Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1332 - 1178: Distributing Porridge (Part 2)

Lin Yi directly ignored it, and didn’t pay them any attention, instead he just pulled out a shovel and kept stirring inside.

Finally, after about half an hour, this big pot of porridge was cooked, and at this moment, the aroma from the boiling rice had already permeated the entire village. This made the group of people looking at the big pot of thick porridge continuously swallow their saliva.

They were even somewhat unable to control themselves, truly wanting to rush forward to quickly taste what this stuff actually tasted like.

After all, to them, rice was simply a novel thing; they had never seen rice before, nor did they know what it was used for. But looking at its pure white appearance, their first reaction was that it could be eaten.

Indeed, in their view, anything that looked decent was edible, including the grass on the ground. Whenever they found a stalk, they would howl it down without hesitation and chew it right away; it was the best kind of food for those children who felt fortunate to be able to eat grass roots and bark.

In response, Lin Yi did not stop them and directly waved to everyone, signaling them to bring back their eating tools.

However, quite quickly, he remembered something, which was what those things they brought were when he asked them to find containers for water.

Thus, Lin Yi quickly called them to stop, telling them not to look anymore.

He was truly afraid that someone would actually bring the chamber pot over for porridge; Lin Yi couldn’t accept that by any means.

Just like that, with a wave of Lin Yi’s hand, a countless number of bowls and chopsticks appeared in everyone’s view, and Lin Yi directly beckoned, indicating everyone to take a bowl and line up for food.

Having learned from the previous experience with water, this group of people had learned how to queue up, and they lined up one after another.

Of course, one thing Lin Yi was quite helpless about was that these people didn’t prioritize respecting elders or loving children when queuing. They wouldn’t let children stand at the front or adults at the front; instead, the queue was completely chaotic, mixed with tall and short, fat and thin, young and old.

Quite a few children were even lined up at the end.

Witnessing this scene, Lin Yi frowned and reprimanded them loudly, instructing all the children to come to the front, then the elderly to the middle, and finally the strong adults at the end.

Though they didn’t understand, as to them it was survival of the fittest; if they weren’t their own children or their own elderly, they wouldn’t care.

But with Lin Yi’s command, they had no choice but to execute it, so soon the queue was reorganized. At that moment, all the children lined up by age at the front, followed by some elderly, then women, and lastly the strong men.

With that, the queue now looked somewhat orderly, and after lining up, the ones at the front being children who had queued for water before, they were quite familiar with the whole process.

Thus, under Lin Yi’s supervision, ladle after ladle of porridge was served into their bowls. At that moment, Lin Yi witnessed just how wild these people were; as the porridge hit the bowl, the children immediately couldn’t resist, opening their mouths and licking towards the porridge bowls.

This really startled Lin Yi, as the porridge was steaming hot right after being served; it would be no less than scalding with hot water.

So, he quickly stopped them, calling out to the children wanting to eat, forcing them to put the bowls on the ground.

Wait until the porridge cooled down and wasn’t scalding before consuming it; the children looked at Lin Yi with pitiful eyes, though they didn’t understand. However, they had to listen, as this subconsciously told them they must heed this person’s words.

Thus, all the children unwillingly placed their bowls on the ground, then lay directly beside the bowls like protective little dogs, waiting for the porridge to cool so they could eat.

They stared eagerly at the porridge, not moving at all.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yi felt both helpless and amused; these children were truly adorable, yet their actions made him momentarily at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Certainly, the elderly’s reaction wasn’t much different from the children’s. Upon receiving the porridge, they instinctively wanted to take a sip, but Lin Yi’s previous warning made them stop, only staring at the porridge in their hands swallowing saliva. The women and strong men were the same, and Lin Yi didn’t attend to them anymore since his orders were given, and they must follow unconditionally.

Regarding this, Lin Yi was still confident; his status here was absolute, what he said was like an imperial decree.

Sure enough, as the last group started to have their food, the children let out excited cries because someone noticed the porridge was now drinkable, no longer scalding.

Following that, they quickly poured the porridge into their mouths, and immediately their eyes lit up, joyously bouncing around, pausing to gobble down the porridge. Soon enough, the bowl was emptied, and afterward, they pitifully glanced at the surrounding folks.

Honestly, one thing worth mentioning is these children licked the bowls clean, not leaving a trace of liquid inside.

Watching this, Lin Yi felt somewhat heartbroken.

All humans, all children, but with totally different fates. While children growing up in Dayou were also quite tough, they wouldn’t be like this.

After the men finished their meals, Lin Yi motioned for the children to line up again, indicating they could receive another bowl of porridge each.

This delighted them greatly, as they dashed over with gleeful squeals surrounding Lin Yi.

Of course, Lin Yi understood their chatter; it was full of gratitude towards Lin Yi and talking about Lin Yi’s kindness.

In short, at this moment in their view, Lin Yi had surpassed their parents.

Very quickly, as the children received their second bowl of porridge, they quickly gobbled it down. By now, after such a long wait, the porridge had cooled down a bit, and the kids couldn’t care less as they began swiftly devouring it. The way they finished the second bowl was exactly like the first, licking each bowl clean, then eagerly looking at Lin Yi. Their gaze clearly told Li Yi that they weren’t full yet, wanting another bowl, but Li Yi didn’t pay them any mind, directly indicating to Yao Yao that they wouldn’t receive any more porridge, after all, they were just a bunch of kids, many only about four or five years old; eating a bowl of porridge was already their limit. After eating two, their bellies were like watermelons; although they wished for more, it was mainly out of greed. Continuing to give them porridge would not be compassion but harm, and there could be the case of them being stuffed sick.

Lin Yi obviously wouldn’t do such a harmful thing with good intentions.

[To be continued...]