The village chief sighed repeatedly, "What can we do? What can we do? I can't go back this time -"
Gu Zhang thought for a while and asked Uncle Ma in a low voice, "Do you have any ideas? Can you think of it?"
Uncle Ma pondered for a while, "It's hard to say, this has never happened before."
"Let's go and ask around first, maybe there is another way."
Su Chen sat down. He could clearly hear it in the carriage. He didn't look too good. He called Zhang Ze over and whispered a few words. Zhang Ze nodded and left.
Uncle Ma, the village chief, Gu Zhang, and Gu Qing all went around to inquire.
The rest of the people had no choice but to unload their cars and huddle together to eat dry food.
There are many victims here, and no one dares to cook.
The people who went to inquire about it lasted for more than half an hour before they came back one after another.
Zhang Ze came back the fastest. He walked to the carriage and whispered to Su Chen: "I asked the officers and soldiers guarding the gate secretly. If you give us ten taels of silver per person and don't need to check the household registration, we can be let in."
Su Chen pursed his lips and said after a while: "We'll see what Uncle Ma and Uncle Gu have to say when they come back."
Gu Zhang and Uncle Ma came back together, and both of them looked a little heavy.
Seeing the two men turning around, everyone gathered around them.
Chen Hu also walked over with Su Chen on his back and found a place for Su Chen to sit down.
Everyone fell silent and looked at Gu Zhang eagerly.
Gu Zhang looked at the eager faces around him and smiled bitterly, "After asking about this for a long time, there are two ways to enter the city -"
Everyone was happy and their expressions became relaxed.
Gu Zhang continued: "None of them are good options."
He stretched out a finger and said, "One way is to pay ten taels of silver for each person, regardless of adults or children, and secretly give it to the officers and soldiers, and they will let you go."
Everyone was stunned . Live, twelve to one?
Which one here can't live without a few dozen taels of silver? The key is that they don't have that much money!
Qian couldn't help shouting, "Why is it so expensive? You're stealing money--"
before he could finish his words, Gu Zhang gritted his teeth and looked at her, lowering his voice, "Sister-in-law, is it okay to shout about this? Even if you give money, you're stealing it. " Here, they let you go there secretly!"
Gu Zhong's face turned red, and without saying a word, he raised his uninjured arm and slapped Qian, "Shut up,
that woman ." You didn't even say anything, you're the only one who talks too much!"
Qian covered her face in grievance. Recently, the head of the family was becoming more and more dissatisfied with her. She was either beaten or scolded, and she couldn't live this life.
The village chief asked eagerly, "Is there another way?"
He had just asked around but found nothing.
Gu Zhang's voice became even lower, "This is more risky. There are people here who forge household registrations for people. The price is not expensive. It only costs two cents. As for whether this fake household registration can be passed through, I can't guarantee you."
"Yes. " Some got through, and some were discovered."
The village chief asked again, "What if you are caught cheating?"
Gu Zhang glanced at him, "Normally, you will be put in jail for forging documents. , But now, the prisons are full of people, and the government has to take care of the food. Everyone wants to go to the prison, but now they can't get in!"
"It is said that when the fraud was discovered, he took off his pants and slapped the boards at the city gate. One person has ten boards."
The village chief shook his head. If he took ten boards, he would probably lose half his life.
But for his family of eight, they need eighty taels of silver to enter the city. He really can't afford so much!
To say there are two ways is to say there is still no way.