Chapter 223 is a mess.

Wang Laowu stood up and went to find the official who was escorting the grain. "This rice looks expired. Can we give it to you?"

The grain escort replied, "There's nothing to eat now. If we don't eat now, we'll starve to death. How can we not eat expired rice? However, we also picked it up halfway and checked it. The color of the rice is not right. We asked the people who transported the grain before, and they said it got wet in a light rain on the road a few days ago, so it turned this color. It shouldn't be a big deal."

Wang Laowu turned around and looked at the scene again. After the people received the rice, some people were talking about it.

But soon, people said, "Who cares if it's moldy rice or not? As long as we can eat it and fill our stomachs, it's fine. Just wash it more and put it in the pot again."

"Yes, it's a matter of life and death, why should we be so particular? This is free. The expensive rice I bought at the grain store a few days ago was also yellow and stale, and even had rice weevils. At least this rice is still free of weevils."

Everyone thought about it and agreed, so they happily took it back.

Wang Laowu didn't say much.

***

After a while, Jiang Cheng came back with her daughter and prepared dinner.

"How is it?" Jiang Lianzhu asked.

Jiang Cheng said as she cooked, "Everyone has received their food, especially rice. It's great for making rice and porridge when we go back home. Everyone is very happy. The government is also very quick in distributing food. They've divided it into more than a dozen tables and distributed it all at once. Now almost every household has received their rice and is going home to cook. I'm back to cook too..."

The tone is light.

This woman was also a kind person. She felt bad when she saw others starving, even though she had food to eat herself.

Jiang Lianzhu helped her to light the firewood and cook the dinner together.

To celebrate, we made the most sumptuous meal in the past few days in the evening.

I cooked white rice, fried a bowl of bacon and garlic sprouts, a plate of peanut sprouts that rose in the morning, steamed a dried pheasant, and stewed a big pot of radish with the fat. It was delicious.

Jiang Lianzhu wanted to make some egg soup, but there were no eggs at home, so she gave up.

Because eggs are in short supply recently, there are no eggs for sale.

People don’t have enough food to eat, and the chickens have even less to eat, so they basically stop laying eggs.

Dabao, Erbao and Xiaopangzi, the three boys, smelled the fragrance of food as soon as they entered the door. Erbao and Xiaopangzi were so greedy that they rushed into the big kitchen and secretly asked Jiang Chengshi to give them a piece of chicken to satisfy their cravings.

Jiang Lianzhu asked them to do their homework first and wait until Wang Laowu came back before having dinner.

Jiang Lianzhu asked about the matter of centimeters.

"Each household was given 20 kilograms of rice to take home, which is enough to last for several days." Wang Laowu paused when he said this.

Jiang Lianzhu asked, "What happened? Are there any other accidents?"

Wang Laowu said, "I see the rice has changed color a bit, it doesn't look fresh."

"Why isn't it fresh? Didn't you say the relief grain was from the imperial reserves? Could it be that it's been stored too long? Is it starting to turn yellow?"

Wang Laowu was also unsure. "Relief food, like rice, is usually stored grains. When needed, it's ground into rice, so it won't change color too much. Today's rice is not only yellow as if it's been soaked in water, but also green. The official transporting the grain said it got caught in the rain on the way..."

At this time, as long as it is rice, people will go crazy. After all, it is free disaster relief food, so everyone is happy to take it away, and no one complains about it.

Before, grain stores sold expired and stale grain at high prices, and they were also snatched away by people.

Jiang Lianzhu hadn't seen the actual rice, so she didn't know what to say. "Rice that's been wet in the rain is prone to insects and mildew, and can't be stored for long. It depends on when it got wet. If it was on the road within a few days, it shouldn't be a problem."

The children were eating with relish. The air-dried chicken was almost finished. Wang Laowu was not in a hurry. While talking, he picked up the last big piece of chicken and put it in Jiang Lianzhu's bowl. His movements were as smooth as flowing water, so smooth and silky that the children were stunned.

Jiang Lianzhu felt happy in her heart. Hmm, the last piece of chicken seemed to taste particularly different and delicious.

With the presence of Nanbao and the fat boy, everyone had a better appetite. The table was full of dishes, and even the soup of stewed bacon and radish was finished.

Eat to your heart's content.

Wang Laowu had just finished his meal and was about to get up to help clean up the dishes when he heard someone calling outside.

"Doctor Jiang, Doctor Jiang, ouch, ouch, Doctor Jiang, come and help our son, he's vomiting and having diarrhea..."

Jiang Chengshi said, "Go out and take a look. You don't need to help me collect the dishes. I can do it myself."

This is an emergency.

Usually the clinic is closed at night and no patients come.

Jiang Lianzhu hurried out to see.

As someone who has children, she can understand the panic of other people when their children are sick.

Wang Laowu followed her out, feeling heavy-hearted. He hoped it wouldn't be what he was worried about...

When the two came out, they saw a young couple anxiously holding a child of three or four years old. The child's eyes had rolled back and he was in shock.

There were stains at the corners of his mouth and his body smelled bad.

Jiang Lianzhu saw the problem immediately. "This is food poisoning. What happened? What did you eat?"

The young wife burst into tears. "He ate the rice distributed by the government office today. I served a bowl to Xiaobao right after it was cooked, and he ended up like this after eating half a bowl. Doctor Jiang, please save my son!"

Before she could finish her words, several more people came in holding onto the door sill, screaming in pain.

"Doctor Jiang, my stomach hurts so much! Oh, it hurts so much, it's like a cramp..."

"Me too, me too. Not only did it hurt, but my stomach was churning and I vomited several times..."

"I also feel chest tightness, shortness of breath, heart pain, dizziness..."

There were men and women, young and old...

Jiang Lianzhu asked in a lost voice, "Did you all eat the rice distributed today?"

"Yes, yes, yes! We didn't have anything else to eat, so we just cooked it and couldn't wait to eat a few bites..."

"Me too, I ate the porridge made from that rice..."

It's a complete mess.

Others were shouting on the street, "Doctor Jiang, Doctor Jiang, hurry up, my mother has fainted at home, please help me save her!"

Jiang Lianzhu's face was gloomy. She and Wang Laowu looked at each other and both knew the seriousness of the situation.

The disaster relief food distributed today is poisonous!

It is quite toxic.

Wang Laowu asked in a low voice, "Can you cure it?"

The situation looks chaotic. The poisoned people are in bad condition and have all kinds of symptoms. This kind of large-scale poisoning is definitely difficult to treat.

Jiang Lianzhu took a deep breath. She had recently collected all the medicines in the first aid kit. She had finally saved up so much, and it looked like they would all come in handy.