"Third brother, aren’t you hungry?" Gu Kaichen stared at the bun in Gu Kaiyuan’s hand. Not to mention, these escort guards are a bit more generous than those jailers. The buns are bigger and quite soft, and they taste pretty good.

It’s just that having one isn’t enough for someone like him. It would be great to have another one.

"How could I not be hungry," Gu Kaiyuan quickly finished it off and drank the porridge before saying, "I ate quickly to avoid choking, and eating slowly can make you feel fuller."

"Is that really the case?" Gu Kaichen held his stomach, somewhat regretting his earlier haste.

"Try it next time, second brother, and you’ll see." Gu Kaiyuan took the bowl from Bai Suihe’s hand, placed it by the door, and then untied the bundle on his back, placing the small quilt on Bai Suihe’s belly.

"Third brother, the Bai Family is really stingy, sending just one small quilt. Look at our family, we have elders and children. Shouldn’t the small quilt be given to our father and mother since they’re older?"

Gu Kaiyuan took a deep breath. In the previous life, Baijiang was considerate in every aspect, sending an entire cartload, with everyone having a quilt.

But the result? Those things became a burden for their branch of the family.

Everyone had a share during use, but when packing and carrying, they claimed it was sent by their branch, so naturally, it was up to them to manage.

Back then, he was always carrying a mountain of quilts, unable to take care of Bai Suihe, even she didn’t have empty hands despite being pregnant.

He had informed them in advance and only prepared one small quilt, yet Gu Kaichen started scheming again, "Second brother, I know just this one small quilt isn’t enough.

But look, your sister-in-law is pregnant, and if she catches cold, I can’t imagine the consequences.

So, second brother, do you really think we should give up this quilt?"

"I’m just thinking of you, after all, filial piety to parents is important," Gu Kaichen laughed dryly.

Gu Kaiyuan said, "Father, Mother, do you think Ms. Bai should give up the small quilt to you?"

"No need," Gu Baijiang said coldly. Competing for a quilt with the daughter-in-law was something he wouldn’t do.

The Bai Family is indeed stingy, why only send this one small quilt?

"Father is considerate of the younger generation. When the child is born, I’ll bring her to bow before you."

Xu Huizhen snorted, "But Kaiyuan, the temperature is bound to drop after night falls, and with our old and young ones, what if someone gets sick?"

Gu Kaiyuan thought for a moment and looked at Gu Kaiping, "Big brother, let’s go out to find the shopkeeper and see if we can exchange the silver note.

Hurry and give mother the silver; she can then arrange the family’s living supplies."

Gu Kaiping’s eyes lit up. Although third brother isn’t good at studies, he has a quick mind.

If they hand over some silver, the purchases will surely be managed collectively.

"Third brother makes sense, let’s hurry and go, otherwise the good stuff will be gone."

The two brothers walked out together, Bai Suihe took the quilt and faced the wall.

This was just the beginning of the trouble, but unfortunately, they couldn’t have their way this time, they better endure.

This post station has received many exile groups before and is experienced, specifically setting a room filled with supplies for people to replenish, but at higher prices than outside.

Gu Kaiyuan bought himself a small quilt and a pack of dried dates, spending one tael of silver.

"These things are really expensive," Gu Kaiping felt it was not worth it, just buying each of them a pair of shoes cost half a tael of silver.

Anyway, the money goes to the collective in the end; later, he’ll have mother buy quilts; he wouldn’t be as foolish as Kaiyuan.

Having found silver, the brothers each handed over ten taels.

Gu Kaiyuan didn’t care what they’d buy next; judging by mother’s personality, they wouldn’t get anything.

Sure enough, as soon as he closed his eyes to rest, the Gu Family started arguing.

"Mother, why don’t we get any?" Liu Yun noticed the second branch received two quilts, but neither they nor the third branch had any.

The third branch couple each had a quilt, which didn’t matter, but why shouldn’t they have any?

"Don’t you have silver? Go buy it yourself."

"But this silver is ours..." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Then give the silver to me, and I’ll buy it for you," Xu Huizhen said, not even looking up, pulling the quilt directly to lie down.

She had haggled the price of these four quilts down to two taels of silver, unbelievably expensive.

Looking back, it would have been better to have them hand over the silver before leaving the city; maybe the street vendors would have offered lower prices, a loss.

Gu Kaicheng and Xu Yulan exchanged glances and then protected Gu Anwei in the middle, covering him with the quilt, going to sleep.

"Look at your parents..."

"Alright, give me two taels of silver, and I’ll buy you four quilts."

"Why are quilts so expensive?"

"That’s the price here, come and see if you don’t believe it..."

"I’ll go..."

Bai Suihe thought she’d have a hard time sleeping but surprisingly fell asleep with these noises.

Gu Kaiyuan opened his eyes, helped her adjust the quilt, and then fell asleep.

In the latter half of the night, there was a rustling sound in the communal bed, probably someone getting up for the night.

Bai Suihe woke up from the noise, Gu Kaiyuan immediately opened his eyes, gently patting her back and whispering, "I’ll keep watch here, you go rest."

Bai Suihe didn’t act coy; she needed to take care of her health to avoid being a burden.

Bai Suihe walked away but didn’t rush to sleep. She first arranged a meal for herself and washed up before sleeping deeply.

When she awoke, she changed into her previous clothes and reapplied medicine to her feet before returning to the communal bed. To her, she had slept for many hours inside, but for Gu Kaiyuan, it was just a brief moment.

Bai Suihe said, "I think your spot is warmer, let’s switch." Bai Suihe winked at him, and Gu Kaiyuan nodded slightly; they switched places.

As soon as she covered herself with the quilt, Gu Kaiyuan was thrown into the spatial realm by Bai Suihe.

Upon entering, he was sent to the kitchen, where he saw a table full of hot dishes, softening his heart—after all, he’s not without family, just lost them carelessly in a past life.

This time, no one could take away his happiness.

After eating, he washed up, realizing his little wife is a bit of a neat freak, so it’s best to comply.

Bai Suihe heard the sound of snoring in her ear; next to Gu Kaiyuan was Gu Anliang. The child, in his deep sleep, hadn’t been startled by their movements.

Turning around, she sank her consciousness into the spatial realm and saw Gu Kaiyuan sitting on the bed in a daze, prompting her to release him.

"Rested well?" Bai Suihe whispered.

The time difference inside and outside was immense, and she kept this in mind to avoid locking him up too long.