When the women came down the mountain in groups of three or four, carrying food, they saw a group of children making a fire in a straw hut.

The long-term life of fleeing has made them hide behind adults with timid faces when they see strangers approaching, secretly looking at the scene in front of them.

The other elderly Cao family members who stayed behind saw the woman bringing food and quickly stood up to greet her.

"It's nothing good. I just made some porridge at home today, so I sent some over for you to try!" said one of the women.

"I have steamed buns at home. If you don't mind, please try them!" said a woman with a smile.

The woman carrying the vegetables placed a basket of fresh vegetables in front of the Cao clan members and said with a smile, "I picked these vegetables from my vegetable garden and gave them to you to try!"

The old ladies who received help from the people of Lijia Village expressed their gratitude repeatedly. During their escape, other people tried to avoid them as much as possible, so how could they have ever felt so many people bringing them food?

Thinking of the hardships along the way, the eyes of several old women couldn't help but turn red, and they just kept thanking the women who came to bring them food.

When Li Yan was carrying a basket of bean curd cakes down the mountain, she met the women who were returning.

Seeing Li Yan carrying a basket of bean curd cakes, a woman stretched her neck and asked curiously, "Second girl, what kind of food are you giving to those people?"

Looking at the white cakes in the basket, the women were very jealous.

Some people even felt that the Li family was really a sucker, as they were willing to feed those people white flour bread!

Li Yan didn't hide it: "It's not a good thing. It's made from the leftover bean dregs from making tofu at home, mixed with some flour to make bean dregs pancakes. Auntie, do you want to try it?"

The women originally thought it was a white flour pancake, but when they heard it was a bean dregs pancake, the women who were originally a little greedy all gave up their thoughts.

The woman who asked the question waved her hands repeatedly, then said with a smile: "Girl, this is to be given to those poor people down the mountain to eat, how can your aunt accept it." Now, let Li Yan go quickly, it will be dark soon!

The bean dregs tasted very rough and scratched the throat. They had all seen the Li family feed pigs with bean dregs. Even if they were mixed with some mixed noodles, how delicious could it be?

The women actually knew it very well in their hearts. If they really had no food to eat, who would eat this thing in order to survive?

Li Yan smiled, said goodbye to the women, and continued down the mountain with the basket.

Who doesn't like free stuff? Who wouldn't want to take advantage of such a good deal? This is also the reason why Li Yan made this bean curd dregs pancake.

Li Yan remembered reading a story about disaster relief in the past. The minister who was responsible for disaster relief mixed sand into the porridge to be donated. Only in this way could the porridge be drunk by the refugees.

Just imagine, who would drink such porridge unless they were extremely hungry?

Li Yan made bean dregs cakes, which were not as bad as putting sand in porridge, but the same principle applies. This thing was not delicious, but any family that had enough food would not eat such food unless they had no other choice.

The woman who was jealous just now no longer felt envious after she heard that this thing was made from the bean dregs eaten by pigs. This is human nature. Who doesn't want to take advantage of a bargain?

When Li Yan came down the mountain with food, she saw half-grown children staring at the food cooking in the stove.

The old women put the food sent by the villagers into a big pot to cook. The original aroma of the food attracted the children to stare at the big pot on the firewood without blinking.

After fetching water, Cao Jiang, who was sitting down to rest, saw Li Yan and hurriedly stood up to greet her.

Li Yan asked with a smile, "Send some more bean curd cakes to my father-in-law. Do you need any more?"

Cao Jiang was a starving man, so how could he refuse food? He thanked Li Yan repeatedly. Then he called over a few children and took the cakes from the basket.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Yan simply exchanged a few words with him and then went back.

After delivering the food, Li Yan returned home and found her cousin sitting under the eaves waiting for her.

After reporting all the revenue for the day to his cousin, Li Jianmin mentioned the two carts of tea that Manager Qian had delivered today.

"The tea is now in our storeroom. I wonder what you will do with it?"

Li Yan couldn't help but slap her head. She had actually forgotten about this matter these days because of the refugee issue.

"Don't worry, big brother. I use this stuff to make tea. I'm still missing one thing, but there's no rush. I'll go to the livestock market tomorrow to see if there are any dairy sheep for sale!"

Li Jianmin nodded after hearing this. Li Jianmin knew about these two things, but he had no idea what kind of food his sister wanted to use them for.

Although Li Jianmin didn't understand, he didn't pursue the matter relentlessly. He now believed in his sister unconditionally. In his opinion, any food his sister came up with would make money.

Lin came out of the kitchen carrying food and said with a smile, "Let's eat first. Min'er, please stay with me for dinner today."

"No, auntie, the food is ready at home." After saying that, he said hello to Li Yan and turned and ran away.

Looking at Li Jianmin running away, Lin sighed, "Why is this kid so polite?"

Today, Mrs. Lin still did not wait for her husband to come back for dinner. This was also what Li Erlang had instructed before he left. The remaining refugees today had to be resettled in various villages under its jurisdiction. There were many things to do in the government office, and they were afraid that they might not be able to come back tonight.

Inside the county government office, County Magistrate Zheng and Li Erlang were calculating the number of refugees to be resettled and the amount of relief food needed.

"Sir, Young Master Qin wants to distribute ten days' worth of relief food to each person first. The food and fodder he's transporting from the south will take another seven days to reach Rongcheng!"

There was nothing that could be done about it. The emperor threw this mess to General Qin. It was said that 33,000 people in the camp suddenly became military households.

Although these people can help with farming in the future, having so many people now means a lot of mouths to feed!

For this reason, County Magistrate Zheng also expressed his understanding. In the current situation where food is scarce everywhere, it is really not easy for Qin Yue to allocate some affordable grain to support himself and help the people.

Ten days is fine, let’s get through this difficult time first.

"Have you bought all the vegetable seeds?" County Magistrate Zheng asked with concern.

There is no shortage of vegetables in this season. First settle them down, then give them some vegetable seeds, and they will have something to eat in more than a month. Since they are people assigned to my jurisdiction, I always have to find a way for them to make a living!

The two men were checking the number of people and calculating the numbers at the same time. As to why two people were needed for this task, it was because apart from the chief clerk and the county magistrate, there were few people in the county who could read and do arithmetic.

The most important point is that the county magistrate does not trust other people. After all, when it comes to money and food, it is easy for others to take advantage of it and do something wrong!

The two were busy until late at night. Because they had to assign people to distribute relief food the next day, Li Erlang once again spent the night in the county government office.