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

Yu Huai is a cautious person.

After taking the grain, to prevent anyone from finding out that the matter was related to the Ministry of Rites' residence, he set it on fire.

After the people in the alley came out and put out the fire, only a few bodies that had been burned to death remained.

"They must have accidentally burned down their house while cooking."

"Sigh, Old Qin is really senile. I've told him so many times to be careful when he's starting a fire, but this is the umpteenth time this month."

"Sigh, it's just a pity for his grandsons."

"Let's all help each other and take their bodies to be buried."

The family that had the accident was also a family with a tragic fate.

My husband, son, and daughter-in-law all starved to death.

Old Qin was left alone with his grandsons.

Old Qin was afraid that if he didn't do any housework at home, his grandsons would look down on him and wouldn't take care of him in his old age, so he took on the cooking chores himself.

However, after losing his wife and son in his old age, he suffered too much mental trauma and became somewhat confused.

They often forget that they are cooking over a fire.

They wouldn't remember until the fire started burning.

It was alright when there was no food and we couldn't cook.

We've had enough food lately, so we cook every day.

This is the fourth fire at the Qin family's house this month.

When everyone saw that the Qin family's house was on fire, they immediately assumed it was the same as before and ruled out all other possibilities.

After everyone stood at the door for a while, they went inside to help.

When the imperial physicians arrived, they heard the explanations from the people in the alley and didn't think much of it.

Soon, the soldiers sent by the emperor arrived.

They scattered and stood guard on both sides of the alley.

The Office of the Minister of Rites.

Looking at the grain and water that Yu Huai brought back, the Minister of Rites and Madam Yu both swallowed hard.

Madam Yu knelt on the ground to inspect the grain. She grabbed a handful and took a bite.

"There really is food, and it's such white rice, and such clear water."

"Master, come and take a look! There's even salt and sugar! This salt is so fine; even before the drought, we've never tasted such fine salt."

And there's sugar, but this sugar is way too white.

"Where did those lowly people get such good stuff?"

"Fortunately, these things now belong to us."

The Minister of Rites put his hands behind his back.

He looked at the grain on the ground.

The rice weighs about ten to twenty kilograms.

As for that bucket whose material was indiscernible, it was also half-filled with water.

He asked Yu Huai, "Well done! You've brought all the food and water from the entire slum area over here?"

That much food and water must be all that lowly people have.

But Yu Huai shook his head: "My lord, this is only one of the households."

"What?" Mrs. Yu was so shocked that she stood up abruptly from the ground.

"This is just from one of the lowly families? They don't even deserve so much good food?"

"Then why don't you hurry up and bring back all the grain from the other people's homes?"

The Minister of Rites nodded, his expression serious: "That's right, go out again and bring back the rest of their grain."

No one knows when it will rain, and even if it does, it will take at least several months for the crops to grow back.

The more food we can find, the better.

Yu Huai responded with a "Yes," and then turned and left.

He returned very quickly this time.

But he returned empty-handed.

"My lord, the Emperor has sent soldiers to guard the entrances and exits of the alley. I am afraid of being exposed, so I dare not go in."

The Minister of Rites asked with a puzzled look, "Did His Majesty send people to guard it?"

Madam Yu held a bowl of freshly cooked white rice, ate a few mouthfuls, and also felt a little strange: "The people living there are all lowly people, why would the Emperor send people to guard that place?"

"Does it mean they know you went there to steal food?"

"Even if they knew you were stealing grain, there was no need to send people to guard it. These days, soldiers aren't even getting enough to eat, so why send them to protect a bunch of lowly people?"

"I don't know."

"Never mind, here's a bowl of porridge. Take it and eat it first. This is a reward for you."

Eating is the priority right now.

The Minister of Rites was too lazy to think about these things.

Things related to those lowly people shouldn't be a big deal.

Even if they sent people to guard the place because they discovered someone was stealing grain, the fact that they only sent people to guard the place but didn't send anyone to their residence to arrest the person means that they didn't know that the grain was stolen by people from the Ministry of Rites' residence.

This makes it even less of a concern.

"Go down and eat first."

"You can go and collect the food whenever those soldiers have withdrawn."

"Yes."

After finishing a bowl of rice, Madam Yu did not eat any more.

She looked at the two bowls of rice left in the pot and served the Minister of Rites another bowl.

She ladled the remaining portion into another bowl.

She said, "Master, I will take the rice to Qingqing first."

"Ah."

***

As night fell, a rechargeable desk lamp was lit in Yu Wanwan's room.

She lay on her side in bed reading a novel on her phone.

I saw on my phone that the time, which had been reset to ancient times, was already 9 PM.

She thought for a moment, then threw off the covers, got out of bed, and put on her shoes.

He carried the desk lamp out of her yard.

We arrived at Tinglan Pavilion next door.

Her grandchildren and several other children all lived in Tinglan Pavilion.

As soon as she stepped into Tinglan Pavilion, she immediately showed an expression of "I knew it."

Just as she had imagined, a desk lamp was lit in the eldest son's room.

She pushed the door open and went in.

The children immediately became flustered.

The fourth brother was the first to run to the eldest brother's bed, pull the blanket over his head, and immediately start snoring.

The third brother ran towards the door and bumped right into the fifth brother, who was also running towards the door.

Before running away, the second child grabbed a handful of potato chips and stuffed them into his mouth.

Xu Huai'an and Tao Xinran stood there awkwardly.

Yu Chengcheng pressed the tablet screen, which was originally standing on the table, onto the table.

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However, it only blocked the screen; the song "Don't underestimate me just because I'm a sheep, the green grass smells better because of me" could still be heard playing inside.

Yu Wanwan took the tablet with a dark expression.

"No more tablets allowed at night."

It's true that you can't trust children's self-control too much. Even the eldest child, who usually seems very sensible, can't resist staying up late to watch cartoons when faced with the temptation of a tablet.

"You can only observe it for one hour during the day."

"besides,"

Yu Wanwan glanced at the snacks and drinks scattered haphazardly on the ground.

Frowning, he said, "You can only go to sleep after you brush your teeth. The one already asleep and snoring in bed, get up and go brush your teeth right now."

Upon hearing this, the fourth brother immediately sat up in bed as if he had risen from the dead.

"Grandma, okay, I'll go brush my teeth right away."

The fourth brother rushed out, ran to his room, grabbed a cup, filled it with water and a willow branch, swirled it in his mouth a couple of times, took a sip of water, gurgled it around for a while, and then spat it out.

He rushed back to the eldest brother's bed.

As he lifted the covers to prepare for sleep, Yu Wanwan pulled him off.

"Open your mouth."

"You still have breadcrumbs between your teeth, and you're telling me you brushed your teeth?"

At this moment, Yu Wanwan admired everyone who could raise their grandson well.

Taking care of my grandson is so damn tiring.