The daily routine of the mistress of the Hou family training her husband

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After listening to Lin Jinyi's words, Xu Shuhe really felt a lot more relaxed, as if all the troubles in his heart had been vented.

Looking at the pot of wine on the table, he gritted his teeth, poured himself a glass, and drank it down.

Then he told Lin Jinyi what had happened in the past two days.

After hearing this, Lin Jinyi also remained silent.

After arranging his words, he said, "It is of course a good goal for him to enter the government, but as you said, it is not easy. The road to the imperial examination is not easy, but it is only relative. Once he succeeds, it will benefit his descendants in the future. You have been blocking him and making his ambitions fail. Now I dare not say what will happen, but I am afraid that he has compromised for you now. Once he regrets it in the future, you will have to bear all his resentment and anger, and it will affect the relationship between husband and wife."

"As for seeking welfare for the people." Lin Jinyi smiled, "Before sitting in that position, many scholars thought so, but in the end, almost all of them were lost in the officialdom and wealth. Only a few could keep their original intentions."

It's not that she doesn't trust Chen Zhi's character, but there are too many unknowns. Rather than thinking that Chen Zhi wants to be an official for the sake of the people of the world, she would rather think that Chen Zhi only wants to be an official for his own family.

Xu Shuhe narrowed his eyes, "Yes, the new county magistrate is now turning a deaf ear to the situation of the disaster victims in the city. I have heard news these days that it seems that he is planning to drive out all non-local people and not allow disaster victims from other places to come in."

"There are too many disaster victims, and Qizhou City can't bear it. This is the only solution." Lin Jinyi sighed, but still frowned, "It's just that the new county magistrate has not taken any action to resettle the local disaster victims. I'm afraid he doesn't intend to care about the lives of those poor people."

This topic was a bit heavy, so the two of them stopped talking about it.

As for Xu Shuhe's troubles, Lin Jinyi couldn't make any decision for her. He could only listen. Xu Shuhe would probably have the answer to what she would do when the time came.

As they were eating, they suddenly heard a commotion coming from downstairs outside the window.

When I opened the window and looked out, I saw four or five tall and strong thugs dragging two slender girls into the Qimeng Building diagonally opposite.

The two girls cried heartbreakingly and called for help desperately, but it was of no avail. The people around them just watched and no one dared to come forward to rescue them.

Because Qimeng Tower is one of the most famous red-light districts in Qizhou City, the two girls obviously entered the tower and escaped.

"This kind of thing has happened quite often recently." Lin Jinyi's maid Yusuo said, "I've seen and heard about it several times. There are many disaster victims here and from other places. In order to survive, some girls are willing to sell themselves to brothels. Some are sold by their families in exchange for some money and food. In this kind of situation, women are always abandoned."

As they were talking, there was another round of beating and scolding in the restaurant.

Everyone was wondering, and just as the waiter came in to serve the dishes, Xu Shuhe asked a question.

Unexpectedly, the waiter replied, "Someone is stealing swill."

"Stealing slop?" Xu Shuhe was puzzled.

"Yes, recently some refugees have been coming to the back of our restaurant to steal food from the swill bucket. The swill in the building is priced and sold to the farmers outside the city to feed the pigs and make manure. Naturally, no one is allowed to take it casually, but even if we beat them every time, there are still people who come. The other day, a ten-year-old kid stole half a steamed bun from the swill bucket. He had just taken a bite and hadn't even swallowed it when the kitchen staff found him, beat him up, and kicked him a few times. He died. Tsk tsk..."

While serving the dishes, the waiter told us what had happened recently.

Xu Shuhe frowned, "If someone is beaten to death casually, the government won't do anything about it?"

"Hey, madam, there are many victims of the disaster in the city now. The county magistrate would like to see more of them die to avoid trouble. He won't care about these things. Even if someone steps forward and makes trouble, it's the thief who was wrong first. He can be beaten to death. Our boss can give some bribes to the higher-ups, and the matter will be settled." The waiter waved his hands, with a sigh on his face.

After serving the dishes, he retreated.

Looking at his favorite delicacies on the table, Xu Shuhe suddenly lost his appetite.

Lin Jinyi also sighed, "I heard that the disaster victims who had nowhere to live gathered in a dilapidated temple outside the city. Unfortunately, the Bodhisattva is just a clay statue. No matter how much they kowtow and pray, it is useless. The only ones who can save them are still the government, the government that does nothing."

These words were like thorns, slowly piercing into Xu Shuhe's heart.

She knew very well that only the government could solve the survival problems of these disaster victims.

These days she set up a tent to distribute porridge. The longer she distributed porridge, the more she realized that there was very little she could do.

The topic was a bit heavy, and both of them tacitly stopped talking and invited each other to eat first.

Perhaps because he was a little depressed, Xu Shuhe drank quite a lot and was a little drunk, so he stopped drinking after being persuaded by Xinyue.

He didn't want to go back home yet, so he suggested going for a walk on the street outside.

Lin Jinyi naturally accompanied him.

Yunshang Pavilion was not far from here, so the two of them decided to go for a stroll. It had been a while since they had visited the store.

Passing by a small stall selling dried fruits, Xu Shuhe looked at the delicately made and delicious dried fruits. Remembering that his mother Zheng loved to eat dried plums, he asked Xinyue to buy a bag to take back.

Xinyue was taking out her purse to pay when suddenly a tall and thin figure jumped out from somewhere and reached out to grab the purse in Xinyue's hand. Xinyue was shocked and subconsciously dodged, holding her purse tightly.

The man failed to snatch it away and pulled Xinyue to the ground.

Xu Shuhe was also shocked, and immediately stepped forward with Meixiang to drive away the robber. Lin Jinyi also called on her maid to help.

Unexpectedly, this man had an accomplice. Suddenly, two more people, a man and a woman, appeared and stabbed towards this side with daggers in their hands.

"Be careful!" Xu Shuhe saw the thief stabbing at him with a weapon, and hurriedly shouted to remind the people around him. He held Meixiang with one hand and Lin Jinyi with the other, and quickly dodged backwards.

Her action quickly attracted the attention of the two accomplices. After the first stab missed, the second one attacked Xu Shuhe at the same time.

Just as the dagger with a cold glow was about to fall on him, Xu Shuhe suddenly saw a figure flash before his eyes. A force pulled him from the waist, and he fell to the side passively.

But he did not fall down. Instead, he was held firmly in someone's arms, avoiding the oncoming dagger.

Looking up, the person coming was Chen Zhi.

But Chen Zhi, who was holding him in his arms at this moment, did not look at her. He just turned around and gave cold instructions to the several servants from Yunshang Pavilion who came with him.

"Catch these three people and send them to the authorities!"

Six or seven young guys were quick and agile, and they all brought some weapons with them. They quickly subdued two of the three men, and one ran away.

He is the one who stole Xinyue’s purse.

When the situation calmed down, Xu Shuhe spoke, "Why are you here?"

Chen Zhi turned around and looked at her. "I was checking the goods in Yunshang Pavilion when I heard some noise outside. The guy guarding the door had sharp eyes and saw that you were robbed, so I immediately called for people to come over."

"How is it? Are you okay?" Chen Zhi had a worried and nervous look on his face. He looked the man up and down while asking.

Xu Shuhe shook his head and was about to say something when he suddenly noticed that Chen Zhi's clothes on his left shoulder was torn, so he hurried over to take a look.

"You're hurt?! Is the wound deep? Let me take a look!"