Exile is exile, is half of the capital enough as compensation?

To be on the safe side, Leng Youran did not distribute the food to households, but instead had personnel assigned to each town cook porridge and distribute it.

It’s not that Leng Youran was reluctant to give up that little bit of food, but she remembered what the old man said: a little kindness is repaid with a big grudge.

If the people develop the habit of always asking for things, it will be difficult to change.

"Little sister, why are you here?" Leng Yuyang, who was watching from the side, saw Leng Youran and Li Tianze from afar.

Seeing that the two of them were so close to each other, he put down what he was doing and walked over.

"Brother, Tianze and I are looking around to see if there's a place suitable for building a brick kiln. Haven't you finished sending it yet?"

Leng Yuyang pointed to the people not far away and said, "The number of people who came these past two days is much greater than the number we registered. I asked them, and many of them had previously hidden in the mountains. They only came out after hearing that the town was giving out porridge."

Leng Youran looked in the direction he pointed. The clothes on those people were even worse than those of the hundreds of civilians before. Many of them were only covered with animal skins.

His beard was unkempt and his features were hard to discern.

"Brother, have you sent someone to check out the place they mentioned? These people were able to survive in that illusion. Either they have excellent hunting skills, or there must be something they can survive in that place. Otherwise, it's impossible for them to be alive and well after so long."

Leng Yuyang finally remembered the key point after she said that.

These past two days he was so busy asking people to count their number that he forgot to go to the place they mentioned to investigate.

"I'll let people go."

Leng Yuyang was about to leave after he finished speaking, but Leng Youran stopped him.

He glanced at Li Tianze and said, "Why don't we go and take a look!"

Li Tianze nodded.

Leng Yuyang felt really uncomfortable seeing the two of them doing this in front of him, but he couldn't leave at the moment.

He could only walk up to Li Tianze and quietly warn him, "Behave yourself, kid."

Li Tianze raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but didn't say anything.

Leng Yuyang got angry when he saw him like this. In order to avoid losing his composure in front of others, he had to ask someone to find the person who had lived in the mountains before.

The man looked confused when he was brought in.

He looked at Leng Yuyang, then at Leng Youran and Li Tianze. Seeing that they didn't look like bad people, he was about to kneel down when Leng Youran supported him.

"Big brother, we came to you because we want you to take us to the mountain where you used to live."

"Look? What are you looking at? There's nothing there now." The man didn't quite understand what was so good about it when it was bare.

When Zhu Dazhi ruled the north, they thought that even gnawing on tree bark in the mountains was better than going down the mountain. However, the good food and drink they had received in the past two days had completely overturned their previous ideas.

It’s a bit strange to hear someone say they want to visit the cave where they used to live.

"We just want to take a look around. I wonder if Big Brother would be able to take us with him?"

The man lowered his head, thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Okay, I'll take you there, but my family members..."

The man's eyes fell on a family not far away.

Leng Youran couldn't help but be surprised when he saw a family standing not far away, because their group included not only the elderly, the weak, women and children, but also children.

This was the first child she had seen since coming to the North.

Although they did not look as strong as the man in front of him, they were all alive and well.

Leng Youran took two steps forward and squatted in front of the child. Because the child's face was covered in dirt and it was difficult to tell whether he was a boy or a girl, Leng Youran could only ask softly, "How old are you this year?"

The child was obviously a little scared. He shrank into the woman's arms behind him and looked back at her.

The woman patted his head affectionately. "It's okay. This is our benefactor. She gave us food. She asked Xin'er questions because she loves him. Don't be afraid." After comforting the child, she looked at Leng Youran apologetically. "Don't be offended, benefactor. The child was just too scared. He didn't mean to alienate us."

Leng Youran didn't show any displeasure on his face. He stood up and gently rubbed the child's head. "It's okay, I'm just a little emotional. Is this child's name Xin'er?"

"Yes, he is seven years old this year. Our family fled to the mountains just two years after he was born, so he is a little shy."

Leng Youran looked at the woman in front of him. Although her clothes were obviously too loose, her conversation gave people the feeling of a lady from a noble family. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Has this sister-in-law read poetry and learned etiquette?"

The woman bowed slightly and said, "Yes, my name is Xiao Qing. My father once worked in Beijing, but..."

Xiao Qing didn't say the rest of the words, but Leng Youran knew why. He was exiled to the North.

"Later, my parents passed away one after another, as did my brother and sister-in-law...and then I met Brother Lian."

Although the words are brief, they are very clear.

Leng Youran didn't touch upon her sorrowful past, but smiled and said, "Don't worry, everything will be fine. You should just recuperate in the city."

"Yes, Miss Leng, thank you."

Leng Youran looked at her in surprise, "You know me?"

Xiao Qing shook her head slightly, "I don't know, but I have heard of the name of the eldest son of the Leng family."

"I just saw the girl calling Young Master Leng 'Big Brother'." He added another sentence as if afraid that Leng Youran didn't understand.

Leng Youran's curiosity was aroused, and just as he was about to ask something, he felt a tightness on the back of his neck.

She looked back at Leng Yuyang, who had grabbed her, with a resentful look on her face. "Brother, can we please talk properly? Can't you change this habit of grabbing me by the back of my neck?"

Ever since her grandfather grabbed her by the scruff of the neck last time, she had been grabbed by countless people during this period of time.

And every time it happened, it happened when she was enjoying the melon.

"Little sister, Tianze said that you guys have to go somewhere else soon. Time is running out, so why don't you take Brother Lian to the mountains early?"

Big brother is so anxious to get her out.

something wrong.

There must be a problem.

This Xiao Qing must be related to the eldest brother.

Could it be...

Thinking of what Li Tianze said that night.

He looked at Leng Yuyang and Xiao Qing with interest.

Ha ha ha ha....

Hahahahahahahahaha….

My girlfriend got married, but the groom was not me.

Somehow, Leng Youran suddenly remembered this sentence.

Leng Yuyang saw the evil smile on her face and knew that she was starting to have wild thoughts again.

Lian Lian apologized to Xiao Qing, "I'm sorry, my little sister was naughty, I didn't mean any harm, you guys go ahead and do your work."

Regardless of Leng Youran's struggle, he dragged her to Li Tianze's side and pushed her forward. At this moment, he no longer cared about Li Tianze's attempt to hook up with their younger sister.

"Take her and go with Brother Lian!"