Rebirth, end of the world, time travel, escape famine, make money!

Liu Caixia also whispered to the other three, "The disaster victims in the TV shows I watched before were really miserable, and the government didn't care about the lives of the victims when suppressing the riots. Alas, we are in such a place now, it's really sad and powerless."

Mother Liu: "It's okay. We have money. When we get to a place with better conditions, we will buy some land and run a small business as a farmer. We will definitely live a good life. It's not as difficult as you think. It's not easy for powerful people to cause trouble to small people like us."

Jiang Xiaolu also took their hands and comforted them, "Yes, now that we have money, we can also cultivate our own power. We have our own abilities, and the supplies we have collected are sufficient, so don't worry."

Finally, everyone decided to continue on their journey. The next morning, everyone set out together, first going to the provincial capital to make some purchases, and then going directly through the provincial capital to the county town near the Zhongzhou provincial capital to settle down.

Father Liu also took the four members of his family back to the house where they had rested last night.

After closing the door, Father Liu said earnestly, "The situation in the prefectural city is not very good. Some rich and powerful people have gone to the capital or other places in Dongzhou to seek refuge with relatives. In order to keep more people, the prefectural city's officials arranged for the yamen runners to take turns to transport water in batches to avoid the serious loss of personnel in the prefecture and being held accountable by the court. In fact, if it doesn't rain again, I'm afraid it won't last long.

Moreover, the prices in the city are very high, especially food and water. The prices of other items are slightly lower. Today I bought some clothes and shoes, a clay pot and a small iron pot, a kitchen knife and five daggers, one for each of us to use for self-defense. Clothes and shoes are relatively inexpensive, while food and water are the most expensive. Iron products such as pots and knives are simply sky-high prices. They are several times more expensive than food.”

"Dad, buy whatever else you can. Just make sure you have enough food to eat. It would be great if you could buy an ox cart."

"We'll go buy a bullock cart tomorrow. I've asked around and there are places that sell it. There's a water shortage right now, so the cows and horses aren't doing well either. The price is reasonable. But the village chief and his friends said the big round mountain ahead is too far away, so they want to go deep into the mountains and climb over it. If we want to go with them, those who bought bullock carts and horse carriages are not suitable for going into the mountains."

"Dad, they also have ox carts, so they must go into the mountains together. Let's ask them tomorrow. If it's suitable, we can buy it. If it's not suitable, we won't buy it. We are not sure that we must cross the mountains and ridges."

"By the way, is there a suitable pawn shop in the city to see how much our things can be sold for?"

Father Liu: "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have so much money. I pawned three bracelets, and the price the pawnshop gave was quite reasonable. After all, the bracelets we took out were of decent craftsmanship, so they were sold directly without bargaining. A 50-gram silver bracelet was sold for almost five taels of silver, which is not cheap at a ratio of one to five. I also went to the jewelry store to check, and the price was a little higher than what the jewelry store gave, so I pawned three of them directly. The things I bought today cost me more than twenty-two taels of silver, and I didn't buy any food."

As he spoke, he took out some copper coins and showed them to everyone.

"You should also be familiar with the copper coins of this era. One tael of silver is equal to one string of money, one thousand copper coins. We will set out together tomorrow, and we can go into the city at that time. Caixia should go with me, and we will exchange some food for it."

Several people took out the same books of the same era from Liu's father and started reading them.

"Dad, let's exchange more silver tomorrow and put some on everyone. We do need to buy more food, otherwise it would be abnormal for us to go without food along with the people in the village. The price given by the pawnshop for the silver bracelet is about the same, but have you asked the price of jewelry made of other materials and patterns in the jewelry shop? This one is exquisitely made, and people at that time still value craftsmanship." Liu Caixia asked.

"Of course I went to the jewelry store to ask, but I didn't dare to take out any bracelets that were too special. I only took out the ox horn and cinnabar bracelets to ask. The ox horn ones are not valuable, while the cinnabar ones are more expensive. It depends on how much the pawnshop can give. I estimate that these two can be sold for about ten taels of silver. The pawnshop will give more for the cinnabar bracelet, mainly because the pattern of the bracelet is well made, otherwise it would not be able to sell for a high price just based on the material."

"It's okay. Take some silver bracelets and earrings to pawn tomorrow. Earrings from this era are all handmade. I have some ornaments that are very well made. I should be able to sell them for a good price."

Liu Caixia rummaged through her things, took out two relatively delicate earrings and said.

"Okay, we'll see what happens tomorrow. After we exchange the silver, everyone will get some for emergencies. As for other things we need to buy, we'll talk about it tomorrow!"

"That's right. Let's talk about it tomorrow. Xiaolu, get some bread and drinks for everyone. Eat something before going to sleep. We ate sweet potatoes during the day today and didn't dare to eat secretly. We will eat together quietly when we come back in the evening."

After Liu's mother saw that they had almost finished talking, she asked them to eat something, as she was also a little hungry.

We really didn’t dare to take out other savory things, so we just took some steamed buns and milk. We didn’t even dare to take the dumplings. After eating, everyone went to rest quickly.

The next day, before dawn, Liu Caixia heard a noisy noise outside. She thought everyone was going to the city and got up early. How to tell the time at this time? She didn't really understand. They were all woken up. So she asked Jiang Xiaolu to check the time. It was not yet four in the morning.

Jiang Xiaolu took out an electronic watch and checked the time. It was indeed quite early. They usually got up after dawn at around 5 o'clock when they were fleeing from the famine. It was too early today. "Mom, why are you so early today?"

"I don't know either. I was woken up by a noise outside."

Liu Caixia had already woken up, so she got up, opened the door a crack and looked outside to see what was going on.

Then I saw someone coming out to inquire about the situation, and Liu Caixia also went out.

"Auntie, what's wrong?"

"I don't know. It was caused by two groups of people over there."

After that, they walked over there together, wanting to see what was going on. Before they got close, they heard a few women arguing.

"I was the first one to see this one! Are you shameless enough to come and snatch everything?"

"Bullshit, I was here first!"

"I was obviously the one who came first!"

It turned out that a group of people didn't want to leave anymore and wanted to settle in this village. They had their eyes on the same house and were fighting over it.