Traveling to ancient times, with space

Su Yue had no sympathy for that old woman. She didn't think that the old woman would take advantage of her for free and then dump a load of shit on her, treating her like she was easy to bully. There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Their dynasty's highest rulers don't care about them; if they wanted merit, they wouldn't be here exchanging grain with them.

Look at what these refugees are offering in exchange; they're practically bringing stones.

In these days, you should be grateful to even get food, let alone think about getting something for free. People are all kinds of people.

Look at how many people are willing to give away their grain now; it's truly a case of insatiable greed.

Su Yue put the chaise lounge into her spatial storage, picked up the little wolf cub, gave an order, and set off immediately that night.

After Su Yue had gone far away, two men emerged from the group of refugees and began running towards Jichang County.

These two men were soldiers sent out by the magistrate of Jichang County to investigate. They disguised themselves as refugees and mingled in the crowd.

After asking many refugees, they finally understood why they had been following the first carriage.

At first, they thought these refugees were delirious from hunger and talking nonsense.

How could there be gods and immortals in this world? Although they often pray to gods and Buddhas, it's just for psychological comfort.

They were suddenly told that there were immortals in the carriages ahead; who could believe that?

When I finally saw it with my own eyes, I saw a pretty little girl lying on a chaise lounge, holding a snow-white wolf cub in her arms, with four tall wolves following her. Then, with a wave of her hand, she conjured up a small pile of grain out of thin air.

What they saw clearly was pure white rice.

They were almost in line and were thinking of exchanging some food, but an old woman ruined their plans.

They were so angry they wanted to beat the old woman up. The little fairy had already been merciful, allowing them to exchange anything for some food, but there were still those who were not satisfied and insisted on taking advantage of the situation for free.

The little fairy lying on the chaise longue waved her little hand, and all the food disappeared again.

After the carriage left, the two of them checked the place where the grain was stored. It wasn't some kind of illusion; it was just a little deity in disguise.

They exchanged a glance, eager to return and tell the magistrate that if they could exchange more grain with the little immortal, the people in the city would be saved.

It's all the fault of those soldiers guarding the city gates, who mistook the little deity for a bandit.

Su Yue, who was sitting in the carriage listening to Shen Lerong gossip, knew absolutely nothing about these things.

She kept asking Shen Lerong, "Do you really think that young master Wang didn't know it was his father's concubine who was behind this?"

"Who knows? I only heard this from my girlfriends. All I know is that the concubine's son arrived before Young Master Wang that day."

"I knew that the young lady from the Minister's family had mistaken the concubine's son for the legitimate son. She only found out later when the marriage proposal came to their door." Shen Lerong said with a smile as she brewed tea.

"That concubine is really something. The Minister is also the type to favor his concubine over his wife. Did the marriage go through in the end?" Su Yue asked with a gossipy look on her face, holding a small teacup.

Even Dali, who knew nothing, listened intently.

"Of course it happened. I heard that she had no choice but to marry him. The young lady from the Minister's family was tricked into having sex by the son of that concubine."

On her wedding day, her belly was already showing. Everyone in Kyoto knew about it; every teahouse and restaurant knew. Shen Lerong took a sip of tea and continued.

"Later, my mother wouldn't let me go out of the mansion to play alone. Later, when my father took up a post and left the capital, I followed him."

Since arriving here, the gossip Su Yue has heard the most has come from Shen Lerong. She never expected that this girl would also love to listen to gossip.

Seeing that Su Yue was in a good mood, Shen Lerong asked, "What kind of man does Yue want to marry in the future?"

Su Yue, who was drinking tea, almost spat it out when she heard her question.

She's so young, and we already need to consider this?

From the moment she came into this world, she had no intention of getting married and having children. She simply couldn't stand her husband having multiple wives and concubines, and men would only hinder her pursuit of happiness.

Good-looking men are fine to admire, but there's no need to own them.

"What kind of person do you think I should find?" Su Yue asked in return.

“Ah Yue is so amazing, she must find the absolute best man in the world.” Shen Lerong said to Su Yue with a serious expression.

Su Yue tapped her on the head, "You're probably not talking about that old emperor who's about to die, are you?"

"Hehe, I was just kidding!" Shen Lerong rubbed the spot where Su Yue had touched her, chuckling.

When Dali got tired from driving, he found a place to stop and rest.

Su Yue took the two slouching mules back into her spatial storage so they could eat and rest.

Four wolves lay guarding outside the carriage, while Dali lay asleep inside.

Su Yue went into the space to sleep.

The dew was heavy at night, and the refugees resting in the wild were shivering with cold.

Some of the refugees would light a fire and rest around it.

Those who could have exchanged their food for a hot meal were ruined by sabotage, and they were furious.

The two men sent by the county magistrates rushed to the city gate that very night. Ignoring the rule that the city gates were not open at night, they brought out the county magistrates' names before entering and went straight to the county government office.

The county magistrate, who was already so worried about the lack of food that he had a mouth full of sores, had just fallen asleep with the comfort of his wife when he was woken up. Hearing that it was related to food, he rushed over excitedly without even getting dressed, wanting to find out more.

The two men recounted what they had heard and seen to the magistrate.

He was even met with a disdainful look from the advisor, who said, "Can't you be a little more discreet about the occasion? It's the middle of the night, and you're just spouting nonsense?"

“Sir, we saw it with our own eyes. How could it be nonsense? There really is a deity. We saw her conjure up a pile of grain, pure white grain. If someone hadn’t caused trouble and angered the deity, we could have exchanged some grain for you to see, sir.” One of them quickly bowed and explained.

Another man glanced at the clerk, stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Sir, it's true. We even checked the place where the grain was stored, just in case it was a smokescreen."

The refugees who had exchanged their goods for grain cooked and ate it; it was indeed grain. We had originally intended to buy some from the refugees, but not a single one was willing to sell.”

The magistrate sat in his chair, not uttering a word, whether out of joy or something else.

The two men also began to feel uncertain, thinking that the magistrate did not believe what they said, and their hearts started to pound.

After a while, the magistrate finally spoke, saying, "The immortals were locked outside the city gates and driven away as bandits."

"Ah, really..."

The magistrate was filled with regret. If only he had chased after the deity and invited him back to worship, would there have been any fear of food shortages in the city?

"Tell us quickly and in detail which direction the deity went. We can send someone to see if we can bring him back," the magistrate said, standing up and taking the hands of the two men.