Chapter 391 The Belated Hundred Days Banquet (3)

"Dry!"

"Ahh..."

Everyone raised their wine glasses upon seeing this. The little ball in the crib seemed to sense something, kicking his legs and screaming, and from time to time he would grab the little yellow duck scattered nearby and pinch it, making it chirp non-stop. He was so lively and active.

"Little Dumpling, come and say hello to everyone."

Shen Xiangwan stood up and picked up the little dumpling, grabbed one of his hands and waved it to everyone, making him giggle again.

"Don't tease him, or he'll probably get even more noisy!"

Seeing this, Yun Mengyi said helplessly that ever since her son stopped sleeping all day, he could no longer hide his noisy temper. If it weren't for everyone helping her to look after him, she would probably have gotten sick because of him. This child was really too noisy. Now the house would only be a little quiet when he was sleeping.

"Children, it's better if they make some noise."

Holding the little girl in her arms, Shen Xiangwan sat down and lowered her eyes after she finished speaking: "The more noisy it is, the more it proves that our little girl is in good health. It's hard for other children to be so energetic."

"Ahh..."

As if in response to her, the little dumpling cried out twice.

"Just spoil him and see how he will torment you in the future."

Yun Mengyi was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. There were so many people who doted on little Tuanzi, and Wanwan was just one of them.

"I'm willing to let him do it."

As he spoke, Shen Xiangwan took out a little yellow duck and stuffed it into the little Tuanzi's mouth: "Everyone, don't rest. Let's start eating. Today is our little Tuanzi's 100th day banquet. We have to have a lively meal."

"it is good."

Everyone responded in unison, and one after another turned their gazes away from them, picked up their chopsticks and attacked the food on the table. The children sat alone at that table, and the little cub held the juice and said loudly: "Auntie, I want to have a drink with Little Dumpling."

"Hahaha···"

Hearing this, everyone at the tables couldn't help but laugh. Yun Mengyi raised her glass and said, "Thank you, An Ge'er. But Xiao Tuanzi is still young. How about I, the Grandmother, drink a toast with you on his behalf?"

"it is good."

The little cub blinked cutely and was about to get down from the chair. Yun Mengyi quickly stood up and took the initiative to touch his cup: "Cheers?"

"Dry!"

The little cub was very generous. He tilted his head back and drank all the juice in the cup. With the child's advance warm-up, the adults also started to toast each other. Ji Shaohan also accepted everyone's blessings on behalf of his son.

After the meal, those who had drunk a few more glasses went back to rest, while the women who had hardly drunk any alcohol gathered in the main room, chatting while doing needlework, and the topic always revolved around the children.

“Wow…”

"Hey, what happened to our little dumpling?"

The child suddenly cried, and Shen Xiangwan stood up and picked up the little boy from the crib. The little guy had tears in his eyes and was looking at her with a pouty look, as if he was about to cry. "Okay, he wet the bed."

Seeing that his brand new red silk pants were already wet, Shen Xiangwan shook his head helplessly. Without their instructions, Zhou Wushuang immediately went to the kitchen to get hot water. Wu Lixiu also brought out the wooden tub for him to bathe, and Yun Mengyi went back to the room to get him a set of clean clothes.

"Ahh..."

"Pa bang bang..."

After being stripped clean and put into the water, the little dumpling slapped the water surface excitedly, and immediately made Shen Xiangwan wet. However, she was not unhappy at all. After handing him to Yun Mengyi, she picked up a few little yellow ducks from the crib and threw them into the water: "Little dumpling, stop slapping the water, let's play this."

“Chirp…Chirp…”

Seeing the little toy he had just gotten today again, the little ball was having a lot of fun playing with it. Yun Mengyi saw this and quickly washed his little butt.

"Ahh..."

When Yunmeng carried him out of the water, he was still a little reluctant. His eyes were fixed on the other little yellow ducks floating on the water, making everyone present laugh. It would be much more lively at home if they had a child like this.

The small mat on the baby's bed was also wet and needed to be washed and dried. Wu Lixiu quickly replaced it with a clean small mat before putting him back.

"I'm going upstairs to change my clothes."

Shen Xiangwan lowered his eyes to look at the wet clothes sticking to his body, and then he said something casually and turned to leave the main room.

After returning to her room and changing her clothes, she did not go back downstairs directly, but went to the study. Yuan Xiu had gone out for something, and Wei Chengyi was the only one in the study handling government affairs. The moment the study door was pushed open from the outside, he raised his head and looked over, with a faint curve unconsciously appearing on his lips.

"Why did you change your clothes?"

Reaching out his hand to her, Wei Chengyi asked casually.

"It got wet with the little balls."

Sitting down with his hand on hers, Shen Xiangwan briefly told him about the little girl wetting the bed: "What are you busy with?"

“Look at the resettlement of refugees.”

Wei Chengyi picked up a file and handed it to her as he spoke. In just over half a month, they resettled more than 200,000 refugees, not including the situation when some people caused trouble and the refugees were unwilling to go to the three counties. The three counties, which used to be sparsely populated, have gradually become more popular. So far, they have distributed food and cabbage seeds to the resettled refugees, encouraging them to sow quickly and strive to harvest before the cold winter comes.

"We have to provide nearly two months' worth of food for every person we settle. Even if we have more food, it won't be enough for construction."

Looking through the files, Shen Xiangwan frowned. After the second season's bumper grain harvest, they did collect a lot of taxes, plus they confiscated the property of the grain merchants and the harvest from the fields. So they do have a lot of grain now, but there are too many refugees who need to be resettled. From the records in the files, it can be seen that the grain they consume is already an astronomical figure. If they continue like this, they will be dragged down sooner or later.

The reason why Shen Xiangwan came to such a conclusion is that the refugees they have resettled now are all growing cabbages, and even if they are harvested, they cannot fill their stomachs, not to mention that due to weather reasons, the refugees who will be resettled later may not even be able to grow cabbages. These people will have to wait until the first harvest of grain next year before they can be self-sufficient. During these long months, they will all have to rely on them for support. Where can they get so much food to support them?

"Yeah, we're having a headache too."

How could they not think of what Shen Xiangwan could think of?
The problem is that they have no other choice for the time being. They can't stop settling the refugees, let them all pile up outside the city, and watch them starve to death, right?
Wei Chengyi considered himself to be a kind-hearted person, but he could not bear to see the refugees who had suffered so much starve to death one by one.

【End of this chapter】