Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

"Anyway, in this world, if we survive this year, we don't know what next year will be like. We might as well just die together."

Hearing this, Chen Sanniang looked up at her husband, whose face was filled with despair but calm, and snuggled up to him while hugging her daughter:

"Okay, the whole family will die together, and we will be in order in the underworld so that no one will miss anyone else."

The family returned to the kang bed again, huddled together to maintain the precious warmth, quietly waiting for death to come.

Not long after, the wooden door of the room was knocked, and Ding Fengnian slowly got out of bed and opened the door.

When he saw that the person who came was Zhou Dayuan, with whom he had agreed to trade, he pushed the person out directly:

"I'm sorry, I won't change it!"

Having said that, he was about to close the door.

Zhou Dayuan, on the other hand, had a very happy expression on his face:

"What do you want to change? I'm here to tell you good news! No need to change! The Grand Master will come to distribute food to us this afternoon, and we can all survive!"

"Grand Imperial Master? Distribute food?"

Ding Fengnian was a little confused.

"That's right. We have been told by our superiors to take our sacks and go to Yunlai to collect food this afternoon!"

Ding Fengnian's family didn't know who the Grand Imperial Master was. They only knew that food was about to be distributed, and they all cheered up from their despair.

“It’s time to distribute food!”

"We can survive!"

Happy smiles appeared on the frail faces of the family.

Although Dushibao was more than twenty miles away from Yunlaiso, it was difficult to travel due to the ice and snow, and they didn't even know how much food they could get.

But as long as we send some, it is the hope of survival.

Although life in this world is difficult, who wants to die as long as they can still be alive?

*

Yunlai Suo is a thousand-household garrison under Longmen Guard, with a rated number of soldiers being 1,120 and an actual number of about 800.

When Ding Fengnian and others braved the wind and snow and trudged all the way to the training ground of Yunlai Institute, many people had already gathered there.

Everyone was asking each other what the grain distribution was all about.

But the more I inquired, the more disheartened I became.

The superiors didn't say how much each household would receive, nor did they see any food being transported in. They just asked everyone to gather at this time.

"It's almost time, and no one has brought in the food. We're not going to make a wasted trip, are we?"

"No, definitely not!"

"Yes, no matter how evil those superiors are, they would never play tricks on us like this!"

"That's right. They can't afford to cause a mutiny!"

Everyone comforted each other.

Until the last moment, I am unwilling to give up this hard-earned hope.

Just when everyone was filled with anxiety and uncertainty, a dazzling white light appeared in the open space in front of the training ground.

Everyone's attention was drawn to it.

"Everyone look! What is that!"

The white light gradually disappeared, and a Taoist priest in a white Taoist robe appeared inside.

In the biting cold wind, when water freezes into ice, everyone wants to wrap themselves in all the clothes in the family.

He was actually only wearing an extremely thin robe with wide sleeves. The wide sleeves and hem fluttered in the wind. He had an awe-inspiring aura that made people involuntarily feel awe.

Is this a fairy?

Everyone subconsciously guessed this.

At this moment, a cold voice clearly rang in everyone's ears:

"I am the Venerable Du'e, and also the former Grand Master of the Great Wei. I am here to distribute disaster relief supplies to everyone."

It turns out that this is the Grand Imperial Master.

Ding Fengnian thought to himself.

But what does once mean?

But soon, he no longer had the heart to think about it.

Because this immortal-like Du'e Venerable announced:

"Everyone, remember this: Military households with financial difficulties will receive 15 jin of grain per person, 1 jin of meat, 2 liang of sugar, and a long cotton-padded jacket based on the actual number of people."

Ding Fengnian suddenly became excited.

With this calculation, his family of five can receive 75 kilograms of food.

If we save a little, the whole family can eat only half a pound of food a day, which can last for several months!

There is still a pound of meat. If you wipe the bottom of the pot every day, you can eat some meat every now and then.

He took two taels of sugar and gave half a tael each to his wife and three children.

Come to think of it, his wife had eaten candy the first year she married him.

That was eleven years ago. Later, several children were born, but they did not catch up with the good times.

Life was getting worse and worse. The three children had never eaten sweets since they grew up.

They would be so happy if they could eat it.

What's more, there is still that long cotton-padded jacket, which can be sold for several hundred coins. After getting through this winter, I can sell it for emergency use.

With this calculation, the disaster relief supplies sent by this immortal national master are really promising.

Of course, he was not the only one who thought so.

The border troops were treated quite well in the past. Most of them had married criminal slaves or women from the same military households, and had wives and children to take care of.

