Liang Guogong's entourage fell behind, took out two silver tickets, stuffed them into the hands of the military attache in charge of the city gate, and said with a smile: "Brother Lao is tired, give the brothers two pots of bar!" ”

Qin Xiuyi, the Duke of Liang, also seemed to have amnesia, and immediately threw away the anger just now, also smiled and bowed politely, and the father-in-law surnamed Huang humbly gave way to each other to come down to the city tower, each rode a horse, took a servant, resigned again, and left in a hurry.

The daughter-in-law gives birth to a child, whether she gives birth or not, according to the good words, it is right!

Gonggong Huang is also a character who has been trained and does not leave his hands, so he directly changed the topic at this time, smiled, and said to Qin Xiuyi, the Duke of Liang: "Since the Marquis of Jingbei is back, the miscellaneous family can also go back to hand in errands." Another day, I will congratulate Grandpa Guo on the joy of Tianding! ”

said that the Marquis of Jingbei, who led his troops to expel Beirong and expanded a large territory, was out of character, and Liang Guogong was the son of the Marquis of Jingbei...... Other people, uh, the one on the dragon chair can also say, and others, even if they are the prince of Cheng Wang Yongwang, they are afraid that it will not be easy to say. What's more, he is a low-grade chamberlain, no matter how bold he is, he doesn't dare to respond to this sentence!

Qin Xiuyi, who was standing on the road on the city wall, was stunned for a moment, shook his head with a wry smile, turned to a father-in-law surnamed Huang who accompanied him and smiled: "The dog is frightened and out of shape, and it is out of character, which makes the father-in-law laugh!" ”

Hearing the horse's hooves galloping from afar, Qin Xiuyi, who was standing at the city gate, hurriedly ordered someone to shout to temporarily delay the city gate for a moment to close the city gate, and walked down the city tower, but he couldn't get down the city tower, and a man and a horse flew past the city gate hole, swept into it like a violent wind, and disappeared at the end of the deep long street in the blink of an eye.

Qin Zheng didn't care about feeling sorry for the horse at all, he drove the big black horse all the way to gallop like flying, and the horse needed an hour to travel in broad daylight, and he rushed to the city gate in less than half an hour, just in time to close the city gate.

Chengying and Qingxing hurriedly wiped the sweat on Qiu Chen's face again...... Zhou was on the other side, holding back tears, and chanted: "Begonia, hold on, our father, our mother and the children are waiting for you......"

Chen also brought up a thick single ginseng soup at the right time, helped Qiu Chen raise his head slightly, and drank a small half of it.

Qiu Chen almost couldn't hold back and fainted again, hearing this, it was tantamount to the sound of Buddha's language, and he immediately felt some strength and nodded vigorously.

After a while, a stable woman shouted to Qiu Chen with joy: "Madam, you can already see the top of the child's head, you can take a breath, take a break, wait a while, listen to the old woman's efforts......"

The two stable women have long known that these four girls know medical skills, although they are somewhat dismissive, but how to say that these four people are also people around the lady, they naturally dare not be contemptuous, and when they heard Gardenia say this, they hurriedly stepped forward to check.

Gardenia and Forsythia were also scared at first, seeing this critical moment, the four girls who had used knives on animals more than once finally cheered up, and after coming forward to check, Gardenia said to Wen Po: "It's not like a blood collapse...... It's going to be born soon, and the two grandmothers are ready! ”

Qiu Chen endured the sharp pain that surged up again, and nodded vigorously.

Chen Shi stuffed a clean handkerchief into Qiu Chen's mouth, wiped the blood stains on her chin at the corner of her mouth, and persuaded her in a choked voice: "Madam, hold on, the two young masters and young ladies are still waiting for you outside!" ”

"Madame! It's okay......" Tears rolled down Chen's eyes as he took a clean wet handkerchief and wiped his lips for his wife...... Just now Qiu Chen wanted to speak, he spit out the handkerchief, bit his lower lip, his mouth was filled with the smell of rust and blood, and a wisp of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, snaking through his chin and sliding into his neck......

The labor pain eased slightly, Qiu Chen took a breath, turned his eyes, shook his head, and let go of his hand at the same time: "Scratching you......"

