The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Chapter 12, Beggar at the Governor's Office_1

Zhongzhou Prefecture City.

Countless refugees crowded outside the city gate, sitting in groups of threes and twos, their expressions ranging from numbness to hope to despair as they stared at the tightly shut gates.

At this moment, Daohua and several others were also among the refugees, looking quite troubled.

"We finally made it to the prefecture city, and yet we can't even enter through the gates," Daohua said with frustration.

Xiao Yeyang spoke up, "This situation is quite normal. There was a refugee riot not long ago. If they open the gates now and the refugees swarm into the city, who knows what chaos might ensue?"

Daohua said, "But with so many refugees gathered here, the government office can't just ignore us, can it?"

"Who said they're ignoring us?"

Someone nearby interjected.

Daohua immediately turned to the speaker, "Old man, do you know something?"

Seeing that the people around him were paying attention, the old man straightened up and coughed a few times before saying, "Yesterday as I lingered by the city gates, I heard the soldiers say that a high-ranking official from the capital had arrived a few days ago."

"A high-ranking official from the capital?"

"Exactly. I heard he brought many soldiers with him. Our north has been struck by a drought, so that official from the capital must be here for disaster relief."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces lit up with hope, whereas Xiao Yeyang's eyes flickered and he looked down, seemingly lost in thought.

Around noon, soldiers from inside the city came out, carrying buckets full of steaming hot rice gruel.

The moment they appeared, the refugees surged forward.

In just a short while, a long, serpentine line formed outside the city gates.

Daohua told Sun Ma to watch over Grandma Yan, while she, along with Wentao, Uncle Sun, Xiao Yeyang, and Zhao Ergou, went to line up.

They had no choice; their belongings had been abandoned. Although they still had silver notes, they couldn't enter the city to exchange them and had to queue for porridge instead.

While waiting in line, Xiao Yeyang seemed to notice something and suddenly ran out of the queue. Zhao Ergou, after spinning his eyes around and taking a quick glance at Daohua lining up for the porridge, gritted his teeth and rapidly followed.

By the time Wentao informed Daohua, she turned around and only caught a fleeting glimpse of the two figures disappearing into the crowd of refugees.

Daohua furrowed her brow, "What are those two up to?"

Wentao shook his head, "I don't know, Yeyang seemed to have seen something."

Daohua's expression shifted, "Never mind them, we need to get the porridge. Grandmother has been hungry all night."

Wentao saw no objection to this.

In his eyes, Xiao Yeyang and Zhao Ergou were merely passersby, far less important than his own grandmother and sister.

After more than half an hour, Daohua, Wentao, and Uncle Sun got three bowls of thin porridge. They brought them back and shared the meal with Grandma Yan and Sun Ma.

Grandma Yan looked at her grandchildren with pity, "Having this experience is good in a way; it lets you taste life's difficulties beforehand." After speaking, she sighed and glanced around.

"Why haven't Yeyang and Ergouzi come back yet? I hope nothing has happened to them."

Daohua was also unsure, "They should be fine, right? Xiao Yeyang seems quite clever."

Grandma Yan shook her head, "No matter how clever he is, he is still just a young boy. Against adults, he could only be at a disadvantage."

Wentao suggested, "How about Uncle Sun and I go look for them?"

Grandma Yan pondered for a moment, "Don't go far, just look around nearby. If a person is truly lost... then perhaps it's their fate."

Wentao and Uncle Sun left, and Daohua sat back down beside Grandma Yan, muttering, "It can't be that unlucky."

But thinking of Xiao Yeyang's unfortunate knack for running into trouble like traffickers, she grew uncertain again.

Some time later, Wentao and Uncle Sun returned, dejected.

They shook their heads at Grandma Yan and Daohua.

Daohua forced a smile, "Didn't Xiao Yeyang see someone? Maybe it was his family, and he might have already gone home by now. With Zhao Ergou with him, he shouldn't run into trouble."

Grandma Yan sighed, "Let's hope so."