She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 223: It’s Snowing!

Xiang Ying instructed Tao Xue to scoop out the three cooked ducks and use two small knives to divide them into plates of meat.

She also added handfuls of fresh noodles to three large pots.

The water bandits lined up in front of them, each holding a wooden bowl in their hand.

These were the bowls they had smoothed out themselves during the day, and during the process, they had carved their own names on them.

From now on, everyone would have one bowl and a pair of chopsticks, and as long as they followed her, they would definitely have food to eat.

Tao Xue and Qi Fengyi served the cooked noodles into their bowls like cafeteria ladies.

Each received a bowl of duck soup noodles, topped with some duck meat and green onions, and they could even get an extra boiled egg.

As for the pork skewers, only the children and Aren were allowed to eat them.

Their bodies were still growing, so Xiang Ying was particularly generous with them.

If she wasn’t worried about others suspecting how her supplies never seemed to run out, she could have provided even more ingredients.

For now, they had to make do.

Seeing the children and Aren holding their bowls, sitting next to slurping noodles.

Xiang Ying took a bite of the meat skewer and roughly estimated that she had to feed over fifty people every day.

Among them were mostly water bandits, along with some concubines, like Yu Pin.

However, it always being her that gave didn’t seem quite right; she could not offer without taking anything in return, otherwise the number of people expecting her help would only increase. freewebnøvel.com

Xiang Ying planned to think of a good solution.

She walked towards Jie Chen’s tent with a bag of sauce meat buns.

Peeking quietly inside, Jie Chen was discussing matters with Skinny Monkey and the others.

Suddenly seeing Xiang Ying’s eyes, Jie Chen’s voice abruptly stopped.

He lifted his gaze and looked over, feigning indifference: "What is it?"

Xiang Ying blinked, "I was afraid you guys had forgotten to eat, so I brought some food."

Saying this, she carried a bag of buns over and placed it on his table.

"You guys continue with your work, I’ll leave now." Xiang Ying waved her hand and then jogged away.

Skinny monkey beside unrolled the wraps, seeing the soft and tender steamed buns filled to the brim made his mouth water.

"Vice General, your sister-in-law is really nice to you!"

Jie Chen glared at him coldly: "Keep shouting nonsense, and I will cut off your tongue."

Skinny Monkey quickly covered his mouth.

Since Xiang Ying’s return this time, Jie Chen had not allowed them to casually joke about their relationship, as if intentionally avoiding something.

Jie Chen looked at the bag of buns, suppressing the smile that was about to arise.

"You guys share them."

"Vice General, you don’t want any?"

Jie Chen pursed his lips, sincerely said: "Leave a few for me."

At Xiang Ying’s end, after delivering food to Jie Chen, she returned to the children.

But she saw the Sixth Prince coming with people standing in front of Tao Xue, demanding them to give all the remaining food to the Sixth Prince.

Xiang Qianqian stood beside the Sixth Prince, commandingly said to Tao Xue who looked dissatisfied.

"What are you glaring at? Didn’t you hear what His Highness said, take everything including the pots!"

Qi Fengyi coldly said: "Why should we give it to you? The pots are ours, the food is also ours."

The guard beside the Sixth Prince scolded: "How daring! His Highness’s health is precious, eating a bit from you is your blessing, yet you dare to question?"

He reached out to snatch, when suddenly, a stone flew from the side, hitting right on the back of the guard’s hand.

Instantly, the guard’s face contorted in pain, he covered his hand and screamed, feeling his entire arm had gone numb.

Sixth Prince glanced back, spotting Xiang Ying approaching, a hint of displeasure flashing across his eyes.

"Does Your Highness always like to snatch things from others?" Her tone was unfriendly, and Xiang Qianqian took half a step back, hiding behind the Sixth Prince.

Yet, the Sixth Prince faced Xiang Ying with a stern, cold demeanor.

"The materials and food you looted from the bandits are originally from the common people. Since they belong to the common people, they belong to me. How dare you defy my wishes?"

If it were anyone else, they would have been scared witless by such words.

But Xiang Ying just scoffed.

"Your Highness, I understand your words. Everything under the heavens belongs to the Emperor, and what belongs to the common people belongs to the Emperor. Your Highness’s demeanor surpasses even the Emperor himself."

The Sixth Prince’s expression changed, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the soldiers around, fearing such babbling would spread.

He has more than just Jie Chen as a political adversary. The Prince, the Second Prince, each of them eyes him like prey.

Since he is deeply trusted by the Father, they seize any opportunity to slander him and will certainly not stop.

"Stop your nonsense! I have never intended to replace the Father, but it’s only right that your food supplies should serve the Heavenly Family."

"What?" Xiang Ying dug at her ears, "So does Your Highness mean that the common people’s hard-earned wealth should go entirely and freely to you?"

The more she spoke, the darker it got.

Sixth Prince frowned, "Xiang Ying! Don’t go too far."

Xiang Ying sneered, "The real excessive one is Your Highness. I’m not afraid to speak frankly today."

"These supplies are what I managed to wrest back by skill. The Vice General said he would leave it up to me to distribute, and no one else has the right to demand them from me."

"If anyone dares to seize them openly, I won’t be polite!"

As soon as these words fell, Xiang Ying clasped a pebble in her palm, which then flew out like a hidden weapon.

It hit Xiang Qianqian directly on the thigh.

She screamed sharply, falling to the ground in pain.

The Sixth Prince widened his eyes, "Xiang Ying, you dare to strike in my presence?"

Xiang Ying smiled slightly, "Yes, why not? I’m already a condemned prisoner; who am I to fear?"

"However, I heard that the only reason Your Highness is following the Exile Team is due to mishandling the granary, which angered the Emperor."

"If word got out that His Highness disrupts the order of the Exile Team for his own gastronomic desires, I wonder if the Emperor would be even more disappointed?"

These words seemed to strike a vulnerable spot in the Sixth Prince.

He immediately ceased his blustering, his narrow eyes filled with icy venom.

"Xiang Ying, don’t be too arrogant, you’ll regret it!"

With that, he swept his sleeves and departed with his entourage.

Xiang Qianqian struggled to get up, clutching her thigh, and limped after him, "Your Highness, wait for me..."

Xiang Ying sneered and raised her voice in warning again.

"Xiang Qianqian! I might not handle the Sixth Prince, but I can certainly handle you. If you displease me next time, you’ll be the first I target!"

Xiang Qianqian trembled all over, not daring to look back, and fled in panic.

It was always the Sixth Prince causing her trouble, probably because Xiang Qianqian was whispering in his ear.

Xiang Ying turned her head, instructing Tao Xue and the others, "Don’t be afraid, we eat our own, we don’t owe anyone."

"If anyone wants to rob our supplies, don’t ask me; strike first to secure the situation, then we’ll talk."

With her words, the water bandits all felt reassured.

Just now they were afraid of causing trouble, and everyone was hesitant to make a move.

But in such freezing weather, plus famine raging outside, anyone who tries to steal food commits a murder-worthy offense, and must not be let off lightly!

Jie Chen and the others stayed here for half a day, then set off early the next morning braving the chilly wind.

Strange things happened this time; before even reaching November, it began to snow!