HBWnovel Chapter 181 During the Ancient Escape, Do Not Disturb 6 (The End)
Chapter 181 During the Ancient Escape, Do Not Disturb 6 (The End)
When Zhou Fengping came out, his eldest son had already exchanged two pairs of shoes, having practically worn his lips out trying to persuade him.
Tongzi grinned and chuckled, then started chatting privately with its dog, Ping.
"You have a knack for business; you'd probably be able to find a job in Hope City."
"Hahaha, you're so good at talking. We'll see about that later."
He beckoned his eldest son over, took his arm, and led him to the roadside to meet up with the other two children.
The group walked deeper into the woods, found a flatbed cart, and pushed it toward a fork in the road. They stopped when they were almost at a water source.
Zhou Fengping set up a small wooden table and took out two packets of lard cakes to distribute to them.
"You can divide it into three portions and put them in your pockets as snacks."
After saying that, he took out five warm steamed buns, one for each of the three children, and ate the remaining two himself.
Lunch is easily solved!
Since he arranged to sell a few small ginseng roots, his standard of living has improved considerably.
The children don't need to worry about running out of food tomorrow.
As for the silver jewelry, the Zhou family assumed it was for Lin Qiuniang and the others' own use and were reluctant to give it away, so they only used the cloth and silver coin.
The golden beans are still there.
in case the emergency.
...
Hope City Lord's golden touch, the refuge, was ultimately not dismantled.
After scanning the system, it was found that it was just a stupid system that had lost its memory. The loss of memory may have been due to being formatted, or the system may have wanted to experience the fun of being a blank slate.
This guy's trying to play dumb to fool everyone.
Who knows if a threat might trigger a self-destruct or something...
It's not related to the system, so let's just leave it at that.
The refuge, which was treated like a blank canvas by the leader, communicated with the city lord in a very methodical manner.
Or rather, it's a one-way output.
"The shelter's energy levels have reached the required threshold. A second time travel can be initiated in eighty years. Please prepare for the travel..."
"The inhabitants of your territory are the foundation of your development; please carefully summarize your responsibilities as a lord..."
"With the natural disasters in this world reduced, you can use the remaining time to properly resettle the residents of your territory..."
After output, an electronic document and a paper document will appear.
This is to ensure that the lord will not pretend not to find or see it.
Social Anxiety Lord: Huh? There are still eighty years left?
...
The Zhou family lingered on the road for more than a month.
They arrived even earlier than the Weiyue Pavilion's convoy.
The three children's mouths were wide open.
Unexpectedly, there were people specifically assigned to receive these refugees at the gates of Hope City.
These minor officials, regardless of gender, all have shoulder-length short hair, which looks really strange.
Fortunately, Zhou Fengping remained calm.
He explained in detail where he came from, how he learned about it, and whether he knew anyone in the city.
The four people, one dog, and one chicken were placed in a separate small courtyard.
This place was secured by exchanging small ginseng roots for "chicken points," and those "chicken points" were used as collateral; otherwise, we would have had to sleep in a dormitory.
You have to stay in this patrolled area for three days before you can be allowed into the city, or you can live in a village outside the city.
Taking this opportunity, Zhou Tian and Zhou Gu boldly inquired.
According to the guards, there haven't been any large convoys entering Hope City recently.
Upon learning the truth, Zhou Fengping: ...
It turned out that since Xiao Yi had become Granny Yi, it was inconvenient for her to go out for a stroll every night, so she could only relieve her depression by beating up bandits on the road and in the mountains during the day.
While the Zhou family was hurrying on their way, Granny Yi also confronted a band of mountain bandits, the kind who had the government as their backers.
Sure enough, Lin Qiuniang and Liu Fang followed behind Granny Yi and amassed quite a bit of money. This also caused the Weiyue Pavilion caravan to grow even longer.
The female shopkeeper had no objection to this.
Especially after seeing the piles of corpses from the illegal mines in the mountains, one feels that Granny Yi and her thugs made it too easy for the bandits to die.
*
Time flies like a whirlwind, leaving people dizzy and disoriented.
