There were dozens of people in the porridge stall, but they were simply unable to cope with the chaotic crowd.
Looking at this scene, Jiang Ranli felt a little overwhelmed. She had wanted to talk to Jiang Fan yesterday about adding more staff to the porridge shed, but something like the accident with Little Rouqiu happened, so she forgot about the porridge shed matter.
Just as he was thinking about it, Wu Yanqing walked out from the crowd. Seeing him, Jiang Ranli hurriedly got off the carriage and came to his side.
"Yanqing, why are you here?"
Wu Yanqing's family's business is spread throughout the Qing Dynasty, and there are many of his family's shops in Jinan City, Shandong. Jiang Ranli thought he was going to handle business, but unexpectedly met him here.
"I just finished dealing with my work, and suddenly I thought that there were more victims today and we might not have enough manpower, so I brought some people with me."
As he spoke, Wu Yanqing raised his chin slightly and motioned Jiang Ranli to look towards the porridge stall.
Jiang Ranli heard the words and went to see, only to see more than a dozen people walking into the porridge stall and saying something to the busy people inside. Then some of them joined the team to help, while some went to maintain order.
"Yanqing, thank you..."
As the word "thank you" was about to come to his lips, Jiang Ranli saw the disappointment in Wu Yanqing's eyes, so he quickly stopped talking, thought for a while and said, "You are really thoughtful. You are worthy of being my friend, Jiang Ranli. Oh, I really have good taste."
Seeing her change the subject so quickly with a sly look on her face, Wu Yanqing couldn't help laughing, "Are you praising me or yourself?"
"All of them. After all, you are so outstanding. They say birds of a feather flock together. Being able to become friends with such an outstanding person like you is enough to prove that I am not bad either, right? Oh, by the way, there is also Afan, he is very good too." While praising himself, Jiang Ranli did not forget his elder brother Jiang Fan and praised him as well.
Wu Yanqing shook his head and laughed. He was defeated by Jiang Ranli's narcissism.
"Yanqing, look at the situation now. There are more and more disaster victims and more and more displaced people. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid something will happen. It doesn't matter if the order in the city is chaotic, but I'm afraid that the weather will be too hot and the disaster victims who don't have enough food will get sick. Then..."
Although Jiang Ranli, Jiang Fan and Wu Yanqing worked very hard to maintain food prices, set up soup kitchens and distribute food, their efforts were still a drop in the bucket and were not enough to solve the problem.
Wu Yanqing's expression became serious. What Jiang Ranli was worried about was also what he was worried about. Countless people were killed and injured in the disaster year, and now it was hot weather, so it was easy for diseases to spread.
"Although there are people in other places providing relief to the victims, even if all of us add up, it is not enough to help the people survive this disaster," Jiang Ranli frowned, his face full of worry.
If such a large-scale disaster were not handled by the imperial court and only relied on the people's strength, it would be a fantasy to expect people to survive it safely. However, the situation is becoming more and more serious, and there is no movement from the imperial court.
Looking at Jiang Ranli beside him, Wu Yanqing thought of Yin'er and the Tenth Prince, who were currently in Jinan City. He wondered if the two princes hadn't sent a message back to the capital since they were here. However, thinking of the past between Jiang Ranli and Yin'er, Wu Yanqing suppressed the urge to discuss it.
"With such a huge disaster happening, the imperial court will certainly not sit idly by. You and I should not be anxious. Let's do our best to deal with the things at hand."
After saying that, Wu Yanqing looked into the distance, where disaster victims were still arriving in an endless stream.
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