After the Ji family arrived, they set up camp nearby. The surrounding environment was relatively safe, there were no woods, and the surrounding scenery could be seen in full view.

Thanks to this terrain, the Ji family can clearly see the security status of the pass.

Perhaps because of the recent influx of refugees, there are quite a few soldiers on duty around, and the guards are very strict during the shift exchange.

Li Jiang was very happy to see this. When he came here with the escort agency, there were no natural or man-made disasters in the surrounding villages and counties at that time, so the defense was not so tight.

Something has happened now. The protection is so airtight. If they don't have money, they probably won't be able to get in.

Li Jiang felt lucky that he even told Ji Liangqing about this matter. Ji Liangqing nodded and turned to look for Mrs. Ji again.

Mrs. Ji had been thinking about bringing money into the city for a long time, but she wanted to keep her wealth private. If she took out the small bag with the gold leaves directly, she would be afraid of causing trouble.

So Mrs. Ji took out a small cloth bag and filled it with about seven or eight gold leaves, which she estimated should be enough money to pass the customs.

This gold leaf is very exquisite and looks very compact and delicate. At first glance, it is something that is used to reward servants.

Mrs. Ji handed the bag to Ji Liangqing and asked him to keep it and then give the bag to the officers and soldiers.

Ji Liangqing put the bag away and placed it close to his body.

Everything is ready, and everyone is secretly excited.

As long as they pass this pass, they won't have to worry about meeting refugees.

Those who can pass through the pass are all people with some wealth, so they don’t have to worry about encountering villagers who are robbing food.

And being able to pass the pass means that we are getting closer to Jiangnan.

Everyone was so excited that they didn't sleep well all night. When it was dark the next day, Ji Liangqing got up.

I thought I had gotten up early enough, but I didn't expect Wang Goudan to be sitting not far away. It looked like he had been sitting there for a long time.

Ji Liangqing understood what Wang Goudan was thinking, and with a smile on his face, he stepped forward and patted Wang Goudan on the shoulder.

Wang Goudan was caught off guard and was patted on the shoulder. He was startled. In a blink of an eye, he saw it was Ji Liangqing and he breathed a visible sigh of relief:

"Captain, you suddenly appeared behind me and scared me to death."

Ji Liangqing looked at him unexpectedly. Although he said nothing, his expression clearly told him that there was something to be afraid of.

Wang Goudan said with some humor: "It's not completely dawn in this wilderness, who knows..." Who knows if it's something unclean.

Ji Liangqing didn't expect him to say that, and he laughed for a moment.

He shook his head and did not continue to discuss this topic, but asked:

"What are you thinking about here when you get up so early?"

It's still dark now, and they arrived late last night. Logically speaking, they shouldn't have gotten up so early...

Could it be that he was also excited that he was about to enter the border crossing?

"No." Wang Goudan shook his head and said rather self-defeatingly:

"Captain, I'm just thinking, I don't know anything. I thought it would be fine if I went to Jiangnan, but now I don't know what I should do if I go to Jiangnan..."

Wang Goudan stared at the ground as if in a daze, and said these words to himself.

After a moment, as if he had made up his mind, he looked up at Ji Liangqing again and said firmly:

"Captain, I will follow you when we arrive in Jiangnan, okay?"

"I don't have many merits, but I am relatively strong. If you need to make wine, I will do hard work for you. You don't ask for any money, just give me something to eat."

Even if you want to survive in such troubled times, it is not easy, let alone now you are in an unfamiliar place.

In the past, he only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, and had no skills. When he arrived in a strange place, he had no idea how to support himself.

Only by following Ji Liangqing can Wang Goudan feel more at ease.

Ji Liangqing looked at Wang Goudan's firm eyes, with a slight smile in his eyes.

He had a bad feeling about Wang Goudan when he was in Niutou Village before, but after this escape, it is obvious that Wang Goudan has changed more and more.

The incident where he lured away the robbers alone made Ji Liangqing look at him with admiration.

In addition, Wang Goudan stood unswervingly on their side when they experienced the betrayal in Niutou Village, which made Ji Liangqing regard him as a family member from the bottom of his heart.

Supporting each other along the way, everyone is working hard to survive.

They are about to arrive in Jiangnan, and they have enough money to support them to start over. There is no problem in accepting Wang Goudan and Li Jiang.

He was still thinking about what Wang Goudan would do after he went to Jiangnan, but he didn't expect that Wang Goudan would take the initiative to bring it up now.

Ji Liangqing patted Wang Goudan's shoulder and smiled in the face of Wang Goudan's uneasy eyes:

"Of course! You're very welcome. It's just that you still have to pay the salary. After all, you still have to save money to marry a wife."

Wang Goudan often mentioned that he wanted to marry a wife when he was joking on the road, so Ji Liangqing remembered it very clearly, and now she used it to tease him.

When Wang Goudan heard this, his face suddenly turned red and he was speechless.

He had no father or mother since he was a child, and he grew up eating the food of hundreds of families.

When I see other children having parents, I feel envious and dream about having a family of my own one day.

Hearing that the captain was thinking so much about himself, he felt shy and moved. He had so many mixed feelings that he couldn't speak.

After regaining his composure, he could only say: "Captain, don't worry, I will do my best when the time comes and I will never cause you any trouble."

He looked serious and swore silently in his heart.

He must do good things for the Ji family in order to repay their family's kindness.

Ji Liangqing nodded with a smile and patted his shoulder: "Don't pretend to have so many things in your mind. I thought you and I were both too excited to pass the border and couldn't sleep."

The two then started chatting, and their words were full of longing and expectations for the future. Wang Goudan couldn't help but put all the bad thoughts in his mind behind him and concentrate on being positive.

The two of them packed their things while talking. When Mrs. Ji and others got up, all the things underneath were packed.

"Why did you get up so early?"

Mrs. Ji was a light sleeper, but she had slept until now. Looking at the clean floor, she understood that it would take some time to finish cleaning up.

Now that the ground is clean, it can only prove that the two people in front of me did it.

"Can't sleep." Ji Liangqing replied, not talking about Wang Goudan.

Mrs. Ji nodded and said nothing, then looked at the pass not far away and said:

"It's getting late now, let's eat some solid food and go there."


Chapter completed!