hi patted Wang Yan'er on the shoulder. She knew that Sister Yan'er and Brother Zonghu had a good relationship, and she must have been very distressed to make this decision."No, I believe Zong Hu has f...As for herself, she had plenty of good things in her hands and wouldn't worry about not being able to get into the auction.

Fu Ming got the answer he wanted and left contentedly.

He still pretended to tell her to get plenty of rest.

Only Fang Jinxiu remained in the room. She stared blankly at the door, lost in thought. Just moments ago, she had felt a pang of resentment towards Yu Zhi for withholding something from her. Now, she worried that he perhaps didn't care for her as much as she thought.

Now that she heard Fu Ming say this, Fang Jinshu felt ashamed of having such thoughts about herself.

In this world, she had no family or friends. The only one who would risk his life for her was probably Zong Yu.

He has never wavered in his affections.

Ke Fangjinxiu still couldn't understand. Since Ah Yu cared so much about her, why did he have to hide his thoughts and not speak openly

In a short while, Zong Yu returned with steaming hot food. He had made chicken congee for Fang Jinxiu and paired it with several light dishes from the palace kitchen.

Seeing the man's busy figure in silence, Fang Jinshu couldn't help but sigh silently.

It's fine, who told her she likes Zongyu so much.

It doesn't matter what he's thinking, if he doesn't want to say it, just let him be. Couples also need to give each other some space.

She tried her best to suppress the unease in her heart, making herself ignore the matter.

As soon as Zong Yu had set out the bowls and chopsticks, Fang Jinxiu broke into a smile, as if nothing had just happened. She acted affectionately towards Zong Yu once more, snuggling up to him.

Although Zongyu wasn't sure what happened, as long as his daughter-in-law wasn't angry anymore, everything was fine.

He personally fed his daughter-in-law porridge and cared for her with warmth like a father raising his beloved daughter, taking meticulous care of Fang Jinshu.

Fang Jinshu comfortably recuperated in the courtyard of the prince's mansion for two days. During this time, the fat old man also never mentioned finding her, so Fang Jinshu simply pretended not to know.

After her head wound healed completely, she took Zong Yu and brought Fu Ming and his servants out onto the street.

Since she was already in Muchu City, of course she should take the time to explore it properly. The auction was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, so these two days she couldn't just sit in the palace and wait.

Fang Jinshi always remembered that she was here to stock up. She had three thousand taels of silver forced out of Fu Ming, and over a thousand taels looted from Li Lie.

This is all for nothing, it's not worth spending.

They live in the mountains, lacking everything. Fang Jinshu went to a ceramics shop and bought a large pile of bowls, dishes, chopsticks, spoons and other things.

After the weather turned cold, she went on another buying spree, stocking up on all kinds of cotton fabrics, batting, and anything else that would keep her warm.

This time when Fang Jinxiu went shopping, her idea was to only buy what was right, not what was expensive.

Everything I picked out is practical for the house.

An hour later, the three men behind her, including Fu Ming, all had big bags in their hands and on their backs.

Fang Jinshi saw that they were truly unable to cope and reluctantly stopped.

Although Xizhou has been experiencing a drought for a long time, the impact is most severe on the lower classes and poorer rural areas.

In a big city like Mutsuz, the impact seems to be minimal.

Furthermore, Muzhou is not short of water sources. Although it's over a hundred miles away, this place has many rivers and harbors. The snowmelt here is also much cleaner than the water in Luoshui.

At least it won't cause illness if you eat it.

According to Fang Jinshu's information gathered from shopping these past two days, after the drought broke out in Xizhou, the court did indeed allocate a large sum of money for disaster relief and to aid the people.

Within a radius of several dozen miles around Muzhou, villages had all received relief grain and silver distributed by the government.

But strangely, all the villages west of Luoshui City, seemed to have been forgotten by the imperial court. The common people hadn't even seen a sliver of relief silver.

When she returned home in the evening, Fang Jinshu specially went to look for the fat old man.

"A village overlooked by the imperial court"

"This situation usually doesn't occur."

Each county office kept records of the villages and population within its jurisdiction.

Disaster relief silver is distributed to every household, and the amount received by each household must be recorded meticulously. County officials are required to submit a detailed report to higher authorities.

Even if court officials wanted to take the disaster relief silver, they wouldn't be stupid enough to do it at the last step.

"Therefore, there will be no such phenomenon as villages being omitted as you said."

Fāng Jǐnxiù frowned deeply, not uttering a word.

Because she couldn't figure out what had gone wrong, why none of the surrounding villages had received the government's disaster relief silver.

Given Pan Zhian's character, he would never do such a thing.

After explaining, the fat old man chuckled and began to talk about something else.

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