Chapter 12: In times of adversity, everything depends on staying alive

"When people are in adversity, everything depends on survival. Remember Dad said that the rules in the capital are strict, and when traveling around the country, you can't follow the rules in everything."

"If we really still follow those rules while we are on the road of exile, we will all be dead." Shen Yunyue said this to Aunt Feng and to everyone in the Shen family.

She knew Shen Cixuan’s status in the Shen family.

Madam Shen nodded, "Yun Yue is right, grandma is the first one to support you."

"Sister is always right." Shen Yunzheng didn't know what happened, but that didn't stop him from being his sister's most loyal supporter.

Aunt Feng curled her lips, but was unable to refute.

She had no choice but to hide in the side, feeling wronged, thinking that one day she would have to watch the Shen family make a fool of themselves. She would make the Shen family kneel before her and cry and beg, and she would make everyone in the Shen family serve as her slaves.

The other women in the Shen family sat together soaking their feet.

The man walked out naturally and stayed outside to soak his feet.

"Yunyue, you should soak your feet later." Fu Xuanheng whispered to her.

"I don't want to soak my feet in the same wooden tub with them." Shen Yunyue looked at everyone using the same wooden tub, but she couldn't put her feet in it.

Fu Xuanheng whistled.

Yingfeng hid outside the window and knocked on the window frame gently twice.

"Yingfeng, go buy a clean wooden tub. Fetch some hot water for Yunyue to soak her feet."

"yes."

Shen Yunyue didn't expect Fu Xuanheng to be so considerate. She smiled sweetly as she looked at him with a stern expression and pursed lips.

"Fu Xuanheng. Were you like this before?"

Fu Xuanheng had a cold face and said nothing, but he increased the strength in his hands.

"Hey, you can't be so stingy. My leg is almost broken." Shen Yunyue gently retracted her foot.

Fu Xuanheng unconsciously relaxed a little.

Everyone quickly packed up and went to sleep, as they had to get up and set off at dawn the next day.

Ah Si and Ying Feng slept by the window.

Inside were Shen Yunfeng and a few others, followed by the female relatives.

Many post stations targeted exiles and robbed them of their money, but the exiles were too afraid to report them to the authorities.

In the middle of the night, Ah Si moved.

He turned over and blocked the hole in the window paper through which the bamboo sticks came.

One pushed out with force.

There were sounds of cursing outside.

It woke up everyone in the room.

The women were so frightened that they dared not speak.

Shen Citong bravely asked softly: "Ah Si, what's going on?"

Ah Si was a hunter whose family was in trouble and he was saved by Shen Cixuan. Since then, he has been following Shen Cixuan as an attendant. He is now in his mid-twenties and still single.

"It's okay, just go to sleep. Don't worry, Yingfeng and I are here."

Shen Citong curled his lips and didn't dare to really sleep.

That Yingfeng is only twelve or thirteen years old, what can he do?

Today, I saw someone delivering something to the He, Lu, and Lu families. There was also a burly driver who sneaked in and looked even more brutal than Ah Si.

I’m afraid the Shen family won’t be able to rest easy along the way.

Old Master Shen didn't dare to turn over or sleep. He lay on the hard bunk bed, closed his eyes and thought about things.

A group of people left, and another group came.

Someone was removing tiles from the roof.

Ying Feng leaped onto the beam with a single step, and the hidden weapon in his hand flew out through the hole. "Brothers outside, please be merciful. The people in this room are poor and have bad luck, so you can't touch them."

The man on the roof fell silent.

After just a few breaths, the man kicked the tiles and left.

Everyone in the room was trembling.

Fu Xuanheng reached out and held Shen Yunyue's hand, "Don't be afraid."

Shen Yunyue: ...Brother, which eye of yours saw me scared? I'm just excited. I finally found out someone can really climb walls and fly over rooftops, so can't I be excited for a while?

As they slept holding hands, Fu Xuanheng could feel a warmth flowing from Shen Yunyue's palm into his body, gathering in his chest and spreading from his heart to every part of his body.

Finally, two streams of heat gathered at his knees, constantly impacting the areas where he was corroded by toxins.

One night.

Fu Xuanheng held Shen Yunyue's hand tightly, and she tried to break free several times but failed.

Feeling Fu Xuanheng's slight trembling, his palms were full of sweat.

Shen Yunyue thought to herself: Is he scared?

