Exile at the start? Milkball filming, hoarding billions of resources

Shen Zhaoning turned her gaze to the burly man who had been beaten black and blue by her second aunt yesterday.

During the break, Shen Zhaoning ran to Hua Zhuyue's side and nervously fidgeted with her fingers.

"Grandmother, my aunt and cousin are almost unable to walk. Let's help them."

Hua Zhuyue glanced at Wan Zhenzhen and noticed that Wan Zhenzhen was sneaking up on Qin Su.

Hua Zhuyue gave a cold laugh, which made the wrinkles around her eyes appear even deeper.

"Look at our group, some are old, some are weak, and some are young, only your second aunt is capable and agile."

"If you want to help your eldest aunt, your second aunt will have no choice but to give up hugging you and hug your cousin instead."

"When the time comes, you'll have to travel on your own. Can you endure that hardship?"

Walking by myself is so tiring and painful!

On the first day of her exile, Shen Zhaoning was still somewhat stubborn, feeling that if everyone else could walk on their own, so could she.

So she insisted on walking with everyone, and as a result, in just half a day, she developed many blisters on the soles of her feet, which caused her to cry from the pain.

Just thinking about that pain made her want to shed small tears.

Shen Zhaoning bit her lip and said softly.

"Actually, Tuantuan can walk by herself..."

"But Tuantuan can't do that. It's my own decision to help my aunt, and I can't let my second aunt clean up my mess."

Furthermore, my second aunt and my eldest aunt don't get along. If my second aunt were to carry my cousin on her back, although she might agree, she would definitely be unhappy about it.

Hua Zhuyue could tell from the flickering look in Shen Zhaoning's eyes that the little devil must have come up with a plan.

She deliberately teased Shen Zhaoning.

"What should we do then?"

Alas, Grandma is getting old, her mind isn't working well anymore, and she can't think of any good solutions.

If you have a solution, tell your grandmother.

A slight glimmer of light appeared in Shen Zhaoning's round eyes.

Shen Zhaoning stretched out her hand and pointed to the burly man with bruises on his face.

"We can have him carry my cousin on his back. That way, it won't upset my second aunt, and it will help my eldest aunt and cousin."

Hua Zhuyue hesitated as she looked at the bruises on the burly man's face.

"Your second aunt just beat him up yesterday, why would he be willing to help us?"

He Chuxia glanced around, then leaned close to Hua Zhuyue's ear and whispered something in a very low voice.

"We can hire him to help us by offering him food."

Hua Zhuyue immediately shook her head.

"That won't do, the risk is too great."

"This man looks like a desperate criminal. If he finds out we have food, he might incite others to attack us!"

"This is absolutely unacceptable!"

Shen Yu stood beside them and spoke calmly, like a little adult.

The grandson thinks his grandmother is wrong.

"These constables have ulterior motives against the Shen family. What happened today is by no means the last time. I'm afraid it will continue to happen before we reach the northern frontier, and each time it will be more outrageous than the last."

"Today he can still give out five rough cakes, but tomorrow he might only give out three, two, or one..."

When that time comes, everyone will be starving, and in order to survive, they will definitely focus their attention on the elderly, the weak, women, and children.

They were not the only elderly, weak, women and children in the exile group, but they were the most conspicuous.

Firstly, the Shen family members are all good-looking, making them easy to attract attention.

Secondly, there were no adult men in the Shen family's group, making them easier to target in the eyes of others.

Shen Yu cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Hua Zhuyue.

"Grandmother, it's good to hide your shortcomings, but if you always hide them, others will think we're incompetent and easy to bully."

"Instead of secretly enjoying your food all day long, you should share some with others and win some people over to work for you."

Hua Zhuyue thought about it for a moment and nodded.

"What you said makes some sense, but human nature is greedy. What if they're not satisfied with just some food and instead inform on us to Sun Xiao, or even join forces against us?"

Shen Yu said calmly.

"Grandmother, Sun Xiao has more than five coarse cakes on him, so why don't these people dare to rob him? It's simply because the constables have knives."

"Although we may not have knives in our hands, we may have knives behind us."

"You just need to make up some lies to make them believe that we have someone backing us up, and they will naturally not dare to act recklessly."

Hua Zhuyue looked at Shen Yu with satisfaction.

"Since your mother died, you have become increasingly depressed. Your grandmother was a little worried about you, but now it seems that I was worrying too much."

"It's a pity the Marquis's mansion has fallen, and can no longer pave the way for you. Otherwise, with your talent, you would surely have made a difference in the court."

Shen Yu shook her head.

"Grandmother... Grandfather and Father are gone, but the Shen family still has me, Xiaoman, and Tuantuan. As long as we are alive, the Marquis's mansion will not fall."

"My grandson was previously wallowing in grief and somewhat despondent, but now the gods are on our Shen family's side. If he continues to live a life of complacency, wouldn't he be going against Heaven's good intentions!"

Hua Zhuyue patted Shen Yu on the shoulder, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Good boy, you're right. It's better to prepare early than to passively wait for death."

It's still early, so they can use various excuses to sneak out and eat. But once time goes on, people will notice they still look radiant and will become suspicious.

Why not take this opportunity to win everyone over?

Although Shen Zhaoning was intelligent, she was still too young and only understood half of what she heard.

I only vaguely know that my plan has succeeded.

She clapped her little hands happily.

"That's great, then Auntie won't get beaten up."

Hua Zhuyue glanced at Shen Yu, and Shen Yu immediately spoke.

"Grandson will go and talk to that person now."

Hua Zhuyue nodded. Although her grandson was still young, he was quite intelligent.

He has already earned a reputation as a gentleman at such a young age.

She believed that Shen Yu could handle this matter well.

Shen Zhaoning raised her little fist at her brother, her eyes crinkling as she cheered him on.

"My brother is the best."

Shen Yu smiled at Shen Zhaoning and walked towards the burly man.

Shen Zhaoning watched her brother talking to the burly man and nervously bit her fingers.

Just then, Hua Zhuyue gently patted her shoulder.

"Let's go see your aunt."

"No matter how well we plan this, we still need your aunt's approval."

Shen Zhaoning grasped her grandmother's rough but warm hand and excitedly strode over to find her aunt.

Before she even got close, she could hear her aunt and second aunt arguing.

Wan Zhenzhen, holding Shen Yingying's hand, shouted at Qin Su with great emotion.

"Yingying is also your niece, why do you only favor Tuantuan and won't even hug Yingying?"

Qin Su glanced at Shen Yingying.

"Yingying is already twelve, and Tuantuan is only four! What's the point of comparing them!"

"Besides, Yingying has you, her own mother, to protect her. How can I stand out? Tuantuan's parents are gone. If I, as her aunt, don't protect her, how will a four-year-old child survive?"