After the parents took the child away, Zhang used the firewood she had picked up to boil water and made a bowl of fried noodles for everyone. The weather was too hot and there was no appetite for anything else. They had to eat a simple meal. After eating, Zhang heated up Yun Yiyi's medicine and watched Yun Yiyi drink it. She checked the wound on Yun Yiyi's head again. The wound healed well and no medicine was needed.

The family chatted for a while, and Zhang asked the children to lie down on the mats and take a nap. Zhang and Yun the butcher, one cleaned up the pots and pans, and the other collected hay to feed the donkey. After finishing their work, the two also lay down to take a nap.

At this time, the campsite was still noisy. Some people hadn't finished their meals yet, while others were chatting after eating. There were also some older children running around and playing. After a while, except for those on duty, everyone else in Yunjia Village went to sleep.

When people are extremely tired, they can fall asleep no matter what kind of environment they are in. In fact, at this time, lying on the mat to sleep, in addition to being hot, the ground is also hard. Not to mention the flying mosquitoes that may bite you at any time. Everyone in Yunjia Village was tired and sleepy, and didn't care about these. The woods suddenly became quiet, with only high and low snoring sounds.

After sleeping for more than an hour, she heard the sound of the village chief beating the gong. Yun Yiyi rubbed her eyes and sat up slowly. She found that almost everyone was up, except for some children who were still sleeping.

"Yiyi, lie down and sleep for a while. I'll go see if the village chief has anything to tell you." Yun the butcher said as he asked Zhang to fan the children and let them sleep a little longer. Hearing this, Yun Yiyi fell asleep again.

When Yun Yiyi woke up again, she found herself lying on a donkey cart, with the three children who had taken the cart in the morning beside her. She stretched her head to look outside and saw that it was her second brother Yun who was driving the cart, and her third brother Yun was following the donkey cart. She jumped off the donkey cart and walked forward with her second brother Yun.

"Yiyi, you're awake, come to mother." When Yun Yiyi came to Zhang's side, Zhang poured out bowls of medicine from the earthenware jar and handed them to Yun Yiyi for her to drink. "Mom, I already drank the medicine after dinner, and I don't want to drink it now." Yun Yiyi frowned and said in resistance.

"Yiyi, this is medicine for heatstroke. Uncle Wu made it and gave each child in the village a bowl. It's already cooled down, drink it quickly." Zhang said. It turned out that at noon, several children in the village had heatstroke, so the village doctor Uncle Wu made a pot of medicine for heatstroke and gave each child in the village a bowl.

"Uncle Wu didn't charge any money, he gave the drinks to the children in the village for free. He is such a kind-hearted person," Zhang said with emotion.

Yun Yiyi held her breath and drank the medicine in one breath. Zhang took the bowl and put it on the donkey cart. When she came back, she handed Yun Yiyi a handful of fried peanuts to help her suppress the taste of the medicine in her mouth. Yun Yiyi gave Yun the butcher and Zhang a peanut each. She quickly stepped forward and stuffed a peanut into each of the three Yun brothers. There was only one peanut left, so she threw it into her mouth and ate it. It was crispy and fragrant. "You kid, I told you to eat it, but you shared it with us." Zhang said with a smile.

"That's because Yiyi is filial to us and thinks of us." Yun the butcher said with relief.

"Yiyi, when we get to a place where there is no drought, we will catch fish, catch birds, and pick raspberries for you to eat." Brother Yun San also said excitedly.

"Third brother, I'll be waiting."

"I'll take you with me when the time comes, but you can't go into the water." Brother Yun said.

"Yiyi, big brother can catch eels and let mom stir-fry them for you. The eels stir-fried by mom are fragrant and delicious. Just thinking about it makes me drool." Big brother Yun also expressed his opinion.

"Brother, take us with you when the time comes." Brother Yun San shouted.

“Okay, I’ll take you with me, but don’t be afraid if you encounter a snake.

"We are not afraid, big brother." Yun Er Ge and Yun San Ge said in unison. After that, you looked at me, I looked at you, and laughed.

"Dad, when can we get to a place where there is no drought?"

"I heard from Mr. Li that the drought in the two neighboring states is much less severe than ours, so they probably don't have a water shortage. Mainly, they are all next to a big river, so it is convenient to use water." Yun the Butcher explained to Yun Yiyi.

"Dad, are we going to the provincial capital now?"

"Yes, Yiyi. Li Xiucai's teacher told him that it is best to go to Yunzhou to escape famine. Yunzhou accepts refugees, and I heard that the government also distributes land to refugees for free, and the tax is not high. There is also the Xie family army there, and it is safe." Yun the butcher explained Li Xiucai's words to everyone. Now everyone understands why they must go to Yunzhou to escape famine.

"Master, it seems that Yunzhou is a good place to settle down." Zhang said with emotion.

"Li Xiucai's teacher was very knowledgeable and taught many students. It is said that it was his students in Kyoto who wrote to him specifically, asking him to flee the famine as soon as possible. Li Xiucai then told the news to his other students, asking them to make preparations early." Yun the Butcher went on to explain.

"People who are well-educated know a lot. People like us who are illiterate have no way of knowing these things." Zhang said admiringly.

Hearing this, Yun Yiyi suddenly thought that she seemed to have become illiterate because she did not know the characters of this dynasty. Yun the butcher was the only one in the family who went to school for a few years when he was young. He knew all the commonly used characters. The three brothers of the Yun family also learned some simple characters from Yun the butcher. In the end, only Yun Yiyi could not read.

Think about it, before the end of the world, Yun Yiyi was still a college student, but now she has become illiterate. The contrast is really great. It seems that I have to find a way to learn more characters. Yun Yiyi silently thought that when she settled down in the future, she would have to put literacy on the agenda.

The team from Yunjia Village was moving very fast, surpassing waves of refugees. This was also related to the fact that the villagers of Yunjia Village were not short of water or food. The Yunjia Village fled the famine late and were full of energy. Many of the refugees on the official road were as thin as bamboo poles, with clothes hanging on their bodies. In the absence of water and food, their speed was definitely not fast.

There were also some refugees who looked healthy and tough. They were usually from the same village as Yunjia Village, or from a large family. The people around them were all young and strong, carrying weapons, so people were afraid to approach. Such teams were very fast. Now everyone was speeding up to get to the city as soon as possible.

After rushing for a while in Yunjia Village, there were fewer refugees on the official road, and only a few scattered refugees were left on the open space beside the official road. The village chief asked everyone to stop and rest for a while, to relax a little. Everyone relaxed at once, and the team became lively. Some took their children to the bushes to relieve themselves, some sat on the ground, and some set up pots to boil water.

Yun the butcher also spread a mat on the ground and sat on it to drink water and rest. There were many refugees just now, and everyone was very nervous. Now there are fewer refugees, and they will not pose a threat to everyone. Finally, everyone can take a good breath.

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