Chapter 47 Only 99 points away from 100 points
At the beginning, Chen Chunxing took two scapegoats in order to win people's hearts.
One was moved out of He Liangpu's house, and the other belonged to Yao Asi.
The original intention was to make medicine soup for everyone on the way, but He Liangpu was sacrificed, and Yao Asi had ulterior motives and left halfway.
In the end, the Shen family took the blame for both crimes.
Whenever Diao thought of this, she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
That’s an iron pot!
It can be worth half a tael of silver if sent to a pawnshop!
Now my home doesn’t feel like home anymore, I have to find a way to fix it up.
"I'll ask the village chief later where we can buy some food..."
Chen Chunxing is gargling with salt water.
Unground salt blocks have a bitter taste, and she is reluctant to use them in cooking except for marinating fish.
After hearing what Diao said, Chen Chun pricked his ears, as if he had already understood the commotion outside. He spat out the water in his mouth and said vaguely, "As long as you can see him..."
Diao was stunned: "What do you mean..."
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Auntie Shen, please come out and take a look! This is terrible! The village chief has run away with our relief food!"
"What?" Diao immediately ignored everything else after hearing this. She handed the shovel to Shen Zhixia outside and hurriedly opened the door. "What relief food? Why didn't I hear about it yesterday?"
There were several women standing outside the door. They were all widows from the mountain village. They were more willing to get close to the Shen family than the people in the village.
"I just heard from my neighbor that people like us who are assigned to farm can receive a season's worth of relief food and then pay it back after the harvest next year."
"Someone came here early this morning. The old man was guarding the village entrance, but he didn't tell us a word! I guess he took our relief food and wanted to escape as far away as possible!"
As they were talking, they arrived at the village entrance.
The place was already full of people, all with expressions of anger and a hint of despair.
They were hungry last night and had wanted to wait until today to find out, but who would have thought that their questions would lead to such a disastrous outcome!
Before I can even eat the food, I'm already in debt...
"Without relief food, how can we survive the winter?"
"You're still thinking about surviving the winter, but I'm afraid you won't even make it to the end of the month..."
“Is there no one who can take care of it?”
An old woman standing by her mud wall watching the commotion sighed, "How can we manage this? Every year, people flee. Didn't you see our village is completely deserted? Don't blame the government. The rules dictate that the village chief is responsible for handing over the relief grain. You can only blame... bad luck."
It was too late when they arrived, and the officers were in a hurry to leave without saying much.
Everyone had been traveling for more than two months and was physically and mentally exhausted, so it was not early for them to get up.
This gave the old man the opportunity to do something.
"I advise you not to go to the government office. This kind of thing has happened quite often in the past. At most, you can borrow more grain, but how are you going to pay it back next year? Well, it's all fate." The old woman shook her head, unable to bear to watch any further.
The surroundings suddenly fell into silence.
Seeing the despair in the eyes of the newly moved-in convicts, the few families who were watching the fun closed their doors cautiously.
When Chen Chunxing arrived, only an old woman was still standing there.
After hearing what happened, she glanced at the child squatting on the ground playing in the mud next to the old woman and asked curiously, "Auntie, you don't seem worried at all?"
There are so many people in the village for no reason. It would be fine if they all had no food, but whoever has food will suffer.
"I only have this one grandson left in my family. I've long since neglected the fields, and there's only a few handfuls of food left. It's enough to last me a few days, not until after winter. If any of you are cruel enough to take away even these few days of survival, then go ahead."
Everyone felt embarrassed when they heard this and quickly waved their hands to show their stance.
"What's the point of those extra days?" Diao slapped her thigh and rushed out of the village. "Why are you still standing there? Instead of wasting time worrying, why not go two miles further? How far can a dead old man with half a leg in his coffin jump?"
The women who had just come to knock on the door immediately followed.
They have long been accustomed to obeying the Shen family's instructions and have learned the truth from them - if they want to live a good life, they have to follow the eldest daughter of the Shen family.
Since Chen Chunxing didn't say anything, he naturally had to listen to Diao.
The others looked at each other and felt that this made sense. Since it was a dead end anyway, it was better to try to survive.
So.
Xue Yongan's carriage unexpectedly met the leisurely Chen Chunxing halfway. He leaned his head out of the window, pointed at the group of people in front of him with boogers in their eyes, and looked hesitant.
"Is our grandma... leading people for morning exercise?"
Chen Chunxing raised his eyebrows and asked instead of answering, "Why are you here now?"
"Of course, we traveled day and night without stopping."
The driver Mao Ping rushed to answer, but was given a sidelong glance by Xue Yongan. However, when he saw Mao Ping get off the car and give him a thumbs up with his hands behind his back, he immediately felt relieved.
Done!
He felt that the way the master looked at the eldest daughter of the Shen family was unusual!
Anyway, I don't look at her like a maid.
Who knows who will be the boss of the backyard in the future... After all, there was no contract signed between the two of them.
"Everything is fine over there. People can live in the back of the county government office. I'm just waiting for you to come over and see if there's anything else we need to buy." Xue Yongan handed a paper bag to Chen Chunxing.
Slightly warm to the touch.
When I opened it, it turned out to be white bread.
Of course, Chen Chunxing wasn't going to be polite with him. He picked up one, took a bite, chewed it, and commented, "The meat is juicy and tender, but a bit smelly. Is it lamb?"
Xue Yongan nodded: "There are many sheep herders here."
It is difficult to grow crops, and weeds will grow everywhere. Only livestock are easier to raise.
"It's not very tasty. It seems the locals aren't too picky," Chen Chunxing said after chewing one, then revised his assessment and changed the subject. "Not bad? What do you mean by not bad? You're a young county magistrate, new to the area, with no background or foundation..."
She clicked her tongue twice.
Mao Ping couldn't help but interject, "When we arrived yesterday, there were only two or three constables waiting. The rest didn't even show up. It's obvious that they don't take our master seriously..."
Xue Yongan glared at him again, this time with a hint of dissatisfaction, but still nodded slightly: "It's not a big deal."
When he said so, Chen Chunxing believed it.
There is no need to hide from each other.
Just like now, she pulled the person away and explained in a low voice, "I don't have any problems here, but I can't go to your place for a while. If you are not busy today, you can stay and accompany me to meet an old friend in the evening."
Xue Yongan answered without thinking: "Okay, I brought some meat and rice noodles, I will make you some臊子面 later."
Chen Chunxing immediately smiled and gave him an appreciative look.
"Well done! Bonus points for you! You're only ninety-nine points away from a perfect score now. Keep it up!"
Xue Yongan...
He pointed at the huge crowd of people running towards him.
"Actually, I think there might be a problem here!"
"How many points can I get for getting rid of these people?"
Chen Chunxing covered his mouth with his hands and laughed, shouting: "Grandma, someone wants to get rid of you!"
Surrounded by the crowd, Diao was completely bewildered. She raised her head in horror when she heard the sound.
"What? I really didn't steal the food!"
"I didn't kill anyone..."
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