The whole family went crazy after reading my mind, and I became a favorite after eating melons

Chapter 45: Giving Porridge
  Xu Zhiyan got out of the car and went straight to Song Xuan, holding his legs with both hands, leaning her little head on his waist, and observing the surroundings with her big eyes.

Contrary to what I thought it would be like getting better step by step, everything here is bare as far as the eye can see. At this time, the first snow should have arrived long ago, but for some reason, it doesn’t seem to have snowed here yet, and the ground is still the color of loess.

【God is not merciful. 】

"Third brother, auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. There is no snow here until now, right..."

She didn't finish her words. She was worried about alarming the refugees who had been watching them eagerly, and their nerves were stimulated, and they began to go crazy again.

Song Xuan picked her up directly and wrapped her in a cloak.

"Yes, the impact of natural disasters has always been more severe than imagined. However, Yichouhu has been a famous barren land since ancient times. It is not easy to revitalize this place. No wonder His Highness spent so long here. .”

Xu Zhiyan huddled in the small safe area created by her third brother, her nerves relaxed and her little hands hooked on his clothes.

"Third brother, I just told Xiaoxi that I want to give porridge to the people to prove our intention and sincerity, and to get a feel for it."

Song Xuan agreed with this proposal.

As for Li Changxun, he had always been obedient to Xu Zhiyan. Not only did he fully agree, but he also immediately ordered people to take care of it.

Not long after, buckets of cooked white rice porridge were put out to be carried out. Li Wenjin suddenly appeared and poured a handful of washed fine sand into the porridge.

Xu Zhiyan jumped angrily.

"You are bad!"

Li Wenjin's expression did not change.

"Do you know how long people here have been hungry?"

"The materials and disaster relief money donated by various aristocratic families in Yangzhou Prefecture and given by the court seem to be a lot, but when it comes to distribution, everyone gets only a handful."

"In order to keep the strong laborers alive and give some hope to the family, many families give most of the food to the strong laborers and starve themselves. At this time, their stomachs are already very fragile. Eating more refined grains will do more harm than good to them. .”

"Adding some fine sand will make their stomachs move more, which is good."

He explained patiently, but in his actions he did not show any intention of reconciliation. He just secretly glanced at her with his peripheral vision to see if she would actively seek peace. He never expected that she was a fool. .

[I see, it seems that I blamed him wrongly. 】

"thank you."

After Xu Zhiyan finished speaking, she pulled him aside and told the servants to move things out quickly. When only Li Wenjin was left in the huge kitchen, he finally couldn't bear to laugh out loud.

"Xu Zhiyan, well done!"

Xu Zhiyan, who was called by her first and last name, sneezed twice in one go. Xiaoxi's expression was visibly nervous, "Miss, are you suffering from cold? I brought you some medicine, and now I'll help you with it!"

Xu Zhiyan grabbed her.

"I'm not sick, so I won't take medicine! Didn't my grandpa say that he scolded me for the cold? Someone must have scolded me just now, and that's why I sneezed."

Xiaoxi was speechless by her young lady's absurd reasoning, but after careful observation, she found that she did not look very uncomfortable, so she relaxed a little and said, "Miss, do you want to try serving porridge yourself?"

Xu Zhiyan nodded, but the porridge she served was not given to the people in line, but was carried tremblingly to the side.

Xiaoxi quickly took over before she spilled the porridge.

"Miss, where are you going?"

Xu Zhiyan pointed with her little hand.

"I want to give this to that kid. I just saw his porridge was robbed and he was beaten. It's so pitiful."

The child she was talking about was diagonally opposite the soup kitchen. Xiaoxi took a closer look and found that it was a very thin little boy, huddled motionless in the corner. The master and the servant looked at each other, and they were both worried that he had been beaten to death.

Go quickly.

When they got closer and saw the boy trembling in a small arc, they subconsciously felt relieved, and Xu Zhiyan stood there and called him.

"I brought porridge, do you want to eat some first?"

粥？
  This word was like a switch. The boy jumped up and went to grab the porridge regardless. Xiaoxi was frightened and quickly let go, protecting Xu Zhiyan and retreating.

"Miss, let's go first, this person doesn't look safe."

Xu Zhiyan shook her head.

"He is injured, let's take him back for treatment."

When the boy heard this, he moved for a moment, and later he felt pain. Seeing that he was about to move, Xu Zhiyan quickly stopped him, "Don't move, otherwise the bones will be broken if you move!"

The boy was obedient and really reduced the number of movements of his injured arm. After eating, he followed Xu Zhiyan back for treatment. However, when Xu Zhiyan went to see how he was recovering the next day, the room was already empty.

She tilted her head.

"It's not healed yet, why is it missing?"

The elusive Li Wenjin appeared behind her, "Why, do you think it's normal for him to stay and rely on you, asking you to feed and clothe him, and marry him a wife?"

Xu Zhiyan pouted and turned to look at him.

"Li Wenjin, something's wrong with you. Why are you not happy at all when I come over and you look very angry? I can't figure it out. Can you tell me why you're angry?"

[I really don’t know if I don’t tell you, but you still want to be angry with me. I’m really, really broken. 】

Li Wenjin looked at her innocent and kind eyes, and was finally discouraged.

"Because I think this place is very dangerous and you are not suitable to stay here."

"But you've been here for half a year."

[You are staying well, I am sure you can too, and there will be new things here soon. Bandits and locust plagues are all very dangerous and need to be prevented in advance. How can you rest assured if I don't come? 】

Li Wenjin raised his eyebrows.

He listened to those words silently, smacked them repeatedly while washing his nose, and then he responded to her as if he was a man of his own.

"We are different. I am eight years older than you, and I am the prince. I have learned how to govern the country since I was a child. These are my responsibilities and I have to shoulder them."

The word "responsibility" confused Xu Zhiyan.

This was the first time that she had such an intuitive understanding of the identity of Prince Li Wenjin. She looked at his facial features that already had the look of a teenager and blinked blankly.

[The emperor's crimes are the same as those of the common people. For the same reasons, the prince can endure hardships, and she, a general and a junior, can do the same! 】

Xu Zhiyan's eyes became firmer, but Li Wenjin's eyes widened.

Ancestor, you really don’t think about the idea at all!
  Li Wenjin was shocked.

Li Wenjin gave up.

"Forget it, you're here already. Stay here well. I have something to do and I can't accompany you today. You stay here with Li Changxun and your third brother. Don't go out."

Xu Zhiyan just thought he was worried about getting hurt again, so she obeyed obediently, but she didn't know that he didn't think so much at all. It was just that today was the day to "retract the line", and he was worried about scaring Xiaotuanzi, so he talked too much.

(End of this chapter)