Bang!

The old shopkeeper slapped his youngest son in the face, and he pushed his youngest son to the ground with such force.

"The Zhou family is as kind as a mountain to our family, but you are ungrateful by the Lord. If you want to murder someone, how can I raise a beast like you?" After that, the old shopkeeper picked up the broom beside the door and beat him up. His eyes were full of glaring and his eyebrows were obviously aggravated by his youngest son's previous words.

The old shopkeeper's youngest son was beaten and ran around the room, but he didn't dare to run out. It was not until his mother, who was still eating hot, ran in and heard the sound and stopped the old shopkeeper who was already out of breath.

"Dad, the Zhou family is kind to our family, but after working as a cattle and horse for their family for so many years, it should be over. Now their family is responsible for their own fault and has nothing to do with others. Even if we don't care about it, others will be thinking about it. What will our family do then?"

How can there be a complete egg when the nest is destroyed? What the old shopkeeper's youngest son said is true. Their family relies on the Zhou family for dinner. Now the forces that the Zhou family has attached to have been eradicated in Jinhua Mansion. Instead of waiting to be affected, it is better to take action first. If done, maybe you can really make a profit and a family business that the family may not be able to get for several lifetimes.

However, as soon as this statement was made, the old shopkeeper was so angry that he couldn't even say anything. At this time, the old shopkeeper's eldest son also took the shop back, hurriedly stepped forward to serve tea, and pulled his brother over to admit his mistake.

The old shopkeeper has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son used to work in the Zhou family shop in the city. After the aftermath, his father was sent here. He brought his wife and children to open a snack shop. It was like the food in the city was more refined than the countryside, but it was highly praised by local diners. The only daughter was one year older than the younger son and just got married this year. The son-in-law is a local farmer with his own land, honest and obeying the rules. His youngest son is actually not the one who has a bad intention, but after he arrived at Bailongqiao Town, he had some interactions with some rogues in the town. This time, he was probably just like this.

The old woman and the eldest son persuaded him a few words, and the old shopkeeper became a little more angry. However, seeing that the youngest son was still as if he was stubborn as his brother persuaded him, the old shopkeeper slapped the table and drove his young son back into the house, locked the door from outside, and directly pulled the chair and the small table in the yard under the window, as if he was afraid that his young son would go to the city to cause trouble privately.

The old shopkeeper's eldest son failed to persuade him, so he had to rush to his brother-in-law's house to make an appointment to escort the Zhou sisters and their group tomorrow. He even failed to persuade his father to return to the room when he returned home.

The night passed quickly, and before dawn, the old shopkeeper's son-in-law rushed over. So the old shopkeeper, who was so sleepy that he could not hold on, took his eldest son and son-in-law to the inn, while his youngest son was still locked up at home. When he saw the Zhou family's younger sister, he only said that he had the cold and could not get up.

Two strong young men, plus the coachman of the Zhou family, and three men protected two women in men's clothing to Quzhou. Although they were still a little uneasy, there were more layers of guarantees.

However, when the three of them arrived at the inn, they learned from the inn shopkeeper that the young sister of the Zhou family had left in the middle of the night and had also kept a book to say goodbye. The old shopkeeper didn't know the word on the note, but his eldest son learned some of it when he was helping in the shop in the city. Although he couldn't recognize it completely, he could still understand the general meaning.

The message on the note was very simple, but the journey was too far. If the old shopkeeper's male manager had gone, he would not say it too much, and it would delay the summer harvest. In addition, time was tight, so she decided to set off in advance and apologize to the old shopkeeper.

The old shopkeeper watched the little sister of the Zhou family grow up and knew that the daughter of the Zhou family was not an ordinary woman. His knowledge and decisions were often not comparable to those of the Zhou family. Seeing this, he had to take his eldest son and son-in-law home, and he was afraid that his youngest son would take the opportunity to escape, which even faster pace. Fortunately, after returning home, his youngest son was still locked in the house and did not leave.

After hearing the youngest son's tears of repentance, the old shopkeeper still kept his youngest son at home and did not allow him to work in the shop as before. In addition to fearing that his youngest son would repent or leak the news, he also wanted to use this matter to educate him so that he would not learn bad things with those rogues.

At this time, the Zhou family's younger sister had already passed by Bailong Bridge in a carriage and marched on the official road to Tangxi County.

Although the official road of the remnant Ming Dynasty had not been repaired for a long time like other roads, it was better than that of many people on the road and would not attract much attention. Moreover, the younger sister of the Zhou family knew that the military supplies of the Ming army had always been transported from Tangxi County to Quzhou along the official road. Although there was a rebellion in Jinhua City, it was basically impossible to transport food and grass, but Chen Wen still had heavy troops in his hands, so the rebels must keep it as confidential as possible, so there would not be too many people who knew that the military supplies were not taken on the road, which was safer than those country roads.

However, the maid of the Zhou family's young sister still couldn't understand why she set out in the middle of the night and even refused the old shopkeeper's kindness just by leaving a letter.

"Miss, isn't it safer to protect a few more people on the road? Why bother..."

Sitting in the bumpy carriage, the little sister of the Zhou family opened her eyes when she heard this, and then said to her maid: "After coming out of the grocery store, I always feel that someone is following me until the inn, and this feeling disappears. This is a major issue and it is not allowed to be missed. Even if I don't get these clothes, I'd better set out in advance. Besides, I'd have already obtained the things, so I'd better go to Quzhou as soon as possible. If I arrive one day earlier, my brother will have one more day to convince Lin Haibo."

The little sister of the Zhou family didn't know whether this feeling was the source of her inner worry or whether someone really followed her, but since it started to appear in the grocery store, it would be better to set out in advance and disappear from sight than to be really targeted by someone.

Last night, the Zhou family girl and her personal maid changed into the man's clothes in the inn. At this moment, sitting in the carriage, she looked like a handsome and charming scholar who took the "mother-in-law" book boy who was "his" to Tangxi County.

Tangxi is only more than twenty miles away from Bailongqiao Town in a straight line. Although there are few horses in Zhejiang, the horse that the Zhou family uses to pull carts is not a good breed, but they are probably able to arrive tonight if they are moving forward lightly. When they get there, they can continue to go west to Huzhen Town on the banks of Qujiang River, and then travel for another day. Longyou County is a newly recovered city by the Ming army, and it should still be in Chen Wen's hands. At that time, with Zhou Jingting's connection, they can rush to Quzhou Prefecture City with the protection and transportation capacity of the Ming army.
Chapter completed!