I travel back and forth between ancient and modern times, hoarding goods to raise my grandchildren a

Xu Huaicheng and Chen Ping walked angrily down the road.

Those people went too far. They ate and drank well themselves, but they wouldn't give him anything to eat.

Suddenly, a group of people rode past them on something.

Xu Huaicheng spotted Xu Huai'an sitting in the back seat of Lao Si's car at a glance.

He rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"How could this be? How could Xu Huai'an be sitting up there?"

He glanced at it a few more times and asked Chen Ping incredulously, "Has Xu Huai'an gained weight?"

Chen Ping lowered his head and said, "Young Master, this servant didn't see clearly."

Even after seeing it clearly, I dare not answer.

"Useless trash."

Xu Huaicheng kicked out, then looked back at Xu Huai'an.

"Wasn't Xu Huai'an supposed to go to the General's Mansion to suffer? How come he's gained weight?"

What are those things they're riding in? How can they go so fast without being led by a horse?

"Were those people from the General's Mansion just now?"

Many people on the street shared similar doubts with him.

"What did those children from the General's Mansion ride past on? And why do they all look so clean?"

"They even washed their hair? Where did all that water come from?"

The people in the Ministry of Rites' office still haven't had enough to eat these past few days. They tried to buy grain from others, but even when they offered fifty taels for a pound of rice, no one was willing to sell it to them.

To avoid getting too hungry, they rarely even dared to leave the house.

But he still sent his servants out to inquire where there was food.

The servants rushed back.

"Master, Madam, I just saw the young master."

Madam Yu frowned: "What young master?"

"It's Young Master Chengcheng."

Mrs. Yu said impatiently, "So what if I saw it? What's the big deal?"

"No news of his death has come from the General's Mansion, which means he's not dead. What's there to panic about seeing him?"

If she panicked upon hearing the news of his death, I could understand.

The servant then finished speaking in one breath: "This servant saw Young Master Chengcheng riding a very strange car with the young masters of the General's Mansion on the street, and Young Master Chengcheng has also gained weight."

“Young Master Chengcheng has taken a bath. This servant saw that his face and hair were clean, and he had changed into clean new clothes.”

"Young Master Chengcheng is still smiling happily."

Madam Yu refused to believe it: "How is that possible? Yu Chengcheng went to the General's Mansion to suffer, how could he have gotten fat? You must have seen wrong."

"This servant is not mistaken. The people with him at the time included several young masters from the General's Mansion and Young Master Huai'an from the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion."

Mrs. Yu asked with some doubt, "Really?"

She had also heard about Xu Huai'an from the Duke of Dingguo's mansion and his involvement with the General's mansion.

When she first heard the news, she thought to herself, "The people in the Duke of Dingguo's mansion are really ruthless. They actually sent Xu Huai'an to the General's mansion to suffer."

“It’s true. If you don’t believe me, Madam, you can go out and take a look with me. Young Master Cheng and the others should be passing by our gate soon.”

If you take a long route from the General's Mansion to the Imperial Palace, you will pass by the residence of the Minister of Rites.

The eldest brother and his group took the long way.

"Come on, let's go out and take a look."

Madam Yu led her entourage toward the door.

Lord Yu hesitated for a moment, then thought about it and followed.

"Brother, is it my turn to ride? You've been riding for so long, you should rest."

The second brother hugged the eldest brother's waist and saw everyone looking at their eldest brother with envy. He also wanted to be envied like everyone else.

The eldest brother stopped and said, "Let my great-uncle ride first."

It also involved the issue of respecting elders, and the second son had no objections.

He remained seated in the back of the car, waiting for Yu Chengcheng to arrive.

The eldest brother then sat down behind the guard.

The current formation is that Yu Chengcheng's car is at the very front of the line.

The procession was about to reach the entrance of the Ministry of Rites' residence.

Yu Chengcheng slowed down a bit, then returned to normal.

His smile remained unchanged, and even became brighter as he rode his bicycle.

It was a smile I had never shown before when I was at home.

"Grandpa, can I ride it when we get to the palace gate?"

Yu Chengcheng hummed in agreement, behaving like an elder, and replied, "I'll let you ride it after we get through this alley."

Grandchildren respect the elderly, so he, as the great-uncle, should love the young.

Madam Yu stood at the entrance of the Ministry of Rites' residence.

They looked in the direction of Yu Chengcheng and the others.

She was stung by the smile on Yu Chengcheng's face.

"Is it really him?"

What is he riding on?

"How come he and the other children from the General's Mansion have all grown up? Did the General's Mansion also get some grain in exchange?"

No one could answer her question.

She simply walked up and stopped Yu Chengcheng's car.

What are you riding?

When Yu Chengcheng saw her, she instinctively shrank back.

"It's...it's a bicycle."

"What's a bicycle? Where did you get this?"

Mrs. Yu's hand naturally touched the bicycle handlebars.

The fourth brother and his group followed in their car.

The fourth son jumped out of the car, ran over angrily, and slapped Madam Yu's hand away:

"This is our car, don't touch it."

Madam Yu's face darkened.

"You're Pei Haoyu, the fourth son of the Pei family?"

The fourth brother stood with his hands on his hips, head held high and chest puffed out: "That's right, I'm a man, I don't change my name or surname, I am Pei Haoyu."

Madam Yu narrowed her eyes in disgust: "Do you know who I am?"

The fourth son nodded vigorously: "Of course I know, you are Grandmother's mother."

"Good to know. I am your grandmother's mother, that is, your great-grandmother. You must listen to me."

"I really liked this bicycle, so they gave it to me."

"besides,"

Madam Yu sized up the fourth son.

Then he looked at the other children.

Even if your grandmother is insane and can't control you, you shouldn't misuse the family's water and food behind her back.

There isn't even enough water for people to drink these days, and you're using it for bathing?

"Since I am your great-grandmother, I will be in charge of you. You should hurry back to the General's Mansion and have your servants move the water and food to the Minister of Rites' residence."

"Never mind, you probably don't have enough people at your residence. I'll send a few people with you."

Mrs. Yu was furious when she saw how much water the children were wasting.

If only this water were kept for her, then she and Yu Qingqing could take a bath.

I wonder how much water is left in the general's mansion after they've squandered it all.

And these children have all gotten chubby on their faces.

They must eat a lot of it on a regular basis.

That crazy girl Yu Wanwan is completely useless; she can't even control a few children.

They don't even bother to send good things home first, wasting them for no reason.

"Chen Pi, go inside and call a few more people to come with them to the General's Mansion."

"Dang Gui, take a few people and bring those bicycles back to the manor. The children are so ignorant and they ride them around the streets. What if they get hurt?"

The Minister of Rites also came along.

He was very satisfied with his wife's arrangements.

That's how it should be handled.

Yu Wanwan is a crazy woman anyway, she doesn't understand anything.

Then he would have to manage the affairs of the general's mansion on his behalf.

He spoke in a condescending tone:

“I have heard that your grandmother hides all the grain and eats it herself, leaving you to go hungry. So, bring all the grain and water here later, and you can come here for a meal every day at noon.”

Over the past year, many families in Beijing have not been able to afford even one meal a day.

He felt that he had fulfilled his responsibility as a great-grandfather.