The money was sent by their subordinates when they were in Mo City. Although Mr. Zhang had a difficult journey, after leaving Mo City, they were able to buy some food from time to time in the surrounding post stations and villages. Don't think about water, there was a severe shortage of water everywhere.
So their journey was not very difficult, they just had no choice but to take a horse-drawn carriage because of the severe shortage of water. Otherwise, their life would have been better.
They are about to reach Chuncheng, where they can replenish their used-up supplies. They have only traveled a quarter of the way, and a month has already passed. They don't know how to proceed from here.
After four days of traveling, walking nearly ninety miles a day, they finally arrived at the edge of the Ten-Li Mountain. Looking at the bright sunshine outside, the whole family was unhappy because they knew that this was a sign of the impending disaster.
Now it has evolved to the point where it is dawn after only half an hour of darkness. Originally, they sat down to rest when it was dark, and before they finished their meal, it was dawn. Everyone was eating with their bowls in hand, which was a bit confusing because they had been traveling for a while in the dark, so they had just finished their meal.
Mo Ruru and Zhou Guichun had just made the torches, but before they could light them the weather had already gotten brighter, so they didn't know whether they should light the torches or not.
The old man stood there silently, watching the weather. The woods were so quiet these days, so quiet that it was scary. It seemed as if everything here had disappeared a few days ago, not to mention pheasants and wild animals. Even snakes, insects, rats and ants were nowhere to be seen. The mosquitoes that used to buzz around them were gone too.
Wang Shiyu, however, sensed something strange was happening deep in the forest. If they didn't leave the Ten-Mile Mountains, they would be in trouble. Before leaving, she had sent a message to her uncle Zhang, asking them to leave the area immediately. She didn't know how fast they were walking, but even though they were walking so fast, they still felt overwhelmed by this strange feeling.
So they only rested for less than two hours that day before hurrying up and starting on their journey. Wang Shiyu seemed to have sensed the tense atmosphere, so she and her brother listened very closely to the adults and did whatever they were told. She kept a close eye on her brother, not letting him run around, but giving him some snacks and asking him to stand beside her obediently.
Wang Shiyi leaned against his sister's legs with delicious potato chips in his hand. Although he didn't know why he suddenly became nervous these two days, as long as he was with his family, he was not afraid of anything.
In order to save some trouble when eating, Wang Shiyu took out a generator and started using the machine to ferment, knead and steam the buns. Although they were not as chewy and delicious as those made by hand, it was good enough to fill her stomach during a stressful time.
She also fermented a lot of flour and made big buns with pure meat filling. She also picked out celery and cabbage and made buns with two kinds of vegetable fillings. She also fried some fermented dough flatbreads to ensure that the family would have enough dry food for half a month. In order to avoid making a fire to cook and have more time to rest, she found some milk and drank it directly with the meals.
This way you can also get enough protein. Eggs and goose eggs, eat one every day. Xiaoyi can't finish it, so he lets his father eat it. Wang Shiyu always supports the white one and doesn't eat the yellow one, so Wang Yixin eats the yellow one.
Mr. Zhang, who was already two days late in his journey down the mountain, began to feel more and more uneasy. Wang Huan had come before to chat with Zhang Tao and told him about his family affairs. He felt that he could not stay here for long. He believed in his nephew's words, and his nephew's words came true along the way, so he went straight to find the black-faced officer who was leading the group.
"Brother Yan, I've been feeling a little uneasy these past two days. It seems like something is about to come down from the Ten Li Mountains. Why don't we speed up and leave the Ten Li Mountains as soon as possible?"
The officer looked at the Ten-Li Mountain in surprise, then glanced at Old Man Zhang. In fact, he had also noticed something unusual during this period. After all, no wild animals had come down the mountain, which was not normal. When they walked on the road before, they could hear one or two wolf howls or the sound of a poisonous snake passing by from time to time, but in the past few days, even the buzzing mosquitoes disappeared. How could they not notice anything unusual?
"Did the old man find anything?"
The officer had already wanted to leave, so he asked.
"I don't know. It's just a hunch. You should have noticed recently that all the snakes, insects, rats, ants, and wild animals have disappeared. This might be the rhythm of some major disaster. Otherwise, how else can we explain the disappearance of these animals?"
Zhang Tao was an old general, and the officers believed what he said, so he started shouting, saying that Wang and his men had enough supplies, and there was no point in staying any longer, which would only waste food.
"Everyone, speed up and march at least a hundred miles a day. Otherwise, you will be left behind and made deserters. If you desert, your descendants will never see the light of day again."
After saying that, he also started to walk to the end of the team. If anyone couldn't keep up, the whip in his hand would fall directly on that person.
With this deterrent effect, even those who had been unable to keep up with the team before, miraculously caught up with the team and stayed closely at the end of the team without being left behind. This made the officers leading the team marvel at it.
It seems that these people were pretending to be unable to walk a few days ago, and their journey was slowed down every time because of these people who were holding them back.
Naturally, I also understood that these people were just bullies who only bullied the weak and feared the strong, because they had not been walking in a particularly fast pace before. According to their itinerary, they were now walking very fast.
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