"Mom, stop looking, let's catch up with the team." Yun Yiyi shouted to Zhang anxiously. "Okay, Yiyi." Zhang lowered her head and wiped her eyes, choking with sobs. Yun Yiyi shook Zhang's hand, feeling sad.

The day before yesterday, after the village decided to flee the famine, Zhang went back to her parents' home. Zhang's parents did not want to flee with them. Zhang's parents' village was larger and had a larger population, and everyone had different opinions on the matter. As the village chief, Zhang's father certainly could not flee alone. So he packed some food for Zhang to take back and keep for her to eat on the way.

Zhang also understood that this was a separation, and she might never see him again in her life. She felt even sadder. "Don't be sad, maybe we can meet each other on the way to escape the famine." Yun the butcher also persuaded him while pushing his cart. "Well, let's catch up." Zhang said as she ran forward with her bag on her back.

"Yiyi, do you want to come and ride with Third Brother?" Third Brother's loud voice suddenly came, scaring Yun Yiyi. "I won't go, Third Brother. I'm a big kid, I want to walk by myself." Yun Yiyi raised her head and said to Third Brother proudly. In the past two days, she has integrated into the original owner's feelings, and under everyone's love, her behavior has become more childish.

"Well, if you are tired, come to see the third brother, Yiyi." The third brother said disappointedly. "I am not tired, third brother." Yun Yiyi said proudly. Everyone laughed loudly after hearing her words.

Yun Yiyi walked at the end of the team, looking at the long queue in front of her, thinking that hell mode had begun.

The adults knew that it was not easy to leave home and escape famine. The younger children just thought they were going to have fun, and ran around their parents and friends. At first, you could hear the parents' loud scolding, the children's laughter, and begging for mercy. Slowly, the whole team quieted down. The weather in October was still very hot during the day. After walking in the high temperature for a long time, Yun Yiyi felt dizzy and her hands and feet had no strength. She felt like a fish out of water, breathing hard.

There were many children in the team, tired and thirsty, and they were crying out to their parents for water. "Water should be used sparingly. There is a drought and water shortage everywhere now. We don't know when we can get water next time. We can't cook without water." The hoarse voice of the village chief could be heard faintly. After hearing the village chief's words, the parents who were holding water bags to feed their children trembled.

Yes, this is the only water we have now, so we must use it sparingly. There is no other way, so parents can only coax their children to drink a few sips, and then they will not feed them no matter how much the children cry. The parents' own mouths are so dry that the skin is cracked and bleeding, but they are reluctant to drink a sip.

"Yiyi, you must be thirsty, come and drink some water." Zhang said to Yun Yiyi holding the water bag. Yun Yiyi took the water bag and drank a few sips of water. It seems that next time she looks for water, she will find a chance to fill the water bag with water from the space. Otherwise, everyone will be reluctant to drink water. With such a high temperature, the body will not be able to bear the lack of water for a long time.

Yun Yiyi secretly told herself. When Yun the Butcher, Zhang, and the three brothers of the Yun family finished drinking the water, there was still a lot of water left in the water bag. Seeing everyone's lips cracked and bleeding due to lack of water, Yun Yiyi felt uncomfortable. Alas, this world is really a cannibalistic world.

We kept walking until we had walked about 20 miles before the village chief called for us to stop and have a rest. As soon as he finished speaking, everyone went to find the shade of the trees on the roadside. In the drought years, the bark of the trees had been stripped off, leaving them bare. The roadside was also dry and cracked. There was no green in sight, and it was desolate everywhere.

The strong laborers in the family can take a break. The housewives are busy collecting firewood, setting up a simple stove, and preparing to cook. The children are also sent to the woods to collect firewood. Here, Zhang also quickly built the stove, installed the big iron pot at home, added water, and started to boil water. The three brothers of the Yun family are also busy picking and delivering firewood. Yun Yiyi was so tired that she sat down under the tree and couldn't get up.

