Splendid Pastoral Wife

Chapter 178
"No hurry, let's find out the details of the situation here first, and then call them to discuss a solution."

"You know? How do you know?" Tian Liusu asked him in surprise.

"When we entered the city, didn't the magistrate Sun Mingyu lead the officials out of the city to greet us?" He said slowly.

"Yeah, he is very respectful and polite, at least he didn't give you a blow."

"Just because he doesn't dare." There was a sense of arrogance in Yunluo's words.

"There are two rows of people standing behind Sun Mingyu. They are all officials under the rule of Longcheng, but at the end there are a few merchants wearing coarse clothes in the queue." After he finished speaking, he did not wait for Tian Liusu to ask questions. He opened his mouth again.

"What does this mean? It's normal for big merchants to come to greet you?" After Tian Liusu asked, she felt that Yun Luo's words were wrong. After a while, she turned her head and looked at him and said, "You mean the coarse clothes they wear? "

"Yes, they are all well-known wealthy families, merchants and celebrities in Longcheng. Why would they wear such clothes when they go out of the city to meet the imperial envoy?" Yun Luo frowned after speaking.

"What's wrong with the clothes? Maybe they put on the clothes because of the disaster."

"No, they changed the clothes on purpose and waited for me to question them. They must be thinking that I would be furious when I saw those people wearing those clothes to greet me, so they dressed like that on purpose. Let me raise this matter in front of them, after all, it is not a small mistake for them to greet the imperial envoys in coarse clothes."

"Then why didn't you ask?" Tian Liusu seemed to be able to turn around slowly.

"If I ask, those people will complain in front of the people at the gate of the city, saying how difficult they are. Then if I need to collect money or food from the big family, they will use this as an excuse, so I deliberately didn't ask them, went directly into the city, and deliberately left them to dry, let's find out the details by ourselves first."

"How do you understand?"

"WeChat private visit."

"Private visits in microservices?" Tian Liusu instantly remembered the scenes of emperors or princes private visits in microservices to punish corrupt officials and all kinds of love affairs that he saw on TV in his previous life.
"What are you thinking about?" Yunluo couldn't help being a little funny when she saw that her mind was wandering again. She was always like this, and people could think of other things when they said a word.

"Oh, I remembered something from the past."

"Today is over, let's go to bed early, these are the clothes I asked Qingli to buy, let's go out tomorrow morning to take a look at this long city."

Yunluo said as he handed Tian Liusu a coarse cloth shirt worn by ordinary farmers. Tian Liusu took the clothes and looked at them, and saw that although the clothes were only coarse cloth clothes, they were exquisitely crafted and densely stitched. Luo's pickiness was a little speechless. Is this to pretend to be a farmer and a farmer's wife?Although this dress is made of coarse cloth, it still doesn't look like a real peasant woman after wearing it.

Early the next morning, the two children ran over to her room fully dressed. These days they gradually got used to sleeping by themselves, and they no longer slept with her every day. She saw that the two children were also dressed Ordinary clothes, who were rushing towards her happily and full of expectation, saw that she hadn't packed them up yet, so she couldn't help urging her.

"Mother, get dressed quickly, Uncle Shizi said he would take us to play." Lele tugged at the skirt of her clothes in a childish voice and acted like a baby.

"Well, has he told you already?"

"Yes, mother, hurry up." An An also urged.

When Tian Liusu heard the words, she asked Xueling to comb her hair recently. There were maids sent by Sun Mingyu to serve her in the inn, but Tian Liusu only let them serve outside, and were not allowed to enter the inner room, so as to prevent her conversation with Yunluo from being stolen by them. Listen to it.

After some preparations to clean up, Yunluo also came. He changed into farmer-like clothes today, and he became more down-to-earth. His arrogant and cold expression was gone, and he looked like a poor scholar who read at night with a lamp on.

The four of them sneaked out from the back door of the post house, leaving Mo Li and Xue Ling to stay in the post house, so that if something happens, they can deal with it immediately.

Recently, the weather has warmed up, the spring is hot, and spring is already here. Long City has been affected by the disaster, and the streets are sparsely populated. There are few shops in front of the shops. There are many beggars in the city. Many people wear tattered clothes and walk along the street with a broken bowl in their hands. Begging is probably the reason why the people in Long City are rich. Most of the small vendors are kind-hearted. When they see some children and old people begging, most of them will give them a hot steamed bun or hot sesame cake to satisfy their hunger.

"Mother, those children are so pitiful, they are about the same as we used to be." An An saw a little girl about three or four years old covered in rags and barely covered her body, she was standing at a stall selling steamed stuffed buns Looking eagerly at the steaming steamed stuffed buns, he drooled, but he didn't dare to ask for them.

Tian Liusu also saw the child, and couldn't help but feel distressed. Seeing the child, An An must have thought of the days when they didn't have enough food and clothing, right?

"How about, let's have some breakfast here." Tian Liusu and the others didn't have breakfast when they went out, and Yunluo also said that he would take them to a restaurant to eat.

Yunluo frowned, how do you eat the food in this place?When he was thinking about whether to go or not, Lele had already grabbed An An and ran to the booth and sat down.

Tian Liusu shook his head helplessly, and pulled Yunluo there.

After the few people were seated, the stall owner hurriedly came up to greet them. They ordered two large plates of egg drop soup and large steamed stuffed buns with meat and vegetarian fillings. It was rare for the stall owner to meet such a generous customer, and he immediately agreed to serve attentively with a smile on his face.

After a while, Bai Shengsheng's steaming buns were brought up. The child was so frightened to run away when he saw them, but he didn't want Lele to pick up a bun and walk towards her without saying a word.

"Sister, I'll eat it for you." Lele didn't dislike the little girl's dirty hands. He took out the silk handkerchief he carried with him and wiped her hands, then put the buns in her hands.

"Thank you brother." The little girl was actually very polite and spoke clearly.

"Sister, here is the soup, you have a sip." Lele saw the little girl talking to him, felt happy immediately, and ran over to let Tian Liusu pour half of the egg drop soup to her.

The little girl smiled at him, and took it with her without hesitation, and began to drink while eating.

Pain flashed in Tian Liusu's eyes as he watched this scene. The people who suffered disasters since ancient times are the common people. For the officials, it doesn't have a big impact. They still have to eat and drink. Their level-by-level corruption is in their own pockets, how many of them will really think about the common people?
The child must have been hungry for a few days. Xili Hulu ate up a big bun and half a bowl of egg drop soup in a short time. After eating, he stuck out his tongue and licked the bowl, and then looked at Lele again. .

(End of this chapter)