Ah Jiu looked at her mother in a daze, and turned her back to Aunt Li with some embarrassment:

"It does hurt when I press it here."

Ah Jiu pointed to her chest: "But, actually, I understand, so I don't take it seriously."

Cai Lihua looked at her sensible daughter and touched her head:

"As long as you understand, if you come here, you have to tell mother that you must be hygienic in this kind of thing."

Ah Jiu pursed her lips and nodded. She understood that A Niang was talking about Yue Xin, but according to her memory, it was still early.

Meng Shaode happily gulped water into his mouth. This time he didn't feel sorry for his wife and children who were short of water.

If it were more, I would really like to take a bath.

"Would you two drink?" Meng Shaode handed the water bag to Tuoba Yan.

Tuoba Yan waved his hand: "I'm not thirsty, Zhao Kun, are you thirsty?"

"I'm not thirsty either."

As soon as these words came out, Meng Shaode stuffed the gag in boredom and muttered: "Then am I getting old? Why am I so thirsty?"

"Uncle is in good health." Xiao Yanyan's mouth was tingling with honey.

"You kid, you are the only one who can talk."

Meng Shaode found it useful, threw the water bag into the carriage and continued on his way:

"Let's find a secluded place to rest."

"Okay." Cai Lihua in the carriage agreed.

"Drive!" Meng Shaode heard the command, clasped the reins with both hands and flicked the horse forward.

"Actually, I have an idea. From now on, we can travel at night and rest during the day, so that we are not afraid of the heat. What do you think?" Meng Shaode discussed with his wife:

"We have arrived at the border of Nanming. You can see that the two officials I met were so polite, which means there is no war here at all. The public security is definitely better than our Menghua City."

"That makes sense. Our daughter can also have a good sleep after listening to it."

Cai Lihua agreed very much.

Soon it was the hottest noon time, and Meng Shaode drove his carriage into the woods.

But the woods were getting denser and denser, so he suddenly reined in the reins and jumped out of the carriage.

"Uncle Meng, what did you find?"

Tuoba Yan saw his uncle's serious expression and quickly followed him.

"The soil here is much more humid than before."

Meng Shaode saw a few tender green shoots growing out from the roots of these half-dead trees.

As soon as these words came out, Ajiu Niang and Aunt Li got out of the car.

The two children, Iron Hammer and Iron Egg, had not seen greenery for many years, so they pulled it out as soon as they went up:

"Mom, look, it looks good."

The six-year-old Tiedan raised it high to show his mother, while the eight-year-old Tiedan calmed down a bit.

"Mom, I have seen such beautiful leaves when I was a child."

In Ah Jiu's eyes, it's actually sad. There has been a severe drought for three years, and this is the fourth year.

In other words, when Iron Hammer was ignorant at the age of five, he had already seen very few green plants.

Tiedan is only six years old, which means he has never been seen since he can remember.

Tuoba Yan stood up and took two more steps deeper. Suddenly, a cliff appeared at his feet.

No wonder, their journey this time has been going uphill.

Although the dirt road looks flat, it is obviously built on a mountain.

"Master, be careful." Zhao Kun pulled Tuoba Yan.

Ah Jiu stepped forward to take a look. Not to mention, the ground was covered with dead leaves, and it was difficult to find that there was a cliff below.

"Sister Ajiu, don't go forward, be careful of falling."

Tuoba Yan pulled Ajiu behind him.

But at that moment, Ah Jiu's eyes were fixed on the bottom of the valley, which was desolate, but there was a hint of green interspersed among the withered yellow.

"The Li family's wife said it rained once in Nanming City last year."

Meng Shaode finally figured out why.

"Yes, I heard that too, so the further south we go, the less severe the drought will be."

Mao Junlan, the daughter-in-law of the Li family, answered the call.

"I remember the Wu brothers also said this." Cai Lihua added.

There was hope in her eyes. It seemed that life would be better the further south she went, and she looked forward to settling down.

"Then let's have something to eat and have a rest." Meng Shaode's eyes were bright.

He had had enough of being on tenterhooks and wandering all day long. He wanted to live a stable life with his wife, children, and children.

"We can't get to Nanming City in a day or two. The most we can do is go to Liu County outside Nanming City."

Cai Lihua remembers this very clearly.

"It's safe to go to Liu County. Don't you remember the two detective brothers we met?"

Meng Shaode also figured this out along the way. There is no war in Nanming City, so there is no such thing as a refugee army and the capture of strong men.
Chapter completed!