Chapter 128: Mobilizing the Army of Beggars
"Qingqing, hurry up and let the cook steam the steamed buns, so that you can bring them to your aunt in a while."
"Miss, my uncle is outside, so why do you only bring steamed buns to my uncle?"
Qingqing didn't quite understand what her young lady said, in the past two days, her uncle almost always went out early and returned late, and sometimes she couldn't even eat, so her young lady only brought steamed buns to her uncle, wouldn't this be good?
"It's to make the delicacies of the mountains and seas, you also have to see when it is, by the way, you still let the cook steam a little more, let the people in the house help, and steam as much as you can."
"How much is it steamed? Miss, you should first specify the number, and I will let the cook prepare it. ”
"Let's steam a few thousand first."
"How many, thousands? Miss, are you feeding your uncle as a pig? Wrong! Even if you feed the pigs, you can't use so many steamed buns! ”
Hearing Qingqing's words, Yan Jiao couldn't help laughing, she really dared to think that she didn't say that these thousands of steamed buns were all for him to eat alone.
"If you want to go, you will go! Where is so much nonsense! You let me help in the house first, and after a while, the steamed buns will be steamed, and they will be taken to the place where your aunt works, and I will take Xia Yin out first. ”
Yan Jiao found that An Nanzhi was coming back later and later day by day in the past two days, so she wondered if he was catching up with the schedule, and if he could keep up with the schedule day and night, then there was only one reason, that is, the snow was melting faster, and he was worried that the flood season in the downstream village would come before the ditch was repaired.
Seeing him like this, she also wanted to help, and now she really didn't have any extra money in her hand, otherwise she could recruit some people to help him, but although she didn't have the extra money to recruit people to help, she suddenly thought that some people might be able to let them help without money.
When she and Jiang Xiayin came to the broken face, they found that there were many beggars sleeping in the broken temple.
made Yan Jiao think of asking them to help, or setting up a porridge shed in An Nanzhi before, she learned that there were so many beggars in Tao County, and instead of letting them beg around every day for a little food, it was better to let them contribute a little physical strength.
How do you say that?
Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, years ago, An Nanzhi was giving porridge every day, but there were not a few beggars to get porridge to drink, except for some people with incomplete limbs and weak and sick, other people can support their families with their own hands, do nothing every day, just wait for others to give them a little food, won't they feel ashamed? So for now she can give them food, but at the same time they need to exchange food through their hands.
She has never been a virgin, she does not feel pity for others, she sympathizes with others, and even gives generously to others.
Who is not difficult these days, they are already suffering from life, and if they are helping others, then they will only make their lives more painful, so people who are not related to themselves really can't help without a principled bottom line.
It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, this truth has been said thousands of times, and it is still regarded as the truth by everyone, and it is all reasonable.
"Wake up!"
"Who are you!"
After the beggars in the ruined temple were forced to wake up, they looked at Yan Jiao with resentment, as if they were accusing her of disturbing their sweet dreams with their eyes.
"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is, do you want to have enough to eat? Do you want to eat hot steamed buns for three meals a day? ”
For beggars, if you want them to contribute, the easiest way is to let them fill their stomachs, in fact, many people are good at work, if it were not for various reasons, they would not want to be beggars, after all, begging in these years is also to make people's faces, in case you meet a generous lord, you can have a full meal, but in case you meet a bad temper, it is possible to be beaten.
"Who doesn't want to eat hot steamed buns, but what do you mean, little lady?"
A few years ago, because of the mountain bandits, everyone lived a tight life, which may not be able to fill the stomach without begging, and An Nanzhi's porridge shed is still open every day, but once a day, and there is a lot of porridge every day, and not everyone can catch up, which leads to the fact that there are many beggars hungry every day.
"Presumptuous! How did you talk to my young lady! ”
Jiang Xiayin, I heard the joke in these people's tones, and she scolded angrily.
"Okay, chivalrous! At the moment, these are not the most important, now you want to eat hot steamed buns, come with me, I have steamed buns, but I don't give them in vain, I need you to work for me, as long as you work hard, the steamed buns are enough! ”
"Why should we believe you? Besides, if you let us go to work, how can we guarantee that what you say is true! ”
When they heard that they could eat hot steamed buns, some people were already moved, but they still didn't trust this Yan Jiao.
"Why? Just because I have hot steamed buns, I don't talk nonsense with you, I don't want to be hungry this night, right? If you are bold, come with me, as for the others, think about it for yourself, the place I am going to now is the junction of the upstream and downstream villages, and the county magistrate is there to supervise the work, you can't trust me, can you still trust the county magistrate? ”
"Who the hell are you?"
When they heard An Nanzhi's name, most of the people were moved, after all, An Nanzhi's prestige was still quite high in Tao County.
"You don't have to know this, you just need to know, as long as you work hard, you will have food, and I can even tell you a little, as long as you introduce a person, and he works hard, he can give one more steamed bun a day, and it is only useful for these days, and it is outdated! Think about it. ”
After saying that, Yan Jiao didn't talk nonsense with them, turned around and prepared to leave, but her pace was much slower than when she came, she knew that only someone took the first step tonight and tasted the sweetness, so she didn't have to worry about no one the next day.
And disturbed by Yan Jiao, the beggars in the broken temple couldn't sleep at this time, they were cold and hungry, so they forced themselves to sleep, and now they learned that there were hot steamed buns to eat, and their stomachs screamed even more, where could they still sleep.
"No more! Whether it's true or not, I'm going to check it out! If you really have steamed buns to eat, it's better than being hungry all night! ”
As some people's stomachs became more and more screaming, some people finally couldn't hold on anymore and quickly chased after them.
And after Yan Jiao heard this, she couldn't help laughing, thinking that her method was still quite effective, hoping that this would make An Nanzhi a little easier.