"There are so many old people and children in that square, and there are disabled people who are unable to work, is everyone's food enough to be distributed?" Li Mao hesitated again and again, but asked the doubts in his heart.

And then Xiao Tiancheng's lonely eyes silently verified Li Mao's conjecture, but at this time, a bell suddenly rang in the busy courtyard, so the dozens of children who were still playing on the street just now seemed to have received some kind of signal, and immediately crowded into the courtyard gate like a tide.

Although the little faces were frozen sallow, but everyone's smile was so carefree, Li Mao looked at their innocent behavior, and consciously followed into the courtyard.

"Open the rice, open the rice, grandpa Tai, we have vegetable porridge today, steamed buns with bran to eat...... I also saw a lot of broken bones in the porridge? ”

"Okay, you are all good children, quickly help Grandpa Tai to go to the center of the courtyard, and Grandpa Tai will give each of you a big bowl later!"

As the children's voices fell, more than a dozen women wrapped in coarse linen outside the door also quickly moved to the courtyard with a large mud basin, Li Mao subconsciously avoided it, and when he raised his eyes to see that the so-called vegetable porridge was contained in the mud basin, he almost vomited it out of disgust.

Because it was littered with all kinds of residues, it was not so much porridge as it was a pot of pig food that had not had a foul smell, and after Xiao Tiancheng signaled a steamed bun that the woman took and handed it to him for inspection, Li Maoying didn't dare to swallow it for a long time.

"Haha, Lang Jun is so old, he still can't eat, where is this steamed bun eaten like this!" A little girl who looked like she was only seven or eight years old, saw Li Mao pull down her mask and keep nibbling on the buns, so she laughed at him very innocently.

"Oh, little girl, how can you tell me how to eat this steamed bun?" "Look, you have to soak it in the porridge before you can eat it, big fool!"

Seeing that the girl casually threw the steamed bun into the vegetable porridge after speaking, Li Mao also deliberately opened her mouth wide in amusement, and then made an expression like this, and then put the one in her hand into the girl's clay bowl together.

"Girl, I'll give you this too, can you eat a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun?" "I can't eat enough, and I often wake up hungry in the middle of the night, but A-Niang said that it's good to endure it, and when I grow up in two years, I can do things for the big family, and then I can eat a full meal, and Sister Ah bought it for Ren!"

When Li Mao heard the girl's words, she couldn't help but reddened her eyes, but then shook her head and laughed a little helplessly. "Tiancheng, you see this is our Tang Dynasty, Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road......"

"Your Royal Highness, you are benevolent, but our Datang is now much better than the previous dynasties, this poor person is there no matter where he is, at least they can still have a tile to cover their heads, half a bowl of vegetable porridge to wrap their stomachs, the little one believes that as long as we are under the wise governance of the saint, our Datang will become richer and richer!"

"Oh...... Tiancheng turned out to be so thinking in your heart, this king still thinks that you are hesitant all the way and will be dissatisfied with the court and even the saints? ”

"No, no, the small one dare not have this thought, the small one has an unfortunate encounter, how can it be the same as the entire Datang, the small ones can be said to have tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, but what they have seen and heard is still idealistic, and now we Datang deters the Quartet from the outside world, and the monarchs and ministers are virtuous in the inner court, and it will not take a few years to see the small shallow view, and the Datang will definitely go to the next level."

"Good knowledge, good belly, don't judge the rise and fall of the country by personal honor and disgrace, this king is not wrong about you, Tiancheng, as long as you follow this king to work hard in the future, you will see the day when tens of millions of people in Datang have enough to eat!"

The master and servant talked about each other, and they talked very speculatively, but after this one fell into the gods, they didn't even notice that they were full of people around them.

"Dachengzi, where did this Xiao Langjun come from, why did he enter our welfare workshop with you, why don't you invite people into the courtyard to sit!" It wasn't until the old man, who was called Grandpa Tai by the children before, opened his mouth to ask that Xiao Tiancheng subconsciously relieved himself and stepped forward to report.

"Grandpa, this is ...... It's my new owner...... There is a small cabinet at home, he heard that I said that there is a shortage of rice and grain in our workshop, so he sent a kind heart to come and see, and he also brought more than a dozen carts of grain and rice noodles? ”

"Ah...... That...... Then why do you still tell the nobles to stand there? Please come in, you of the Niu family hurry up and boil water to make tea, don't neglect the little nobleman! Grandpa Tai didn't look like he was standing steadily, but his brain and voice were as loud as a middle-aged man.

So after everyone's busy work, Li Mao was finally arranged to sit in the middle of the courtyard, while Xiao Tiancheng and more than a dozen others took the opportunity to carry the grain, rice and noodles with some men on the street.

In addition, although the elders led by Grandpa Tai were sitting opposite Li Mao talking, the old man's eyes went out from Xiao Tiancheng to coming in again and again, and they never looked away from beginning to end, for fear that the grain that was moved in would run away by itself.

"Grandpa, all of them have moved in, more than 2,000 catties of fine rice, more than 500 catties of white noodles, and more than a dozen baskets of fish and meat, pickled vegetables, ......"

"Okay, Xiao Langjun's generosity can be regarded as helping the big guy solve the problem of winter, but it is a bad practice for us coarse people to eat rice and white flour, and a small amount is left for the children and patients, and the rest, Dachengzi, you tell people to take the grain and exchange it for more rice bran, so that you can last a little longer......"

After the old man said this, he glanced at Li Mao a few times, intentionally or unintentionally, and saw that he didn't stop him, so he opened his mouth again and whispered again.

"Xiao Langjun, don't be surprised, you have to calculate the days of this poor family, otherwise there will be no tomorrow if you eat today."

"Grandpa, you take precautions, this is the blessing of the residents in the workshop, your boss doesn't have to care about the villain's opinion, the food has been given to you, so how to deal with it is something you are waiting for!"

"Xiao Langjun is so reasonable, he must be from a big family in Chang'an, right? I wonder why I came here all of a sudden? In fact, this welfare workshop was approved by Her Royal Highness the Princess Taiping decades ago, if you have any ideas, you might as well go to her to discuss! ”

"Ahh Grandpa Tai's words were amazing, if it weren't for Li Mao's concentration, he would have almost been frightened by him, because the princess Taiping in his mouth had been killed by his father for more than ten years, and he was ousted on the charge of rebellion and rebellion, and the white-haired old man in front of him did not shy away from mentioning such an old man to push himself, is he really so old?

So Li Mao was frightened, and couldn't help but turn his head and look at Xiao Tiancheng who was standing beside him, Xiao Tiancheng saw the eyes he handed over, and hurriedly bent down and whispered to him to explain, "Your Highness, Tai Ah Weng was appointed by Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to manage the welfare workshop in the early years, and then the eldest princess passed away, and his old man was a little overly sad, in fact, he also knew other things, but on this point, no one would believe it......"