Liu Yitian delivered steaming hot dumplings while everyone else busied themselves distributing grain.
Many people in Wang Family Village were jubilant, but Steward Shi, who oversaw the granary, was deeply worried.
This year's northern winter was exceptionally cold, and Far-Reaching City was exceptionally cold. Only Wang Family Village was a little warmer.
A few days later, news spread through Far-Reaching City: Wang Family Village, led by the Divine Bow Sect and dozens of other gangs, had jointly opened a porridge kitchen to provide relief for the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, helping the people survive the harsh winter.
On the second day after the porridge kitchen opened, certain rumors began surfacing in Far-Reaching City.
There was sand in the Divine Bow Sect's porridge. It was filthy and tasted terrible.
The Divine Bow Sect had thrown in with an evil cult. Their porridge was poisoned, and people had already been poisoned to death.
Someone had secretly tried to burn the Divine Bow Sect's granary, only to be killed and hung outside the gates of Wang Family Village.
Some major grain merchants declared that no escort agencies were allowed to transport grain for the Divine Bow Sect.
The Divine Sword Sect, Blood Robe Sect, and many other sects announced that the Divine Bow Sect acted tyrannically, and their disciples were forbidden from associating with it.
After hearing the rumors, people from Enlightenment Academy conducted a secret investigation. In the end, they verified that the Divine Bow Sect was innocent and that its relief of the common people was purely an act of righteousness. Enlightenment Academy then followed the Divine Bow Sect's example, distributing aid to disaster victims in fixed amounts at fixed times every day.
Next, the Green Mountain Gang announced that it would answer Enlightenment Academy's call and provide relief to