Chapter 167: The Shack
After settling down, Huo Lan said hello to Li Guan and a few people, and then took his men out, as for what he was going to do, he didn't say, and Li Guan didn't ask. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Before it was dark, Li Guan and the others went out into the street together, and they planned to go to the east of the town to take a look, where temporary shelters were being built to protect the victims from the cold.
Walking on the decadent and bleak streets, along the road are the common people huddled in the cold wind, seeing a few fresh faces of Li Guan and others, people who are still sober can't help but look at them suspiciously, and now at this time, there are still people here?
But fortunately, they deliberately changed into plain cloth jackets before they came out, and they walked on the street without attracting much attention.
When they arrived at the east side of the town, Li Guan and the others saw from a distance that there were several scaffolds in the open space in front of them, with wood and hay piled up on the side, and a few people in tattered clothes were working slowly.
Five days ago, the mayor of the town accompanied several county officials to go down, leaving some materials for building shacks and left, saying that when the situation was reported to the above, they would send them food and cotton clothes. But after all these days, no one came to help them build a hut, and no food or clothing was delivered, so they had no choice but to wait.
Li Guan saw that the people who were working were skinny, they had no strength at all, and a single piece of wood had to be carried by several people, so he discussed with Gu Chengyu and asked the guards to help, so that they could build a usable shack first, and let the old, weak, sick and disabled have a place to block the wind, otherwise if it goes on like this, I don't know how many people will have frozen to death and starved to death when the shack is built.
Of course, Gu Chengyu would not object, and asked several guards who were following them to help, and he also rolled up his sleeves to move wood.
He had never done this kind of rough work, and Li Guan couldn't help but be a little worried: "Brother Gu, be careful......"
"It's okay, I still have the strength to do so." Gu Chengyu smiled at her, walked over and asked the guards to help carry a piece of wood on his shoulder, and walked steadily towards the shelf.
Li Wan put his mind at ease and followed him with a little admiration on his face.
When Dong Linzhi saw it, he sneered: "It's just a piece of wood, what's the big deal......
Li Wan turned his head and squinted at him: "It's easy to say, then why are you still standing?" ”
Gu Chengyu felt distressed, when it was his turn, she didn't look worried at all, and she wished he could work.
Dong Linzhi snorted, muttering and grumbling and walking towards that side.
Shi Yue was about to follow when he saw it, but Li Wan grabbed him: "Forget it, you're still young, and you're not in good health, so you can't do this." ”
Feichen and Uncle Yong breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, how could their master do such a rough job, what if he was injured?
He is also a man, everyone has gone to help, there is no reason why he is idle alone, Shi Yue's expression is a little unhappy.
"Obedient." Li Guan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "I'm going to walk around and see if I can find some food, you can go with me." ”
Shi Yue pursed her lips, still very unhappy.
Uncle Yong said, "That's it, son, you accompany Miss Li to find food, and the slave stays here to help." Feichen, you follow Childe. ”
Li Guan looked at his thin body and white hands, full of doubts about his ability.
Uncle Yong smiled: "Miss Li, don't worry, the slave will do what he can." ”
Okay, anyway, one more person has more strength, and he, a healthy living person, is always stronger than those victims who can't eat, Li Guan nodded: "That's it, Xiaoyue, what do you think?" ”
Shi Yue knew that Li Wan was determined to let him follow her, so she had to reluctantly agree.
Li Guan and Shi Yue, accompanied by Feichen and a guard, wandered around the town.
According to the townspeople, their houses were rebuilt after the snowstorm, but they were later crushed by heavy snowfall, which shows that at least 10 days ago, the people here were still guaranteed food, clothing, shelter and transportation.
And according to Li Guan's observation, Duoshi Town is also a town with thousands of residents, judging from the planning and layout of various parts of the town, it was also a very prosperous place before the disaster, and it is impossible to have no food at all, right? So what did the people of the town eat during this time? If they didn't have anything to eat, they would have starved to death, and they wouldn't have survived until now.
Li Guan and Shi Yue walked around the small town that was not too big with a hint of expectation, but unfortunately they didn't even see a grain of rice except for the victims everywhere.
Li Guan and the others were very disappointed, and returned to the vegetable farm in the east of the town, in this more than an hour of work, Gu Chengyu and their shack had already built a prototype, and they were covering the roof of the sloping shed with hay.
Seeing them coming back, Gu Chengyu and Dong Linzhi greeted them and asked, "How is it, have you found any food?" ”
The two shook their heads.
Although they had long expected this to be the result, Gu Chengyu and Dong Linzhi still showed disappointed looks on their faces, and they were silent for a while, Gu Chengyu said: "Then don't worry about the food for now, let's build these shacks first." ”
There is no other way, Li Wan nodded: "Then I will work hard for you." ”
Gu Chengyu and the others worked until dark, and when they returned to Xiaoya's house, Xun Fang and Chu Fang had already prepared dinner, although it was still steamed bread and porridge, but their mood at the moment was very different, and they felt extremely precious when they ate it in their mouths.
Li Guan couldn't swallow it when he thought that there were still so many people hungry outside.
While eating, Xun Fang said, "Miss, how long are we going to stay here?" The food in our car will only last for two days at most. ”
They didn't expect this to happen, and they weren't prepared for anything at all.
Li Wan looked at Gu Chengyu, Gu Chengyu thought for a while, and said, "In this way, if Lord Huo can get food, let's stay here for a few more days, and then leave after settling these disaster victims." If he can't get food, let's help the victims build their shacks and then go to Jiyang County. I don't believe that there is no food in Duoshi Town, and there is no food in Jiyang County. ”
When he said this, he obviously suspected that someone was enriching his own pockets and disregarding the lives of the victims.
The others felt the same way and agreed with his plan.
Everyone rested for one night, and the next morning, Gu Chengyu and Dong Linzhi still led the guards to the vegetable market to build a shack.
Some of the victims who still had some strength saw this, and spontaneously ran to work with them, and everyone worked hard for two days, and finally built about 20 decent shacks.
The guards took the lead in moving the old, weak, sick and disabled victims into the shacks, and dug up some usable things from the ruins to protect them from the cold, and temporarily solved the problem of the house.
During this period of time, Huo Lan has never come back, and he has not asked anyone to deliver the news back, Li Wan and the others discussed it and decided to set off to Jiyang County early tomorrow morning to ask for food.
But the next morning, just after the sky was gray, a few people came to the town. (To be continued.) )