The next day.

As dawn broke, Xu Nian woke up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and looked to the side.

The two babies were lying in all crooked positions, but they looked quite festive, which made Xu Nian happy.

Da Bao and Er Bao are usually obedient and sensible. In the past few days, they have been following Xu Nian to escape the famine, but they have not fallen behind in their studies and can already speak quite a few words.

Now is the golden period of their development, so Xu Nian naturally wouldn't be stingy. He immediately got up, walked to the bag of rice in the corner, and scooped out a bowl of rice.

She was preparing to cook when she suddenly felt something was wrong and turned back.

Last night, because she had brought food for the villagers, she took out a large bag of rice from her spatial storage, intending to save it for the next few days.

Xu Nian remembered that there was still more than half of the rice before she went to bed last night, so how come there is only a third left now?

[What's wrong, streamer?]

Viewers who arrived early in the live stream saw Xu Nian looking like this and immediately flooded the chat with questions.

"It's nothing, maybe I'm just overthinking it."

Xu Nian shook her head and said nothing.

I guess I'm just tired from traveling these past few days, and my memory is all messed up.

Thinking this way, she started a fire and cooked rice as usual, including some for Gu Zhan.

As the sun slowly rose, the villagers who had been sleeping nearby gradually woke up and began preparing breakfast.

In the past, they certainly wouldn't have been able to eat a hot breakfast every day, but with the supplies they received when they left the city, they naturally wouldn't skimp on themselves, since they still had a long way to go.

They took out their food bags and started cooking, but gradually some people noticed something was wrong.

"Hey, why is so much of my food gone?"

"What? Yours too? My vegetables are just some rotten leaves left!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Nian immediately stopped what she was doing, realizing that her feelings this morning were not an illusion.

If she were the only one who thought this way, it would be fine, but since everyone seems to think so, then something is amiss.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Zhao Jinfeng looked at the small mountain of grain piled up in front of her and couldn't stop smiling.

Seeing Xu Nian and the villagers eating and drinking well made her unhappy.

So she came up with a plan. Last night, she found a few familiar men and stole some of their food when it was quiet.

Yang Chunhua knew about this matter. At first, she was a little worried, but seeing that Zhao Jinfeng was determined to do so, she didn't say anything more and took the initiative to take on the responsibility of keeping watch.

This time they reaped a great harvest.

While stealing, Zhao Jinfeng couldn't help but feel a pang of unease: Where did this slut get so much grain?

Despite her doubts, Zhao Jinfeng took the grain without hesitation and almost took it all with her.

It was Yang Chun who stopped her in time, saying, "If you take it all at once, it will be too obvious. Take it slowly so they won't notice."

Zhao Jinfeng was initially a little impatient, but after listening to Yang Chunhua's words, she immediately felt that they made sense, so she picked and chose here and there, taking a lot of things back with her.

"Now we can finally eat to our hearts' content!"

Zhao Jinfeng looked at the grain with delight, and proudly took it to cook rice. When she met someone she knew, she couldn't help but brag about it.

While Xu Nian was still pondering the reason for the problem, she heard villagers from the next village chatting together.

"Hehe, that Zhao Jinfeng, I don't know where she got the food from, she started showing it off first thing in the morning."

"If you ask me, just ignore her!"

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Xu Nian's mind, and a guess arose in her heart.

Could it be that Zhao Jinfeng stole their grain?

This conjecture was immediately accepted by Xu Nian herself and the audience.

[I think you're right, it's very likely that woman.]

【Yes, she's jealous of you and starving, so she might very well do something like that.】

[Otherwise, where would she have gotten the food all of a sudden? It must be something like this!]

So Xu Nian scooped up a handful of grain and distributed it to the villagers. "I suspect it was stolen by people from the neighboring village."

"What!"

Upon hearing Xu Nian's guess, everyone was immediately taken aback and felt extremely angry.

They all thought of the woman who had bothered Xu Nian yesterday, and they all planned to go and settle the score. "This time, I'm going to teach her a lesson!"

"Wait a minute."

Xu Nian stopped them, a smile appearing on her face. "If you go to her now, she will definitely not admit it. She will even say that you didn't take good care of the grain yourselves. Wouldn't that be a complete embarrassment?"

Upon hearing this, the people around also realized what was happening and said with worried expressions, "What can we do? Are we just going to let her steal our grain like this?"

Xu Nian pondered for a long time, and finally a plan came to mind.

She paused for a moment and said, "I have a way to get her to tell the truth and return the grain to us. But before that, we have to pretend we don't know anything. I'll supply you with the grain, okay?"

Seeing Xu Nian's confident demeanor, the villagers naturally had no objections and nodded in agreement.

And so, the villagers acted as if they knew nothing, continuing with their normal meals and rest.

Zhao Jinfeng was actually a little worried, afraid that someone would discover some flaws in her plan.

But seeing Xu Nian's completely oblivious expression, she was secretly delighted.

"These idiots!"

As Zhao Jinfeng ate the fragrant rice, she couldn't help but curse, feeling quite pleased with herself.

"Heh, I think they're so stupid, they don't know anything at all. Let's go get it again tonight!"

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