“Shuming, our two villages have been old neighbors for generations. We are not one village, but better than one.” The chief of Liushu Village was stopped at the entrance of the town and began to get close to Li Shuming.

Li Shuming ignored him and counted the number of people silently. After all the people in Daxi Village entered the town, he stuffed two cents of silver into the hands of the soldiers guarding the gate.

"Thank you for your hard work." The soldier weighed the silver and put it in his arms.

Seeing that the people from Daxi Village were getting farther and farther away, and they were still stopped outside the door, some impatient people wanted to rush in directly, but were scared back by the sharp spears of the soldiers.

"What are you doing!"

Seeing the aggressive soldiers, the people of Liushu Village were immediately discouraged.

Thinking about what Li Shuming had just done, the village chief made up his mind and took out two cents of silver from his pocket and stuffed it into the hands of the soldier at the door.

"Sir, please be kind and let us pass."

The soldier shook the silver, and just when he thought this trick might work, he threw it back.

"Bribing officers and soldiers, you are committing an even greater crime!"

"Look at you guys, with all these bags, what are you doing? The county magistrate has issued an order that no one is allowed to run around without a pass or a household registration. Do you want to be refugees and wander around?"

As they spoke, several officers and soldiers pointed their spears directly at the people of Willow Village. The momentum of these few people overwhelmed the entire village.

This, how come this is completely different from what he thought.

The original plan of the chief of Liushu Village was to follow Daxi Village and others. They would bear the dangers and enjoy the benefits themselves. However, they never expected that they would not be able to take the first step.

In the end, Liushucun and others paid two taels of silver as a hush money and were driven back to the village.

On the other side, the people from Daxi Village who followed the Zhou family left the town safely.

Jiang Jiang looked back and could vaguely see the peaks of mountains. Their village was located between the mountains. Perhaps they would never come back after this trip.

The official roads in ancient times were only slightly flat and wider loess roads. When a carriage passed by in front, loess was splashed all over the sky. After walking for less than two hours, the hair and clothes were covered with thick dust.

Jiang Jiang's family all escaped the disaster by wearing the headscarves that Sun Qiaoqiao had prepared for them in advance.

Jiang Jiang clipped the wings of the two hens and tied them to the ox cart. Li Laibao sat on the other half. His job was to look after the two hens at home. If the hens laid eggs, he was also responsible for picking up the eggs.

Li Laibao, who was assigned the task, was fully aware of the heavy responsibility he had. He stared at the two hens in his home with his big eyes without blinking, waiting for them to make any move so that he could go forward and take out the eggs.

Except for Li Laibao, the other children in the family walked with everyone. They walked for two full hours without even complaining of being tired.

Li Cuicui, who originally wanted to cry and complain that she couldn't walk, saw that her nephews and nieces were persevering. As an aunt, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and follow the group.

It was not until noon, when the sun was at its highest, that the Zhou family's convoy stopped, and Daxicun and others found a shady place to rest.

Jiang Jiang parked the ox cart under the shade of a tree. The ox, which had been walking for the whole morning, lowered its head consciously and searched for food in the grass.

Jiang Jiang unplugged the kettle and gave everyone a sip of water.

"It feels so good. I can finally take a break." Li Sheng sat down on the ground. He patted the empty seat next to him and motioned Xiao Shitou to sit down as well.

Jiang Jiang picked up a palm-leaf fan and fanned it a few times, bringing a bit of coolness to the people who were in an extremely hot and stuffy situation.

"Mom, my feet seem to have blisters." Li Cuicui felt a little embarrassed, but it was so painful that she had no choice.

Jiang Jiang called Huang Ying and Sun Qiaoqiao to block the situation for a while, and then took off Li Cuicui's shoes and socks. The originally white stockings were now stained with blood. Several blisters on Li Cuicui's feet had broken, and transparent mucus mixed with blood had stained her socks.

"Mom will give you some medicine. You and Laibao can squeeze on the ox cart in the afternoon." Li Cuicui didn't expect Jiang Jiang to let her rest directly. Which eldest daughter has such blessing?

"Forget it, Mom. Zhao Di and the others don't ride in the ox cart, so why should I?" Li Cuicui still felt a little ashamed and refused without thinking.

Who told the original owner to love his little girl the most? He didn't let her do any housework. Her feet were more tender than those of several children.

However, in this weather, if Jiang Jiang doesn't take medicine and rest, he is afraid that Li Cuicui will be infected. If she gets an inflammation, it will be terrible.

She wants everyone to survive in peace.

Jiang Jiang took out the medicine powder prescribed by the doctor, applied it to Li Cuicui's feet, and changed her into a pair of new silk stockings.

"Don't worry, this blister will heal in a day or two. Once you're healed, you can continue walking and the other children in the family can rest."

"Yes! Little aunt, your feet are important." Li Zhaodi stood aside, and her tone like a little adult made Li Cuicui laugh.

"Okay, okay, little aunt will get better soon."

When the other girls in Daxi Village saw how Li Cuicui was treated, they all envied her.

In some families, children refused to walk in the afternoon and were scolded by their parents. The faint whimpering sounds reached Jiang Jiang's ears, making her feel a little uncomfortable.

For lunch, Jiang Jiang and others ate the pancakes they had made yesterday, which were served with some pickles, and was quite a good meal.

Some families choose to set up a pot to cook rice, with a little water, some brown rice, and some unknown wild vegetables, and the green vegetable porridge is ready.

There is too much water, too little vegetables and too little rice, and it only makes a sound when it enters your stomach.

No one knew how long it would take to escape the famine, nor how long their food would last, so everyone was extremely frugal.

"Mom, can you smell it? The aroma of barbecue!" Li Xu, who was chewing on a pancake, sniffed his nose.

Who eats meat at this time?

Following the direction of the smell, while chewing on the biscuit that suddenly had no taste, Jiang Jiang saw the Zhou family's carriage.

It’s okay, it’s the Zhou family who are eating the meat.

The children in the village usually eat little meat, not to mention that they are fleeing now, they can’t even get full with wild vegetable porridge.

They held shriveled steamed breads and gathered near Zhou's house, taking a deep breath of the meat aroma and then taking a big bite of the steamed bread.

"Those children are so pitiful. Uncle Fu, give this plate of meat to them." Miss Zhou Er felt sorry for the greedy look on the faces of the children not far away.

Uncle Fu wanted to remind him, but he kept silent as he thought that he and his group would reach Jiangzhou in less than a month.

The children who ate the barbecue were cheering with joy, and their parents kept thanking the Zhou family.

"Thank you, Miss Zhou. You are so kind-hearted."

"Miss Zhou is really beautiful and kind."

"Miss Zhou, good deeds will be rewarded."

Somehow, Jiang Jiang had a bad feeling when he saw this scene.

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