Yuan Dutou was naturally shouting at Shen Yitian. Everyone was working at the moment, and no one would run up from below to carry her.

Even if she offered food as a reward, Yuan Du, the first-class official, would not agree to let anyone come up.

They were in a hurry to build the road now. If one person left to build the road, it would slow down the process. They all wanted to get down the mountain quickly, and Shen Yitian certainly wouldn't go and bring bad luck upon herself at this time.

Fortunately, she rested for a whole morning, and after applying the medicated oil, the pain in her sprained ankle was much relieved, and it was not too difficult for her to walk slowly with a cane.

But she still couldn't leave.

As soon as she stood up, the hunter named Ye also stood up.

"I'll take you down, and you can walk on your own when we're almost there."

Without waiting for her to react, she put her feet in the air and the hunter ran down quickly with her.

Shen Yitian only heard the sound of the wind whistling in her ears, and trees and grass flashed quickly before her eyes. However, in just a few breaths, the two people stopped. She looked closely and found that they had already come down a long distance.

If she was walking by herself, she would probably have just stepped onto the newly built road.

"You go ahead by yourself. I'll go see if there's anything good to hunt on the mountain. This road will probably take some time to repair. I'll come back and show you the way after you get down the mountain."

After saying this, Ye the Hunter put Shen Yitian down and left. Fortunately, Shen Yitian was prepared for his move and used the dead wood in her hand for support, so she did not fall after he let go.

The hunter came and went very quickly. When she turned around, only his back was left.

Shen Yitian leaned on a dead tree and slowly walked to the place where Yuan Dutou and his team were building the road. At that time, everyone was building the road in full swing.

Perhaps seeing the hope of going down the mountain, the prisoners who were slacking off at first gradually became motivated.

Seeing Shen Yitian coming over with a cane, everyone was jealous. But Yuan Dutou kept yelling at them to repair the road quickly, so no one bothered Shen Yitian anymore.

In order to speed up the road construction, Song Yuerong, who was tied up today, was released and is now helping to dig the soil.

Shen Yitian glanced over there inadvertently, and twice saw Song Yuerong looking at her with resentment.

This person only remembers the food and not the beating. Even though she doesn't dare to do anything now, she will definitely jump out and cause trouble for you in a few days.

But it doesn’t matter anymore. Shen Yitian just wants to get down the mountain quickly. If she doesn’t take a shower, she feels like she’s going to explode.

The road wasn't built slowly, but it wasn't fast either. By the time I could see the bottom of the mountain clearly, it was probably already dinner time.

The hunter was punctual. When everyone was shouting to go down the mountain, he also came down the mountain road carrying an adult deer.

Some people were unhappy to see him going down the mountain.

"Isn't it said that everyone has to contribute? How come someone who didn't contribute is still coming down this road?"

Shen Yitian raised her eyebrows. She thought these people were very interesting. Every time they jumped out to say something useless, they would be criticized, but they still persisted in causing trouble.

"The tools were brought up the mountain by others. How could you build the road without him transporting the tools up the mountain?" She said lightly, and the man's ears turned red.

Yuan Dutou also glared at her fiercely, then headed towards the hunter.

"Brother, you are very lucky today. This deer can be sold for at least ten taels of silver." He said jokingly.

Although he had never hunted before, he knew that hunters like him made a living by relying on the mountains.

Often, if you hunt good things, you can sell them for a good price, but good things cannot be hunted every day. When you can't hunt them, you have to rely on the money you earned from selling the prey to make a living.

It's an unstable business after all.

The hunter replied with a casual "hmm" and made no move to exchange pleasantries. He simply said, "This place is not far from the town. I'll take you to the post station."

This was the sentence Yuan Du was waiting for. As for whether there was any greeting or not, he didn't care much since he was just a hunter he met by chance.

It was almost dark when everyone followed the hunter down the mountain. Shen Yitian followed slowly behind, leaning on a wooden stick, and the others didn't walk much faster than her.

Fortunately, this place is not far from the market town and the post station is still open.

When she stepped into the inn with a roofed house, the sense of unreality in Shen Yitian's heart gradually disappeared.

The hunter just sent them to the post station and left without looking back. Shen Yitian didn't even ask him where he was going.

He only secretly slipped a piece of silver into his waist when he left.

Thanks to his care over the past two days, otherwise her foot would not have healed so quickly, and everyone would not have been able to get down the mountain so quickly.

It wasn't much money, but it was a token of her appreciation.

After the hunter left, the servants at the post station served food to everyone.

But as usual, the prisoners only had steamed bread to eat. Some of those who had money could buy some rice, meat, vegetables, etc., which of course included the people from the main branch of the Song family.

When Song Yuerong saw that there was meat, vegetables and rice, she didn't care about the dirt on her body and picked up the bowl and started eating rice frantically.

Shen Yitian didn't want to sit with everyone else, so she chose a corner seat. She wasn't particularly impressed by the food at the inn, so she just ordered a pot of cold tea and drank it slowly.

However, I don’t know if there are not many customers in this inn who like to drink tea, or if there are really not many customers, the tea brewed from these tea leaves actually has a musty smell. Shen Yitian couldn’t drink it after just one sip.

Seeing her sitting alone in the corner, holding a teacup but not drinking, Song Yuerong thought she had spent all her money and couldn't even afford to eat.

So he snorted coldly and whispered something to Aunt Song San and Aunt Song Er, looking over here from time to time.

Second Aunt Song covered her mouth with her hands and smiled, then suddenly raised her voice a little and said, "I thought you were so rich, but it turns out you're still a pauper after buying the tools for road construction. You can't even afford to eat. If you had known earlier, why would you have been so stubborn? Take my money and you can have a full meal now."

Shen Yitian raised her eyebrows, finally knowing what the family was whispering about when they got together.

She called the waiter and pretended to take out a piece of silver from her waist belt, but actually she took out a piece of silver from the space and handed it to him.

"Prepare some hot water for me. I need a new bathtub. Also, go buy me a set of ready-made clothes. Good cotton will do." After putting down the teacup, he added, "This tea leaves have a smell. Please change it to plain water."

The others who were watching the fun then realized that she didn't drink the tea because she disliked its taste.

They want to take a bath and change clothes too!

"Prepare some hot water for me, and I want some clothes too."

"Oh yes, I want to take a bath too."

"It doesn't matter if I take a bath or not, but the child has been sweating and getting wet in the rain these past two days, so he needs a bath. Please prepare some hot water for us too, and we will pay for it."

Suddenly, the entire lobby of the inn was filled with requests for hot water and a bath. If Shen Yitian hadn't mentioned it, they wouldn't have noticed. But now that Shen Yitian had mentioned it, everyone who had already eaten something suddenly felt that the food on the table wasn't tasty anymore, and all they wanted was a good bath.

Most of them had never lived a hard life before being exiled. Some of them were even served by others all year round. No one had ever lived so dirty.

When they talked about it, they felt uncomfortable all over.

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