"Be careful, it'll only take half a day." Jiang Chan's voice rang out again, her gaze sweeping over the Zhou family's old couple's tattered bundle and ragged clothes.

Food? She had no hope of it at all. The right to use the cart for half a day was just the cost she paid for Xiao Tao's "kindness". She held up the lever of the cart, signaling to Grandpa Zhou to take it over.

This scene was clearly witnessed by the surrounding villagers.

In an instant, several gazes, like red-hot irons, were fixed on Jiang Chan and the cart that had suddenly been "used for free."

"Hey! Did the sun rise in the west? Weren't you so precious before? You wouldn't give them to anyone who wanted them! You even had to ask people for grain in exchange! How come you're giving them to Old Man Zhou for free now?" A sarcastic laugh rang out, the voice not too loud, just loud enough for the people nearby to hear.

"Exactly! He was so stubborn yesterday! I bet he's just playing favorites!" someone immediately chimed in, their eyes filled with jealousy and resentment.

"If we had known this would happen, we should have cried to Xiaotao like that just now..." someone muttered softly, filled with regret.

"Hmph, do they even have the nerve?" someone nearby sneered.

Grandpa Zhou pushed the cart, carrying his wife. Overwhelmed with the excitement of surviving the ordeal, his steps became lighter. Grandma Zhou sat on the cart; although it was bumpy, at least she no longer had to move her leaden legs, and a sense of relief appeared on her face.

However, this good fortune did not last long.

The heavy cart, carrying the weight of an adult, was no easy task to traverse the cracked and uneven dirt road.

Half an hour later.

Grandpa Zhou was already old and frail. Pushing this heavy burden, he was already sweating profusely and panting heavily. His hunched back bent even lower, his steps were unsteady, and his hands trembled violently as he pushed the cart. Several times the cart almost tipped over, and his speed slowed down significantly, gradually falling behind the rest of the group.

He was panting heavily when he secretly glanced at Xiao Tao, who was also panting beside the cart, and a glint of light flashed in his cloudy eyes.