After dressing as a superb old woman, I am bound to the power system

The Duan family naturally had no objection to Qiao Lan's order.

There are only a few men in the Duan family, so it's just right to take turns guarding them in the first half of the night and the second half of the night.

At night, everyone in the cave fell asleep, but the small fire at the Duan family's side was still lit, making a loud crackling sound.

Duan Ming stayed up half the night, yawning and sitting by the fire. He estimated that being woken up in the middle of his sleep would be extremely painful, so he might as well go to bed later.

Perhaps the rain had eased a bit at night, and various insects in the mountains and forests could be heard chirping.

Duan Mingjing listened for a while, feeling very nervous and sober. He was still yawning all the time.

On the other side, the small fire beside He Feng's carriage was also lit.

Chen Shu and several guards were patrolling the surroundings. The two convoys were close to each other, and he could clearly hear the yawns next to them.

When I looked at the Duan family, I couldn't help but feel more admiration.

No one in the cave cared about keeping vigil, except for the Duan family, which was considered rare and valuable.

Suddenly he heard a cough from behind, and Chen Shu couldn't help but look back. It must have been too cold at night, and someone was coughing because they caught a cold.

Chen Shu took a few glances, then heard a slight cough in the carriage and came closer to the carriage.

"Master, it's raining heavily. I'm afraid the cave will be flooded tomorrow. I'm afraid of long nights and many dreams..." Chen Shu whispered.

"What are you afraid of? It doesn't matter whether there is that thing or not. Even if outsiders go in, they won't be able to find it." He Feng said calmly.

Chen Shu glanced at the inner wall of the cave again, feeling helpless.

After finally finding the cave, he couldn't get the things inside, which was really heartbreaking and uncomfortable.

Qiao Lan was more worried than Chen Shu.

I'm not worried about the rain, but worried about the eyes of the people around me.

There were quite a few families following their group. I don’t know which family was out of rice or grain today. They gathered in front of their motorcade early in the morning and begged to exchange their items for some grain.

Others bring old people and children with them to kneel down and beg for alms.

"Please, madam! Enjoy the food, the children at home are very hungry."

The Duan family's daughter-in-law was so frightened by the fighting that she no longer dared to cook.

First, they were afraid that they would see the remaining food in the car, and second, with so many people kneeling, they couldn't eat.

I don’t know whose family came first, and others followed suit.

If it were before, Duan Mingjing would still give them the money in his pocket, but today.

"How can we have anything to eat at home? I haven't eaten yet today." Duan Mingjing said.

As for why I can't eat, it's all because of the people in front of me begging for help.

"Is this the trouble you are talking about?" Qiao Lan asked the system.

[The system is very concerned about the situation in front of the host. But the system’s intelligence does not include verifying the nature of the task...]

The system said a lot of unnecessary things, so Qiao Lan simply blocked the system because she was upset after hearing too much.

Qiao Lan is willing to help others only when she is within her own ability.

So many people came to the door of her carriage to ask for food to buy food. Qiao Lan couldn't believe that no one had given any instructions.

"Fellow folks, why are you hanging around my carriage this early in the morning?" Qiao Lan asked, coughing a few words.

"Old lady, please come on! My grandson hasn't had enough to eat for two days! Please give me some food, old lady!" said a woman about the same age as Qiao Lan.

Qiao Lan glanced at her and asked, "What you are wearing is printed colored cloth, right? The shops on the street sell it for hundreds of coins. Since you can afford colored cloth, why do you need to ask me for this?"

An old woman in coarse clothes..."

The old woman probably didn't expect Qiao Lan to say that. She froze in place for a while and said after a long silence, "Madam, if you are willing, I will exchange these clothes for you. I just ask you to give me some food."

Although the woman was wearing printed colored cloth, it had not been washed for several days and looked very dirty.

Even though Qiao Lan hadn't washed herself all the way, she changed her clothes midway and wiped her body with hot water, asking her to change, but she didn't want to.

"Hey! Who can afford to eat now?" Qiao Lan sighed.

If it were a normal time when it was convenient to buy food, she would definitely be willing to share the food in the car with others.

Now her life is precarious. She doesn’t even know if she will be able to return to her hometown in two months. How dare she give the remaining food to others.

"It's hot now, and there are some edible wild fruits in the forest! Why don't you take advantage of the rain to pick wild fruits to eat..." Duan Mingqing said.

He saw a lot of them on the way here, but it was raining at that time and it was not convenient, so he didn't go over there.

Most of the people in this group were adult men and women, with arms and legs. Although some were frail women, they didn't look like they were extremely hungry.

A group of people begged here for a long time, but could not get food from the Duan family, and finally returned to their original place disappointed.

Watching the crowd gradually disperse, Qiao Lan felt a little puzzled.

Why do you come to their house to ask for food? Why don't you go to other people's houses?

But staying with this group of people any longer is not an option, they have to leave.

There are stories in the history books about Yi Zi eating each other during famine. These people were so hungry that they might rob their carriages, and it would be them who would lose.

Qiao Lan called her second son next to her and asked him to talk to Master He next to her and ask if they wanted to leave together.

Duan Mingjing walked around for a while, and the answer he received was just as Qiao Lan imagined, and Mr. He agreed to go with them.

In this way, the Duan family began to pack their things and put out the fire.

The rain had lightened up a lot now, and the road down the mountain was a little steeper than the road up. Although the road was slippery, Duan Mingjing and his party were more careful than ever before.

I carefully walked out of the mountain and went downhill to the road.

Compared to the Duan family's caution, He Feng and his party looked much more relaxed.

He Feng's carriage was driving in front, Duan Mingchen was holding the horse in front, and after taking a look, he finally noticed something.

There are many protrusions on the wheels of Mr. He's carriage, which look like wood.

It’s not easy to make a carriage wheel like this!

Duan Mingchen sighed in his heart and had more guesses about the identity of the group in front of him.

Regardless of whether it is a family of nobles, nobles, or merchants, it is always not comparable to their families.

The road going down the mountain was slippery, so Qiao Lan got into the carriage at the insistence of several children, but the carriage bumped so hard that Qiao Lan had to hold on to the walls of the carriage to keep from being knocked out.

At this time, the importance of seat belts is reflected.

Unfortunately, there were no seat belts, let alone safety seats. Qiao Lan could only ask her children to hold on to the carriage wall tightly, to be careful not to fall out.

The children nodded obediently and pressed against the car wall one by one.

Qiao Lan took advantage of this free time to let the system open the map and show it to her.

The map provided by the system is as simple as ever.

Qiao Lan could see that there were fewer people following them.

From the original team of hundreds of people, it now has 70 or 80 people.

Some people stayed in the carriage, while others turned to other directions.