Wei Ruo and his friends had returned to the city and, once at the inn, Wei Ruo went to the parked carriage in the backyard to fetch a bag of rice.
Throughout the journey, Wei Ruo had taken many items from the carriage, which made Xiaobei remark more than once that Wei Ruo's carriage was like a treasure chest.
In fact, the food Wei Ruo had was taken from a space, and placing everything on the carriage made it heavy, which was not conducive to traveling.
To make it look more reasonable, this time Wei Ruo only took one fifty-pound bag, fearing that taking more might raise suspicions.
After taking the food, they set off again and returned to Fengting Mountain.
At noon, the displaced villagers hidden in the mountains were searching through the barren woods for edible roots and bark.
When Wei Ruo and his friends appeared again, disbelief filled the villagers' eyes; they hadn't expected Wei Ruo and his friends to actually come back for them.