Chapter 315

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Half a month later, the official notification list came down; Shen Yao and Wei Mingyu successfully made the cut through their own abilities. Although Wei Minzhi's path in the Animal Husbandry Garden wasn't smooth, she picked up a bargain on the side — filling a suddenly vacated slot — and was confirmed for the list.

In this way, the whole Wei family could leave with this transfer.

Upon receiving the news, none was happier than the anxious Wei Minzhi; she truly wept for joy, especially since the list didn't include that annoying Zheng Cheng!

Good heavens! She'd had bad luck for years, and finally got a good outcome.

Zheng Cheng was like a fly, buzzing around her nonstop, harassing her; even though Wei Minzhi made things perfectly clear, she still couldn't stop Zheng Cheng's desire to relive the old dream.

Thank goodness, thank goodness — the officials aren't stupid; Zheng Cheng was screened out for some reason, and once she reaches the new place, shedding this burden Zheng Cheng will let her live a normal life.

"Don't get happy too early; hurry up and pack. Departure is set for five days from now, and there's still a lot to handle."

Shen Yao patted Wei Minzhi's shoulder with amusement, thinking this child was celebrating a bit too early.

At the very least, they had to wait until they arrived at the destination to breathe easy; at no other time could they afford to be careless.

Wei Minzhi nodded to show she'd taken the lesson, hummed cheerfully, turned around, and dove straight into her room to pack luggage.

Take everything that can be taken; otherwise, spending money to rebuy is one thing, but it would also draw attention to their family assets — all kinds of trouble could happen on the road, and some things must be guarded against in advance.

"Clothes, bedding — none of it can be left behind." Also those books they'd read; take the useful ones, and give the ones they can't carry to colleagues they're on good terms with.

Sometimes, doing favors is a tactic; Wei Minzhi used to disdain doing such things, but now she's learned it crystal clear.

Besides, their family most likely won't return to Rimu City, but that doesn't mean Rimu City's people won't see great development; in the future they might advance further and come settle in the city where the Wei family resides.

Leave a way out in how you treat people, so you can meet again later.

Shen Yao and Wei Mingyu always arranged things this way routinely; Wei Minzhi copied them, mastering these tactics skillfully, and now employs them without the slightest hesitation.

"This, this, and that..." Wei Minzhi muttered to herself as she packed, busy for several days before finishing the job.

Fortunately her luggage was already packed, and the social calls that needed making were mostly done; watching her family carry the luggage away and load it onto the vehicles, Wei Minzhi hurriedly quickened her small steps to catch up.

The family's two vehicles now had their use — not only to hold the luggage they were taking, but also for the daily journey.

The official escort merely arranges personnel for protection; as for transportation, they have to prepare it entirely on their own.

Of course, those with a lot of household goods can put them on the official freight trucks for unified transport, just needing to pay a certain quantity of compensation.

Shen Yao and Wei Mingyu had sent off everything they wouldn't need temporarily right from the start of preparations — even some fairly important furniture wasn't discarded.

As for the several houses left behind, they sold all but one kept as a pied-à-terre.

The pied-à-terre is currently listed with the official rental department for rent; anyway, Rimu City has a huge population, and which rich family doesn't like living spaciously — there's absolutely no worry about renting it out.

"Get in the car quick; let's head to the assembly point first. We're leaving."

The officials won't deliberately wait for anyone; if you're late, you're out — even though these people all count as technical workers.

Shen Yao stretched out a hand to call out, then got in the car first and settled in.

As for the three little ones, they'd already climbed into the back seat; Wei Father and Wei Mother each got into their respective vehicles, checking the large and small luggage they were taking while looking after the three children.

The cars were driven by Shen Yao and Wei Mingyu respectively; Wei Minzhi and Wei Father can also drive, but they were both assigned the second-driver position — for this first leg out of Rimu City, they only had to sit in the passenger seat and help watch the road.

"Sister-in-law, we'll be driving for a month; by the time we reach the Southwest Highlands it'll be July, right?"

Wei Minzhi fastened her seatbelt, looking extremely spirited and lively.

Shen Yao watched the road while replying, "Yes, July will be hot; this journey won't be easy, so we need to be mentally prepared."

Shen Yao gave the adults a preventive inoculation first; although there are many heat-avoidance measures nowadays, traveling in high temperatures is still hard to endure.

This departure timing worked out well — we have to go now; otherwise, per the official plan, they intended to set off in September.

By September the weather would've turned cold, even rain and snow; not to mention encountering all sorts of natural disasters on the road.

