It turned out that the cloth bag contained not only two kilograms of brown rice, but also two steamed buns and two meat buns.
Now their family is saved!
The little girl in the man's arms also woke up.
The whole family hugged each other and cried and laughed.
After being happy, the man pulled his family to kneel down, kowtowed three times in gratitude towards the direction where Xia Tian and the others had walked away, then stood up, found a place sheltered from the wind, and started to light a fire to boil water.
The woman took out a meat bun, which was still warm, broke it in half, and gave half to each of the two children, asking them to eat it first.
The little boy got half a bun and insisted that his parents take a bite first before he started eating.
After giving the woman a mouthful of bun, she began to cry again.
Their family has been out of food for two days, and they have been surviving by boiling hot water.
The weather is getting colder and colder. I am still cold even after wearing all the clothes I brought with me when I fled from the south. The main reason is that the weather in the south is not as cold as in the north, so the cotton-padded clothes are not very thick.
Plus, without food, it felt even colder.
If it weren’t for the help from the noble person today, their little girl would probably have died.
Now that they have these foods, if they save a little, they can at least make it to the capital.
In the carriage, Ningxue saw Xia Tian take a bag from under the carriage seat and gave it to Mu Feng. She was quite curious, "Madam, when did you prepare this?"
"I asked Master Yi to prepare it." Xia Tian replied without changing his expression.
As soon as she got on the carriage, she stuffed a few bags under the seat while Ningxiang and Ningxue were not paying attention.
I was just afraid of encountering this situation on the road. If I took something from the space right under the noses of the two girls, I would not be able to explain it.
So as soon as I got in the car, I transferred a few bags out.
Anyway, there is no way these two girls would ask Yi Mochen.
Besides, once they are sent to the capital, Yi Mochen will leave, and there will probably be no chance for them to meet again in the future.
So she just told a lie without any fear of being exposed.
"Madam is wise." Ningxiang and Ningxue nodded.
"Well, when I came here, I saw so many refugees on the road and felt a little sorry for them, so I thought of preparing some food so that I could help one or two of them when the time comes." Xia Tian explained.
"Madam is the kindest person."
Although they wanted to help these refugees when they saw them, they didn't know how to do it.
If the lady does this, they will feel better.
After a while, Mu Feng came back and told Xia Tian what had happened to the family just now, and their mood began to become heavy again.
The drought in the south might be more serious than she thought.
Along the way, because she was with Madam Xu, Yi Mochen and others, she didn't dare to make any big moves. She would only ask Mu Feng or Muchen to bring a bag of food over when she encountered something she really couldn't stand.
The main thing is that now we have to give food secretly, otherwise it will easily attract the covetousness of other refugees, which will bring danger to them.
On the first night, they stayed at the same official inn where they came from.
After dinner, Xia Tian asked the manager of the official post station for help.
"Manager, can you guys in the kitchen help me make some steamed buns?"
"Are you preparing dry food for the journey?" the steward asked doubtfully. It seemed that these nobles were not short of money, so why did they need steamed corn bread?
Steamed buns are coarse grains. Are they used to eating them?
"Well, I saw a lot of refugees on the road, so I thought I'd prepare some food so I can help anyone in need."
Xia Tian explained to the manager that this was a method she suddenly thought of on the way.
Otherwise, if she took out food from the carriage from time to time, it would be easy to be exposed if there was too much.
"Is that so? Madam is very kind." The steward suddenly realized, "But the food we usually prepare at this official post station is fine grain. I wonder if Madam would agree to this?"
The manager is also a kind-hearted person. He has seen refugees passing by his door from time to time these days, and he has seen what they look like.
Unfortunately, he was just a small manager at the post station and could not help at all.
"Of course. Just do more, the manager." Xia Tian asked Ningxiang to give fifteen taels of silver to the manager.
"Ten taels of silver for the steamed buns, and the other five taels are for the steward and the kitchen staff. If it's not enough, come and ask me for more."
"Enough, enough." The manager replied quickly. The price of food has increased now. Even if a steamed bun costs three cents, it will cost more than three thousand.
I don’t know if he can finish it in one night.
But for the sake of five taels of silver, it must be done.
The manager happily took the silver and quickly asked people to steam the buns.
The next day, before dawn, Xia Tian went to the kitchen to find the manager while the others were still asleep.
The steward saw her coming and hurried over, "Madam, it's not finished yet, but we have already made 2,000."
The steward pointed to the overflowing bamboo baskets on the ground and said, "One basket holds exactly one hundred."
"Then let someone help me move these finished products outside the door." Xia Tian pointed to the open space outside the kitchen.
"Okay, ma'am." The steward called two people over and quickly moved the twenty bamboo baskets to the yard outside.
This is the backyard of the post station, and there is no one here at the moment.
After Xia Tian saw that the move was completed, he let the manager continue with his work.
It was still dark at this time, and he saw that the people in the kitchen could not see this side, so he put these things into the space first.
She had originally planned to put all the money in the carriage, but when she was lying in bed, she remembered that if the ten taels of silver were made into steamed buns, the carriage would not be able to hold them all.
Then I came out and collected some of it before anyone else woke up.
After finishing the work, Xia Tian went back to his room.
Fortunately, in order to sleep comfortably last night, I asked for a separate room for Ningxiang and Ningxue.
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