Chapter 43 Public Service Fees
"Oh? Where do these people come from? You know what? Zhiwen asked, but he thought in his heart what these people were trying to do.
Da Zhu and Xiao Jie saw Zhiwen looking over, looked at each other, and both shook their heads.
"I know, I know," I didn't expect Niuniu to speak next to her, "Their family, there are many children as old as me, and there are many uncles as big as my father, they were there when we first arrived at the official road, as if the surname was Li." ”
How much is a lot? Zhiwen thinks it's funny, Niuniu doesn't know how to count, but the spirit of this gossip is still good, suitable for being a paparazzi.
"Twelve children, ten adults." Nan Nan supplemented the data.
There are a lot of people, the soldiers are coming, and the water is coming to cover it, Zhiwen thought, and then prepared dinner with everyone.
When dinner was about to be finished, the sound of footsteps was remembered at the door of the shack, and then someone shouted, "Aunt Song, Aunt Song." ”
Without waiting for Xiao Yingniang to agree, the footsteps stopped at the door, and the two figures covered the light at the door, and one of them went directly into the shack.
"Yo, eating, didn't bother you, did you?" The mouth is very polite, the person is a little thin, but the skeleton is quite large, and it looks a little strong.
"Don't bother, don't bother." Xiao Yingniang hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, here she is an elder, only she is suitable to come forward, "You are his Uncle Li?" ”
"Aunt Song, you're welcome." It seems that this man should have read a little book, and there was a bit of etiquette in his conversation.
"Uncle Li, what are you...?" Xiao Yingniang asked.
"Aunt Song, I'll just say it directly." The man replied.
"We are all out to flee, if we really can't get by, who wants to leave our homeland? It stands to reason that we should support each other and help each other along the way, right, Aunt Song? ”
"Yes, yes, you're right." Xiao Yingniang agreed.
"But some time ago, this water that was hard to find, everyone was robbed by you, and it was very unpleasant, and our family was still a little prestigious, thanks to everyone's trust, I helped maintain the order of taking water a few days ago." The man surnamed Li talked eloquently.
"I really have to thank you for this," Xiao Yingniang sincerely expressed her gratitude, "You can't make anything happen." ”
Zhiwen pouted secretly, he really didn't believe that this family had any good intentions, no profit could not be made early, who would do anything without benefit?
"Awards, awards," the man surnamed Li smiled, and then said, "Aunt Song must also know that it is not easy for us to fill our stomachs as a family, right?" ”
"That is, it's not easy to fill your stomach now." Xiao Yingniang nodded in agreement, but she was quite puzzled in her heart, and she didn't know what the man surnamed Li meant by talking about this.
Da Zhu, Xiao Ying and Niu Niu lowered their heads, just busy eating wild vegetable cakes, while Xiao Jie and Nan Nan looked at the man while stuffing things into their mouths, with a confused expression on their faces.
Zhiwen somewhat understands what he wants to do, there is really no free lunch in the world, but it is good to have a plan, and it is only because of no desire and no desire that Zhiwen is worried.
"Aunt Song, you see, our family has to arrange two or three people to go to the water point every day to maintain order, which is all strong labor, but in this way, there are fewer people in our family who go to pick wild vegetables, and the adults have nothing to eat, but watching the doll starving, our hearts are really..."
The man surnamed Li took a breath, and then said: "Aunt Song, I wonder if you can give our doll some food for the sake of our family's busy work?" ”
Xiao Yingniang finally understood at this time, the Li family was carrying the banner of serving everyone, and asked the families for food, looked at the remaining piece of wild vegetable cake, and looked at Zhiwen with a look of embarrassment.
Zhiwen had guessed it before, and now it was as expected.
To tell the truth, Zhiwen does not quite agree with the statement that if there are a few less big men, there will be less wild vegetables to pick, resulting in a family not having enough to eat, picking wild vegetables and not working hard, and two or three fewer people will not affect the overall situation, and it is almost the same if there are more than five fewer people.
However, this family is not forced to take it, and it can be regarded as serving the fleeing people, giving them some food, which is regarded as paying taxes, or paying protection money? Or is it more appropriate to pay for the common service.
Xiao Yingniang saw that Zhiwen nodded slightly to her, and she had a score in her heart, so she opened her mouth and said: "Uncle Li, look, the thing we found today is only this wild vegetable cake, if you don't dislike it..."
"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it," the man surnamed Li said repeatedly, "It's good to have a stutter, how dare you make excessive demands." ”
With a very sincere tone in his mouth, he took the wild vegetable cake handed over by Xiao Yingniang very quickly, and then politely said goodbye.
"Zhiwen, this..."Xiao Yingniang opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say for a while.
She also knew that people should maintain order and bring convenience to everyone, and it was appropriate to pay them a little, but when she thought of the food she was given, she couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
"It's okay, Aunt Song," Zhiwen comforted, "If they are not greedy and do things for everyone seriously, they can still afford one wild vegetable cake a day." ”
"Alas......", Xiao Yingniang sighed, turned to a little beggar not far away and said:
"It's late, I didn't eat anything today, and most of it was taken away by the uncle just now!"
This is a little boy, who looks about the same age as Dazhu Xiaojie, but he is thin and small, and he is about the same height as Zhiwen, and Zhiwen appeared after they arrived at the official road.
A few times when Zhiwen and them were eating, he stood aside, watched quietly, and did not speak.
Xiao Yingniang was soft-hearted, if there was more food that day, she would make a small cake for the little beggar, and the little beggar would bow and leave with the cake.
"Wait a minute." Xiao Yingniang shouted to the little beggar who still bowed and turned around to leave, broke a small half of her cake and handed it over, "I haven't seen you for a few days, if you don't dislike your aunt and eat it, let's continue." ”
The little beggar bowed again, took the half-pulled bread, and went away without saying a word.
"Mother, are you enough to eat? I'll give you points. Xiaoying asked eagerly.
"No, my mother has enough to eat. Xiaozhi, don't bother! Xiao Yingniang knew Zhiwen's ability, and hurriedly stopped, "Auntie is an adult, it's okay to eat a few less meals." ”
"Okay, Aunt Song, tell me if you're hungry at night." Zhiwen was not polite.
"Brother, will he also die of his father?" Nan Nan raised her head, her little face full of worry.
"This ......" Zhiwen didn't know how to answer for a while, and after thinking about it carefully, he really hadn't seen this little beggar with other adults, he was alone.
"Shall we help him? Elder brother......? ”
"Okay." Zhiwen did not hesitate at this time, although he would have to pay a cake to the Li family every day in the future, there would be no problem in getting another cake for this little beggar.
What's more, the little beggar was not annoying at all, although he never spoke, but whether there was food for him or not, he would bow and express his gratitude, and he did not come every day, usually once every two or three days.
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In the next few days, the big guys hurried and rested as usual.
The Li family is also dedicated, no matter who finds the water source, they can always arrange a few people to protect the water source in time, the water pit is small, dig deeper, it is convenient for everyone to get water, and if there are dirty things in the water, clean it up in time, not just maintain order, and have won everyone's praise for a while.
It's just that as the escape journey gradually drifts away, the food stocks carried by each family are getting smaller and smaller, and some families have run out of food, all rely on wild vegetables to support, if you don't find wild vegetables one day, and don't want to go hungry, you can only cut some grass to chop, pinch them together with your hands, and make grass dumplings to eat, otherwise it is really difficult to swallow.
PS: Continue to be cheeky, begging for collections and recommendations, don't blame.