Chapter 4: Frostbitten Tears
Zhang Lu, the housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion, came, with a cart full of freshly branded steamed buns, two sheep, and all the cooks of the Zhao Mansion, most of these cooks were from the families of several veterans, and came to the Zhao Mansion to learn art, but now he was arrested by Zhao Chen.
The subordinates in the house were also brought by Zhang Lu, Zhao Chen even saw the figure of wheat, since this child entered the Zhao Mansion, he was arranged by Zhao Chen by his side, and he helped him serve tea and pour water and clean the study on weekdays, he was a very clever child.
It's just that on this snowy day, what is the wheat doing here, what can a child do to help!
"Young master, wheat can help with the cooking!" The little girl stood timidly in front of Zhao Chen, as if she wanted to make some mistake, looked down at the hem of her dress wet with snow, and explained in a low voice.
Zhang Lu is face is wry smile, now the house knows that the young master loves this child, and usually does not allow wheat to do those dirty work, but now seeing that he actually brought wheat here, it is strange not to be angry.
"What's going on? Wheat is not sensible, don't you understand it either? Zhao Chen looked at Zhang Lu angrily and asked with an ugly face.
Zhang Lu smiled bitterly, and waited until the wheat walked away, then he told Zhao Chen the reason, and when Zhao Chen heard what Zhang Lu said, he immediately let out a sneer.
It turned out that the heavy snow had crushed the homes of many people, including Mai's family. I don't know where the family found out about the fact that wheat is now living very well in Zhao Mansion, so the whole family came to Zhao Mansion to look for wheat.
That's fucking retribution! Zhao Chen sneered when he heard this, this kind of person deserves such a punishment, this is all light!
"What do you mean by wheat?" After a pause, Zhao Chen suddenly looked at the wheat that was busy carrying his skirt over there, turned his head to Zhang Lu and asked.
Zhang Lu shook his head: "This kid has been refusing to speak since he saw his family, and when he came here, he said to Zhang, asking Zhang to bring him to Yongpingfang to help cook anyway." ”
After hearing Zhang Lu's words, Zhao Chen still didn't understand Wheat's thoughts. It is estimated that when this child saw the tragic situation of his family, he couldn't help but feel compassion, but this matter couldn't be done without his nod, so he simply begged Zhang Lu to bring it here.
The two cauldrons were placed on the street of Yongpingfang, and after the two sheep were slaughtered, they were chopped into fist-sized pieces of meat, thrown into the pot and boiled, and then put condiments in them, and cooked until they were cooked.
Naturally, Zhao Chen didn't need to do these jobs himself, and several cooks had already learned these during this time.
The heavy snow finally stopped after all the houses were built, Zhao Chen squatted in front of a thatched hut with a bowl of mutton soup, staring at the flames under the cauldron, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It is estimated that after tonight, the weather in Chang'an will suddenly become colder, and now so many people's houses have been destroyed, thousands of people are sleeping on the streets, and the weather has suddenly become cold, and the consequences Zhao Chen can't imagine.
"Dao Chief, why don't you go back with me tonight!" One person drank a bowl of hot mutton soup, then stood up and prepared to leave, before leaving, Zhao Chen looked at Sun Simiao, who was slowly chewing the steamed bun, and said.
"Afraid of freezing to death?" When Sun Simiao heard this, he replied without raising his head. Not only did Zhao Chen notice the signs of the change in the weather tonight, but Sun Simiao also saw it.
"Dao Chief, it's better to go back with me!" Such a heavy snow, once a strong wind blows, how terrible it is, Zhao Chen knows very well. Lao Dao is already old, and he can't take care of other people, but Lao Dao doesn't want anything to happen.
"Go to Hugh, go Hugh!" Who knew that Sun Simiao listened to Zhao Chen's words, waved his hand impatiently at Zhao Chen, turned around and entered his hut, ignoring Zhao Chen.
"Little grandfather, just rest assured, there is Su here tonight, take care of Sun Daochang!" Seeing this, Su Fang on the side patted Zhao Chen's chest and said with an oath.
"That's all there is to it!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he smiled bitterly, and said to Su Fangzheng: "I'll ask people to send more futons over when I go back, and Daochang Sun will be more worried about Lao Fangzheng!" ”
As he spoke, Zhao Chen took a step back and bowed to Su Fang.
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" As soon as Su Fangzheng saw Zhao Chen bowing down, he hurriedly dodged to the side, waved his hand at Zhao Chen and said, "This is originally Su's business, where the little grandfather is so elevated!" ”
"In that case, then I'll take my leave!" Zhao Chen said hello to Sun Simiao's thatched hut, turned around and followed Cheng Chumo, Hu Lu and others, and walked towards the outside of Yongpingfang with more than 200 generals from the Qin and Cheng families.
This time the heavy snow, Wannian County was the hardest hit, thousands of houses were destroyed, tens of thousands of people slept on the streets, a group of people out of Yongpingfang, they saw a team of Wuhou running back and forth on the street. The magistrate of Wannian County came out of a workshop with three classes of officials with muddy water, with a sad face.
Seeing Zhao Chen and his party coming out of Yongpingfang, the magistrate nodded at Zhao Chen, although the two had never met before, but Zhao Chen paid out of his own pocket this time to help Yongpingfang solve 200 rooms, which was a little bit of his trouble, so he was not grateful to see Zhao Chen.
