Stand-in Raiders

Unfortunately, things didn't go according to their plan in the end.

Just when Xiao Guofu had packed his luggage and was about to take his wife and sons to flee this cannibal city, someone knocked on the door of their house.

"The Xiao family, are you there!" The visitor shouted in a loud voice, "The Xiao family, open the door!"

"Here we come." Tong Ruomei looked at the people outside through the crack of the door, and she was sure that someone she knew had let him in, "Second Brother He, what's the matter with you?"

The person who came was the second son of the He family in the next street, a strong and strong young man.

"Is Xiao Guofu there?" He Lao Er turned around and closed the door as soon as he came in, "I have something to do with him, you take me to him quickly."

"Come with me, he's talking to his father inside." Tong Ruomei brought the second child of the He family to the inner hall, where Xiao Guofu and Xiao Zhiyuan were talking.

"He Er, why are you here?" Xiao Guofu asked in surprise when he saw the person coming.

The second son of the He family went to the door and closed the door, then went to cover the window, and then came to the table and said to the two, "There will be an accident soon. I heard that the city plans to have Red Guards too!"

The He family is in the business of transportation, and they specialize in delivering goods and letters to various companies, and they are the most well-informed.

If you don't have some definite information about this, you will never say it nonsense.

If this news is true, then...

"What's your family plan?" Xiao Zhiyuan asked He Lao Er, "Are you going to..."

"Yesterday my father got in touch with an overseas ship. I heard that something happened to the Tong family. I'm afraid we can't get it right. Maybe..." He Laoer obviously heard something, "Have you heard anything?" What plan?"

Having said all this, what else do the three of them not understand?

"How many places are there?" Xiao Guofu asked directly, asking how many people are still on board, "Where can we go?"

When it comes to this question, He Laoer is a little bit squeaky.

This boat does not belong to their family. His family's boat is a small boat and cannot go to sea at all. This time, his father took advantage of such a loophole after asking someone to spend money to arrange a lot of relationships.

Fortunately, although there have been population censuses in the past few years, there are some things that no one can understand at all, and those people who are clear may not necessarily say everything.

"The boat tickets also cost money. I'll give you a discount of [-]% because of the good relationship between the two families." The second son of the He family came here for the same purpose. Those who made this trip, even if they wanted to, the price was not something his He family could afford.

The eldest and third child of the He family are doing the same thing in different places at the moment.

"How much is a ticket?" This question is also the one that Xiao Guofu is most concerned about. Although the Xiao family is living a decent life now, but when it comes to money, there is really not much.

"I want gold, not money." The second child of the He family shook his head. What is the use of money in the country now?Each is limited, and everything is allocated, even if you have spare money, you can’t spend it, "That person also said that it is okay to have antiques, but don’t be so stupid as to use antiques as tickets, they are the treasures of the ancestors !"

Even if it's to avoid disasters, you can't give up the treasures left by your ancestors for thousands of years in exchange!

"We know this, you should inform the next family." Xiao Zhiyuan said that he would think about it carefully, and then asked the second child of the He family to continue to inform the next family, "We will give you an answer tomorrow."

"Okay, think about it carefully. It's quicker to raise money. The ship will leave the day after tomorrow. We will take the test in the imperial capital first, and then continue to sail to Beisu." He Laoer said some more information, and then turned around without hesitation. Leave, leaving time for the two people in the house to discuss.

Antiques in prosperous times, gold in troubled times.

"Dad, doesn't our family have any gold?" Xiao Guofu opened his mouth after being silent for a while.

Xiao Zhiyuan also stood up and rubbed his hands, neither denying nor admitting.

It's not that the family can't make up everything, plus the jewelry brought in by his daughter-in-law Tong Ruomei, the utensils sent by the Tong family, and the boat ticket can still make up a few pieces, but...

Not enough for so many people in the family.

"Guofu," Xiao Zhiyuan stood on the spot with his back to Xiao Guofu, without turning around, he just asked, "Do you want to go?"

"Dad, we said before that we were going to leave this ghostly place. Did you suddenly change your mind?" Xiao Guofu couldn't fully understand Xiao Zhiyuan's meaning, but he instinctively felt something was wrong, "It's right here, just like Tong's house What will happen?"

"Guofu, staying is not necessarily the worst." Xiao Zhiyuan suddenly changed his attitude for some reason, "This turmoil, look at what the whole town has become, it will not hurt less than a war if it goes on like this. "

Xiao Zhiyuan thought of another news that he heard a few days ago, "Besides, this time it is only to eliminate counter-revolutionaries. Your grandfather was born in the Red Army. What can happen to our family?"

