Chapter 911: Preparation for the Journey
Chapter 911: Preparation for the Journey
Gu Yao and Xiao Zaiye felt something was wrong the second day they arrived in the county.
They have been purchasing supplies these two days.
To prepare for going south.
"Brother Ye, what do you think the capital city is like here?" Gu Yao was curious.
But there are more officials in the capital.
The officials here are also unreasonable.
Gu Yao was speechless about being beaten with a stick at every turn.
Living people, ordinary people, have no human rights.
I also learned about the local culture here during the past few days.
When meeting an official, one either kowtows or kneels.
The couple had plenty of money.
But I want to survive here.
Then you have to be an official.
There was a wealthy businessman in the town named Mr. Du who wanted her to be his concubine, even though she was married.
It was only when they arrived in the county town that they truly understood the difference between ordinary people and officials.
They were the powerless businessman.
They can bully ordinary people.
The officials in this small place are about to rebel.
"Don't you want to go to the south? Now you are thinking about going to Beijing?" Xiao Zai Ye looked at his wife.
He can go anywhere.
"Well, yesterday afternoon, someone was looking for someone with a portrait. This person is a local businessman. If he was an official, he would be dead. In the capital, one has to maintain his reputation. It is safer under the imperial city." Gu Yao said with a frown.
"Wife, it's easier for us to fool people if we go to other places. But if we go to Beijing, we will be illegal residents without a household registration!" Xiao Zaiye looked at his wife helplessly.
Gu Yao also fell into deep thought.
"Yes, we don't have a household registration. How about we try to get a household registration in this county?" Gu Yao is also struggling with the household registration issue.
They can survive anywhere, but if they don't have a household registration, they are just like rats crossing the street.
Can't appear in front of people.
"Well, let's go and see if there is any way to get a household registration in the next two days." Gu Yao said with a smile.
"I didn't expect that life in ancient times was not that easy. It was even worse than what was described in the history books." Xiao Zai Ye said helplessly.
He only knows some martial arts, so even if he works as a security guard here, he has to be a clean person.
"How about we go directly to the county government office and find a way to get our household registration ourselves? With the official seal of the county government office, it will be recognized everywhere." Gu Yao thought of the county government office and wanted to do it in the most convenient way.
If I can have a household registration one day, I won’t have to worry about going anywhere.
"Wife, we need a travel permit to go anywhere now. Without a travel permit, we will be refugees no matter where we go, and we will not have a legitimate identity." Xiao Zai Ye first suppressed his wife's thoughts.
"Ah, then we might as well stay at Uncle Zhang's house. At least we have a place to stay." Gu Yao leaned back on the sofa with her forehead raised helplessly.
"Now that we have no identity, we can only stay in the county town. If we go to other places, we will have to hide from place to place. It is better for us to stay here first and get the identity. We will think about going to other places. What do you think?" It was only when Xiao Zaiye and his wife arrived in the city that he realized how troublesome it was to travel far away.
If someone reports you without an identity, you will be thrown into jail.
As long as no one reports to the police, they can still get by for a while.
"Please help me pass the message. My daughter has been living in the Zhao family for several years and has not come home to visit. Please pass the message, please." Uncle Zhang took out ten copper coins from his pocket and handed them to the gatekeeper.
The servant took it in his hand and weighed it: "Okay, I'll go tell the housekeeper, I won't care whether it succeeds or not."
The gatekeeper looked at the coins in his hand and saw that they were not many, but every penny he could earn was a good one.
I heard that the man who was looking for Aunt Zhang was from a very poor fisherman's family, and it was lucky that they could afford this little money.
The gatekeeper came back soon and said, "Wait, I will notify you if you are allowed to go in. If no one comes by noon, then it is not allowed."
"Okay, thank you very much." Uncle Zhang and Aunt Qin were happy to see the boy go to report.
The servant saw the old couple blocking the door and said, "Please make way. This is our Chen Mansion. It is inappropriate for you to block the door. Go, go, go, stand aside. You smell fishy from a long distance. Go to the back door and wait. Someone will pick you up or pass on a message at the back door."
Uncle Zhang was almost embarrassed.
But in other people's city.
There was nothing they could do if they wanted to see their daughter.
The back door of the Chen family.
"Old man, if I had known earlier, you wouldn't have let your daughter come here to be someone's concubine. It would be better for her to be a fisherman and live a free life. Being locked up in the yard is like being a bird in a cage. You can't even go out." Aunt Qin complained.
"It's too late to talk about it now. The child wants to live a good life, but we can't give him that. What can we do?" Grandpa Zhang parked the car against the wall.
The man squatted down against the wall.
His face was full of helplessness.
It's all their fault for doting on their daughter too much and only wanting her to live a good life. Now, she can only become a concubine.
Aunt Qin was also choked up.
This city is too big.
There are very few people wearing patched clothes on that street.
Uncle Zhang looked at his clothes which were full of patches and felt disgusted.
"Hey, isn't that Uncle Zhang? Why is he in the city?" Gu Yao glanced at the people outside the screen. Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang leaning against the wall looked a little pitiful.
"Didn't he say that his daughter married and moved to the city? Maybe he is here to find his daughter." Xiao Zai Ye also said lightly.
"Since we don't plan to be here in the future, we won't come out to greet them. Let's take action tonight. Let's see if we can secretly create a few identities? This way, no matter where we go, we will have an identity, and it will be safer." Gu Yao shrugged and said.
"Well, the two of us will provide cover together. We will definitely be able to do it. We will go to the capital together, go south together, and go to more places together. In this strange place, we two will be the closest people from now on. We will support each other." Xiao Zaiye looked at his wife with an expression full of love.
Gu Yao looked at Xiao Zaiye saying lots of sweet words to him, and it would be a bit inappropriate for him not to take the initiative.
He grabbed Xiao Zaiye by the collar and kissed him hard.
The bed curtains fluttered.
"Wife, didn't you agree to take a rest? Can we rest well like this? Can your body handle it? I'm afraid you can't." Xiao Zai Ye said provocatively.
Gu Yao's lips curled slightly.
"Go to hell. You look down on people. Humph." She took the initiative to pin Xiao Zaiye under her body and bullied him severely.
But in the end, it was Gu Yao who took the initiative to surrender.
"I was wrong, I was wrong. No more." She didn't have any strength left.
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