Eavesdropping on Fu Bao's inner thoughts, emptying the stored grain and fleeing the famine

With the addition of the Liang and Yun families, several employees, and their families, the Lian family's group became a formidable force once again.

The group consisted of more than forty people, including the elderly and children, even more than the Lian family who had come from the Holy City.

And Lian Rongrong has become the true leader of this team.

The procession of over forty people consisted of twenty horse-drawn carriages, with Rongrong having her elder brother buy four before the trip.

The Liang and Yun families each drove six carts, while the other four carts belonged to several employees and the chefs.

Leading so many people on their escape from famine was a first for Lian Rongrong. In fact, Lian Rongrong knew from the beginning that more people meant more trouble.

She simply hadn't expected there to be so much trouble!

Because it was a team that had been put together temporarily, everyone still harbored their own secret thoughts. This was especially true of the Liang and Yun families.

Although the two managers, Liang and Yun, had already made peace because of Lian Rongrong, the Liang and Yun families had a long-standing feud, and their families could not change their attitudes in a short time.

Throughout the journey, either Mrs. Liang complained about the Yun family's boss lady's flirtatious behavior, or the Yun family's butler complained that the Liang family was meddling in other people's business.

Due to various conflicts, the progress of the entire group was greatly slowed down. Although they had horse-drawn carriages for transportation, they had only traveled less than a hundred li in ten days.

Lian Rongrong focused all her attention on resolving the conflicts within the team, neglecting the person most in danger around her.

Wen Hui was most pleased to see Lian Rongrong like this, because in this way, Lian Rongrong would not have time to care about her.

Ever since Wen Hui took over the management of the household affairs, she began to embezzle from those in charge. It was six-year-old Xiao Wu who reminded her of this.

Although Xiao Wu didn't say anything explicitly, she kept reminding Wen Hui that the only person in the family who cared about Wen Hui was Lian's mother.

However, Lian's mother is a heavy patient with illnesses, and if she were to pass away one day, it's unlikely that anyone in the Lian family would be able to stop Lian Rongrong.

At that point, Wenhui would only be kicked out. Therefore, instead of trying to get rich quick and scheme against the entire Lian family, Wenhui should first accumulate some money to secure her escape route.

It must be said that Xiao Wu did give Wen Hui a new idea.

However, back in Liangye City, even Rongrong kept track of the amount of silver she received each month. Even if she managed to secretly save some, it was nothing more than scattered pieces of silver.

But things are different now. The whole team consists of twenty cars and more than forty people. Even Rongrong is so busy with gossip all day that she has no time to pay attention to anything else.

The amount of grain in the Lian family's carriage was so vast that Wenhui would steal some rice and flour and sell it at a high price every time they passed through a place.

After doing this three or five times, the silver I accumulated was more than I had earned in several months in Liangye City.

It is evident that during times of famine, what people lacked most was not silver, but food to survive.

As for whether the supplies in the car would decrease or not be enough for even her family to eat, Wenhui wasn't worried about that at all.

Because she discovered that ever since leaving Kyoto, Lian Rongrong has always been able to find enough supplies.

Wenhui even felt that the amber ring she couldn't control might really contain an inexhaustible treasure.

After traveling for about five more days, the group arrived at Nancheng, a key transportation hub in the Shang Kingdom.

Before they even entered the city, they saw a group of people fleeing in panic from the south of the city.

Lian Yijun stopped a young man, but the young man struggled as if he had gone mad.

"Young man, calm down, we are good people." Lian Yijun restrained the young man's hands, forcing him to calm down.

Perhaps restrained by Lian Yijun's power, the young man gradually calmed down. He looked up at Lian Yijun and then at the people behind her.

Seeing that they were all dressed neatly and cleanly, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Young master, you must run quickly! A plague has broken out in the city, and many, many people have died."

"Plague?" Lian Yijun wanted to ask again, but in the blink of an eye, the young man had already broken free of his grasp and escaped.

Lian Rongrong and her group stood there looking at each other. For them, the word "plague" was undoubtedly associated with death.

The people fled Liangye City in order to survive; no one wanted to turn back and risk their lives in Nancheng.

Therefore, the Liang and Yun families began to consider backing out.

But for Lian Rongrong and her family, Nancheng was an unavoidable route. It was the only way to reach the capital of Shang Kingdom.

Not only Lian Rongrong, but also Ruan Nianzhi. As a doctor, Ruan Nianzhi had no reason to stand by and watch someone die.

Moreover, he is a doctor with a conscience and medical ethics.

At this point, two opposing opinions emerged within the group: one was to detour southeast to a coastal city.

The other option was to enter the southern part of the city and head straight for Kyoto.

There was no room for maneuver for the Lian family, so the question of how to proceed, whether to stay together or separate, became the choice for everyone else.

Ultimately, the Liang family chose to leave the group, while Manager Yun and the others expressed their willingness to continue following Lian Rongrong.

Although she had already decided to enter the southern city, Lian Rongrong felt that she still needed to make thorough preparations before entering.

That night, Lian Rongrong did not rush to let everyone enter the city, but instead set up tents outside the city for everyone to rest.

The tent was something that even family members were familiar with, but it was something that people outside the family found incredibly novel.

However, Lian Rongrong didn't have time to explain so much to them, since her older brother and sister-in-law were already used to cleaning up after her.

Lian Rongrong believed that her elder brother and sister-in-law would eventually find a suitable reason. As for her, she still had much more to prepare.

Lian Rongrong and Fu Bao each had their own tent, which made it very convenient for them to do things.

She activated her consciousness, entered her spatial ring, and then brought out all the masks, gloves, disinfectants, alcohol wipes, antibiotics, and various antiviral drugs from the chain pharmacies in Rongle Supermarket.

After three years of the pandemic, Lian Rongrong knows all these procedures by heart.

However, when Lian Rongrong looked at the medicines and protective equipment that occupied a third of the tent, the problem returned to square one.

How is she supposed to explain the origin of these things? Originally, she only needed to fool her family, but now the Yun family and Ruan Nianzhi are also involved.

When it comes to treating and saving lives, Ruan Nianzhi is a professional. How to make these things sound reasonable is currently Lian Rongrong's biggest headache.

"Mother, don't worry. Just hide it in the ring for now. We can take it out when we get to the city."

Fu Bao's words reminded Lian Rongrong. Yes, in the past, everyone always found it on their own. How come they've completely forgotten this method now?

Lian Rongrong kept the necessary masks and antiviral oral liquid for prevention. Then she put everything else back into the ring.

The next morning, when Lian Rongrong distributed the masks to everyone, it still aroused everyone's curiosity, but with Lin Chuyue and Lian Yijun covering for her, the matter was covered up.

As for the antiviral oral liquid, Lian Rongrong simply mixed it into her morning soup and porridge. In this emergency, she had no better option.