Taking away my family's luck? I won't stand it!

"Okay." Ali rubbed his hands and took the tray from Shen Chulan.

The portion of fish porridge and fish balls was very generous, and there was still plenty for four people to eat.

Xiao Ci, Lu Jiu, and Nanny Nan, who were sitting in the carriage, had already smelled the overbearing aroma of pickled fish and were starving.

"Master, Master, the food prepared by the Yuan family is ready." Ali lifted the curtain and revealed a smiling face.

"Is this pickled fish?" Lu Jiu looked at the tray. The three light dishes exuded an enticing aroma, but there was no chili pepper.

Ali shook his head, "Master, these are for the young master to eat, they are relatively light."

"Ci'er just woke up, he should eat something light." Lu Jiu felt a little disappointed.

He thought he could try the pickled fish.

Lu Jiu's ancestors loved spicy food, and he couldn't help himself when he smelled the fragrant and numbing taste.

At this time, Yuan Laoer's voice came from outside the carriage.

"Master Lu, my mother asked you to try the pickled fish."

Ah Li smiled and lifted the curtain, reached out to take it, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Yuan."

He moved his nose and started to drool.

Lu Jiu looked at the delicious pickled fish in front of him, picked up his chopsticks, and a look of enjoyment appeared on his warm face.

"This is the taste. It's the first time I've tasted the taste of home after being away from home for so long."

Nanny Nan smiled, knowing that Lu Jiu loved spicy food and hadn't eaten spicy food for two months, which was really unfair to him.

Xiao Ci secretly picked up a piece of pickled fish, which was so spicy that he kept pouring water into his mouth.

Everyone was very satisfied with the meal.

......

The Yuan family ate pickled fish with rice, and it was delicious.

This was the most comfortable meal the Yuan family had eaten during the three years of drought. They didn't have to be on guard against their neighbors or hide from the victims.

The third son's wife had forgotten that her younger brother was standing behind the tree waiting for her to get food.

The pot of pickled fish was quickly finished and the soup in the pot was used as a side dish for rice.

After lunch, the carriage continued on its journey.

By evening, everyone finally entered the city.

The city is bustling with hawking and chasing sounds, and there is peace in the hustle and bustle.

When the Yuan family saw this, their eyes turned red and their noses felt sore.

During the three years of drought, we were in dire straits every day and could not even imagine a peaceful day.

The boys were jealous of the meat buns, candied haws and malt sugar sold on the street. Even though they knew that their family had just received 500 silver notes, they kept silent.

Then they received the news that they would rest in the county town for one night.

Upon hearing the news, all the Yuan family members, young and old, regardless of gender, were happy.

The Lu family's carriage stopped at an inn.

Old Mrs. Liu decided to book two rooms, one for men to rest and one for women to rest.

"Eldest Yuan, Second Yuan, you two take the third and fourth sons to the street to buy some cooking ingredients, buy more." Old Mrs. Liu instructed her sons.

"There's also malt sugar and a few strings of candied haws. Also, buy a dozen meat buns and let the boys try some!"

Old Lady Liu thought for a moment and said, giving Boss Yuan a small ingot of silver.

When she entered the city, she naturally saw the longing looks in the eyes of several boys. As their grandmother, how could she not feel distressed when she saw this?

After moving the valuables into the room and hiding them, Old Lady Liu asked the servants to bring a few buckets of hot water.

Although I took a few baths along the way during the nearly one month of fleeing famine, each time I took a bath in a hurry and felt extremely uncomfortable when I sweated.

We'll rest at the inn for one night today, so we have to clean ourselves up.

After a while, the servants brought a few buckets of steaming hot water, and the Yuan family took a nice bath.

Yaoyao was having a lot of fun lying in the warm water, splashing around and splashing water all over the house.

Even Xiao Hei was given a bath by Old Lady Liu, and now he is lying in the sun lazily basking in the sun.

Since she didn't have to help the Lu family cook tonight, Old Lady Liu generously ordered several specialty dishes from the post station, accompanied by the meat buns bought by Old Lady Yuan and the others. It was a rare moment of relaxation.

Even when the third daughter-in-law left out a meat bun, Old Lady Liu and the others didn't get angry.

There is no need to ruin your mood for one person, it's not worth it.

The specialty dishes at the post station didn’t taste as good as those made by Shen Chulan, but they were not picky and ate them all up.

The Lu family in the other room felt the same way and found it difficult to swallow the food in their mouths.

For such a big post station, the food they make is so unpalatable.

It was not easy to ask the Yuan family to cook, so Lu Jiu and Xiao Ci put down their chopsticks after eating half full, and hardly touched the food on the plates. Nanny Nan shook her head when she saw this, thinking that they were indeed a family, yet they were so picky.

Yaoyao nestled in Shen Chulan's arms and drank milk. After she had finished her drink and solved the most important issue in her life, she kicked her feet and played on the bed.

Old Lady Liu pinched Yaoyao, who looked different every day, and listened to the thumping of the bed made by her precious granddaughter's kicks. "Oh, Yaoyao has grown up, and her feet are so strong."

Yaoyao giggled and took Old Lady Liu's hand, looking at her with her big watery black eyes.

"Mom, Yaoyao will be one month old in a few days. Now we have set foot in the south. Where should we settle down?" Shen Chulan pinched Yaoyao's lotus root-knotted arm and applied tea oil on her.

Old Lady Liu: "Let's first see where the Lu family has settled, and then find a place nearby. It would be best if we could find a place with mountains and water, where it's spring all year round and there's plenty of rain."

"You actually agreed to go with the Lu family. You can't go back on your word."

Shen Chulan nodded, "That's what mother said."

"Chu Lan, don't worry. Yaoyao is my baby. I will definitely attach great importance to her full moon day." Ye Wan smiled gently.

The third son's wife rolled her eyes while lying on the ground. Why was a little girl holding a full-month banquet? The girls in their family had never had a birthday, let alone a full-month banquet.

After a comfortable night's rest, the Yuan family felt refreshed.

Yuan Jia came to the carriage, and suddenly, a man with a bruised face and disheveled hair fell beside the carriage.

It just so happened that the third son’s wife was upset because of what happened last night, so she kicked the disheveled beggar.

"Ah! Sister, why did you kick me!" A scream rang out, and Zhang Tiezhu's voice was filled with complaints.

The third brother's wife took a closer look and finally recognized her brother. She frantically helped Zhang Tiezhu up and asked, "How did you become like this after not seeing you for just one night?"

"Sister, do you have ten taels of silver?"

Zhang Tiezhu avoided looking.

"Ten... ten taels of silver? Even if you sold me, you wouldn't have ten taels of silver!" The third wife screamed, then realized, "Did you go to the casino to gamble again?"

Last night, Zhang Tiezhu entered the city. Seeing the prosperous streets, how could he resist? He easily found his way to the casino and gambled all night. He originally thought he could win a lot, but ended up owing ten taels.

"Didn't you say your sister is rich? Hurry up and take out ten taels of silver, or I'll chop off your hands!" A tall, muscular man with his upper body exposed kicked Zhang Tiezhu over.

The Yuan family watched coldly, with no intention of stepping forward to help.

This scene attracted many villagers to gather around and point at the people in the carriage. Especially when they saw Zhang Tiezhu, the contempt in their eyes was particularly obvious.