Looking at Jin Hui's simple and honest face, Xiao Ruo said in a soft voice: "It's not a big deal, but recently I saw many people coughing profusely. It must be because of the cold weather. Brother Jin needs to pay more attention to his health."

"Thank you Miss Xiao for your concern."

Jin Hui was somewhat embarrassed to be told by a beautiful girl to be careful.

"I have rough skin and thick flesh. I seldom get sick since I was a child, and this year's spring will come back quickly. You see, it's only the first month. I can sweat all over when I go out to do some work! I can't freeze!"

He smiled naively, and slapped his thick pectoralis major twice to show that he was strong.

Xiao Ruo didn't say anything more, she pursed her lips and said goodbye to Jin Hui and went home.

She can only say so much, what happens next can only be left to fate.

She can't afford the whole of Qinzhou, but at least she has to resist the Xiao family.

After Jin Hui and Xiao Ruo parted ways, they quickened their pace and ran to the government office. After finishing their errands, they had to hurry back and report back.

Today he was going to mediate the lawsuit between Chen Ji Cloth Shop and Zhang Ji Biscuit Shop on West Street.

The boss of Chen Ji sued Zhang Ji Shaobing Shop for making sesame seed cakes every day, and the ashes from the firewood drifted to her yard along the wind, dyeing her new fabric black and gray.

Zhangji Biscuit Shop said that Chenji Cloth Shop smeared the old styles that could not be sold with soot, so that they could rely on them and blackmail them of money.

The two shops escalated from bickering and quarreling to fighting, and finally both came to beat the drums to complain.

This kind of trivial case with parents has always been assigned to a few of them to handle it.

On weekdays, Jin Hui would call some of his subordinates to mediate, but now is the time to employ people, the Zao Squad, the Arresting Squad, and the Strong Squad are all short of manpower, and his few subordinate yamen servants have all been requisitioned.

He had no choice but to do it himself. This afternoon he ran back and forth between the cloth shop and the biscuit shop, and finally managed to mediate between the two families. He had to go back to the Yamen to register and close the case.

On the road, I met Xiaoruo and talked for a while, which delayed the time. If I didn't run quickly, I would not be able to catch up with the official registration.

Fortunately, he has long legs, and when he ran, he took one step to beat others by three steps, and finally rushed back from the front of the Yamen.

"Huchi, Huchi... Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, I, I haven't registered yet today!" Panting, Jin Hui stopped in front of the officials surnamed Wang, blocking his attempts to leave early.

"Why don't you come sooner, it's time to release the office in a moment, I've packed up my pen and ink!" said the official Wang with his beard raised, his face full of displeasure.

"Huh... It's not the time yet, so you can write down another one for me, puff... Big deal, I'll buy you a drink tonight!"

"Forget you, kid." Hearing that there was wine to drink, the official Wang's face softened a little.

He slowly took out the pen and ink from the folded cloth bag, dripped two dots of water on it, and began to grind it.

"But let's forget about it today, you owe it first, and drink it next time."

Official Wang is famous for his good wine, and Jin Hui was not in a hurry to let Jin Hui fulfill his promise to invite him to drink today, which made Jin Hui a little curious.

He asked: "What? Uncle Wang has an appointment today? This wine can't even invite you."

"What's the date? My youngest son, who doesn't know what's going on, has been coughing and having a fever recently. After drinking a few cups of decoction for cold and cold, it doesn't get better. My family is in a hurry to get angry."

The official Wang pursed his lips and said, "I don't want to go out to drink at this time, just causing noise at home."

While talking and writing, after a while, the official Wang registered Jin Hui's errands for today, and cleaned his pear flower and wood wolf hair.

"Why is it coughing and fever again? I remember that the brothers in the third class took a lot of leave because of this, right?"

"No, I don't know why the wind and cold are so severe this time."

Answering casually, the Wang officials cleaned the pens and put them away one by one. Looking at the sundial in the courtyard, it happened to be You hour, and it was time to release the government office.

