A massive famine! The whole family travels through time together, and with their spatial abilities,

The old doctor hadn't expected this patient to be a scholar, so he began to think more highly of him.

After seeing off the patient in front of him, he looked at the group of people and his expression softened.

"Put the person on the couch." The doctor glanced at the patient and told the family to put the person down.

After reading it, the corner of his mouth twitched.

"Are you making fun of me or testing my strength?!"

"how do I say this?"

Wang Kui was extremely anxious, but he knew he couldn't offend the doctor, so he could only patiently ask questions.

Seeing that the family member's anxious expression seemed genuine, the doctor's expression softened, and he explained, "Your son is just asleep; he doesn't have any symptoms at all. How could it be as serious as you say?"

Wang Kui and Wang Xuewu were both stunned.

"How could this be? My son was clearly kicked hard and vomited a lot of blood on the way. Look at the blood on his face and body. How could we joke like this?"

Wang Kui hurriedly explained, fearing that the doctor's perfunctory explanation would delay his son's treatment.

The doctor also saw the bloodstains on the patient's body and, worried that he had taken the pulse incorrectly, took it again.

But no matter how he looked at it, the result was the same: he couldn't figure out what was wrong with the patient.

“I can see that he is very healthy. If you are not sure, you can go to other clinics to have him checked. Please settle the consultation fee of fifty coins.”

After saying that, the doctor ignored the few people and went on to see the other patients in line.

Seeing this, Wang Xuewu had no choice but to say to his father, "Dad, I don't think this doctor is trying to fool us. Why don't we go to another clinic?"

Wang Kui reluctantly paid the consultation fee and left.

The father and son took turns carrying Wang Xuewen to several medical clinics, but none of them could find anything wrong with him, leaving them completely baffled.

Fortunately, Wang Xuewen woke up within half an hour.

It was obvious to the naked eye that he lacked any energy or spirit.

His appearance was quite different from his usual rosy complexion and energetic state.

This person is clearly quite ill!

But none of the doctors could diagnose the son's illness.

He was anxious but there was nothing he could do.

"Son, do you feel unwell anywhere?" Wang Kui asked anxiously.

Wang Xuewen was completely exhausted and had no energy at all. His eyes were sunken and dark, as if he hadn't slept for ten days.

"Father, I'm so tired, let me sleep a little longer..."

After saying that, Wang Xuewen yawned and then closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

Seeing his son like this, Wang Kui knew there was nothing he could do about it.

After instructing his eldest daughter-in-law to take good care of his son, he hurriedly left the guest room.

The Wang family still needs him to settle down; he can't just look after his own son.

The Wang family has a total of 137 members, but only one-fifth of them can afford to stay in an inn.

The truth is that many inns in the city are now closed, and those that are open are charging several times more than before, which is outrageously expensive.

Even so, there are still prices but no houses available.

The Wang family, who could afford to stay in inns, had to split up several inns before they could barely find a place to stay.

The remaining people could only make do with the night in slums and abandoned temples.

The situation of Zhang Shiwen's family and other villagers with travel permits is similar to that of the Wang family.

However, they entered the city a little earlier and joined Zhang Shiwen's family.

Since they were all neighbors, Zhang Shiwen arranged temporary accommodations for these people well in advance.

Unexpected events still occurred.

Recently, too many people from neighboring townships have entered the county seat.

The excuses on their travel permits were all about leaving Qingyun City to visit relatives, which made it clear that these people were trying to escape.

They've already been targeted by the government.

After the city gates were closed.

Several teams of officials immediately began searching each inn, large and small, along the street.

Besides the villagers of Taohua Village and Baishan Village, many other people from the surrounding areas fled the famine in advance after hearing rumors.

Zhang Shiwen had just settled his neighbors in his vacant house and opened the gate to go outside when he saw several groups of soldiers escorting a number of civilians through the street.

His heart skipped a beat.

"Something bad is about to happen."

He immediately retreated and listened carefully to the sounds outside.

The people made quite a commotion, wailing and begging for mercy from the officials.

"Officer, we are just ordinary citizens, we haven't done anything wrong, why are you arresting us!"

"Yes, officers, we are all honest farmers. Our household registration and travel permits can prove our identities. Why are you still arresting us?"

"Officer, please have mercy and tell us what we've done wrong."

The officials, annoyed by the noise, shouted impatiently, "Don't think we don't know you troublemakers are trying to escape Qingyun City's jurisdiction under some pretext. If you all leave, who will pay taxes to the government!"

"You've all got some nerve trying to escape! You'll regret it!"

Zhang Shiwen's face turned pale upon hearing this.

Unexpectedly, it still attracted the attention of the government.

The city gates are now closed, and they are trapped inside the city with no way to move forward or backward.

Zhang Shiwen immediately returned and informed his neighbors of the situation so that everyone could be prepared.

The house is small and space is limited, so most villagers make do by sleeping on the ground in the courtyard.

They were all stunned when they heard the news.

"What? The government won't let us leave the city? And they're going to arrest us?"

"Is there no justice in this world?! What right do the officials have to arrest people arbitrarily?!"

"God really doesn't give people a way to survive. If we can't survive here, can't we go out and find a way to survive?"

"Oh dear, the county magistrate is trying to trap us here to die! All officials are indeed black-hearted and rotten-necked, not a single one of them is good!"

"Waaaaah, what am I going to do? My whole family is here, are we going to be wiped out by the authorities?"

"Oh, if only I had listened to Scholar Su and walked the mountain path with him, I wouldn't be stuck in the city waiting to be arrested."

Zhang Shiwen also felt uneasy.

Originally, their family of over forty people might not have been noticed by the government when they entered the city.

He didn't expect that hundreds of people would suddenly follow behind him.

The Zhang family was also implicated.

"You should rest well here tonight. After the city gates open tomorrow, we will go back and take the mountain road to meet up with Scholar Su and the others."

"I think as long as we don't go through the south gate, the government should be able to let us go back."

The group had no better options and could only hope that they wouldn't be arrested by the authorities tonight.

The Wang family was not so lucky.

More than thirty people were staying at the inn, including Wang Kui's family.

The officials caught them every time.

Wang Kui never expected that staying at an inn would lead to his arrest, without even a legitimate reason.

Fortunately, the Wang family had two scholars: Wang Kui's son, Wang Xuewen, and a young man from the clan named Wang Liangcai.

"Are you the family members of the scholar?"

When the officers and soldiers saw that there were two scholars among the group, their attitude softened considerably.

Seeing that the title of "scholar" was indeed effective, Wang Kui immediately flattered the official and slipped him a piece of silver.

"Yes, yes, yes, my Wang family has two scholars, and our county magistrate knows that. He often drinks tea and wine with my two scholars."

These officers and soldiers had met Wang Xuewen and Wang Liangcai at the county government office and knew that their identities were genuine.

After thinking about it, I decided not to make things difficult for them.

"Alright, but I advise you not to even think about leaving our jurisdiction. Go home first thing tomorrow morning. If you dare to leave through the south gate, we will definitely arrest you and put you in jail!"

Wang Kui and his group were all dumbfounded when they heard this.

Why won't they let us leave through the south gate?

How could they then flee south to escape the famine?