Liu Yan's face showed all her thoughts, but she still hesitated and asked: "If we really want to record the use of every donation in detail, it would be a lot of work and very troublesome, right?"
"Mrs. Mu, when you become the leader of fundraising, you have to realize that this matter itself is very troublesome, but now that you have started, you must start and finish. Don't find it troublesome." Zhou Shichu took a sip of tea. , glanced at Liu Yan who started to frown, and said coolly.
After hearing this, Liu Yan knew that she had brought this on herself. She opened her bow without an arrow to turn back, so she could only grit her teeth and hold on. Since she has decided to share and relieve her husband's worries, she must persevere no matter how difficult it is. How can she want to give up as soon as difficulties arise? Thinking like this, Liu Yan strengthened her thoughts.
"Thank you, Mrs. Zhou, for reminding me. I will do my best. Now that these refugees have come to our Cuicheng, I can't just watch them fend for themselves," Liu Yan said.
Zhou Shichu was a little impressed with her. It seemed that although Liu Yan was full of ideas about being a good wife, mother and helper, she was not without her merits.
So she said: "Then I will donate five hundred taels of silver. I bought a new house in the past few months and have no savings, so I can only donate so much."
"Five hundred taels is not a small amount." Liu Yan said. Although the distinguished guests at the flower viewing party that day all donated thousands of taels, how could Zhou Shichu compare with those people with big families and big businesses? In fact, she was able to donate five hundred taels, which even Liu Yan found unexpected.
"As long as Mrs. Mu doesn't take too little," Zhou Shichu said, as if thinking of something else, he asked, "How does Mrs. Mu plan to help these refugees? Is it just a matter of giving rice to ordinary people?"
"Isn't disaster relief all about civilians giving porridge? Is there any other way?" Liu Yan asked in confusion.
"It is not a good thing to blindly give porridge to civilians and deny refugees anything to do. It can easily make people lazy. Moreover, when they are full and full of food and drink, they have nothing to do and have nowhere to vent their energy. It can also easily breed trouble and cause conflicts." Zhou Shichu said.
"Then what good idea do you have? Hasn't disaster relief been like this since ancient times? You are overthinking it. If there are really problems with this method, why didn't those knowledgeable people in the past come up with it and find a solution?" Liu Yan said Hui felt that Zhou Shichu was just trying to steal the limelight and was acting nonsense.
When Zhou Shichu saw her disapproving look on her face, he immediately thought about not meddling in other people's business. However, when he thought that Liu Yan had done a good deed after all and that he was staying in Cuicheng again, it was better to deal with these victims properly. It would affect her peaceful life, so Ducai reminded: "Mrs. Mu might as well adopt the method of 'relief for work' and let the refugees work to earn money for food instead of supporting them in vain..."
"Okay, Mrs. Zhou, we will think about it, so I won't worry about this matter for you." Liu Yan, who had successfully pried out five hundred taels of silver from Zhou Shichu, suddenly lost the patience to continue mediating with her. , said goodbye to Zhou Shichu, and left.
Zhou Shichu saw that she didn't take his reminder to heart at all. He smiled and didn't care. He tried his best to remind her. If it still didn't work, he couldn't blame her. Mu Yunchao must have other ways to solve this problem. After all, he is a good managerial talent.
Zhou Shichu returned home Shi Ran.
Liu Yan returned home and learned from the servant that Mu Yunchao was in the study, so she excitedly went to find him with her account book.
"Ms. sir! Are you still worried about the influx of refugees into Cuicheng?" Liu Yan walked up to Mu Yunchao with a bright smile, interrupted his meditation, and asked.
Mu Yunchao rubbed his forehead. When he saw her coming, he twitched his lips and asked, "Yes, there are more and more refugees. I'm afraid something will happen."
"Ms. sir, you don't have to worry about this. Didn't I hold a flower viewing party two days ago? After telling the guests about the refugees, they all cared about our Cuicheng, and everyone was kind and generous. I have donated a lot of money to help refugees, so I want to help you solve your problems!" Liu Yan said with a smile, and handed the account book to Mu Yunchao.
"Look, this is the money and food they donated. We don't have to worry about helping the refugees." Liu Yan said with a proud look. She felt that she had solved a problem for her husband.
Mu Yunchao looked through the account book and saw that he had collected so much money and food. He was really happy and said to Liu Yan happily: "Madam, you are indeed my good wife! I am so lucky to marry you."
When Liu Yan heard his compliments, her pretty face glowed with excitement, and she continued: "My husband is too grateful. I am lucky to be able to marry my husband. By the way, since there are more and more disaster victims in the city, then The disaster relief work cannot be delayed any longer, I will start setting up a porridge tent to give porridge to the victims tomorrow."
"Okay, I can rest assured that Madam will handle this matter. I will leave this matter to you. With Madam's ability, I will definitely not be disappointed." Mu Yunchao said firmly. Liu Yan was a lady before she got married, and she must be good at what she does. Organized, and wasn’t the fundraising done well this time? So Mu Yunchao trusted her and entrusted the disaster relief work to her.
Liu Yan was immediately confident after being affirmed by Mu Yunchao, and she accidentally told Mu Yunchao what Zhou Shichu reminded her at the end as a joke.
"Ms. sir, do you think it's funny? Mrs. Zhou said that it's not a good thing for us to give porridge to the victims. She said that those victims would have the energy to cause trouble if they had enough food and drink. She said that I couldn't give them porridge for free and had to make them work. That's all, and she also said that 'relief for work' is the best way... How could she think of people so despicably? Those refugees managed to escape to us, can't they take a good rest and recuperate? Do you want to maintain your health? Only if you really force them to work will they make trouble, right?"
When Mu Yunchao heard her words, he was stunned. The smile on his face slowly disappeared and was replaced by a serious look. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Mrs. Zhou said in Liu Yan's mouth made sense.
So he took Liu Yan's arm and asked anxiously: "What does Mrs. Zhou mean by 'relief through work'? Can you tell me in more detail what Mrs. Zhou said?"
Liu Yan didn't expect Mu Yunchao to be interested in this, so she quickly shook her head and said, "I just heard her mention a few words, and I don't know how she actually did it..."
Mu Yunchao keenly felt that the "relief for work" mentioned by Mrs. Zhou could truly solve the problem of refugees, so he asked Liu Yan: "Which Mrs. Zhou is Mrs. Zhou? Who is her husband?"
"Mrs. Zhou is the ex-wife of Captain Li Wei, but she and Li Wei divorced. Now she and her sister have opened a food shop. She is the proprietress of your favorite braised food shop." Liu Yan replied quickly , she still didn’t understand why Mu Yunchao became interested in Zhou Shichu after just hearing a few words, but she immediately became nervous, fearing that her husband was not only interested in Zhou Shichu’s words, but also in her.