"Dad, you taught me to plan ahead. If something really happens, it will be too late." Xiao Guofu disagreed with Xiao Zhiyuan's statement. He believed in his grandfather's judgment. Grandpa has a wide range of knowledge and experiences. Well, since grandpa let them go yesterday, he will definitely not stay now.

"Guofu, you take Ruomei away, and I stay with the children. In case something happens in the future, there is still a way out." Xiao Zhiyuan pondered for a long time. The gold at home is actually gold ingots cast by the previous dynasty. A few of them were hidden by the old man. This is only enough for two and a half people to summon Xiao Guofu to take Tong Ruomei away. First of all, both of them are knowledgeable people who will not be unbearable in the future. Come on, there is still half a person's share of gold left over for pocket use.

If it doesn't work, with the addition of Tong Ruomei's jewelry, they can have another child, but it will be a lot of hard work for the two of them.

"Dad, what do you mean?" Xiao Guofu understood Xiao Zhiyuan's words, and suddenly found it hard to understand, "We didn't have this opportunity before, even if we used two legs, we planned to leave, why now we have such a good opportunity But you want to stay?"

"Xiao Guofu, listen to me. You and Ruomei will leave, and I will stay with my three grandchildren." Xiao Zhiyuan thought that the oldest of the three grandsons was only five years old, and the youngest was just two years old. Will do it to the child.

"I don't agree with reunification unless you give me a reason to convince me." Xiao Guofu also insisted on his point of view, "Our family is together, why can't we live together? Why do we have to take it apart?"

"The family can't afford the boat ticket. Is this enough reason?" Xiao Zhiyuan closed his eyes in pain, "Even if Ruomei took out her jewelry, you can only take a son with you."

This is an unreasonable reason.

"Don't you still have antiques?" Xiao Guofu's voice was a little hoarse, "I remember my grandfather kept a pair of porcelain vases and showed them to me when I was a child. Can't those things be exchanged for boat tickets?"

It was a pair of blue and white porcelain, a long-necked bottle, with exquisite patterns all over the body. The old man was extremely precious, and it took a lot of time to even scrub it.

"That thing can't be moved. It's something left by our ancestors. How can we give it to foreigners!" It was because of this pair of porcelain that was difficult to move that Xiao Zhiyuan decided to keep it by himself.

"Dad, things are dead, but people are alive! Why should you be restricted by dead things?" Xiao Guofu wanted to leave with his family, and then go to Beisu or disembark at the imperial capital.

The old man still has a lot of old friends in the imperial capital, and he exchanges letters constantly on weekdays, so he can entrust them.

Xiao Guofu and Xiao Zhiyuan argued for a long time without any answer. The next day Xiao Zhiyuan went to He's house early in the morning to clarify the matter. He only said how much gold he paid according to the price, and did not specify how many people.

In this way, in the quarrel of the family, the day of leaving finally arrived.

Xiao Guofu and Tong Ruomei packed their things early in the morning, and waited at the pier with their three children.They are afraid that if they come late, they won't have a place and won't be able to get in.

Being here, who knows what else will happen?And Xiao Zhiyuan was also forced to come here, and he didn't bring anything.

But these are not important, what is important is that Xiao Guofu has gathered the money for the whole family to take the boat together.

He was helped by the Tong family.

The entire family of the Tong family suffered. The young ones even developed a fever because of their weak physique, and they don't know if they can pass this hurdle.

Therefore, it was the remaining gold that the master of the Tong family took out to make up the expenses for the escape of the Xiao family.

The boarding time is very tight, there is only 10 minutes of docking time, but who knows that an accident happened in these 10 minutes.

Xiao Guofu's youngest son disappeared, and so did Xiao Zhiyuan.

"Dad took the three treasures away?" Tong Ruomei looked around quickly, but she didn't find any figure of three treasures, not even Xiao Zhiyuan.

"I'm going to find the three treasures, you go up first with the big treasure and the second treasure, and I'll meet you when I find the three treasures." Tong Ruomei pulled Xiao Guofu's cuffs and said, then immediately turned and searched against the flow of people.

Xiao Guofu was carrying luggage in both hands, so he could only stare at Tong Ruomei, fearing that she would disappear too.

But Tong Ruomei desperately walked back and forth in the crowd. As more and more people boarded the boat, the number of people at the dock gradually decreased, but Sanbao and Xiao Zhiyuan still did not appear.

Later, the ship started to whistle, and Xiao Guofu boarded the boat first with the two children. Behind him was the anxious figure of Tong Ruomei looking for the children.

The author has something to say:

As far as the Xiao family is concerned, I can only say that the old man has a prototype, he is a person from the great-great-grandfather generation. After hearing his story, I can't help but want to play with his demeanor.