Better to hit the road in June; although it's hot, at least it saves worry.

Wei Minzhi hummed in agreement; behind her, Wei Chengning leaned in Wei Mother's arms, her mouth constantly moving — one look and you knew she was eating something.

Wei Mother softly reminded Wei Chengning to eat slowly, no one's snatching it from her, but she must absolutely not choke herself.

Wei Chengning giggled, her pretty fair little hand taking out a small snack and offering it to Wei Mother's mouth, not stopping there but also feeding a little each to Shen Yao and Wei Minzhi.

"Eat it yourself; later on the journey you'll sleep a bit, so don't be a handful."

Shen Yao glanced at her own well-behaved little darling, her hands on the steering wheel swaying left and right.

The road ahead was no longer flat; their assembly point was in the Rimu City suburbs, and driving there would take an hour.

Thank goodness they'd gotten up early today; the family didn't delay on the road and managed to insert themselves into the lineup just as people were arriving.

The vehicle fleet was very long; choosing the front or the back wasn't a good position — rather, the middle, neither up nor down, meant that dangers that weren't too major wouldn't affect them.

Shen Yao's family now stayed in the middle section, with other people on both sides; just because they weren't very familiar, they exchanged a couple of polite pleasantries and then directly dropped it.

"Get in, get in, everyone get ready; the fleet departs in half an hour, no stops in between..."

Staff members with loudspeakers kept walking back and forth in front of the long line of vehicles, conveniently reciting the rules they'd set down.

As for those who don't follow the rules and act on their own, causing their own losses — that has nothing whatsoever to do with the officials.

The icy notification paired with ruthless methods made the originally clamorous crowd slowly quiet down.

Wei Minzhi, who'd gone out to chat, returned and hurriedly hugged Wei Chengning into the car.

Wei Mother didn't chat either; instead, she separately set aside clear water and biscuits and candies to fill the belly, so they'd be convenient to take out and consume on the road.

Shen Yao got in last; she needed to discuss a few other things with Wei Mingyu.

Just as she opened the car door and sat down, Wei Minzhi leaned over, carefully probing. As expected, it was about Zheng Cheng who kept pestering her.

Zheng Cheng had previously sworn he'd go the same route as them; now he wasn't on the list, and she hadn't run into him at the assembly either. Wei Minzhi barely suppressed her excited emotions and brought the topic to her sister-in-law.

Shen Yao smiled, "Him? He's always done well at the Planting Garden; the Leader was reluctant to let him go."

Zheng Cheng was ultimately eliminated; it wasn't that he hadn't tried other connections, but Shen Yao had an advantage, and Zheng Cheng couldn't compete with her.

His chance to leave was ruthlessly ruined, so Zheng Cheng could only stay in Rimu City to work and live.

After hearing this, Wei Minzhi pursed her lips, doing her best to avoid showing a gloating smile, saying aloud that the other party indeed shouldn't leave, while celebrating in her heart that she had finally gotten rid of a major trouble.

Hmph, given the other party's temper, staying would definitely not end well.

After so many years of grievances, she could finally find a way to vent, and from now on she wouldn't keep obsessing over it.

The cheerful Wei Minzhi was like a little bird with wings flying everywhere; after a day's journey, everyone else was exhausted, but she could still hop and jump around.

Wei Minzhi naturally took charge of household matters, including but not limited to dinner and miscellaneous affairs.

Since they were camping in the wild ridge, the big shots weren't particular; they just cleared a space for tents, locked their transportation to prevent theft, and the food was simple ready-to-eat items like instant noodles, eggs, and ham.

Because Wei Minzhi took action, the others at home rarely had time to rest.

Shen Yao took this opportunity to hurry to the front temporary office to ask about route arrangements, and when she returned, she had someone gather some rain gear.

Although the natural disaster hadn't arrived yet, they passed through a patch of woods where rain dripped constantly; if they wanted to go, they had to pass through those woods, and rain gear was needed to prevent illness from getting chilled.

Hearing this, Wei's mother pointed to the vehicle outside and said, "They're all in the luggage; take them out and share them."

There were more raincoats, and it's more convenient for adults to wear them while holding children.

Wei Mingyu walked over holding a bowl of hot noodles, "Eat while it's hot; tomorrow starting a fire will be difficult, so we can only eat some biscuits to fill our bellies."

The place they're going tomorrow is mostly muddy woods full of insects; children have delicate skin, so they need to prepare long pants, long sleeves, and various ointments.

"In the medicine box; you and Dad still need to take care of Chengyan and Chengen, otherwise let Minzhi go sit over there?" Wei Mingyu's vehicle carried a lot of things, and the space for people wasn't sufficient.

