"Father, why is this?" Chen Zhixiu asked in confusion.
"To create momentum." Old Bai slowly uttered two words, looking at Chen Zhixiu and then at Bai Tuantuan, "In the end, you will all be returning to the capital."
"Let's do it this way," Chen Wenxiu decided decisively. "Let's go with Uncle Bai's idea."
"Yes, it's just grain. I'll have someone send some over right away!" Chen Yijun immediately replied. "I still have plenty in my shop; the porridge will last for five days!"
With that, Chen Yijun leaped off the wall.
Chen Lingfeng scratched the back of his head and asked in confusion, "Why don't I understand? Big brother?"
Chen Xingfeng frowned, a hint of worry in his eyes: "Grandpa Bai means that we should spread the reputation of Tuantuan Zengzhou. A good reputation will be of great benefit. With the help of Uncle Bai, Tuantuan can gain a foothold in the capital."
"Is this... really going to work?" Chen Lingfeng felt it was unreliable.
"Something is better than nothing." Chen Xingfeng slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. "As long as it's good for Tuantuan, let's give it a try."
Chen Lingfeng nodded: "Of course, I'll go help right away."
Feng Yue slapped her forehead: "Look at me, how could I not have thought of this? Quick, quick, let's move all the grain out!"
Chen Luo sighed and cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to Elder Bai: "Brother Bai, you understand these things best. If you need anything in the future, just let us know. We're just roughnecks and wouldn't think of these things."
"We will definitely cooperate as long as it is good for Xiu'er and Tuantuan!"
Seeing Chen Luo's sincere eyes, Old Bai waved his hand: "Brother Chen, we're family, so let's not be formal. But there's something I really want to discuss with you."
"Come on, Brother Bai, let's go to the room to discuss this."
Watching her grandfather and maternal grandfather leave, Bai Tuantuan looked at Chen Zhixiu and saw tears in her eyes. Her nose stung with tears, and she threw herself into Chen Zhixiu's arms, saying, "Mom, everyone in the family is so good to me. They're so good to you, and even better to Tuantuan..."
Chen Zhixiu held Bai Tuantuan in her arms and murmured, "Yes..."
"Mom, my uncles are amazing, and my aunts are amazing too, but Tuantuan can't do anything..."
Bai Tuantuan's tears fell. Even though she had been reborn, she couldn't help in any way.
Chen Zhixiu took a deep breath, clenched her fists tightly, and a thought vaguely emerged in her mind.
"Xiu'er, Tuantuan, don't just stand there, come in quickly." Nan Nian walked over and saw that Chen Zhixiu and Bai Tuantuan's eyes were red, so she hurriedly asked, "What happened? Why are you crying?"
"Auntie..." Bai Tuantuan held Nan Nian's hand tightly, "Auntie is so good to Tuantuan, Tuantuan is so touched..."
"This silly girl!" Nan Nian laughed and pulled the two into the room. "Let the men carry the rice. There are some things I need to tell Tuantuan."
Bai Tuantuan nodded quickly, adopting an attitude of listening attentively.
"When you go outside later, you should act pitiful for them. It would be even better if you could cry!"
"We should comfort them gently. By the way, Tuantuan, don't you know medicine? If you can treat their illnesses, we can treat them too!"
Bai Tuantuan never expected that there would be so many taboos surrounding the distribution of porridge.
"Never act superior, and never treat them as if you're giving them charity..."
"If we want a good reputation, let's see it through to the end!"
Bai Tuantuan suddenly realized, "Auntie, you know so much!"
"That's right, I've already done all of these before!"
"Huh?" Bai Tuantuan looked at Nan Nian in confusion, "Did your aunt also distribute porridge?"
Nan Nian paused for a moment, then smiled: "Of course."
Soon, everything was ready.
The noise outside grew fainter and fainter, and when they opened the door, they saw these people sitting in the doorway.
The sound of the door opening startled everyone, and they all stood up, looking at Bai Tuantuan and the others warily.
"Are you... disaster victims?" Bai Tuantuan blinked her eyes, her soft and sweet voice making these people less wary.
One of the old men, wearing a tattered cotton-padded coat, stepped forward and said, "Gentlemen, ladies, young masters, and young misses, we are desperate and have nowhere else to turn. Please, we beg you, give us a way to survive!"
“Master Zhang, please don’t beg them! We’ve been knocking on the door for so long, and now you’re pretending to be innocent? Don’t you think that’s too fake?” A middle-aged man walked over, glaring angrily at Bai Tuantuan.
Other victims chimed in, "That's right, what are you pretending to be a good person for!"
"I see they're wearing gold and silver, can't they at least give us some food?"
"Hmph, they're all hypocrites!"
Chen Lingfeng lost his temper: "Just because you're disaster victims doesn't mean you're right! Did we cause you to become disaster victims? How can you be so unreasonable!"
A look of embarrassment appeared on Old Zhang's face: "I'm sorry, young master, that's not what we meant. We've just been starving for too long, so we've been a bit irritable..."
“Master Zhang, even if you beg and plead, they still won’t give us any food.”
"Since you know that, why are you still at our doorstep?" Bai Tuantuan retorted. "Are you trying to rush in and steal our food? What's the difference between you and robbers?"
"Cough cough!" Nan Nian's cough reminded Bai Tuantuan, oh dear, she forgot she had to act!
Nan Nian patted her forehead. Why is this not what I imagined?
“We’re not robbers! Waaah! Grandpa, I don’t want to be a robber! Uncle, I don’t want to… The Master said we should be useful people, not robbers…” The little boy hiding behind burst into tears.
The disaster victims were deeply moved and lowered their heads.
Bai Lao and Chen Luo exchanged a glance; it seemed these were indeed disaster victims.
Just as Old Bai was about to say something, the person next to him said dismissively, "What robbers? You're just flattering us! You just don't want to give us food and want to starve us to death, don't you rich people? If you gave us even a little bit, we could survive!"
"The government doesn't care about us, the imperial court doesn't care about us, even if we die, we'll drag you down with us!"
These words were clearly meant to incite the anger of the disaster victims!
As expected, the faces of these disaster victims turned ferocious, especially the middle-aged man, whose clenched fist revealed bulging veins.
"Brother..." Chen Yijun suddenly appeared beside the speaker and attacked immediately!
The speaker reacted instinctively and started fighting with Chen Yijun.
This sudden accident left everyone stunned.
"Oh my! You disaster victims know martial arts!"
"Wow, what amazing martial arts skills!"
"That's great!"
Bai Tuantuan's words stunned the disaster victims.
The middle-aged man seemed to understand something and quickly said, "No! We don't know them! We met them on the way, we, we..."
"Don't panic," Bai Tuantuan said. "We know you are real, and they are fake disaster victims. They are the ones who have been encouraging you to break down the door, right?"
The middle-aged man immediately nodded: "If it weren't for Master Zhang stopping us..."
The man posing as a disaster victim and his accomplices were taken hostage by Chen Yijun and Chen Wenxiu and headed towards the prefect.
Bai Tuantuan opened the gate and welcomed more than a dozen disaster victims inside.
[Bai Tuantuan, you said before that you couldn't do anything, that's not true.] The sound of a ladle rang out.
Bai Tuantuan was taken aback: "Then what can I do?"
You're sarcastic and unpleasant.
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