The old man wiped a handful of tears from the corners of his eyes as he spoke, choked up, and continued:

"The little old man is old, and there is no land at home, and most of the families who go out to work as workers dislike the little old man for being too old, and it was not easy to find a job in the past, and now the flu is rampant, and the people who recruit workers are rarely recruiting, and the little old man can't find a job that can sustain his life, so he has to let his sick daughter come out to play the piano."

There was a sound of the girl coughing incessantly, and the sound of the pipa intermittently followed the girl's coughing, and finally stopped, and the girl glanced at Su Ru and a few people apologetically, and continued to play.

Seeing this, Su Ru hurriedly stopped the girl, "Don't play, take your breath first,"

As he spoke, he picked up the teacup on the table, poured a cup of warm tea, took the tea and handed it to the girl.

He said softly, "Girl, drink a cup of tea first, take it slowly, don't play it yet." ”

The girl took the teacup, glanced at Su Ru is gratefully, lowered her head and said, "Much, cough, thank you, cough, madam." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, drink it." Su Ru said and walked back, saw Liu'er looking over worriedly, reached out and rubbed Liu'er's head, and smiled.

Seeing this, the old man hurriedly spoke, "Madam and master are really good people, good people have a safe life." ”

As he spoke, he was about to kneel down and kowtow to Feng Qianli.

Feng Qianli stretched out his hand to stop, "You just said that there are many people who have this disease?" ”

"Yes," the old man stood up, nodding his head repeatedly, "there are many people around us who have this disease, and they have constant coughs, and some of them have fevers, and their throats are speechless, and,"

The old man paused for a moment, and then said: "Speaking of which, the little second brother is really not wrong for stopping the little old man, my girl is sick,"

The old man said that he would not continue, Feng Qianli frowned when he saw this, and then asked:

"If you have anything to say, don't talk like this."

"My girl's disease may be contagious."

Hearing this, Su Ru glanced at Feng Qianli in shock.

Feng Qianli hurriedly asked, "When did your illness start?" Why didn't there be any rumors in the capital? ”

"Probably," the old man thought for a moment, "it seems like two months ago,"

"A group of refugees came from the east end of the alley, and I don't know where they came from, they all looked sick and crooked, and they asked for food in a few places nearby, but several places near us are the most ordinary ordinary people, and they can't live their own lives, where do they get the money to give beggars."

When the old man said this, he tilted his head and clapped his hands,

Two months ago? Su Ru and Feng Qianli glanced at each other, and invariably remembered the gang of bandits they met near the capital when they entered Beijing two months ago, and the reason why they came out to be bandits was because it didn't rain, and there was a plague in their hometown, so they couldn't live?

And the hometown of those bandits is near the capital!

"And what about later? Where did all those people go? Su Ru turned her head and then asked.

The old man was stunned by Su Ruye's eagerness, and said slowly, "Later,"

"Later, the official in charge of our part thought that the group of people were sick and crooked there, and they were all beggars, which really affected the appearance of the city, and gave an order, and the group of people was driven out by the officials, as for where they were rushed, little old man"

I don't know. ”

Feng Qianli frowned when he heard this, and his fingers kept knocking on the table, "What happened later?" ”

"Then one day, all of a sudden, someone in our neighborhood had symptoms of cough and fever, which varied according to the person's own condition, and then more and more people had this symptom."

"What about the local officials? Does he have any measures against the epidemic? ”

Su Ru asked.

The old man shook his head when he heard this, "This little old man doesn't know, the capital is so big, and this disease only occurs in our poor people's area, so it can't be taken seriously." ”

When Feng Qianli heard the old man say this, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he gave the old man a silver ingot and told them to retreat.

Then he turned his head to Su Rushi and said, "I'm afraid I can't go shopping with you today, I'm sorry." ”

"It's okay, let's go back first, and when things settle down, we'll come out to play."

Su Ru looked at Feng Qianli and nodded, expressing understanding.

After finishing speaking, Su Ru turned her head to look at Liu'er and touched Liu'er's head,

"Liu'er, let's go back today, Uncle Feng has something to do, let's wait for Uncle Feng to finish busy before coming out to play, okay?"

"Okay," Liu'er nodded obediently and responded.

Then he raised his head, looked at Feng Qianli, and said glutinously: "Uncle Feng go and get busy, Liu'er will obediently listen to her mother's words, and wait for Uncle Feng to finish being busy, Uncle Feng should also pay attention to his body, don't be too tired." ”

When Feng Qianli heard this, his heart was soft, and he stretched out his hand and pinched Liu'er's little face lovingly, "Liu'er is so good." ”

"Little Er, check out."

The little second brother heard Su Rus's voice and hurriedly ran over, "The three guest officers have eaten?" It's a total of two taels or three pieces of silver, you see? ”

Feng Qianli took out three taels of silver from his arms and put them on the table, "No need to look for it." ”

After speaking, he took Liu'er's little hand, turned around and went out.

"Okay," the little second brother listened to Feng Qianli's words, picked up the silver and put it between his teeth and bit it, the real thing, and hurriedly put the silver into his arms, and shouted towards the backs of Su Rushi and the others, "Slow down!" ”

At the entrance of the annex,

Feng Qianli let go of the hand holding Liu'er, and said to Su Rushi: "You guys go in, I'll go directly to investigate the specific situation of the epidemic." ”

"Okay," Su nodded, "you have to be careful. ”

"Don't worry," Feng Qianli said, turned around and got on his horse, and walked away in the dust.

Su Ru took Liu'er to watch Feng Qian walk away, turned around and entered the courtyard.

"Madame and the young master are back?" In the distance, the housekeeper saw Su Ru and Liu'er coming in from outside, and hurriedly greeted him and said.

Su Ru nodded, "Yes."

"Hello Uncle Housekeeper!" Liu'er raised her head, looked at the butler who came over, and said hello to the butler crisply.

"Eh, little young master, good," the housekeeper smiled brightly when he heard this, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were piled together, looking extremely kind, "Little young master is having fun outside?" ”

Liu'er nodded vigorously, "Happy!" Liu'er is so happy! ”

"Hahahaha," the housekeeper stretched out his hand, carefully touched Liu'er's head, straightened up and said to Su Rushi: "Madame and the little young master will rest first, and the old slave will go and tell the kitchen to make some pastries for the lady and the little young master and bring them over." ”

Su Ru shook his head when he heard this, "The housekeeper doesn't have to bother, we ate outside just now, and Liu'er shouldn't be hungry at this time." ”