Other side, I hold supplies to help the poor side

Chapter 67

"Yes, yes, it would not be so shabby in normal times, but life is hard these days, so I hope you don't refuse." Baocai said with a smile.

Jin Yan and Jiang Yan really couldn't evade it. Although it wasn't a disrespectful thing to refuse to go with them, it was a betrayal of their good intentions. It would be a bit bad to refuse them to thank them again.

They have a very good attitude, and they all say that they don't hit smiling people with their hands.

Besides, this family looked very nice, so they agreed to have dinner together.

The Bao family deliberately let them sit in the donkey cart, thinking that the two of them were walking alone, and it must have been hard work.

But Jin Yan politely declined, but Bao Ziniang said that if people don't sit down, they can put things on it. After some refusals, they took them to find Jin Jiaojiao.

When they saw his magnificent carriage, they immediately understood that he had a good family and even had a horse.

"When I saw the two of you, I thought you had come all the way. So there is a carriage." Baoziniang laughed immediately, "It's good to have a carriage. It's not safe outside these days."

During the time he came out, Jin Yan has been driving the carriage to places where there are few people, and when he stops to eat, he looks for a place where there are no people.

She has the foresight, and the world outside is so chaotic, her big carriage is like a sweet potato in the eyes of others.

After Jiang Yan came back, he took Jin Jiaojiao to look for water nearby, and by the way, see if there was anything to eat.

As soon as Brother Baocai arrived at the field, he and Baozi went to collect firewood nearby. When they came back, they took a grain bag from the donkey cart and Baozi took a basin to wait.

Jin was tired of seeing it and wanted to help, that Baozi knew how to help his parents when he was younger than Jin Jiaojiao.

Baoziniang saw that she couldn't sit still, so she grabbed her, "It's okay, it's okay, he and his father are used to doing things, let men do these things, let's sit and rest for a while."

Jin Yan twitched the corner of his mouth, this Baozi lady is interesting, it seems that Baozi lady is the housekeeper of their family.

It's rare to see such a strict wife-management family these days, but the Bao family's situation is different, and they are happy and harmonious.

Just as she was about to nod, she saw Brother Cabbage scooping up two full bowls of flour from a grain bag in the distance!
"Ms. Baozi! Why did you take out so much flour!"

She was stunned, the family was too willing to thank them, and she didn't dare to squander the little rice and noodles in the car like this.

However, Baoziniang looked back as if she was watching everyday, and said dissatisfiedly, "You take out some more, there are so many of us, these are not enough to eat!"

Bao Cai nodded immediately, "Baozi has wrapped up the bowl, and Dad will scoop out another bowl."

"You don't need to scoop so much, we can just eat whatever we want."

Baoziniang smiled and shook her head, "Don't worry, there's only flour in our car, and we can't get anything else out."

Her family used to be in the steamed stuffed bun business, and the most common thing in the house was flour.

It happened that they spent more than half of their net worth on buying flour. Originally, they wanted to prepare half a year's worth of goods. Who knew that there was a sudden severe drought, so they simply stopped doing business and closed their doors to live by themselves.

"It's just that the life in the small town is not easy. Soon there are fewer people selling vegetables nearby, and the river and wells start to dry up. In the end, the whole town has no water to drink, so we came out."

Jin Yan suddenly realized, "But how did you get taken away by those people?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Baoziniang became very angry, "We originally planned to go to the capital, and our family has some savings over the years, so it would be good to make a living there."

"But when we get to the city gate, we can't even get in. Those people are all stuck there, blocking the porridge places."

Brother Baocai listened to them chatting, and he even booed from a long distance away, "It's not enough, if there are too many people, they will inevitably be crowded. I have seen them come out with bruised noses and swollen faces several times, and they are all crowded."

Bao Ziniang suddenly groaned, "Really, we hid far away, how do you know?"

Bao Cai sat down on the ground, "Aren't we going into the city? We are afraid that those people will go crazy and grab our things, so we hide away, but I still want to go and see, but guess what, every day the gates of the city are crowded, Everyone was trampled on in this crowd, and many people had their clothes torn, and even worse, they were covered in injuries."

Jin Yan covered his mouth in surprise, "It's so serious!"

Then this is a serious stampede accident. If you don't control it more, it will easily cause accidents.

"During that time, I walked around a lot, and there were people who had been squeezed out of their clothes. Anyway, it was very messy." When Bao Cai thought of that scene, he felt scary, so many people were all heading to one place.

Bao Ziniang exclaimed twice, "It's really scary. Later, we didn't get better after staying for two months. We planned to leave, but for some reason, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly came and took the people at the city gate away. They were all taken away."

"You said it was the first time. We were far away and it didn't matter. Then we came several times later, and almost arrested those people at the gate of the city."

Their family was not spared outside, and they couldn't beat them again and again, so they had to follow.

Jin Yan frowned, "Drought is everywhere, people are displaced, shouldn't the emperor appease the people and open warehouses for disaster relief? Why did he arrest you all?"

Bao Ziniang shook her head, "I don't know, anyway, I saw those people were taken away, I don't know where to take them."

Their home is far away, and they don't know what's going on except to watch the excitement.

Jin Yan was also shocked, she had stayed in the capital for half a month, she did not expect this kind of thing to be so close to her.

"When we came, there were a few people who knew about it. I heard it was the prince's intention. I don't know exactly what happened."

Their family only had a little savings, and almost all the money was used to honor those military lords, so they kept their donkey cart.

While kneading the noodles, Bao Cai said, "Fortunately, we have escaped now, and we will be fine if we are more careful in the future."

Not long after, Jiang Yan also came back with some water.

Jin Yan hurriedly went to pull him, "You have been there for a long time, is it too far away from a place with water?"

Jiang Yan looked at her, "It's not too far away, but there are people guarding that water source, and each person can only get one bowl."

The two of him and Jin Jiaojiao only filled half a water bag together, and they couldn't take more if they wanted to.

Jin Yan comforted the two of them, "It's okay, it's better than nothing, everyone needs water now, if you don't be stricter, what will happen to the others."

"Come and eat quickly, I've posted some pancakes and I'll eat them soon."

The two families sat down, and today they only ate steamed buns, but for them, these were really satisfying.

Jiang Yan took a piece of steamed bun for her, and patted on his hand carefully, "It's not very hot, eat it."

Aunt Baozi smiled, "You two have a really good relationship, the young man loves his wife."

(End of this chapter)