Chapter 173: The Thief

Just because of this plate of sour and hot shredded potatoes, the two felt that they were stealing it.

"Dad, why don't I go get some more potatoes, and then ask Miss Lin how to make them, and then we can make them and eat them ourselves."

"Good! That's it. ”

"Oh, by the way, Dad, the man also said just now that Miss Lin thinks that potatoes may be able to solve the urgent needs of Zheng'an City, saying that the potato production is huge, and there should be a lot of them, and this thing is more satisfying than food."

Old Man Shen frowned and looked at the dish with only a few red dried chili peppers left, and said distressedly: "This ...... How can this fill your stomach? ”

Shen Fu was also distressed, because he also felt that he hadn't eaten enough, and he didn't feel full, but he believed in Lin Kite, so he said: "I don't know the specifics, just wait for Fu'er to ask Miss Lin." ”

Probably God didn't want to kill this city cleanly, and the heavy rain stopped that night, making Lin Yuan even think that this heavy rain might be to let her find potatoes.

After all, the emergence of potatoes will not only make the people of Zheng'an City no longer starving, once it is popularized and planted on a large scale, the probability of starvation death in the whole country will be greatly reduced.

Lin Kite didn't sleep much all night because she was excited, and she got up just before dawn.

After the rain, the sky has sunny, and the warm sun has risen on the horizon, and people who have been trapped at home by the heavy rain have come out to feel the caress of the sun in the past few days.

Shen Gongzi came with his subordinates in the morning and gave Lin Yuan a lot of gifts.

Looking at the hall on the first floor of the inn, there were a lot of gifts, cloths, vases, gestures...... There is everything, and looking at Zhao Yun's cold black face, the disdain for these gifts and the hostility towards Shen Gongzi are too obvious, which makes Lin Yuan cry and laugh.

"Shen Gongzi, what are you doing here?"

Shen Fu bowed his hand: "I implore Miss Lin to tell me, what does that potato look like?" ”

Lin Yuan was stunned, what do the potatoes look like, didn't they all see it yesterday? Isn't it just round like a lump of dirt?

"Don't hide it from the girl, I sent someone to look for potatoes yesterday, but unfortunately that thing is not easy to dig, because no one knows what its branches and leaves look like, so ......" Shen Fu sighed while explaining, his face full of distress and embarrassment.

Who let him and his father, after eating shredded potatoes once yesterday, the taste made them unable to forget, so they simply called a few people to look for it together, but the potatoes in the collapse were all picked up by Lin Kite's people, and they could only look nearby, but they didn't know what the branches and leaves of the potatoes looked like, so they could only dig in the rain, and they wasted a few hours in vain, and they didn't find anything.

Mrs. Shen learned that her son, who was full of poetry and books, and was usually smart and sensible, took someone to dig potatoes in the mountains for food, and almost fainted.

Shen Fu is now eager to prove that shredded potatoes are really delicious, and wants his mother to experience it for herself, so that he won't feel ridiculous anymore.

"Actually, even if you don't come, we are going to the Shen Mansion today to talk to you about potatoes. So you should take these things back with you, when we leave, it will be cumbersome to carry so many things. "It's not that Lin Yuan is polite, she really doesn't want these things, and Zhao Yun won't want them, because these things are just a scoop of water in the sea for Zhao Yun, and he is the one who owns the sea.

Next, Lin Yuan told Shen Fu the things related to potatoes that he had said to Zhao Yun and General Guo yesterday.

After Shen Fu learned about potatoes from Lin Yuan at a deeper level, his whole eyes when he looked at Lin Yuan changed: "Miss Lin, how can you know so much?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and lied: "I usually like to study food, so I read a lot of related ancient books, so naturally I know a little bit about it, I also saw this potato in the book, originally I thought there would be no one in the world, but I didn't expect it to be found by me so coincidentally." ”

Shen Fu didn't doubt him, and wanted to talk to Lin Yuan more, he also wanted to know more about some unique delicacies, his father's appetite was not good, especially in recent years, and the family had a lot of worries about it.

But before he could continue to speak, he was reminded by Zhao Yun, who had been silent: "Shen Gongzi, I'm my wife." ”

Isn't it too much for you to be so entangled?

Shen Fu apologized embarrassedly: "It's Shen who has overstepped his bounds." ”

At this time, General Guo hurried over: "The emperor ...... After the heavy rains, the locusts suffered heavy casualties, and the people were celebrating. ”

General Guo wanted to shout "Emperor" just now, but when he saw Shen Fu there, he immediately changed his words.

Lin Yuan was overjoyed: "Really? ”

"That's right." General Guo also laughed.

"Let's go, let's take a look." Lin Yuan took Zhao Yun's hand, led the people and walked out, and sure enough, he saw many people heading in the direction of the city gate.

