The following day, the merchant caravan packed their belongings and set off once more.
Since womenfolk had joined them, the few available horse carts were all designated for their transportation (perhaps Manager Xu had informed the women of Li Ang's arrangements yesterday, as there were no longer cries of women coming from inside the carts), and so Li Ang and other honored guests had no choice but to each ride a horse for their journey.
Initially, Manager Xu and Yang Er were somewhat worried, thinking that an eminent figure like Taoist Xi Menzi might not be adept at horse riding and would end up with sore inner thighs during the continuing journey. However, the Taoist elders rode quite skillfully, especially that Kun Tao (that is, Liu Wu Dai. Male Taoists are respectfully referred to as Qian Tao, and female Taoists as Kun Tao).
