Master Liao simply accepted these lackeys as his subordinates, and these naughty kids simply followed his lead.

The rest of the journey was smooth, and no one made trouble on the road. Jiang Lili would sell some dry food and ointments that were popular in ancient and modern times to the fugitives who were exhausted or feeling uncomfortable on the road when she had spare time, and she supported credit and human deductions.

She became more and more carefree as a creditor, and her career path became wider and wider.

At night, the mountain road became inconvenient to walk on, so everyone started to set up camp.

Escort Master Cen calculated that they would be able to go down the mountain tomorrow evening!

The tents at Zhaoping Marquis' Mansion were set up quickly. They were some distance away from the camp, and no one dared to disturb them.

Just in case, Jiang Lili confirmed the situation of the Miao tribe with Hou Xiaoxiao again, and found out whether this group of people had really been well behaved.

@Hou Xiaoxiao: Don't worry, they're in a state of panic right now. You destroyed most of the Qin family's wealth yesterday, especially the snakes, who couldn't find a single one. And the two giant pythons that guarded the Qin family's house... Qin Liren spent the entire night blowing her bamboo flute in the woods, but couldn't summon a single one. She's completely devastated.

@Hou Xiaoxiao: Their poisonous insects have now made them infertile, and they've become desperate, so they've come to our Grandma Bai for help. ]

Jiang Lili was overjoyed to hear that the Qin family now needed help from the Bai family. She had never expected that a few large cans of insecticide that inhibited insect reproduction could have such a situation-changing effect.

@Jiang Lili: Did you have a smooth trip back to Miaojiang last night?

Hou Xiaoxiao was quite proud when she talked about this: "Last night, I returned to the tribe very late and was questioned by the Qin family. I immediately pulled out the activated mother Gu and told them that I had already poisoned the people in Zhaoping Marquis's mansion."

@Hou Xiaoxiao: The most outstanding child of the Qin family, after hearing that I succeeded in a half-hearted sneak attack, I heard that I was locked in my room for a whole day without eating, and I am questioning my life.

Jiang Lili was overjoyed, but the Qin family had suffered a big setback this time.

"Come, Miss Jiang, it's time to eat!"

Yin Zhen invited Jiang Lili to come over for dinner.

Jiang Lili looked up in surprise. Did she no longer need to help with the meal? "So soon?"

Chen nodded, and looking at Jiang Lili's frail body, she couldn't help but feel sad: "We usually rely on you for support, and now it's our turn to feed you."

"Thanks to you for teaching me how to identify wild mushrooms, I'm now a mentor to the women in the exile group."

It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

Chen took other exiled women and children to the mountains to identify a lot of edible wild mushrooms. The women also gave Chen a lot of wild mushrooms and vegetables they picked themselves. Chen only had to take them to introduce them, which was much easier.

Seeing that they could find food by following the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion, everyone felt not only fear and awe as before, but also more recognition and respect. They gradually regarded the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion as the backbone of the team.

After talking with Chen, Jiang Lili realized that while she was chatting with Hou Xiaoxiao, everyone was working together to prepare dinner.

Xin Che and Xin Cheng went to the mountains to catch wild game, Chen took the others to pick wild mushrooms and wild vegetables, Zhaoping Hou was responsible for setting up the pot and burning firewood, Yin Zhen processed the ingredients, and Master Liao, who was already the king of the children, directed a group of younger brothers to fish in the creek.

The salt, pots and other things were all borrowed from Wang Zifu. Wang Zifu's service attitude is now very good.

Xin Yan also shared a funny story with Jiang Lili: "Little brother Dabao wanted to go fishing in the river, but his younger brothers screamed and dragged him back to shore, fearing that he would drown."

Master Liao was being scolded by Yin Zhen while twisting his wet trouser legs: "You idiot! Do you really think you're such a big shot just because I brought you a dish? Don't you even know how deep the water is?"

Jiang Lili looked at Master Liao with a puffy face as he was scolded, and she burst into laughter.

The speed of preparing and cutting vegetables was very fast. In less than half an hour, five dishes were placed on the table, including stir-fried bamboo shoots with dried meat, small river fish with green bamboo shoots, stir-fried chicken with black fungus, plus a fruit plate and a dish of cold wild vegetables.

This table of food would be extremely sumptuous even in an ordinary family, not to mention the added bonus of Yin Zhen's superb cooking skills.

Jiang Lili ate a big meal and walked around the camp to digest the food. She took the opportunity to deliver all the python's food to Yan Chaoyue.

At night, everyone slept well.

After breakfast the next day, the exile team as a whole was much more energetic than before.

Last night, with the help of Chen and others, as well as the wild fruits that they had picked with Jiang Lili, everyone who was willing to help had a full meal. Some of the more capable people borrowed cooking utensils from the yamen runners and shared the food with them, and the yamen runners readily agreed.

After walking for most of the day, they finally saw the land below the mountain.

The temperature on the sunny side of Qinglin Mountain is also much higher.

It was already the end of November, and the sun was still shining brightly in Lingnan, and it was no longer as cold and damp as before.

Everyone who had been worried about the situation finally relaxed a little and started discussing Lingnan.

"Although Lingnan is isolated from the Great Sheng Dynasty and is remote and backward, the climate here seems quite good and is very suitable for my old cold legs."

"The journey was smooth because of Brother Cen, Miss Jiang's mosquito repellent bracelet, and the falcon that pecked at snakes and insects. Otherwise, for others, crossing the Qinglin Mountains would be a life-or-death journey."

"We were exiled at a good time. We didn't catch up with the summer in Lingnan. Otherwise, we might have gotten heatstroke on the way and would have been delayed for a long time. When summer comes, you will know how terrible Lingnan is. When you walk outside, it's like an oven, and there are all kinds of poisonous mosquitoes and insects."

As everyone was talking, the nearest village to the foot of the mountain was already in sight.

However, because of the last time they came to the village to stay overnight, everyone was hesitating at the entrance of the village and no one dared to step forward.

Escort Master Cen said, "This village is called Tianshui Village. I have a fellow villager who works as a carpenter in the village. Don't worry."

Everyone then entered the village trembling with fear. Tianshui Village was as big as Langyan Village.

But the conditions here are much worse than those in Langyan Village. The yellow mud road is bumpy and not even paved with stones. The houses in the village are also thatched houses, which look shabby and leaky.

The sun was about to set, but I didn't see anyone on the way into the village, which was very strange.

After walking for a while, the exile team finally saw someone.

A little kid who looked only four or five years old was carrying a sickle with difficulty, panting as he hurried on his way.

When he looked up and saw so many people suddenly in the village, he immediately became scared, dropped his sickle and ran away!

But after running a few steps, he gritted his teeth and turned back, dragging the sickle away, as if he was reluctant to throw it away.

Escort Master Cen quickly stepped forward to stop the child: "Little kid, where are the adults in your village?"

The child's eyes suddenly turned red as he saw the strong and sturdy Escort Master Cen trying to stop him: "Don't arrest me! Don't sell me to pay the rent!"