Zhang Ying was taken aback and looked at Ruan Mianmian with disbelief: "How could you think of them like that?"

Ruan Mianmian felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze, but still said, "No one can guarantee that they are all good people. Human nature is always very complicated."

Zhang Ying seemed to have thought of something, softened her tone, and said, "Perhaps there are indeed people who try to extort money, but that's only a possibility. Even if someone does become attached to Sister Jin Sheng and their family sacrifices their lives for her, then the due gratitude is still essential."

"Aren't you worried?" Ruan Mianmian asked.

I never imagined I'd be owed anything, and despite being injured, my first thought was to thank them.

Zhang Ying shook her head: "I'm not worried. When someone does us a favor, our first thought should be to repay them, not that someone is after our money." She sighed as she said this.

“If any of those four were the breadwinners of their families, and their families couldn’t support themselves, then it would be only right for Sister Jin Sheng to take care of them for the rest of her life. However, I believe that anyone with a bit of backbone would not ask Sister Jin Sheng to take care of them for the rest of their life. The descendants of heroes would never do such a thing.”

Ruan Mianmian looked at Zhang Ying, who had a serious expression, without saying anything.

Perhaps this is the justice and simplicity of our time.

Zhang Ying asked Ruan Mianmian, "Mianmian, are there many people like this in your world?" She was so surprised that Ruan Mianmian thought she would be harassed before even meeting them.

Ruan Mianmian thought for a moment and said, "Where I live, there are cases where kind-hearted people help elderly people who have fallen, only to be falsely accused of pushing the elderly people down. So, many times, people are afraid to help elderly people who have fallen down when they see them on the street."

Zhang Ying was extremely shocked: "How could this be?" After a pause, she added, "That's not right. In our time, there are also people who extort money like this. But we don't consider it the norm."

“In our time, information was very readily available. What happened this morning was uploaded to the internet and became known throughout the country that same day. Seeing this, people naturally learned from it,” Ruan Mianmian said.

"Furthermore, if you are extorted or falsely accused, even if you eventually prove your innocence, it will still take time and effort. Therefore, many times, people think it's better to avoid trouble and simply leave the elderly who have fallen alone. Of course, there are always kind-hearted people with good intentions."

She then spoke of the groundbreaking Peng Moumou case and the verdict.

After listening, Zhang Ying remained silent for a long time: "There must be a way to change this situation."

Ruan Mianmian nodded: "Mm." She didn't want to talk about this anymore.

After sitting for a while, Ruan Mianmian took out the food for tonight and then sat down next to Zhang Ying: "Sister Ying, I plan to go north in a couple of days to open a shopping mall on the banks of the Yangtze River. I'm going out now to rent a horse-drawn carriage. Once your wound is better in a few days, we'll head north."

Zhang Ying quickly grabbed Ruan Mianmian: "Hire some people to accompany you north. My leg is injured and I can't walk, so I won't go with you." She immediately shook her head, "No, it's too dangerous for a young girl like you to travel alone. I'll have our comrades escort you."

Ruan Mianmian insisted, "No, I must take you with me." No matter what Zhang Ying said, she wouldn't budge.

Zhang Ying was quite helpless, but in the end she compromised. She whispered to Ruan Mianmian how to contact the comrades in the city, and then told Ruan Mianmian to dirty her face and hurry out to contact the people.

The liaison point is located north of Tanzhou City.

Ruan Mianmian stepped into the north of the city and saw that the streets were full of unkempt, skinny beggars, making her feel so uncomfortable that she could hardly breathe.

Suddenly, a dark, shadowy figure lunged at her: "Please, give me some food... save my child..."

Ruan Mianmian was startled. Looking down, she saw a woman so dirty that her face was unrecognizable lying in front of her, holding a child with an unusually large head and an unusually small body.

The child's eyes were closed, and his chest was not rising and falling; it was unclear whether he was dead or alive.

Such a disaster struck her soul directly, making her tremble all over.

However, the TV dramas she had watched told her that if she helped, she would be surrounded by all the beggars around her.

They could even die.

So despite her distress and her strong desire to help, she managed to control herself, shaking her head with tears in her eyes: "I'm sorry, I... I have no food..." After saying that, she couldn't bear to face this mother and son with such a tragic fate, and ran away as if fleeing.

After that, she forced herself to stop looking at the displaced people or beggars around her and rushed straight toward her destination.

But she couldn't stop the desperate pleas and painful groans from reaching her ears.

Upon arriving at the liaison point and making contact with her comrades, Ruan Mianmian was deathly pale, looking like a ghost.

Comrade Liu at the liaison point was so frightened that he kept asking, "Where are you injured?"

Ruan Mianmian shook her head, and after slowly calming down, she whispered, "Those refugees are so pitiful."

Upon hearing this, Comrade Liu gave a bitter smile: "Yes, it's terrible... We've done everything we can, but we can't help at all."

Then came silence.

Ruan Mianmian spoke to the chubby system in her mind: "Baby, those people are so pitiful, can I take out more food?"

"Mianmian, I'm sorry, these are the rules." The chubby baby's little voice was neither sad nor happy. "There are many refugees in this city, and you can't possibly save them all. Unless, you open the market and start trading."

Ruan Mianmian remained silent for a moment, then decided not to open a shopping mall.

It's already so terrible here, and it's even worse along the Yangtze River. She needs to open a shopping mall in a place where she's needed more.

So, Ruan Mianmian bargained with the chubby system: "Baby, can I take out all the sugar and grains I have in this world? No, I mean all the meat and vegetables needed for the four dishes and one soup, please take them in advance too. Okay baby, please."

The chubby system hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "Then for the next few days, you can only eat white rice and vegetables."

“No problem,” Ruan Mianmian immediately agreed.

She had to do something, she had to do something.

After obtaining permission from the fat system, Ruan Mianmian immediately took something out of her backpack.

The first thing she took out was a large bag of white sugar weighing five pounds.

Comrade Liu was surprised to see her take out white sugar from her backpack: "Comrade Ruan, what are you doing..."

Ruan Mianmian hurriedly said, "This is white sugar, very good quality. Can we give it to the refugees outside to help them? Or, we can use this white sugar to exchange for some food with the shops. In short, whatever is more cost-effective." As she spoke, she continued to take things out.

Five pounds of millet, five pounds of flour, five pounds of soybeans, five pounds of potatoes, five pounds of sweet potatoes, five pounds of salt, ten pounds of fatty pork, five pounds of chicken legs, five pounds of fish...

Comrade Liu was dumbfounded: "Comrade Ruan, how come you have so many things? Are you very strong? How can you carry so many things?" And she was walking very fast. He had just seen her walk over here at a fast pace!

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