After being rejected, he emptied the mansion and went into exile

Although there is only a mountain between us, the weather becomes dry after entering Raozhou.

Raozhou is covered with mountains.

It's just the difference between big mountains, small hills and mountain ranges.

The route they chose was full of mountains, but dry trees could be seen everywhere.

There are no trees at the foot of these mountains.

If you look up a little, you can see a lot of green.

In addition, the land in Raozhou has become so dry that it has curled up.

It makes a crackling sound when you step on it.

Lightning seemed to like this sound very much and stepped happily.

In this situation, if you can't see the surrounding mountains, you might think you have entered a desert.

There is almost no moisture in the air.

It feels like a little bit of fireworks can set this place on fire.

What’s even more terrifying is that it was only half a day after they entered Raozhou in the early morning.

In the past half day, some people have already drunk a water bag of water.

Not only were the people thirsty, the horses were also a little anxious.

Shen Jinyao looked at the rising sun and shouted to stop.

"Let's take a break first. Let's go find some water and refill the bottles we drank."

Everyone supported Shen Jinyao's proposal.

Especially Mrs. Shen and the third wife, both of them were pregnant and felt very hot.

Meng Da: "Miss, I'm going to the mountain to find some water."

Shen Jinyao: "Take Zhiyong and the others with you."

Meng Da nodded, he had the same idea.

"We'll go in several directions, but we have to be careful when looking for water."

Zhiyong and others took their tools and followed Meng Da and Meng Er up the mountain.

"Everyone go rest in the shade for a while, and I'll share some fruit with you later."

After Shen Jinyao had made all the arrangements, she took out a slightly broken bowl from the carriage.

Everyone took a look and found that it was Shen Jinyao giving water to the horse.

They were no longer curious.

Shen Jinyao looked around and no one noticed her anymore.

After Lightning finished drinking the water in the bowl, she quietly added more water to the bowl.

After seeing that Lightning had almost finished drinking, Shen Jinyao used the same method to feed water to the remaining horses.

After an hour, it was already noon and the people who had gone up the mountain began to go down.

They did fill up all the containers.

It just took too long.

Meng Er: "You don't know, the streams on the mountain are almost dry. We almost searched the whole mountain to find this water."

Meng Da also said, "It's already this dry just on the edge of Raozhou. I'm afraid the further we go inland, the more severe the drought will be."

Meng Da's words made everyone silent.

Each of them was sweating profusely, even without moving.

The weather now is not hot and humid, but dry and hot, with no wind and no clouds in the sky.

However, the road ahead is filled with unknown fear.

Now that the sun has reached its highest point, there is no way to travel quickly.

Shen Jinyao said, "The weather is too hot now. Let's rest here and set off in the evening."

Zong Cheng: "Miss, what do you want?"

Shen Jinyao: "Let's set off at night."

When we first heard that we were leaving at night, no one understood.

Later I thought about it carefully, and realized that setting off at night would be because there would be no sun and the temperature would be lower.

After hearing this, Mrs. Shen said, "If that's the case, we have to sleep more during the day, otherwise we won't be able to make it through the night."

Everyone nodded and finished their lunch.

Everyone found some shady places nearby.

Qiuyan and a few others casually made a few hats with branches to protect themselves from the sun.

Some people simply used branches to prop up their clothes and slept in the shade.

Shen Jinyao leaned against the carriage, she was just pretending to sleep.

In fact, it is to organize the water and food in the space.

As long as there are no accidents or you pass through an area suffering from drought, the problem is not serious.

The sun's rays were so bright that at first the Shen family thought they couldn't sleep during the day.

Unexpectedly, one by one they fell asleep in the sun.

"Everyone is up."

Nanny Li is always the Shen family's fixed alarm clock, more punctual than a crowing rooster.

Shen Jinyao looked at the sun and it was indeed punctual.

We are almost going down the mountain now.

In order not to waste time on the road, Meng Si and his wife prepared the pancakes in advance.

When they set off, they found that the weather was not much better than they had imagined.

I would feel better if the sun wasn’t so glaring.

After walking for about an hour, the sun finally set.

As night fell, although the moonlight was not very dark, the carriage was still somewhat restricted in its movement.

Shen Jinyao found all the lanterns.

In order to make the horses walk better, in addition to the old lady and Mrs. Shen and others.

The rest of the people came down and walked.

Shen Tingyao looked at the glass lantern in her hand and asked curiously, "Look at this lantern, have you seen it somewhere before?"

Aunt Yun took a look and said, "It looks a bit like... something I've seen at home before."

Shen Jinyao said calmly, "I bought them all in Ancheng."

When everyone heard this, they thought about it and realized that Ancheng had a lot of things from the Western Regions.

The recent training has yielded good results, and everyone's walking speed has increased significantly.

Walking like this is indeed much faster than riding in a carriage.

The people in the carriage were actually suffering a lot as well. The stuffiness and shaking made them feel very uncomfortable.

But none of the four of them could walk at night and had to stay in the carriage.

Shen Jinyao was quite satisfied with this arrangement because she had to drink less water than when walking during the day.

"Let's stop and rest."

After walking for two hours, it was already late at night.

Shen Jinyao asked everyone to stop and take a break.

Unexpectedly, they had just sat down and rested for less than a quarter of an hour when they heard a noise not far away.

They also encountered a group of refugees during the day, and those people were just like them.

They all rode in horse-drawn carriages.

The two teams did not take exactly the same route, they just passed each other.

It was still daytime, and everyone was hot and thirsty, so they had no time to pay attention to who the other person was.

This time it was different.

The noise from the other side was getting closer and closer, with people talking, laughing, arguing, children crying, all kinds of sounds.

They walked near Shen's house and saw them resting.

He actually sat down to rest, and the distance between them was quite close.

Shen Jinyao called Le Yao over and asked her to find a way to use the telescope to see the situation on the other side.

Who knew that before Le Yao had time to look, the people on the opposite side came over and started chatting with them.

But it doesn't look like there's any malicious intent.

The first person to come over was a little kid about two or three years old.

She looked at the Shen family's big horse curiously, and Qiuyan and the others slowly started playing with the child.

Not long after, the little baby's mother came over.

For some reason, the child started crying.

"I'm sorry, the child is very hungry."