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

Chapter 199 Get out...

The group members are now incredibly experienced!

Whenever Sixth Sister shouts, "Look what this is!", something good is sure to happen!

So all the group members rushed forward, forming a circle, and exclaimed in amazement, "So many whole grain cakes!"

"Is it bran cake?"

"many!"

The coarse grains scavenged from the cellars in Binzhou had been sitting in the cellars for days. With the hot weather and the cellars not being very dry, Xin Nian thought it best to sell them as soon as possible and give them to these poor refugees.

It's not exactly something new, after all.

The refugees were overjoyed when they saw these things, as if they had seen gold and silver treasures.

At times like these, no one would complain about having too much food.

With food in hand, one has nothing to fear.

Xin Nian decided to give the food to the twenty-odd beggars who had arrived later and had no food at all, and no one objected.

After all, only when everyone has food in their hands and can eat a few bites can they stop worrying about others eyeing their food.

"Third Uncle, take some men and carry a few bags over there, distribute them to them first." Xin Nian pointed her little hand, and Xin Wen'an immediately led several guards to get to work.

The rest was left to be arranged by the eldest uncle and the clerks under Prefect Lu.

They were used to doing this kind of thing—opening granaries and distributing grain—so it wasn't difficult for Xin Nian.

Sending out whole-grain pancakes makes the atmosphere even more festive than Chinese New Year.

Everyone received enough coarse grain cakes to last for two or three days, and some people even calculated how to save money so they could last a few more days.

"The millet rations can be stored for a while longer, so let's eat these coarse grain cakes first."

"Great! My family finally has food."

The later twenty-odd beggars, having received the free food, all knelt down, kowtowed in gratitude, and wept with joy.

Wu Zheng watched anxiously as everyone else received their grain, but his Wu family was left out. His eyes turned red with worry.

He quickly pulled his son, Wu Menyuan, forward, saying, "Fourth Master, in-law..."

"Get lost! Who's your in-law? You can't understand human language." Xin Wenyuan himself was a stubborn person, which was why he hated stubborn people the most.

They never get tired of repeating the same things over and over.

I've already said we're not related to him. Why pretend you don't understand when you already know?

Wu Zheng was almost in tears, "You can't bully people like this!"

"Father, there's no need to beg them. I'd rather starve to death than eat this handout." Wu Menyuan snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and revealed the proud spirit of a scholar.

Two beggar refugees ran up and forcefully pushed him aside, saying, "Go to the back, don't cut in line."

Wu Menyuan was furious. He patted his dirty sleeves, which were already unrecognizable in color, and glared at the two beggars, saying, "You've disgraced yourselves."

"Go, go, go, go." Old Xin said impatiently, shooing away the troublesome Young Master Wu. "Can't you see we're busy here? Go, go, go."

He was leading people to distribute grain, and the Wu family had the nerve to come and join in?

When the Duke's mansion was in trouble before, these despicable people took advantage of its misfortune. Now, the tables have turned.

The Wu family members were shooed away from the group like flies, and could only glare resentfully at the people distributing the grain in the distance, cursing repeatedly.

Wu Zheng was furious. "Didn't you say you could coax Qingniang back? Do you see if she even glances at you?"

“She’s just pretending,” Wu Menyuan said confidently. “Dad, don’t be so impatient. Wait a couple of days, and I guarantee she’ll change her mind.”

"Wait two more days." Wu Zheng angrily raised his hand to strike. "Wait, wait! We've been starving for a day, and we haven't even had a sip of water. If we wait two more days, your father will be dead!" "Yes, it's far away." Madam Wu also cried and wiped away her tears. "Go and coax her now, hurry up and coax her back. Otherwise, if this continues, your father and mother will either starve to death or die of thirst."

“Your sister is gone from that hellhole. We only have this many people left in our family now, so we can’t afford to lose anyone else.”

Wu Menyuan's face darkened, and his gaze fell on Xin Wanqing through the crowd, making him increasingly angry.

He could never ask this woman for help.

Wu Menyuan had never asked a woman for anything in his entire life.

He was the eldest son of the Marquis of Pingyang, born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Even though the Marquis's family had declined in recent years, he still got whatever he wanted.

Normally, it's Xin Wanqing who's always doting on him. Now, asking him to swallow his pride and coax her is something he simply can't do, given his pride.

But his father and mother, with tears in their eyes, kept pressuring him, leaving Wu Menyuan helpless.

"I'll go over and ask."

"Yes, yes." Madam Wu nodded repeatedly. "Talk to Qingniang nicely. She's a sensible daughter-in-law. She'll definitely listen to what you say."

"Husband!" Aunt Liu cried out in a panic, only to be grabbed by the arm and shoved backward by Madam Wu.

“You little slut. I warn you not to speak carelessly in front of Qingniang. If it weren’t for my son’s soft heart, remembering that you have carried on the Wu family line, I should have left you to fend for yourself in that hellhole of Binzhou.”

"With your background, you wouldn't dare dream of becoming my son's legal wife, would you? Let me tell you, stop causing trouble and stop having unrealistic dreams. My son's legal wife can only be a girl from the prestigious and noble Xin family."

Aunt Liu hugged the baby tightly and bit her lip in resentment.

Xin Nian has excellent hearing; she can hear any sound, no matter how subtle, from all directions if she wants to.

She heard the conversation of those freaks in the Wu family clearly, and almost vomited.

It's really leisurely.

They're all starving, on the verge of death, and yet they're still having their wives and concubines gossiping.

The Wu family are a bunch of beggars, but they have quite a high opinion of themselves.

Madam Nie was whispering to her eldest daughter, Xin Wanqing, "What are you thinking?"

"What do you mean, what do you think?" Xin Wanqing looked completely bewildered.

Madam Nie sighed, "You and your son-in-law have had a relationship for many years. I don't know what you're thinking now."

“Mother, Wu Menyuan is no longer your son-in-law. He divorced me, and there is no connection between us.”

"But you are, after all, a woman. Divorce doesn't look good. If your son-in-law were to plead with you more often, perhaps..."

“There’s no ‘maybe’.” Xin Wanqing shivered and stared at her mother in disbelief.

Her mother was always weak-willed, and her family background wasn't particularly illustrious. The Duke's family had carefully considered various factors before marrying her as their first wife, mainly to dispel the emperor's suspicions.

The Duke's mansion is already prestigious enough. If it were to marry into another equally prestigious family, it might arouse suspicion and distrust.

Strictly speaking, her gentle and weak-willed mother was clearly unsuitable to be the mistress of the Duke's mansion.

However, with the old lady's strong support over the years, and with her approval for most matters, big and small, the household affairs have not been disrupted.

Xin Wanqing never expected that her mother could be so weak and confused.

What's going on here? They're still thinking of getting her back together with Wu Menyuan?

“Mother, I know the Wu family better than you do. I’ve been married into the family for four years.”

“They are selfish people to the core.”

(End of this chapter)