When I came out of the grain and oil shop, I looked up and saw a pork shop across the street.

Liu Yingying bought ten catties of pork belly and some pickled vegetables from the stall next door.

Buying these things is just for show. Her system store has everything, and when she uses them together, no one will suspect anything.

As they carried more and more things, the mother and daughter's steps became increasingly heavy.

"Ah!" Zhao Di, who was following behind, exclaimed in surprise.

Liu Yingying quickly turned her head and saw that she had fallen to the ground along with her belongings.

Zhao Di felt very guilty, "Liu Niang, it's all my fault, I can't even carry something properly..."

Liu Yingying smiled, walked over and helped her up, and together they picked up the packages scattered on the ground.

"You're still a child, carrying so many things is really strenuous. Not only you, I almost fell too..."

"Really?" Zhao Di blinked, looking somewhat skeptical.

Liu Yingying glanced at the large and small bags in their hands and suddenly had a brilliant idea.

“I’ve got it! We can call a porter to help us get these things to where the oxcart is parked.”

"But hiring someone to move things costs money..."

"Don't worry, we have money!"

Soon, Liu Yingying found a porter to help them move their things to their destination, which cost ten coins according to the usual rate.

With the heavy load no longer in their hands, and plenty of time before the oxcart had to return, they were finally free.

Liu Yingying suggested, "I almost forgot, let's go check out the clothing store!"

Zhao Di felt bad about having to spend money, but she clearly had no say in the matter at this moment.

They went into a clothing store where the quality and styles were quite average.

It wasn't that Liu Yingying didn't have the money to buy better clothes; it was just that those fine clothes weren't suitable for their current status and situation.

"What style are you looking for, gentlemen?"

"Our shop just received a new shipment of garments yesterday; the fabric and pattern are quite nice..."

"Let me get my daughter a few of your store's most popular styles to try on!" Liu Yingying leisurely looked around the shop.

Zhao Di quickly interjected, "No! You don't need to buy me anything. Just buy a couple of outfits for your younger brothers. I still have some old clothes to wear..."

It's not that she doesn't want new clothes.

She just felt sorry for Liu Niang because she had a hard time earning money. Besides, her biological parents had brainwashed her more than once when they were alive.

She was advised to take care of her younger brothers and to always give in to them...

Liu Yingying glanced at her, knowing that this girl had been subjected to PUA-style education by her parents for more than ten years and wouldn't recover so quickly.

So they simply ignored what she was saying and shoved her into the fitting room...

Liu Yingying was busy choosing clothes that fit Zhaodi well and looked good, completely unaware that there were two pairs of eyes outside the shop, peering inside.

Zhang Qiaonv and her daughter Zhu Dongxi also came to the county town to beg today, along with other people.

They wandered the streets all morning and only managed to beg for a buckwheat bun.

After a long journey under the blazing sun, they were almost completely exhausted, and the mother and daughter had to share the steamed bun.

It's not even enough to fill our stomachs, let alone satisfy our teeth!

Just as they were complaining and blaming their fate, they saw Liu Yingying and her daughter chatting and laughing as they entered the clothing store across the street!

Jealousy immediately flared in Zhang Qiaonv's eyes; "Why are we kicked out of people's shops when we beg, but they aren't kicked out?"

Zhu Dongxi stared intently at the figures that were vaguely moving inside the store.

"Mother, they don't seem like they went in to beg!"

"If they're not going to beg for food, are they going to buy clothes?"

Zhang Qiaonv hadn't realized what her daughter meant yet, and was still secretly gloating, hoping that Liu Yingying and her daughter would be chased out with brooms!

But Zhu Dongxi saw things more clearly.

The shopkeeper was currently warmly greeting those two wretches, Liu Shi and Zhu Zhaodi!

Under the scorching sun, Zhu Dongxi bit her lip tightly, her hands clenched into fists, her nails digging into her flesh without her noticing!

And soon, her guess was confirmed.

Liu Yingying and her daughter had already bought the clothes. The two walked out chatting and laughing like sisters, carrying several large bags of things...

Zhang Qiaonv was dumbfounded.

At this moment, his mind was racing, trying his best to speculate about Liu Yingying with the utmost malice.

That bitch must have done something shameful, otherwise, with her husband dead, where would she get the money to buy new clothes?

Meanwhile, on the opposite side, Liu Yingying and her daughter didn't notice Zhang Qiaonu and her daughter at all, and walked away chatting and laughing...

Zhu Dongxi's face was extremely gloomy.

On what grounds?

Because of that vile woman Liu, her cousin Zhang Tongxi was killed by bandits, suffering a fate of being decapitated.

Her uncle's family, who had always doted on her, had a huge fight with her family because of her cousin's death, and their relationship completely broke down.

Now, she is like a stray dog, begging for food without any dignity.

But that wretched woman, Liu, still had spare money to buy new clothes!

I wonder if the price of a new set of clothes in a clothing store could buy at least twenty catties of white rice?

Before the sun completely sets in the west.

Liu Yingying and her group finally returned to Taoyuan Village by oxcart.

The other three people on the oxcart had all begged their way back from the county town.

Some of them managed to beg for a few coins, while others came up empty-handed. The thought of going hungry again made them sigh all the way home.

However, they were extremely shocked when they saw the large bags and packages that Liu Yingying and her daughter were carrying.

"Sister Liu, where did you get this?"

Liu Yingying smiled; "I didn't beg for it, I bought it myself!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the car showed a knowing expression.

I had long heard that Liu Yingying had helped the county magistrate suppress bandits and had received a reward.

In this famine year, everyone was starving, but her family was living a particularly comfortable life.

It would be a lie to say that no one is envious!

But before getting off the bus, Liu Yingying took out a stack of sesame cakes from one of the bundles and gave two to each of them.

"Take it and eat it with your family when you get home."

There wasn't much, but at least it would keep them from starving to death today.

"Oh no! This won't do..."

Although everyone said they were embarrassed, their actions betrayed their words; they quickly took the sesame cakes and hid them in their pockets.

For a moment, the look in his eyes as he looked at Liu Yingying was very complicated.

In the past, they all looked down on her, but now she is doing better than them.

Jealous?

It must be jealousy!

But at this moment, they were also grateful.

With the two sesame seed cakes Liu Yingying gave them, their child wouldn't have to go to bed hungry today...

The Zhu brothers were already waiting at the village entrance early on. They knew that Liu Niang always brought back lots of delicious food whenever she went to the city...