At this point, his movements seemed to be suddenly sped up, which was completely different from the slow-moving look just now.

Standing up and picking up his cloak, the official Wang quickly walked towards the outside of the government office, shouting as he walked, "You remember to owe me a drink!"

The sound of the word wine has not dissipated, and no one can see the shadow.

Jin Hui was used to the two faces of the Wang officials before and after he left the office, so he waved his hand casually as farewell, thinking about it in his mind.

When I met Xiaoruo just now, she mentioned that many people have cough symptoms, and she also said that Tianhan reminded herself not to catch the cold.

But this year's weather is very different. The temperature is already very warm in early February. Many people can't wear thick padded jackets and put on light and thin clothes.

And recently, many people around me have indeed started to get sick, most of them have cough and fever. Several brothers in the government office have taken leave because of this, resulting in a shortage of manpower in the third shift of the government office, and several of his subordinates have been transferred to be on duty...

The more Jin Hui thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

These people always ask for leave first, and then get sick one after another every few days.

This doesn't look like an ordinary cold or cold, but rather some kind of ailment that can overwhelm others. Those who are on leave either have a lot of friendship and walk around on weekdays, or they get along with the same class on duty for a long time.

Thinking of this, Jin Hui's heart suddenly thumped, as if it was about to burst out of his chest.

If it is really an extraordinary disease, he has to report it to Governor Zeng as soon as possible!

The conversation was divided into two parts, Jin Hui rushed to Zeng Yongbo to report his conjecture, while Xiao Ruo had already returned to Xiao's courtyard.

When I entered the door, I saw dozens of burlap bags piled up in the yard, filled with storable rations such as rice, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.

The warehouse was cleaned up into two areas. The medicinal materials that had been processed and placed in the warehouse were sorted out to the pharmacy, leaving only the firewood and charcoal that were difficult to carry and stacked up to the maximum, occupying the northeast corner of the warehouse.

All the other vacant places were filled with food purchased by Xiao Xun and Zheng Dongyang.

Two complete waxed pigs were hung on the beams with thick straw ropes, and there were also strings of dried fish beside them.

There are three large earthen jars of refined lard, and the snow-white fat exudes a unique fragrance, which is most attractive to the gluttons in people's stomachs.

There are six sacks of finely ground white flour and six sacks of coarsely ground cornmeal, and the ground flour is easy to get damp. Xiao Ruo instructed Xiao Xun to put all twelve sacks on the shelf.

The rice, sweet potatoes and potatoes in the courtyard were all moved into the warehouse, and the supplies were stacked in a font, which not only ensured the air circulation, but also ensured that the tubers would not be moldy and rotted due to extrusion, and could be easily taken.

The two cubs cannot lack vitamin and fiber intake, but vegetables have high water content and cannot be stored, so Xiao Ruo cut radishes, cabbage, and winter bamboo shoots into thick slices.

Under her exquisite fire control, the water in these slices of fruits and vegetables quickly evaporated, turning into piles of crispy dried fruits and vegetables.

When you need to eat it, you only need to soak it in water. Although it is not as fresh as it is, the taste is almost the same.

Xiaoruo is most fortunate that the yard she chose at the beginning has a well in it.At this time when it is necessary to stay behind closed doors, it perfectly solves the problem of water source acquisition.

After counting the inventory and confirming that these supplies are enough for them to stay at home for at least three months, Xiaoruo finally let go of her worries.

She let out a deep breath, which had been choked in her chest ever since old man Cen said that the plague might happen.

Now that she spit it out, she felt her body gradually relax.

"Ruo Ruo..." Zheng Dongyang scratched his cheeks, and said with a bit of annoyance: "Ah Xun and I were only interested in buying things in batches, avoiding people's eyes and ears, and didn't even bargain much..."

Sadness appeared on his old face.

"I did the math just now, and it seems that I have used up almost all the money at home..."

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