Villain, be good! I'm here to give birth to a baby [Quick Wear]

Yang Li frowned and retorted: "What nonsense are you talking about..."

[You should know better than me whether I am talking nonsense or not. ]

Because Lin Qingyan remembered her original intention under his reminder, and naturally thought of the scene when she first saw Yang Li in her previous life.

At that time, Yang Li was dressed simply, and I subconsciously thought that he was not of high status. Later, because he helped me, I went to inquire about this person.

Why would a truly evil person wear simple cloth clothes every day?

Is it for the sake of gaining a good reputation?

Obviously, what Yang Li did had nothing to do with this. If he cared about his reputation at all, he wouldn't be so notorious now.

Then the truth came to light: Yang Li had no money, really no money.

[If you really have money, why don't you spend it on yourself? You have always loved cleanliness, but you only wear gray and black clothes that are not easy to see dirty. I rarely see you change into new clothes. Even on New Year's Eve, you wore old clothes. The only valuable thing you have is that black crane cloak. You have been wearing it for many years, right?]

[If you really embezzled the disaster relief funds, how come you are still so broke? ]

[More than that, you——]

"That's enough, let's eat some noodles."

Yang Li interrupted her, lowered his head, picked up the noodles and started eating without even looking at her.

His behavior also made it impossible for Lin Qingyan to continue speaking. She was mute and could only use sign language. When the other party didn't want to listen to her, she couldn't open her mouth and continue speaking to the other party.

So she could only eat noodles first.

The guests coming and going had no idea what Lin Qingyan was gesturing, so naturally they couldn't tell from Yang Li's words what the two of them were talking about.

I just felt that Yang Li had a bad temper and he was so mean to a mute girl for no reason.

The two sat opposite each other, eating the noodles in their bowls in silence.

Lin Qingyan couldn't understand what Yang Li was thinking. His gray eyes were always hazy, like a layer of fog covering them, making it impossible to see what he was really thinking.

After finishing the noodles, Lin Qingyan was about to pay, but was stopped by Yang Li, who counted out a dozen copper coins from his purse to pay.

The purse was very clean, washed till it looked bleached, and looked deflated, with the coins counted out one by one.

After taking out the dozen or so copper coins, the purse looked empty and light, and I wondered if there were still any copper coins inside.

Lin Qingyan silently put her bulging purse back into her sleeve. Inside was small change that Yang Li had given her before.

After paying, Yang Li looked at her and said, "Let's go."

Lin Qingyan nodded and gestured: [Actually, I can also make longevity noodles. Lord Yang Li, would you like to try it? ]

"No, what you make is inedible."

Yang Li rejected her. Thinking of the last time he fainted after eating the plum blossom pastry she made, he didn't dare to eat anything she made anymore.

【Oh well. 】

Lin Qingyan felt a little lost.

The rain outside had stopped, so the two of them didn't need to go back with an umbrella and could just walk back. There were not many people on the street, but there were more and more people begging for money on the roadside.

Lin Qingyan thought of what the shopkeeper said. There were indeed many poor people in Yezhou, and it was difficult for them to even support themselves.

Relying solely on the court's repeated disaster relief grain cannot solve the fundamental problem. Instead, it will cause the national treasury to be depleted. However, it is also difficult to solve the fundamental problem.

Natural disasters are more difficult to resolve than man-made disasters, unless all the people in this place leave. But if people who grew up on this land leave their homeland and go to other places, it is easy to cause trouble...

In fact, there are fewer people in Yezhou now, and various disturbances often occur in the surrounding areas...

"Natural disasters frequently occur in Yezhou. Instead of always thinking about how to arrange for the people to escape from here, it is better to think more about how to let these people deal with the arrival of natural disasters instead of just waiting to be caught."

"It is not a good idea to let them wander around. Their homeland is full of disasters, but at least they have a place to live."

Yang Li knew what she was thinking as she looked at those poor people, so she took the initiative to speak to her.

"It's just that natural disasters and man-made disasters happen all the time now, and they often take a long time to pass. We can't stop natural disasters, but we can only reduce man-made disasters as much as possible, so that those living in misery can help each other instead of fighting and robbing and being selfish..."

"But it's difficult. Most people are selfish. Especially when faced with danger, most of them will try their best to protect themselves. Even if they have enough food, they are unwilling to give out a grain of rice."

"Do you know what happened during the last snowstorm?"

Lin Qingyan shook her head.

But she had a feeling it wouldn't be a good thing.

Yang Li walked and said, "The snowstorm caused some people to freeze to death that winter because they had no warm clothing. The things sent by the court were limited and could not save so many people. There were always poor people who could not get warm clothing for disaster relief and shivered waiting for death."

"But among so many people, there are always one or two kind-hearted people who stand up and donate their extra and unnecessary clothes. Among them, one person donated the most."

"But guess what happened in the end?"

Lin Qingyan continued to shake her head.

She still had a feeling that something bad was going to happen.

"He froze to death that winter."

"Because he donated all the clothes that he didn't need at home, he didn't expect that some people would think he was a rich man and steal from his house, stealing all the valuables, even the clothes he needed to wear. Little did they know that he was not a rich man at all, but just a kind-hearted person..."

"Overnight, he became a refugee in need of help. The people called on King Liang, who came to provide disaster relief, to help, but no one dared to come forward and give him a warm winter coat."

"By that time, the relief money we brought had already been used up. Otherwise, we wouldn't have called on the people to donate. It was also impossible to wait for the court to distribute relief supplies again. There was no money left in the treasury."

"So he had no choice but to freeze to death that winter."

Lin Qingyan was surprised. She asked: [Then no one will save him? Just provide him with a place to eat and live. He is just an ordinary person. It shouldn't cost much for food and accommodation, right? ]

Yang Li smiled and said indifferently, "He was indeed an ordinary person, so I didn't know that such a person froze to death until the news of his death spread."