Ignoring the pain in his hands, the corners of Chen's eyes instantly became wet, and he said continuously: "Madam, if it hurts, shout twice......"

At the same time that Chen Shi gave the order, he also noticed his wife's movements, and hurriedly leaned over to look, and was about to ask something, but he saw that his wife's face was distorted because of the severe pain, and the flesh on her cheeks trembled and trembled, but she bit her lower lip and refused to let out a cry of pain.

Qiu Chen heard it clearly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, he breathed a sigh of relief, and in an instant, he was pulled by a violent labor pain, and subconsciously clenched the wrist he was holding in his hand......

"Ginseng soup!" At the moment when Qiu Chen held Chen's hand, Chen's sharp command also sounded.

The exclamation was halfway through and then he lost his voice. Qiu Chen's eyes darkened for a while, and his heart thumped twice, trying to open his eyes with all his strength, enduring the severe pain, searching for Chen in his blurred vision, reaching out and grabbing Chen's hand-

Then, a stable woman exclaimed: "Oops, it seems to be a blood ......"

Before he could get it right, another strong labor pain struck, Qiu Chen snorted sullenly, only to feel the wet liquid gushing out from under his body......

Immediately after, it seems that because of the recovery of her body, the frequency of labor pains and Cheng dù have increased significantly. When I entered the delivery room, it was only at the end of the hour, and at the end of the unitary hour, the amniotic water broke...... At the beginning of the hour, the labor pain was almost connected, Qiu Chen bit the handkerchief in his mouth, his hair and clothes were already wet with sweat. Strands of hair sticky to the forehead sideburns...... The pain stopped for a moment, Qiu Chen gasped deeply, and Qing Xing, who was waiting next to her, hurriedly took a warm wet handkerchief and came forward to wipe the sweat on her face, while Chengying quickly picked her hair apart and put it aside......

Before she could get up, she felt another contraction in her stomach, and a wave of pain hit her again......

After eating a bowl of chicken bean curd, Qiu Chen's shortness of breath and heart deficiency caused by his coma just now improved slightly, and he had some energy. I felt that there was no labor pain for a while, so I thought about getting up and letting someone help her walk around to promote production and shorten the labor process......

Although it has been activated, the obvious labor pains are not particularly concentrated, and the interval is still relatively long.

Qiu Chen's body was already thin, his foundation was injured again, and he experienced a long and heavy pregnancy of more than eight months and nearly nine months...... Her body is really weak, what can support her all the way down, and still grit her teeth and insist, the most important thing is her reluctance to the children, all kinds of nostalgia for the world, and her personality of not admitting defeat!

Immediately, Peng Qingyan and Wei Youlin thanked each other. Peng Shufeng said a few polite words, and immediately sent her depressed back to the Tongzhou Yamen to call for the yamen, and came to the river to maintain. He didn't leave himself, he simply accompanied Peng Qingyan and Wei Youlin, slowly drove the horse all the way, and went back to Hegong.

The two also knew that King Yong and the Marquis of Jingbei had both returned to the city, and only the two of them were left on the river work...... The two of them just came up with ideas in front of the Hou Ye to be a counselor and a counselor, but they had no real power, and it was really tricky to do something. Since Peng Shufeng was in a hurry to contribute, they also recognized this favor and generously agreed.

Wei Youlin and Peng Qingyan exchanged glances, and they both sighed secretly in their hearts. Don't look at Peng Shufeng's cowering in front of the Hou Ye, but she is worthy of being a character who has been polished in the county government for several years, and her familiarity with practice is much more meticulous and thoughtful than those of them who have not yet entered the office.

Peng Shufeng shook his head, and he also felt relieved that there was no big Buddha town in Jingbei Hou. Knowing that Wei Youlin and Peng Qingyan were quite respected by the Marquis of Jingbei, they were just attracted by the absence of the Marquis of Jingbei, so they were busy hugging their fists, and said very politely: "The two gentlemen are really polite." Hou Ye has urgent business to return to the city, and the prince is not there, only two gentlemen are left, there is inevitably a shortage of manpower, I don't know, do you need to call people to come over to maintain it? ”

Everyone gradually woke up from their astonishment, Wei Youlin and Peng Qingyan looked at each other and smiled, Wei Youlin said to Peng Shufeng, the commander of Tongzhou County: "Ahem, since there is an urgent matter in the Hou Ye's mansion to return to the city, Master Peng, you are also on business, and there will be no more delays, so don't pass by!" ”

However, after a cup of tea, Qin Zheng connected several of his personal guards and servants all ran away without a trace. In the same place, only the official who brought Qin Xiao, Wei Youlin, Peng Qingyan, and Peng Shufeng, the commander of Tongzhou County, and a master and two entourages remained......

