At the mention of caning, the crowd fell silent.
Not yet fully recovered, Boss Zhang leaned against the mule cart and struggled to ask Gu Zhang, "Second Brother Gu, what's your family's plan for entering the city?"
All eyes turned to Gu Zhang.
His family had money; that much was certain.
Setting aside the silver Little Fei had brought home, Young Master Su alone had given them one hundred taels just a short while ago. No matter how they did it, his family could afford to pay their way into the city.
After a long pause, Gu Zhang finally spoke. "I don't know either. Let's all talk it over first. We'll rest here today. Perhaps we can still find another way."
The village chief took out and lit his dry-tobacco pipe, taking a long, deep drag before saying to his family, "I think we should find someone to forge our household registrations. We might be able to sneak through."
