Li was very touched. She didn't expect Zhang Hulan to care about her so much.
Although her mother-in-law was nice to her, she was not as considerate as her sister-in-law in saying these things to her.
Zhang Hulan continued, "Sister-in-law, wait until I'm done with these few days, and then I'll take you to the doctor to check your pulse and see how you are. If you need treatment, we'll do it."
"Sister, you..." Li's eyes were a little red.
"Oh sister-in-law, I told you not to be polite to me. Look, you're here again."
Zhang Dahua said, "Mom, my aunt is right. You must take good care of your body and don't let yourself get sick in the future."
Li said, "I won't be polite to you, but you paid for the rice and meat last time. This time, we can't let you pay. This time, we will pay for it."
Zhang Hulan was too lazy to argue with Li, so she asked Zhang Hujun to buy it tomorrow morning.
It just so happened that she was a little worried about letting Zhang Dahua, a girl, run so far. It would be troublesome if something happened.
Zhang Hulan yawned, "Okay sister-in-law, go to sleep."
Before going to bed, Zhang Hulan reminded Zhang Dahua, "Dahua, you are going out tomorrow, remember to lock the door of this room."
Zhang Dahua understood what Zhang Hulan meant. She wanted to prevent Zhang Hubing and his wife from stealing their food.
"Okay, aunt. I'll take good care of the food."
The next day.
Zhao Guoliang led the villagers to continue going up the mountain to dig Pueraria root. Zhao Cheng, Shanzi and others were waiting for the yamen runners at the entrance of the village.
Zhang Hulan slapped a handful of copper coins into Zhang Hujun's hand and said, "Brother, go buy some meat and bones today, just like I bought last time."
Zhang Hujun said, "Sister, why don't you just not buy meat? This money can buy a bushel of rice."
Zhang Hulan said, "You can buy it if I ask you to. It's not like I'm spending your money. Dad's legs need to be nourished, and my sister-in-law needs to be nourished too. Be obedient and go buy it."
After saying this, Zhang Hulan went to the village entrance.
The bailiffs arrived late, but no one dared to complain.
There were two yamen runners, one accompanied Zhang Hulan to another village, and the other came to help Daping Village with the water supply. Villagers from other villages should come to carry water today.
The yamen runner handed a cloth bag to Zhang Hulan and said, "These are the steamed buns that Lord Wu ordered you to bring. You should each have six buns a day. Carry them with you and bring your own drinking water. I will bring you the steamed buns every morning."
"Thank you, County Magistrate. Thank you, County Magistrate!"
The ten villagers thanked him repeatedly. They didn’t expect to have six steamed buns every day.
In the morning they all cooked a root of Pueraria root and took it with them as lunch. They didn't expect that the county magistrate would bring them food.
"Okay, let's go."
Shanzi wanted to speak, but he didn't dare to.
Zhang Hulan saw Shanzi's embarrassed expression and asked, "Shanzi, what's wrong?"
Shanzi said, "I want to leave the steamed buns at home for my grandma to eat."
Not only Shanzi, everyone else also wanted to leave the steamed buns at home, and at most take one or two with them for lunch.
These are white flour buns, and they are a little reluctant to eat them.
Zhang Hulan looked at the yamen runner and said, "Sir, can you wait for a moment?"
He looked at Shanzi strangely, and then asked Zhang Hulan: "Is he going too?"
Zhang Hulan said, "Yes, sir."
"How are you going to find a child? Let's go with an adult. He looks only eleven or twelve years old. He's too young."
When Shanzi heard that he was not allowed to go, he immediately lowered his head. With one hundred coins a day, he could buy a lot of food, and he and his grandmother would not starve to death...
Zhang Hulan bowed to the yamen runner and said, "Sir, don't be fooled by the boy's small size. He is actually quite old. He is already fifteen.
It was because his family was poor, he had been hungry for a long time, and malnutrition caused him to not grow up. His parents had passed away, and there was only an old grandmother in the family.
Zhang Hulan winked at Zhao Cheng and the others after she finished speaking. The others were a little afraid to lie to the yamen runners, and only Zhao Cheng agreed, "That's right, the child is too old to do it."
Hearing Zhang Hulan's words, Shanzi looked up at Zhang Hulan in surprise. Zhao Guoliang told him last night that it was Zhang Hulan who specifically asked him to go, but he didn't expect that the yamen runners would not let him go, and Zhang Hulan was still helping him.
Shanzi was deeply moved, and tears welled up in his eyes.
Zhang Hulan said again: "Don't worry, sir. If he doesn't do his job well, he won't ask for wages."
The yamen runner looked at Shan Zi again, then at Zhang Hulan, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, as long as it doesn't delay the arrangements made by the county magistrate."
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir!" Zhang Hulan hurriedly thanked him.
Shanzi also thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, officer! Thank you, officer!"
The bailiff waved his hand, "Alright, alright. Those of you who want to go home should hurry up and don't waste too much time."
Everyone quickly took the steamed buns home, and Zhang Hulan also took her steamed buns back.
When Wang saw Zhang Hulan bringing back so many white flour buns, she asked in surprise, "Daniel, where did you get these buns?"
"The county magistrate gave us rations for our work, and everyone has one. I have some kudzu root for lunch, and you can keep these steamed buns at home."
Wang said hurriedly, "Then leave the kudzu root at home and take the steamed buns with you."
"It's all the same, mother."
Zhang Hulan put down the steamed buns and left. When she reached the village entrance, she waited for everyone to gather again and then set off.
Zhang Hulan asked the yamen runner, "Sir, which village should we go to first?"
The yamen runner said, "Let's go to Legong Village first. This village is seriously short of food. Let's go and help them find some food first."
Zhang Hulan was stunned. Legong Village was the village where the Chen family lived. She didn't expect to go to that village so soon.
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