An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

Looking at the people queuing up to buy food, most of them were wearing coarse cloth clothes. Even if the food store had food, I'm afraid not every family could afford to stockpile it.

Although they complained a little about waiting in line for a long time, they looked quite relaxed. It was obvious that they would not starve even if they could not buy food today.

At this time, Xiaoman came back with some glutinous rice cakes, which were wrapped in leaves from big trees. The glutinous rice cakes were both white and green.

Xiao Man took a bite of a green one and said excitedly, "This mugwort rice cake is really delicious. It's stuffed with sesame and peanuts, and it's fried so nicely."

Coming in front of the two of them, he handed one to Jing Chunxi first, and then stuffed one into his mother-in-law's mouth: "Grandma, eat it! I haven't had mugwort rice cakes in a long time."

How could he really talk nonsense? Jing Chunxi rolled his eyes at him. How could there be mugwort rice cakes in the capital?

The mother-in-law refused: "You guys eat, you guys eat, I'm here every day, I'll buy two when I'm hungry, I'm not greedy!"

Xiao Man: "It's really delicious. I can smell the aroma of the mugwort."

Jing Chunxi took a bite himself, and before he could comment on whether it was delicious, he helped Xiaoman hold her mother-in-law's hand and persuaded her, "Grandma, eat! You even gave us some green onions. This is a thank you gift."

The mother-in-law saw no other choice but to take over and said, "You are such a talkative child. How old are you?"

Jing Chunxi mumbled, "...delicious! He's nine years old, it's delicious...his younger brother is eight."

Grandma laughed: "It's similar to my grandchildren, but they are very lazy. I'm afraid they haven't even gotten out of bed yet."

Jing Chunxi chatted for a few more words, and seeing that his mother-in-law was happy, he asked again: "These officials are the same. Since Ezhou has grain, why don't they sell it to Jiujiang County? If they are full, how can they riot?"

The mother-in-law took a bite of the glutinous rice cake and chewed it slowly, without any hurry. After a while, she shook her head and said, "If you ask me, the officials in Jiujiang County are not as good as those in Ezhou."

Li Xiaoman greedily ate two glutinous rice cakes, then wiped her mouth with her sleeve. She looked at her mother-in-law with curiosity: "What do you mean? Are the officials in Jiujiang County bad?"

My mother-in-law said angrily, "So you let the people starve to death? You don't know until you go out. Merchants say that the government over there is using the plague as an excuse to stop the people from dying in Jiujiang County, saying that even if they jump into the river, they can't escape."

These words frightened the two people, and they seemed unable to recover for a long time.

The old woman continued, her voice rising considerably, clearly furious: "If there really was a plague, would people still be allowed to enter? If people can bring in food but they're not allowed in, how can the people not die?"

After my mother-in-law finished speaking, she took a few deep breaths and then fell silent. Maybe she felt that she had said too much and was a little tired.

Then he urged them, "What else do you want to buy? Go quickly. Don't go back too late and make your parents anxious."

"Then let's go first."

"Thank you, mother-in-law."

As soon as Jing Chunxi picked up the basket of vegetables, Xiaoman snatched it away.

They walked a little further into the market and asked about the prices of meat and eggs, but they didn't think they were much more expensive than the other markets they passed along the way.

Xiao Man whispered, "I also think the officials in Ezhou are pretty good."

Jing Chunxi remained silent. In her opinion, her mother-in-law's words were only one-sided and it was difficult to draw a conclusion.

Furthermore, the common people at the bottom of society all knew the situation in Jiuzhou County, and it was impossible for him, as a local official, not to understand it. Even if he could not solve it, why didn't he report it to the court step by step? It was just a matter of self-preservation or mutual protection among officials.

She didn't say anything along the way. The two of them walked around and came to the vegetable market. They didn't see them coming out yet. There were too many people queuing in front of the grain shop, and there was no sign of Tang Shuang and Chun Tao at all.

I decided to stop waiting for them and head to the inn with Xiaoman.