"No need; Minzhi staying in your car can take care of Chengning and Mom, I can handle this side."

Wei Mingyu refused; he was an adult man, how could he really be a good-for-nothing.

The two discussed the surroundings again, confirmed safety and no need for night watch for now, and after the family hurriedly ate their fill, they lay down to sleep.

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After one night passed, Shen Yao opened her eyes to see the gray tent ceiling. She got up to wash her face to wake herself up, and cooperated with Wei's mother and Wei's father, who had already gotten up, to cook the meal.

Wei Mingyu was responsible for dismantling and packing the tent, while Wei Minzhi took care of the three children.

Only after eating breakfast did the staff bring a speaker to notify them to hit the road; those who were lazy and unprepared were still hungry.

Voices of complaining about heaven and earth spread; they, who had long been used to a good life, seemed to have forgotten their earlier days, and couldn't stop complaining.

Shen Yao realized something was wrong, quickly signaled the family members to pack up and get in the car, and took the opportunity to inch the car forward to avoid this troublesome area.

As expected, Shen Yao avoided it just right; when the chaos started, it didn't affect them.

Listening to the shouting behind them, Shen Yao had Wei Minzhi send Wei Mingyu a message; they would move the car forward first, and when they hit the road later, the people behind would definitely cause congestion.

After Wei Minzhi finished contacting them with the satellite phone, the car beneath her had already sped away.

After bypassing other vehicles blocking the way until there was no more space to move, Shen Yao then stepped on the brake and quietly waited for the line ahead to start moving.

Seeing the car stop, Wei Minzhi turned her head to look outside through the window.

Other vehicles had already squeezed in around them, making the already narrow site crowded; especially since they were far from the trouble spot behind, they couldn't hear anything.

Oh dear

Wei Minzhi sighed; she even wanted to get out of the car and go watch the spectacle.

"Alright, be quiet now; causing trouble at this time, be careful of being left behind."

Wei's mother reminded Wei Minzhi not to be too high-profile; they were just ordinary people.

Wei Minzhi made agreeing noises, her hand touching Wei Chengning held in Wei's mother's arms, "How dare I cause trouble; as for those people," simply ignorant of death, crazily bouncing in the lightning zone.

Wei Minzhi spoke up to complain for herself; she pointed to the outside where faint sounds were drifting, trying to get her own mother to wake up quickly, this had nothing to do with her.

Wei's mother:...

Wei's mother rolled her eyes, "If you don't cause trouble, what are you afraid of?"

"Those people," Wei's mother turned her head to look, "we don't care about them; they should be leaving soon."

They couldn't drag on here for too long; they weren't people out for a leisurely stroll; the most important thing for hitting the road was time, and reaching the destination within the set time was the primary duty of the official escort team.

Wei's mother's words gained Shen Yao's agreement; Shen Yao also thought they wouldn't have to wait too long, time couldn't be wasted like this.

The satellite phone held by Wei Minzhi rang; it was Wei Mingyu.

He asked about the situation of the vehicles ahead, then said to put on raincoats as soon as possible; the dense forest ahead was hard to pass through, and those sitting in the car would have to get out and walk.

It was raining at the scene, the ground was damp, and vehicle passage would be obstructed. Wei Mingyu had passed through here on a mission before and had suffered losses.

He didn't want one day to still have to bring his family through here again.

Wei Minzhi agreed, turned to take the raincoat Wei's mother handed her and put it on; Shen Yao didn't forget here either, even though Shen Yao would stay in the car to drive.

Soon, the unmoving flow of people ahead began to move, with vehicles continuously driving forward.

Shen Yao stepped on the accelerator and directly followed, observing all directions and listening to all sides.

She didn't know how they would handle those behind, only knowing this journey had just begun, and the main show was what they would face next.

"Get out of the car, everyone get out! Hurry up, don't stay here."

The voice was sharp and piercing; Wei Minzhi rubbed her ears, her gaze falling on Wei's mother holding Wei Chengning.

"Mom, give the child to me." Wei Minzhi wore a pink raincoat, her body making crackling sounds; who let the raindrops as big as beans fall from above their heads.

"I'll hold them; you take over when you can't walk anymore," Wei's mother refused, pushing Wei Minzhi who was standing still, "Hurry up and stop dawdling, didn't you hear they said to hurry."

Wei Minzhi:...

Wei Minzhi linked arms with Wei's mother, "What can we delay by standing in the middle," the crowd ahead hadn't moved yet.