My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 62 You are the pillar of strength!
She was really careless; she let that sneaky little brat slip away right under her nose!
Xin Nian spat a few more times, gradually composed herself, and put on a cold face.

She didn't know who that brat was, but judging from the way he spoke, he seemed to be somewhat familiar with her... oh no, I should say the original owner of this body.
Xin Nian couldn't figure it out, so she searched through the original owner's memories twice more, but still didn't get any useful information.

Most of the information she could find was about the original owner crying while sitting, standing, lying down, or crawling, and things like that.

Perhaps many of these are trivial matters, such as a maid bumping into the original owner of the body while walking in a hurry, and then... she could lie on the stone table in the courtyard and sob for an hour.

She imagined all sorts of things that the mansion owed her. In this huge family, in the entire Duke's mansion, only her mother treated her kindly, and so on. Then she felt more and more like a tragic and pitiful person, and she cried and cried...

As Xin Nian scanned these memories, she couldn't help but pat her forehead.

There's basically no useful information!
This little girl seems to do nothing but cry all day and like to sit and daydream. Sometimes she holds a book and pretends to read it, but she even turns the book upside down!

The maids in the mansion dared not say anything openly to the fierce Fourth Madam, but behind her back they would sometimes whisper among themselves, wondering if the Sixth Miss of the Fourth Branch was mentally unstable...

However, she is actually just a primary or junior high school student, a teenage girl, so it is perfectly normal for her to be worried, anxious, and sentimental!

Xin Nian silently made amends for the other party in her heart, and stopped wasting time searching for the original owner's memories. She then walked towards the small cave that the boy had pointed out earlier.

Although that brat was a troublemaker, he never lied about what he said.

The small cave not only contained a small wooden boat, but also a lot of eating utensils.

There were more than a dozen bags of rice, millet, and wheat flour alone. Vegetables and fruits would probably be difficult to transport, but there were quite a few canned sugar and salt.

They prepared the most pork, lamb, chicken, and duck meat, and also gave out several baskets of eggs. She even found half a basket of grass carp…

In addition, the boy also prepared some pots and pans, as well as farm tools commonly used for land reclamation, such as hoes, plows, axes, and seedling harvesters.

After a quick look around, I found that half of the cave was filled with things.

Fortunately, the household goods section is now open, so she easily emptied all of them.

Xin Nian silently praised him, wishing him a peaceful and happy life. Her anger at that brat for tricking her lessened considerably.

It was late at night when they returned to the cave dwelling. The two cave dwellings next door were quiet, which showed that Liang Guang and his escorts had not made any noise after running back, and had not dared to disturb anyone else.

Xin Nian happily sat back down next to her mother and closed her eyes to rest.

Early next morning.

Everyone got up a little late.

The main problem is that we've been running around every day for days, which has really exhausted us both physically and mentally. It's so rare for us to get a full night's sleep. Even though there's a cacophony of snoring in the cave, it doesn't bother anyone.

After Xin Nian got up, she walked to the cave entrance and looked out.

The sky remained pitch black, with not a hint of dawn breaking in the east.

Many people sat there whispering, "Why isn't it dawn yet? What time is it now?"

"I do not know."

On their journey to exile, unlike in Shengjing where there were bell and drum towers to announce the time, they generally relied on the escorts to observe the sky and the position of the sun to roughly estimate the time.

But now... it's pitch black outside, it's not dawn yet, and the sun hasn't risen. I really don't know what time it is.

But everyone felt like they had slept for a long time.

I went to bed early last night and got up late today, so it can't be the hour of Yin (3-5 AM). "Isn't the Director of the Astronomical Bureau in the ranks? Go ask him; he should be able to calculate what time it is now."

Several convicts sitting next to Boss Sha were whispering among themselves when Xiao Jia led the old man from the Imperial Observatory in quickly.

Xin Nian got up, and the old man darted over faster than a rabbit, rushing to her side in an instant.

"Sixth girl~~" Old Gu said in a drawn-out tone, his face full of wrinkles as he smiled, "The vegetable porridge you brought yesterday was so delicious! It was so fresh, I almost swallowed my tongue."

"Grandpa, now is not the time to talk about these things." Xiao Jia followed behind the old man and walked towards the Xin family, even giving them a polite bow.

The Xin family members were still half asleep when they saw the official bowing to them with a smile on his face as soon as he entered.
"Greetings, Sixth Miss." Xiao Jia respectfully bowed to Xin Nian before explaining his purpose.

"Just now, the old man from the Imperial Observatory came to tell us that this place is not suitable for us to stay for long, as rocks may roll down and cover the cave dwellings, and we must leave as soon as possible."

Xin Nian raised her eyebrows. She had just wanted to tell Liang Guang that the mudslide might kill many people, and that they should leave the earthen cave dwellings by the mountain and find another way out.

Unexpectedly, the old man had already urged the escorts to arrange for everyone to set off.

"How do you plan to get there?"

Xiao Jia was stunned for a moment, then thought to himself, what other way is there? Of course, he should leave the cave as soon as possible and continue walking towards Heng County on his own two feet.

But could he say it? Xiao Jia, who only dared to mutter to himself, put on a smiling face and asked, "Does Miss Xin have any good suggestions?"

“I’ve heard that Hengxian is a very low-lying area.” Xin Nian glanced at him. “Have you ever thought about what the situation is like in Hengxian now, where even on the higher peaks, the water is knee-deep?”

Xiao Jia's expression changed slightly, as if he remembered something. He hurriedly said, "Please wait a moment, young lady," and rushed next door to find Liang Guang.

Liang Guang rushed over shortly afterward, shouting, "Miss, I saw a large patch of cattails by the river earlier. I'll have someone pick them right away and make more cattail rafts to cross the water. What do you think?"

Xin Nian had only ever heard of bamboo rafts, and felt like she was learning something new. She stared at the person with curiosity and asked, "That thing, is it feasible?"

"It should be feasible, as long as the water isn't too deep, they can cross it. We have plenty of ropes, and I'll teach them how to tie it securely."

The old man stroked his beard with a mysterious expression. "Then we need to hurry. It's already past Chen Shi (7-9 AM), so we don't have much time left."

Seeing his superior demeanor, everyone trembled with fear. With their lives at stake, who would dare to slack off or be negligent?

Everyone gritted their teeth and braved the rain to emerge from the cave, stumbling and sinking into the deep ditch below.

The escorts followed behind, shouting as they went. They lined up one after another in the rain, looking rather... pathetic.

Xin Nianchao glanced at Xin Wen'an, who was standing still, and asked, "Third Uncle, what are you doing? Aren't you going to work?"

"The whole family, young and old, depends on you! You're the oldest man in the family now! You're the pillar of the whole family!"

"Don't blame me for not warning you, if you don't have a floating device, and the water goes up to your chest, you're as good as dead."

Xin Wen'an was filled with resentment and wanted to glare at his niece, but Xin Wenyuan pulled him back, making him stumble. "Hurry up and stop talking nonsense!"

The two braved the rain to leave the cave, and Da Lang's wife, Lin Xiuyi, quickly followed.

Zhuang glanced at her unreliable husband's retreating figure, then at her daughter beside her, who was wiping away tears, and gritted her teeth before following him out.

(End of this chapter)