The government officer who went out to scout the road returned with an extremely unpleasant expression. He walked up to the head government officer and whispered a few words, causing the head government officer's face to become equally grim.
After that, the head government officer turned around in place twice, hesitated for a moment, and then still approached Ye Shuangshuang: "Miss Ye, there's an epidemic in the county ahead of us, and it's said to have spread to two neighboring counties.
Right now, all three of those counties have been completely sealed off, not allowing anyone to enter. However, we can't wait for the lockdown to be lifted, so we need to take a detour to get past.
But by doing so, our journey will take at least another half month. With this weather, in half a month winter will start, and by then the weather will be colder, and the blankets we've brought won't be enough.
