Chapter 2574: 2574: Corn Grits Rice
Chapter 2574: Chapter 2574: Corn Grits Rice
“When you get in, if the official asks you, just say that the government guards caught a few pheasants, don’t say they only caught one,” he instructed.
“But… Sir, aren’t you teaching me to lie? How could I dare?” The servant was troubled, clearly only one pheasant was caught, not several.
“The government guards don’t have the skill to catch several pheasants either. Around these hills and fields, where are there still any game?”
“What do you know?”
The Attendant gave the servant a sideways glance.
“The official doesn’t often go out, how would he know if there are pheasants in the mountains? Just say what I told you to.”
Our official, he always thinks of others when eating. If you say they only caught one pheasant, he definitely would give his bowl of chicken soup to others and wouldn’t drink it himself.
Only when there are more pheasants would he be willing to drink a mouthful himself.
“Go on, don’t slip up. If anything happens, I’ll handle it.”
“Well, okay then.”
Seeing the Attendant say this, the servant could only reluctantly agree.
Carrying the food into the room, he was the Attendant beside Mr. Sheng, and he had just come to Guangye City for less than two years, never encountered a drought before, this was also the first time.
And such a meal, it’s the first time seeing it too. Previously, when did the official not eat white rice? Even if it wasn’t mountain delicacies and seafood every day, it wouldn’t come to this.
“Sir, time to eat.”
The Attendant heard the voice coming from the room and also went to work, but before doing so, he first headed to the kitchen to get something to eat; he couldn’t work on an empty stomach.
Looking up at the scorching sun above, he sighed softly.
With this weather, even having porridge was impossible because there wasn’t enough water to cook it, yet if you only made rice, there wouldn’t be enough grain for everyone.
It’s really too hard!
…
“Corn grits meal, this magistrate really can endure hardship.”
An Jiuyue handed the three kids to Qian Jiyun and took a turn in the kitchen. Seeing the corn grits meal, she chuckled.
Enduring hardships with the people, this magistrate is doing quite well. In the future, he is bound to have prospects, provided he serves a wise ruler.
“This water vat…”
She mumbled while removing the lid from the water vat, seeing the bottom of the vat with barely any water, probably not even enough to make dinner.
With a sleight of hand, she drew some water from the space and filled the vat.
Then she turned her head, looking at the wild vegetables in the basket beside her. It seemed to be food for dinner, but… it hadn’t been washed at all.
“Could it be they haven’t washed any of the veggies before frying?” she couldn’t help but suspect.
Thinking about it, it seemed entirely possible. After all, Guangye City was severely short of water, there wasn’t even enough for people to drink, let alone to wash vegetables.
Shaking her head, she noticed a pile of bamboo baskets on the side, many stacked together, empty. She walked over, placed them on the ground, and filled each basket with vegetables and Jade Spirit Fruit.
“If one doesn’t eat well, how can they have the mood to work? They need to eat better, right?”
Seeing several bamboo baskets filled to the brim under her hands, she felt satisfied. She also noticed two empty water vats, already moved to a corner, with lids on.
She opened the lids and filled the vats with water.
“This should just about do it, enough to last the Government Office a few days, right?”
“Who are you?”
Just as she was looking at the items before her, nodding in satisfaction, she heard a cold voice from behind her.