Sun Xuefeng drove the car all the way to the yard of No. 18 Xinyu Street and parked it on the side of the road. At this time, even the patrol officers would not come out, so as long as he drove quickly, nothing would happen.

He was more anxious than anyone else, so he got off the car alone to pick up his parents and his four younger brothers and sisters.

The family escaped with empty hands, without any luggage at all, and when they arrived in the county town, they only had some food and simple necessities.

Besides, I have already prepared everything, so it won’t be too troublesome even if I leave in a hurry in the early morning.

It was quiet all around, and he didn't want to alarm the neighbors, so he simply didn't knock on the gate. Instead, he took two steps, climbed over the wall, jumped inside, and ran straight to the door.

He knocked twice on the door of the east room and called out in a low voice, "Mom and Dad, I'm Xuefeng. Open the door."

Sun Han, who was sleeping in the room, woke up first. Although he was still a little confused, he soon became alert. After listening carefully, he realized it was his eldest son's voice!

He quickly got up, unbolted the door, gently opened the door, and took a look in the moonlight outside. It was really Xuefeng!

He was so excited that he pulled the person into the house.

"Son, you're here to pick us up? Shall we leave now?"

He knew that the man who came here in the middle of the night was definitely not just here to take a look around, but was probably going to leave this place and fly away before dark.

"That's right, Dad. We have to leave now. The car can't be parked on the road for too long. Let's wake everyone up."

At this time, Shen Yuhua on the kang also woke up. The days she had recuperated in this courtyard were the days in which she had slept most soundly in the past two or three years.

You no longer have to keep your head down, do the most tiring work, and eat the least.

Her mind was relieved and her sleep improved. At first, she didn't even hear Sun Han when he tried to open the door quietly.

She woke up at this moment and saw her eldest son turning on the flashlight in the house in a daze, so she sat up quickly.

The four of them are always prepared to be picked up at any time every day. They have been waiting anxiously for this day, so shouldn't they act quickly now?

"Yuhua, Xuefeng said we have to leave immediately. You don't need to take anything except food. You pack up and I'll go call Sun Juan and Xiao Wei."

Shen Yuhua nodded in agreement, and there was no need to light the oil lamp. She simply used the light of the flashlight to fold the bedding and put it in the kang cabinet. She also put her spare clothes, enamel jug, and toiletries into a sack and didn't worry about anything else.

Over there, Sun Han had already woken up the two children next door, and then he went to the utility room to get out the remaining dozen eggs and some vegetables. If he didn't take them with him, they would go bad quickly in the hot summer.

The other grain bags will remain in their original places, and my nephew Shen Chunqiao will come to pick them up later.

Sun Juan and her younger brother waited in the yard without saying a word. The whole family knew that they must remain as quiet as possible.

However, the brother and sister were also very excited. They had finally waited for this day. Living here as a family, they were also living with anxiety.

Shen Yuhua was carrying a sack, which actually didn't contain much and was very light. Sun Han was carrying a backpack. They closed the door and walked outside.

Sun Xuefeng locked the courtyard gate from the outside with a padlock, put the key in his pocket, and quietly walked out of the alley with his family towards the car.

This trip only took him twenty minutes, which was fast enough. The family members around him all suppressed their excitement and held each other's hands tightly.

Sun Xuefeng came to the truck and saw that Lian Xiaomin was driving another jeep over. It was the one they had driven all the way back from Bao'an County!

The street was very quiet. Everyone tried not to talk and used gestures to tell the Sun family to get into the truck quickly.

After everyone redistributed the tasks, Sun Xuefeng had to continue driving the truck on this section of the road as he was most familiar with it.

Wang Duo can also drive, and he can sit in the front with him, so they can take turns to rest on the road.

Wang Jia and Wang Xiuyun got into the jeep and sat in the back seat, while Lian Xiaomin and Lu Guanjie sat in the front.

There were still six people in the truck bed: the four members of the Sun family, Xizi and Yueya.

This way everyone can relax.

Before daybreak, the two vehicles set off immediately, with the truck in the lead and the jeep following at a distance behind, and thus they embarked on a new journey.

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They went south, first through Hebei Province, then through Quancheng, and then took the coastal route.

Because I took this route last time when I took Pei Ziqiu to Shanghai, I am relatively familiar with it.

This trip also plans to follow the most familiar route and go to Shanghai first.

Usually we take a half-day break during the day and drive continuously at night. Unexpectedly, this time it went quite smoothly and we arrived near Shanghai in five or six days.

After a few days of training, Lawrence Lu has become very skilled at driving. Both Hong Kong and the UK drive on the left side, and the driver's cab is on the right side, so he needs to adapt more.

However, before coming to the mainland this time, I had already practiced it in advance, and now I am more proficient.

It was near noon that day, the weather was hot and the sun was shining brightly.

The two cars slowly drove into a dense forest and stopped.

The people in the car got off and looked for a shady place to rest.

Lawrence Lu sat in the driver's seat, looking tenderly at Lian Xiaomin beside him.

I saw her leaning on the passenger seat, eyes closed, sleeping quietly.

He reached out and gently brushed away the strands of hair at her temples, but didn't try to wake her up, letting her continue sleeping.

Lian Xiaomin woke up when she heard the noise, rubbed her eyes in a daze, and stretched out her claws to reach for Lawrence Lu’s arm first: “I want to eat watermelon, I’m so thirsty.”

"Okay, I'll go cut one. Just wait patiently!" He lowered his head, kissed the slender hand that was holding his arm and shaking it, and got out of the car.

He knew that Amin only loved two things, watermelon and barbecued pork rice. As for barbecued pork rice, he would go to Hong Kong to eat it and then take her to eat her fill.

Lawrence Lu greeted everyone, then took out a big watermelon from the truck bed, cut it in half with a knife, took half away with a spoon, and gave the rest to Wang Jia for everyone to eat.

Everyone knew that Xiaomin loved to eat watermelon, so no one competed with her for it. With Yueya and Shen Yuhua, who was also good at cooking, here, the food was excellent, with fine grains to eat. Everyone thought this was the best.

Sun Xuefeng and Wang Duo took out the gasoline barrels and filled the truck with gas, then took a quick nap under the shade of the tree.

Yueya and Wang Xiuyun collected firewood and cooked a pot of "hot stew", a famous dish from Northeast China.

Eggplant, potato, beans, tomato, eggs and bacon are all stewed in a pot. Add some seasonings from a small bamboo basket and a little chili pepper. Soon the aroma will waft out and it smells delicious.

The staple food is just boiled noodles, which is the easiest and most convenient.

At around one o'clock, it was time to eat. Everyone's enamel pots and lunch boxes were all served. After the food was served, they ate separately. The sound of eating was heard, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Lian Xiaomin also started to eat under the influence of the atmosphere, but she had just finished a belly full of watermelon, so her appetite was nowhere near that of the real eaters over there.