"It's my second son's family..."

Mu Wanting didn't bother to pay attention and turned to leave, pretending she hadn't heard anything.

Madam Shen's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

The second wife was also very hungry, and some of the second wife's concubines who were on good terms with Mu Wanting also contributed money to buy her some food, which Mu Wanting accepted.

Only Shen Lijun and Shen Xiangxi remained in a stalemate, wanting to freeload.

Shen Xudong tried to persuade them to contribute money, but they remained unmoved.

When Mu Wanting and Shen Yujiao returned from scouting the surrounding area, Old Madam Shen was still muttering to herself.

Mu Wanting was genuinely getting annoyed.

When he saw Mu Wanting about to enter the tent, he reached out and stopped her.

"Wan Ting, let me tell you something."

Mu Wanting smiled and said, "Grandma, strictly speaking, after the eldest and second wives treated the third wife's people that way, I shouldn't have interfered with them anymore."

"At least the eldest son's family still spends money to buy food, but our second uncle looks like he's waiting for us to deliver food to his door, so we can't do that."

The food was all purchased by Mu Wanting, and no one from the third branch of the family would dispose of it without her permission.

In the middle of the night, Mu Wanting heard footsteps outside the tent, but she ignored them.

They stayed in the desert for a long time, but the sandstorms were too strong, and the previous roads had been blown away, so they got lost.

They remained stationed where they were, eating and drinking as usual every day.

The other families, however, were having a worse time, and everyone had lost a lot of weight.

However, when Mu Wanting looked at Shen Lijun, she noticed that he hadn't lost weight; in fact, he had gained some weight.

Mother Shen couldn't bear to see the Zhao family suffer, and along the way, the Zhao family had always supported each other.

Mu Wanting said, "Let the Zhao family eat with us too. We can make more; I picked a lot of wild vegetables in the back just now."

Mother Shen nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I'll go and call them over right away."