On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 426 Taking office
The Jiang family had just arrived, and during the last turmoil in the city, they had already produced doctors and provided medicinal materials, so they had a good reputation and were rewarded by the emperor.

Therefore, I now have a great passion for doing good deeds.

Besides, ever since Mr. Jiang started to take care of the Queen's health, he has been considered to be on the Queen's side.

Now we are trying to show our presence, which is to support Her Majesty the Queen and to gain her favor.

Instead, the Jiang family thanked Xiao Xiao for thinking of them at this time.

As for the doctor's consultation fees and medicine costs, Xiao Xiao had said before that he would settle the bill with him, but the Jiang family was not short of money, so they naturally refused and said that they would cover all the medical expenses.

And the doctor will come to see the patient every day.

Xiao Xiao certainly wouldn't refuse such a good thing. Thinking that her brother-in-law and his family would be here soon, she called out to Mother Zhou, "Please ask the kitchen to start cooking."

Mother Zhou responded and took a few servants from the Li Mansion to find the kitchen.

Xiao Xiao took the opportunity to have someone ring the bell, which meant to gather the children in the charity hall.

Soon, children came running over. The older ones seemed to be afraid that the younger ones could not walk fast enough, and some ran over and stood with their children in their arms. Their nervous eyes, as if they were facing a great enemy, hurt Xiao Xiao's heart.

Xiao Xiao was not a very compassionate person, but at this moment, seeing so many skinny and pale girls, she felt really bad.

About five or six minutes later, when almost everyone had arrived, Xiao Xiao stood at the front and looked at the children who filled most of the yard. She suddenly felt like a primary school principal.

She said loudly: "Hello, children. I will take over Gu Fu's position as the head of the charity hall in the future."

I almost let it slip that I became the principal of the charity hall.

It's just weird to call him "head of the hall", and I feel like I'm just a hangout in the hall.

She thought that she should talk to the Queen Mother and change her title to the principal.

"If you have any good suggestions in the future, you can come to me."

However, she felt that it was unlikely that anyone would dare to come to her and make requests now. Looking at their current appearance, they looked like frightened quails.

"I will do my best to ensure that everyone is well fed and clothed, and that you can all learn a skill."

Needlework and cooking are common, and those with talent can also learn martial arts and some medical skills.

But we can talk about these later. Now we just need to make sure they have enough food and clothes and live a stable life so that we can have a future.

"For your health, I have asked a doctor to come and see you. If you are sick, you can be treated, and if you are not sick, you can rest assured."

She said a lot more after that, but unfortunately all the children remained silent and looked at her cautiously.

Xiao Xiao added: "Those who are twelve years old this year, come to the front."

Unfortunately, none of the children below moved.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao even doubted whether they were listening to her. Otherwise, how could there not be a single twelve-year-old child?
She added, "Those who are ten or eleven years old, come to me."

This time, a dozen little girls finally came over trembling. They looked like sheep entering a tiger's mouth, all of them fearing to be sacrificed.

Xiao Xiao had some doubts in her heart, but she didn't say much. Instead, she looked at them gently and said, "This is where you grew up, and this is where you are more familiar with your brothers and sisters."

After counting, there were only fourteen people in total: "From now on, the fourteen of you will be the captains. You can choose twenty team leaders, and each team leader will be in charge of ten companions."

"If any of our companions are sick or injured, the squad leader will report it to the captain, and the captain will then call for a doctor..." She heard that the ten maids from the Gu Mansion were in charge of this place before, and now that the Gu Mansion has taken those maids away, Xiao Xiao is not planning to hire anyone, but to move the military system here.

This way the children can adapt as quickly as possible.

The fourteen little girls who came over looked at Xiao Xiao in disbelief, suspecting that they had heard it wrong, and the children below finally began to look up at Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao asked the children to go back first, and she was going to talk to the fourteen children who stayed behind, but she saw that Mother Zhou soon came to her with a dark face and said, "Grandma, the Gu family is really too much. There is only a little brown rice left in the warehouse, and there is no oil, salt, sauce or vinegar left. There is not even enough firewood. What should we do?"

Xiao Xiao also felt that the Gu family's actions were a bit petty, but she was not angry. Instead, she said to her, "I didn't expect them to have much conscience, so why are you angry?"

He said to Yiqing beside him, "Give Madam Zhou a hundred taels of silver, and take two guards with you to buy more oil, salt, sauce and vinegar."

After thinking for a while, he added: "Buy a thousand kilograms of flour, a slaughtered pig, and some tofu, and we will have dumplings for dinner."

Others start with three big things when they take office, but she starts with spending money.

But who made these little girls so thin?

The fourteen anxious little girls now took a deep breath, and you could hear the sound of them swallowing unconsciously.

Dumplings, they grew up and all they remember was seeing other people eating them.

Not to mention dumplings, the old women eat meat, and if they can get some broth, it is considered a meat dish.

Especially for the children who had never had enough to eat, even though they didn’t know whether Xiao Xiao was consistent in her words and deeds, they began to be grateful to her.

The older girl said softly, "Grandma, you don't have to spend money to buy firewood. We have piled up a lot of firewood and haystacks in the back."

Xiao Xiao thought this was a good start, so she smiled kindly and agreed: "That's great, Yiqing, you can save money to buy firewood."

Yiqing thought about how she was in the hands of a human trafficker before she met her master. She was also scared and had trouble eating and sleeping. She smiled at these half-grown children and said, "These little girls are quite capable."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Little did she know that she had become the envy of the other girls present.

They all thought that this sister was well-dressed and had so much money to carry with her to buy so many delicious foods.

I hope they can follow this generous and kind grandma in the future.

Therefore, when Xiao Xiao asked them again, they were more cooperative.

Xiao Xiao asked tentatively: "What do you eat on weekdays? How many meals a day? Can you eat enough?"

The girl replied, "We eat thin porridge mixed with rice bran for breakfast and dinner every day. Sometimes it's sweet potato porridge. If we have a lot of wild vegetables, it's wild vegetable porridge."

Another little girl looked at Xiao Xiao's face and asked cautiously, "Grandma, will we really be able to eat enough in the future?"

Fearing that Xiao Xiao would regret it, he quickly said, "We will work and will not be lazy."

Xiao Xiao asked curiously: "What can you do?"

"We can make spun yarn, cut grass, chop wood, and spin cloth."

"We also catch fish and dig wild vegetables..."