As the sky brightened, noisy sounds began to be heard outside the city gate not far away.
The Shen family members were also awakened by the sound.
They did not set up tents last night, but slept on the ground as before.
So after waking up, he packed up quickly, rolled up the quilt and mat on the ground and put them on the cart, then started eating while saying this.
They had discussed it last night and decided to let Shen Yu'an, Shen Rong, Fei Yanche and Bai Wu go to the city to buy things today.
After having a simple meal, everyone pulled their food and moved closer to the city gate.
Just as Mr. Shen and his friends had inquired yesterday, people in the city came out to prepare porridge as soon as the sun rose.
Shen Yu'an and others looked towards the city gate to see what was going on.
The city gate was opened a crack, and a row of soldiers stood outside to guard it.
This is to prevent anyone from causing trouble and to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
There were bursts of horse hoof sounds coming from the city gate, and the gate was opened a little wider, and a carriage with exquisite and expensive equipment was driven out.
At the same time, there were dozens of servants surrounding the carriage, guarding it closely to prevent anyone from bumping into the people on the carriage.
As soon as the carriage came out, many refugees who were waiting outside the city gate surrounded it.
A man who looked like a guard looked at the dirty refugees who surrounded them with disgust and shouted, "Make way, make way, move aside. If the porridge is spilled, none of you will be able to eat!"
As expected, the refugees all retreated a little, but they still wanted to get closer to the carriage so that they could have their first bowl of porridge, so the carriage was unable to move forward and was blocked at the city gate.
Suddenly, the curtain of the carriage was opened by a slender hand, revealing the face of a beautiful young woman.
The next moment, a pleasant voice was heard.
"Everyone, please make way and don't crowd. Don't worry, everyone will be able to have some porridge."
After saying that, she smiled at the crowd, and the crowd immediately started to make a noise: "It's Miss Meng, Miss Meng is here to give us porridge."
Sitting in the carriage was Meng Yuening, the daughter of the second branch of the Meng family, a medical family in the Wei Dynasty.
Meng Yuening came to Dashan County with the people from the Meng family's eldest branch a few days ago. Knowing that the Meng family was giving out porridge outside the city, she invited herself to come.
Because she was kind and beautiful, and never showed contempt for the refugees outside the city, she earned a good reputation here.
The crowd moved back a little, and the carriage was finally able to move normally.
The coachman drove the carriage to the foot of the city wall and stopped. Then a maid got out of the carriage, and Meng Yuening got out holding the maid's hand.
The servants had already moved several large buckets of porridge to the ground.
Meng Yuening looked at the noisy crowd and smelled a bad stench. She wrinkled her nose in disgust but quickly managed her expression.
She smiled gently and said, "Everyone line up and come one by one. Everyone will have porridge."
But most of these refugees had been hungry all day, and their last meal was the porridge provided by the distribution service yesterday morning. Meng Yuening’s words did not have much effect at all.
In the end, it was the soldiers guarding the gate who helped the servants and guards of the Meng Mansion to stop the noisy crowd.
Meng Yuening personally served porridge to the refugees. Every refugee who received the porridge from her would praise her for being beautiful and kind.
Meng Yuening's anger at having to endure the unpleasant smell and serve meals to these inferior refugees herself also dissipated a little.
However, she just served porridge to the refugees in front of her as a show, and then handed the big spoon in her hand to a servant beside her.
One of the maids sent by Master Meng of the Meng Mansion breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Miss Meng Yuening finally gave the spoon to the servant.
There are thousands of refugees outside the city. Even if the Sheng family is rich, they can't afford to provide porridge like this!
Judging from the way the young lady served the porridge, the porridge would be gone before half of the people could even drink it.
The people below were simply distributing porridge to the refugees outside the city, and the Shen family did not go there to join in the fun.
Shen Yu'an looked at Meng Yuening, who was pretending to be gentle and kind while distributing porridge among the refugees, and then looked at Bai Miaoqing, who had been gentle all the way, and washed his eyes.
Bai Miaoqing was amused by Shen Yu'an's winking expression. She tapped her nose and asked, "What are you looking at me for?"
"Sister Miaoqing is a great beauty. I want to look at her a few more times to refresh my eyes." Shen Yu'an said with a smile.
Song looked at Shen Yu'an and others who were preparing to leave for the city, and packed up four empty backpacks.
She told Shen Yu'an, "Come back quickly after you buy something in the city."
After that, he looked at Shen Rong and said, "After we enter the city, please take good care of our daughter. Life is unstable now, don't let her get lost, and don't let anyone bully her."
Shen Rong nodded in response, and Shen Dalang smiled and continued, "Don't worry, mother. Even if father is bullied, my sister will not be bullied."
The others also laughed happily.
According to Shen Yu'an's abilities, there are indeed few people who can bully her.
Shen Yu'an also told those who stayed behind to keep an eye on the children at home and not to go near the city gate.
After all, this is a special period, and they brought so much food with them, which is somewhat eye-catching.
The other four people including Shen Yu'an who were going into the city each carried a backpack, so even if they bought something, it wouldn't be so conspicuous, and even Fei Yanche was no exception.
Ji Xun looked at him, a prince of Wuding, carrying such a down-to-earth backpack, and snorted proudly. He was no longer so envious of him for being able to go to the city.
At this time, the team distributing porridge at the city gate was still going on, and more people came out of the city gate one after another.
Shen Yu'an and three others carried baskets on their backs and headed towards the city gate.
Just as he reached the city gate and was about to take out some silver from his pocket, he ran into a woman who was dressed up gorgeously.
The woman looked older than Song, with wrinkles all over her face that could not be covered up even after several layers of powder. She also smelled of cheap powder.
Shen Yu'an smelled such a pungent fragrance that he bent over and sneezed heavily.
Just as she was about to raise her head, she saw a pair of hands with very long nails reaching out to her face. Shen Yu'an quickly raised her head to avoid it.
Shen Yu'an looked at the gorgeously dressed woman in front of him in shock.
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