With horse-drawn carriages, the travel speed was much faster.
After traveling for two days, the number of people on the road increased, and upon inquiring, it was discovered that they were all heading towards the Yannan region.
Human traffickers could be seen all along the way.
As dusk fell, we arrived outside a village and saw that the drought there was quite severe.
"Sister, let's spend the night here." Su Jin stopped the carriage and asked Jiang Shuyue for her opinion.
Jiang Shuyue's eyes lit up when she saw smoke rising from the houses in the distance: "Okay, you take everyone to settle down, I'll go find well water."
Jiang Shuyue got off the carriage, picked up her water bag, and walked away into the distance.
"Hey! You have a lot of family members, and you probably don't have enough food to eat! How about we exchange these two children for rice?"
As soon as Shuisheng jumped off the carriage, a human trafficker came over and looked at Shuisheng and Suisui, asking questions.
Shuisheng took a step back in alarm, shielding Suisui behind him.
Su Jin said coldly, "Please stay away from my family. My family would rather starve than sell our child!"
Seeing the slave trader's greedy eyes darting back and forth between Shuisheng and Suisui's faces, Qiuju took Shuisheng's hand in one hand and Suisui's hand in the other and walked towards the back of the carriage.
Su Jin and Lin Miaoshou found a spot near the foot of the mountain and parked the carriage.
"Mother, you and your sister go up in the carriage to rest, Father and Uncle Lin go to herd the horses."
After he finished speaking, Qiuju came over and said to her, "Miss Qiuju, take the children to the car to see if Grandma Xu is alright."
"Don't worry, young master, the slave trader has already left." Qiuju knew what he was worried about.
On the other side, Jiang Shuyue arrived at the fence of a farmer's house.
As soon as she called out into the yard, a woman came out of the house.
"Would you like some water, young lady?"
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