Chapter 156 The more beautiful the mushroom, the more poisonous it is?

The people of Qili Village were still feeling regretful on their way back.

Zhao Mingyue sighed deeply: "If I had known earlier, I would have gone with Shen Qingyingzi to look for wild vegetables. It took so much time to go back and forth. I might have dug half a basket in that time."

Li E comforted him, "It's okay, it's okay. There are so many disaster victims that the wild vegetables around here have been dug up long ago. They're not easy to find."

Feng Meng, however, was still unwilling to give up. He asked everyone, "Are you saying that porridge is really inedible? Even if it's mixed with bran, it should still be edible. It would be such a waste to throw it away."

"You big fool! Everyone is staring at the gold and silver jewelry on those two women, but you are just sitting here wasting your time on the porridge mixed with bran. Oh, I don't know what to say to you."

"It's more than just Mengzi. We didn't even manage to grab it. Those disaster victims were so quick. I saw they even ripped off most of their outer clothes!"

"Strange! There are so many gold hairpins and gold bracelets. That's gold. None of our villagers got any. If someone picked one up during the chaos nearby, they would be rich..."

They were so busy watching the excitement that they were too far away. By the time they reacted, the two women had already run into the city gate in a panic.

Everyone sighed.

Sure enough, eating shit is not as good as eating hot food.

After a while, Zheng Hui asked worriedly, "Do you think there will be porridge later if the disaster victims continue to smash, loot, and rob like this?"

They were not afraid of not having porridge because they had food to eat, but what about the disaster victims who had no food? Those who had no food would naturally find a way.

What else can they do? Won't their own team, which has food, be in danger?

Others are aware of this problem as well.

"Let's go, the village chief is very knowledgeable, let's go back and ask him!"

Compared to the anxious crowd, Mr. Jiang was not panicked after hearing this. He said calmly, "There will be porridge, and it will be better than today."

If there were only a few people making trouble, the government would think about dealing with the troublemakers. But now there are tens of thousands of victims gathered outside Wen'an City, and they all have objections to the relief porridge. It is impossible to deal with so many people.

Moreover, most of them are families and households. Unless a whole family is killed, other family members will go to the capital to file a complaint to the emperor. It will be difficult and risky to intercept the disabled people.

The most important thing is that many victims have already been killed or injured. If the 'porridge' provided is really just watery bran as they said when they came back, there is a lot of room for improvement. We will first think about changing to something better. If there are still victims who don't know how to live or die and make trouble, we will have to kill the chicken to scare the monkey!

The people in Qili Village blinked their eyes, wondering if the officials appointed by the court were really so good?

*

Song Shu looked at the two people crying with disheveled hair and dirty faces, and angrily slapped the rosewood table with his palm, making a "bang" sound!

Qiu Yi and Nanny Lai thought that the master was speaking up for them and was going to make a decision for them, so they cried even louder.

Song Shu gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Nonsense! Why are you dressing up to give out porridge?

It's fine if others can't eat enough, but you guys eat all the delicacies from land and sea. No one knows and naturally no one will say anything about you. But not only do you eat, but you also smack your lips in front of them. Who wouldn't be angry? If not you, who else should I steal from?"

Qiu Yi and Nanny Lai were stunned, and their crying stopped immediately. They blinked and looked at the master behind the desk.

"How many times have I told you? Don't show off your wealth! Normally you like to dress up and put jingles in your hair, but I don't say anything to you. But I didn't expect you to be so stupid as to not know the occasion!" Song Shu became more and more angry as he spoke.

At the same time, I thought that the law that concubines cannot mention the wife does have its reasons. How much knowledge can a concubine have?

If she were to be the mistress of the Song Mansion and go out to attend banquets and social events, people would be laughing their heads off!

The two people who were scolded were not only unable to cry, but were even more panicked at this moment.

Qiu Yi asked repeatedly: "Master, what should we do now?"

"What else can we do? We can only spend a lot of money to make the porridge better and stop the victims from eating." Song Shu said unhappily.

"Ah~" Qiu Yi exclaimed, and asked unwillingly: "Master, those lowly victims not only robbed my gold and silver jewelry, but also spilled the porridge. If you don't catch them all and make an example of them, and fix the porridge, won't they become more and more aggressive?

How can we feed the hearts of the victims?"

She felt so upset when she thought that the person who stole her jewelry had not been punished at all!

Song Shu snorted coldly: “First courtesy, then force. They have been hungry for so long, but they can’t even look down on today’s porridge. We can only change it;

But if you still cause trouble after the changes, don't blame me for being cruel."

Qiu Yi gritted her teeth, but there was nothing she could do, and after changing her ways, she still had to go to the porridge distribution office.

Huo Bing, she must catch him!

The humiliation she suffered today was all caused by her. When she finds Huo Bing, she will make her pay back a hundredfold or a thousandfold!

*

"Mom, come and see, there are so many mushrooms here, they are so beautiful in red!" Jiang Shui shouted excitedly.

Just as she was about to squat down to pick them, Huo Bing stopped her: "Don't pick them yet, Xiaoshui! Wait until mother comes over to take a look. Mother said many mushrooms are poisonous, so don't touch them lightly."

Mother said that the more beautiful the mushroom, the more poisonous it is, so they should be careful.

The cap of this mushroom is not only bright red, but also has white dots on it, which makes it beautiful no matter how you look at it.

Jiang Shui stopped and stood up when she saw an acquaintance walking towards them not far away.

She nodded towards Huo Bing and said, "Sister-in-law, someone familiar is coming. Protect Xiaocao and stand by my side."

Huo Bing made a cradle out of a large piece of cloth, wrapped Xiao Cao on his back, and then crossed the four corners of the cloth in front of his body. This way, he could free up his hands to do things while taking care of the baby, and the baby would be more comfortable than in a backpack.

Hearing his sister-in-law's reminder at this moment, Huo Bing turned around very quickly and looked behind him.

Zhou Tian was seen walking towards them slowly with a bamboo basket on his shoulder.

The young wife, who was originally a strong-willed woman and always spoke harshly, now looked like a walking corpse, except for the occasional vicious hatred in her eyes, which made her look like a living person.

Jiang Shui muttered quietly: "What is she doing here?"

"There are so many disaster victims in Wen'an City. How much wild vegetables do they eat in a day? The wild vegetables in the surrounding area must have been almost dug up. Maybe they come here to try their luck." Huo Bing analyzed.

"It's okay to dig them up. They're all in the wild anyway. Whoever sees them will own them. I'm just worried that she'll do the same as the people in the village and steal ours."

Huo Bing recalled Zhou Tian's behavior when he was in the village, but Zhou Tian was completely different now, so he shouldn't rob.

The next moment, Jiang Shui looked at Zhou Tian who was heading straight for the mushrooms and stopped him, saying, "Hey, hey, hey, you can't pick these mushrooms!"

Seeing that Zhou Tian acted as if he hadn't heard, Jiang Shui kindly reminded him, "I'm serious! My mother said that the prettier the mushroom, the more poisonous it is. We're from the same village, so don't blame me for not warning you."

Zhou Tian's cloudy mind cleared up for a moment. She turned her head, stared at the river, and repeated her question word by word, "Your mother said that the more beautiful the mushroom, the more poisonous it is? How poisonous is it?"