Noble Lady

"That's why I asked you, a master, to support me." Xue Chenyu said with a smile.

Du Jingyuan was so worried, "It's already this late, and you still have the mood to joke around."

"I know you're worried about Dongyue and afraid she'll get into danger. But in my opinion, the more it's now, the less likely they are to do anything to your people."

"The county magistrate has disappeared. If this matter were reported to the court, it would be enough to infuriate His Majesty. They won't allow the situation to escalate further, otherwise they wouldn't have ambushed us on the way."

Du Jingyuan blurted out the words, and after she finished speaking, she thought: What I said makes so much sense.

"I'm not joking, I'm serious." Xue Chenyu's expression remained unchanged. "I know they won't do anything to Dongyue and the others at this time. At most, they'll lock them up for a while, but what if?"

It's better to be safe than sorry, in case something unexpected happens.

She just didn't dare to take the risk.

What's more, among Dongyue and the others there is Mother Li who wants to take revenge.

She was afraid that Mother Li would die without redressing the family feud she had endured for half her life; she was also afraid that Mother Li would do something immoral in order to escape from the predicament.

However, A Yuan is right.

This was indeed a sensitive time. She had already made a high-profile appearance before, and if she suddenly showed up to open up the business now, it would inevitably attract attention.

"Qiuhua, go find out where my father and the others are. They're transporting food faster than we are, so they should be in several nearby counties by now. Try to contact them first."

"Yes, young lady." Qiuhua nodded.

But she couldn't help but wonder, Prince Cheng was right there, why didn't she just go to him? Was she afraid of trouble, or was she afraid of being associated with Prince Cheng?

Even if we don't look for Prince Cheng, there are still caravans with so many martial artists and bodyguards. Why should we look for the Marquis first?

Having given up the idea of ​​going to Datong Trading Company, Xue Chenyu simply went out to help.

At this moment, people are distributing porridge outside, and they need help to make fire, fetch water, cook porridge and chop wood. Since she is here, she can't just watch others busy.

Yuzhu has been called by Yumei to help. She has informed Xue Chenyu, and the latter has agreed.

At this moment, Xue Chenyu also came to the front to help scoop porridge for the elderly mothers-in-law and the little girls.

The most fortunate thing is that although winter has already arrived in the north, it is still summer in Lingnan.

If it is a severe winter like in the north, so many people will flee drought and famine to the north, becoming homeless and likely to freeze to death on the streets.

Seeing the starving people in thin clothes, Xue Chenyu felt relieved.

"Come, let me help you." Xue Chenyu picked up the bowl and handed it to Yuzhu.

Yuzhu turned her head and looked at her, "Girl!" with eyes full of surprise.

When she came out, she heard Xue Chenyu say that she was going to Datong Trading Company. She was worried that the girl would be in danger after going there, and she was also worried that she would be a hindrance if she went there, so she simply came out with Yumei to help.

It's best if the girl doesn't go.

When the hungry people who were queuing for porridge saw Xue Chenyu, they also shouted, "It's Miss Xue! Look, it's Miss Xue!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, go meet your savior!"

Men, women, young and old, with their families, all knelt down in front of Xue Chenyu again.

"Thank you Miss Xue for saving my life."

"Thank you, Miss Xue, for persuading us to come back!"

Those people kowtowed as they spoke, and they sincerely regarded Xue Chenyu as their savior.

"Hurry, all of you get up. I didn't do anything. It was Prince Cheng who arrived just in time. You should thank him."

"Miss Xue, the prince should thank you as well. If you hadn't persuaded us to come back, we would still be heading north now."

"Yes, yes, it was you, Miss Xue, who persuaded us to come back. We are all reasonable people. We will always remember your life-saving benefactor."

"You, please don't do this. I really didn't do anything. I really can't bear your behavior...." They kept talking back and forth, making Xue Chenyu a little at a loss.

She never thought that what she did was insignificant. As the ancients said, if you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world.

In the face of such natural and man-made disasters, with her family's financial resources, even if she couldn't save everyone in the world, she would at least save as many people as she could.

She also didn't think of asking them to kneel down and kowtow in gratitude like this.

"Please get up quickly. It's difficult for my daughter to cope with you all kneeling like this." Yuzhu quickly tried to smooth things over.

"My daughter has been standing here for a long time, and her hands are sore. If you all care about her, you should come and queue up to drink the porridge and fill your stomach."

After Yuzhu said this, everyone finally reacted.

"Yes, yes, that little girl is right. Miss Xue personally served us porridge. We can't let Miss Xue down."

"Yes, yes, we have been hungry for so long. This bowl of porridge is life-saving. Everyone, stop kneeling and get up and drink the porridge."

The older mothers-in-law got up first, and then the other young people and children got up one after another, and lined up in the original queue again, receiving the porridge one by one.

They all smiled happily at Xue Chenyu and couldn't be happier.

Of course, Xue Chenyu did not disappoint them. Today's porridge was just the beginning. There would be a steady supply of rice and grain to help them get through the difficulties.

Everyone had a bowl of thin white porridge, but they ate it voraciously and with gusto, enjoying it more than any other delicacies.

This is life-saving rice, which symbolizes that they are saved and that there are really living Bodhisattvas and living gods coming to help them.

The man and his family, who had just started an uprising and were about to rob things, were tied to a pillar nearby. They could only watch others eat porridge and swallow their saliva hard.

The hungry people who were eating porridge looked at that family, and there was relief in their eyes: Fortunately, they didn't follow them like crazy and try to steal things.

"Luckily we came back with you. Now we have hot porridge to drink." Grandma Qiao drank the whole bowl in one gulp. Thinking of those who didn't listen, she couldn't help but say, "Those who went north will regret it to death!"

"That's right. If they had listened to my advice, they could have eaten porridge."

The implication is that there is regret.

After all, they are all from the same county, or even the same town, township or village. Who would want to see these neighbors who usually chat and laugh together, unable to escape famine and finally starving to death on the road?

But, they had no other choice.

"Everyone, don't worry. The prince has already sent people to the north to chase them. They should be able to persuade them to come back." Xue Chenyu cleared his throat and said loudly.

"Really? Can we really persuade those people to come back?" Grandma Qiao's eyes lit up.

But I don’t know what he was thinking about, his eyes dimmed again.