Qin Yi and the others were only half a beat slower, connected with Qin Xiao, and followed closely after them.

Qin Zheng's expression did not change, but his hands tightened subconsciously, and the big black horse tilted his head, snorted dissatisfiedly, and shaved his front hooves twice...... Immediately, the horse received the master's signal, spread his long legs, and suddenly jumped and leaped, directly over the top of Qin Xiao's head, and then, he heard the sound of horses' hooves galloping away, and one person and one horse ran away in an instant.

In the haze, Qin Xiaoyi was familiar with Qin Zheng, determined Qin Zheng's identity from afar, and rushed forward, when the two sides were more than ten zhang apart, he suddenly reined in the horse, jumped off the horse, immediately knelt on one knee in front of the horse, and said loudly: "Master Hou, Mrs. is in labor, go home quickly!" ”

By the end of the day, it was already dark.

If so, when Qin Xiao flew from the Jingbei Hou Mansion to report to Qin Zheng, Qin Zheng had not returned from the village, Qin Xiao beckoned a servant who was familiar with the terrain to take him, searched all the way, and finally found Qin Zheng, the Marquis of Jingbei, at the end of the unitary time. At that time, Qin Zheng had just led his men and horses to visit the last village affected by the disaster.

At this moment, Qin Zheng had already finished eating a mouthful of hot water and steamed buns. Immediately got up, motioned Wei Youlin to say goodbye to the old man, and left Hujiamiao and went to the next village under the reluctance of Gongzi and the three boys.

When salt is mentioned here, people who lack salt will eat tastelessly, and after a long time, the body will suffer from many diseases, loss of strength, albinism, and so on. In the same way, just because there is rice and salt, there is no oil and water all year round, and the human body can't stand it......

Wei Youlin also followed: "Firewood, rice, oil and salt are really indispensable. ”

Peng Qingyan sighed slightly: "It's because we think about it, it seems that the people are living without salt." ”

Wei Youlin turned her head with emotion on her face and looked at Qin Zheng and Peng Qingyan.

Seeing that the three children took the pickles with a smile on their faces, they hid aside and ate them separately. Gongzi held two big pickle lumps, rushed into the kitchen, and shouted to grandma from afar: "Grandma, there are pickles, that uncle gave two pickles." ”

"Hey, hey, thank you, uncle. I know, I don't eat much. Gongzi took the pickles with both hands, and the guards bowed down and thanked him, turned around and took a quick bite...... Just when Wei Youlin was funny that this child had a lot of ghosts, and when he turned around and ate secretly, he saw that the rod spit out the bitten pickles from his mouth and handed them to the other three children, "Here, just eat with steamed buns." ”

Wei Youlin was slightly stunned, looked back at Qin Zheng, saw that Qin Zheng also noticed, immediately turned around, took out two fist-sized pickles from the blanket, and handed them to the bar: "We didn't bring much when we went out, just these two, take them to your grandma...... You can't eat too much of this, and you're going to have tuberculosis. ”

Gongzi was familiar with Wei Youlin at this time, he had already let go, took the steamed bun, and pointed to the old pickle in Wei Youlin's hand with the other hand and said, "Uncle, can you give a piece of pickle?" Our house has been without salt for days. ”

As he spoke, he took a steamed bun and handed it over.

In a blink of an eye, I saw that the eyes of several little guys were staring at my hands, and I couldn't help laughing: "You still want to eat?" ”

Wei Youlin took off the blanket on his body, first took a steamed bun and handed it to Qin Zheng, then took one with Peng Qingyan, and took out a few pieces of black-brown pickles, and each of them divided a piece.

Wei Youlin stepped forward to take the bowl with a smile on his face, Peng Qingyan stepped forward, took the hot water basin in the old man's hand, and put it on the several green bricks stacked in front of Qin Zheng.

