Chapter Seventy-One: Seeing the Truth in Adversity
Jue Luo's family naturally knew that the girl's family did not have a rich dowry, and how difficult life would be, seeing that Rong Yue was so resolute, he was really worried about Rong Yue in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "In this case, the porridge shed is also counted as my share, and it comes from my dowry alone." ”
"Don't worry, I know it all." Seeing that her younger brother and sister looked worried, Rong Yue was sincerely grateful, held her hand and said: "I can still support it now, if you have the heart, you must also issue a name, and the mouth of the province will be spoken." After that, he said as if laughing at himself: "The few account rooms that were originally saved by the porridge will come in handy now." ”
The whole house passed on ten to hundred, and everyone knew that Rong Yue was forced by the Pattaya clan step by step, and saw Rong Yue concentrating on the porridge shack and buying food and medicinal materials, without frowning, they were all very respectful, and none of them were unsatisfied.
Rong Yue once heard that there is a porridge shed and porridge is not much better than water, so Cheng Pei carefully instructed him to go down, as long as there are people, they will give porridge, and they must insert chopsticks to prevent them from falling.
Cheng Pei is grateful to Dade, naturally meticulous and proper, and sometimes lives in a porridge shed for several days.
The earthquake stabilized for a while, and the big guy thought that the disaster had passed, so he breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to rebuild the house, and the government also allocated money to the household.
In the suburbs of Beijing, the Yamen set up the office of the official government, and everyone was busy for a whole day, and then they had to disperse and go home.
One of the clerks in the green cloth robe carefully locked the account book for the day, pinned the key to his waist, and went to the backyard to receive today's rations.
There were not many people in the yamen, and he saw his colleague holding an oil-paper bag from afar, faintly smelling of fragrance, and he quickened his pace.
The uncle on the stove wrapped a roast chicken and four steamed buns in lotus leaves, and because he knew that he had always been kind, he secretly stuffed an extra chicken leg for him.
Han Xiaocheng hurriedly thanked him, swallowed his saliva, took a greasy square scarf from the placket of his clothes, and carefully wrapped it in his arms.
He remembered that his girl liked to eat roast chicken the most, and since the ground moved, the Han family had not seen meat for a long time, thinking of this, he couldn't help but speed up his steps.
When he walked to a shack, he suddenly felt a shake under his feet, and he heard a rumbling sound, and he naturally knew that the ground was moving again, and hurriedly crouched in an open space.
Because the houses have not yet been built, most of the people live in shacks, so the casualties of a major earthquake on this day are not very heavy.
Han Xiaocheng laboriously lifted the rotten oilcloth that was pressed on his body, got up, he didn't have time to pat the dirt on his body, and he didn't care about the ghost-like wails of the people on the street, and ran straight home.
As soon as he turned the corner, he saw that the shack where his family was temporarily living had collapsed, and he heard his daughter's cry for help, so he hurriedly dug up the dust, lifted a flat log, and pulled her out.
"Mother is still underneath." Han Ling'er's face was covered with dust, and the bloodshot at the corners of her mouth couldn't be wiped off, and she cried.
When Han Xiaocheng heard this, he didn't care about the worn hands, and dug up again like crazy.
Han Ling'er cried while helping on the side: "The ground has moved, my mother said that my brother's book is still in it, and he wants to prepare for the Jinshi examination, so he can't read without a book, so he runs back to get the book, I can't hold it......"
Han Xiaocheng's heart was as if he was being burned by fire, he lifted a wooden plank, and vaguely saw the corner of his clothes with white flowers on a blue background, his eyes lit up, and he was busy digging down in this direction.
"Mother!" Han Ling'er's eyes were sharp, and she saw Han Zhao who was pressed by a log.
Han Xiaocheng laboriously lifted the log, held his wife in his arms, and called: "Son! ”
When Han Zhao heard her husband's voice, she struggled to open her eyelids, couldn't help but spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, and handed over the two books to her daughter with trembling hands: "Give it to your brother...... Tell him to be a good student......"
Seeing that her mother vomited blood again and again, and her breathing was weak, Han Linger couldn't help but feel sad in her heart and cried loudly.
Han Xiaocheng hugged his wife tightly, as if he could snatch people from death if he grabbed them tightly: "Son, hold on, it's okay, I'll go to the doctor." ”
The words came out of his lips, he raised his eyes and looked around blankly, where is there a good doctor now, but there are many people who cheat money and food to cure the dead.
Thinking of this, Han Xiaocheng only felt a pain in his heart, took out the roast chicken full of ashes from his arms, and said: "Child, you see, I sent a roast chicken today, Nizi's favorite food, you can eat a bite, just take a bite." ”
Han Zhao still closed his eyes and remained motionless.
"Smack!" After the sound of broken porcelain, I heard a male voice crying: "Mother! ”
Han Ling'er looked over and saw her brother Han Qiwen throw down two coarse porcelain porridge bowls and run over quickly.
Han Linger cried: "Brother, mother...... Mother's ......"
Han Qiwen saw that his mother was covered in blood and unconscious, so he couldn't help but fall to the ground.
"Brute!" Han Xiaocheng's eyes were red, he raised a foot and kicked at his son, and scolded in his mouth: "Didn't I tell you to watch your mother and sister at home?" ”
Han Qiwen took this kick hard, fell to the ground, supported a piece of wood and stood up: "I heard a classmate say in the morning that Niu Colu's house has opened a porridge shed, and if it is a scholar, you can take an extra bowl, so I will go." ”
He pounced on Han Zhao again, crying and begging: "Mother, I'm back with porridge, mother." ”
Han Zhao was still unconscious and did not respond.
"Brother, my mother is dead." Han Linger cried.
"Nonsense! Mother won't die! Han Qiwen said, reaching out to probe Han Zhao's pulse, and a hint of joy flashed in his dark eyes: "My mother is still alive!" ”
Han Xiaocheng suddenly woke up, tried it under his wife's nose, and said, "You guys are guarding here, I'll go to the doctor to heal your mother." ”
Han Qiwen grabbed him and said, "Dad is going there, and now most of the people outside are liars." Seeing that his father's face was gray, he said: "The porridge shed of the Niu Co Lu Mansion not only gives porridge, but also gives alms, I heard that there are a group of good doctors there, let's take my mother now, there will be salvation." ”
Han Xiaocheng was a little frustrated: "Those Manchurian nobles will only exploit us, and they are afraid that they are just pretending, your mother is so badly injured, how can they save us?" ”
Han Qiwen refused to give up: "If you don't try, there will be no way." ”
Han Xiaocheng was heartbroken and said, "If you want to go, go quickly!" So saying, he borrowed a dilapidated single-bucket car, put his wife in the car, his son led the way, and his daughter followed behind, and the family hurried to the porridge shed of Niu Colu's house.
The victims on both sides of the street are dense like ants, and the scalps of those who watch are numb, and the closer they get to the porridge shack of Niu Colu's house, the more the victims gather.
A few servants who were all dressed in black color and clothes reluctantly drove the road, leading a Zhu Yinghua covered car to the porridge shed very slowly.
The surrounding victims received the porridge because they came to stop the car, and they only drank carefully with bowls on the side, and occasionally a few finished eating and lined up curiously stared at the gorgeous tassels on the carriage, and privately discussed the owner of the sedan chair, and praised the magnificence of the car.
Cheng Pei, who was originally patrolling in the porridge shed, heard the reminder of the person next to him, and also looked over, and saw that it was He Xuan next to Liugege who was following the car, so he hurriedly explained the errand at hand, and trotted to the front of the car to salute.
He Xuan instructed: "Gege told you to get up and speak." (To be continued.) )