"The weather is about to turn cold tonight, but I don't know if the county has a good plan to settle down?" Zhao Chen didn't want to mention this kind of thing, and it wasn't his turn to ask, but seeing so many innocent people standing in the snow and frozen, he finally asked.
"To tell you the truth, this county is a mess so far!" After hearing this, the magistrate of Wannian County was not annoyed by Zhao Chen's rudeness, but bowed his hand politely to Zhao Chen and said, "I don't know if this little Langjun has any cheap solutions?" This county is really anxious and has no clue! ”
"Why didn't the magistrate report this matter to the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Households would temporarily borrow some military accounts from the Ministry of War?" When Zhao Chen heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, just now he saw the prefect's sad face, and he had already guessed that the magistrate must have no way to settle the refugees, and sure enough.
"Is this possible?" When Wannian Zhixian heard this, he immediately frowned, looked at Zhao Chen suspiciously, and asked a little uncertainly.
"You can't watch so many people freeze to death!" Zhao Chen smiled bitterly, looked at Wannian Zhixian and said.
"If this policy is implemented, someone Qi should be grateful to Xiao Langjun for many people in Wannian County!" Wannian Zhixian frowned and thought about it slightly, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Zhao Chen's strategy was very feasible, and he bowed deeply to Zhao Chen at the moment, and then took a few officials to the county government quickly.
"I hope I can borrow enough military tents!" Seeing Qi Zhixian and his party leave, Zhao Chen looked at the people around him who were dragging their families and standing helplessly in the snow, sighed heavily, and then walked towards the house in Xinghuafang, Chang'an County, tiredly.
Coming back from Wannian County, everyone separated at the entrance of the street, Cheng Chumo took his generals back to Dexinfang, the Qin family's home was taken back to Qin's mansion by Lao Qin's personal guards, and Hu Lu was separated from everyone when he was on Zhuque Street and went to the Gewuyuan in the imperial city.
On this day, the big guys were tired enough, and Zhao Chen was also tired to death, and he planned to sleep beautifully as soon as he returned to the house, but as soon as the group entered Xinghuafang, they saw a few people standing alone at the door of their house.
A couple with two children, the eldest is only three or four years old, and is held in the arms of a man, and the younger one is only one or two years old, and is held in the arms of a woman.
Seeing Zhao Chen and his party enter Xinghuafang, the man immediately pushed the woman from behind, lowered his voice and said something to the woman, and saw the woman gritting her teeth and looking at Zhao Chen and her party hesitantly.
Zhao Chen sneered when he saw this, turned his eyes to the wheat on the side, and saw that the wheat was looking straight at the woman over there, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
No matter how strong the wheat usually is, but in his heart he is still a child after all, which child in the world is indifferent to his mother?
Mai, who was staring at his mother's mother, seemed to notice Zhao Chen's gaze, quickly turned his head, glanced at Zhao Chen, and the next moment he seemed to be afraid of Zhao Chen's punishment, and lowered his head quickly, but he didn't even dare to look over there.
As soon as Zhao Chen walked to the door of the house, the woman suddenly knelt on the ground with the child in her arms, crying mournfully, begging Zhao Chen to take in their family of four.
"Young master, you do good deeds and take in our family of four!" The woman kept crying, and the man behind her showed a flattering expression, accompanied by the woman, and begged.
"You can take you in!" Zhao Chen looked at the woman kneeling on the ground, and suddenly sighed and said, "It's just that Mai has to return to the front house from now on and follow you to be a rough girl!" ”
"It's okay, it's okay!" When the man heard Zhao Chen's words, he was overjoyed, and said one after another: "Our children from poor families are born to do rough work!" ”
Zhao Chen directly ignored the man's words, staring straight at the woman on the ground, the reason why he stood here and talked nonsense was completely for the sake of this woman being the mother of wheat, if this woman dared to show a trace of desperation, he would not hesitate to turn around and leave.
The woman's mouth was slightly open, and her face showed a struggling expression, on one side was the young son who was waiting to be fed in her arms, and on the other hand, the daughter who had finally come to her heart's content, such a choice was obviously extremely cruel to her.
At this time, everyone's eyes in the audience were staring at the woman, wheat's fists clenched together, his teeth biting his lip hard, and his eyes were firmly fixed on his mother.
"What else do you want, son?" The man behind him was already a little impatient, smiled at Zhao Chen, and twisted the woman's arm vigorously in a place that everyone couldn't see, but on the surface, he seemed to be very honest and urged.
After a long silence, the woman finally nodded with a cry, Zhao Chen sneered in disappointment, but the wheat on the side was a 'woo', covering her lips and crying.
The child's heart finally suffered a ruthless tear at this moment, a very cruel scene, this is the second time that a mother has ruthlessly abandoned her daughter.
"Zhang Lu, drive them away, dare to approach the door of the mansion half a step in the future, and break your leg!" Zhao Chen lovingly took Wheat's hand, explained to Zhang Lu with a gloomy face, turned around and led Wheat's into the mansion.
There were constant begging voices behind him, but Zhao Chen didn't bother to look back, this woman did have unspeakable hardships, but understanding does not mean agreeing, and his sympathy was not cheap enough to give alms to such a person.