Granny Yi lived with Lin Qiuniang and Liu Fang in Hope City for many years.
Occasionally, I would visit the female shopkeeper's home and teach her two timid younger sisters how to use iron legs and flower knives.
It turns out that dance troupes like Weiyue Pavilion disbanded as soon as they returned to the city.
Men, women, young and old were all assigned to the city lord's other businesses.
Even Granny Yi got a job as a boiler operator.
Besides this part-time job, his main job is teaching at the martial arts school run by the city lord, which brings in a substantial income.
He is definitely better than Zhou Fengping, who farms outside the city.
However, through their mother's connections, the three children of the Zhou family all learned a trade.
Zhou Tian is now a master craftsman in a bamboo weaving shop.
Zhou Gu studied cooking, but his specialty was grilling.
After spending too much time with chickens and dogs, Zhou Mai went to a breeding farm. The benefits and food were good, but he couldn't go home very often.
Everything here is different from the outside world.
In the beginning, they all felt like they were dreaming.
I couldn't sleep soundly at night, fearing that I would wake up to find myself still in Wangshan Village, stealing wild vegetables and tree bark.
We should wait until we are reunited with Lin Qiuniang and Liu Fang.
The children finally relaxed a little.
However, over the years, Lin Qiuniang and Zhou Fengping have always avoided meeting each other, and their child is sensible enough not to ask.
Actually, Zhou Fengping had brainwashed him along the way.
They often say things like, "What if we run into your mother?", "Your mother is shy, she probably doesn't know how to face me," and "Don't be silly and ask her directly."
Didn't you see that the original owner didn't hate it?
As someone who was just doing a task, he had no more hatred.
His main task was to bring the child to the destination.
*
Zhou Shusheng arrived a little later than Lin Qiuniang and the others.
When a group of scholars travel together, there are many rules and regulations to follow.
It's only because Weiyue Pavilion had swept away all the robbers and petty thieves beforehand; otherwise, it's hard to say whether they could have reached their destination intact.
However, once they arrived at their destination, they had more job opportunities than ordinary people.
As for Zhou Shusheng, he was really exhausted from traveling.
He is currently only working at the literacy class in Hope City. His widowed mother and younger sister are literate, so their wages are decent.
Everyone eats separately on the street or roadside every day, takes a bath at a public bathhouse, and pays someone to take their clothes to a laundry room.
Surprisingly, this place is quite welcoming to a scholar like him who doesn't have much talent.
The city lord had no idea what the people of his territory thought.
He copied the management methods from many infrastructure novels, and the results seem pretty good.
Even when spies came, they didn't want to leave.
They spent all their money in the Hope City tourist area and then stayed here to work.
Granny Yi helped Liu Fang raise her two little girls and then disappeared without a trace.
After all, she had been recognized as a godparent by Liu Fanglin and Qiu Niang.
The reason given was the desire for someone to care for them in their old age and see them off in their final days, which is perfectly reasonable. The result... however, was that the person passed away before they could even provide for them.
The city lord felt regretful for a long time after learning about it.
After all, this old woman was really skilled, and he even had someone secretly send her supplements.
The shelter stated that the cause of death was that the person had suffered too much hardship in their youth and could not be recovered.
For most of their lives after that, Zhou Tian and his two companions lived a smooth and successful life, and all of them married girls from the city.
Zhou Fengping only saw Lin Qiuniang once at the child's banquet before covering his face and fleeing.
He walked quickly while asking the dog in his arms.
"Do you think my acting is convincing?"
"She looks so old, look at Lin Qiuniang's embarrassed face."
"Hehehe, wasn't I supposed to be playing a dull, unsophisticated farmer...?"
...
It's not a good thing for children to live too long.
Zhou Fengping felt like he was waiting forever, and his grandchildren were getting old.
We can only try to nourish our grandchildren first.
Only after confirming that the man was incapable of handling funeral arrangements did they divide the broken copper and scrap iron he had carried from Wangshan Village as his inheritance.
There are also a few bags of grain harvested this year.
He finally passed away before the city lord of Hope City left.