"I just thought that you are a big family in our village and you are kind-hearted. Many families in the village have saved themselves from starving to death because of your kindness."

"They showed me and Huo Yingying a way to survive. No, we came here shamelessly. We want to borrow some rice from you so that we can get through this difficulty..."

Huo Ying's wife also nodded quickly and whispered: "Yes, yes, we really can't open the pot. The children are so hungry that they cry, so pitiful..."

Yang Ruoqing listened carefully, then sympathy appeared on her face.

"Hey, in the face of this great famine, every family is pitiful, not just the two aunts' families."

"Every family has its own problems that are difficult to memorize. Let's take my family as an example. The rice from my parents' family is exclusively used for my restaurant every year."

“This year’s insect infestation hit my parents’ family the hardest, and dozens of acres of land were harvested without harvest.”

"The rice supply in the restaurant is almost gone. I have been worrying about the rice supply these days. Look, my family's three meals a day has now been reduced to two meals a day. Life is not easy.

, the restaurant is about to close down..."

When the Watson family and Huo Yingying heard what Yang Ruoqing said, they secretly exchanged glances and felt that it was not easy to borrow the rice.

Yang Ruoqing said: "If you don't have any rice to cook with today, I can split two kilograms of rice from my family's rations and give you two meals back home without you having to pay it back. I won't borrow rice. I don't have enough rice at home."

If you borrow too much, you will offend others by borrowing from the east but not the west, and no one will borrow from you in the future."

Everyone from the Watson family and Huo Yingying still took two kilograms of rice and left. Later, Yang Ruoqing directly announced to the village: There is not enough rice and no rice will be borrowed.

"Once these words were spread, most of the people in our village were offended!"

When Yang Ruoqing and her two children came to her parents' house for dinner, Mrs. Sun said with a sad face at the dinner table.

Yang Ruoqing smiled: "It's okay to offend if you offend me. We're not rich, so we can't make everyone satisfied."

"Even if we borrow it today, we will borrow it from whoever comes tomorrow. We will wait until the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow when they have finished eating. By then, our rice supply will really be at the bottom and we will have no choice. If I tell them, will they believe it?

?Will you understand? You still have to complain!"

"Instead of being blamed for emptying the rice and grain warehouse for them, it is better to keep our own now. Whoever likes to complain can complain. If you have the ability, don't be so shameless as to come to me for help later!"

After hearing what Yang Ruoqing said, Mrs. Sun nodded, but her expression was still a little reluctant.

Yang Huazhong also put down his chopsticks and said to Sun, "Qing'er is right, the human heart is the most unpredictable."

"We will do our duty, and we will not do anything beyond our own capabilities. Besides, we have helped everyone enough. I will understand what I understand, and I can't say more about what I don't understand!" He said

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Xiaohua also reached out and gently held Sun's hand.

"Mom, don't be afraid. Anyway, I'm engaged to brother Da'an. From now on, you can just blame it on me for anything that embarrasses you in this family. I'll do the bad things. I'm not afraid of being criticized."

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Mrs. Sun looked at Xiaohua with a complicated expression.

Here, Yang Ruoqing said: "Mom, have you seen it? Our whole family has reached a consensus. You, please stop being depressed. Don't worry about this matter."

Hearing the whole family say this, Mrs. Sun's heart no longer wavered.

…

Yang Ruoqing personally led the team and together with Yang Huazhong escorted the family's food to restaurants in the town.

In addition to the father and daughter, there was also a team of people from the transportation team escorting the food.

Normally, this kind of thing would only require Yang Huazhong to take a few long-term workers to the restaurant, or ask the restaurant to send a few guys over and drive a few bullock carts to take away the food.

But these are extraordinary times. The most indispensable thing on the road are the victims who don’t have enough to eat, and some refugees coming from places like Helanzhou. The number of beggars in Qingshui Town has increased a lot in an instant.

In order to prevent the grain from being robbed on the way, Yang Ruoqing almost mobilized the entire transportation team, and everyone escorted the rice grain to the restaurant in the town.

This wave of rice grains was transported out of the village in front of the whole village, and everyone's eyes were gleaming.

But so what? Who dares to rob? The transport team carries knives.

Of course, after this wave of rice was shipped out of Yang Huazhong's house, almost no one came to Yang Huazhong's house to borrow rice.

"Qing'er, you delivered the rice on time. If you don't deliver it, I will go to the village to chase you."

Chef Zhou came over and told Yang Ruoqing.

"In the past few days, half of the rice and grain shops in the town have been unable to buy rice. The price of rice in the only two remaining rice and grain shops is so high that it costs almost one tael of silver per bucket of rice."

"Other supplies, not to mention fish, meat, chicken, and duck, even those vegetarian dishes have increased in price significantly."

"Such a handful of cabbage is enough to fry a bowl, but it costs forty or fifty cents. We don't have anywhere to buy it. We can't make many dishes in our restaurant. There is nothing we can do."

Hearing Chef Zhou's words, Yang Ruoqing said: "It's normal. When we came from the south gate earlier, we saw that several food stalls and restaurants were closed, and even Zhangji Baozi Shop was closed."

Chef Zhou nodded, "Our Tianxiang Building is the only restaurant left in Qingshui Town now, and the others can't survive."

Yang Ruoqing said: "Isn't this a gift of rice? Come on, as for other dishes and supplies, I will think of a way."

…

Da'an and Muzichuan didn't receive any more letters, and they don't know if they received the letter they sent last time.

However, Yang Ruoqing received a letter from Luo Fengtang from the south.

After reading Luo Fengtang's letter, Yang Ruoqing's expression finally changed.

"Qing'er, why do you look like this? What did Tang Yazi say in his heart?" Yang Huazhong asked nervously. Sun and Xiao An Xiaohua also looked at her nervously and worriedly.

Yang Ruoqing frowned and said, "Tang Yazi has received the imperial edict and is going to lead the troops to the capital to escort the emperor out of the capital."

"The emperor is leaving Beijing?" Yang Huazhong was surprised.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, "Tang Yazi said in the letter that rebels appeared in Helanzhou and changed their banners under the banner of opposing the imperial court."

"They took the local victims and broke into the houses of local wealthy families and opened warehouses to stockpile grain."

"They distributed the grain that they opened to the victims who had no enough food to eat. Now, their team is getting bigger and bigger like a snowball. They have begun to press from Yingkou County to the south, passing through various places.

The local government officers and soldiers could not resist it at all, and the momentum became more and more intense."

"The continuous drought in the north a few years ago, coupled with insect infestations, and the floods in the south..."

"Someone else dug out a one-eyed stone man in the Yellow River, as well as the words carved on the stone man."

"Coupled with the instigation of those thoughtful people, now the whole world is accusing Emperor Qi of being immoral, so God has punished him."

"Coupled with the ineffective disaster relief, there are now many voices of dissatisfaction in the court. There are all kinds of remonstrances, most of which are condemning the emperor's misconduct and inaction,"

"Some people even proposed that Emperor Qi should abdicate and give way to King Su who was the leader of the Helanzhou uprising." Yang Ruoqing said.
Chapter completed!