Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

As for the extra food, we would consume as much as we could in the cave. If we couldn’t finish it, we would have to throw it away with reluctance.

Finally, before leaving the cave, the group dug a deep pit and buried the chopped horse heads, horse tails and peeled skins.

Back on the main road, Lin Xiaoyue looked around and found that no one was around, so she placed the horse meat that she had not yet processed and was not going to take away on a conspicuous rock by the side of the road. This way, at least the refugees passing by would notice it, and it was her greatest act of kindness.

We are all ordinary people at the bottom of society, and it is not easy to survive in this chaotic world.

Maybe it was because God saw that they had too many setbacks on the road, but they didn't encounter any major problems during the next two days. They only passed by some refugees occasionally, and seeing that they had cars and food, they couldn't help but feel jealous, but at most they just looked at them and didn't dare to really approach them to ask for food.

After all, it has been more than a month since they fled, and those who can still drive a car and have surplus food, regardless of gender, age or status, will not be easy to bully.

After walking for two nights, Lin Xiaoyue observed the situation on the road and the progress of the journey, and felt that it was still too slow.

Now, because of her injuries, she can only sit on the cart like Old Man Lin, but this is Doctor Qiao's ox cart.

Doctor Qiao was driven by Chun Xing to the mule cart to accompany Old Man Lin.

Miao, Er Gou's mother, and Xiao Wu, who always liked to pester Lin Xiaoyue, were also sitting on the ox cart. Of course, Chun Xing was the one driving the cart.

The vacated shopping cart was tied to the back of the mule cart. In this way, all the people sitting on the ox cart were women, so there were more topics to talk about and it was easier to pass the time by chatting on the road.

Lin Xiaoyue is a person of few words on weekdays. She holds Xiaowu in her arms and occasionally listens to people chatting. When she gets tired of it, she observes the situation around her, thinking that she is still too slow, so she starts to think of some ways to make trouble.

It is mainly based on what I saw when I was traveling at night.

First, the refugees on the road now choose to hide during the day and go out at night to avoid the sun. Although they are scattered and no group of more than 20 people has been seen, if this continues, there is no guarantee that they will not encounter a bold or premeditated group;

Secondly, the visibility is poor when traveling at night. Torches cannot be held, and one can only rely on the moonlight and starlight from the sky. Everything is pitch black and blurry. For safety reasons, travel is naturally slow.

On average, we only walk about 10 to 20 miles a night. It would probably take much longer than expected to reach the state capital.

So, Lin Xiaoyue shared her idea with everyone, and also suggested turning back the travel time and traveling during the day.

After hearing this, everyone just hesitated for a moment, but no one raised any objections.

If traveling during the day can be safer and provide a better view, of course everyone will be able to accept and adapt easily if they follow a normal schedule.

Working the night shift is really unbearable.

There is one thing, the sun is too strong during the day, and I am afraid that the mules and cows will get angry and refuse to go on the road. What should I do? After all, animals are the main force for pulling carts and carrying people. If they give up, everyone will be in trouble.

Lin Xiaoyue has also prepared countermeasures for this.

Previously, we traveled at night, so there was no need to set up a shed. Now, if we change to traveling during the day, a shed is definitely necessary. There is no need to go to great lengths, just follow the method we did before, with four bamboo poles supporting the perimeter and a tarpaulin covering the top to block out the sun.

However, the original part of the car cover can now be improved by extending the front to a length that is long enough to cover the animals. Just like holding an umbrella for people, holding an umbrella over the heads of animals to avoid direct sunlight can effectively reduce the temperature below.

While explaining, Lin Xiaoyue also used a branch to draw an inverted trapezoidal pattern on the ground for everyone to see, making it easier for everyone to understand.

The material of the support poles must take into account the load-bearing capacity of livestock. Lin Xiaoyue suggested choosing bamboo, which is drought-resistant and has good toughness. It just so happened that while traveling these days, sparse bamboo forests could be seen from time to time on the roadside.

If the tarpaulin on the ceiling is not big enough, you can use old clothes to make a patchwork, which is not too difficult.

Lin Xiaoyue basically explained to everyone everything that could be thought of.

Everyone thought it was feasible, so when they stopped to rest for the next round, they divided the work and started to modify the car. The project was not big, and the country people were good at hands-on work, so after an hour or two, they had almost finished it.

All three carts have sheds, except for Ergou's cart, which is a regular version. Because there are no animals to help them get around, Ergou is the only one pushing the cart, so the shed is large enough to cover Ergou pushing the cart.

The other two were made into improved and extended versions. Not only that, based on Lin Xiaoyue's suggestion, the clever female compatriots installed vertical sunshades of different lengths to better block the sunlight slanting in from both sides.

As a result, the two little ones were completely unwilling to stay in the shopping cart and asked to get on the cart to escape the heat.

Everyone had sharp eyes and could see that the two little brats were just trying to enjoy the novelty of the modified car, so they rushed over to join in the fun.

The journey of escape was hard, and everyone was willing to indulge them if they had the conditions. After all, they were just children, and naturally we hoped that they could grow up happier.

After the car was modified and they resumed their normal operations, everyone felt that they were indeed much faster than traveling at night, and they could at least travel ten miles longer.

Although it was very hot during the day, the improved sunshade was very effective and blocked most of the high temperature under direct sunlight. In addition, the visibility was good during the day, there were fewer refugees and obstacles on the road, so the journey was naturally much smoother than at night.

In fact, for three consecutive days, there was not even a trace of robbery, it was so peaceful that it was unbelievable.

But if you think about it, it is understandable. Most refugees nowadays hide during the day and travel at night. Very few of them are not afraid of the sun like them. They travel in broad daylight under the scorching sun. Naturally, robbers will not be stupid enough to choose to hide in broad daylight.

Isn’t that the truth?

It's so hot, and knowing that everyone comes out at night, why would robbers wait in the daytime? There's no one around, so who are they robbing? Mosquitoes and flies?

Come on, don't just work for nothing, you'll end up being burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, you'll almost be roasted, you're just looking for trouble.

As a result, the Lin family members accidentally avoided many minefields.

In addition, Lin Xiaoyue also took special care of the animals, either at night when everyone was resting, or during the day when everyone was eating or drinking, she would quietly ask Lin Zhaodi to cover for her. She privately supplemented the two animals with salt water and Huoxiang Zhengqi water to prevent the main force from contracting heat stress.