During my escape from famine, I survived by eavesdropping on the whispers of food.

Qin Shuangshuang originally thought that everything would go smoothly, but she was surprised by the sudden sound of broken pieces.

She hurried to the door and looked around, only to see that Old Lady Qin had come to cause trouble again, with the eldest son standing beside her.

When Da Fang saw Qin Shuangshuang come out at this moment, she knew that she must have come out after hearing the noise.

The eldest daughter-in-law wasn't nervous, scared, or timid at all. She rolled her eyes and continued to hold her mother-in-law's hand, thinking that it would be better if her mother-in-law caused a lot of trouble, made Qin Shuangshuang lose face, and made those people no longer trust Qin Shuangshuang.

Just then, Qin Shuangshuang stepped forward and wearily descended the steps one by one.

Seeing Qin Shuangshuang's weak appearance, everyone present couldn't help but feel worried.

Qin Shuangshuang then said to them, "I purified all these mushrooms one by one before giving them to you to eat. You can rest assured. If you don't believe me, I'll drink a bowl myself to put your minds at ease."

However, at that moment, Old Lady Qin asked everyone in the crowd to make way for her to go in. Some people originally did not want to make way, but Old Lady Qin insisted on squeezing in, so they had no choice but to give up their places.

At this moment, Old Mrs. Qin said to Qin Shuangshuang, "You little brat, you're really unfilial to your grandparents. You haven't eaten anything yet."

However, what are you pretending to be, being a kind person here, and belittling others? Your own family hasn't even had any food, yet you're thinking of giving this to people you have no connection with—isn't that utterly heartless? You have no conscience at all; I wonder how you'll explain this to your father later.”

Qin Shuang's eyes were as cold as ice. She said, "I have no connection with you except for your family and my father. If you continue to cause trouble here, I will have the officers throw you out."

I don't want to make this a mess. Now you're telling everyone that this mushroom soup is inedible. Do you know that some people are even resorting to cannibalism these days? Those are their own children. How can they bear to do that? Even if they're dead, who could bring themselves to eat them?

Now that we finally have this steaming hot mushroom soup, do you know how much I went to pay and how many people I hired to go up the mountain so that this blurry mess could be carried back safely?

If it weren't for the adults' exceptional compassion for the people, they certainly wouldn't have allowed so many of their men, who had already been fighting on all sides, to brave such a heavy snowstorm and follow me into the mountains. You have no idea how much pain they endured.

I don't know why, but there are always some troublemakers spouting nonsense here. Since that's the case, then let everyone choose for themselves whether or not they want to drink this mushroom soup.

I'm exhausted now, and I don't want to waste too much of my energy purifying these poisonous mushrooms.

Now, as those people watched the two in front of them causing trouble, the common people behind them were all wondering what to do.

Before long, many people stepped forward.

Support Qin Shuangshuang.

He said to Qin Shuangshuang, "We're willing to believe in this Miss Qin this once!"

“I am willing too. She has already been willing to save our lives, which is a great honor for us.”

“That young girl worked so hard to give everyone a meal. What right do we have to stand there and criticize her? If you want to eat, eat; if you don’t, get out.”

Seeing what Qin Shuangshuang was saying, the eldest son's wife and Old Madam Qin were instantly at a loss as to how to handle the situation.

The two women could only look at each other for a moment. Before long, the refugees acted as if they didn't exist, and walked right past them, wanting to take the soup meant to help the people.

The eldest daughter-in-law felt like everyone around her was trying to squeeze her into a meat patty. Old Mrs. Qin felt she could barely stand, so she quickly grabbed her eldest daughter-in-law's arm and, looking around, said, "It looks like we need to get out of here quickly. They're clearly trying to push us into the crowd. Let's see where there's a line; let's go queue up and see if we can get a bowl of mushroom soup."

Now your new husband is useless too, he won't even give us a sip of soup, so I have to take care of your father-in-law.

Hearing this, the eldest son was surprised by Old Madam Qin's lack of ambition and quickly refused, saying to Old Madam Qin, "Mother-in-law, you can't think like that now. If we take their soup at this time, wouldn't that just be boosting their morale for nothing?"

We must not soften our stance now, and we absolutely cannot give them any reason to criticize us.

However, Old Mrs. Qin disagreed and said to her, "You can't say that. After all, they said that everyone gets a share. We are human beings too, so why can't we?"

Seeing that the old woman insisted on queuing, the eldest son quickly went over and tried to pull her away, but the old woman was too excited.

Seeing this, the eldest son felt utterly helpless and had no choice but to leave quickly.

Then, when Old Lady Qin held out her bowl to the soldiers, the soldiers in front of her said to her very rudely, "We saw how you treated Miss Qin just now. Now, if you want to drink this soup, you should apologize to her first. Otherwise, we will not give you any soup."

When Old Lady Qin heard the soldier speak to her in such a manner, she became very angry and said to him, "What do you mean? Am I not allowed to drink the soup that my granddaughter made?"

However, Jin Danian came over at this moment and said to the old lady Qin with a firm attitude, "If you really want to drink the mushroom soup, then you will have to apologize to Miss Qin. No matter what, you only woke up after apologizing. Even if she is an elder, you can't bully her like this."

Upon hearing Jin Danian's words, Old Lady Qin was surprised that someone would speak to her like that. She then said to him with a mixture of bravado and resentment, "Do you believe I'll go and talk to your parents?"

However, Jin Danian told her, "Even if you appeal to the Emperor, the principle will likely remain the same. If you don't apologize to her now, all the people here will not let you off the hook."

When Old Lady Qin saw that everyone was bullying her, her angry face instantly turned as dark as a stormy cloud, and she had no choice but to leave in a huff.

Qin Shuangshuang watched as those people led the soup around while repeatedly kowtowing to her and expressing their gratitude.

Qin Shuangshuang suddenly felt a warmth in her heart. She never thought that she could actually save them with her own strength. Even if it was just for one day, as long as they had enough to eat, she felt comforted.

After all, she was a frail woman, yet she did save so many of them with her abilities.

Just then, a group of well-dressed wealthy men came over with cheerful expressions. Qin Shuangshuang was curious and saw that as soon as they arrived, they bowed to her.

A wealthy man dressed in a red robe addressed Qin Shuangshuang, saying, "Greetings, Miss Qin. I never imagined I would have the opportunity to meet such an impressive person as you."

The people in our chamber of commerce are truly fortunate; we've come to ask if you'd like to join us.