novelaction Chapter 358: Eating at Fu Man Lou
Chapter 358: Eating at Fu Man Lou
After Li Mengyue learned of Xie Ruiyuan's identity, she acted without any scruples.
The child's father is the prince of the current dynasty, so what is she afraid of? And she doesn't want to talk about food with Yang Zhijin anymore.
The original intention of looking for Yang Zhijin was to make sure that the food in the space had a legitimate origin so that people would not be suspicious.
However, there are still great risks in cooperating with Yang Zhijin.
After all, the amount of grain she took out was not a small amount. It was millions or even tens of millions of kilograms of grain, which might not even be available in the national treasury.
But she took it out easily, which needless to say would arouse Yang Zhijin's suspicion.
However, based on the time she had spent with Yang Zhijin, she felt that Yang Zhijin's character was fine and that he was a good official who was dedicated to serving the people.
Even though this would make Yang Zhijin suspicious, she couldn't care less as the number of refugees was increasing.
If it is dealt with one day later, the possibility of problems will increase, and more people will die, which is not what she wants to see.
Her original intention was to save the refugees and give them a chance to survive, not to watch them struggle and die in despair.
In the absence of any choice, Yang Zhijin is the best choice, but the child's father is already there, and his identity is so awesome.
She would not let it go easily, so it would be safer to find the child's father.
"Well, Magistrate Yang, just ignore what I said about the grain. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"Miss Li, Li."
Yang Zhijin looked at him and asked a question. Li Mengyue stood up and left, looking very confused.
He didn't know how he had offended Li Mengyue.
Even though he couldn't figure it out, he couldn't let Li Mengyue go.
He had no way to solve the food problem as he had no channels to obtain large amounts of food.
Asking rich households to "borrow grain" is a very bad idea. They don't want to use this method unless it is absolutely necessary.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhijin stood up and was about to chase Li Mengyue.
"Cough cough!"
Suddenly Yang Zhijin stopped again.
He turned to look at his friend in the main seat and explained, "Ruiyuan, Miss Li must have a lot of food. Although I don't know where she got it from, I know that it can solve part of the current situation."
Xie Ruiyuan did not respond to Yang Zhijin's words, but said: "You don't have to worry about Miss Li's affairs, just find a way to stabilize the victims, and I will find a way to get food."
He left after saying that, and by the time Yang Zhijin reacted, Xie Ruiyuan had already reached the door.
Yang Run, who went to the city gate to inquire about the news, happened to meet Xie Ruiyuan and immediately knelt down to salute.
"Meet the King."
"Ah."
Only after Xie Ruiyuan walked away did Yang Run dare to stand up.
"Sir, there are a total of 816 disaster victims at the city gate. 356 of them came from Guangping Prefecture, and the rest are all from Yongkang Prefecture."
Just by hearing the number of refugees, Yang Zhijin knew that the refugee problem was far more serious than he had imagined.
If he heard correctly, Li Mengyue said before that there were only more than 300 victims at the city gate, but only a quarter of an hour later, there were more than 400 more.
It is still unknown how many disaster victims are on the way to Wuning County.
But now is not the time for him to think about these things. The most urgent task is to distribute porridge as soon as possible to help those who are about to die to save their lives.
As for the food problem, his good friend had already told him not to worry about it, so he just had to find a way to resettle the victims.
And he knew very well that since his friend came to Wuning County, it meant that his friend had already taken control of the entire Qingshan Prefecture.
In other words, my good friend is now the top leader of Qingshan, and all officials, big and small, must obey the orders of Prince Chen.
In fact, Yang Zhijin's guess was correct. When Xie Ruiyuan learned that Song Guangqing had made moves on Li Mengyue and had dirty thoughts about Li Mengyue, he wanted to kill Song Guangqing.
After he rescued Li Mengyue from the bandits, he immediately rushed to the provincial capital, took off the official hat of Prefect Song, and took over the power of Prefect Qingshan.
Then he issued an order for all officials to be on high alert and put the resettlement of refugees as the top priority, and then he returned to Wuning County.
When Yang Zhijin led the people from the county government to distribute porridge at the city gate, Xie Ruiyuan caught up with Li Mengyue.
"Don't walk so fast next time."
Li Mengyue noticed who was following her, so she slowed down her pace and walked into Fumanlou, which was owned by the Qian family.
As soon as I entered the restaurant, I was surprised by the lively atmosphere inside.
The whole hall is filled with the rich smell of fireworks and delicious food.
The waiters were busy and orderly moving around the hall, with all kinds of delicious food on the trays in their hands.
"Sir, this is the mapo tofu you ordered."
“Pan-fried tofu is here!”
"Tea tree mushroom stewed with tofu."
“Three servings of tofu and mushroom soup.”
For a moment, the sounds of ordering food, talking, and clinking glasses echoed throughout the hall, forming beautiful songs.
Even so, the appearance of Xie Ruiyuan and Li Mengyue still attracted the attention of countless diners.
There is no way, the men are handsome and the women are pretty, and the combination of handsome men and beautiful women always easily becomes the focus of attention.
Both of them had seen big scenes before, and now they were just being watched by people in the restaurant. They were calm and composed, not affected at all.
Li Mengyue just wanted to have a meal. Probably because she was getting older, her appetite had increased a lot and she was always easily hungry.
That's why I chose to come to the restaurant. Firstly, I could eat some delicious food to comfort my rumbling stomach, and secondly, I could talk to Xie Ruiyuan about food.
"Waiter, please give me a private room."
"Excuse me, sir, the private rooms are full now. Why don't you sit in the lobby first?"
Li Mengyue looked at Xie Ruiyuan, but didn't see any emotion on his face, nor did she know whether he wanted to eat in the hall.
"Gululu!"
The growling sound from her stomach made Li Mengyue feel quite embarrassed.
Just as she was about to say something, Xie Ruiyuan had already raised his foot and walked towards the window seat, and Li Mengyue followed closely.
After the two sat down, the waiter kept bringing out delicious dishes, the tempting aroma stimulated Li Mengyue's taste buds.
Not wanting to put herself in a bad light, Li Mengyue was about to order a few more signature dishes when an acquaintance walked towards the table.
"Sister Mengyue, it's really you. I thought I was seeing things."
"Brother Dongjie, why are you here?"
"My father handed over the Qingshan business to me. I will be here for a long time in the future."
After listening to Qian Dongjie's words, Li Mengyue nodded.
"Sister Mengyue, when you are free, I will send you the earnings from this period."
If Qian Dongjie hadn't mentioned it, Li Mengyue almost forgot that she was still cooperating with the Qian family in the tofu business.
Not to mention anything else, during the time she entered the restaurant, she heard customers ordering a lot of tofu-related dishes.
Seeing that the entire restaurant was packed and there were one or two tofu dishes on each table, Li Mengyue knew that she would earn a lot of money.
"Sister Mengyue, there is a private room upstairs. Why don't you go upstairs to eat? I'll treat you."
Li Mengyue was just about to talk to Qian Dongjie about the roast duck when she suddenly felt a chill all over her body.
Fu Ling was moved. Seeing Xie Ruiyuan's ugly face, she recalled what Xie Ruiyuan once said to her: not to call other men "big brother".