Lin Kite's group of people followed closely, and when they went out of the city gate, they saw the rice fields, and saw a lot of locust corpses lying on the ground, probably yesterday, but yesterday the rain was too heavy, and no one noticed that the locusts also died so much in the heavy rain.

Many people are cheering, for everyone the heavy rain has finally stopped, and more than half of the locusts have been killed, this is a great joy, more exciting than the New Year.

Lin Yuan sighed: "It's really another village." ”

"Good poetry!" Shen Fu, who came along, was amazed, "I didn't expect Miss Lin to compose poems." ”

"No, no, I saw it in books, and the person who wrote this poem is not me."

The two were chatting happily, and they didn't notice that Zhao Yun's face was already very bad, and General Guo on the side was worried about it, for fear that Long Yan would be angry and behead the Shen family.

At this moment, there was a noise not far away, among which the child's cry was the most poignant, which immediately attracted the attention of Lin Kite.

"What's going on over there?" Lin Kite looked towards the voice, and saw a group of people gathered together, as if they were beating someone.

General Guo shook his head: "I don't know, I'll go and see it right away." ”

After waiting for a while, General Guo came back: "There are a few children who have stolen other people's bread to eat, and they are being surrounded and beaten at this time." ”

After General Guo reported the situation, he turned around and ran back to the other guards to save the children.

Lin Yuan's face changed greatly, and she also chased after her skirt, and Zhao Yun and Shen Fu naturally wanted to follow.

When he arrived in the crowd, Lin Yuan realized that what General Guo said was a bit exaggerated, in fact, it was five children who stole the family's bread, and they were caught by the family, so they were beaten and scolded by the family, and other onlookers took advantage of the chaos and wanted to grab those steamed buns, so the scene looked like a large group of people beating around a few children.

This is really a "blood case" caused by a few steamed buns.

After all, General Guo was a person who had fought on the battlefield, and he was full of murderous energy, he stood in the crowd, and with the big knife in his hand, the momentum was enough to frighten some people not to act rashly.

The team battle was soon forced to stop, and General Guo and a few guards protected the children behind them, glaring angrily at the group of adults: "You can also do it against a few children!" I'm not afraid of being struck by lightning. ”

"People are dying of hunger, who cares about poor children? That steamed bun is our family's ration today, if we give them food, won't our whole family starve to death? A thin man complained with red eyes.

Lin Kite can't tell what she should feel in her heart, from a personal emotional point of view, she may be biased towards helping children, after all, it is a weak person, I believe many people will choose so, but Lin Kite's reason tells herself, children are pitiful, isn't it pitiful for adults to starve?

And the steamed bun originally belonged to that family, so you can't help the child forcibly take away the life-saving food of other people's families just because he looks at the child is pitiful, right?

"No matter what, it's not right to steal, return the steamed buns." Lin Yuan said sharply.

Lin Kite knew very well that she had to correct this stealing behavior of several children, and if she helped these children this time, it was likely to give everyone the illusion that as long as they were pitiful enough, they could do things that would break the law and hurt others.

Many people around were stunned after hearing Lin Kite's words, just as Lin Yuan thought, most people can't help but be more biased towards those weak children, among which General Guo is the most serious, because General Guo is a person who stresses righteousness and emotion, if he has steamed buns, he doesn't have to wait for children to grab them, he will give them to those who need them more than him.

But Lin Kite's attitude represents the emperor's attitude, and no matter how much General Guo is puzzled, he can't oppose it. So he silently let out the children who were protecting him.

The children were probably frightened by the momentum of the group of people who suddenly appeared, and hurriedly returned the steamed buns, and the man took the steamed buns with red eyes and distributed them to his family.

When Lin Yuan was about to teach the children, the man handed the steamed bun that belonged to him to the child in the middle: "I can't give it to you from my family, but mine, you can take it and eat it." ”

Suddenly, Lin Kite's nose was a little sour, in fact, this man is also very kind, but in his heart, family comes first, kindness comes second.

With the man taking the lead, many people around also took out their own food and gave it to the children, until they saw that each child was holding their own food in their hands, and everyone stopped.

After the five children got the good food, as if they were afraid that Lin Kite would ask them to return their things again, a few small figures turned around and quickly disappeared into the group.

Lin Yuan hurriedly chased after her, but there were too many onlookers, and when she finally squeezed out of the crowd, she could only see the backs of a few children from a distance, and she had no choice but to continue chasing.

Lin Kite wanted to tell these children that they would go to the door of Shen's house in the afternoon, and there would be more food at that time, and no one would have to go hungry in the future, but Lin Kite never expected that when she followed the children's backs around a small alley, she heard the sound of fighting and the cry of the little boy.