My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 152 Street Stooge

"What if they die?"

Chang Mianmian shrugged. “Whatever. Those people up ahead are sorting their luggage. They can’t bring a lot of big items. Uncle, the leaders of those groups want to discuss something with you.”

"What are you going to discuss?" Xin Wenyuan immediately thought it was absurd.

What's there to discuss at a time like this? They obviously want them to help them sell some goods.

Sure enough, not long after, the team leaders came over and told Xin Wenyuan, who immediately waved his hand and refused.

"You can see our current situation. Although there are many vehicles and horses, there are also many people!"

“We old horses are exhausted, but we’re still stubbornly carrying people.” Xin Wenyuan firmly refused the requests made by the team leaders.

Even if the other party offered to spend more rice and grain to help carry some goods, Xin Wenyuan firmly refused.

"No, no, no. We don't even have enough people to carry. Look, there are so many people behind us without carts or horses!" Xin Wenyuan pointed in the direction of the Chang family's bunch of weaklings.

“Look how many people there are! Ah, so many women and children haven’t even gotten on the truck yet. Where’s the space to transport your goods? No way, no way, it’s definitely not going to work. This isn’t just about how much rice and grain we spend.”

Seeing that Xin Wenyuan and his group were adamant in their stance, and after several unsuccessful attempts to persuade them, the other group could only leave dejectedly.

Xin Nian stood outside the crowd and urged them, "Hurry up! This road is so narrow, if you block the way in front, no one behind can get through."

The rest of the team also chimed in with their own chatter, urging them on.

"Yes, brothers, hurry up. Look at the sky now, it's so bright it's blinding, who knows what disasters might follow. We should get to Binzhou City sooner and see what plans we can make."

"Yes, we can't let you affect everyone!"

Several team leaders glared fiercely at Xin Nian and the others through their blindfolds.

One of them, still angry that Xin Wenyuan hadn't helped, said gruffly, "Is it that we don't want to leave? But now the horses have all collapsed. We're in a difficult situation too."

Another person said sarcastically, "If it weren't for someone being so unwilling to help, it wouldn't be so troublesome."

Chang Mianmian snorted, "You guys made a stupid mistake yourselves, and you still have the nerve to blame others?"

"My uncle told everyone to stop and put blindfolds on the cattle and horses. His shouts could be heard for miles around. I don't believe you didn't hear them. But what about the people in the convoy behind us? How come they're alright?"

"It's your own fault for not trusting your uncle and being too lazy to get those strips of cloth. What business is it of ours if you didn't protect the cattle and horses' eyes?"

The sarcastic man was somewhat embarrassed and angry, and wanted to rush forward to teach the quick-witted Chang Mianmian a lesson.

Seeing that the other team leaders ignored him and walked away on their own, he angrily put down his fist and followed them.

Xin Nian glanced at the person, then turned around and saw everyone engrossed in cutting strips of cloth and sewing ribbons. She then pulled Chang Mianmian and strolled to the back.

The two sisters, wearing little red baseball caps, walked briskly, chatting as they went.

"Sister Ling's leg injury is healing quite well. Will she be able to stand up for a while in a couple of days?"

"These past two days, Sister Ling has been giving me free rein, so I haven't had a chance to use my skills."

"Then try your best to advance to level four. Practice controlling the water temperature, turning your water into ice water or hot water..."

Chang Mianmian glanced at her sister expressionlessly, "I'm a million miles away from the fourth tier."

"Practice more when you have time. This is the origin of supernatural arts, so it's expected that you can learn faster here than we do. If you're not fast, it means you haven't been working hard enough, and I remember all of that."

The captain was subtly pressuring them again... Whenever the captain mentioned moving up a rank, she would push the team members to work harder to catch up with her and be on par with her.

"Try your best." Xin Nian patted Chang Mianmian's hand, pulled her to a stop, and stood a short distance away watching the others.

I don't know how those team leaders talked to the convoy behind them, but it seems like they reached an agreement in no time.

Before long, Xin Nian and Chang Mianmian saw more than a dozen strong, adult men carrying sacks of things over and getting them onto the oxcart behind.

Several of the burly men jumped directly onto the oxcart and sat down next to the sacks.

Despite being glared at by the old man driving the cart, he said nonchalantly, "What? Of course we need to leave a few people to guard the goods. What if they get lost? We can't say for sure, can we?"

The old man was furious. "You big, burly young man, are you trying to crush my old ox? Get off now. If you want to keep an eye on your things, just go with the cart. We won't stop you."

The young and middle-aged men were very indignant, "Why should we? We're the ones who pay our share of rice."

"Get off. I only agreed to carry goods, not people." The old man's team leader scolded them with a stern face, and the young men reluctantly jumped off the oxcart.

The old man glared at them fiercely several more times through his blindfold, then patted the old ox's head tenderly.

Farmers all cherish their oxen. This old ox has been with them their whole lives, working hard in ordinary times and even hauling so much cargo when they were fleeing famine.

These young men actually have the nerve to ride in an oxcart? Many women and children in their team aren't even allowed to ride in one.

Xin Nian pulled Chang Mianmian away.

Chang Mianmian muttered under her breath, "Judging from their behavior, they're really not good people. It was the right thing to not associate with them, otherwise we'd be entangled in complicated relationships later, which would be a real hassle."

"Sigh, I see a lot of cart planks and shafts missing ahead, as well as a lot of frame timber. I also saw a stone stove. Let my dad wait a moment, we'll go over there first."

"Once those unlucky guys leave, I'll go and collect all this miscellaneous stuff. We might need it later."

"Mmm." Chang Mianmian nodded her little head. "I'll do whatever you say."

Her sister was a visionary in the past. For example, she would prepare for winter in the summer, and when the cold winter came, she would give several down jackets and down comforters to everyone in the team. She also provided everything from charcoal grills to barbecue grills.

Her sister said that if something is useful, it must be useful; it's always good to have it on hand. In case something happens on the road, there's a spare rack to replace it.

After whispering to each other, the two returned to Xin Wenyuan's side.

Xin Nian whispered to her father for a while, then took Chang Mianmian to watch the convoy ahead.

Chi Jue followed, and Xin Nian glanced at him, "What are you doing here?"

"I came here specifically to check on you because I was worried you might get beaten up."

"I got hit??" Xin Nian almost burst out laughing. "Who dares to hit me?"

"Exactly, why did they hit my sister for no reason?"

Chi Jue glanced at Chang Mianmian and said, "Your sister is taking you around like a street urchin, doing nothing. Everyone else is busy as hell, but you two are just watching the show and making trouble. Those people in the convoy ahead are probably quite annoyed by you."

I just haven't had a chance to beat you up yet!
Chang Mianmian couldn't help but laugh, "Who are you calling a street thug?"

Why are they doing nothing? Aren't they supposed to be scouting enemy positions and ready to raid the enemy's supplies?
As they spoke, the team leaders were urging everyone to move, repeatedly shouting, "Nothing else matters. If you can't take it, just throw it away! Make sure you bring water and food; these are indispensable."

Several people glanced in the direction where the three of them were standing, snorted, and turned away.