Eavesdropping on Fu Bao's inner thoughts, emptying the stored grain and fleeing the famine

"This family is indeed extraordinary," Qi Yuanzheng thought to himself, while Lian Rongrong made another move.

"These are twenty-tael silver ingots. Each person who is willing to sell their donkey cart to us will receive one ingot."

Twenty taels of silver was a considerable sum for ordinary people. That amount of money was enough to buy ten donkeys.

Faced with such temptation, some people naturally couldn't resist. Several young people were the first to make a deal with Lian Rongrong.

The remaining donkey cart owners, seeing that others had received silver, were immediately envious and rushed to make the transaction.

After the money and goods were settled, the donkey cart owners pulled their carts outside the temple for Lian Rongrong to inspect.

There were eleven donkey carts in total, a number that surprised Lian Rongrong.

With these eleven donkey carts, life will be much easier from now on.

"Have all the donkey carts in the village traveled here?" Lian Rongrong asked one of the young men.

The young man nodded and replied, "It's all here. Only a fool wouldn't sell it for so much money, Miss.

Lian Rongrong smiled but said nothing. She simply looked around and examined the owner of the donkey cart one by one. Only then did she realize that the middle-aged man who had been picking a fight earlier did not actually own a donkey cart.

In that case, his commotion seems rather ridiculous. Or rather, his commotion only highlights the worst aspects of human nature.

After inspecting all the donkey carts, Lian Rongrong returned to the dilapidated temple with everyone. Since they planned to leave the next morning, Lian Rongrong suggested that the Lian family move the supplies onto the carts as soon as they returned to the temple.

The old lady and Lian's mother were responsible for looking after Ru'er and Fubao, while the rest of the people, regardless of gender, had to do the work.

But at this very moment, the lazy and gluttonous nature of Lian Xiuyan and her two children resurfaced.

"Wang Yang, how can you, a grown man, sit here without offering a hand?" Lian Rongrong looked at Wang Yang sitting by the fire with disdain.

But to everyone's surprise, Wang Yang shamelessly leaned back and said with a proud expression:

"Hey you brat, don't you remember who stood up for these things just now? You want me to do the work? Don't you even know if it's appropriate for my position?"

"Identity? Bah! The items were discovered by my sister-in-law and me, and brought back by the villagers and other men in the family."

What did you do throughout the whole process besides drawing your sword and talking a lot?

Wang Yang, let me tell you, if you dare not put in any effort, I'll make sure you starve to death from now on!

Lian Rongrong turned and left after saying those words, not forgetting to glare at Wang Yue as she passed by.

If it were in the past, not only would Lian Rong not have spoken to Wang Yang like that, but even if she had, Wang Yang wouldn't have taken it seriously.

But for some reason, Wang Yang just felt today that Lian Rongrong was really capable of doing such a thing.

Watching Lian Rongrong's retreating figure, Wang Yang reluctantly stood up, but still forced a smile and shouted:

"I'm not afraid of being threatened by you, I'm just responsible."

Seeing that Lian Rongrong didn't even turn her head, Wang Yang felt bored, so when he walked over to Wang Yue, he vented his anger on his twin sister.

"You brat, get up and move some things."

"Why should I go?" Wang Yue rolled her eyes at Wang Yang, but in the end, Wang Yang still picked her up.

The villagers' previous words and actions had already shown the Lian family their humanity, so this time, after the supplies were distributed, the Lian family no longer expected the villagers to lend a helping hand.

However, Lian Rongrong felt that this might not be a bad thing. Because of the previous stalemate, the Lian family and the villagers were in a subtle and awkward situation.

The two sides disliked each other, yet they also feared one another. Although the Lian family wouldn't truly be afraid of a few commoners.

But these people are not truly vicious criminals, so we can't really hurt them over a small conflict.

However, human greed can be extremely dangerous. Even if someone is originally good, there is no guarantee that they will not become vicious in the future.

The things that Lian Rongrong brought out from her space are, in a sense, the source of people's evil intentions.

Others might not know this, but Lian Rongrong was very clear about it.

"We at least gave them two-thirds of the grain, and these lowly people really won't help us at all?"

Wang Yue was carrying a box of something she didn't know the name of, and she kept complaining because she was tired.

Lian Rongrong glanced at Wang Yue impatiently, but still said to her, "I'm afraid they'll help me."

"Why?" Wang Yue looked at Lian Rongrong as if she were an idiot. "You took so many broken and tattered things, and you're still afraid of others helping you?"

Lian Rongrong snorted coldly, ignoring Wang Yue, and said to the others, "We need to drive the donkey cart to that corner."

"Miss, isn't it a bit dark in there?" the butler asked, looking puzzled.

Lian Rongrong smiled calmly and then replied, "It's better if it's dark-skinned."

Ever since Lian Rongrong rescued Lian Jinghuai, the entire Lian family had treated her words as gospel. Since the Third Miss had spoken, everyone naturally complied.

However, the place that Lian Rongrong liked was really dark. If it weren't for the snow, it would be pitch black.

Lian Rongrong followed everyone to the corner. She saw that everything had been put away, and then looked back at the entrance of the dilapidated temple.

After confirming that no one had come out, he casually took out a powerful flashlight. When the beam of light shone on the supplies, everyone was so shocked that their mouths dropped open.

"What is this?" Wang Yue's voice involuntarily rose a few decibels.

"Shut up, keep your voice down." Lian Rongrong coldly reprimanded Wang Yue, then pulled out a folding tent and said to the crowd:

"We are setting off tomorrow, but if we put these things away during the day, it will waste time and also attract attention."

So please bear with us, let's get everything ready under the cover of night so that we can leave quickly if anything happens at dawn.

"Whatever Miss says, we'll do!" The butler nodded solemnly, fully demonstrating his approval of Lian Rongrong.

"Alright, everyone, watch how I set up this tent. We'll set up the tent and then secure it to the donkey cart."

That way, everyone can stay warm under the canopy for the rest of the journey and won't have to suffer.

Hearing Lian Rongrong say that, everyone's enthusiasm increased even more.

The tent that Lian Rongrong brought from the supermarket is the sturdiest camping tent currently available. The tent is made of very durable material and can block the wind and keep you warm.

Such tents, when used as carriage shelters, are much lighter and warmer than the wooden carriages of horse-drawn carriages.

With Lian Rongrong's demonstration and assistance, the eleven tents were quickly set up. The next step was to secure the tents to the donkey cart.

The donkey cart's platform is slightly wider than the tent, which makes securing the tent very easy.

The group of four people worked together and it took about half an hour to set up all the tents.

Then the supplies were distributed evenly to each donkey cart. After all this was done, another half an hour passed.

Despite the cold weather, sweat dripped from everyone's cheeks.

Despite the hard work, the joy in everyone's hearts when they saw eleven luxurious donkey carts ready to depart was indescribable.