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

Yu Chengcheng covered his face, not quite understanding why his mother was treating his sister this way.

The Minister of Rites walked in after finishing his work and gave Yu Chengcheng a brief, indifferent glance.

He handed the lady a cup of tea that had only been sipped, and said, "Getting angry makes you hungry faster. Don't be angry. Anyway, she's now a member of the General's Mansion, and she has nothing to do with us."

"Even if she starves to death in the general's mansion, she deserves it."

The Minister's wife took the tea and said, "That's right, she has nothing to do with us anymore. It would be better if she could starve to death in the General's Mansion, so as not to embarrass us."

Over the years, because of raising such a crazy daughter, she has been ridiculed wherever she goes.

She had long been fed up with this kind of life, which is why, upon learning that the Emperor had bestowed a marriage upon Yu Wanwan and the General of the Cavalry, she disregarded all propriety and sent Yu Wanwan to the General's mansion.

After saying that, she savored the last sip of tea in her cup as if it were a fine, celestial brew.

The Minister of Rites also sipped his tea: "Life is getting harder and harder for everyone these days. There are very few families in the capital who can still enjoy a cup of tea like we do. I'm afraid things will only get harder in the future."

well."

The Minister's wife, however, was quite pleased to hear that there were very few families in the capital who could afford to drink tea like they did.

“They used to laugh at me a lot, but now they’re not even doing as well as me. I really want to stand in front of them and let them watch me sip tea, just to make them envious.”

The Minister of Rites curled the corners of his mouth, his face also showing smugness.

His words, however, were much more rational: "Alright, we can just drink this tea quietly at home. We shouldn't let anyone know, lest someone come and steal it."

"Do you think I'm stupid? I was just saying it casually, but I'm genuinely curious about what kind of life the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Works are living these days?"

"These two families love to meddle in other people's business. They can't even afford to eat their own meals, yet they say I shouldn't have sent Yu Wanwan to the General's Mansion at this time, saying I wanted to kill her and the people in the General's Mansion. Bah!"

His father and mother were talking about things he couldn't understand; Yu Chengcheng had already left.

A servant brought him a hard, dry cake.

This is tonight's dinner.

He didn't eat it; instead, he secretly hid the pancake inside his clothes.

The next day, Yu Wanwan woke up early.

After washing my face with bottled purified water, I went to the front yard to have breakfast with my grandchildren.

Xu Huai'an wiped his body with water, cleaning his face and hands thoroughly. He then changed into Lao Si's new clothes. Although he was afraid of wasting water and refused to wash his hair, he looked much cleaner and was a very handsome young boy.

He was sitting at the dining table when he saw Yu Wanwan come over. He stood up awkwardly and, together with Lao Si and the others, called out, "Grandmother."

Yu Wanwan waved her hand: "Sit down and have your meal."

Today's breakfast was still rice porridge, stir-fried pickled vegetables, fried ham sausage, a braised egg for each person, and a carton of pure milk.

Yu Wanwan watched expectantly as her grandchildren took their first bite.

[Ding dong, Pei Chenhao's health has increased, rewarding 5 points]

[Ding dong, Pei Shiya's health has increased, rewarding 5 points]

[Ding dong, Pei Haoyu's health has increased, rewarding 5 points]

[Ding dong, Pei Yajing's health has increased, rewarding 5 points]

[Ding dong, Pei Yuchen's health has increased, rewarding 5 points]

[Ding-dong, Xu Huai'an's health has increased, rewarding 5 points]

Yu Wanwan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, everyone contributes points once a day, instead of just once.

This way, she won't have to worry about where to find new kids to farm points every day.

After breakfast, the children happily ran around in the yard.

Even the sixth child, who couldn't walk yet, crawled around beside them, babbling incoherently.

The servants were busy in the flower garden, carrying water for the group to wash up.

Yu Wanwan lay on the recliner, touching her bracelet.

[Ding-dong, countdown to traveling to the modern era begins, 143:57:52]

There are 143 hours left before I travel back to the modern era.

She doesn't have much time left to upgrade.

If she fails to upgrade, she'll still have to bring these things next time. What if she stays here longer? Won't she starve to death?

No!

Thinking of this, Yu Wanwan suddenly sat up.

The system currently has only 70 points. If she's not mistaken, the first upgrade should only require 100 points.

I'm only 30 points away from my first upgrade.

She was going out to look for the child.

Soon, she lay back down on the recliner in frustration.

Extremely harsh environments can bring out the evil in human nature.

If she stood on the street with a handful of food, beckoning children to come and eat, what would come wouldn't be a group of children, but a group of starving villains.

At that point, not only will the little food she has be eaten, but her people will be devoured in no time.

The search for the child should not be made public.

She focused her attention on her grandchildren.

Let's start with my grandson's friends.

"Eldest brother, second brother, bring your younger siblings over here for a moment."

***

Half an hour later, Yu Wanwan appeared with her grandsons in the alley behind the Ministry of Revenue's residence.

The backyard of the Ministry of Revenue Minister's residence is next to a small hill.

Strictly speaking, they are at the foot of the mountain now.

There was a group of children with them at the foot of the mountain.

There were children dressed in fine silks and satins but very dirty, and children dressed in tattered clothes but still very dirty.

The children were all squatting on the ground digging in the dirt.

Some people would stuff the soil directly into their mouths after digging.

Some people coughed because they were choked by the dry soil, and after coughing, they continued to stuff soil into the holes.

Seeing them like this, Yu Wanwan asked the eldest brother next to her, "Are they eating Guanyin clay?"

Yu Wanwan knew that during famines, many people would use Guanyin clay to stave off hunger when they couldn't find food.

Even in the original owner's memories, all of her grandsons, except for the youngest sixth son, had eaten Guanyin clay.

At the time, knowing these things was just that—knowing, like reading about them in a novel—it didn't really resonate with me.

Watching these children, who should have been growing up carefree, stuffing Guanyin clay into their mouths, her eyes welled up with tears again.

How can a person suffer like this?

Yu Wanwan called Zhou Nan over.

Zhou Nan was a trained fighter, and his five senses were much more acute than theirs.

Are there any adults nearby?

Zhou Nan didn't even need to sense it before saying, "No, the adults who came here this time all went up the mountain to look for tree roots. They deliberately left the children here to dig for Guanyin clay."

"Okay, you take this handful of candy. Later, just pretend you found it on the ground, then call everyone over to share it, one for each person."

Yu Wanwan took everything out of her space.

She only brought a bag of White Rabbit milk candy and a few small breads with her this time.

There were too many children, and there were clearly not enough small bread rolls to go around.

All we could give them were White Rabbit milk candies.

It would be good to give them some sugar if possible.