Chapter 124: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 124: Birthday Cake
Not long after, the entire team's carriages couldn't move forward, especially the carriages escorted by Xu Tian and the other bailiffs.
These carriages were transporting all the food for the prisoners, so they couldn't be abandoned. Otherwise, the prisoners wouldn't last long before starving to death.
"Let's push together!"
Xu Tian called on everyone to push the carriages together, but many prisoners were reluctant to exert themselves, questioning why they should.
In response, Xu Tian retorted that the food in these carriages was what they would eat. If they didn't want to eat, then they shouldn't bother to help.
The prisoners didn't expect Xu Tian's attitude to change so drastically. For a moment, they didn't dare to argue and came forward to help push the carriages.
Seeing this scene, Xu Tian felt somewhat helpless. He didn't want to appear fierce, but some people were like that. If you weren't tough, they would think you were easy to bully and would challenge you.
Of course, for other prisoners, he still maintained the same attitude. It was only towards those who liked to stir up trouble that he showed a "tough" side.
"I'll count to three. Let's push together with all our strength!"
With Xu Tian's command, everyone exerted themselves, finally pushing the carriage out. However, just as they moved a step forward, the carriage sank into the snow.
The freshly fallen snow was too soft. Anyone stepping on it would sink, let alone a carriage.
"Keep going!"
The group could only continue pushing, but the snow was too deep. It took the combined effort of four or five people to move the carriage just a meter.
Plop!
At this moment, a man tried to slack off and pushed lightly. However, the others pushed hard, causing the carriage to move suddenly, and the man lost his leverage and fell to the ground.
Fortunately, it was snow, so the man wasn't injured, but he was still very angry and started complaining.
"When will we finish pushing this? We're not even well-fed, how can we have the strength to push the carriage?"
His words resonated with others, and they chimed in agreement.
"Yeah, that's right."
It was obvious that they didn't want to do manual labor because it was too tiring.
"Yeah, Captain, the snow is too deep, the horses are sinking, we can't move at all."
Other bailiffs also spoke up. "Pushing like this is no solution at all!"
"Do you have a better idea?" Xu Tian countered, but the group fell silent.
"Then, let's unload the supplies from the carriage. Each person can carry a portion, which will reduce the weight. Maybe then we can move..."
Before a bailiff could finish, he was interrupted by others. "We can't get so much stuff."
"Let the prisoners carry them!"
"Idiot, what if they hide or eat the food?"
"What's your solution then?"
The bailiffs bickered among themselves, clearly without any good ideas.
"It's getting late. Let's rest for the night and think of another solution tomorrow morning."
Xu Tian made the decision and was about to go find Chen Yuan. However, he realized that as Chen Yuan's disciple now, he couldn't go to him for everything. Would that be fair to Chen Yuan's teachings?
With this in mind, he gave up seeking Chen Yuan's help and decided to figure it out himself.
"Their carriages are also in trouble." Chen Xue's family's carriage was right in front of the bailiffs', so they could see the situation behind them.
"In that case, we can't put our carriage into the space either."
Chen Yuan furrowed his brows. If it were just their carriage, they could pretend to be at the back of the convoy and then hide the carriage. Later, Xu Tian could claim it was lost, and they might get another one from him.
But now, if Xu Tian's carriage couldn't move either, and theirs disappeared, Xu Tian might ask for their help if he found out. Other favors they could assist with, but not this one.
"That's fine."
Chen Yuan shrugged. Even if he had objections, they wouldn't matter much in such trivial matters.
"As you see, my parents have no problem." Chen Xue was happy. Seeing Xiao Die always refusing, she pretended to be angry, "If you still regard me as your mistress, you better listen."
Only then did Xiao Die dare not to argue.
"Afterward, I'll make the cake, and you'll watch and learn how to make it!"
"Will the miss do it herself?" Xiao Die hurriedly said, "Miss, let me do it. Such a trivial matter doesn't require your involvement."
"It's fine. This is my gift to you, so naturally, I'll make it myself."
"Of course, I'll prepare another surprise. After all, a birthday cake is just the basics."
"My birthday is coming up, and Xiao Xue has never made me a cake." Chen Yuan interjected, feeling a little strange.
"You..." Madam Chen pinched him, "Why are you so jealous even of a servant?"
"Dad, Mom, don't worry. When it's your birthday, I'll make a cake for you too."
"That's more like it."
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