Chapter 417 Don’t comb other people’s hair anymore

"Master Wang Qi, you think too much." Shen Wan smiled sweetly and deliberately raised her voice, "I believe that Master Chu must have never experienced such a thing and was panicked for a moment."

"He just wanted to talk to someone. How could he possibly try to defraud me of my money?"

Everyone was not stupid and immediately understood the meaning of the words.

So they also agreed with a smile.

"Yes, how could the head of a county do such a shameless thing!"

"That's right. Doing such a heartless thing will wipe out your entire family line."

"No, it should be lightning!"

Everyone was talking at once, and Chu Wei was so angry that his eyes turned black and he almost fainted.

How could he be so heartless and have no descendants?

He has no children simply because his wife is back home taking care of her parents-in-law and he has no other woman around him.

If he is pushed into a corner, he might actually take a concubine and give birth to a baby for them to see!

"But where will the people affected by the disaster live?" Xie Mubai asked maliciously, "It's freezing cold out there, we can't just leave them on the streets forever."

"Master Chu, as a parent official, you can't just ignore this matter!"

have to!

There was still no sign of food, and a new problem was put before Chu Wei.

Looking at the empty post station, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He just didn't believe it.

Shen Wan could still ignore the disaster victims by stuffing them here!

"What's so difficult about this?" Just as he was about to speak, he saw Shen Wan smile sweetly: "When we entered the city, didn't we see that the shops on both sides of the street were closed?"

"Although no one has lived here for a long time, it's still no problem to clean it up a bit."

Upon hearing this, the light in Chu Wei's eyes quickly disappeared and turned into a deep darkness.

He didn't understand why he had been in Lanyang City for many years but kept falling into the hands of these fugitives!

No wonder the Third Prince reminded him to keep a close eye on this group of people; it turns out they are really tough to deal with.

"Master Chu, you don't have to worry about such trivial matters. Leave everything to me." Shen Wan's eyes sparkled, and her smile was like an angel. "Just focus on raising food."

Chu Wei felt a little overwhelmed when he thought about raising food.

Now that there is war on the border, food prices have skyrocketed.

It would be harder than climbing to the sky for him to get rice from those merchants.

"Okay, stop standing here, everyone, let's get busy." Seeing Chu Wei's grim expression, Shen Wan smiled even happier, "There's an open space in front of the post station, Mr. Wang Qi, you can take your people to set up a porridge tent there."

"Brother Hu, take a few more brothers with you to resettle those disaster victims."

"You will requisition all the empty shops along the street in the name of the government."

"Ranqiu, please prepare more water so that we can make porridge later."

The victims now have shelter, porridge stalls have been built, and now even water is ready, all that’s left is the rice.

Now that things have come to this, even if Chu Wei is reluctant, he has no choice but to bite the bullet and go and collect food.

It’s all Chen Jiu’s fault!

If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be so embarrassed.

Thinking of this, Chu Wei secretly made up his mind that he must make a fortune from Chen Jiu today.

When they heard that a porridge stall had been set up in front of the post station, the victims did not even bother to rest in the shops and came to line up.

Soon, the narrow open space was crowded with people.

"Auntie, drink some hot water first." Shen Wan handed over a bowl of water and said with a smile, "The porridge will have to wait a while. Master Chu has gone to collect food. He will be back soon."

Although there was no porridge, the old lady was very satisfied with a bowl of hot water.

"Princess, you are such a good person!" She took the bowl with trembling hands and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Shen Wan smiled and said, “Master Chu is a very good person.”

Upon hearing this, the victims fell silent.

Good person?

Chu Wei has been an official here for many years, but he has made the people of Lanyang City live in misery. Can he be called a good person?

Seeing the reactions of the victims, Ranqiu and Da Niuniang smiled at each other.

"Really!" Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Shen Wan said seriously, "Just last night, the granary of the county government was also burned."

"Lord Chu couldn't provide food for the disaster relief, so he went to the merchants to raise food."

"I've already agreed with him. I'll be responsible for making the porridge, and he'll be responsible for collecting food."

"He's the county magistrate. Even if he does something wrong in normal times, how can he stand by and watch when something as serious as this happens? This is his duty!"

