Chapter 33 I dare to ask the city defender, why don’t you release food for disaster relief?

[I remember when I first met Su Nanxing, she smiled brightly, and it was obvious that she was raised by her family with great pampering. How could she become a prostitute?

[And she became the male protagonist’s concubine...]

Not only Gan Tian was shocked, but Hui Niang was also shocked.

Even the daughter of a poor family knows how humiliating it is to be a prostitute. Su Baishou is a famous doctor after all, how could he let his granddaughter enter the world of mortals?

Gan Fanren lowered his eyes.

Although he and Su Baishou only met once, he also knew that Su Baishou would definitely not be the kind of person who would send his granddaughter into the fire pit for just a few pieces of silver.

There is only one possibility that Su Nanxing is a prostitute.

That is...

Su Baishou is dead.

Su Nanxing, an orphan, would naturally be targeted by people with ulterior motives.

[Later, the concubine turned from love to hatred and killed the hero, so the hero executed the concubine. Li Zhi was depressed and died in battle soon after. ]

[The two of them are now unmarried, so they are destined to be together. ]

Su Nanxing stuffed the pottery jar into Li Zhi's arms.

"This is the medicine I boiled for you. Drink it while it's hot."

The pottery jar was still quite heavy. Su Nanxing's hands were sore from holding it all the way. She shook her hands and took out two taels of silver from her arms.

"I saw the rice and dried meat you left behind. I can't take your things for free. This is for you."

Li Zhi put his hands behind his back and refused to accept the silver no matter what.

"You don't want to take my silver, is it because it's too little?"

Su Nanxing crossed her arms over her chest and curled her lips, "That's right, the grain price is so high now, you must be looking down on a mere two taels of silver."

"I'm not, I'm not looking down on it!"

"Then take it."

Su Nanxing domineeringly stuffed the silver into Li Zhi's hand, turned around and left.

Li Zhi held the silver and smiled foolishly at Su Nanxing's back.

The old lady rolled her eyes.

"Everyone has left, and you're still happy?"

"You little brat, you haven't even married yet, but you're already turning your elbow outward?"

"If the girl hadn't chased me, I wouldn't have known, and I would have thought there was a rat in our house."

The old lady's tone was a little sour.

"Tell me, do you like her?"

Although the old lady's tone was sour, she was happy in her heart.

Her stupid son finally grew up and knew how to get something for nothing.

Maybe it won't be long before she can hold her grandson!

The girl is so beautiful and her grandfather is a doctor, so the betrothal gift must be well prepared and she can't let him down.

The old lady calculated in her heart and couldn't help but smile, stretching the wrinkles on her forehead.

Li Zhi lowered his head and said nothing.

Seeing Li Zhi like this, the old lady pinched his dark face in anger: "With your mouth, be careful that you will have to run errands for the rest of your life."

Li Zhi never looked for Su Nanxing again. Even when he went to deliver food to the carpenter, he carefully avoided contact with Su Nanxing.

He knew in his heart that Su Nanxing was like a star in the sky, and he was just mud under his feet.

One is in heaven and the other is on earth, and in the end, they are both out of reach.

He didn't want to tarnish the stars in the sky, so he could only hide quietly, trying to steal a little bit of their light.

Every time he delivered food to the carpenter, he went there happily and left with his head down and sad.

[Could I be wrong? Maybe the concubine's surname is not Su? ]

[It's impossible. The concubine appears quite frequently. How could I be wrong? ] Gan

Tian was going crazy and doubting his life.

In addition to selling food to carpenters, Gan Fanren also sold a lot of food to some poor people.

Considering that their family had no power and no roots in the local area, Gan Fanren was very secretive and would repeatedly inquire about the other party's background and character before selling the food.

Their food had no cost, and it was too easy to make money. In just one month, Gan Fanren earned more than 700 taels.

During this period, no one knew what happened, and Tongmen Pass was never open.

The people in the villages were fine, but the people in the city suffered.

The price of food remained high, and even got higher and higher, from three taels per stone to five taels per stone.

The people simply could not afford to buy food, and those who had little food at home were already starving. In order to survive, some of them had taken risks and started stealing other people's food.

The rich families had servants to guard their homes, so they did not dare to think about it, and could only attack the same ordinary people. Some families lost food, and the whole family starved to death in a few days.

Some families were beaten to death when they found thieves and swore to protect their food.

The officials from the government patrolled every half an hour, but the criminals still found loopholes.

Thefts were common, and even the inn where the Gan family lived had been robbed many times.

Fortunately, Hui Niang and her family had foresight and prepared boxes with compartments in advance, otherwise the hard-earned money would definitely be stolen.

For a time, everyone in the city was in danger.

The doors of every household were closed, and various mechanisms were set up at the door. Some people even dug cellars overnight to hide the food.

Some people saw that they couldn't steal anything, so they just robbed directly.

Because of Li Zhi's existence, the Gan family never encountered any danger, but other people in the inn were not so lucky.

Some people had their money stolen and had to sleep on the street, and some were seriously injured in fighting with thieves.

Gan Tian could hear people crying and screaming every day.

Suddenly one day,

several pieces of rough paper fell like snowflakes, covering every street.

A piece of rough paper flew into the inn through the window and stuck to Gan Tian's face.

Gan Tian was shocked when her face was covered with rough paper. She tried hard to read the content on the paper, but because the paper was too close to her, she couldn't see clearly.

When Hui Niang took the paper off her face, she couldn't help laughing when she saw her eyes looking at each other.

"Husband, come and see, Tian'er's expression is so funny."

Gan Fanren came over and couldn't help laughing when he saw Gan Tian's eyes looking at each other.

His eyes inadvertently fell on the rough paper in Hui Niang's hand, and his expression became solemn.

"The situation is turbulent, and the people are living in poverty. I am stupid and poor, and I am not as good as the high-ranking officials who are talented and far-sighted.

Now, you are so bold and presumptuous that you ask the city guards why they don't open the granary to release grain and save the people from the dire situation?"

Just a few words, seemingly humble, are actually accusations.

The people in the city were starving every day, but the government was reluctant to open the granaries to release grain, leaving the people to fight.

If it weren't for this rough paper, Gan Fanren would have almost forgotten that there was a granary set up by the court in this city.

"The person behind this is so brave!"

"No blame, no order, I just want to ask why the grain is not released."

"You said you were asking, but you scattered this rough paper everywhere. It's obvious that you want to make a big deal out of it, force the people to get involved, and force the court to release grain."

Gan Tian stared, anxious.

[Oh, what's written on this paper? I want to see it. ]

Not only Gan Tian, ​​but everyone else also set their eyes on Gan Fanren.