The sky was cloudless, the scorching sun was high, mercilessly scorching the yellow earth, which had only been flooded for a short time, the air was distorted, the heat wave was rolling, and there was not a trace of wind.

The official road to the south was crowded one after another, and the people fleeing the famine were slow to move and looked numb. Li Ping'an was also numb, and his eyes glanced blankly at the person who had just fallen in front of him, but there was no hesitation in his footsteps.

Seven days had passed since they were stormed by the mob, and in those seven days they had walked out of Huzhou and entered the border of Qizhou, which was next to Huzhou to the south.

Only then did he know that Huzhou, where he had lived for thirteen years, was actually not small, and it took them more than ten days to get out.

He also realized that the scope of the disaster was far greater than he imagined, and they had come all the way, and the scene they saw in Qizhou was no different from what they saw in Huzhou.

There are also several counties passing by, most of the city gates are closed, not to mention the opening of the warehouse to put grain and porridge, there is no chance for people to go in to buy food, and the officials stand on the city wall and loudly drive away the refugees who have gathered outside the city.

These days, there are not a few such refugees who suddenly collapse while walking, and it is not known whether it is caused by lack of water or starvation, and it is not known whether they are in a coma or dying.

If you have relatives, you can still shout twice, confirm that you are dead, drag them to the side of the road and dig a shallow pit and bury them hastily, but some people don't care even if they have relatives, even if it is shallow, it is too physically exhausting.

If there are no relatives, there is really no one to care, and the people in the back see the people in front of them falling, just roll their eyes and glance at them, and then step over or bypass them after a slight pause.

I don't know how many of these people who escaped the flood fell on the way to escape the famine.

Along the way, Li Ping'an has seen too many tragic scenes, in addition to starving to death and sunburning, some died of poisoning by eating poisonous plants, some died of illness after eating rats, snakes and insects, and some were beaten to death because of fighting for a grass root......

They have also been targeted by many hungry refugees, it is useless to hide the food, whether a person has food or not can be seen from the complexion, Li Ping'an and his party, especially the adult men, eat closely to them every day, although the complexion looks bad, but compared with those hungry people with skin and bones, clothes swaying like a deflated rice dumpling, it is simply much better.

But this is a fluttering refugee who will fall down as soon as he pushes it, even if he is only eight years old Fugui, he can fight several of them one by one, how can he be Li Erlin's opponent. Since the last time they killed the mob, they have witnessed Li Erlin's cold-blooded mending behavior, these men are like releasing the demons in their hearts, and they use the most vigorous means to dispel wave after wave of ill-intentioned peeps.

The team finally couldn't stand it anymore, found a shadowy place to stop and rest, moistened the dry lips and throat, Li Ping'an's eyes finally had a hint of color, and a feeling of coming back to life spontaneously.

Xiao Ruyi posted it again, and Li Ping'an took her into his arms in distress despite the heat. If it were usual, he would have pinched the flesh on the little girl's face and teased her a few words, but at this time, Xiao Ruyi has lost a lot of weight, and there is not much meat on his face for a long time.

The little girl wilted, since she was frightened that night, she and many children in the team had a high fever, fortunately there was a doctor in the team, and the medicinal materials brought by Dr. Zhu and the medicinal materials that Li Ping'an bought in Qingfeng County before the flood broke out were used up, so that these children could be cured.

Not all children with fever are fine, and a few of the more serious ones still have sequelae, one is stupid, and a few are deaf and dumb.

But no matter what, even if the father and mother wash their faces with tears, they are still glad that the child survived.

"Mother, how long are we going to walk like this?" Jixiang snuggled up to Chen Dajuan, a look of disgust appeared on the same thin little face, and the originally bright big eyes had long since lost their light.

Everyone is disgusted with this dangerous and tragic escape, Chen Dajuan is no exception, she can't eat enough, she can't sleep well, she wakes up when she is a little troubled, her face is full of exhaustion, and her eyes are full of distress when she looks at the child.

She didn't know how to answer Jixiang's question, before escaping the famine, the farthest place she had been to was only Qingfeng County, and now she has fled to this place, which is the farthest place she has reached in her life.

She only knew that this trip was to Yuezhou in the south, but she didn't have a clear idea of how far it was.

"Walk out of Qizhou, and then pass through a state to Yuezhou, and enter the boundary of Yuezhou, and you will soon arrive." Li Erlin replied.

Ji Xiang glanced at Li Erlin, his body couldn't help but tremble, and he unconsciously squeezed Chen Dajuan again.

Since Li Erlin killed the mob that night, auspiciousness has been like this, and he trembled with fear when he saw his father.

Seeing this, Li Erlin's eyes dimmed, poured another bowl of water and drank it all, wiped his mouth casually, and got up to leave.

Chen Dajuan wanted to say a few words about auspiciousness, but when she saw her scared look, she couldn't say anything, so she could only sigh heavily in her heart and hug auspiciousness to comfort her.

After enough rest, continue on the road, still around the time the sun sets, and when I encounter a fork in the road that can leave the official road, I will walk in decisively. They have rice and can cook gruel to eat, and they can't find a place to settle down next to the official road at will, unless they are willing to go hungry, otherwise when the smell of rice wafts, they will be overwhelmed by countless homeless people.

Settle down, it was still early, Li Ping'an and Zhang Dashan Zhang Xiaoshan brothers accompanied Zhu Erlang to the nearby mountains to collect medicine with weapons, there were not many medicinal materials left in Dr. Zhu's hands, every time he settled down to rest in the past few days, if there was a mountain nearby, he would go for a walk to see if he could find some herbs.

It's just that since the flood occurred, it has been half a month, to say the least, and the refugees who can and can't eat on the hills next to the village have long been gnawed by the refugees who cross the border like locusts, so they have been left empty-handed for several days.

This is the same today, but when Li Ping'an proposed to go back in disappointment as usual, Zhu Erlang objected.

"Now that the sun hasn't all set, let's go up and take a look, there are no more medicinal materials to treat fever in our hands, and if someone has a fever, then there is no way at all."

"I'm fine." Li Ping'an looked at Zhang Dashan, he was self-aware, in comparison, he was good at making money, if Zhang Dashan was there, he still had to take the idea.

Zhang Dashan observed and thought at the same time, and did not waste much time, and quickly agreed to continue walking forward for a distance.

Further on, it was about the same, but the top of the hill was hill to hill, and when they climbed over the first hill to the top of the second mountain, the situation was much better.

Seeing the greenery in front of them, the eyes of the four of them lit up.