"Little Er, give our old lady a good guest room." At this time, General Guo had completely entered the role of the butler.

Xiao Er rubbed his eyes and pinched his ears again, as if he still thought he was dreaming.

General Guo patted the table directly: "What are you doing?" ”

The little second brother finally came back to his senses, "Okay!" ”

"Give us two more rooms." General Guo always remembered his dignity and inferiority, so he didn't dare to live in a first-class room like the emperor, but as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Lin Yuan say: "What kind of low-class room do you live in?" I think there are still a lot of spare rooms in the first-class rooms in this store, so let's all go to the first-class rooms. ”

Xiao Er grinned with a straight smile: "This lady is really charitable, dissatisfied with everyone, there are no other customers in the shop, and all the guest rooms are empty." ”

The smile on Xiao Er's face froze again: "Oops! ”

He patted his head and became distressed: "There is something that I have to make clear to a few guest officers in advance, when you just entered the city, you can see the situation outside, right?" There is a locust plague in our place, and the rice and grain sold in the shops outside are dozens of times the usual price, and ordinary people can't afford to buy them, so we don't have anything to eat in the store. ”

Lin Yuan said briskly: "No problem, you just have to take care of our residence, hey, there is always hot water, right?" ”

Lin Yuan felt that it was not much of a problem to cook for everyone, but if she was asked to boil water for a bath, she felt too tired.

The little second brother saw that the cooking matter was solved, and he was also happy: "Madame, don't worry, I will boil water, and I will boil it for you." ”

Finally, a guest came, not to mention helping to boil water, even if he asked him to sing a song, he was willing.

After that, the little second brother led the way in front and took Lin Kite and the others to the upstairs room.

Fortunately, although there are usually no guests, the hygiene in the rooms is well done and spotless.

After a brief rest, Zhao Yun took General Guo to the local county government to understand the situation, and Lin Yuan, accompanied by several guards, was guided by the three brothers and walked around the county.

Before, their attention was attracted by locusts, and after getting used to the presence of locusts at this time, everyone finally noticed a problem, there was no one else on the whole street except them!

Where have all the people gone?

"Why is there no one?"

With doubts, everyone walked a little longer, and finally saw a few shops that were still open, including rice grain shops and restaurants, but all of them were in a depression, and there was no one else except the owner of the shop.

Lin Yuan walked into a rice shop and asked the owner of the rice shop, "Excuse me, where have everyone gone?" ”

The boss of the rice shop snorted coldly: "Where else can a group of poor ghosts go?" I must have gone to East Street to queue up to get steamed buns. ”

"East Street Steamed Buns?" Lin Yuan was confused, and when she wanted to ask more, she heard that the boss was very impatient to drive people away.

"If you don't buy rice or noodles, get out of here, I'm not here to ask you for directions."

Lin Yuan had no choice but to withdraw from the rice shop, and the people who were originally standing outside the door also heard the conversation inside, and the eldest of the three brothers said: "Madam, the shopkeeper just now said that they all received steamed buns on East Street, so it is estimated that the great benevolent people of the Shen family are distributing steamed bread and white porridge." ”

Second child: "As long as we hear the word Dongjie, we will immediately think of the Shen family, and the Shen family is a good person." ”

"Yes, yes, the Shen family is the biggest good person in our Zheng'an City, even if it is not a disaster, their family will often come out to distribute rice, grain and cloth to help the poor." The third child also excitedly told everyone what he knew.

"Oh?" Lin Yuan suddenly became interested, "Then we must go and have a look." ”

It's fine if you usually do some good deeds, but if you can still be willing to distribute the rations in your mouth in a disaster year like this when there is a famine caused by a locust plague, wouldn't that be Lei Feng in the world?

Along the way, the three brothers chattered with Lin Yuan about the Shen family.

The Shen family is a family of merchants, and it is considered a wealthy family in Zheng'an City, although it is not the richest in the city, but only the Shen family distributes things such as rice and grain from time to time to help the poor family, so everyone admires the Shen family very much.

When I walked to East Street, I saw two long queues lined up on the left and right sides of the gate of the Shen family, and everyone didn't leave after receiving their things, thinking that if there was still something left in the end, maybe they could get one more.

Like Lin Kite and a few guards accompanying him, they were not locals at first glance, so as soon as they appeared, they attracted the attention of many people.

Lin Kite didn't panic at all, and walked straight to the front, which made the people in line nervous, as if they were afraid that Lin Kite was going to cut in line, but when they saw Lin Kite's dress, they felt that they were thinking too much, so everyone's eyes only followed Lin Kite's movement and moved, and no one stopped or asked.

It wasn't until he walked to the middle of the front of the Shen family that Lin Yuan could see what was being distributed in the temporary sheds on the left and right.

