On a muddy road, if your shoes step into the mud, they will sink deeply and then be pulled out with great difficulty.

Soldiers at the front are distributing cooked potatoes and sweet potatoes.

The young and middle-aged people received food to fill their stomachs, took a short rest, and then began a new round of busy work.

Rescue lives, save property, and find higher, safer terrain to build a shed.

Those who are stronger physically will help cut wood and bamboo. Women and children will bring their children to twist hemp ropes, and half-grown children will help pass the tools.

The scene was chaotic yet harmonious.

The cries gradually faded, the barren starlight encouraged and comforted each other, and finally restored its brilliant light.

Densely packed thatched huts and wooden houses were quickly built.

They will first accommodate the sick, injured, elderly, pregnant women and young children.

There is order in chaos, and positive emotions will spread to every corner.

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Even though they could only get one sweet potato or one potato each, they were not disappointed with life. They still looked forward to freeing themselves and their families from the messy predicament little by little.

However, with so many people and lots of noise, not every place is so harmonious.

Before Xiao Yuqi reached where the soldiers were stationed, he saw a small-scale riot coming from the front.

"Do you know who I am? You think you can get rid of me just for an unknown wild fruit like this? I'm going to say this today. I have a whole family waiting for me. Either you give me this pot, or I'll stay here and no one else can eat it."

This man was dressed in brocade. Although he looked shabby, he looked much more noble and respectable than others.

He seemed to be a celebrity in this area and many people knew him.

So, even though Xiao Yuqi clearly saw him cutting in line and not following the rules, no one dared to protest.

However, the soldiers led by Dion would not be so easily threatened and manipulated.

The leading centurion stuffed the spoon in his hand into the hands of the people around him without saying a word.

Then, with a face as fierce as a demon, he grabbed the collar of the man who was causing trouble from behind the stove.

"I don't care who you are. If you delay my work, that's not okay."

After saying this, the centurion called out to the brothers who were with him.

"Brothers, remember this man, remember this face. From now on, whenever he comes over, don't give him even a potato peel."

These potato and sweet potato seeds are life-saving food given to them by the goddess and cannot be defiled by these ignorant people.

What if they angered the goddess and she took back the food they had given them? What would they do then?

"Yes, Boss."

The man was anxious and was grabbed by the collar by the centurion, but he was still able to jump up.

"You dare? Do you know who I am? If you dare to do this to me, my brother-in-law will never let you go."

After waiting in line for more than an hour, the old woman finally got a potato. She walked out of the line tremblingly, leaning on a wooden stick.

"My lord, this man is the brother-in-law of the county magistrate. Why don't you give him some food? If he instigates the county magistrate to make things difficult for you, I'm afraid your future assignments will be difficult!"

Not only did the old man know this, but most of the people in the queue knew the identity of Mr. Hou San.

Hou Niancong pushed the centurion away fiercely and put his hands on his hips.

"My brother-in-law is the county magistrate of Zhu County. You are just a reckless man. Do you think that you have received the order of the general to come here to provide disaster relief and can bypass my brother-in-law and withhold the grain in my name? I tell you, for someone like you who does things like this, I will go find my brother-in-law and ask him to dismiss you."

Hou Niancong's words did not sound threatening at all to the centurion.

"The county magistrate of Zhu County, right?"

His eyes flashed and fell on the center of the crowd.

"It has been several days since the disaster. Where is the county magistrate? Does anyone know?"

Everyone looked at each other.

yes!

So many days have passed since the disaster.

From the very beginning, they were taken over by the army, given food, properly resettled, and organized. They did their best, braving such bad weather and overcoming occasional aftershocks, to rescue more people and build more huts for their temporary residence and shelter.

Their county magistrate never showed up from beginning to end.

"My brother-in-law is trying to find a way to collect food and warm clothes. You are nothing like us. You only feed us these wild fruits that you can't even name. You don't even give us a warm piece of clothing."

The centurion sneered.

"Really? Then do you know that your good brother-in-law, as soon as the disaster happened, had already taken a large amount of banknotes and was ready to abscond, and had no intention of caring about the lives of all of you?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Hou Niancong rejected it outright.

"My sister is still pregnant and staying with my mother. Even if my brother-in-law doesn't care about others, he won't ignore his own wife and children!"

The centurion was too lazy to waste time talking to Hou Niancong.

"I don't have time to chat with you here. If you want to get food, then go to the back and line up. If you don't want to, then get out. If you dare to interfere with public affairs again, don't blame the sword for being blind. I will kill you directly."

The centurion drew the long sword from his waist. Hou Niancong was frightened by his fierce posture and took two steps back. The ground was slippery.

He stumbled and fell without warning.

He looked so embarrassed that everyone burst into laughter.

Mr. Hou Sanye, relying on his brother-in-law as the county magistrate, often bullies others in the city. Now that he is finally defeated, everyone is very happy.

Judging from what the military commander said, the county magistrate was only concerned with escaping for his own life and threw away the Hou family, a burden?

Since Hou Niancong has no backer, what are they afraid of?

"Let's go! Since you despise these, you must have a way to find better food. Don't block us from getting the life-saving food!"

"That's right, hurry up. If you walk faster, maybe you can catch up with your brother-in-law and ask him to give you some money and food."

Hou Niancong didn't believe what they said at all.

He got up from the ground and said, "Wait for me. I will go and find out where my brother-in-law is. When he comes back, none of you who laughed at me today will be able to escape."

Hou Niancong's butt was covered in mud and he walked with a limp.

When he walked to Xiao Yuqi, Xiao Yuqi happened to move forward.

I don't know whether to blame his long legs or the soft mud on the ground.

In short, he didn't control the distance well, took a step too big, and tripped over Hou Niancong's foot.

Hou Niancong had just fallen on his butt, and now he fell on his face.

When he raised his head and glared at the culprit, his lips were covered with a layer of black mud that emitted a foul stench that was disgusting.

"Oh, sorry, I really didn't mean it."