Chapter 71 Why does it look familiar?

To Yunzhen, it was just a handful of broken rice and dried vegetables, but to the little human, it was life-saving food for a family of four for several months.

During the great famine in recent years, countless people starved to death at home or on the road.

The villagers present, the city dwellers watching the excitement, and the security guards who were woken up in the middle of the night, who among them was not tightening their belts to make ends meet?

The daily meals were basically just water to fill their stomachs, and everyone was starving and skinny.

No matter how well-off your family is, you cannot eat and drink as much as you want, and you cannot buy food whether you have money or not.

At this moment, everyone's eyes sparkled when they saw the white rice on the oil paper.

Compared with food and clothing, personal connections and face are insignificant, and no one speaks for Ermazi anymore.

Even Lu Xun, who had seen a lot of the world, was shocked and said quickly:

"It is our duty to punish evildoers and eliminate evil. It is not reasonable to do things after receiving benefits. Please take the things back. We cannot take even a single needle or thread from the people."

Behind him, many colleagues were looking forward to it, thinking that they would get some unexpected surprises from working in the middle of the night.

When they heard the captain take the lead in refusing, everyone's faces fell.

Yun Zhen admired his noble character in his heart, but on his face he still maintained the dignity of a mountain god.

"I am not a member of the masses. Just accept whatever I give you. Don't feel any psychological burden."

"And there are conditions for getting food. If you don't complete the task well, you won't get a single grain of rice."

"Even if you don't want it, don't your colleagues and villagers behind you want it? Famine is hard, and human life is the most important. It's better to accept the help of the mountain god than to starve to death, don't you think?"

The old village chief beside him was excited when he heard this: "We have a share too?! Can we get food too?"

He thought this was a reward for the security guard and was extremely envious.

Now hearing the word "villager", he suddenly perked up.

Yunzhen put forward his own suggestions:

"There are only 20 security guards, but there are 31 thieves, and there are 10 victims to be accommodated. There is a serious shortage of manpower."

"Whether you are from Qingshan Village or someone who came from the county town to join in the fun, as long as you assist the security guards and take these human traffickers back to the county town for trial, help resolve any obstacles that stand in your way, and actively report any that slip through the net, I will give each of you three months' worth of food once these human traffickers are executed."

"The specific list will be compiled by the security guards. What do you think?"

After hearing this, the old village chief immediately made a decision: "We think this is great! We will do whatever you ask us to do. Can those who didn't come today join us? As long as we help, we can get food."

You can get relief food just by running some errands, it's like pie in the sky!

He and his eldest son were the only ones who came here from home, and now he wants to fight for his wife and children and grandchildren as well.

Besides, all the villagers in the village were hungry, and there were only 40-something people going up the mountain. It would be better if he could take care of the whole village, so he wouldn't have to eat alone with guilt.

Yun Zhen saw that they were really pitiful and wanted to help them, so he said:

"Those who didn't come can also participate. I will divide the food into two batches. One batch will be given to the village, and the village chief will distribute it according to work; the other batch will be given to the police station, and Captain Lu will distribute it. There will only be more, no shortage, so you can rest assured and do your job."

She took out a piece of oil paper and put some broken rice and dehydrated vegetables in it.

"These are for those who are here tonight and help. You can get them after completing the task of escorting the prisoners."

"There are exactly two copies. One for the police station and one for everyone else."

It's true that the early bird catches the worm!

Get up at one in the morning to join in the fun, and there will be plenty of free food to eat!

Everyone present was excited and gathered around the security guard, cheering.

"Captain Lu, please assign us tasks, and we will definitely obey you."

"I will beat anyone who dares to obstruct law enforcement! I will definitely take this relief food!"

Even Ermaizi's mother, who had been crying and wailing just now, left her son and ran over.

"And me! As long as you give me food, I can kill my relatives for the sake of justice!"

Compared to food, what is a son?

There are many people who are so hungry that they sell their children. Her bastard son has never brought back so much food.

Mountain gods are good, mountain gods are wonderful. A mountain god who can catch bad guys and give food for free is even more awesome!

Seeing the boiling emotions of the crowd, Lu Xun had no choice but to compromise and began to arrange the transfer of the criminals with a helpless look on his face.

This mountain god is so powerful, he is proficient in coercion and inducement.

With a batch of grain, they won the hearts of the people. Who would hinder them from handling the case?

Even if the traffickers really had protectors in the county, they would have to bow down in front of the most precious grain!

The security guard led the villagers and took away the traffickers and the abducted people.

The mountain suddenly became deserted, with only Yun Ermei, the young man and the old village chief left.

Yun Ermei was very interested in the huge candle lamps and asked, "Can you give me one of these? I can exchange other things with you, such as wild duck eggs, fresh herbs, and firewood for cooking."

In fact, she also secretly hid a Yuan Datou coin she had picked up, but she couldn't say it because there were outsiders present.

If the mountain god is willing to exchange, she can just take out the Yuan Datou banknote.

Yun Zhen raised his eyebrows, picked up the candle and blew it out. After taking back the bottle cap, he left all the white candles behind.

"I'll give you whatever you want. No need to exchange. These things are useless to me."

Of course, the bottle cap cannot be given, as it is an epoch-making and illegal product.

If it hadn't been dark and the scene wasn't chaotic, the system wouldn't have allowed her to enter.

Since there was no one around at the moment, pop-up warnings kept coming, asking her to recycle the bottle caps as soon as possible.

Yun Ermei was very surprised when she heard this, and after thanking him, she tried to pick up the candle.

These candles are about the size of a water tank for small humans.

The solid wax block was too heavy for a malnourished 15-year-old girl to hold.

Yun Ermei wanted to take the big candles back and melt them down again to make smaller candles, just like those sold in the supply and marketing cooperative.

After it's done, you can secretly take it to the underground market to exchange it for money, and then buy something to fill your hungry stomach.

She grew too fast and was undernourished, and she often felt bone pain at night.

The old doctor in the village said that he would be fine if he just ate enough, but where could he find enough food in this famine?

The handsome young man also wanted to help, but he was too weak to do so.

The two men discussed finding a cart to transport the goods, and slowly deliver them to the foot of the mountain bit by bit.

The old village chief was jealous, rubbed his hands and asked shyly: "Can you give me one of these candles? I have a bullock cart and can help carry it down the mountain."

Yun Ermei nodded quickly: "I can't use up all of this, so feel free to take whatever you want, the mountain god doesn't want it anyway."

There were a total of eight large candles on the mountain, and several people discussed the distribution plan.

Yun Ermei took 3, the old village chief took 3, and the remaining two were divided among the old man and old woman from the two families.

There was no lighting equipment in the village, and people were reluctant to even light oil lamps at night.

Whether these candles are used to make money or for personal use, they are considered a windfall.

The group went down the mountain satisfied.

Yunzhen also prepared to wash up and go to bed.

Before leaving, he opened the system's call list and checked it out of curiosity. He found that the young man who had been with Yun Ermei was named Xu Changhe.

"Why do you look familiar? I think I've seen you somewhere before."

Yunzhen muttered something and walked out, not taking the matter to heart.