The things on the left and right are the same, all white porridge and coarse rice steamed buns. Whether the other party is an adult or a child, they are all given a bowl of porridge and half a steamed bun. The bowl was brought by everyone, so the size is different, and the amount is made according to the spoon used to scoop the porridge, two spoons per person.

A handsome boy was rolling up his sleeves and counting the number of people with a pen, and when he saw Lin Yuan and a few people coming, he put down the pen and paper, and asked, "This girl looks at her eyes, isn't she a local?" ”

"It's not."

The handsome boy was puzzled: "That girl is ......?"

Since she is from other places, there must be no shortage of a bite or two to eat, so what is she doing here in the porridge shed?

"Just curious, let's take a look." Lin Yuan smiled politely, turned his eyes to look at the pen and ink that had just been put down by the handsome son, and saw that there was a hurry for the number of people on it, and he was a little puzzled, "Since the son is doing good deeds, why do you want to remember the number of people?" ”

Don't you want to keep a record of the number of people, so that you can brag about it later?

Lin Yuan didn't say the next sentence, but she had such a conjecture in her heart.

Because in the world of her previous life, there were that kind of hypocritical people, who did good deeds just for show, in order to get everyone's praise, so every time these people did a good deed, they would publicize it, so that everyone knew how he did it and how well he did it.

Of course, Lin Kite asked this because she was really curious.

The handsome boy was still smiling and very friendly: "The number of registered people is just to facilitate the adjustment of the number of white porridge and steamed buns that should be prepared next time." ”

Lin Yuan was surprised, she thought of many possibilities, in addition to the hypocritical purpose mentioned above, she also thought about remembering the number of people, whether it was to calculate the money spent, or just the simple habit of businessmen to do accounts.

But she never expected that the other party was actually to remember the number of people, so that she could prepare in advance the next time she did such a good deed.

"In fact, based on the number of people who come to receive white porridge and steamed buns each time, it is estimated how many people have left the place because of famine, or ......"

He's dead......

Lin Yuan silently added two words that the handsome boy was unwilling to say.

"You're good people." After learning the truth, Lin Yuan was a little ashamed that he had just spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"Fu'er." A deep voice came.

Lin Yuan and Shen Gongzi looked in the direction where the voice came from at the same time, and saw a man in his forties with a goatee walking out of the gate of Shen's house.

"Dad, why did you come out in person? Didn't the doctor let you rest more? Shen Gongzi nervously went over to hold the man's hand.

Master Shen coughed a few times and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's just that it's just a cold, and it will be fine in a few days." ”

After Master Shen finished speaking, he looked at Lin Yuan: "This is ......"

"My name is Lin Kite, I came out to play the landscape, and I happened to pass by Zheng'an City, I saw so many people here, so I came to have a look."

"I see, but now there is nothing interesting in our city, the girl should go to other places to play, and now Zheng'an City is not very peaceful." Master Shen twisted his eyebrows and said, It's not to scare Lin Kite, it's because it's really uneasy here, after all, which place where there is a famine will be peaceful?

"Thank you Master Shen for reminding me."

"If the girl doesn't dislike it, before leaving Zheng'an City, you can come to live in my house."

Lin Yuan knew that Master Shen just looked at her as a woman, afraid that she would be bullied outside, and if she lived in the Shen Mansion, the Shen family could protect her.

was cared for by a stranger, and Lin Yuan felt very warm in her heart.

However, she still refused Master Shen's proposal: "I live in the inn now, and the conditions are not bad, so I won't disturb your mansion for the time being." ”

Master Shen saw that a few men followed not far behind Lin Kite, all of them were in good spirits, and they were not good at first glance, and everyone had a knife pinned to their waists, which should be good at kung fu, so he didn't worry about Lin Kite's safety.

"It's okay, if that girl encounters any difficulties, she can come to the Shen Mansion at any time."

Lin Kite didn't stay long, after all, people still had business to do, and he had delayed the other party for a while, so he said goodbye, and left with the guards, but the three brothers didn't go, and the three of them kowtowed to Lin Kite and thanked Lin Kite for saving his life, and then walked to the back of the long queue to line up.

Obviously, as long as the three of them have been following Lin Kite, with Lin Kite's temperament, they will definitely not let them go hungry, but they don't want to trouble Lin Kite anymore, and they are more willing to accept the Shen family's relief like everyone else, because in their opinion, they already owe Lin Kite a lot, not to mention Lin Kite and Zhao Yun, it is not easy to see at first glance.

When Lin Yuan returned to the inn, Zhao Yun had already returned, and his face was still very bad, and General Guo stood next to him and bowed his head and muffled, making the atmosphere very cold.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yuan walked over, sat next to Zhao Yun and asked, and by the way, he gave General Guo a look, and General Guo immediately retreated with relief.

"I gave the county order to death on the spot."