Not long after, Grandma Gongzi brought out a basin of hot water with a porcelain basin, and brought three or four coarse porcelain bowls over, and said very crampedly: "The family doesn't make a hand, it's lazy!" ”

Gongzi's grandmother is an old woman in her fifties, who is also honest and simple, and does not lose the duty of a villager. Seeing that the little grandson understood that several people were coming, he was a little restrained, but he still explained it to the bar, and then hurriedly ordered the bar to take a bench to greet the guests, and he hurried into the kitchen to boil water.

While walking and inquiring, bypassing the two completely dilapidated courtyards, when he came to the door of the door of the gangzi, Wei Youlin had already inquired about the situation in the village from the mouths of the gangzi and the three children.

This can also be seen from the behavior of just getting the steamed buns, and the poles are not swallowed alone, but distributed to the friends.

Familiarized, Wei Youlin soon knew that the child's name was a bar, which probably means that the bar is strong, and hopes that the child will grow up healthy and strong. The other three children were all village children. This village is called Hujiamiao. Originally, there were forty or fifty families in the village, but after the water was distributed, only a dozen or so returned. The uncle and father of the bar are strong and go to the river work, and there are two cousins and a brother on the bar, all of whom went out to earn rations, and the uncle and mother also went to the nearest Yangjia Zhuangzi to do the work, and they will not come back until they have finished a set of work. Now, only she and her elderly grandmother are left in the family...... Because the family is fully equipped with labor, the situation of the Gongzi family is good, not to mention that the rations are enough, it is said that there is still some surplus.

The child was very happy, took the steamed bun, bowed to Wei Youlin, and ran across the corner of the house, and after a while, the three younger children followed and walked out from behind the corner.

Wei Youlin looked back at Qin Zheng, the two looked at each other and smiled, Wei Youlin nodded at the child, reached out and took out a steamed bun from the blanket on his shoulder, and handed it to the child: "Are those few your partners?" Give them to eat too! ”

The boy took the steamed bun, and seemed to have completely let go of his guard, and he didn't run away. Hearing Wei Youlin's words, he rolled his eyes and said, "My grandmother is at home, why don't you go to my house!" My grandmother's cooking is delicious! ”

Wei Youlin subconsciously looked up at the sky, handed the steamed bun in his hand to the child, and turned around and said: "Master, it seems that we have gone astray, and we won't be able to get there for a while, so why don't you find someone's home, take the rice out, and let someone cook some hot food for us, and then hurry!" ”

However, the child thought about it and replied, "Well, it's been a long day of walking!" ”

This question is a bit difficult for children, after all, looking at the size of this child, it is five or six years old, and many children of such a big age in the countryside have never even left the village, and the concept of distance without distance is normal.

Wei Youlin didn't feel too much at all, and asked again, "Is it still far away?" ”

The child shook his unkempt head, then raised his dirty, thin and rough little hand, and pointed to the northwest: "The Li family is over there." ”

Wei Youlin leaned closer, naturally saw more clearly, was slightly surprised, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he raised the steamed bun in his hand again, and asked with a smile: "Is this the Li family set?" ”

As if a reasonable reason was given, the child's guard was lowered a lot, and after grinding for a while, he finally came out of the corner. However, to Qin Zheng's surprise, after the child came out, there were still a few children hidden behind the corner of the house.

Wei Youlin noticed that Qin Zheng and the others had stopped, the smile on his face was a little kinder, and he slowly approached the child with the steamed bun forward, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, we are just passing by, if you want to ask for a way, you show me the way, and this steamed bun will be eaten for you." ”

I don't know if he was attracted by the steamed buns in Wei Youlin's hand, this child did not run away, but picked up the corner of the house, revealing most of his dirty yellow thin face and unkempt head, staring at a pair of eyes that seemed to be particularly big, staring at the steamed buns in Wei Youlin's hand, and for a long time he raised his eyes in disbelief to look at Qin Zheng and the others who had stopped.

Finally, when he saw another child in the corner of a dilapidated house, Wei Youlin stepped forward in time, took out a steamed bun from the blanket on his shoulder, held it in his hand, and smiled at the child: "Boy, the white noodles are big and gluttonous, do you want to eat it?" ”

Peng Shufeng still wanted to say more about her prospects for the future, but after seeing that Jingbei Hou said a word, she reverted to an expressionless appearance, and did not say anything about his words.

