Chapter 29 A riot caused by a steamed bun
"This man's name is Li Xinyuan. It seems that even after so many years, he still can't recognize the truth."
Ran Qingxuan listened quietly, wanting to see what would happen.
Li Xinyuan's words seemed to resonate with the prisoners around him, and many of them agreed that there was indeed not enough food.
But the officer didn't care and took out a black vegetable bun and threw it next to Li Xinyuan like feeding a dog.
"If you don't want to eat, then feed it to the dog. Don't you see what your current status is? Do you still want to eat delicacies from the mountains and the sea?"
As the officer spoke, he threw the vegetable buns out one by one according to the number of people. He really treated the prisoners like livestock. When the prisoners present saw this, no one reached out to pick up the black buns thrown on the ground.
Chen Chengping, the father of my third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er, was in charge of mountains, swamps, and paddy fields in the Ministry of Works, and he cherished all kinds of food very much.
Seeing the mixed vegetable steamed bun thrown casually by the official, Chen Chengping picked it up calmly, wiped it gently a few times, and then handed it to his wife as a treasure.
When the officer saw this scene, his eyes were full of mockery.
"Look, besides dogs, aren't there other people who like to eat?"
Chen's mother, Zou Yu, also came from a poor family and ate whatever was available. After receiving the mixed vegetable steamed bun, she did not eat it immediately, but handed it to her daughter-in-law beside her.
Knowing that the steamed buns were hard, Zou Yu said with concern.
"Hong'er is still young, he must be starving right now. If nothing works, break off small pieces and hold them in your mouth to soften them before feeding them to him."
Ran Qingxuan had already noticed the children in his second sister-in-law's family team. Seeing that the baby, who was less than two years old, was forced to eat dry and hard vegetable steamed buns, he suddenly became angry.
"You are not mistaken, are you? A two-year-old's throat is soft, and eating such a hard bun will definitely cut his throat and bleed. Do you still have a conscience?"
The officers knew Ran Qingxuan's identity, but they also saw Chen Huai's merciless slap. They had come so far, now was not the time to do whatever they wanted.
Hearing this, the official sucked his teeth and said disdainfully: "It's not that the mixed vegetable steamed buns are the only choice. If you want to eat something good, there are white flour steamed buns. They are one tael of silver each. Just pay the money!"
After saying that, he looked at the Chen family team and asked with a smile: "Why, are you buying it for that child?"
Ran Qingxuan knew that he had inadvertently become a question mark, and he almost laughed out of anger when the official said that the white flour buns cost one or two taels each.
The national treasury plus the looted property from various families filled the entire space. How could Ran Qingxuan watch her family starve? She was rich, but she was not a fool. If she took out the money at this time, she would definitely be taken advantage of by these officials.
She had just been exiled, and she didn't want to show off her wealth before she was sure about the situation of the escorting officials and the remaining prisoners.
She didn't know the situation in other families, but her third sister-in-law's family must have been raided immediately after the court session ended, so they definitely had no time to hide money. If they had money, Chen's mother Zou Yu would not have chosen to feed her children such food.
Third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er had been crying uncontrollably for a long time, hating herself for being incompetent and for not being able to help her young nephew.
Anger rose in Ran Qingxuan's eyes, but it was quickly extinguished by reality.
Except for the 'unconscious' Gu Yanchen who did not get any steamed buns, the rest of the female members of the Gu family each got a black steamed bun filled with mixed vegetables.
But when they actually got it, everyone was dumbfounded.
I don't know how many days in advance the steamed buns were made. Not only did they smell slightly sour, but they were also too hard to eat...
"Dad, this is not food for human beings. I don't want to eat it. I want to eat white flour buns. Buy me white flour buns!"
Ran Qingxuan originally thought that the person who was speaking was his third sister-in-law Chen Wan'er's sister, but when he turned around, he found that it was the family that Gu Yanchen hated the most.
Li Si cried and howled, which directly ignited the anger that Li Xinyuan had suppressed.
"If you want to eat, can't you just go buy it yourself? You usually spend money on jewelry without blinking an eye, so why are you thinking of me, your father, when you're just buying a steamed bun?"
Ever since Li Xinyuan was reported by Gu Yanchen, he had basically no hope of promotion in his official career. He was counting on his daughter to marry into a royal family after she came of age, so that he, the father-in-law, could rise to the top.
Unexpectedly, before the beautiful dream was over, the emperor's decree to confiscate the property arrived.
Caught off guard, the whole family was escorted out of the capital city while no one was around to hide a little silver.
Li Xinyuan had been holding a grudge since he learned from the soldiers and officers that his family's house was searched because of Gu Yanchen.
Li Si's constant howling stimulated him, so Li Xinyuan just grabbed his daughter and started to attack her crazily.
"Eat, eat, eat. You only know how to eat good food. Take out your jewelry and go buy some..."
Ran Qingxuan looked at this man who started fighting over a disagreement and curled his lips.
A useless man would vent his anger on a woman, not to mention that this woman is his daughter...
But Ran Qingxuan was not a good person either. The woman who had just cursed the most fiercely was Ran Qingxuan. Now that her father had personally dealt with her, she was happy to watch this show.
Li Si, with his pig-like face, didn't dare to say that he wanted to eat white flour buns, but his eyes, as if he wanted to eat people, were staring straight at the Gu family.
The Gu family had no intention of visiting her. The sisters-in-law held the steamed buns, which were as hard as stones, and could not even open their mouths.
"Mother-in-law, what should I do? I'm not being pretentious, but this thing can break my teeth. I can't eat it at all."
"Yes, mother-in-law, my mother secretly gave me some money. How about I use the money to buy some white flour buns and give a few to my third brother's wife's family?"
Madam Gu knocked the bun against the cart with a bitter look on her face. If she took a bite, her loose teeth might fall out immediately...
Subconsciously, Madam Gu looked at Ran Qingxuan who was sitting on the side. Although she didn't spend much time with her daughter-in-law, she knew that Ran Qingxuan had her own ideas in mind.
Ran Qingxuan understood the old lady's thoughts, but he couldn't make a decision for a while.
"Mother-in-law, let's take a look first, maybe..."
Before he could finish his words, a deafening cry of surprise came from the Chen family in the middle of the team.
Chen Wan'er's sister-in-law held her son and rocked him continuously, and her crying gradually became louder and louder.
The officers just glanced at them with disdain and went into the dilapidated temple to keep warm, as if it had nothing to do with them as long as there was no unrest.
The third sister-in-law had already run over, and Ran Qingxuan saw that something was wrong, so he hurriedly followed.
"Brother and sister-in-law, what happened to Zhenghong?"
When Ran Qingxuan arrived, the first thing he saw was the child's purple lips.
Sun Qiulan was so anxious that she couldn't speak. Zou Yu, Chen's mother, beside her, cried, "The child is so hungry. Maybe the steamed buns were not softened enough for him to swallow..."
"What should I do, what should I do..."
Chen Zhao, a grown man, was so anxious that he was running around. He reached in as if trying to take out the steamed bun.
Seeing this, Ran Qingxuan shouted "No" and walked forward to take the child for treatment.
But the child's mother, Sun Qiulan, held the child tightly with caution, and seemed unwilling to hand the child over to Ran Qingxuan.
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