The mayor of Chuncheng looked at the people outside and sighed slowly. He could only stop selling all the water and supply it all to the team of exiles outside. The food was not very good, just enough to fill their stomachs. Each steamed bun was mixed with a lot of bran.
No one disliked such food, but ate it with relish. Of course, this did not include the people in the exile team, because these exiled people had all lived a life of luxury for most of their lives, and it was really difficult for them to adapt to such food. However, no one dared to waste it, but ate it slowly in small bites. Even the children in the Zhang family were silent, holding a steamed bun and chewing it slowly. If they choked, they would drink water and continue eating, because they had already understood along the way that if they didn't eat, they would just go hungry.
Some time ago, I was still disgusted with the steamed buns and cornmeal steamed bread that the old man brought back. But when I looked at the black steamed bread in my hand, and I didn’t know what it was made of, I suddenly felt that what I ate before was really good.
No one dared to complain anymore, saying that they didn't eat or drink enough, because the past month had made them realize the reality and they could only find ways to survive on their own.
Zhang Tao would not say anything. When he was marching and fighting, he encountered food and grass being robbed and damaged. They even ate the soil at that time, let alone a steamed bun half mixed with bran. To them at that time, this steamed bun was very sweet.
The old man and his men hurried and arrived at the halfway point of the mountain before lunch. Even though the Wang family did not see the situation at the foot of the mountain, they could guess what it was like. In their eyes, Chuncheng actually had a place to give out porridge, which meant there was no shortage of water or food. Most of them must want to stay.
Those who stayed here before probably wanted to leave, so the people behind the prisoners must have been replaced by another group of people who continued to flee and wander.
Chuncheng is indeed not a place to stay for long, because Chuncheng's water basically depends on the groundwater in those wells. Even if there is more groundwater, it cannot provide drinking water for so many people. In order to live well, they must leave as soon as possible.
Since the reason for staying here has been solved, the old man took some dried biscuits and hard buns from Wang Shiyu, and Wang Shiyu also kindly provided some fried noodles. The fried noodles are very convenient to eat and can be eaten directly by just washing them with water.
The old man took his youngest son Wang Yizu and went straight down the mountain. He took a look at the team behind him and saw many unfamiliar faces and familiar people.
The old man was not interested in these things. He just wanted to give the food to these people and let them leave here quickly. He had already seen clearly that these people were not good people at all.
Even if their fighting power is not high, a large number of ants can still kill an elephant. It is better for them to leave as soon as possible. They are about to leave the Ten-Li Mountain. Once they leave the mountain, they will definitely come into contact with refugees on the road. Therefore, they should avoid large groups of refugees during this period. It is best to follow those scattered refugees.
So in order to leave here as quickly as possible and find a place to stay before anything happens, they also have to stay close to the official road to keep an eye on Zhang and others coming from afar.
So they moved much faster afterwards, and even Wang Shiyu, who was only eight years old, was carried directly on Wang Yixian's back.
They all put on new cloth shoes, so everyone quickened their pace, in order to find a place to stay before anything happened, so that they wouldn't be rushing around like headless flies when something happened, which would be bad.
Wang Shiyu put all the heavy objects on their bodies into the space. They only symbolically carried a large or small backpack, and the two strong men carried two children on their backs. In this way, they formed a style that was somewhat different from those people at the foot of the mountain.
They were walking very fast, and the Zhang family was still resting outside Chuncheng City because they noticed the weather was not right. In order to avoid more trouble on the road, they wanted to temporarily settle them in the prison in Chuncheng for two days.
The Zhang family discussed with the officers and decided they didn't want to stay here and wanted to move on. Since there was water in Chuncheng, wouldn't it be better to move on?
If that doesn't work, then using the village for recuperation and walking to the next city will definitely be impossible.
The officer with a black face was named Yan, and naturally he didn't want to waste any more time here. In fact, they had a time limit and had to send these people to Qiong Island within half a year. If they were not sent to Qiong Island, not only would they be in trouble, but even these prisoners might be killed along the way, leaving no one alive.
Therefore, for the sake of everyone's lives, even if they wanted to rest, they could not rest right away when the situation was still peaceful. So after two days of replenishment in Chuncheng, the Zhang family's prisoner team started to move forward, while the team in front chose to stay and rest for two days, because they had too many people. The exile team on the Zhang family's side had only more than 300 people, while the team in front had at least 2,000 to 3,000 people, so the team in front had not finished their estimation, because even fetching water took time.
The officer with the dark face seemed really difficult to get along with, but he was actually quite kind. During the journey, his team of more than 300 people only lost two elderly people and two children, and the rest were all alive.
The dead people could not be treated because of their physical condition, and the medicines they needed were too expensive, so the officers could not buy them for them. The main reason was that they had no money. A thousand-year-old ginseng could make them bankrupt. They were not living Bodhisattvas who could save people from suffering, so of course they could not help these people.
Mr. Zhang had enough money, but he couldn't buy the precious medicinal herbs without rice, so he couldn't save those people, which led to their deaths.
In order to allow them to travel light, he filled up their water bags when they arrived in Chuncheng, and asked them to drink carefully and not drink it all. They did not have much food supply, so he did not give them any. He just changed from three meals a day to one meal a day, so they naturally walked much slower.
In order to give these people enough energy to walk to the next stop, they immediately started to provide prisoners with two meals a day.
The Zhang family took their money and went directly into the city to buy food and water. To be honest, there wasn't much food in Spring City, so buying it was quite a hassle.
However, the Zhang family was generous, so they bought a lot of food, which they still used to pull carts. Since they had many males, they naturally had a lot of food. The Zhang family directly took the money and went into the city to buy food and water. To be honest, there was not much food in Chuncheng, so buying it was very troublesome. However, the Zhang family was generous, so they bought a lot of food and still used carts.
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