in2ebook Chapter 372 Not enough to eat
Chapter 372 Not enough to eat
The next day, Ye Qing visited several workshops and chatted with the people who were temporarily in charge of the workshops, asking them to come to her directly if they had any problems.
When Ye Dalang came back in the evening, he brought accurate information. He helped the village choose the road from Kaoshan Village to Wu'an City.
The head of the village felt relieved after hearing about the place where corvee labor was required. In the past, villagers were afraid of corvee labor because the work was heavy, the food was poor, and the clothes were thin.
Every time after serving labor service, people would become extremely thin and fall ill when they returned.
This time they were close to home, and the food provided by the government office was of poor quality, so they could go and deliver meals every day.
As long as it is not to evade corvee labor, people in the yamen can discuss it.
Early in the morning of that day, those who were scheduled to perform labor service in the village arrived at the door of the meeting hall early.
Ye Dalang had inquired and found out that the road was being built from the village towards Wu'an City.
They stayed not far from the village at night. They didn't bring any luggage and only brought cups for drinking water.
Wait until the afternoon and then ask someone to deliver it.
On the first day, everyone in the village was watching, wanting to see what it was like to perform corvee labor here.
At noon, some children in the village went to play on the official road.
As long as they are not too close to the road construction site, no one will care about them.
When it was time to eat, the people working didn't stop to eat.
The children were very hungry, so they went home to eat, and then went back to watch after eating.
It took me a whole day to figure out the pattern. The management in the government office is very strict and we can only take a break during meals.
There are always people watching over you at other times, so you can't be idle for a moment.
Eating is even more difficult to accept. I have to eat two meals a day, one at around 9 o'clock and another at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
There was no oil in the food, and each person was given two steamed buns, so even those with big appetites couldn’t feel full.
When the news came back, everyone in the village was heartbroken.
It’s so hot, I do so much work, and I still can’t get enough to eat.
Some elderly people in the village are looking for the head of the village. They are willing to pay money to send meals to the children.
The village head was a little hesitant as there had never been such a precedent.
"Village head, if the children don't have enough to eat, their bodies will not be able to bear it. Once their bodies are depleted, it will be too late to regret." The impatient Ye Laoqi wanted to wake up the village head.
The other few people also looked at the head of the village with eager eyes. If he dared not to agree, they would try to throw a tantrum.
The people in the meeting hall were all the older generation in the village. They drove the young people out to prevent them from seeing this rogue side.
The head of the village glared at Ye Laoqi and said, "How old are you? Do you still have any shame? If the kids downstairs saw you, what would you think?"
Ye Laoqi stiffened his neck and refused to accept the result. “We old people don’t care about our children, and yet we expect the people in the government to care about them.”
The village head had no choice but to go and discuss the matter with the people in the government office.
His two sons were also doing labor service. When he heard his great-grandson say that his two sons did not eat much in the afternoon and went to work again, he felt so distressed that he wished he could do it for them.
The few people who came to see the village head were all of the same generation as the village head and had great prestige in the village.
The head of the village sent away a few old brothers and asked someone to call over the leader of the Wang clan.
"Have you heard that children who go to do corvée labor don't have enough food or drink?"
Patriarch Wang was also anxious. "Just tell me what the village head wants you to do. Just make sure the children have good food."
The royal family looked at the head of the village expectantly for a long time, waiting for his order to deliver the meal immediately.
The head of the village looked at his attitude and took him to the place where he was to perform labor service.
When the person in charge of corvée labor came over, the two men discovered that it was their old acquaintance, Zhang Yayi.
The two men looked at each other and thought that it would be easy to become an official if they had connections in the court, so this should be possible.
"Master Zhang, you have worked hard. We are here to see you on behalf of the villagers."
Yayi Zhang spoke to Lizheng Ye in a very good manner, "Lizheng, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly. We are brothers with Ye Dalang. As long as I can do it, I will definitely do it without hesitation."
Ye Lizheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Master Zhang, we are very grateful for your help in repairing the official road, and we also want to do something for the people."
Yayi Zhang became interested and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"We are all ordinary people. We can't help you with big things, but we can still send you some food and improve your food."
Zhang the yamen servant thought for a moment and thought of the child not far away, and realized the purpose of their visit.
Zhang the yamen runner was very happy about it. They didn't like this job either. The time was tight and the workload was heavy. They had to sleep in the open and it was not comfortable anywhere.
Yamen runner Zhang pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Ye Lizheng, to be honest, the money allocated by the yamen for us to come out this time is small, and we don't have money to buy food in the village."
Ye Lizheng waved his hand quickly, "How can we ask for money from you adults? Our village also wants to contribute. We will send it to you after it is ready. But I have a small request, and I don't know if I should tell you."
"You said that as long as we don't violate the orders of the adults, everything can be discussed." The yamen runner Zhang said very understandingly.
"I think you are really hard-working, can we deliver three meals a day?"