She fell asleep in a daze, with the moonlight filtering through the window paper. Fu Xuanheng saw that Shen Yunyue's face was less tense than during the day, and had a unique tenderness.

He needs to adapt to relying on a wheelchair as soon as possible.

Don't let the Shen family have any worries.

The next day it was not yet the hour of Mao.

The outer door was kicked open with great force. "Hurry up and get going. Do you all still think you're lying dead in your house?"

The escort who was speaking was lashing the door with the whip in his hand, and he was extremely angry.

Everyone got up in a panic. Everyone slept in their clothes, so getting up didn't take much time.

Shu Bao was woken up, her mouth wide open as she cried. The little girl was only three months old, so how could she tolerate the constantly changing environment?

Shen Yunyue ran over and asked, "Second Aunt, what happened to Shu Bao?"

Liu Xiaoyun hesitated, not knowing how to tell Shen Yunyue. She looked at Mo Yiran hesitantly, "Sister-in-law, maybe Shubao has been crying a lot these past few days. Plus, there's no wet nurse around, so he's not eating enough."

"I gave her water last night, and this diaper isn't enough."

"What should we do?" Mo Yiran also looked worried.

"I'll think of a way." Shen Yunyue raised her little face. Her body hadn't grown up yet. She looked shorter than her peers.

"What can a little girl like you do?" Mo Yiran scolded.

Shen Yunyue smiled mysteriously, "Just wait."

She quickly ran outside, took out a copper coin and bought twenty steamed buns from the waiter at the post station. She also took another twenty steamed buns from her space and mixed them together.

He also took some soft old cloth and prepared to have Liu Xiaoyun tear it off to make diapers for Shu Bao.

There was milk powder in the space. Shen Yunyue put the milk powder in a porcelain jar. She brewed a bowl of milk powder for herself, holding the milk powder in one hand and the basket in the other as she walked towards the room.

"Miss Yue." Yingfeng happened to pass by and quickly took the basket from Shen Yunyue's hand. "I'm going to buy steamed buns. Why should Miss Yue do such a small thing herself?"

"That's fine. You and Fourth Uncle have other things to do."

Shen Yunyue came into the room carrying a bowl, "Second Aunt, Shu Bao's meal is here."

"Yunyue, you really have a way." Liu Feifei was very happy. She was pregnant and worried that she would have nothing to feed the baby on the way.

"What method? It's just using money." Shen Yunyue chuckled.

"You are quite courageous. We are good at talking in the capital city. But we became like saw-mouthed gourds on the road to exile." Liu Feifei wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes while speaking.

She was very scared. She was afraid that she would not be able to leave a son for her dead husband, and she was also afraid that she would die on the road with two bodies.

"When a family works together, there is always a way."

"Yun Yue is right. A family must be united." Mrs. Shen Ma looked at the granddaughter of the second house coldly. She was a person of character.

Aunt Feng couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

You little girl also want to succeed?

In just a moment, everyone was on their way.

There was no steamed bread to eat in the morning, and we only had two meals a day. Each person was given two steamed breads a day.

As Shen Yunyue walked along the road, she could feel the passage of time. Everyone attacked the Shen family because they had a carriage.

The He family and the Lu family each had a carriage.

The He and Lu families are large and powerful, and people from other families will be wary of them.

The Shen family is different.

The people walking next to the Shen family verbally insulted them several times.

The escort who passed by seemed not to hear it.

At noon, we passed a forest and were allowed to rest for half an hour.

As soon as they talked about rest, everyone in the Shen family spontaneously looked for firewood.

Or see if there are any chestnut trees, walnut trees, etc.

Could add some food.

Yingfeng took Shen Yunfeng and Shen Yuncheng to feed the horses.

This old horse is the most important now, so Shen Yunyue quietly added grass from her own space to the horse feed.

Ah Si leaped into the woods with a single step. Several escorts squinted their eyes in Ah Si's direction. Monkey hung the water bag around his waist, wiped his mouth, and said, "They might be going to the woods to check on the winter rabbits. I'll go along and pick up some leftovers."

"Let's go together." Two escorts also went with the monkey.

Among the crowd of people from the He family, a woman in a green jacket and skirt came over to find Fu Xuanheng with light steps.

A pair of eyes that can speak seem to be hesitant to speak, and the face is full of heartache.

In addition to a wooden hairpin, her head was also decorated with white silk flowers. The reflected face was even more tender and charming, and her slender body seemed to be flying when the wind blew.