I am cannon fodder, but I can hug thighs

"Is it really possible?" There was a glimmer of hope in Xing'er's eyes.

"Of course, you have to trust your girl." Lin Jin rubbed her head, "Thank you for your hard work. I should have known not to bring you here."

Lin Jin and Liu Zhengqing discussed the drought and the distribution of 10,000 kilograms of grain while eating.

Taiyuan Prefecture was just one of the prefectures in Hedong Road affected by the drought, and there were other counties under Taiyuan Prefecture. Ten thousand kilograms of grain were distributed according to the population of each place, and each place still received little grain.

Lin Jin flipped through the records of grain and water usage during this period. In addition to the disaster relief grain from the imperial court, there was also some grain donated by other wealthy families. She pointed to those families.

These people are different from ordinary people. When Taiyuan Prefecture was hit by a disaster, they could move to other safe places. So the people who remain here are ordinary people who have no money and no stored food.

If these people were still there, Lin Jin would like to discuss with them whether they could exchange water for food, but these people have moved away.

Lin Jin felt like another road was cut off. She put the notebook aside and said, "How is the child I brought back today? I heard he's not even six months old yet. I'm afraid he can only drink rice soup or something."

If we were in the capital, we could still get goat milk and other things to feed them, but here in Taiyuan Prefecture, all the rats have been caught and eaten, and there are not even any cockroaches to be seen. There are no other living things except humans, so where can we find goat milk?

"You don't have to worry about these. It's just a child and he won't eat much." Liu Zhengqing had already asked someone to hand the child over to the nanny who had taken care of other children before.

"That's good. But brother, I just saw that the water usage doesn't match the water storage in the reservoir. There should be a lot of water. How come it is used up so quickly?" Lin Jin just calculated the accounts of grain and water. The amount of grain matched, but the amount in the pool didn't match at all. Even if it evaporated, it couldn't be that two-thirds of it evaporated.

"There are frequent floods in Hedong Province every spring, but there is water shortage in winter. So every year the reservoir is filled in spring and water is taken in winter. But this spring there was very little rain in Hedong Province." Liu Zhengqing began to explain why there was not enough water in the reservoir.

The prefect and the governor here thought that this year was a good year for Hedong Road and they would not be troubled by floods. However, when there was no rain until May and the water level in the river kept receding, they realized that a severe drought was coming.

They thought that it would rain by the end of June like in previous years, so they lied about the number of rain drops and even hid it from Bai He. It was not until the first batch of disaster relief grain arrived from the court in June that Bai He discovered something was wrong and reported the matter.

But even the national treasury could not raise so much food in such a short period of time.

Lin Jin held his forehead with his hand. There are always people in this world who want to be smart. The officials of Taiyuan Prefecture were afraid of being blamed by their superiors, so they lied about the actual number, which resulted in even greater disaster.

"Brother, I want to go outside and take a look." Lin Jin took advantage of the fact that there was nothing else to do and planned to see if there was anything else he could do to help. "Come with me and take a look."

Liu Zhengqing looked at her helplessly, as if asking her why she couldn't just sit still.

Because of the more than 10,000 kilograms of rice and water that Lin Jin brought out, the people in the main city of Taiyuan Prefecture ate more fully today. Although they were still pale and thin, they were not as half-dead as they were during the day. Because there was not enough food before, each person got very little porridge.

I can only guarantee survival, but I can't even fill my stomach.

Lin Jin and Liu Zhengqing were walking on the street. On both sides of the street were many refugees who had fled from other counties. These people had nowhere to live and could only sleep in sheds built on the roadside to provide shelter from the sun.

"Get out, you're the jinx!" a hoarse voice cursed.

Lin Jingang and Liu Zhengqing had just walked to the entrance of an alley when a stone was thrown out from inside, scaring her.

"Ah? Me? Are you talking about me?" Lin Jin pointed at himself with self-doubt, with innocence in his eyes.

As soon as Liu Zhengqing heard the voice, he knew who it was. He didn't say anything. He saw a limping boy walking out of the alley. The boy was thinner than the others. When he saw them, he quickly lowered his head and shrank into a corner.

Lin Jin looked at the young man. There were wounds on his exposed skin, and it was obvious that he had just been beaten.

"What's going on?" Lin Jin looked at the people around him and they seemed to be used to it. It might also be that no one wanted to meddle in this situation.

Liu Zhengqing glanced at the curled-up boy and said, "He's just a fool. Why are you paying attention to him when there are so many people around?"

"I just think that at a time like this, if you're not thinking about how to survive, how can you have the energy to argue? This must be some deep-seated hatred." Lin Jin didn't like to meddle in other people's business, but he became curious because he heard Liu Zhengqing seem to know this person.

Liu Zhengqing couldn't do anything about her, so he had to explain to Lin Jin.

This boy and the woman in the alley are mother and son, but the boy was taken away by mistake when he was young and was brought back a few years later. They were originally a wealthy family and could not bear to part with the child who was taken away by mistake, so they kept them at home and raised them together.

"Uh." Lin Jin didn't expect that there were stories of real and fake young masters being taken away by mistake in ancient times. "Does the family favor one over the other? They only love the adopted son and not the biological son?"

"It's not that I favor one over the other. It's just that the adopted son of their family is so outstanding. But he is not the biological son of this family and has no chance of pursuing a career in politics. He left a few years ago." Liu Zhengqing came here to control the floods three years ago. This is a family of scholars.

"And then?" Lin Jin couldn't help but ask, "Because your adopted son left, you took your anger out on him?"

"No, because a year ago, the adopted son came back and set up a trap to destroy their family. In the end, only the two of them were left alive, so his mother felt that it was all his fault. If she hadn't brought him back that year, this wouldn't have happened later." Liu Zhengqing hummed twice, "What a pity, the adopted son's methods are really powerful."

Lin Jin took a deep breath, if he was taken away by mistake, it meant that the adopted son was the same age as the boy. He was only a few years old a year ago, but he was able to bring down an entire family. He might be the hero or villain of another novel.

"Why do you seem to regret not being able to become friends with each other?" Lin Jin looked at Liu Zhengqing suspiciously. She almost forgot that Liu Zhengqing also had the destructive gene in his body.

"That's true." Liu Zhengqing nodded frankly.

Lin Jin rolled her eyes at him in annoyance, then looked at the young man: "He is actually quite innocent."

"Well, he is innocent, but the people in his family are not innocent. Because his family is really greedy." Liu Zhengqing agreed with him, and then added details, "So who is right and who is wrong, who knows? The adopted son is indeed a bit cold-blooded, but this family is also asking for trouble."

Lin Jin blinked, not quite reacting. It seemed that there was a twist to this matter: "What's his name?"

She was asking the boy curled up over there.

"Yan Wusheng."

When Lin Jin heard the name, she felt a little embarrassed. If this boy was her best friend's later creation, she was now absolutely certain that he was a villain.

Only villains in her boudoir would take naming seriously.

"What do you mean when you say he is a fool?" Lin Jin was curious about what Yan Wusheng had done to make Liu Zhengqing evaluate him like that.

Liu Zhengqing snorted and laughed: "Do you know why he is so hungry that he is just skin and bones?"

Lin Jin glanced at the others. They were all quite thin, but none of them seemed to be as thin as Yan Wusheng. “It can’t be, he…”

Give all your food to that woman in the alley?

"Is he stupid? He has nothing to do with his family's current situation, but he still gives the last of his food to his so-called mother." Liu Zhengqing couldn't understand why. If it were him, he would just kill the man directly.

The people in our memories are much better than those in reality.