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

Chapter 241 Asking for Help Requires the Right Attitude
Upon hearing this, Lady Hou became even more grief-stricken and agitated. Supporting Granny Chun, her hands trembled uncontrollably. "You? My poor son suffered from fasting for you, yet you are so cold-blooded and heartless, showing no regard for our past affection."

They even shamelessly pretended not to know them!

Xin Nian sneered, her eyes filled with disdain, "Madam Hou, what exactly is your purpose? Stop beating around the bush and just say it."

"First of all, this marriage was called off by your Marquis's family. As for the reason, those who know, know. Back then, our Duke's family was a thorn in the emperor's side. We were exiled for some unfounded reasons. And you, not wanting to be implicated by us, came to cancel the marriage. This is a fact, and you can't deny it."

"Secondly, I don't know what happened between you and your son. Your son's rebellion against you and his hunger strike are beyond my control. I was on my way to exile, Lady Hou, and I didn't meet your son, so naturally I couldn't have instigated him to do anything."

"You don't need to start accusing me right away. Are you the only smart person in the world, Lady Hou, and everyone else is a fool? Who do you think you are? Trying to manipulate me is utterly absurd."

"You came to me wanting to find a doctor to examine your son, right? Just say so. Why do you have to come up here and openly put me down, trying to make me feel guilty? Haha, are you crazy?"

"Let me give you a piece of advice, Madam Hou: things are different now. When you ask someone for a favor, you should at least show some respect. Don't just come up to me and start cursing. Do you think I have no temper? Guards, throw him out..." He's an eyesore.

Xin Nian said a few words, waved her hand with a sarcastic smile, rolled her eyes, and turned to leave.

Lady Hou stared in astonishment at her retreating figure, trembling with anger as she cried out, "Xin Nian! Don't forget that when you left the capital, no one dared to help your family. It was I who had the nanny escort you..."

"Get away, how dare you, don't touch me!" Seeing several burly men stepping forward to drag her out, Madam Hou panicked and couldn't help but shout fiercely, though she was actually weak inside.

"Oh, you're right." Xin Nian paused, then turned around with a smile. "I remember you brought me a bag of white flour cakes and some dried meat. The taste was alright. You also brought three sheepskin water sachets and several bottles of fever-reducing and cough-suppressing pills, right?"

"I must say, your supply pack really helped us a bit during the first two days of exile." Xin Nian nodded, acknowledging her help. "I'm the kind of person who always distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. I repay kindness with kindness and avenge wrongs with avenge wrongs."

“Alright, I’ll keep your son here and have someone heal him. Saving his life will be… repaying the favor of the supply pack. As for you,” Xin Nian shook her finger at him, looking him up and down, “a troublemaker like you isn’t fit to stay in the team. You take the rest of the people and leave.”

“You rich kids are very concerned about appearances. Why don’t you go out on your own, so you don’t have to get all tangled up and lose your composure?”

Marquis Lu Yong of Lin'an stepped forward in a fit of rage, "You, Miss Xin, what are you saying? How can your quarrel with your wife involve others? Besides, our two families are both prominent families and have always been on good terms. How can we drive an innocent person out because of a few words..."

"Alright, alright, stop nitpicking with me." Xin Nian's face was full of impatience. "Just leave when I tell you to, stop with all this nonsense."

Lu Yong panicked, fearing he would suffer the same fate as Master Lü and be driven out of the woods by the Xin family. He quickly bowed to Xin Wenyuan, who was standing to the side, and said, "Brother Xin, you be the judge."

What could Xin Wenyuan say? If his daughter didn't want to stay, could he really contradict her?
Seeing that Xin Wenyuan was completely ignoring him, Lu Yong became even more anxious and turned around to slap the Lady Hou.

The slap was delivered with great force, causing Lady Hou to stumble and nearly fall.

Granny Chun screamed and helped the Lady Hou up.

Lu Yong pointed at Madam Hou and scolded her angrily, "I told you to use your brain before you do things! Look at the stupid things you've done. It's bad enough that you've harmed yourself, but now you dare to implicate your whole family! Hurry up and kneel down to apologize to the Sixth Miss."

Xin Nian was also startled by the Marquis of Lin'an's actions.

"What a nutcase!" she cursed. How could someone from a noble family hit his wife in front of so many people?
The abusive husband, who constantly forced his wife to kneel, is a wicked example of feudalism. Lady Hou was thrown to the ground, too pained to get up.

The Marquis of Lin'an then had his eldest and second sons and their wives, along with several younger children, come forward and weep about how difficult their family's journey had been. They explained that they had finally managed to escape to this place and find refuge, and they absolutely could not let the Marquis's wife ruin everything with just a few words.

The three children from the Marquis of Lin'an's mansion cried their eyes out, rolling around on the ground in tears.

This scene left everyone speechless.

Is this still the same family as the Marquis of Lin'an in the capital?
Xin Nian was too lazy to watch these people put on a show, so she left with the Marquis of Dingxing and his two sons.

The other families who had fled from the capital, seeing that the Marquis of Lin'an and his wife had almost been driven out by the Xin family, dared not utter a sound and obediently found a place to settle down.

Xin Nian led the Marquis of Dingxing and his two sons to the tent next to the wooden house, took out a small jar of antidote ointment, and asked Doctor Zhuang to clean and treat the poison wound on Shang Zhuo's left arm.

Dr. Zhuang opened the small jar of detoxifying ointment, sniffed it again and again, his face full of surprise.

Shang Zhuo stared at the other person, watching him pick up a tiny bit, no bigger than a fingernail, with a small bamboo skewer, and said coldly, "Are you sure this little bit can cure the poison?"

This tiny bit of antidote ointment? Are you kidding me? Who are you trying to fool?

Doctor Zhuang rolled his eyes at him. "What do young people know? The ingredients used in this ointment are extremely precious. There's more than enough. Just add some water and it'll be more than enough for your injury."

Shang Zhuo had reason to suspect that he wanted to keep the jar of ointment for himself. He turned his head and was about to call Xin Nian over to take care of him when Doctor Zhuang quickly covered his mouth.

"Alright, alright, I'll add another small spoonful. Why are you in such a hurry, young man?" Doctor Zhuang glared at him. "Don't worry, your injury isn't serious at all. Using more would just be a waste."

"With this plaster, combined with my acupuncture technique, I guarantee you will be cured within three days."

"You'd better keep your word." Otherwise, he'd go complain to that brat and let her see for herself what kind of useless people she has under her command.

Doctor Zhuang, fuming, took a small wooden bowl and mixed the ointment. "Why don't you young people trust people?"

Shang Hua was very grateful to Doctor Zhuang and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Doctor. Please don't take offense at my younger brother's actions."

"No problem, no problem." Doctor Zhuang waved his hand, showing a magnanimous attitude of not arguing with a child.

On the other side of the tent, Xin Wenyuan invited the playboy brothers to sit down at the wooden table and served the unlucky brother a cup of tea.

Unexpectedly, just a cup of tea brought tears to the eyes of the纨绔 (wán kù, spoiled young men) brothers...

"Brother Wenyuan, I haven't had a sip of tea for over a month."