In a chaotic world of infrastructure development, a woman's path to survival after being reborn

After Su Li and the others left, there was no further sound from the wooden house. The people inside seemed to be asleep, quiet and peaceful.

The more I thought about it, the more upset I felt, so I decided to put the matter aside and focus on packing my bags for tomorrow, preparing to set off again.

The night was quiet, and everyone was resting. Zhao Zexuan finished his busy day and returned to his post. Su Li was still awake and asked him as soon as she saw him return, "Have you had dinner yet?"

Zhao Zexuan looked tired. Hearing Su Li's words, he nodded and replied, "I ate. How was today? Are you feeling alright?"

Upon hearing this, Su Li shook her head, her expression unconsciously somewhat forlorn, and said, "They didn't react at all; my persuasion was useless."

Zhao Zexuan had anticipated this situation, but his expression remained unchanged as he said, "I will reserve a few bags of food for them, hoping they can survive."

There are too many people in the world to save them all. We've already been here for three or four days, it's time to leave.

Over the past three days, Su Li hadn't only been concerned about this one thing; she had also noticed the changes in the water level outside. So, she asked, "The water level outside seems to have dropped!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Zexuan nodded and said, "It has dropped, which means the floodwaters are receding. We need to hurry on our way before the floodwaters recede and make the most of this time."

Su Li agreed with this, so she nodded and said, "Indeed, if we travel a little further now, we can travel a little less later."

Traveling is hard work, especially when you're only on two legs.

Although drifting downstream with the floodwaters is risky, it's faster and easier, so it's good to travel as far as possible before the floodwaters recede completely.

Time was of the essence, and they would have to spend the rest of the time on the water with little time to rest. So Su Li and Zhao Zexuan didn't chat for long. They packed up and went to bed. When they woke up, it was already the next day.

Since it was impossible to wait until dawn to continue the journey, everyone got up and packed their luggage as soon as it was light.

The bamboo rafts were already lined up and waiting. A group of soldiers had already set off to scout ahead, and those who were still packing their luggage were also speeding up their pace.

The Pei family's boats were no longer usable, and the soldiers were arranging for them to board bamboo rafts one by one. Some of the Pei family's women looked at the simple bamboo rafts in front of them and were somewhat unwilling. They wondered why they were being given such simple bamboo rafts when there were clearly better boats available. They wondered if these bamboo rafts could even carry people and if they would fall apart before they even reached the halfway point.

The women were somewhat unwilling, but before they could show it on their faces or utter a word, a warning voice came from the side.

"Those who want to stay here, feel free to give me attitude. They won't even let you ride the bamboo raft. Let's see what you do then," the Pei family head warned.

Perhaps worried that the warning wasn't strong enough, the head of the Pei family continued, "Don't look at me. I can't control them. What they do is their business, and I can't interfere. You'd better behave yourselves. Whoever gives me attitude will have to stay."

After these words, the Pei family women who had initially had objections instantly suppressed their thoughts, their faces remaining calm, as if they had no intention of disliking the bamboo raft at all.

If the women of the Pei family acted this way, the men of the Pei family naturally dared not object. They were all extremely obedient, following the soldiers' arrangements and taking whichever bamboo raft they were told to take.

Mo Nan, who was watching from the side, naturally noticed the scene and couldn't help but say to Mo Bei, "I thought these people were used to being pampered and that they would cause some trouble, but they are very calm and don't seem to be uncomfortable at all."

"I was thinking that if anyone caused a scene, I could teach them a lesson, but I didn't expect them to not cause any trouble!"

Hearing this, Mo Bei couldn't help but touch his forehead and said, "They've always been so prudent in protecting themselves. How could they possibly do something so stupid? Besides, their family head, Pei, is no pushover. He's incredibly shrewd. How could he let someone else do something so foolish?"

Mo Nan was aware of this, but he was just unwilling to accept it. He couldn't help but say, "They treated the general like that back then, but they still have the nerve to ask the general for protection, and the general actually agreed."

“Of course they will agree. That group has offered a lot of grain, and the general wouldn’t refuse for the sake of grain. Besides, I think the general probably doesn’t care about that marriage agreement anymore, so we don’t need to take it to heart,” Mo Bei said, giving his advice.

Mo Nan then realized what was happening and said, "That's right, the general already has a wife, so why would he care about this? We should pretend we don't know anything about it and not take it to heart. Let them feel embarrassed. I think they must be feeling very bad right now!"

Upon hearing this, Mo Bei nodded and said, "The young master and young lady will be born soon. The Pei family's affairs have long been irrelevant to the general."

Thinking about having a cute little master soon, Mo Nan's mood brightened up, and he said happily, "You're right, I don't want to watch them. I'm going to protect Madam now, and there can't be any mistakes."

Su Li finished packing her luggage and was about to board the ship when she saw Mo Nan walking over excitedly. His excited appearance made Su Li think that Mo Nan had found money while he was out.

Out of curiosity, Su Li couldn't help but stare at Mo Nan's happy face and ask, "Why are you so happy? Did you find money on the street?"

Mo Nan was very happy, but he couldn't say what made him happy, so he smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's nothing, I'm just simply happy. Madam, let me help you onto the boat, it's a bit swaying."

Seeing that Mo Nan was unwilling to talk, Su Li didn't say anything, nodded and let Mo Nan help her onto the boat.

Once everyone is on board, we can continue our journey.

There were so many people that it took a full fifteen minutes just to board the ship. Once Zhao Zexuan and the others were on board, it meant the group could set off again.

As the last ship prepared to leave the shore, a voice suddenly rang out, telling them to wait a moment.

Before the soldiers could even stop the boat, two heavy sacks of grain were thrown onto the last available bamboo raft. All that could be heard was a soft female voice saying, "Thank you for letting us feel your kindness in our final moments."

Upon hearing this, everyone saw a group of neatly dressed women holding hands and jumping into the flood without hesitation.

Before anyone could react, they had all fallen into the water and disappeared in no time.

Everyone on the boat was stunned by this sudden scene, especially the last soldier rowing the bamboo raft. He had witnessed the whole thing and was now looking at the two bags of grain on the raft, somewhat at a loss.