Raiders of the favorite concubine of Qing Dynasty

Chapter 384

What I never expected was that what I thought was a perfect plan would go wrong after all. It wasn't that there was any flaw in the process, but that the result brought me some unexpected surprises.

On the fifth day after the grain disappeared from the yamen, the magistrate of Zheng County held a Hongmen banquet, saying that it was a banquet for big local households to discuss disaster relief plans.

We have only taken root here for more than a year, but Zhuangzi has indeed gained a certain foundation and reputation under the management of Yanran and Shui Ling. As an ordinary person, there is no problem. Many of these big families have some noble relatives in the capital. When the time comes, my status...

"There are three more days, let's deal with it carefully. At that time, it will be a big deal to say that they are sick. They are just asking for money, and they will not embarrass us." Yan Ran seemed calm.

"Well, let's spend money and eliminate disasters. Hey, a group of villains, but they are just big officials with a little bit of power. They dare to do whatever they want like this. There must be someone behind them! I don't believe that no one has reported to Zheng County, but officials For the benefit of each other, the words of the people can only sink in this torrent of rivers!" Anger to anger, what we can do is really limited, convey to the court, heh!We are fugitives ourselves!

"All we can do is cut down on food and clothing, and add more rice porridge tomorrow. It's a contribution to do our part..." Shui Ling's tone was also helpless.

Unwilling and helpless, but helpless, this is the reality faced by ordinary people at the bottom. He is the only one who can change all this. The bureaucracy is corrupt and corruption is rife. He should know it, and he should not let it go. I think of me When he was still in the palace, he was anxious about the disaster and wished he could empathize with him. He should not let this situation continue like this.

What I can do is to share the emergency for him, help as many people as possible, and restore as many people as possible. I no longer feel confused or helpless.

As soon as I changed my attitude, I said: "Well, I'll go tomorrow. You guys are busy with other things. I'll stop by and meet those unscrupulous profiteers first, and find out what the yamen means."

On the second day, when I heard that I was going down the mountain, Jiujiu tucked in the corner of my clothes and refused to let go, but I had no choice but to take her to help with the porridge.

Jiujiu didn't go down the mountain for some time, and I was very excited. I held her hand tightly all the way, for fear that she would slip into the crowd like a small fish.

"Ma'am, the porridge place is just ahead." Huan'er in Zhuangzi pointed to the pavilion in front of me. There were already refugees waiting with bowls.

"If we don't give away the porridge, these people can only eat some bark and vegetable leaves, and are hungry. Now they all regard the people in our village as living Bodhisattvas." Huan'er said while talking.

The mob is just starving, forced to stand up and resist. Who wouldn't want to have enough food and clothing to live a smooth life?

I saw that after Huan'er and the others arrived, the victims had already lined up in an orderly manner, without scrambling, and they took good care of the elderly, women and children.

Huan'er explained to me: "It wasn't like that at the beginning. Later, Miss Yanran made a rule that if they didn't line up, they wouldn't serve porridge until they got in line. Later, they gradually became self-aware."

I nodded, Yanran is naturally thoughtful in doing things.

The porridge donation started in full swing, Jiujiu looked at the posture in a daze, and asked me in a childlike voice: "Mother, porridge is delicious, so do they want to eat it?"

I glanced at her and said, "Congee porridge is delicious, but they have nothing to eat."

Jiujiu thought for a while and didn't understand: "Mother, why don't they have food? Is it because they made a mistake and were punished by their mother?"

I remembered that she insisted on eating sweets all the time, and I punished her not to have dinner when I was in a hurry. The emotional girl still remembered, I didn't know how to explain natural disasters and man-made disasters to her, so I could only try my best to say: "Look It has been raining for more than a month, and the rain is getting higher and higher, flooding the crops, and they have nothing to eat!"

I didn't expect Jiujiu to understand, I didn't expect the little girl to look at me suddenly and said: "Mother, I know, I was watering the yard before, and the good-looking uncle said not to water too much, otherwise Huahua will drown. Is it a meaning?"

"Jiujiu is so smart!" I scratched Jiujiu's nose and couldn't help but praise.

I looked into the distance, and there were sandbags piled up to fight the flood, but the water level was still high. Not far from the pavilion, there was a rice merchant with a signboard selling grain. .Those who still have money at home can only buy rice at a high price.

I said to Huan'er: "Help me watch Jiujiu, don't let go, I'll go to Yan's house."

In normal times, a catty of rice was worth ten Wen, but now a catty of rice was sold for forty or even fifty Wen, and the family’s income could barely cover food and clothing.The price of rice at Yan's rice shop today is [-] Wen, and there is an endless stream of people buying rice, but Yan's limited sales, and now selling rice makes more money than selling gold.

"Buying rice? Go in line!" The man dressed as a servant pushed me and said with disdain.

I purposely glanced into the bucket, feeling rather disgusted: "Your Yan family's rice shop has all this grain, it's so shabby! I heard that a certain granary was robbed by thieves a few days ago. It's your home, isn't it?"

"Nonsense, did you see that? Fifty cents a catty, if you pay double today, I'll give you as much as you want, and I'll let you see if it's your money that's poor and my granary poor!" scorn.

Looking at the boy's manner of speaking, he was full of confidence. It seemed that the Yan family was not waiting for nothing. I curled my lips: "One hundred coins per catty, are you selling grain? You are robbing!"

"Hey, don't say that someone is actually robbing. The food is getting less and less every day. It's too expensive today. See you tomorrow! It seems that you are not here to buy food. Let's go!" The boy said, half pushing I blasted out.

I came back from Yan's house without any success, and I couldn't find any news from the servant. I walked back, thinking about the background of several rice merchants and Zheng County magistrate.It's been a few days since Zheng Zhixian has not seen Wang Fudong trouble. It seems that the interests are intertwined and complicated!
I walked into the gazebo, and saw a few servant-like people surrounding there from a distance, and I didn't know who they were coming for. I felt uneasy and shouted anxiously: "Nine-nine, nine-nine!"

"Mother, I'm here!" Hearing Jiujiu's voice, I slowly let go of my heart, and Jiujiu trotted from the crowd into my arms. She said to me excitedly. Said: "Mother, we will have a father in our family in the future!"

"what?"

I didn't understand what Jiujiu was talking about. I was pulled by her and walked towards the center of the gazebo. I raised my head and happened to meet Fulin's eyes.

I stood blankly and watched, as if everything in the world lost its color at this moment.

Fulin hugged Jiujiu, with a look of love on his face, Jiujiu called out to Dad, it was as if he had never disappeared from my life, as if it was just a reunion after a farewell, but, why, I have waited far too long.

I didn't know what to say or what to do, I just stuck like a log, unable to move an inch.

(End of this chapter)