Traveling through life as a widow: six sons to support her in her old age

Chapter 169: Distributing Steamed Buns to Calm People

Yu Ziqing looked at Yu Zian, "Don't you know Kung Fu? Let's go to the county town to get some food. Do you want to watch us starve to death?"

Old Lady Yu slapped him directly, "Are you talking like a human being? Why don't you go get something to eat? The eldest brother is like a father, are you just hiding behind others?"

Yu Ziqing felt very aggrieved, "There are officials guarding there, and I don't know kung fu."

"Oh, you knew there were officials guarding you, but you let Yu Zi'an die. Why don't you go and die yourself?"

Yu Ziqing turned around and said, "Lan Qiyan, why are you involved in everything? We've been hungry for a whole day, can't we get something to eat?"

"If you want to eat it, make it yourself. We can still tolerate it. Stop complaining here."

"Why can't he go if he has the skills?"

"If you can beat the knife in the officer's hand, I will let him go.

Yu Ziqing, you are the most selfish thing I have ever seen. When you are hungry, you don’t go to find food yourself, but let your own brother die.

How come the earthquake didn't take you away? You are such a disaster that will last for thousands of years."

"Lan Qiyan."

Yu Xiu stood up directly, "Uncle, what do you want to do? Fighting, right? Do you believe that I can make you unable to get up with just one punch?"

Yu Ziqing looked at the tall and mighty Yu Xiu and took two steps back. "I'm talking to your mother, why are you butting in? You want to hit me? Just try it."

"Uncle, you better take care of yourself. The village chief hasn't come out yet. We're all either going to starve to death together or find a way out on our own.

Don't think of hitting us, or I will be rude to you. I will hit you as easily as hitting a dog, right, Dad."

Yu Zian glanced at Yu Ziqing and said, "Brother, my tolerance for you is limited. Don't force me to deal with you. Go back to where you belong."

Yu Ziqing's face turned red with anger, "Listen to what they are saying, Mom, they are so disrespectful..."

Old Lady Yu covered her ears and said, "I can't hear anything. Yu Ziqing, you really don't have any brains. The two of them didn't come, but you came to cause trouble."

Yu Ziqing was stunned, then left angrily. When the others saw that he had failed, no one dared to come.

As time went on, the adults could still bear it, but the children couldn't take it anymore. Some children cried out of hunger, and their cries were deafening and one after another.

The children were crying because they were hungry, and the adults had no choice but to slap them twice, and the children stopped crying out of fear.

Lan Qiyan kept shaking her head as she watched. There was food in the Taobao space, but it required money to buy it. The little food she had on her was only enough for several people to eat.

Besides, if food appeared out of nowhere, she would have no chance of survival. She would definitely be arrested and brought to justice, and then she would be accused of being a witch. Then, snap, her head would fall off.

She touched her neck and said sorry, she was not that great yet.

When it was getting dark, the city gate opened and the village chiefs came out, each carrying several backpacks, and the officials behind them also carried several backpacks.

An official shouted, "Due to natural disasters, there is a shortage of food. Lord Wu has specially collected all the food he has made to make steamed buns for everyone, two for each adult and one for each child.

No fighting or scrambling is allowed. Each village must line up to receive the gifts from the village chief.

Those who don't follow the rules will be whipped, so hurry up and line up, don't waste time."

Old Lady Yu led the children to line up. Lan Qiyan and his wife looked at each other, and they both lined up at the end of the line.

"What does this mean? I waited for a whole day and got only one steamed bun."

"I came out to calm people down."

"Just two steamed buns, or whole grains to appease people?"

"Everyone has been hungry for a day, let's eat something first."

"What about after we finish eating? Although the weather is not too cold, what should we do at night? Where can we rest? What should we do tomorrow? Are we only going to bake two steamed buns a day?"

"Don't worry, Yan'er. Listen to what the village chief says later."

"I think the village chief doesn't look very happy. This is probably not good news."

When they got the steamed buns, Lan Qiyan asked, "Master, what did Lord Wu say?"

Yu Tang glanced at his father, then took the two of them aside, "Lord Wu told us to go back and rebuild on the original site."

"Where's the silver? Is it of no help? The rubble can be cleared, but what about the boulders?

There is a small hill where my house is, and it is not possible to rebuild on the original site.”

"Lord Wu said that he has sent people to the capital as fast as he can. He can only provide us with one meal a day. The reconstruction issues will have to wait for the relief funds from the court to arrive."

"Wait? How long do we need to wait?"

"Lord Wu said ten days."

"Then we should wait outside the city?"

"Yes, the officials will deliver tents to each household soon. Please bear with it for now."

Lan Qiyan wanted to ask more, but Yu Zian said directly, "Okay, that's the only way. Let's go pack up and set up camp soon."

Yu Tang nodded, "Go ahead."

When the two of them returned, Lan Qiyan was confused. "I still have a lot of questions. Why don't you let me ask?"

"He doesn't know or he won't tell you if he knows. We have to check it out ourselves."

"Oh, Yu Zian is quite smart."

"Haha, go back. I'm going out at night."

After returning to where they were, Lan Qiyan shared her steamed buns with the children. She was not hungry at all.

When everyone had almost finished eating, the officers brought tents and gave one to each family, as well as two quilts.

Lan Qiyan touched it and found it was about the same thickness as the summer quilt, just right for this weather.

She didn't know how to set up a tent, but Yu Zian did, so she just stood aside.

Several children moved bricks back and forth to provide padding underneath, and Old Lady Yu found a pile of hay, and everyone just made do with it for the time being.

Just as it was set up, the wind suddenly blew. Lan Qiyan smelled the air and found it very humid and a little fishy. What she was worried about happened again.

In just half an hour, heavy rain began to fall and everyone went into the tents.

"This place is high, so you don't have to worry about it being flooded. There are bricks underneath, so it won't get wet. Yanyan, what are you worried about?"

Lan Qiyan sighed, "Mom, this is not a solution. I don't feel safe at all."

Aftershocks, she is afraid of aftershocks. She can still survive small aftershocks, but if it is an aftershock of magnitude 5 or 6, this place will not be a safe place.

"It's a special situation, so we have to bear with it. Don't worry, the village chief has said that the prefect has asked the court for help."

It was rare for Yu Xiu to calm down. Even he knew who was in charge of the court. Was that someone who would care about the common people?

The rain outside was beating on the tent, and the people in the tent were all asleep. They were very tired. They had run all night and waited for a day, and all their energy was exhausted.

At night, Yu Zian put on the straw raincoat given by Lan Qiyan and left the tent.

Several children turned over, and Lan Qiyan said, "Go to sleep."