The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 203: Bragging and Cooling Down the Anger

When I got to the front of the line, I realized, wow! This line was great. There was a tent in front of it, and not only could each person get two steamed buns, but also hot water to drink.

And you don't need to queue all the time. You can move around nearby to remember the position of your team, so that you don't wander around and get lost and stand in the wrong position again.

Look, this is the big red card team. The treatment can be determined by the attitude of the leader and the officials.

The official over there is really an "official", with his nose in the air, shouting and scolding, and he is very stylish.

This man was obviously an official as well, but his tone was very kind, just like a tour guide for a large tourist group.

Shen Zhiqiu arranged for someone to put the food away. He hadn't had a single sip of porridge all day, but he was very hungry. He wolfed down the steamed buns he had received.

If you eat too fast and choke, just gulp down half a bamboo tube of warm water.

While eating, he looked around, trying to see if he could see Mr. Meng. But before he saw Mr. Meng, he saw Ma Wenbo winking at him.

Tsk! Are you in such a hurry to talk to him? Look how anxious you are? Isn't it time to pretend that you don't know him?

But after all, they were old friends, and Ma Wenbo's previous behavior was understandable, so he didn't take it to heart.

Shen Zhiqiu stood up, stuffed the last steamed bun into his mouth, and drank the water in the bamboo tube. He felt a little more full in his stomach.

He handed the bamboo tube to Da Hu, flicked the dust off his body, and then walked over slowly with square steps.

Ma Wenbo was so anxious that he was sweating.

"Brother Huaizhi, how much silver did you pay? You just didn't tell me the truth. For your team, each head must be 500 taels?"

Shen Zhiqiu said righteously, "What money? Brother Wenbo, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want. The gatekeeper Duan is a good official who loves the people like his own children and cherishes talents. He is considerate of our family's deep affection, so he made some concessions."

But why did Ma Wenbo not believe this? Although he knew that he was slightly inferior to Shen Huaizhi in terms of talent and learning, but you just said a few words to the official, and let him see that you are a talent and willing to make concessions?

Shen Zhiqiu knew that he didn't believe it, even he himself didn't believe it, but he couldn't tell him the truth. Besides, as a small person, he couldn't figure out what those nobles were thinking.

Perhaps people asked Achi to take care of him just for the sake of the ancient father-in-law, and Lord Duan was thinking too much and did him such a big favor.

This was the most practical reason he could think of.

But he couldn't say it openly, and couldn't use his name to brag about something. He could only imitate Ma Wenbo, covering his face with his sleeves and speaking in a particularly irritating way:

"Hey, so, Brother Wenbo, don't worry about having no friends in the future! Who knows when you will meet a mentor? It's really luck that the gatekeeper appreciated you. I'm so ashamed!"

This made Ma Wenbo angry. Why didn't he realize that Shen Huaizhi was such a mean person before? He even ignored the dignity of a scholar.

But it was too late to say anything. He knew clearly at this time that it was impossible to ask Shen Zhiqiu to talk to the gatekeeper again. They had already ascended to the level, and the team assignment could not be changed because of the two of them.

What's more, if they were considered as troublemakers, they might get angry and assign them all to military households.

Shen Zhiqiu naturally knew this. It would be best if Ma Wenbo did not make any request. If it was a real question, it would be difficult to deal with. After all, Mr. Duan had indeed turned a blind eye to them.

One should not be too pushy. Besides, Ma Wenbo is just a courtesy. We are both farmers and maybe we will meet again on the road to the imperial examination in the future.

Just chat, reminisce, brag, and cool down!

Since fleeing famine, Shen Zhiqiu has never felt so relaxed.

These ten thousand miles and eighty-one difficulties are finally over, and I will be able to obtain the "true scriptures" soon.

Even though there is still some distance to go, he doesn't need to worry too much, because the team leader will make clear arrangements for them along the way.

You don’t have to worry about where to go or where to rest, and you don’t need someone to keep watch at night, so your personal safety is guaranteed.

Even if you have never eaten pork, you have seen pigs run. Those who work on behalf of the court usually stay in inns, but it is not yet known whether they will be paid or not.

At this time, Mr. Meng, whom Shen Zhiqiu had not found, was looking for suitable families to inquire and build relationships, thinking: He must do his part for the people of Shenjia Village.

As a result, the old lady in their family had sharp eyes and saw a group of people who had received the steamed buns and were either squatting or sitting, eating happily. She was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

The Meng family hurried over. Emma was so kind. She was an acquaintance of theirs. They didn't expect that they were in the same team.

Then, Old Lady Meng really opened up to Old Lady Hua and the others about everything, even telling them the truth about the quota of drinks they were given at 500 taels per head!

But the old ladies in Shenjia Village were shocked: "Five hundred taels per head, and your family, including the servants, has more than ten people, so wouldn't that be nearly ten thousand taels?"

Old Lady Meng did not hide it and nodded, saying, "My master said that if I want to adopt you as my adopted son, I will not abandon you no matter how much money you spend. We are all family."

The old lady from Shenjia Village fully understood: "We really can't abandon our relatives. In the future, we will be unfamiliar with the place and have fewer and fewer relatives around us. The two servants are also loyal and righteous."

They could fully understand this matter. You have to know that Li Quan and Dahu and Erhu had a similar situation with Shen Zhiqiu.

Now they have become an inseparable family.

Moreover, in this team, they also saw the man who said that his wife was from the North and his father-in-law was an official.

Although the two sides don't communicate much, they are acquaintances, so communication is not a problem.

With these two families paving the way and introducing each other, several old ladies from Shenjia Village soon broke into the big red card team.

They all started chatting with the old ladies in other families.

At this moment, the person sitting next to Old Lady Hua is an old lady from the same family. Her daughter has married and moved to Youzhou.

That son-in-law is also a promising man. It is said that he is a captain in the military camp.

Wow, this official position is almost the same as Shen Zhiqiu’s father-in-law in ancient times.

It is said that the son-in-law used his connections to find someone early on and made arrangements at every checkpoint, for fear that he would not be able to find anyone when the Yue family came.

When they arrived in Jeju, they gave their master's name and said they were visiting relatives.

The gatekeeper immediately asked if it was the in-laws of so-and-so, and checked the son-in-law's name and official title one by one.

They were given a big red card and arranged to enter the city.

The family on the right is even more amazing. They don't have an old lady, and the lady in charge of the family is only a few years older than Li Jingshu.

My maternal family has a title in the northern border. The lady said that although my maternal grandparents are gone now, my uncle is still a man of loyalty.

Knowing that something happened there, they sent people to pick them up.

But there were too many things that happened on the way, such as getting sick and avoiding the officials.

It took quite some time to finally arrive in Jeju.

After Emma asked around, the people in Shenjia Village finally realized that they had really infiltrated a group of capable people, and every household was wealthy and had maids and servants.