He Yunxi looked at the long queue. Everyone was still holding pots or basins in their hands. He understood immediately and said to Liang Jinxi: "Come on down. There should be a queue to receive konjac here. The carriage cannot pass."
"This Luo Zixuan is very fast." Liang Jinxi jumped out of the car, "Let's just walk over."
The two of them walked forward and saw that everyone was in poor condition, with sallow faces and thin eyes, and dull eyes.
"The county magistrate really gives out food? You're not lying to us, are you?" Someone said in a low voice, obviously not believing that such a good thing could happen.
"There have been disasters before, but the government has never distributed food directly. This time it was said that there was something available, but who knows if it is true."
"It should be true. Our county magistrate this time is different from the previous ones."
"The county magistrate this time is really good and has done some things for the people, but I heard that the previous county magistrate emptied the county government office. Now the county government office has no money at all. And now there is so much food.
It’s expensive, what can the county magistrate give us to eat?”
"I still believe in the county magistrate. Since he asked us to come, he must have something for us."
"..."
He Yunxi and Liang Jinxi walked forward and heard many similar conversations. Before getting the things, everyone still had some doubts about this matter.
When I arrived at the county government office, I happened to see several government servants carrying several buckets up, placing them on the table at the government office.
The person in front saw the konjac in the bucket and asked, "Sir, what is this?"
"This is konjac..."
"Konjac? You can't eat this thing, it's poisonous!" someone in the team shouted.
"What?! It's actually konjac?"
"I just said, where is there something to eat now? It turns out to be konjac!"
"If you don't have anything to eat, you will starve to death. If you eat this, you will be poisoned to death. Oh my God, you really want us to die!"
"..."
Luo Zixuan was interrupted as soon as he finished his first sentence. Hearing the people's comments made him feel like he couldn't get a word in.
He took the gong he had prepared prematurely and struck it, which immediately drew the attention of those people back.
"Don't be anxious, let me hear what I have to say first." Luo Zixuan said loudly, "This konjac is indeed poisonous if eaten directly, but this konjac tofu is made like this after being processed, and the toxins in it have been removed.
"
"Master Luo, do you think it's not poisonous if it's not poisonous?" someone asked.
Luo Zixuan was not in a hurry and came to the table: "I had people cook the portion in the basin with water. Now I will prove to you that konjac tofu is not poisonous."
He cut a piece in front of everyone, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice and swallowed it.
"The county government has been eating this konjac tofu for two days, and no one has shown signs of poisoning. As your parent, how could I give you something poisonous to eat?"
After Luo Zixuan finished speaking, the whole scene became heated.
Is this konjac really not poisonous?
Are they going to have something to eat?
Luo Zixuan does not force everyone to believe, "Those who believe now can come directly to get konjac. Those who don't believe can wait and see if there will be any signs of poisoning after using this."
"I believe you, sir!" A man stood up.
He Yunxi recognized that this man had followed Chang Yue to sue the bully for scolding him on the day he bought Luofu.
"I believe you, sir, and I am willing to take the lead in trying the food," the man said.
The yamen servant cut a piece for him and he ate it in public without feeling any discomfort.
With the first person to eat the crab, the following people will accept it faster.
There was an elderly man holding a chipped bowl, and leading a five or six-year-old child beside him. After receiving the konjac tofu, Luo Zixuan took the child and knelt down.
Luo Zixuan reached out to help him: "Old man, what are you doing? Get up quickly."
"Master Luo, thank you Master Luo. If you hadn't provided us with a greenhouse and distributed food, our grandparents would have either starved to death or froze to death. You are our reborn parents!" The old man couldn't get up and had to pull the child.
Kowtowed to him three times.
Luo Zixuan pulled him up: "Old man, I am your parent, and I will not watch you suffer. Today is the first time to receive konjac, so I have to come here. In the following days, food will be provided directly in the greenhouse.
.Everyone, please hold on, the court’s relief supplies are on the way and will arrive soon.”
"Is the imperial court coming to provide disaster relief?" the old man asked.
"Yes, we are almost arriving."
"So, the imperial court has not given up on us?"
"Of course the imperial court will not give up on you. You are all the subjects of the imperial court. The emperor loves the people like his own sons. When he knew that there was a cold disaster here, he immediately sent relief materials."
Luo Zixuan's words made everyone very excited. They knelt down one after another and bowed in the direction of the capital: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Many people even cried uncontrollably.
The joy of crying with joy, the renewed hope of life on his face, and the heartfelt gratitude to the imperial court touched Liang Jinxi's heart.
Sister is right, what the people want is to live. As long as the court allows them to live, they will sincerely thank the court and support the court.
For the first time, he felt that the smiles and tears on the faces of these people made his heart feel indescribable satisfaction and pride.
For the first time, he felt that he liked such a smile and wanted to protect it.
What He Yunxi was thinking was, if everyone was kneeling, should he kneel too? Otherwise, if the emperor found out, would he be punished with a crime of disrespect?
"Master, Yunxi, you are here."
Since everyone was kneeling, they were the only ones standing there. Luo Zixuan immediately saw them and went over to greet them.
Everyone was a little curious as to who it was that Mr. Luo was asked to greet him.
When they saw it was just a peasant woman and a boy, they couldn't understand why Luo Zixuan wanted to greet them.
"Dear fellow villagers, let me introduce to you. This is He Yunxi, wife of the Lu family in Wangjia Village. She invented the konjac tofu you eat and sold it to the county government at a very low price. Because of her, this is possible
Konjac tofu." Luo Zixuan said, "By the way, the kang promoted by our county was also contributed free of charge by her."
"It turns out to be her!"
"No wonder your Excellency has to go and greet you."
"Thank you, Mrs. Lu!"
"Mrs. Lu, thank you!"
"Thank you, Mrs. Lu, if it weren't for the kang, we would have frozen to death before."
Some people kowtowed to He Yunxi.
He Yunxi was startled and didn't know why Luo Zixuan suddenly pushed her out. She felt a little embarrassed when she thought that she had received money for her konjac.