After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Chapter 34 It’s better to move out

Yu Zizhen was not too surprised. There are many people in this world who give up their lives rather than their wealth.

She exhaled, "Forget it, let them be."

It was the five people she saved casually. Even if two of them failed to collect the money, she still only made a profit on this trip.

Not wanting to get involved in other people's affairs, Yu Zizhen, under the guidance of the system, walked straight to Zhou's house, which was three blocks away from the inn.

There are four members of the Zhou family: Zhou Fengnian, Zhou Fengnian’s wife Pan, Zhou Zheng, and Zhou Zheng’s sister Zhou Rong.

Previously, Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Zheng were taken into custody by the Baofeng County magistrate. Zhou Fengnian's wife, Pan, urgently invited her biological father from the next county over.

Mr. Pan tried many ways and asked for countless favors, but the magistrate of Baofeng County made up his mind to marry his daughter, but the Zhou family and his son refused to agree, so the matter was deadlocked.

Now that his son-in-law and grandson suddenly fled home, Mr. Pan was shocked, but he did not accuse his son-in-law and grandson of doing something wrong.

He knew that if the situation really did not allow them to come out through conventional means, they would definitely not resort to such unconventional means.

The old man briefly asked the Zhou family and his son, and after figuring out what happened, he immediately said to his daughter: "Pack up your clothes, and let's leave the city as soon as daybreak."

He wanted to take his daughter's family back to his home, but Zhou Fengnian and Zhou Zheng did not want to involve Mr. Pan's family.

They planned to leave the city separately with Mr. Pan after dawn, so that even if the Baofeng County magistrate did not want to let it go, the Pan family could directly deny their knowledge because they were not at home.

Across the county, especially Mr. Pan and his family, there is a county magistrate from a noble family who is in charge. Even if the Baofeng County magistrate gets involved with the imperial officials and eunuchs, he does not dare to cross the border to cause trouble.

The Zhou family father and son briefly explained their plan, and Mr. Pan pondered for a moment, "That's okay. Then I'll do what you said first."

Mrs. Pan is a housewife who believes in obeying her father at home and her husband when she gets married. Both her father and husband think this is good, so she naturally has no other opinions.

Wiping away her tears, Mrs. Pan quickly packed up the gold and silver items, and asked the cook to give the dozen or so people at home overnight, as well as all kinds of dry food that Mr. Pan had brought for everyone in the Pan family to take on the road.

When Yu Zizhen rushed over according to the system's instructions, not only had the Zhou family packed their belongings, but Zhou Zheng had also temporarily bought three more carriages from nowhere.

While moving things, Zhou Zheng unexpectedly saw Yu Zizhen standing inside the closed door of his house, and almost thought he had seen a ghost.

But then I thought about it, since Yu Zizhen was able to take them out of the county jail quietly, then her being able to quietly appear at his house didn't seem to be something worthy of his fuss?
Taking a deep breath to calm his chaotic heartbeat, Zhou Zheng put down the box in his hand and walked quickly towards Yu Zizhen.

"Benefactor." He called Yu Zizhen in a low voice, and then stretched out his hand to guide her to his father's study. "My father has prepared what you want. Please move over and follow me."

Yu Zizhen nodded and followed Zhou Zheng to Zhou Fengnian's study.

In the study, Zhou Fengnian was facing a box of house and land deeds, wondering whether he should take these things or not.

If you don't take it, he won't be willing to get that piece of shit from Baofeng County Magistrate for nothing.Take it, as soon as they leave, that bitch, the magistrate of Baofeng County, will definitely immediately try to recruit his children to swallow up everything in their house. By then, these deeds will be like a pile of waste paper, and they won't be able to hand them out even if they hold them. use.

"Father." Zhou Fengnian was thinking when Zhou Zheng came in with Yu Zizhen.

"Benefactor, you are here." When Zhou Fengnian saw Yu Zizhen, he quickly put down the box in his hand and came over.

Yu Zizhen nodded towards him, "You don't have to worry about me, just pack whatever you need to pack. I came here so early because it is inevitable that I will have difficulty moving after dawn."

Zhou Fengnian asked her to take a seat in the study, "We have packed it up. Whatever the benefactor wants, just ask someone to come and get it."

He took out a bunch of keys, "This is the key to our Zhou family's large warehouse. If there is something in it that you like, just ask someone to take it away. There is also the key to my own private warehouse. The key to the family granary, the key to my son's small warehouse. Ah, by the way, my wife and daughter should also have a lot of fabrics, supplements, medicinal materials and so on that cannot be taken away. If you don't mind it, I will let them all go. Someone will move it to the front yard for you."

They left in a hurry and had to pack up all the dozen or so people in the family, including the master and servants, in one go. The things they could carry with them were really limited.

Even if he divided some valuable items such as antique calligraphy and paintings, porcelain ornaments and asked his old father-in-law to help transfer them, his family's warehouse still kept a lot of less valuable, but relatively large quantities of items.

The total value of those things was actually no less than what they took out.

He didn't want to take advantage of that bitch, the magistrate of Baofeng County, and wished that Yu Zizhen could take away more and more.

If Yu Zizhen could just move his family's house and shop down to the bare bones, then even if he still had to leave half of his family property behind and run away in a hurry, he would still be able to slap his thighs and laugh out loud on the carriage.

What Zhou Fengnian didn't know was that Yu Zizhen actually fulfilled his beautiful wish without any courtesy at all.

She asked Zhou Fengnian, "Can I move whatever I want in this yard?"

Zhou Fengnian said: "Not only in this yard, if you have enough manpower, you can also move the things in the two shops in my house as you like!"

Yu Zizhen suddenly became interested, "Oh? Where are your shops?"

Zhou Fengnian was chased by her and asked. Not only did he not think she was greedy, but his previous depression was gone and he couldn't help but feel happy and excited.

He handed the box containing the deed to Yu Zizhen, "My family has two shops and a village. There is not much food in the village, but it is a pity that there are hundreds of acres of land. I prepared a lot of goods for the shop before I went to jail. , probably not even half of it has been sold now.”

He picked out the deed of the shop and told Yu Zizhen the specific location of the shop. Then he took two keys from the drawer and gave them to Yu Zizhen, "These are the warehouse keys for my two shops. You can take my private seal over there. Not only the goods , you can also withdraw all the money in your account."

After a pause, he then said: "I have to leave at dawn. If you bring the people in the shop to move their things, can you help me give each of them some severance pay?"

Those were the people he was used to. If it wasn't for the fact that he had no other choice, Zhou Fengnian would really be reluctant to fire them like this.

He sighed melancholy, "With a former employer like me, they still don't know when they will find a new job."

(End of this chapter)