All the tables, chairs and benches in the teahouse that were not soaked by rain and snow were chopped up with axes and used as firewood for the journey.

The last section of the journey was different from the previous ones. Before, the weather was dry and you could find firewood or hay that had been baked by the scorching sun and had no moisture anywhere you camped. With a little light strike of the flint, you could immediately light a fire.

It is now icy and snowy, and everything is covered with snow. When the weather gets cold, the snow freezes and thaws again. There is no dry firewood to replenish the snow.

Baixing Town is not far from Baituo Town, but it takes at least one or two days to walk there. You won’t be able to eat ice and snow to quench your thirst during these two days.

Adults can handle it, but children can’t!

Moreover, the medical level in ancient times was very limited, and a common cold or fever could be fatal.

There is enough firewood. In order to save firewood, everyone has agreed to share one fire. It would also be nice to make the fire a little bigger so that each family can boil a pot of hot water.

When they were about to set off, Lin Zijun opened the door and a biting cold wind blew in, bringing snowflakes and ice cannons that fell into the fire and crackled.

The temperature in the house, which was originally warm, suddenly dropped. The Gao family's children were wrapped tightly in thermal blankets, so apart from feeling the cold wind on their faces, they didn't really feel cold on their bodies.

But the adults in the Gao family suffered. The thermal blankets were given to the children, and the adults had to wrap themselves up with all the wearable clothes in the house like nesting dolls to keep warm.

"Hiss, it's so cold!" Gao Zening stamped his feet in cold.

Gao Ze'an was not much better off, and he wrapped the clothes that didn't fit him well around his body again.

I looked with envy at the warmly dressed Lin family, especially the clan leader's family. Their soft coats were filled with real cotton, not reed fluff. How warm they must be!

Mother Gao looked at her daughter Gao Yuan with dismay: "Look at you, you were always looking for a husband to kill you, but when you got into trouble, you immediately abandoned you and ran away."

"Look at the Lin clan leader. He arranged everything perfectly. He even brought such a large group of clan members to Baixing Town, and not a single one died on the way. This is the kind of ability a man should have. If you're looking for a husband, you'd better find one like him!"

Gao Yuan glanced at Lin Rui. He was tall and handsome, and was definitely not comparable to a farmer's man. If they didn't get married, she would have to ask her mother and the clan leader to talk to them.

But now she has not yet divorced, and no one knows where her husband has fled to, or whether he is alive or dead.

Shuanzi was wearing clothes made of a thick blanket. Although it looked strange, it was very warm, which was completely different from the feeling of being frozen into an ice man before.

After packing their luggage, Sister Lin and Zhao Qing whispered, "Finally, there's hope!"

Lin Rui agreed with what he heard. He didn't know how he got through the whole journey. His legs just walked mechanically. Except for the time when there was a rainstorm and he stayed in Lianshan for a while, he spent the rest of the time on the road.

Now his feet have been completely tamed, with thick calluses on the soles of his feet, and he no longer gets blisters. What a blessing!

The snow was much lighter, but the wind was still very strong. It hurt as much as a knife cutting someone's face when it blew on them. The Lin family members still tied the masks they had used to block mosquitoes when they walked on the Lianshan roads before, and at least they could keep out some of the cold.

Although the weather is cold and snow is still falling, we should not rush now. It will be more difficult to walk later when the road freezes.

It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. We have already reached Baixing Town, so how far can Huangmo Pass be?

People who are not wearing too thick clothes are still hoping for the best. If they just walk more and sweat more, they won’t feel less cold, right?

As a result, after they went out, the cold wind and hail taught them a lesson. The big and strong men were frozen like grandsons.

I couldn't help but envy the Lin family members who were dressed neatly and warmly. Aren't Lin Changfa and Lin Changhe cold?

It was cold, of course it was cold! Not everyone wore as many clothes as the third family, but luckily when they decided to leave Linjia Village, they took all their luggage with them, and wore all their clothes regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter, just like they did when they hibernated.

After all, it is much better than those people in the Gao family! People, happiness can only be seen in comparison. There is no comparison with Lin Rui, but compared with the Gao family, it is simply heaven.

Lin Zijun's nose was running from the cold. After wiping it, he crawled into Lin Zizheng's thermal blanket, which he was sitting on. He immediately felt comfortable and sighed, "You know what, this little thing is really warm."

The temperature inside the blanket was completely different from the temperature outside. Lin Zizheng had a headache from time to time since he was beaten by Yu Lanhua, leaving him with this sequelae. Lin Changfa didn't dare to let him carry too many things, and occasionally asked him to sit on the cart pushed by Lin Zijun when they were on the road.

Before setting off, he shamelessly asked the tribe leader for a thermal blanket for Lin Zizheng so that he could wrap himself up when he was cold.

There was no way. The thick blankets given by the patriarch were divided among small families. There was not enough to make clothes for the children, let alone for the adults.

Lin Changfa and Lin Zizheng were both very satisfied with getting such a thermal blanket.

Everyone eats better on snowy days, especially the closer you get to Huangmo Pass, the better the food will be. We have survived such a difficult journey, we can’t die in the dark night before dawn!

The amounts of white rice, dried wild vegetables, pickled meat and bacon were twice as much as usual, and he was very happy. After all, there must be a lot, and he usually took up the leftover food.

Everyone walked and stopped, traveling all night, and only found a place to shelter from the wind and snow when they were really tired.

Some desolate post stations also became their temporary hideouts. When they left, they had to take away some firewood for tables, chairs and benches. Although the quantity was small, it was better than nothing.

It will take another day or two to reach Baituo Town, and after passing Baituo Town is Huangmo Pass.

Everyone was holding on with the belief that they were almost at the finish line. It was impossible that they had overcome all the difficulties and obstacles ahead and ended up kneeling here.

Even if their feet and legs were numb from the cold and their eyelashes were covered with snowflakes, no one would ask for a stop.

until......

"Hey? Look, is there any smoke coming from the chimney over there?"

"That's impossible, Fangbing, are you starving?"

Fang Bing pointed ahead with certainty: "Impossible, that's smoke from cooking, there must be someone there!"

Even though everyone didn't believe it in their hearts, they still felt their expressions brighten up and quickened their pace after hearing what he said.

Previously, they were afraid of meeting people on the road and being robbed of their belongings, but now they saw smoke from cooking fires at the end of the road and looked relaxed. Could there be a shelter for disaster victims that could give them a way to survive? After traveling thousands of miles away from home, had they finally found a way to survive?

Lin Rui looked carefully and found that it was just as Fang Bing said. In Baituo Town not far ahead, smoke was rising from the chimneys of every house.