She now has the body of a child. She can persist mentally, but her body is very honest. Farmers' children are usually raised in the wild, running around in the mountains and rivers. When she was young, she was confined at home, with little activity. In addition, she was strong and ate a lot, so she was a little fat. It was only in the past two years that Zhang's management was relaxed, and she followed the three brothers of the Yun family to run around looking for food and water. With more activity, Yun Yiyi, although tanned, has lost some weight.

"Yiyi, let's have fried noodles for lunch and hot cakes for dinner." "Okay, mother." Yun Yiyi replied weakly. Yun the butcher was checking the wheels of the cart and repairing any damage while he was resting. The three brothers of the Yun family found some slightly fine hay from somewhere and fed the little donkey. The eldest brother Yun poured half a bucket of water from the bucket, added salt, and fed the little donkey.

At this time, I deeply realized how lucky it was to have a donkey to help pull the cart. Some families in the village could not afford to buy cows, donkeys, or horses, so they used carts to push the carts, and they could not keep up with the group. Not to mention, some families had many children, so two or three-year-old children could be put on the cart and pushed, and the older children had to follow.

After walking for half a day, several big blisters appeared on the heels. At this time, people usually burn the blisters with a needle on fire, and then prick them. At this time, the children under the tree screamed in pain, which was unbearable to hear.

Both Yun the Butcher and Zhang loved children. Zhang helped push Yun's cart for the second half of the journey. Yun looked like a tall and strong young man, but he was actually still young. In modern times, he would be in junior high school.

When the water boiled, Zhang took out the fried noodles and made a big bowl for each person. It was fragrant and filling. The remaining water was cooled and poured into the water bag. Zhang then heated up the medicine she had boiled yesterday and asked Yun Yiyi to drink it. She checked the wound on Yun Yiyi's head and found it was much better. She could just apply the medicine without bandaging it. Now when she walks under the sun, her head is always sweating, and it is not easy to heal the wound if she bandages it.

After finishing all these, Zhang had no time to rest before she set off. "Today we have to walk another 20 miles. Now there are fewer refugees on the road, so let's speed up. We are afraid that once we get on the official road, there will be more refugees and our speed will slow down. There are too many variables on the road to escape famine, so it is better to get to Yunzhou earlier, which will make people feel more at ease. Everyone remember to take good care of your children and don't fall behind." The village chief loudly encouraged everyone.

There was a young man named Yunhai in the village. He was very lazy and didn't work. Suddenly, he walked so much. When he took a break, he took off his shoes and saw that his heels were covered with blisters. His mother pricked all the blisters when she saw it. Now he started to set off. His feet with pricked blisters were even more painful when he walked on the road. He howled as he walked.

As a result, he was hit by his father. "Why are you howling? Aren't you afraid of attracting wolves, you lazy guy?" his old father said angrily. It was all Yunhai's mother's fault that she spoiled him too much and didn't let him do anything. Now he was embarrassed.

When Yunhai saw his father like this, he hid and muttered something quietly. When everyone saw him like this, they all laughed.

Yun Yiyi lay down to rest for a while at noon, but she still felt as if her whole body had been run over by a car, and she felt pain and weakness. Zhang put her on the donkey cart despite her objection. At this time, it seemed like fireballs were raining from the sky, and it was hot and stuffy, making it hard to breathe. As the donkey cart swayed, Yun Yiyi fell asleep.

When Yun Yiyi woke up again, she was lying in a small shed made of branches. Yun Yiyi came out of the shed and saw that it was still daylight. Zhang was cooking next to her. She turned her head and didn't see the three Yun brothers. They were probably out collecting firewood and hadn't come back yet. At this time, the people of Yunjia Village had already gone to the official road. Except for the people of Yunjia Village, almost all the places on the official road were refugees. There were probably thousands of them. It seemed that they had encountered a large group of refugees. Yun Yiyi sighed and said in a low voice.

Because of the lack of water, everyone was unkempt. Because drinking water was hard to come by at this time, no one was willing to use it to take a bath, wash clothes, or wash up. The refugees all smelled bad, and the more people there were, the worse it smelled. Yun Yiyi lowered her head and smelled herself, and she also smelled bad. It seems that she has to go to the space secretly to wash at night, she thought secretly.

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