The Su family manor burned all night, and by dawn the fire had been extinguished, with only a few places still smoldering.

The refugees who had hidden away for the night near the village also began to leave one after another.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, the land was barren, all vegetation had withered, and there was nothing to eat.

The refugees went up the mountain from behind Sujiazhuangzi. A path had already been worn through there, but they couldn't get into the city, so they had to go around the mountain by crossing it.

Su Kunliang stood on the hillside, heartbroken and looking much older.

Seeing this, Su Gui, who was supporting him, whispered, "Master, there are several hidden cellars on the estate that may not have been discovered or destroyed yet."

Upon hearing this, Su Kunliang's eyes lit up immediately. "Is this true?"

“Master, you grew up on the estate since you were a child, think about it carefully, isn’t that right?” Su Gui reminded him.

Su Kunliang came to his senses and thought about it; there really were several cellars on the estate.

"Let's go! Let's go take a look."

"Aren't you going to call them along?"

Su Gui reminded them that it wouldn't be enough for just their family to go. So, Su Kunliang sent his son, Su Yunzhi, to speak with the village chief of Linjia Village and the Yun family.

After Su Yunzhi finished speaking with the village chief, she ran straight to find Lin Yinan.

How much grain do you think there will be?

Lin Yinan was unfamiliar with ancient cellars.

Su Yunzhi pondered for a moment and said, "Not much, probably a few thousand catties."

"Okay, let's go together then."

The group headed in a large procession to the burned-down Su Family Village.

Huang Guichang's family followed closely behind, with Ge Shi staring venomously at Lin Yinan, who was sitting on horseback.

Chengwen only ate a piece of her jerky last night, and this little bitch almost chopped off his entire hand. She'll make her pay when she gets the chance.

Lin Yinan was unaware that she had unwittingly gained another enemy, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care.

After searching through the ruins for a long time, guided by Su Kunliang, they finally found three cellars, one of which had been opened by refugees and looted.

The other two cellars were more concealed and were not destroyed.

Linjia Village has a large population, so the village chief divided the village into two teams and quickly cleared away the debris around the cellar.

Su Kunliang opened the cellar, and a full container of grain was revealed to everyone.

"So much grain!" the villagers exclaimed.

Su Yuan, standing to the side, said with a smile, "Our Su family is large, and the clan has a lot of land. Every year when the new grain is harvested, we sell the old grain and store the new grain in the cellar. In the past two years, the harvest has been poor, so we have to buy grain from outside to fill the cellar."

His tone was full of smugness; the Su family was wealthy and powerful, far beyond what they, as peasants, could compare to.

Everyone brought out their grain. The Su family couldn't take all the grain with them, so they exchanged the rest with the villagers for dried meat and dried wild vegetables, except for what they kept for themselves.

Lin Yinan's family was related to them by marriage, and Su Kunliang arranged for them to receive 100 jin of grain, which made Zhu Jinhui so angry that she almost ground her teeth to powder.

Huang Guichang had most of his family's wealth stolen, but he gritted his teeth and bought over a hundred kilograms for himself. If he hadn't bought them, they probably wouldn't even have tree bark to eat on the journey ahead.

After buying the grain, the village chief told everyone to cook their meal here. They had gotten up early and hadn't eaten breakfast yet, and it was almost noon, so they decided to have breakfast and lunch together before continuing their journey.

Having received over a hundred catties of grain for free, Old Madam Zhao no longer hesitated to be stingy. She generously ordered Zhang to steam a large pot of rice and personally went to the bundle to get out smoked meat to stew with dried vegetables.

Liu Ji also traded dried vegetables for some grain, and the siblings now had quite a bit of savings.

But he didn't dare to eat dry rice like Lin Yinan's family. Instead, he cooked a pot of wild vegetable porridge and added a few pieces of dried meat. The brother and sister ate it with relish.

Many families in the village also make wild vegetable porridge or wild vegetable pancakes mixed with fine bran, which are hard to swallow.

Lin Yinan was vigorously shoveling food into a large bowl of porridge when suddenly a shadow blocked the light in front of her, and she looked up.

Su Yunzhi looked at her with a gentle expression. It turned out that Lin Yi'an and Lu Changqing, who were sitting next to her, had been tactfully pulled away by Li Shulan.

Struggling to swallow the food in his mouth, Lin Yinan asked, "Is something wrong?"

Su Yunzhi handed over the meat pie wrapped in her handkerchief.

"Anan, here, have some."

"No need, I'm full. You can keep it for yourself."

Lin Yinan doesn't want to incur emotional debts that she can't repay.

Su Yunzhi was surprised by her decisive rejection, and a flash of disappointment crossed her eyes.

Since they met, Anan has treated him like a completely different person, lacking the enthusiasm she once had and often displaying a cold demeanor.

He understood that Uncle Lin's passing had been a huge blow to her!

He insisted on stuffing the pancake into her arms, saying, "Wild vegetable porridge won't fill you up. Eat this when you're hungry."

Before she could speak, Su Yunzhi continued, "I came to ask you, some of the grain in the cellar of the manor has been sold, but there is still quite a lot left. I'm thinking of hiring a few people from Linjia Village to help escort it on the way. What do you think?"

Shouldn't he have discussed this with his parents?

Lin Yinan was puzzled, but finished the wild vegetable porridge in the bowl in two bites.

Her stomach was still not full, and the pancakes Su Yunzhi gave her were made with lard, and they smelled so good that she kept swallowing her saliva.

I took a bite of the pancake, and it tasted exactly as I had imagined.

Su Yunzhi was not anxious and waited for her quietly.

After taking a few bites, Lin Yinan stopped, looking at him with a cold gaze, and said, "Is this your idea, or your family's idea?"

“It was my and my father’s idea.” Su Yunzhi understood what she meant.

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.

Lin Yinan turned around and saw Su Kunliang striding towards their campsite, greeting Old Mrs. Zhao, Lin Shuo, and Li Shulan.

"Grandma, dear brother, sister-in-law."

"Master Su, what brings you here..." Lin Shuo stood up and asked respectfully.

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