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

Chapter 19 You still want to live off a woman?
"What a heartless bastard, he takes whatever he's offered and never refuses anything," Xie Ninglan muttered indignantly.

Xin Nian didn't care. "It's normal procedure. If the eldest sister wants to stay, she has to give something in return. What, you expect the old lady to ride a horse? The old lady can't ride one."

Xie Ninglan was speechless, and secretly glanced at her daughter, "What country are you from?"

Xin Nian chuckled, "Alright, alright, don't be upset. I'll give you some more healing power. You should hurry up and practice. Try to break through to the next level today. Once you reach the next level, your physique will also improve, and traveling will become easier every day."

Xie Ninglan raised her eyebrows. "Thank you for your kind words."

The mother and daughter began absorbing and circulating their supernatural abilities to travel, ignoring the mournful, sighing cries around them.

Crying won't help; the Great Wall has long since collapsed. It's better to save your energy and keep going.

After the sun started to shine, everyone walked under the blazing sun. Some cried until they were dizzy and collapsed, and then had to be dragged along the way.

If you drag it out every day, your skin will be chafed raw and torn. Forget about making it all the way to the place of exile; you'll probably be dead by tomorrow.

It's only the second day, and they haven't even taken the first step of this long march...

Xin Wenyuan glanced back at his wife and daughter, and seeing that they were walking with their heads down and looking unharmed, he felt a little relieved.

Turning to Mu Zhong beside him, she exchanged pleasantries, "Zhong, it's all thanks to you carrying Mo Chen all this way. Don't worry, once Mo Chen wakes up, I'll make sure he repays you properly."

“How rare.” Xin Wen’an, carrying the shackles, followed not far behind him. Hearing this, he chuckled, “If the father doesn’t repay the debt, he has to let Sanlang wake up and repay it himself.”

Xin Wenyuan glanced at him. "What, you have a problem with that?"

This third brother is totally crazy; I couldn't stand the sight of him the whole way. It's ridiculous, he didn't even dig up his family's ancestral graves, why is he being so argumentative?

"I have a problem with you! Fourth brother, you've become outrageous. At least you had some sense of propriety before, but now you're becoming more and more unruly."

"You should at least learn from the eldest son's wife. If you had taught Nian'er to be even half as much as Qing'er, you wouldn't be so troublesome."

Xin Wenyuan was displeased upon hearing this. He was a complete doting father to his daughter, and he would beat anyone who dared to say anything bad about her.

Without saying a word, he punched Xin Wen'an across the face. "Who are you calling annoying? I think you're the annoying one. You're just bored if you don't cause trouble every day, aren't you?"

"Whether my daughter is good or not is none of your business to judge. Who do you think you are? You're just some lousy third uncle, yet you're making such a big deal out of it! I, as her father, haven't said a single bad word about her, so what right do you have to say that!"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Mu Zhong quickly stepped forward with Xin Mochen on his back to stop them, saying, "Third Master, Fourth Master, don't fight. Be careful not to attract the guards, or you'll get another beating."

Xin Wen'an, who was about to retaliate, quickly withdrew his hand, covered his face, and muttered after hearing Mu Zhong's words, "I think you've really gone mad!"

"You're the one who's crazy, shameless. All you've got is for the eldest son's family to give you food and water pouches, while we haven't given you anything. Are you upset about that?"

"What? My wife owes you something? I can raise my mother on my own, living off her, and now I have to drag you all along as burdens? You're not ashamed, I'm ashamed for you. Xin Wen'an, what are you thinking? Now you don't say it's uncivilized! Do you want to keep living off her?"

"You're not without a wife, if you want to eat, find one yourself! Why are you always begging other people's wives for a free meal?"

Xin Wen'an was so angry he almost vomited blood. He staggered and raised the shackles to smash them into Xin Wenyuan's face.

He's going to tear that mouth of the fourth brother apart!
The old lady saw it from a distance, felt flustered and breathless, and shouted. She patted Zhao Xun, who was carrying her on her back, signaling her to come forward quickly.

"Stop it!"

Zhao Xun was very obedient, perhaps because she herself was also eager to see the show. She carried the old lady and quickly reached Xin Wen'an and Xin Wenyuan's side. "Haven't you made enough of a fool of yourself? Once we bring them over and they get whipped, they'll all behave."

The old lady was so angry that her head was throbbing, and she didn't dare to look at the people around her who were watching the spectacle with amusement.

"You have no shame, but this old woman still has a sense of shame."

"Hey, Mother, don't talk nonsense. The one who's truly shameless is the third son!" Xin Wenyuan quickly raised his hand to defend himself. "I've never even considered having his wife bring me food. Why would he be interested in my wife and daughter?"

Xin Wen'an's face turned bright red, and he trembled as he raised the shackles in his hands, intending to smash Xin Wenyuan to death.

The old lady was so angry that her chest hurt. She clutched her heart and shouted, "Shut up, all of you!"

The fourth brother has always been a reckless person, but he's been particularly unreliable these past two days, speaking and acting entirely on his own whims without any regard for the occasion!

"Third brother, say less." Madam Yu's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Xin Wen'an's heart. He had just called out "Mother" in his rebuttal.

The old lady waved her hand at him, "Don't always think about the little bit of money your fourth son's wife has. There are many people in their family, some sick and some young, it's not easy for them either."

Seeing her husband's discomfiture, Zhuang Shi hurriedly dragged the other chained men forward, saying, "Mother, what are you saying? How could we possibly covet Fourth Brother's wife's things? It's all Fourth Uncle's misunderstanding; we didn't have anything to do with them."

"There is no best." The old lady knew her third daughter-in-law's character well and didn't bother to say anything to her.

“The journey is already so difficult, a family should unite instead of fighting amongst themselves. Everyone calm down and keep going, no more nonsense.”

“Mother, I’m not trying to criticize you. But at a time like this, don’t try to smooth things over. For the team to be united, the first thing we need to do is get rid of the parasites. Those little bastards who keep jumping out and messing with other men’s wives and daughters, you should slap them a few times to show them what’s what. If you don’t teach them a lesson now, it will be hard to get rid of them.”

Seeing that the third son and his wife were about to lose their temper again, the old lady glared at her fourth son and said, "Stop talking nonsense and let's get going."

Xin Wenyuan rolled his eyes, picked up the shackles, and turned to leave.

The orphans and widows of the main branch of the family exchanged bewildered glances.

Xin Wanqing held her mother Nie's hand and whispered, "Mother, don't you think Fourth Uncle has changed a lot?"

Madam Nie patted her hand, "Don't meddle in the affairs of the third and fourth wives."

Xin Nian and her mother had no idea that there had been a commotion ahead. They focused on their training and cleared their minds the whole way, ignoring everyone else.

These escorts were very experienced in transporting prisoners back and forth, and were very familiar with the water sources, forests, and hillsides along the way.

Therefore, before sunset, the group found a place to rest by a stream, led by the escorts.

Everyone was like a monkey that had just crossed a fiery mountain, sprawled out on the ground, not wanting to move at all.

Many of the convicts hadn't had a drop of water since yesterday, and when they saw the stream, their eyes turned red. They scrambled over and plunged into the water, gulping it down.

Xin Nian looked disgusted. "Give me your water pouches, I'm going to fill them up upstream."

The camp, which housed over two hundred people, was set up over a relatively large area. Guards were stationed on both sides of the stream to prevent escape.

(End of this chapter)