After picking up a lucky girl, all the beasts line up to come to your door

Chapter 500 The Imperial Court Begins Disaster Relief

Mu Baobao and his group looked at the group of victims for a few seconds, then stopped looking and did what they had to do.

However, some of the victims who had left did give a kind reminder.

"The porridge is no longer distributed here. Some idiots caused trouble and offended County Magistrate Yuan, who ordered that the porridge be no longer distributed and even closed the city gates."

"I advise you to leave quickly. If you leave too late, who knows what will happen."

When the newly arrived disaster victims heard this, it was as if the sky had fallen.

"We finally escaped the famine and came here hoping to have something to eat, but who knew it would turn out like this."

"God damn troublemakers, just because you're fat and strong, do you think you can do such things?"

Compared with the victims who just arrived, those who have lived here for a while have gained weight, and some have even become fat.

The newly arrived victims were thin and dirty, some so thin that they looked unrecognizable.

The victims who were in a hurry to leave didn't care about these people and left with their belongings.

The newly arrived victims looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Just then, two victims saw Mu Baobao and his group not far away and rushed over.

"Please, please give us something to eat."

"We haven't had a full meal in many days. We are almost starving to death. Please give us something to eat."

These people are dressed so well, they must be from a wealthy family and they certainly have enough food.

Mu Baobao glanced at the victims and stayed obediently beside his elder brother without saying a word.

"Drive away!" Sang Ye ordered.

Several guards stepped forward, showing their swords. "Get out of here now, or don't blame us for being cruel."

When the victims saw this situation, they dared not continue to beg and hurriedly ran back to the main group.

But they didn't give up.

"I just saw them. They have food and drink, and they're well dressed. If they're willing to give us alms, we won't have to worry about not being able to survive."

"But they have guards and knives, and they won't give us food. What can we do?"

"Sell our daughters! I heard that these wealthy families have a special fetish and like young girls. Let's sell our daughters to them in exchange for food."

Most people agreed, except for a few mothers of daughters who disagreed.

"No! That's a den of tigers and wolves. My daughter won't survive if she goes there. I will never agree to that."

"We have finally escaped the famine and come here. I will never sell my daughter no matter what."

The men in the village pulled the women apart, all looking unhappy.

"We're all going to die, so what's wrong with selling our daughters? If a rich family takes a fancy to you, we'll sell you anyway."

"It's all about survival. If I had a daughter, I would sell her without hesitation. She's just a money-loser. It's her honor to support us with her life."

The two young girls were trembling with fear, wanting to run but not daring to.

They knew very well that in this disaster year, even if they escaped, they would not be able to survive.

"Please don't sell us out. We can eat less, very little."

"Yes, yes, we only need to eat a little. Please don't sell us out."

How could this group of people listen? Now that they have the opportunity to exchange food, they will not let it go.

When Sang Ye and the others heard about this from the guards, their expressions varied.

Mu Baobao and Mu Pingping had encountered similar things in the village, so it was not surprising.

"There are people in our village who sell their children. We don't know where many of them went." said Mu Baobao.

Mu Pingping nodded to indicate that this was the case.

Sang Ye and his companions had seen that selling children was not like this. It was a method of using marriage or becoming a concubine's son-in-law in exchange for benefits.

In addition, they would sell slaves in their mansion.

"Do you think I want everything?" Shangguan Quan rolled his eyes.

Mu Pingping said, "To be honest, for ordinary people, they think that as long as their daughters are a little bit pretty, those wealthy families will buy them as maids or concubines."

"This is a great thing for them. They don't care whether their daughter lives well or not."

Sang Ye said, "Preferring sons over daughters?"

Mu Pingping said, "There are reasons for this. Men are more likely to be in the labor force."

"For ordinary people, having another man in the family means having another labor force, so the family can earn more money."

"Take the families in the village as an example. The more men there are in the family, the more people can work in the fields, and the greater the harvest will be next year."

"In the minds of ordinary people, daughters are destined to get married and their labor force is not as good as that of men, so they prefer sons."

Sang Ye understood, "So that's how it is."

"Master, a letter just arrived." A guard handed him a letter.

Sang Ye finished reading it quickly and a smile appeared on his face.

"The imperial court's disaster relief supplies are already being dispatched to various locations."

There was a hint of relief in his lowered voice. "I believe it won't be long before the situation of the disaster victims improves and we can go back."

"Great!" Hua Yun clapped her hands lightly, her tone relaxed, "I've been outside long enough."

"It's so hot outside that it's hard to do anything."

"Second Brother, is there anything inconvenient about what you want to do?" Mu Baobao looked at him curiously.

Hua Yun reached out and pinched her cheek, "This is the adults' secret."

Mu Baobao said, "I understand," and asked, "Second Brother, do you have someone you like?"

"That's what happens when you adults have someone you like."

Hua Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I don't have anyone I like."

"The adult world, you will understand it when you grow up, baby."

Mu Baobao curled his lips in disbelief, "Second Brother, what you said is so fake."

Hua Yun laughed, "You are such a small person, but you know a lot."

"That's it!" said Mu Baobao proudly.

Because the imperial court sent disaster relief supplies, the atmosphere among Sang Ye and his group became much better.

Even when the group of disaster victims came to sell their daughter the next day, Sang Ye and his group ignored them and did not show any sour faces.

"You send all kinds of dirty and smelly things to my young master. What do you think my young master is?" a guard scolded.

"Don't you see? These two women have no looks, no figures, and can't read a single word, yet they're still thinking about exchanging things."

"You really think you are something."

The victims were hunched over, all smiling ingratiatingly. They were hoping to sell the two girls in exchange for some food.

"These two girls don't look good, but they'll look good when they gain weight."

"Yes, yes, yes. We just thought that if we could exchange it for some rice or something to eat, that would be fine."

Sang Ye and his group had already boarded the ox cart and didn't care about these things at all.

The guard was very impatient. "You still want my young master to support them? You are really dreaming."

"Get away from here, or I'll kill you."

After saying this, he left with several colleagues.

"Do these people really think that any rich man would fall for the daughter of their village? They don't even take a look at what kind of girl she is."

"Unless he's an old pervert or a brothel owner, he'll take in every woman."