five copper coins per person, is that okay? Of course, the same applies to your family as well."

The old man thought about it. Five copper coins was not much, but it didn't cost much to just take a nap. "Okay, come in."

Father Liu said, "Caixia, the three of you go with this old man. We'll go to the house in front. When you wake up tomorrow morning, come find us. Then we'll go into the city together."

"Okay, Dad."

After Liu Caixia and the others entered the house, she took a look at the layout of the house. There were some messy farm tools placed in the main room, as well as a square table and four benches.

The rooms on both sides look like two rooms, but are actually divided into four rooms, with two doors on each side.

The old man introduced the situation at home. "This is the room where my eldest son, daughter-in-law and eldest grandson live. The smaller room at the back is where my two daughters live. My wife and I live in the front, and my youngest son lives in the back. But the room where my youngest son lives is filled with a lot of household items. There is really no room for more people. You three can share a room with my two daughters. I will add two bed boards for you and put straw mats on them for you to sleep on for the night. This is pretty much what we have here."

Liu Caixia: "Uncle, it's already great. Thank you for taking me in. We slept everywhere along the way, in the woods, in a dilapidated temple, and the conditions were much more difficult than this. It's great to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain."

The old man came to the door, and it opened from the inside. A girl in her teens came out and called out, "Dad!"

"This is my eldest daughter, Zhang Xiaoju. Xiaoju, take your sister to sleep on the side. These three guests will stay overnight. I'll go get two boards over, and you put up the shelf."

"Good dad."

After the old man left, Liu Caixia and the other two entered the house. There was a wooden bed in the room. There was a wooden wardrobe on one side of the bed and some things on the other side.

After the little girl went in, she found some shelves from the pile of things and set them up skillfully.