Peng Shufeng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly nodded again and again in flattery: "Yes, yes, the people who came back, after the coordination between the subordinates and the officials, have all been placed in a relatively complete house...... Well, the house has also been inspected by craftsmen, and after being resisted with purlins, it is not a problem to hold on for a winter. In the spring of the next year, it can be renovated and reinforced. ”

Trembling, he took out a handkerchief and pulled a handful of sweat on his forehead, Peng Shufeng was about to continue to explain, when he heard the cold and hard Jingbei Hou suddenly speak: "There are few people coming back...... The house is not afraid of running out! ”

Qin Zheng's waist was straight, his expression was dignified, and he couldn't see his joy or anger. Peng Shufeng, a civil official of the county government, where can he withstand this kind of momentum, halfway through speaking, his face was already covered with cold sweat, and his back was wet with sweat.

Next to him, Tongzhou County Commander Peng Shufeng was one step behind Qin Zheng and explained in a low voice: "Men, boys, and women in the prime of life have all gone out to work to earn rations, and there are only some old and weak people left in the Zhuangzi...... Not many people in the village have returned, not half of the original population......"

Qin Zheng and his party walked slowly, and their eyes were all yellow and dead silence. There was almost no life in the village, there were no chickens and dogs, and occasionally a leper dog came out of the street corner, also skinny and bony, and before anyone could see it clearly, it fled without a trace. If it weren't for the rags drying in the courtyard, or the children who disappeared in the corner of the house, it almost made people wonder if they had walked into a deserted village.

Many trees were drowned by water, and those that were not drowned have become a tree with yellow leaves and red leaves, mixed with those withered branches and leaves, and displayed in front of them, there is a kind of tragedy.

By September, the fields had been cultivated, and even though the people had returned to the village and the water had receded, it was still muddy and could not be replanted. In the fields, patches of crops that should have been ripe for harvest withered and turned into desolation, or fell to the ground and rotted into mud, or still stubbornly stood upright, refusing to fall to the ground.

Walking into the village, you can see clear water marks on the walls. Some houses have crooked walls, and some have cracks wide enough to fit two fingers......

When he came to the entrance of the village, Qin Zheng stopped his horse, turned over and dismounted, threw the horse's reins and whip to the guards, and ordered Peng Shufeng and other entourages to stay outside the village.

This Zhuangzi is a little higher, the flooding is not too strict, and the houses in the village are still five or six out of ten, and after the victims turn back, they use some wood to support the walls, and the houses can barely accommodate people.

Qin Zheng led people to a Zhuangzi that had receded from the flood.

Because the labor was taken by the government, the half-grown boy also went to the river worker and Zhuangzi to find some work to earn some grain and rice to subsidize the rations, and even some strong mothers-in-law also found more work to do.

Fortunately, this year's river workers are also paid somewhat. There are also various relief work prepared for the old and weak women and children, plus under the guidance of the Jingbei Hou Mansion, the Yongwang Mansion Fu Wang Mansion and the Princess Mansion have donated grain and rice, and the Jingbei Hou Mansion has pre-purchased the harvest for the next two years, so that these people have some rice and grain to live on, so that they will not lose their homes and starve because of the flood.

When the river receded, even the houses that had not been washed away were not solid, and the returning victims took up their homes to live temporarily with wooden walls supporting their houses. Some of the houses were completely collapsed, so they had to temporarily cut down wood and branches and build simple shacks to live in.

Most of the victims have returned to their places of origin and rebuilt their homes.

Some of the victims had special skills and labor, so they stayed in the Zhuangzi for rescue. Qiu Chen's dowry Zhuangzi and the Zhuangzi of the Jingbei Hou Mansion both left many such victims, taking the opportunity to enrich the labor force and population of each Zhuangzi.

More than a month has passed since the floods, and the floodwaters have receded.

It was precisely because it was the Double Ninth Festival that after Qin Zheng inspected the river workers in the morning, he took two disciples, Peng Qingyan and Wei Youlin, who were lightly dressed, left the river workers and went to several villages where the victims returned to the river in large numbers.