The road to exile was difficult, especially on such a hot day that one would sweat just by standing still. Walking on the mountain road scorched by the scorching sun was simply torture.

The official road is spacious, but when it was built, many detours were taken to make it spacious and flat.

The exile team had no carriages or horses and could only rely on their legs, so the officials would find mountain roads to travel.

The road is a little difficult to walk on, but it saves a lot of walking.

The exile team had a set journey schedule. For example, this group of people were exiled to Lingnan, 4,000 miles away, and the government stipulated that they had to reach the exile destination within four months.

Walking four thousand miles in four months was not a very tight distance, but because there were elderly people and several young children in the exile group who slowed down their pace, the officials still urged them to hurry up every day.

All of Shen Yitian's things were in the space, and she was the most relaxed among the group as she was traveling with nothing.

Although she was tired and hot, she always walked in front of the exile team, and the officials could not scold her even if they scolded her.

The five people from the second branch of the Song family were also fast runners. The second old lady of the Song family was younger than the eldest old lady, so she could walk faster.

There were no young children in their family. The three sons of the Song Jin family were all sent to serve as soldiers, and the eldest son of the Song Yin family was also sent to serve as soldiers. The two daughters had already reached the age of marriage and would not slow down their journey.

Except for the second branch of the Song family and Shen Yitian, everyone else was either carrying the elderly or children with them. Even if they wanted to leave quickly, they couldn't.

After walking for an hour, the people from the second branch of the Song family and Shen Yitian had left the others far behind.

Seeing that the people behind could not keep up and the team was too long to be supervised, Yuan Dutou simply ordered the people in the front to rest on the spot and wait for the people behind to catch up.

Shen Yitian let out a long sigh and secretly took a sip of the iced drink. Feeling like she was alive again, she leaned against a big tree, closed her eyes, and rested to replenish her strength.

The team behind was sparse, and she had been dozing for a long time, but those people still hadn't caught up.

Hearing someone talking, Shen Yitian opened her eyes and looked, only to see that Yue Niang was being hugged by her beloved son again.

"Mom, I'm tired and can't walk anymore. Please carry me on your back."

After walking all day, Yue Niang was already exhausted. When the naughty kid hugged her legs like that, she staggered and fell forward.

The little boy reacted quickly. Seeing Yue Niang was about to fall, he immediately jumped away and perfectly avoided Yue Niang's falling body.

With a bang, everyone nearby was startled, but the naughty kid clapped his hands and jumped twice on the spot.

"Hahaha, I fell down, I fell down! It's a good fall. I told you not to carry me, I told you not to carry me!" He was extremely happy.

Yue Niang was accompanied by her two sisters-in-law.

They were originally going their separate ways, but when they saw Yue Niang fall, the two women hurriedly put down their luggage and stepped forward to help Yue Niang up.

Poor Yue Niang fell so hard that her nose was bleeding and her face was covered with dirt.

Her tears mixed with nose blood flowed down, and she looked extremely embarrassed, but the naughty child was still smiling to himself.

"Hahaha, look, a big tabby cat. It's so ugly, mom, you're so ugly, I'm crying." He laughed so hard that he fell backwards, as if he was heartless.

Shen Yitian frowned as she watched the scene, feeling it was incredibly strange. How could a child smile so happily after seeing their mother fall like this? Was this really a child? This person must be a demon.

"Yue Niang, how are you? Fugui'er, stop laughing and come here to wipe your mother's face." Yue Niang's sisters-in-law helped her clean the dirt off her face while the other shouted at the naughty child.

The naughty kid spit out a sound: "Wipe your face, I won't. It's her fault for not carrying me. She deserves it. She only gave me a steamed bun for lunch. She deserves it."

"She carried you on her back for so long just now, how could she still carry you? You ate one steamed bun, but she only ate two." The older woman couldn't stand it and scolded.

She is the eldest sister-in-law among the three sisters-in-law. She has always been a quiet person, but now she is very strict.

"Come on, the people behind have almost caught up, let's keep going. Don't fall behind anymore, whoever can't move on will be whipped." Yuan Dutou glanced at everyone coldly. He saw that Yue Niang was in a mess but he didn't mean to let her rest.

Today's journey is still far to go. He originally planned to walk to Songlinpu, but now there are still more than twenty miles to go.

This group of people, old and young, if they don’t hurry up, they may not arrive before dark.

"We have to set off again, Third Sister-in-law, are you okay?" asked the woman who accused Yue Niang of stealing food from the children yesterday.

Yue Niang wiped the dirt off her face and said, "I'm fine, but I have no strength left. If I had something to eat, I could keep going."

The woman had originally looked concerned, but her expression suddenly changed when she heard this.

"Ah, food... We've finished the dry rations we were given at noon, so there's nothing for you to eat."

Yue Niang looked at the bundle she had placed on the ground. The bundle was not tied tightly and the cakes inside could be vaguely seen.

But she didn't say anything, just nodded at the woman: "Then you take the child and go first, I will try my best to catch up."

She was so tired that she had no mood to argue with her second sister-in-law about why she said she had no food when she clearly had it. After all, she didn't owe her anything. The three sisters-in-law had separated a long time ago.

But she was so hungry that she could only hold the water bag and gulp down a few mouthfuls, trying to fill her stomach with water.

The naughty kid was still laughing, and Yuan Dutou was cursing again. If Yue Niang didn't leave or fell behind, she would be beaten.

Shen Yitian stood up silently. She felt a little sad when she saw Yue Niang gritting her teeth and getting up.

He casually took out the steamed bread that was distributed at noon from the space, and quietly placed it on the bag that Yue Niang was carrying when he passed by her.

She wasn't going to eat the steamed bread anyway, so it would be better to just leave it there, so she might as well give it to Yue Niang.

Saving her from being beaten up can be considered as accumulating some merit for myself.

Shen Yitian did not remind Yue Niang that the steamed bread was on the bundle and Yue Niang would easily find it.

She didn't say anything because she didn't want the other party to think she was easy to control and ask her for things from time to time. She also didn't want to explain to everyone why she still had some steamed bread left.

Who knew that Yue Niang hadn't noticed the steamed bread she had put there, but that naughty kid Fuguier discovered it first.

"You woman, you said you have nothing to eat, but there are still steamed buns." Fuguier put his hands on his hips and pointed at the steamed buns on Yue Niang's bag and asked.

The tone didn't sound like a child talking to his mother, but rather like a precious young master scolding his most despicable female slave.

Upon hearing this, Yue Niang looked down and saw a steamed bun trembling on top of the knot of her bundle.

Where did this come from?

She looked around in surprise, but everyone was on their own way and no one looked over here. She had no idea who gave her the steamed bread.

"Give it to me quickly, I'm starving, and I can't walk if you don't carry me." Fugui'er started to make trouble again. Yue Niang hesitated for a moment and didn't give him the steamed bread, but he started to cry loudly.

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