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Miao'er and others hurriedly stopped her, "Grandma, you can't go out. What if you get bumped?"
"Can't we just let them block the door?" Hehua stood up and went to the front to see the situation.
Ma Yong and Hong Min raised lanterns from the courtyard wall and went out to illuminate the outside.
Hehua looked out from the crack of the front door and could vaguely see about a dozen people gathered outside. They were all in ragged clothes and with yellow faces and skinny faces. When they saw lanterns being handed out from inside, they became more and more noisy and couldn't hear clearly what was being said. What.
Hehua wanted to speak, but it was too noisy outside to hear what she said. Ma Yong leaned on the door and shouted for a long time, and then the outside gradually became quiet. Hehua asked a question inside, and Ma Yong shouted outside, and then listened to what was said outside. How does one answer.
After struggling for a long time, I finally came up with Chapter 365. I went to the Sanbao Palace to understand the situation outside. It turned out that these people were poor families in the city and nearby villages. In the past, they had been able to receive government pay in late autumn every year. I still haven’t received the relief money this year, and I heard people said that the new magistrate has been holding back the money, so I went to the county office to make a noise. The county office said that the magistrate was not here and kicked everyone away. Later, they also I don’t know who said that the county magistrate’s family was behind. These people didn’t want to go in vain, so they came here to make a noise.
"I am the wife of the county magistrate. The magistrate is not at home now. I don't know why everyone is gathering at my door. But I can tell you for sure that this year's subsidy has not started to be paid out. There is no reason for corruption. The magistrate is now Go to the surrounding villages to check everyone's preparations for the winter, just to ensure that the money can be used effectively." Hehua saw that the mood of the people outside had basically calmed down, so he tried his best to shout outside and said, "I don't know where everyone is coming from. Yes, but it’s already late today, it’s dark and too cold. I’ll ask my servants to prepare dinner for everyone first. Those who live in the county will go home first. If they don’t live in the county, I’ll prepare dinner for everyone first. You guys settle down in your place, and when my master comes back to see you, how about this Chapter 365: Don’t go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything?"
The people outside didn't seem to believe He Hua's words, and they were still crowding around while whispering to each other. He Hua had no choice but to say: "Then wait a moment, I'll send someone to get some food."
He Hua went to the kitchen to see what was there, and asked Ma Yong's family to cook a large pot of steaming noodle soup, put together a basket full of steamed buns, rolls, etc., put a few bowls of side dishes in it, and asked people to deliver it. Got out.
The people outside seemed to be really hungry. When they saw that they could eat the food, they all rushed to get the gnocchi soup, grabbed the rolls and started eating. Some of them wolfed down the food without even bothering to eat the side dishes. After eating the last meal, I started to slurp down the noodle soup while eating the vegetables.
When Hehua heard what Ma Yong said about the situation outside, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It looks like she's really hungry." She was worried that those people outside were gangsters who took the opportunity to cause trouble, but now that she found out that they were really refugees, she felt a little relieved. He ate some food and asked Ma Yong to stare outside. If there was not enough food, he would take food out. He also gave him some money and asked him to set up a place to stay at night.
After returning to the room, He Hua sighed and said: "This is the only way we can deal with it tonight, Miao'er, ask Ma Chao to go to the Yamen and ask which village I am going to this time. Send someone to set up a car to look for him all night, and tell him what happened at home." Let me know and ask him to come back as soon as possible." He then ordered, "Lock the doors in front and back. No matter whether you are on night duty or not, you must be more alert tonight, especially in the back garden. Patrol the back garden several times at night, and don't leave anyone alone. When people move around, all the courtyards are locked to prevent people from running back and forth.”
At night, Hehua lay alone in the house, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. This was not her hometown. Although she was not the only one at home, they were not her relatives. She always felt uneasy.
Miao'er was on duty outside at night and heard the sound of rolling over in the house. He simply took his own quilt and went in and said: "If grandma doesn't mind, please sleep with grandma!"
"Come up here and let's talk. I'm not sleepy at all now." Hehua moved to the bed and asked Miao'er to come up, "Are you homesick after being here for so long?"
"What's there to think about? With the money from the sale of slaves, my family should be able to survive the famine years. My father and grandma are so kind to their slaves. It's not the same everywhere." Although Miao'er said this, there was a hint in his tone. Still a little disappointed, he turned to Hehuadao, "Is grandma homesick?"
"Yeah, I don't know if my grandma is in good health now, how are my parents, how is Bonin's studies, and how is Shuanzi doing now. It must be very cold at home. I'm still thinking about how I can do it after grandpa comes back. It's time to prepare the New Year's goods and send them back. Let's pack them up and send them to my eldest brother, and then he will send someone to send them back together." Hehua did miss home a lot after arriving in the south, especially when Qi Jintang was not at home. More tonight I miss home especially. In the past, with my family around, I felt confident and motivated in everything I did, but now something happened, I felt very helpless. Fortunately, Bo Rong often wrote to her, so that she could feel a little better. Ease some homesickness.
Hearing this, Miao'er also sighed and said, "If the master recommended by my uncle can come, grandma won't have to worry about this matter so much."
"It's hard to find a good master. You have to have good ability and good character. Our place is a poor mountain valley. It's not so easy to find the right person." Hehua sighed deeply again, "You said, Ma Chao Will we be able to find him tomorrow? If all these people are gathered outside, will there be more and more people tomorrow? Is it possible that they all have to take care of their food and shelter?"
Miao'er listened to the sound of the watch outside and said to Hehua: "Grandma, it's too late. Let's get some sleep. We'll worry about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow. You have to be energetic enough to cope with it, right?"
Hehua woke up after less than two hours of sleep. She looked at the still dark sky outside. She got up and asked someone to make porridge and steam two rolled rolls with flour. She also sent them to those people with pickles and the like. Ma Yong, who reported the news, said that the mood of those people was quite stable and they had no plans to come again to rape, so he felt a little relieved.
He Hua had just finished breakfast with a heavy heart when Xiao Zhen came in and said, "Grandma, Mrs. Zeng is here to visit. Do you want to see Grandma? If not, I will find some excuse to push her away."
"She's coming..." He Hua pondered for a moment. After the last time he invited guests, everyone who came to the banquet, whether they were having a banquet at home or outside, was treated as a return invitation. After that, they occasionally gave each other something, and there was no more. The meeting and contact, Mrs. Zeng's coming at such a time must be related to this incident, so she said, "Clean up the flower hall, and then invite people in!"! ! !
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