For business, one always had to stay close to the source of goods. On the sixteenth, Xiao Feng set out for Beian County, taking Yang Ger and his son, Xiao Li, and four imperial guards with him. Before they left, Guaizai was sobbing pitifully, and Gungun and Dandan clung to Xiao Feng's legs, crying until their noses bubbled, tilting their heads up with tear-streaked faces, begging their big brother not to go.
Xiao Feng's heart softened—he almost said he wouldn't go. He couldn't bear to leave his little brothers either. Zhao Ger tried to pull the two children away, but they held on tight to Xiao Feng and wouldn't let go.
"Brother Xiao Feng, don't go."