Li was very touched. She didn't expect Zhang Hulan to care about her so much.

Although her mother-in-law was nice to her, she was not as considerate as her sister-in-law in saying these things to her.

Zhang Hulan continued, "Sister-in-law, wait until I'm done with my work these few days, then I'll take you to the doctor to check your pulse and see how you're doing. If you need treatment, we'll get it done."

"Sister, you..." Li's eyes were a little red.

"Oh, sister-in-law, I told you not to be polite to me. Look, you're here again."

Zhang Dahua said, "Mom, my aunt is right. You must take good care of your body and don't let any chronic illness develop in the future."

Li said, "I won't be polite with you, but you paid for the rice and meat last time. This time, we can't let you pay. This time, we will pay for it."

Zhang Hulan was too lazy to argue with Li, so she asked Zhang Hujun to buy it tomorrow morning.

It just so happened that she was a little worried about letting Zhang Dahua, a girl, run so far. It would be troublesome if something happened.

Zhang Hulan yawned, "Okay, sister-in-law, go to sleep."

Before going to bed, Zhang Hulan reminded Zhang Dahua, "Dahua, you are going out tomorrow, remember to lock the door of this room."

Zhang Dahua understood what Zhang Hulan meant. She was trying to prevent Zhang Hubing and his wife from stealing their food.

"Okay, little aunt, I will take good care of the food."

The next day.

Zhao Guoliang led the villagers to continue going up the mountain to dig kudzu root. Zhao Cheng, Shanzi and others were waiting for the yamen runners at the village entrance.

Zhang Hulan slapped a handful of copper coins into Zhang Hujun's hand and said, "Brother, go buy some meat and bones today, just like I bought last time."

Zhang Hujun said, "Sister, why don't you just not buy meat? This money can buy a bushel of rice."

Zhang Hulan said, "Just buy it if I ask you to. It's not like I'm spending your money. Dad's legs need more nourishment, and sister-in-law needs more nourishment too. Be good and go buy it quickly."

After saying this, Zhang Hulan went to the village entrance.

The bailiffs arrived late, but no one dared to object.

Two yamen runners arrived: one accompanied Zhang Hulan to another village, and the other came to help Daping Village with the water supply. Villagers from other villages should be coming to carry water today.

The yamen runner handed Zhang Hulan a cloth bag and said, "These are the steamed buns that Lord Wu ordered you to bring. You will each receive six buns a day. Carry them with you and bring your own water. I will bring you the steamed buns every morning."

"Thank you, County Magistrate, thank you, County Magistrate!"

The ten villagers expressed their gratitude repeatedly. They didn't expect to have six steamed buns every day.

In the morning, they cooked a root of Pueraria root and took it with them as lunch. They didn't expect that the county magistrate would bring them food.

"Okay, let's go."

Shanzi wanted to speak, but he didn't dare.

Zhang Hulan saw Shanzi's troubled expression and asked, "Shanzi, what's wrong?"

Shanzi said, "I want to leave the steamed buns at home for my grandma to eat."

Not only Shanzi, but everyone else also wanted to leave the steamed buns at home, and at most take one or two with them for lunch.

These are white flour buns, and they are reluctant to eat them.

Zhang Hulan looked at the yamen runner and said, "Sir, can you wait a moment?"

He looked at Shanzi strangely, then asked Zhang Hulan, "Is he going too?"

Zhang Hulan said, "Yes, sir."

"How are you going to find a child? Why not send an adult? He only looks eleven or twelve, he's too young."

When Shanzi heard he wasn't allowed to go, he immediately lowered his head. With a hundred coins a day, he could buy a lot of food, and he and his grandmother wouldn't starve to death...

Zhang Hulan bowed to the yamen runner and said, "Sir, don't be fooled by this child's small size. He is actually quite old, already fifteen.

His family was poor, he hadn't had enough food for a long time, and he was malnourished, which led to his poor growth. His parents had passed away, and he only had an old grandmother at home.

Zhang Hulan winked at Zhao Cheng and the others after she finished speaking. The others were a little hesitant to lie to the yamen runners, but Zhao Cheng echoed, "That's right, the child is too old to do it."

Hearing Zhang Hulan's words, Shanzi looked up at her in surprise. Zhao Guoliang had told him last night that it was Zhang Hulan who specifically asked him to go, but he hadn't expected the yamen runners to refuse him, and Zhang Hulan was still helping him.

Shanzi was deeply moved, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Zhang Hulan continued, "Don't worry, sir. If he doesn't do his job well, he won't ask for wages."

The yamen runner looked at Shanzi again, then at Zhang Hulan, and finally nodded, "Alright then, as long as it doesn't delay the county magistrate's arrangements."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!" Zhang Hulan hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

Shanzi also thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, officer! Thank you, officer!"

The bailiff waved his hand, "Alright, alright. Those of you who want to go home, go quickly and don't waste too much time."

Everyone quickly took the steamed buns home, and Zhang Hulan also took the steamed buns back.

When Wang saw Zhang Hulan bringing back so many white flour buns, she asked in surprise, "Daniel, where did all these buns come from?"

"The county magistrate gave us rations for our work, and everyone has one. I had some kudzu root for lunch, and these steamed buns are for you to eat at home."

Wang said hurriedly, "Then leave the kudzu root at home and take the steamed buns with you."

"It's all the same, mother."

Zhang Hulan put down the steamed buns and left. When she reached the village entrance, she waited for everyone to gather again before setting off.

Zhang Hulan asked the yamen runner, "Sir, which village should we go to first?"

The yamen runner said, "Let's go to Legong Village first. This village is seriously short of food. Let's go and help them find some food."

Zhang Hulan was stunned. Legong Village was the village where the Chen family lived. She didn't expect to go to that village again so soon.

The villagers all knew that Zhang Hulan's husband's family was from Legong Village. One villager laughed and said, "Hulan, if the Chen family knew you could earn one or two taels of silver every day, would they ask you to go back?"

Many villagers knew about Zhang Hulan and Chen Dalang's divorce. Zhao Guoliang hadn't concealed Zhang Hulan's daily wages of one or two taels of silver. There was nothing to hide about it. It was paid by the county magistrate, so who would dare to object?

Zhao Cheng asked, "Sister Hu Lan, if the Chen family comes to you to get back together, what are you going to do?"

"Get back together, bullshit! We finally got divorced, how could we possibly get back together?" Zhang Hulan continued with a look of resentment and unwillingness. "I've endured all these years in the Chen family for the sake of my children, but I've never been so cowardly in my own family."

Zhao Cheng smiled and said, "Okay, if the Chen family comes to bother you later, we will help you block them."

Zhang Hulan also smiled and said, "Okay then. If the Chen family comes looking for me, I'll have to trouble Brother Zhao and the others to block them for me."

The yamen runners rode their horses in front, the horses' four legs trotting, and Zhang Hulan and the others were running fast behind them, swinging their two legs.

The journey that would have taken two hours was completed in less than an hour.

After only a few days away, Zhang Hulan felt that Legong Village had changed a lot.

The rice outside the village has basically dried up. Only a small part of the rice leaves are still green, and the rest are all withered and yellow.

As soon as the yamen runner entered the village, he shouted, "Where is the head of Legong Village?"

Some villagers heard the shouting and came out to see what was happening. Seeing that it was the police, they immediately went to call the head of the village.

Some villagers also saw Zhang Hulan in the crowd, and they were all surprised.

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