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

Chapter 126 Selling Oneself
I was taken aback by the bustling scene inside the courtyard as soon as I entered.

Several orbs of light were placed in the four corners, illuminating the area very brightly.

Everyone was working with their heads down, yawning incessantly.

After working non-stop for several days, even an iron man would collapse, let alone these doctors whose physical condition is not even that good to begin with.

Xin Wen'an put down the porridge bucket, and Zhuang Shi, Aunt Qiu, and the others also put down their trays one by one.

"Sixth Miss, you've arrived so early today." Cheng Xu greeted her with a smile as she stepped forward.

As is customary, this young lady would glance at them before the end of each day, offer them a few words of encouragement, and then, surprisingly, she didn't follow the routine today.

As if she had a sudden pang of conscience, Xin Nian clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Everyone has worked hard these past few days! Let's have breakfast first before continuing our work."

Xin Wen'an chimed in from the side, "I've made scrambled eggs for everyone, and some pickled vegetables with porridge..."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone dropped what they were doing and crowded around, shouting all at once, "Fried eggs? Where do you fry eggs?"

"Alright, alright, hurry up and line up for porridge, and everyone gets a share of scrambled eggs."

"Young Master Cheng." Xin Nian had Xin Laosan prepare a portion for Cheng Xu first, then carried the small dish and walked to the side with him. "The plan has changed. We need to finish rolling the pills today. If we don't finish, we won't roll any more. We'll leave the city tonight."

"What happened?"

Xin Nian nodded. "A layer of fog has appeared south of Wan'an Prefecture and is moving slowly forward. It will arrive here soon."

"Those who have come into contact with this fog say it makes people feel weak and powerless. We must leave the city as soon as possible to avoid this fog."

"Okay, I'll tell everyone later."

"You have only five hours to continue making the pills. After you finish distributing them and getting ready, we will set off."

“Okay.” Cheng Xu nodded in agreement, stood up and watched Xin Nian leave.

"There's still porridge left. Porridge is plentiful, those who want more can keep queuing." Xin Laosan stood in front of the porridge bucket, holding a large ladle and shouting.

Nobody paid him any attention; everyone was busy slurping their porridge.

Cheng Xu wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that after eating the hot porridge, his fatigue seemed to disappear completely.

How could this be? Cheng Xu drank several more mouthfuls of hot porridge and immediately felt much better.

Xin Nian naturally wouldn't tell them that she had infused a trace of healing power into this group of noobs to perk them up.

This will encourage them to work harder and lay the foundation for their eventual departure.

After finishing the pills, the person collapsed on the roadside.

Sixth Miss strolled around after leaving the government office and saw several groups of government soldiers notifying residents to leave Wan'an Prefecture immediately.

The residents of Wan'an Prefecture who were notified to arrive were all crying. Many of them did not want to leave the prefectural city and would not listen to anything they were told.

When the soldiers found that their persuasion was ineffective, they went to another street.

Lord Liu Huo said that they should notify everyone on every street, but they don't need to worry about whether others walk there or not.

The decision is yours; whether you go or not is entirely up to you, and no amount of persuasion from others will change that.

As Xin Nian walked along, the sound of crying could be heard from all the residential buildings along the street.

Many people who stopped in Wan'an Prefecture along the way heard that some fog was approaching outside the city, so they began to pack their things and leave.

Xin Nian turned the corner, paused, and looked at a brother and sister.

The siblings were the same two who had been hit with shoe soles earlier.

The two siblings were kneeling on the street corner, heads bowed, with a wooden sign in front of them.

The words "Selling oneself" were written crookedly on the top.

This street used to be a bustling area, but since Wan'an Prefecture imposed a lockdown and martial law, there are hardly any people on the street.

Occasionally, someone would hurry by, not even glancing at the siblings.

Xin Nian saw several soldiers run over, shout a few words at the siblings and make a few gestures.

The siblings remained motionless, as if dead. The older sister held her younger brother, her head drooping listlessly, and didn't utter a word to the guards for a long time.

The soldiers were both angry and helpless. They abandoned the two men and went off to deliver the message elsewhere.

Xin Nian strolled over and stood in front of the two of them.

Tian Xiaorui was so hungry that she felt dizzy and lightheaded.

When he saw a pair of black knee-high boots stop in front of him, his eyes were still somewhat dazed.

The shoes looked to be of excellent quality, though she couldn't tell what material they were made of; a country girl like her had never seen anything like them before.

Tian Xiaorui looked up and met a pair of deep, dark eyes.

"It's you?"

She remembered this kind girl who had previously saved her and her brother from their stepmother.

Tian Xiaorui was stunned for a moment, then her face lit up with joy. She hugged her younger brother and knelt down to kowtow.

“Young lady, do you need servants? Buy me and my brother, we can do any kind of work, we are very hardworking.”

Xin Nian looked at the girl, who was about the same age as her, and asked, "How much?"

Tian Xiaorui quickly waved her hand, "No, I don't want money. I just want the family to give me something to eat so I can support my younger brother."

She had no other requests, only hoping to raise her younger brother to adulthood.

Xin Nian glanced at the siblings. "I remember you. You have a burden."

Tian Xiaorui burst into tears, "It was stolen not long after I arrived in the city."

Although there were only two dry biscuits and a few tattered clothes in the bundle, it could at least allow my younger brother to live a few more days.

Xin Nian took out two flatbreads from her pocket and handed them over, saying, "Eat them and then come with me."

Tian Xiaorui hurriedly reached out and took it, stuffing it into her younger brother's mouth.

Her younger brother was so hungry he was practically fainting. As soon as the soft flatbread entered his mouth, he couldn't help but puff out his cheeks and take a bite.

After the two siblings wolfed down their flatbread, Tian Xiaorui repeatedly kowtowed in gratitude.

"Alright, can you still walk? Get up and walk."

"Thank you, young lady, thank you, young lady." The two siblings stood up with difficulty.

Xin Nian turned her head and saw that the child was particularly thin, with a head so big it looked like it was about to fall off his fragile neck.

"This natural disaster hasn't even been a month, how come you've all gotten so thin?"

“My stepmother never feeds me,” Tian Xiaorui whispered, wiping away her tears. “All I do every day is work. My brother is worse off than me; he’s only been born a few years ago and has never had a full meal.”

Xin Nian was speechless. Before the disaster, ordinary people's lives, though difficult, were not so bad that they couldn't even get a full meal. So this could only be blamed on the siblings' father, who was extremely irresponsible.

"Work hard from now on, and you'll get plenty of food."

Tian Xiaorui wiped away the tears welling up in her eyes, "Yes, Miss, my brother and I will definitely work hard."

"Oh, by the way, what are your names?"

"My name is Tian Xiaorui, and my brother's name is Tian Xiaonong."

"Was that crazy old woman your stepmother?"

"Yes, my stepmother, Chen Adi, is the woman my father married six years ago. Ever since she gave birth to my younger brother, Tian Xiaoguang, my sister and I have never had a good day."

Xin Nian sighed, "With a stepmother comes a stepfather, that's no exaggeration."

"It's a good thing you died young, otherwise they would have wasted your whole lives. You two are lucky!"

Tian Xiaorui opened her eyes wide.

lucky?
Maybe.