Chapter 391 The Belated Hundred Days Banquet (3)
"Dry!"
“Ahh…”
Everyone raised their wine glasses upon seeing this. The little ball placed in the crib seemed to sense something, kicking its legs and yelling. From time to time, it would grab the little yellow duck scattered nearby and pinch it, making it chirp non-stop. It was so lively and active.
"Little Dumpling, come and say hello to everyone."
Shen Xiangwan stood up and picked up the little dumpling, grabbed one of his hands and waved to everyone, making him giggle again.
"Don't tease him, or he'll probably make even more noise!"
Seeing this, Yun Mengyi said helplessly that ever since her son stopped sleeping soundly all day, he could no longer hide his noisy temper. If it weren't for everyone helping her to look after him, she would probably have gotten sick because of him. This child was really too noisy. Now the house would only be a little quiet when he was sleeping.
"Children, it's better if they make some noise."
Holding the little Tuanzi and sitting down, Shen Xiangwan lowered her eyes after she finished speaking and said, "The more noisy it is, the more it proves that our little Tuanzi is in good health. It's hard for other children to be so energetic."
“Ahh…”
As if in response to her, the little dumpling cried out twice again.
"Just spoil him and see how he tortures you in the future."
Yun Mengyi was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. There were so many people who doted on little Tuanzi, and Wanwan was just one of them.
"I'm willing to let him do it."
As she spoke, Chen Xiangwan took out a little yellow duck and stuffed it into the little Tuanzi's mouth. "Everyone, don't rest. Let's start eating. Today is our little Tuanzi's hundred-day banquet. We have to have a lively meal."
"good."
Everyone responded in unison, turning their gazes away from them one after another, picking up their chopsticks to attack the delicious food on the table. The children sat alone at that table, and the little cub said loudly while holding a juice, "Auntie, I want to have a drink with Little Dumpling."
"Hahaha···"
Hearing this, everyone at the tables couldn't help but laugh. Yun Mengyi smiled and raised her wine glass: "Thank you, An Ge'er, but little Tuanzi is still young, how about Grandmother toast with you on his behalf?"
"good."
The little cub blinked adorably and was about to get off the chair. Yun Mengyi quickly stood up and took the initiative to touch his glass: "Cheers?"
"Dry!"
The little cub was very generous and drank all the juice in the cup in one gulp. With the child's advance warming, the adults also started to toast each other. Ji Shaohan also accepted everyone's blessings on behalf of his son.
After the meal, those who had drunk a few more glasses went back to rest, while the women who had hardly drunk any alcohol gathered in the main room, chatting while doing needlework, and the topic always revolved around the children.
“Wow…”
"Hey, what happened to our little dumpling?"
The baby's crying sound suddenly rang out. Shen Xiangwan stood up and picked up the little kid from the crib. Tears were hanging from the corners of the little guy's eyes. He was looking at her with a pouty look, as if he was about to cry.
"Okay, I wet the bed."
Seeing that his brand new red silk pants were already wet, Shen Xiangwan shook his head helplessly. Without their instructions, Zhou Wushuang immediately went to the kitchen to ask for hot water. Wu Lixiu also brought out the wooden tub for him to bathe, and Yun Mengyi went back to the room to get him a set of clean clothes.
“Ahh…”
“Pah pah pah…”
After being stripped clean and put into the water, the little dumpling excitedly slapped the water surface, and immediately made Shen Xiangwan wet. However, she did not feel unhappy at all. After handing him to Yun Mengyi, she picked up a few little yellow ducks from the crib and threw them into the water: "Little dumpling, stop slapping the water, let's play this."
“Chirp…Chirp…”
Seeing the little toy he had just gotten today, the little dumpling was having a lot of fun playing with it. Seeing this, Yun Mengyi quickly washed his little butt.
“Ahh…”
When Yunmeng carried him out of the water, he was still a little unwilling, staring at the other little yellow ducks floating on the water, making everyone present laugh. Having a child like this at home would really make the family more lively.
The small mat on the baby's bed was also wet and needed to be washed and dried. Wu Lixiu quickly replaced it with a clean small mat before putting him back.
"I'm going upstairs to change."
After lowering his eyes to glance at the wet clothes sticking to his body, Shen Xiangwan casually said something and turned to leave the main room.
After returning to her room and changing her clothes, she did not go back downstairs directly, but went to the study. Yuan Xiu had gone out for something, and only Wei Chengyi was in the study handling government affairs. The moment the study door was pushed open from the outside, he raised his head and looked over, and a faint curve unconsciously appeared on his lips.
"Why did you change clothes?"
Wei Chengyi asked casually as he stretched out his hand to her.
"It got wet with the little ball."
Sitting down with his hand in hers, Shen Xiangwan briefly talked about the little girl wetting the bed: "What are you busy with?"
“Look at how the refugees are being resettled.”
As Wei Chengyi spoke, he picked up a file and handed it to her. In just over half a month, they resettled more than 200,000 refugees, not including the situation when some people were causing trouble and the refugees were unwilling to go to the three counties. The three counties, which used to be sparsely populated, gradually became more popular. So far, they have distributed food and cabbage seeds to the resettled refugees, encouraging them to sow quickly and strive to harvest before the cold winter comes.
"Every time we resettle a person, we have to provide nearly two months' worth of food. Even if we had more food, it wouldn't be enough for construction."
Looking through the files, Shen Xiangwan frowned. After the second season's bumper grain harvest, they did collect a lot of taxes, plus they confiscated the property and harvests from the fields of those wealthy grain merchants. They did have a lot of grain at the moment, but there were too many refugees who needed to be resettled. From the records in the files, it can be seen that the grain they consumed was already an astronomical figure. If they continued like this, they would be dragged down sooner or later.
The reason why Shen Xiangwan came to this conclusion is that the refugees they have resettled now are all growing cabbages, and even if they harvest them, they cannot fill their stomachs, not to mention that the refugees who will be resettled later may not even be able to grow cabbages due to weather reasons. These people will have to wait until the first quarter of next year's grain harvest before they can be self-sufficient. During these long months, they will all rely on them for support. Where can they get so much food to support them?
"Yeah, we're having a headache too."
How could they not think of what Shen Xiangwan could think of?
The problem is that they have no other choice for the time being. They can't stop settling the refugees, let them all pile up outside the city, and watch them starve to death, right?
Wei Chengyi considered himself not a soft-hearted person, but he could not bear to see the refugees who had suffered so much starve to death one by one.
[End of this chapter]
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