What child doesn't like milk tea? The smoothness of milk and the mellow fragrance of tea leaves are mixed together, with a hint of sweetness. Zheng Cheng threw away the spoon and picked up the clay pot to drink.
Zheng Hui also thought the drink tasted good, and she kept moving the spoon in her hand and took several sips in succession.
After all, Zhao was born into a wealthy family and had eaten countless delicious foods. When she tasted this drink, her eyes lit up.
As the aroma of milk tea spreads between lips and teeth, it is time to taste the flavor.
After a few gulps, most of the milk tea in the earthenware pot was gone immediately. Zheng Cheng raised his face, with milk stains on the corners of his mouth, looking like a little cat stealing food.
The mother and her two sons were having a great time in the backyard of the county government office, but the county magistrate in the front hall was feeling very depressed.
Early this morning, a few refugees came to the city to beg for food. When they heard that the county government was distributing food, they followed the crowd to the county government to queue up to receive it.
But when they arrived, they found that their food had already been taken away. After learning this result, the children were stunned.
They said that they had been hungry all day in the village yesterday and no one brought them food. In desperation, the tribesmen sent a few older children to the city to beg for food.
Li Erlang was at the scene at the time. When he learned what the children had said, he felt something was wrong. He then asked the yamen runners to put the children in a safe place first, and he immediately reported the situation to the county magistrate.
Several children were taken away by the yamen runners. They were still trembling with fear, not knowing whether they had angered the officials. They huddled together, lowered their heads and dared not say a word.
Until they were brought to a spacious room, Yang Yayi sent someone out to buy some sesame cakes, handed them to the children, and said gently: "Eat!"
The children had been living on wild vegetables recently and had been hungry for a long time. At this time, the police did not scold or whip them, but actually gave them food.
The child, who had been hungry for a long time, no longer cared about anything else. He took the pancake from the officer's hand and ate it voraciously.
How long had it been since they had a proper meal? Even if this was the last meal of their lives, they would accept it!
Yang, the yamen runner, looked at the children eating voraciously and was worried that they might choke, so he poured them another bowl of water.
Seeing the water being handed to them, the children finally came to their senses and put away the half-eaten pancakes, preparing to take them back to feed their tribesmen.
Looking at their appearance, even the officers who had seen many refugees in the past few days felt uncomfortable.
In the public house, after hearing Li Erlang's report, County Magistrate Zheng was so angry that he smashed the teacup on the table.
"How dare these unruly people secretly hide the government's relief grain? Send someone to bring Muramasa to me immediately!"
Li Erlang naturally did not dare to neglect the order after receiving it. When Li Yan came to look for her father, she happened to see her father who had sent the officials in front of the county government office.
Seeing her father's solemn face, Li Yan's heart began to lift. Could something have happened again?
When her father turned around and went back to the county government office, Li Yan took two quick steps and stopped him.
"Dad, what happened? You look very bad!"
Li Erlang sighed helplessly and told his daughter what had just happened.
Seeing his daughter frowning, Li Erlang didn't want her to worry, so he comforted her, "Okay, help Dad take care of your sister-in-law for the next few days, and go back soon!"
Li Yan grabbed her father's sleeve and said bluntly, "Dad, I have some ideas. Please listen to them and see if they are feasible."
Li Erlang knew what his daughter was thinking, so he took her to a secluded place and signaled her to continue speaking with his eyes.
"I'm sure Dad knows that the price of food outside is still quite high, so these people are thinking of seizing the food. My Lord can stop them this time, but what about the future? Who can guarantee that someone will secretly take some food away next time?"
"Even if you can put an end to the unauthorized appropriation of relief grain, how can you guarantee that the grain won't be tampered with and replaced with inferior food?"
As long as there is interest, Li Yan believes that someone will dare to take action!
Since ancient times, relief food has been the easiest to be tampered with, and this is not uncommon.
It is common that money and food can tempt people.
Li Erlang didn't have time to think about the key point. When his daughter said this, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart!
The relief food had only been distributed for one day when someone dared to blatantly take it for themselves. If there were those cunning people who tried to replace the relief food with something else, how could we guarantee that the refugees would receive the real relief food?
In addition, the county government has limited staff. If the refugees had not come to them themselves, they might have been kept in the dark, allowing those who do evil things to take advantage of the opportunity.
The more Li Erlang thought about it, the colder his heart became, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
Looking at her father's solemn face, Li Yan continued, "So, I thought that instead of distributing food, it would be better to distribute food that others would not look down upon."
"Food, what food?" Li Erlang asked puzzledly.
Because Li Erlang had not returned home recently, he did not know that his daughter had given bean curd cakes to the refugees.
"Bean dregs pancake!" In fact, although bean dregs pancake is a little unpalatable, it contains both plant protein and starch. It is actually a very good choice for refugees who have little nutritional intake.
Li Yan continued to explain, "Dad, if we want others to stop taking this relief food, then we have to make sure it's not worth their trouble. There's no profit to be made. The people don't eat bean dregs except to feed pigs. Without the profit, they won't take the risk of doing something that's thankless and laborious."
"Besides, food is in short supply right now. Utilizing bean dregs can also alleviate the county government's food shortage. If you are willing to adopt this method, I can provide any excess bean dregs at home to the county government for free!"
At this time, Li Erlang's heart had already been stirred by his daughter's words. He and the adults had taken every precaution when distributing relief food, but someone still found a loophole.
Although they prevented people from claiming the money, they forgot about human greed, and none of the children saw through it.
Li Erlang patted his daughter's head with emotion and said, "Good girl, Daddy knows. I'll go discuss this with the adults!"
Li Yan looked at her father who was about to leave, and then she remembered the reason for her visit. She then stuffed the package in her hand into her father's hand and said with a smile, "I think Dad won't be able to go back today. Please take these clothes!"
Li Erlang didn't deny it, and instructed: "Go back and tell your mother that I'm fine, don't let her worry!"
Li Yan nodded, said goodbye to her father, and walked quickly towards the market outside the city!
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