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

Chapter 197 The Bereaved Dog
"Sister-in-law, how dare you speak to me like that?" Wu Erlang roared in fury. "Is this how you talk to your elders?"

Without saying a word, Xin Wenyuan raised his hand and delivered a powerful blow to Wu Erlang's face...

Before everyone's eyes, the Wu family was completely stunned, not expecting that Xin Laosi would make a move.

"Shut up. What kind of elders are you talking about? Can't you understand a divorce letter?" Xin Wenyuan cursed. "It's exhausting talking to people like you. Can't you use your brains before you start talking to us?"

"I already said it's okay, it's okay! You keep trying to climb the social ladder. Do you think everyone else is stupid?!"

"Ah!" Madam Wu exclaimed in alarm as she helped Wu Erlang, who had been knocked to the ground.

Seeing that his son's mouth and nose were bleeding from the beating, he roared in anger, "Your Xin family is going too far!"

Wu Menyuan's fingers trembled slightly with anger. "Xin Wanqing, you... you just stand by and watch others humiliate your mother-in-law like this?"

Xin Wenyuan slapped the scumbag across the face again, saying, "I despise men like you. What a piece of trash with a dog's head and a pig's face! If you want to beg for food, just say so!"

"Are you trying to say that admitting your mistakes and correcting them is a great virtue, and that a prodigal son's return is more precious than gold? I'll give you your 'more precious than gold' nonsense! A mistake is a mistake, and there's no better thing than that."

"If you were an honest and kind person, you wouldn't have made this mistake. You bastards. You looked down on my eldest daughter back then, and now you want to beg for food? There's no such thing as a free lunch."

"Mother-in-law? Who are you calling mother-in-law? It's a family reunion. Who's family with you bunch of beggars? Get out of here! Go sit somewhere cool."

Xie Ninglan clapped her hands in approval.

"Get out of here! I'm warning you, stay far away and don't get involved. Don't hinder our team's departure!"

"Fourth Uncle, how could you be so heartless and cruel..." Madam Wu hugged her second son, whose nose was bleeding profusely, and cried uncontrollably.

“We were wrong back then. But now we’ve suffered a lot too. We finally escaped from that hell in Binzhou, and we’ve lost a beautiful young girl in our family.”

"You're all fine now. We were once in-laws, so please don't be so heartless."

If the Duke of Xin's family had even the slightest hope, they wouldn't have kicked the eldest daughter out of the house.

They're just afraid because they see that the emperor's will is hard to defy.

When they met again on the road, the entire Xin family looked much the same as before.

They're living their lives just fine, aren't they? On the other hand, the Wu family members are all thin, hungry, and exhausted.

There isn't a single kind-hearted person in the entire Xin family.

Xin Wenyuan kept hearing them mention Binzhou, so he couldn't help but ask a middle-aged man next to him who looked dark-skinned and thin, "Hey brother, what's wrong with Binzhou these days?"

"Binzhou is now under the control of the King. We fled there without knowing what was going on, and as soon as we entered the city, we fell into a trap and were captured by the King's men."

"Yes, yes," many people chimed in, answering at once.

"I heard them say that the king has a lot of grain in his possession and has decorated his cellars like a palace. He is surrounded by countless beautiful women and lives a life comparable to that of a god."

Xin Nian glanced at her father.

Xin Wenyuan slapped his thigh and muttered, "Sigh, I should have known better than to keep the grain reserves."

They had previously discussed keeping more than half of the grain in the basement, but their daughter casually said it wasn't necessary. She said leaving them even a tenth was already a favor.

They said that as soon as they left, a group of "powerful and wealthy" people who rose from humble beginnings would quickly take control of the situation.

No matter when, resources and wealth will only be concentrated in the hands of a few.

Moreover, these "powerful elites" who rise from the bottom will only exploit ordinary people even more.

As her daughter predicted, the coarse grains left in the basement, after careful selection, were enough to feed more than a hundred people for quite some time. If calculated properly, they could even sustain them for a while.

But now… Xin Wenyuan felt cheated and wished he could go back and steal the grain back. “When we escaped, we only stole a little bit of grain, which we’ve already eaten. I’ve been starving for a day and a night.” A miserable-looking man wiped away his tears. “Sir, I’m willing to sell myself, just so I can have something to eat.”

After he said that, many people knelt down and begged those around them.

They didn't only bow to everyone in the Xin family; they bowed to everyone they met, and basically all of them wanted to sell themselves into slavery.

Xin Nian looked around and saw that most of the people who had escaped were adult men, with very few women.

Besides Madam Wu and Aunt Liu, there were two other young couples whose faces were painted black and gray and whose bodies were filthy.

Upon seeing Xin Nian looking over, the two young couples also knelt down, crying, and begged to be taken in.

Xin Wenyuan glanced at his large team of about three hundred people, then looked at the pitiful beggars, and sighed, "We all came here as refugees; none of us are well-off."

"Sir, even a sip of soup will do." The men who spoke were clearly honest farmers, but they were now dressed in a terrible state.

Village Chief Zhou sighed with a look of regret, "If we had any land to cultivate, we wouldn't be in such dire straits."

One sentence struck a chord with everyone, and sobs erupted from all sides.

"Alright, stop crying." Xin Nian hadn't heard the sound of crying from the convicts for a long time. Why were these grown men sobbing again?

"You all know how to farm?"

"Yes, yes! Girl, we can all farm." But where are they going to get land to farm now?

Upon hearing this, the villagers of Zhoucun quickly replied, "Sixth Sister, we can farm too."

"Yes, yes, everyone in our village is a skilled farmer."

Xin Nian nodded. "Does any of you know any other skills?"

"Skill?"

"So... besides farming, what else are you good at?"

The man from one of the young couple quickly said, "I... I can make all kinds of wooden furniture. Does that count?"

“Sure!” Xin Nian’s eyes lit up, and she beckoned to the two of them. “Come here, come here. You’ll follow my dad and help him with errands. Let your wife follow my mom.”

"Huh?" Old Xin was completely confused.

The young couple were overjoyed and immediately knelt down obediently, saying, "Master."

"lady."

"Hey, stop kneeling, get up." Xin Nian waved her hand.

The other twenty or so beggars who weren't chosen were crying their eyes out; they all seemed very sad.

Xin Nian said helplessly, "Stop crying."

He turned to Physician Cheng and General Chi, asking, "Do you accept people?"

Chi Jue rolled his eyes and muttered to himself, "Who's as rich and powerful as you?"

Physician Cheng hurriedly waved his hand, "We can barely feed ourselves, we really can't afford to take in any more patients."

“Let’s hire one,” Xin Nian persuaded, pointing to the skinny beggar who was sobbing earlier. “Let him run errands for you. Your arms and legs are old and frail; sometimes he can even carry you for a while. Right?”

Physician Cheng looked completely bewildered.

He's only in his early forties, in the prime of his life, how come he's so old and frail!