Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

"Your Highness, what exactly is the situation in the back mountain? Has it gotten this serious? There are so many people in our village, and if we evacuate in a short time, we have nowhere to go."

Compared to the panic of the others, Xiao Ergou appeared somewhat composed.

Ji Yunshu gave him an approving look.

Zhang Lizheng had told her about this little dog.

Xiao Ergou is young, and among the younger generation in the village, he is considered quite capable. He usually leads the younger generation to do things that the older people can't do.

Everyone trusted him, and if Zhang Lizheng stepped down, the next Lizheng might be Xiao Ergou.

Compared to the others, he was noticeably calmer and no longer had the same honest and simple demeanor as before.

It's just that the name is really hard to hear.

"This is indeed true, and the situation is much more serious than we are talking about now. When we and Zhang Lizheng crossed the river there, we almost couldn't come back. The river was full of sand and gravel, and the water that overflowed the riverbank was also full of sand and gravel."

You probably know better than I what kind of soil that mountain behind is made of. With such heavy rain, the possibility of an accident is very high.

Don't think that just because something didn't happen before, it won't happen now. There has never been such heavy rain before, and your houses were never completely flooded, but it happened this year.

Moreover, we don't know how long this rain will last. If it continues like this, are you sure this village is really safe?

"I know you've lived here for decades and don't want to leave the place where you have roots, but you also have to consider everyone's safety. If you're dead, what's the point of thinking about so many things? Even if you don't care about your own lives, you should think about your descendants. The outside world is so big. You've lived for decades, but their lives have just begun."

That's all I have to say. The rest is up to you. But one thing is certain: this village is no longer safe to stay in. Everyone must evacuate by tomorrow morning at the latest. That's all I have to say. The rest is up to you to decide.

After saying that, she didn't linger.

This gave Zhang Lizheng time to discuss the matter with the villagers.

She spoke so earnestly, but she didn't know if the villagers had listened.

That's all she can do—try her best to persuade them, and save as many as she can.

As soon as she left, everyone was in an uproar. In the main room, everyone was talking at once, and their words were quite heated, with all sorts of opinions being expressed.

Fortunately, everyone knows that this is for their own good. Despite the arguments, most of them just don't want to leave.

Zhang Lizheng and Old Zhao were still trying to persuade him patiently.

After Ji Yunshu left, she didn't care what the others had discussed. Regardless of whether the others left or not, she and the people from the Prince's Mansion wanted to leave as soon as possible.

However, what annoyed her was that it was the middle of the night, there was no light in the sky, and it was raining. It was really not a good time to leave.

But the village was at risk of being buried at any moment, and she couldn't take such a big risk and stay here with everyone.

We can only lead everyone on the road first and see how things go.

When she went outside, Xie Lin, Xie Mohuan, and the others had already packed their things and were ready to set off. However, Xie Moyao was still lying on the bed inside. Ji Yunshu hadn't said when they would depart, so they waited where they were.

After a day and a night of this, they were all exhausted. If it weren't for Ji Yunshu constantly replenishing their strength with the spiritual spring water, they would have given up long ago. Even so, the old princess and Li were also struggling to keep up with the immense energy and physical exertion.

Even the little dumpling was crying loudly. Xie Mohuan held the little dumpling in her arms and tried to soothe her, but no matter what she did, the little dumpling continued to cry. Ji Yunshu stepped forward and took the little dumpling from Xie Mohuan's arms.

"Little sister, what's wrong with Xiaotuanzi? Is she hungry?"

Xie Mohuan looked tired and shook his head.

"Third sister-in-law, I don't know either. We've been trying to soothe her for a long time, but she just keeps crying. Eldest sister-in-law has already fed her milk, and we've also made her some of the formula you gave her. Before, she would always fall asleep peacefully after drinking the formula. But today, I don't know why, she just keeps crying at the top of her lungs. Maybe it's because of the weather."

It's also possible that they've been through too much hardship on their journey. They originally wanted to reach the Northwest as soon as possible to settle down, but now that the weather is so bad, they don't know when they'll arrive.

It's just a pity for the little dumpling, born on the road, accompanying them through their turbulent journey.

Ji Yunshu took the small dumpling and gently coaxed it in her hand.

The little dumpling seemed to recognize her; upon seeing her, it grinned twice.

Soft and cute, it looks especially adorable.

"Wow, our little dumpling is so good! Don't cry, don't cry. We are little men."

Ji Yunshu poked his cheek, and he moved it a couple of times. At first, the little dumpling could still gesticulate and mutter a few words to her, but after a while, he became impatient, scratching his face desperately, grabbing Ji Yunshu's collar with one hand, and started crying loudly again.

Ji Yunshu's lips twitched. Everyone says that this little baby can't take praise, and it's true!

She praised him once, then started crying again.

Seeing him crying so sadly, Ji Yunshu felt a pang of sympathy. She turned her back to everyone, took some spiritual spring water from her spatial storage, filled a baby bottle with it, and fed it to him. After drinking the spiritual spring water, the little dumpling calmed down for a while, but as soon as the bottle was removed, his mouth started to pout again.

Ji Yunshu was helpless, but she didn't give him any more. Although the spiritual spring water was good, Xiao Tuanzi was still small and couldn't drink too much at once.

Seeing that the little dumpling was about to cry again with a pout, Ji Yunshu quickly put the bottle back in her space and took a pacifier from the baby section of the store.

I opened the packaging bag, rinsed it in the air, and put it into the little dumpling's mouth.

At first, the little dumpling didn't know how to suck it, but after Ji Yunshu taught him for a while, he learned how.

With her little mouth agape, she kept sucking on the pacifier.

He suckled at her breast while looking at Ji Yunshu with a smile in his eyes, as if he were thanking her for what she had given him.

Ji Yunshu was both amused and exasperated, and gently patted the little dumpling's bottom.

"This little guy is really clever. Luckily, I have this pacifier in my storage space. Otherwise, how long would you have cried?"

She held the little dumpling and coaxed it for a while. Before long, the little dumpling fell asleep with a pacifier in its mouth.

She gently took out the pacifier, then took an elastic band, tied one end of the elastic band to the little dumpling's clothes, and the other end to the pacifier.