I want to ruin the country

Yining asked again,

"What are the rules for free porridge? Can anyone eat it?"

Seeing Yining kept asking questions, the soldier was obviously unhappy and thought to himself, why are you still asking questions!

He suppressed his displeasure and said,

“The boss said that anyone can come, but our master registered them and gave them bowls, that’s all.

Otherwise, people from all over the country would come here to drink porridge, and we would be too busy to handle it all!"

Yining asked,

"enough?"

The soldier was short of money, so he had to force a smile.

"You ask such a silly question, but for the sake of your money, I'll tell you. It will start at the appointed time. This is the only pot. Is love enough?"

Damn it, Yining realized that his kindness had been turned into nothing by the officials below!

He also held back his breath and said,

"Thank you, bro!"

The soldier said,

"Let's go! It's going to rain. Let's go home, heat up a pot of wine, and have a nice drink. It's going to be a heavenly day!"

Yining ignored him and stepped aside.

The people in the queue were all waiting with their eyes wide open and their necks stretched out.

From time to time, some children in the team would sneak out from under the legs of the adults to see if the race had started! They were so eager!

There was a woman in the back half of the team. She was dressed in rags. The color of her cotton jacket and trousers was unrecognizable, and the cotton was showing.

She was holding a child less than a year old in her arms, and a little boy of five or six years old was following behind her.

The little boy was also wearing a torn cotton jacket, shivering in the cold wind. From time to time, he lifted up the sleeves of his jacket to wipe the clear runny nose that flowed out unconsciously.

Yining thought to himself, I wonder how this mother survived these winters!

The child in the woman's arms seemed to be hungry and kept crying. The woman kept comforting him.

"Don't cry, baby, don't cry, there's food to eat!"

At half past five, an official in patrol uniform came over.

He held a bell in his hand, rang it for a while, and shouted loudly,

"By the grace of the Emperor, we are now distributing porridge!

Let me tell you first, no one can squeeze, everyone has their own place, and if anyone disrupts the order, I'll punish you!"

The people in the team suddenly became quiet. It was obvious that the inspector was like a god in their eyes.

The porridge distribution began. The people in the front held out their bowls, and the soldiers scooped a spoonful of porridge from the pot and poured it into the bowls.

"Next!"

The person who got the porridge couldn't wait and put the bowl to his mouth and took a sip as he walked. The scalding porridge made him grin, but his face showed an expression of extreme satisfaction.

The team moved forward slowly, and the order was pretty good at the beginning.

When half of the porridge in the pot was gone, Yining looked over and saw that only one-third of the people in the queue had gone.

The people in the queue at the back began to make a commotion. Without this bowl of porridge, how could they get through the night?

Now the soldiers who served the porridge would pour some back into the pot after each spoonful.

People were looking forward to it from behind, watching the porridge in the pot become less and less, and looks of despair gradually appeared on their faces.

It was obvious that the porridge in the pot was not enough for everyone behind to have a bowl.

And now there is only half a spoonful of porridge in the bowl!

When there was not much porridge left in the pot, there were still fifty or sixty people queuing at the back of the line.

They were scratching their heads anxiously in the back, but when they saw the soldiers patrolling back and forth, they held back and dared not move.

They all stared at the pot, afraid that they would not be able to drink the life-saving half bowl of porridge tonight.

The child in the woman's arms kept crying, and her voice was hoarse. The woman had no other choice but to pat the child and coax him softly.

"Baby, don't cry, baby, don't cry!"

The child is hungry and it's no use coaxing him. He just keeps crying.

The soldiers were a little annoyed.

"Can't you just change lines? You were in my line at noon, and the noise was annoying me. If you queue in my line again next time, I'll kick you out!"

The woman didn't dare to speak, she just lowered her head and remained silent!

Finally, it was the woman's turn. She silently handed over the bowl and the soldier filled her half a spoonful. The child behind her also raised his bowl and the soldier filled his half a spoonful as well.

When the woman saw this, she begged the soldiers to help her.

"Master, there are three of us. Please give us more!"

The soldier glared.

"One spoonful for adults and half a spoonful for children. What's the porridge for the nursing child? That's not enough!"

The woman continued to beg,

"Uncle, my child is almost one year old, how can he not eat food?

"Master, I'm always hungry, so how can I have enough milk to feed him? Please be kind and give him a little more milk, the child is almost starving to death!"

The soldier got annoyed and pushed her hand away.

"Get lost! This porridge stall is for you. Can't you see all the people behind you? Don't waste everyone's time!"

The patrolman just now came over, holding a whip in his hand, clapping it as he walked, and said,

"Hey, what's going on? Why aren't you moving?"

The soldiers immediately put on smiling faces.

"Inspector Liu, this woman is causing trouble. I'm chasing her away!"

When the woman saw the official coming, she quickly begged him again,

"Sir, there are three of us, so please give us more. The child is starving!"

The inspector's face darkened and he cursed,

"Don't make trouble, rules are rules, no one can be an exception. If the emperor doesn't give you porridge, you will starve to death!"

The woman continued to beg, she fell to her knees,

"Sir, please..."

Inspector Liu's expression immediately changed, and he cursed,

"Get out of here, you're so shameless! How can we do this job if everyone is like you? If you don't get out of here, I'll beat you up!"

Inspector Liu raised the whip in his hand and threw it into the air, with a crisp "snap" sound.

The frightened woman didn't dare to say anything else. She got up and left the team in tears.

Yining was already furious. He took a few steps forward to stop the woman and said,

"Don't go, sister-in-law. I'll go get you some porridge!"

The woman saw that it was a young man in gorgeous clothes, and she stopped and said,

"Master, forget it. Thank you. The government has rules that cannot be broken!"

Yining said angrily,

"Bullshit rules! The purpose of giving out porridge is to save lives. If we can't save lives, the rules are useless!"

He took the bowl from the child's hand and walked to the front of the pot.

"There are three of us, but we were only given two and a half spoonfuls of porridge. What kind of rules are these?"

The soldier serving the porridge said,

"Are you blind? Don't you see that there's only this little porridge left? There are all these people behind. If you give it all to her, what will the others eat?"

Yining said angrily,

"Even though there's no porridge, there's food, water, and firewood. Can't you cook it?"

Liu Xunjian came over and was happy when he heard Yining talking.

"Damn, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, and now someone is trying to be the boss again!

So you have the final say on whether to make porridge or not, but food doesn’t cost money, right?!”

Yining said angrily,

"The imperial court distributes porridge to prevent people from starving to death. If there's not enough porridge, they have to make more. Is the porridge distribution based on your pots or the number of starving people?"