Although life has become increasingly difficult in the past decade, generally speaking, each family has four or five people, so naturally there are a lot of things to be shared.

After the calculation, everyone looked at the distinguished and mysterious national teacher in front of them with great anticipation.

"National Master...there are so many things. When will they be distributed?"

Someone couldn't help but ask boldly.

Ding Fengnian also looked at the imperial teacher in the front with concern, wanting to hear her answer.

"Of course it will be sent immediately."

The imperial teacher's voice reached his ears clearly.

Then Ding Fengnian widened his eyes in astonishment.

Because she just raised her hand, and hundreds of sacks instantly appeared on the open space in the training ground.

On top of that, hundreds of cotton-padded jackets were placed.

There were also dozens of kilograms of sugar and hundreds of kilograms of meat placed next to it.

Many people present were so shocked that they screamed, and then they knelt down and kowtowed:

"immortal!"

“It’s a god!”

"God bless you! God bless you!"

Ding Fengnian also knelt down.

If the divine national teacher had not arrived in time, their entire family would have starved to death.

He was sincerely grateful to her and vowed in his heart to burn incense and worship her for the rest of his life.

"The thousand households in Yunlai, go get the actual household register and distribute the money according to the register."

She instructed Qianhu.

"Yes!"

Qianhu, who was usually fierce and domineering, was as obedient as a little lamb in front of the immortal national master and immediately agreed.

"I will leave the distribution of supplies to you. I will come back to check. If I find that these things have not been distributed to ordinary military households in full, I will take your head!"

These words were full of anger, and the thousand households were so frightened that they immediately knelt down and kowtowed:

"Master, I absolutely dare not!"

The Immortal State Master said again:

"It's freezing cold, and most of them have been hungry for a long time. I'm afraid they won't be able to carry the heavy things back. That's the extra noodles I gave them. Let someone make some batter for them first."

Ding Fengnian and other military households were immediately moved.

Although the immortal national master was very cruel to Qianhu, he was particularly kind to ordinary military households like them, and even considered such detailed details for them.

Although they had not yet tasted the batter prepared by the national teacher, everyone felt warm from the bottom of their hearts.

The immortal national teacher is so nice.

Now that Wei has a national teacher, do they have hope of living a good life?

*

This experience is undoubtedly an unforgettable one in the hearts of military households such as Ding Fengnian.

But for Chen Qingzhu, this was just an ordinary journey when she was distributing supplies.

Of course, she did give preferential treatment to military households in Xuanfu, Datong and other places.

In fact, these people were not included in her relief scope at the beginning.

After all, they are frontier troops and are supported by the imperial court.

But later, when she passed by Huailaiwei, she saw a soldier wearing tattered armor, who was extremely thin, kneeling beside an equally skinny old man and crying.

Maybe in terms of age, he is not an old man at all, he just looks very old.

"Dad, the military rations are distributed today, hurry up and eat them!"

He broke open a black multi-grain steamed bread and tried to stuff it into his father's mouth, but his father did not react at all.

This made Chen Qingzhu stop.

Since she happened to see it, she thought it might as well save a life.

She used her invisibility skills to push open the family's open door, walked to the bed and prepared to rescue him, but found that the old man had already died.

The man died of starvation. There was no food in his stomach, only a ball of hay.

She looked at the other military households and their families in the village. Most of them were penniless and everyone was extremely thin.

Therefore, this fully demonstrates that even in Huailai Wei, which is so close to the capital, the military households are equally poor, not to mention those further away.

Therefore, she temporarily changed her plan and decided to include all the garrisons in the relief scope, and also gave each household an extra cotton jacket.

On the one hand, we don't want these soldiers who are stationed in the most dangerous and coldest places to shed blood and tears.

On the other hand, it also means winning over the hearts of the troops.

But in this case, 500,000 shi of grain would definitely not be enough.

She will definitely have to get some more food later.

But she only had three spare talismans left. To make new talismans, she needed to set up a soul-renewing formation, and both setting up the formation and drawing the talismans would take a lot of time.

After much thought, it is best to open warehouses and store grain as much as possible.

As for which local officials are the lucky ones chosen, it depends on which of them overestimate their own abilities and want to capture or embarrass her in order to show their loyalty to Emperor Yong'an.

Counting the time, two days have passed and the imperial edict from the capital should have been delivered to the prefectures in the snow-stricken areas.

Given Emperor Yong'an's character, how could he let it go so easily after she emptied the treasury and the imperial army's granary one after another?