The county magistrate did not make things difficult for them and directly issued a pass to all members of the Wang family. That night, the old man and his men loaded the cart and left Yunshan Town under the cover of night, heading south.

My father and second uncle took turns pulling the cart. My younger brother Xiaoyi was young and couldn't walk, so they had to reserve a place for him on the cart.

As for the lack of food and provisions at home, no one in the family asked, but the old lady knew best how well prepared the family was.

She didn't ask how the old man hid it or where he hid it. Instead, she helped to cover it up. The people in the family were not talkative. They had obeyed the old man all their lives and would not resist at this time.

The group walked slowly. There were not many things in the car, just a quilt, two wooden barrels filled with water, two remaining pots, and some cornmeal and broken rice.

All that was left were some very dry cakes and steamed buns. When the old man came back from the county town, he specially bought two cans of salt. He could survive on the road without anything else, but not salt.

I bought some before, all at Wang Shiyu's place, but I still have to keep one of the ones that are visible. I plan to eat the ones at my granddaughter's place slowly, and I don't know what will happen to them later.

After some inquiries in the county town, I found out that the entire Xuzhou was in trouble. The fireball attacked indiscriminately, and the entire state was riddled with holes.

They are basically being rebuilt, and we can still issue road passes now. However, if the drought continues for a long time, it will be difficult to issue road passes again.

After leaving Yunshan Town, it was daybreak. Looking at the empty farmland around, there was not even a weed in it. The old man was very silent with a basket on his back. Nothing was growing in the fields. Wasn't this God's will to kill him?

There were no other refugees on the road. Everyone was busy rebuilding their homes and had not noticed the abnormality in the fields. They thought that the high temperature had burned the previous seedlings, and the seeds that had just been planted had not yet grown.

We walked quietly until noon. The midday sun was so hot that it melted people. We finally reached a dry dense forest and unloaded the cart. We were exhausted and sweating. The sunlight was blocked by the dry branches and leaves. Although it was not cool, at least we were not exposed to the direct sun.

The family took a short nap in the dense forest, took out the sugar cakes they had prepared before setting off, and ate them with water.

I didn't notice anything unusual on the road in the town, but now that I'm out, I see endless yellow land, dry branches, and rarely seen green. The only reason I can dig up wild vegetables around the town is because of this.

It is because there is a century-old well at the entrance of the town, and people draw water from it to irrigate their crops when they have nothing to do, so there are wild vegetables on the roadside.

Watching the sun set, I pulled the cart and continued to move forward. The midday sun was so hot that it was killing people. I had wanted to set off directly after lunch, but the sun's rays on my arms began to cause intense pain.

Soon a large area turned red. Even with clothes on, it was very painful. Wang Shiyu and the old man looked at the sunburned arms and face.

I searched the space for a long time and found a lot of sunscreen and medical burn ointment, put them in porcelain bottles, and gave them to the old man.

"Grandpa, this is burn cream. If you get sunburned, apply this. Apply the white one to the unburned areas. It's sunscreen. Don't use it on sunburned areas."

The old man calmly put the thing into his arms. After a while, he took out the burn ointment and handed it to the old lady.

"Old lady, this is burn ointment. Apply it to the children's sunburned areas. This is sunscreen. Apply it to the uninjured areas. Don't be reluctant to use it. If it's not enough, I'll find a way."

Everyone watched the old man take out two big jars from his arms like watching a magic trick. How did the old man (dad) carry these things in his arms all the way?

Everyone started helping each other apply sunscreen on the exposed but unburned areas. After applying the sunscreen, it seemed less painful when they were exposed to the sun again.

The family was not in a hurry to leave. They waited until the sun was about to set before they started to get ready. They planned to walk at night and find a place to rest away from the sun during the day, which was better than getting sunburned.

Because we had to avoid the sun, the journey was very long, but that was acceptable. We didn't join in the fun when we encountered a county town on the way. We just looked at the conditions in the fields on the road and knew that these county towns were not doing well.

Because on this road, there were also people who came one after another with their belongings and families and walked slowly on the official road. They took the official road because there were too many bandits on the small roads. After walking on the official road for a while, they could see a post station, and there were always some pavilions next to the post station for them to rest.

On the small road, they were left to fate, and there was no way they could find a place to hide from the sun in time.

Walking on the official road, you can see the pavilions and sheds built by people around you, and occasionally you can even see people escorting prisoners. The team follows behind them, so your safety will be guaranteed.

However, they had just left Yunshan Town and had not yet encountered the team escorting prisoners. The prisoners had to go to Yazhou to work and were not allowed to return to Beijing for the rest of their lives.

Due to frequent natural disasters during this period, many princes have begun to rebel, saying that the current emperor is not a wise ruler. In addition, several princes have frequently rebelled under the pretext of clearing the court of evildoers.

In troubled times, severe punishments were necessary, so many people in the capital were exiled, including some important officials.

These people all have some connection with those who rebelled, including but not limited to various nepotisms. Now collective punishment is popular, and all nine clans are implicated at once.

Soon they encountered a group of ragged prisoners. The whole group looked lifeless. The old man watched for a while and told everyone not to act rashly. He did not follow the group.

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