Great Marsh Prefecture City.
With war raging and chaos everywhere, no one dared step outside.
Fortunately, Fourth Lady's cousin's household had long laid in supplies. Not only was the rice jar full, there was also a vegetable cellar...
During the day, the local street chief even led several Yellow Ant Rebels on house-to-house inspections.
Fortunately, Fourth Lady had already made herself known to the street chief. She handled them herself, saying Fang Yu was a distant relative, and managed to bluff her way through.
Other than lamenting that bandits robbed people of their wealth and killed them besides, the street chief said nothing more. He had probably seen too much of this sort of thing. He even told Fang Yu where coffins could be bought cheaply.
Well, with the household's only male—Fang Yu—he had become the one holding up the roof and keeping the family standing...
Aaron had little to say. He went and bought two coffins, then placed Fourth Lady's cousin and cousin-in-law inside.
As for burial and funeral rites?
They truly lacked the means, and there was nobody to hire, so they could only leave them there for now.
Night.
A lone lamp burned like a bean.
After coaxing Nannan to sleep, Fourth Lady played some fun games with Aaron. By now, she had exhausted herself and fallen asleep.
Aaron felt that she had simply taken a liking to Fang Yu's youth and martial prowess, hoping to find someone to rely on.
He did not mind being a pair of dewy, fleeting spouses for a time. Anything beyond that was unnecessary.
At worst, when he left, he could simply leave behind a few more gold leaves.
Aaron sat at the table and began sorting through the gains from entering the city this time.
First came the gold