NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 267
Chapter 267: Shangyuncheng Porridge
Chapter 267 Shangyun City Cooking Porridge
The next morning, it was just dawn.
Outside the huge city lord’s mansion, a woman was begging around with the child in her arms, and people sleeping or awake by the side of the road did not respond.
The child was small and pitiful, but they were already numb.
Many times, no matter how outrageous or tragic things are, once this kind of thing happens around you every day, people will inevitably feel helpless gradually, and then finally become numb.
The woman probably knew that this would be the result. She could only walk aimlessly ahead with her child who had just turned two years old. Her face was full of tears, and her heart was full of sadness.
At this moment, a young girl dressed in light blue walked towards her from outside the castle lord’s mansion in front.
The girl was smart and beautiful, and there was a very beautiful blue bird standing on her shoulders, only to hear her ask: “Are you looking for food?”
Yin Miao stretched out her hand and probed under the nose of the child in the woman’s arms, the original dignified expression on her face loosened slightly, the child was still alive.
“…Yes, you are?”
In a trance, the woman replied casually.
“It’s better for my sister to wait ahead, the city lord will be cooking porridge here soon.”
Yin Miao said.
“You mean… porridge?”
The woman’s originally indifferent expression gradually became vivid. The city chief is here to cook porridge. Why has she never heard of it before?
“That’s right, so I’ll take my sister there first, so as not to wait in line.”
Yin Miao looked at the young woman who was not much older than herself, then pulled her up and walked forward.
As for making porridge, the Yuwu people who have been with us since Pingtong County are already familiar with their journeys. They have set up pot racks at this time, and Luo Dazhi, Fang Tianhai and others have also carried bundles of firewood. Ma Cuihua and Granny Hua were constantly stirring the cooked porridge in the pot, for fear that the porridge and rice would burn to the bottom accidentally.
“Aunt Ma, help me serve two bowls of porridge first.”
Yin Miao came over with two empty bowls. Ma Cuihua was a little surprised, but she looked in the direction that Granny Hua pointed, and saw the woman with the child who was waiting not far away.
“Okay, wait, today’s porridge is soft and sweet, it’s definitely suitable for children.”
Ma Cuihua filled two large bowls with a thick layer, as if afraid that the mother and daughter would not be full.
“Thank you Aunt Ma.”
Yin Miao turned around and slowly walked back with the porridge.
The woman’s expression has become both surprised and happy, and it is actually porridge here!
She didn’t have time to thank Yin Miao, she immediately woke up the sleepy child in her arms after she took the porridge, and then fed her mouth by mouth.
When she remembered the girl just now, she found that she had disappeared…
After only an hour, the city of Shangyun suddenly boiled, and countless people flocked to the direction of the city lord’s mansion.
“What is this City Lord Sun doing today?!”
Many officials were sweating over it. Such a large crowd could easily lead to riots among the victims, and stampeding to death is even more common.
However, they soon discovered that the crowd was not as chaotic as they had imagined, on the contrary, it looked orderly from a height.
“Where did those soldiers come from?”
Wang Yixiu was standing above a vacant house on the street with an unbelievable look on his face.
“Master Hui, those are said to be the soldiers of the city lord’s mansion.”
The attendant beside him replied.
It turned out that in order to prevent the people from stepping on each other, there were hundreds of government soldiers evacuating the people on each street. They shouted loudly while evacuating: “Sun Chengzhu guarantees that everyone has porridge and rice to eat, and everyone does not have to fight!”
“Are they joking, everyone can get porridge? There are 160,000 refugees in this city, including those who came a while ago!”
Wang Yixiu also had several officials from Shangyun City behind him, and they all questioned him.
One of them said excitedly: “So what City Lord Sun said is true.”
“What did he say?”
Wang Yixiu asked.
Huang E was so excited that he shed hot tears, and he replied with a surging heart: “Sun City Lord said that he will let the people in Shangyun City eat porridge and rice every day, and no one will starve to death in Shangyun City…”
“But he, where did he get the food?”
Could it be the food issued by the imperial court? Many officials also showed joy, but Wang Yixiu’s face was not good-looking.
If the imperial court distributes food, there is no reason to avoid Wang Yixiu, who seems to be completely ignorant, because he is an inspector sent by the imperial court.
“No, no, no, City Lord Sun only said that the food was provided by a good person who cared about the people of Limin. I just thought he was joking, but I didn’t expect it to be true.”
Chen Zhong next to Huang E replied.
“Deputy Zhang, send someone to the City Lord’s Mansion to investigate. If something goes wrong in the provincial city, this is a responsibility that neither you nor I can bear.”
Wang Yixiu said coldly.
Let hundreds of thousands of people eat porridge, but he wants to see what kind of joke this Sun Zili is going to make!
Many people who ran to the city lord’s mansion first found that the place where the porridge was served was still some distance away from the city lord’s mansion, but what shocked them was that there were porridge-making stalls on both sides of the city lord’s mansion. Visible, there are more than a dozen porridge stalls.
Since there are many porridge stalls, they got porridge soon after they arrived, and many people ate it on the spot…
“Don’t be crowded, there are stalls over there, you can walk over there first.”
Han Liangyu shouted loudly.
A lot of people who were about to leave after receiving the porridge discovered that the stall serving porridge actually surrounded the City Lord’s Mansion for a whole week! Even directly to hundreds!
What size porridge is this? They had never seen anything before.
“This porridge… there is actually meat in it?”
“The city lord is so kind, and saved a few lives of our family!”
“Get up, daddy, come to feed you porridge…”
“It’s not just meat, it’s sweet potatoes, right? Where do you get sweet potatoes this season?”
“The person serving the porridge there is City Lord Sun?!”
“It’s the city owner, I’ve seen the city owner, it’s really the city owner Sun!”
“…”
More and more people found Sun Zili, but Sun Zili just kept helping the people in line to pack porridge with his face as usual.
And his appearance has also won a lot of goodwill for himself.
“Sun City Lord Bodhisattva’s heart, I kowtow to you!”
“Yes, thank you City Lord Sun.”
The people lined up and praised.
“Everyone, don’t kneel to me, just line up and don’t make trouble, otherwise if the line is not good, the porridge will not be served in front of you, right?”
Sun Zili just said so.
It was only now that he understood why Xiao Xuan and Yin Miao didn’t arrange to cook porridge so early, because even he couldn’t help but panic when he saw the dark crowd coming in front of him. Fortunately, Yin Miao made a hundred preparations. Otherwise, he was really worried that there would be a lot of trouble in the porridge cooking scene.
It’s just so much porridge, how much food does Xiao Xuan and the others cost…
(end of this chapter)