Chapter 218
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Chapter 218: Price Hike
Jin Shiwei gave Hu Feng a bad look and said: “What is it to you? This is what Bai Zhi brought for me . ”
Meng Nan also came over and grabbed the food box in Jin Shiwei’s hands: “Obviously, this is for me, so what do you think you’re doing?”
Jin Shiwei anxiously said: “It is for us, you cannot eat it alone . ”
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Meng Nan scornfully replied: “Why I can’t eat this alone? I haven’t eaten two meals today, right? Can you eat only one meal?”
Jin Shiwei said: “I haven’t eaten today . I am hungry . Don’t be too selfish . ”
Bai Zhi was really speechless to these two living creatures . There were also other people in the government office . But, they were acting like children just because of food .
”Alright, there’s plenty, it’s enough for the two of you to eat . Let’s go inside . ” Bai Zhi said and pushed Meng Nan and Jin Shiwei to get inside .
Bai Zhi originally came for follow up check up, but she ended up waiting for the two to finish eating… …
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The food box was not big, but it was filled with foods . A plate of fried dumplings and six pieces of egg pancakes .
After Meng Nan and Jin Shiwei tasted the fried dumpling, they couldn’t stop . They wanted to ask what it was, but they didn’t want to stop filling their mouths . If they stop, one of them will eat more portion than the other . If one of them lose a piece, they might end up fighting each other .
Meng Nan burped while sitting on his chair, but his hands were still holding two egg pancakes: “These are mine . I can’t eat now, I’m full . I will eat this in the afternoon . Don’t try to rob these . ”
Jin Shiwei’s hand was empty, he failed to grab one . What will he eat in the afternoon? He really made a big mistake!
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Bai Zhi said: “It’s not good to each too much, it is bad for your body . ”
Jin Shiwei swallowed the last bite in his mouth and sighed: “Zhi’er, since we ate the meal you cooked 5 days ago . We had no choice but to eat the meals here . We couldn’t eat much . Every day we pray for the day to pass by fast . We were really looking forward to eating your foods . ”
Bai Zhi doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Didn’t I say that, if you want to the dishes I made, you can go to Huangtou Village and look for me? Why did you just wait here all those days?”
Jin Shiwei replied: “Zhi’er, you don’t understand, we want to go there every day, but recently a large number of refugees came into the town . Every day, there are big riots . Gongzi has no time to stay idle . He only had free time today because he pretended to be sick . Otherwise, Gu Daren will once again push this case to gongzi . ”
Hu Feng shook his head full of disdain: “Since your accepting your salary as a government official, it is your duty to handle this case . But instead, you pretended to be sick, aren’t you even ashamed of yourself?”
Meng Nan put down the teacup and waved his hand at Hu Feng: “You shouldn’t say that . I am only a local magistrate . I am not a country’s magistrate . This is not part of my job . I only handled it before because he left Qingyuan Town . But now that he’s back, he should handle this case . Besides, this case is very complicated . I’m not in the right position to make a judgment . He should be the one to handle this muddy water . ”
Bai Zhi also opened her mouth and said: “I don’t understand much politics, but I think you and the other officials should also handle this case . ”
Meng Nan asked with a curious face: “Why?”
Bai Zhi answered: “The refugees haven’t entered the town before, but the rice shop started increasing the price of rice . Now that a large number of refugees came, the price of rice kept increasing . I heard that for 1 silver coin, you can only now buy a bucket of rice . This situation is simply sucking the blood of ordinary people . If this thing continues, I don’t know how many poor people will die from starvation . ”