In July, when the weather is hot, people don't feel uncomfortable when they are resting, but once they start moving around, they feel hot and even have some difficulty breathing.

Among those exiled were women and children, as well as civil officials, all of whom were spoiled and pampered, and would never have the time to measure the land with their own feet.

At this moment, they were all panting heavily, unable to catch their breath.

"I can't take it anymore, I really can't."

"Mother, Wan'er has fainted!"

Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the crowd, and someone fainted due to feeling unwell.

The constables, hearing the commotion, rushed over with long whips in hand, shouting as they went.

"Who? Who can't walk anymore? Do you want a taste of Grandpa's whip?"

After saying that, he cracked the whip in his hand, which almost hit a five or six-year-old girl not far away, scaring her into crying loudly.

The little girl's mother was also startled, fearing that the crying would displease the bailiffs and cause them to lash out with the whip again. She quickly covered the little girl's mouth and whispered soothing words to her.

"Sir, sir, we really can't walk anymore. Could you please let us rest for a while?"

An elderly woman who looked to be in her fifties or sixties gently placed a five-tael silver ingot in the hand of the constable beside her.

The constable weighed the silver in his hand and nodded in satisfaction.

"Then let's all rest for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn."

After the constable finished speaking, Xu Jinhuan saw him swaying with the whip in his hand as he went to find the head constable, presumably to divide the money.

The plump woman sighed after seeing this scene.

"This is not a good start. Those constables are like bloodsucking mosquitoes, they want to drain us dry. Now it costs five taels of silver for a single incense stick, who knows how high the price will go later."

Xu Jinhuan also thought the plump woman made sense, but as long as they didn't provoke him, he didn't care.

She's not a savior; she won't be so kind as to save people.

In this respect, she is completely different from that poor little girl in her previous life.

Xu Jinhuan took out a water pouch from the package, drank a few sips, and then carefully put it back into the package.

Thank you again to Mr. Li and Da Niu Er Niu for the package, which made it easy for her to take things out of the space without attracting attention.

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn quickly passed, and the constables, whips in hand, began urging people onward.

"Hurry up, everyone get up and get going!"

The group resumed their long journey of exile. Perhaps because they had rested, or perhaps because they were worried about money, they managed to hold on for a longer period of time, and by noon no one had fainted.

"Stop and rest for an hour."

The head constable at the front spoke loudly to the people behind him.

And so the word was passed from one constable to another until it reached Xu Jinhuan's vicinity.

The plump woman pulled Xu Jinhuan with one hand and her own chubby son with the other, quickly found a large, shady tree, plopped down on the ground, and let out a comfortable sigh.

"Oh my, it feels so good to have my butt on the ground. I never thought I felt this way before."

After muttering those words, she waved to the chubby man and chubby boy not far away.

"Husband, you and Dalang hurry up!"

After greeting everyone, the plump woman began to unpack her bundle. She took out a large, plump steamed bun and handed it to Xu Jinhuan without hesitation.

"Jin Huan, try this big steamed bun. It's my mother's best pork and scallion bun. It's a pity that I can't eat it anymore once I leave the capital."

Seeing the sincerity in the plump woman's eyes, Xu Jinhuan knew she genuinely wanted to give him steamed buns, but thinking of the long road of exile, he still smiled and shook his head.

"Thanks, but no need, I have food in my bag too."

When the plump woman saw that Xu Jinhuan refused, she directly pulled Xu Jinhuan's hand and placed the steamed bun in her hand.

With a warm smile, she said, "Just eat it, don't be so polite with your aunt. Besides, steamed buns tend to turn sour in the summer, so just consider it helping your aunt out."

Xu Jinhuan looked at the plump white bun in her hand, then at the plump white woman with a sincere smile beside her, and felt another touch of warmth in this world she had transmigrated to.

"Thank you very much, Auntie."

The plump woman smiled even more brightly after Xu Jinhuan accepted the gift. "Oh, that's right, hurry up and eat."

After saying that, the plump woman took out a plump steamed bun herself, took a big bite, and squinted her eyes as she smelled the aroma.

"It smells so good!"

So, the five people under the shade of the tree started eating the fragrant steamed buns.

This should have been a time for enjoying a good meal and rest, but instead, some inappropriate noises came through.

"Auntie, I see that your place has a lot of shade and isn't full yet. Could we rest here for a bit?"

Just as Xu Jinhuan thought the voice sounded somewhat familiar, she looked up and saw her pretentious older brother, Xu Tianlei.

Before she could speak, the plump woman preemptively refused.

"I'm sorry, my family members are all overweight and take up a lot of space. This shade is just enough for us. If we add your whole family, there definitely won't be enough room."

After speaking, the plump lady was still complaining in her heart. She would have given in to other people, but it had to be the family that was the culprits who had exiled them.

Pshaw, go suffer under the blazing sun!

Xu Tianlei looked somewhat unhappy after being rejected, but he now knew his family's situation and could only suppress his anger, preparing to ask somewhere else.

As a result, when I turned my head, I saw Xu Jinhuan eating a meat bun on the far side.

The pent-up anger seemed to have found an outlet.

"Xu Jinhuan, how can you be such a good son/daughter? Mother suffered a headache from the sun and almost fainted. Because there was no shade, she is still feeling unwell."

"And you, eating steamed buns all by yourself! You really have no conscience."

Xu Jinhuan swallowed the last bite of her steamed bun, feeling somewhat helpless. It was as if she had that "Hit Me?" app installed on her body; these people would come to her at the same time every day, just to ask for a beating.

However, with these people practically face-to-face and already at their maximum strength, how could she possibly refuse to comply with their wishes?

Xu Jinhuan gave Xu Tianlei a mocking look.

"Your mother's headaches really do flare up all the time. I have a conscience, but I don't have much, and I absolutely won't give a single bit to your Xu family!"

Since you've come all this way, it wouldn't be right for me not to leave you a little something as a welcome gift. So, I'll give you a few injuries instead!

After Xu Jinhuan finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeves, stood up, and turned to Xu Tianlei.

Xu Tianlei subconsciously took a step back, his face ashen, and said, "Always bringing up violence, it's truly an insult to civility!"

Xu Jinhuan walked forward with a smile and landed an uppercut on Xu Tianlei's chin, knocking him to the ground.

"I'm not a scholar, so what's wrong with insulting people's civility?"