Seeing Shen Wan's serious expression, a glimmer of light flashed across the dim eyes of the disaster victims.

Yes, the princess is right.

Even if Chu Wei was a worthless person, he was still an official of the imperial court.

If he can't even do this, how can he be worthy of being a local official!

Thinking of this, all the dissatisfaction I had towards Chu Wei in the past disappeared.

Although there is sunshine, it is still very cold outside in winter.

So Xie Mubai and Wang Qi went back to the backyard to move some firewood.

The fire in the stove was burning very brightly, and several children gathered around it to warm themselves.

"Is Chu Wei not coming?" Wang Qi put down the firewood and said in a low voice.

Xie Mubai shook his head, a strange light flashing across his eyes as deep as a cold pond: "He will come."

"If he doesn't come, how will he explain to the people?"

Wang Qi nodded slightly, but his eyes fell on Da Niuniang.

At this moment, she was sitting by the stove, combing the hair of a little girl in red clothes with a smile.

The firelight illuminated her smooth face, and at this moment she looked as holy as a fairy.

Maybe she is not the most beautiful, but in Wang Qi's heart, she will always be the one and only.

"Take your time." Xie Mubai glanced at Wang Qi and said lightly.

After hearing this, Wang Qi came to his senses.

He thought about it and suddenly asked, "Am I shameless?"

In the Wei Dynasty, it was not uncommon for widows to remarry.

But it is still unacceptable for a brother-in-law to marry his widowed sister-in-law.

"What's the big deal?" Xie Mubai disagreed.

In terms of shamelessness, he is no worse than Wang Qi.

He knew that it wasn't Shen Wan that he was engaged to, but he still forced her to accompany him every time.

Wang Qi didn't say anything else and continued to look at Da Niu's mother.

The big girl's mother was very skillful and in no time she was able to braid two beautiful pigtails.

"Auntie, you have such a skillful hand!" The little girl ran to the basin of water and looked at herself in the mirror, saying excitedly.

Shen Wan couldn't help but feel itchy when she saw it.

"Big girl, let me give you one too." She grabbed the big girl and said excitedly.

The big girl blinked her big eyes and looked at her for a while, not believing in her craftsmanship.

I heard from Erbao that the prince always combed my sister's hair.

Seeing that the big girl refused, Shen Wan quickly took out two candies from her arms: “Sister will give you candies!”

Under the temptation of candy, the girl reluctantly agreed.

Shen Wan was very happy.

She quickly took the comb from Da Niu's mother and began to comb Da Niu's hair carefully.

Seeing that the little woman was also combing the child's hair, Xie Mubai frowned slightly.

Shen Wan didn't know how to do a hairstyle as complicated as Da Niuniang's, so she just combed her hair into a "skyrocket" style.

After combing her hair, the big girl ran excitedly to the basin of water.

As soon as she saw her reflection in the water, she opened her little mouth and burst into tears.

Looking at the little braid flying up into the sky on the top of their heads, the disaster victims, who were originally in a bad mood, became happy as soon as they saw the little braid.

Hearing everyone's laughter, the girl cried even more sadly.

"Are you the one who usually combs her hair?" Wang Qi glanced at Shen Wan's beautifully combed hair, then turned to look at Xie Mubai.

Xie Mubai nodded slightly.

After hearing this, Wang Qi was speechless.

What can he say?

Xie Mubai dotes on Shen Wan so much, he should be happy.

But when he looked at the awesome "sky rocket" on the girl's head, he really couldn't be happy.

In desperation, he could only go forward and carry the girl back to the post station.

"Don't comb other people's hair in the future." Xie Mubai walked to Shen Wan and said lightly.

Shen Wan scratched her head a little guiltily: "I... didn't I want to practice?"

"By the way, it's getting late, why hasn't Chu Wei come yet?"

After hearing this, the victims became a little anxious.

From last night until now, they haven't eaten a single grain of rice.

It's already noon. Where has Mr. Chu, who was raising grain, gone?

In confusion, I saw Chu Wei walking towards me from afar on the cold bluestone path.

The warm sunlight shone on him, making him look even taller and more muscular.

The victims' eyes lit up and they almost shouted out in excitement.