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

Chapter 153 Urging
After they had all left for a while, Xin Nian led Chang Mianmian up and picked out some large, usable items. Then she turned around and winked at Chang Mianmian.

The latter nodded and ran back to find Xin Wenyuan, "Uncle, we can go now."

The caravan started moving again, but this time the carriages and horses were moving much faster, making it particularly difficult for the Chang family to keep up.

After resuming their journey, the team rested only once a day, with almost no buildings or other obstructions along the way.

Everyone could clearly see that the roadside weeds and wild vegetables had been completely stripped bare.

Where the convoy had passed, not a single blade of grass was left for those who followed.

Realizing this, every day when the caravan rested, Xin Wenyuan would have Zhang Shifuzhang or the escorts take turns leading people on horseback to dig wild vegetables on a slightly more distant hillside or in the woods.

Everything dug up was stuffed into sacks, and only after Xin Nian checked them one by one and found no abnormalities were they loaded onto the oxcart.

Most of the time, the brothers from Longhu Village would rush to help dig for vegetables.

After traveling for four days with frequent stops, the group finally spotted a teahouse in the distance, only to find it already occupied by the group ahead.

Upon seeing this, the escorts who were leading the way breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Xin Wenyuan, saying, "Fourth Master, we're almost there. At our current speed, it will take us at most half a day to reach Binzhou City."

"Okay." Xin Wenyuan also breathed a long sigh of relief.

I've been resting outdoors every day for the past few days. Lying down with my eyes covered doesn't help; the light keeps shining through the blindfold, which is incredibly uncomfortable.

So later many people started sleeping on their stomachs, and the result was obvious: the ground was bumpy and it was very difficult to sleep on their stomachs, so they didn't sleep well for several days in a row.

Xin Wenyuan glanced at the group of weaklings behind him. They all looked pale and weak, with one foot seemingly stepping into the gates of hell. They had no energy left.

Even finding a dilapidated temple to rest in when you enter the city is better than being exposed to the scorching sun in the wild every day.

After the aurora borealis appears, although there is no direct sunlight, the temperature is much higher than during the polar night.

Xin Wenyuan had a bad feeling; if the temperature continued to rise, extreme heat might be on its way...

Xin Nian took off her hat, wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, and then put her little baseball cap back on.

Everyone was either sitting or lying down by the roadside to rest.

Xin Nian and Chang Mianmian each had a teacup and gulped down half a cup of water.

"What's the temperature now, sis?"

Xin Nian exhaled, took out a ground thermometer, and measured the temperature: "Twenty-nine."

"Mianmian, you need to hurry up and practice. Here, let me give you some more healing power. Work hard."

Seeing her sister's serious expression, Chang Mianmian quickly extended her hand and obediently cooperated, asking with trepidation, "Sister, what are your instructions?"

Xin Nian took two more gulps of water. "I suspect the temperature will continue to rise. You need to advance to level four as soon as possible so you can control the water temperature, create ice water, and freeze water into ice."

Chang Mianmian's round little face was almost twisted into a pretzel!
Sister, aren't you being too demanding of me?

"Your requirements aren't high at all. You can do it, Mianmian. First, you need to build confidence in yourself. You can do it!"

"Mmm, I can do it." Chang Mianmian, with a pained expression, was successfully brainwashed.

Xin Nian took out the square wooden box that the master had given her from her bosom. "Try putting your hand in there."

Chang Mianmian tried it, then exchanged a silent glance with her sister. "No response."

"What about the other one?"

"I've tried them all."

Xin Nian wasn't discouraged. She put away the box and nodded. "It's alright. This stone is not meant for you. I guess the attributes don't match."

"I'll do everything I can to help you advance. I'll transfer all my healing and support energy to you every day. You must reach the fourth rank within a month, no, within twenty days." Looking at her sister's unusually serious face, Chang Mianmian swallowed hard. Even though she was feeling incredibly anxious and uncertain, she still nodded firmly.

"Mianmian."

"Hey, sis, what do you want to say?"

Xin Nian grasped Chang Mianmian's hand and gave it an encouraging squeeze, "You are the team's hope now, we're counting on you."

The temperature is rising now, and Xin Nian isn't just exaggerating or scaring herself.

This is nothing like being at the base. Now, apart from treating Mianmian's ice, there's really no equipment or conditions to help the whole family get through the extreme heat smoothly.

Especially since her space wasn't fully open yet, all the ice blocks and ice makers she had collected before were unusable, so Mianmian had to seize the time to level up.

Twenty-nine degrees Celsius is manageable, but what about forty, fifty, or sixty degrees? Heatstroke is no joke; it can really kill people.

"Sister, I will definitely try my best."

Xin Nian patted her hand.

At this moment, a tall and sturdy man wearing a coarse cloth headscarf walked out of the tea stall.

They went straight to Xin Wenyuan and began to discuss exchanging supplies with him in a very informal manner.

"I see you send people on horseback to dig wild vegetables in the distance every day. Can we trade for two bags?"

What do you want to use for the transaction?

"We can trade you two jars of liquor. Pure, homemade liquor, guaranteed to taste excellent."

"Two jars won't do? We have at least five to seven pounds of wild vegetables in that sack. It took several brothers a long time to dig. At this point, water is more useful than alcohol. As for wild vegetables, the fewer we dig, the less there are. You can see for yourselves, there's no wild vegetables around here, not even weeds have been dug up."

The man with the coarse cloth headscarf looked Xin Wenyuan up and down through his blindfold. "Brother, how much do you want to trade?"

"Twenty jars."

"Brother, it's not good to ask for too much." The man's face darkened, and his gaze was sharp even through his eye patch.

Who is Xin Wenyuan? He's a shameless conman. Can he intimidate people with his mere presence? Absolutely not.

"How can you ask for such an exorbitant price? You can refuse to exchange it. To be honest, in this sweltering heat, everyone's drenched in sweat, who would drink on the street?"

“This wine isn’t a necessity. If you exchange it for us, we’ll have to carry it all the way, taking up unnecessary space.” At this point, Xin Wenyuan seemed to realize that exchanging it wasn’t worthwhile, and waved his hand, “Forget it, forget it, let’s not exchange it…”

"Change it!" the man suddenly declared decisively, turning to order someone to fetch the wine vat.

Soon, several burly men carried over two jars of wine and placed them on the ground.

People in the teahouse were curious, and many got up and came over to watch.

When Xin Wenyuan had two sacks brought over, and they were opened to reveal two sacks full of wild vegetables, the onlookers were all envious.

"Da Chong, this is what we've given you. So many wild vegetables? You need to check carefully, make sure there aren't any gravel at the bottom of your sack, just this layer of wild vegetables on top." The person speaking was one of the team leaders who had previously discussed with Xin Wenyuan about providing some grain for them to haul the goods.

The tall, burly man named Dachong glanced at him, grabbed the two sacks, and left without looking back.

"You don't appreciate kindness." The team leader spat, then glanced sideways at Xin Wenyuan.

Xin Wenyuan raised an eyebrow and gave him a roguish smile.

"Daughter, what should we do with this big vat?" Xin Wenyuan turned his head and winked at his little daughter.

"Let's use smaller jars instead; they'll be easier to load onto the vehicle."