0p0 Chapter 613: Don’t Eat, Then Starve
Chapter 613: Don’t Eat, Then Starve
Cooking food and drinks for us has exhausted us recently.
Let me take this opportunity to reward everyone with some gifts of gratitude.
As for the clothes and things you use, sell them all and exchange them for silver to build roads in the area."
Shen Ruyi decided the destination of these supplies in just a few words.
She likes free things. She feels that it would be a waste not to eat them, and it would be a waste not to use them. They are free anyway.
"Yes."
After everything was settled, the young man, whose house had collapsed, could only curse Shen Ruyi in his heart.
The young master, who was still alive and powerful in the family, had already decided to file a complaint with his family.
The King of Donghai is a real bandit. I have never seen such a dishonest person.
It is said that taking other people's money can help them avoid disasters, but they found that not only the supplies and money they brought were gone.
Not only did they not eliminate any disaster, but people also didn't treat them as human beings.
This is simply too much of a bully. I can't live like this anymore.
I always feel that the days ahead will not be easy.
The people on Shen Ruyi's side didn't care about this. They just took care of sorting out the supplies, including food, drinks, clothes and daily necessities.
There are also large-denomination silver notes, which makes it even more complicated.
All I can say is that the life of wealthy families is unimaginable to ordinary people.
This is just a good deal for Shen Ruyi.
Shen Ruyi doesn't care about that. Once something is in her hands, it should be under her control.
In the evening, everyone improved their lives.
Yiren and Mr. Huang were very happy. They could finally change their taste and have a feast. They had been feeling tasteless in their mouths lately.
The things these people brought were all good and tasted great.
Everyone was very satisfied with the meal and thought to themselves that he was indeed the most popular boy in the family, and the food he ate was just delicious.
When Huang and Lu learned that these things were brought by the new young masters and were directly confiscated by the King of Donghai, they almost choked.
Can this still be done?
When it comes to courage, it has to be you.
So the food tasted even better, because all these things came from royal palaces and aristocratic families.
The taste instantly feels richer and more delicious.
In sharp contrast to Shen Ruyi's side is the inn.
Their dinner was wild vegetable soup and wild vegetable meatballs, nothing else.
In the words of the inn manager, it is used to cleanse everyone's intestines and to let everyone experience the real life of ordinary people.
How can you be a good official if you don’t get in touch with the real grassroots?
Some people were so angry that they kicked over the dishes on the spot.
The person in charge did not change his expression as he asked someone to pick up the vegetable meatballs that had rolled to the side and took the bowl and chopsticks away.
Said: "Since you don't want to eat, just starve. You have no dinner tonight."
The others were about to get angry, but when they saw this, they immediately stopped talking and calmed down.
He picked up the bowl very reluctantly and drank the vegetable soup that even their dog wouldn't eat.
They didn't want to accept their fate, but they had to eat.
They had been starving all the way here and were ravenous.
There are no snacks to eat during this process.
I had originally planned to have a good meal at a restaurant after entering the city to nourish my internal organs, but I didn't find the opportunity.
As soon as I entered the city, I was taken here and guarded, and I could never leave.
These people were extremely aggrieved, and their defenses were broken again when they heard that there was no hot water for them to take a bath.
Some people even started crying and holding their heads in their hands. They felt so wronged and wanted to go home. They had never suffered such humiliation and pain since they were young.
The more I think about it, the sadder I get.
This emotion seemed to be contagious, and soon there were more people squatting on the side and quietly wiping their tears.
At this point, no one cared whether crying was shameful or not, they just wanted to vent their emotions.
I no longer had the mood to laugh at or make fun of others, and I was immersed in my own sadness for a long time.
Unfortunately, here, no one cares about their mood.
Emotions are the least important thing here.
In the end, these people all lay down in their clothes, crying secretly, because the location of this inn was too bad and the quilts and beds were not clean.
They simply can't sleep properly undressed.
They spent the night like this, but the next morning they were awakened by the ringing of a phone.
Ask them to wash up, have breakfast and start working?
As soon as I heard the word "go to work", my confused head instantly became clear and I couldn't fall asleep anymore.
He quickly got out of bed and surrounded the person in charge, asking, "What does it mean to go to work?"
"Going to work means working. Our prince said that he doesn't keep idle people under his command.
You have to work to eat, otherwise you will starve."
Someone said: "But we didn't eat for nothing, we all brought a lot of money with us.
The King of Donghai confiscated so much of our supplies and silver, shouldn't he provide us with food?
If you don't provide food, can you please return our money to us?" This is too unreasonable.
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, these are two different matters. The final right of interpretation of all matters belongs to our prince.
I am just a handyman and cannot make decisions for our prince. We should just do as the prince asks.
If you have any objections, you can raise them after you meet the prince in person. It’s useless to tell me. I have limited power and cannot take care of so many things.
I only know that I have to organize you to work and provide you with food when the time comes. I don’t care about anything else.”
Everyone became even angrier after hearing this. This was like talking at cross purposes.
Some people lay back on their beds to protest the King of Donghai's decision.
But the person in charge spoke again, "The King of the East Sea said that if we are short of one day's work, we won't have to prepare food for you for three days. If we are short of half a day's work, we can starve you for a whole day.
You decide how to choose, and I will implement it according to the regulations.
As for wanting to run out and get food, it's impossible because there are people guarding outside, which means you can't escape."
Now, those who wanted to lie down and protest could no longer sleep and got up obediently.
The man who broke the bowl yesterday was so hungry that he could only drink cold water in the middle of the night and did not sleep all night.
They dared not risk their bodies and minds against the cruelty of the King of the East Sea.
That person is very cruel, even a little bit inhuman.
So these people drank the not-so-filling vegetable soup obediently with shamefaced expressions and followed the person in charge to work.
Then we arrived at the construction site.
"What? We're supposed to move this? Is this something we can do?"
"Are you sure this is what we're going to do?"
"Yes, gentlemen, I am absolutely sure that this is what you will be doing in the coming days.
Let's get started. The more you work, the more food you get. The less you work, the less food you get. Whether you will go hungry in the future depends on how hard you work."