Chapter 130: Borrowing Money to Enter the City

The village chief pulled Aunt Liu, "Do you really want to borrow? Or you can go and get a household registration, maybe you can get away with it." Aunt Liu shook his hand away, "You stingy guy, is this the time to be stingy with money?" "If we are really discovered, our whole family will be beaten with a stick, and we will definitely lie down after being beaten with a stick. Look at the people around you, do you think that at that time, our family's food can still be kept?" "Not only will the silver and food be robbed! My grandchildren may also be captured by people. If we sell it, we will either starve to death or die of pain!"

The village chief recalled the miserable situation described by Auntie Liu, and nodded helplessly, "Okay, then borrow it. Alas, we have spent all our family's wealth by fleeing famine. I should not have come out earlier."

Auntie Liu glared at him, "Not coming out?"

"If you don't come out, someone will definitely come to our house to rob food. Do you believe it?"

His family is one of the richest in the country. If those people have no food, won't they steal or rob?

Have you seen too much along the way?

The village chief sighed, "That's right."

He waved his hand painfully, "You go borrow it. Alas, I don't know when you can pay it back after borrowing it."

Gu Zhang put a piece of wood to write the receipt, but there was no ink pad, so everyone rubbed some ink on the edge of the inkstone and pressed their fingerprints.

The village chief's family borrowed thirty taels. Auntie Liu was such a smart person, she knew that the opportunity was rare, and she would be more comfortable if she could borrow more.

Gu Zhong borrowed 20 taels, Shanzi's mother borrowed 10 taels, and Zhang Lao's family borrowed 30 taels.

The eldest aunt's family also borrowed 30 taels.

Gu Rong also borrowed 30 taels.

Su Chen borrowed 150 taels of silver, and Zhang Ze took back a stack of IOUs.

Holding the silver bills, everyone looked at Gu Zhang and had a new question. Who should he give the silver to, how should he give it, and is it safe?

Uncle Ma said in a deep voice: "Get the cart on the harness and rush to the city gate. Since everyone has decided to enter the city, don't delay. This place may not be safe at night without soldiers."

This is true. Some disaster victims around were staring at these mule carts, but there were too many soldiers, so they didn't dare to do it.

Uncle Ma said again: "Each family will give all the silver bills to Gu Erye according to the number of people, and everyone will enter the city together."

The silver bills that had just been received were not warm yet, and they were handed to Gu Zhang one by one.

Gu Fei also took out 120 taels and handed them to her father.

Gu Zhang was very careful and took the household registration of each family. He put the silver bills and household registration papers of each family together.

After harnessing the carts, everyone walked through the pile of disaster victims and arrived at the city gate.

Seeing so many people and carts coming at once, the officers and soldiers who were checking the household registration at the gate perked up.

The village head and his family were walking in front. Gu Zhang smiled and handed the household registration paper to the officers and soldiers, and flipped his fingers upward slightly to reveal the silver bills underneath.

The officers and soldiers were very sensitive to silver bills.

If there was no silver to be collected, they would not be willing to guard the city gate and do this hard work.

The silver collected, the high-ranking soldiers took the biggest share, and the big-headed soldiers who were guarding the side could only take the small share.

The officer and soldier pretended to look at the household registration, but they were actually looking at the number on the banknote. A soldier nearby had already counted the heads and shouted, "Nine people."

The officer and soldier nodded, quickly took out the banknote, returned the household registration to Gu Zhang, and shouted, "Pass—"

Gu Zhang stuffed the household registration to the village chief, and the village chief and his family hurried through the city gate.