The food office was open for three days. People from all over Qian had come to get some congee to tide themselves over.
No bandit attacks happened these nights even though our doors stayed wide open for anyone to come in.
The day after the office closed, many men who had come and enjoyed the food volunteered to stay and watch over the manor. We could not provide them any weapons, but they were willing to watch over the manor unarmed.
I was unable to reject their sincerity. Though we didn't have much, Matron Ji and I entered the kitchen with Cook Bo every day to make round flat cakes to feed them.
Aside from them, Jue He and his group of men came every day. Two brothers, whose last names were Yang, and another buff-looking one that Captain Gu overheard them calling Xiao Deng.
After Jue He's plea, I had sent them home. I wasn't able to trust someone who would just come in and request joining the Qian Squad like that. Let alone one who claimed they had been part of the bandits.
