Chapter 116: The Light of the End
In the depths of the deserted mountains, there are still traces of a typhoon landing, and the broken branches of the towering giant trees hang down, and the ground is covered with fallen leaves, mixed with the soil, and it will not be long before they turn into mud, and a large amount of moss grows on the exposed surface, and fungi grow on the trunks of small trees that have just died. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
It doesn't look like it's inhabited, and there's not the slightest hint of human life...... In fact, it is true that before Qi Pingqiu's family moved over, there was no one here, even they, and they had only moved here for a short time.
His wife was sick and had no money for treatment; The child is still young and can't help much.
They were originally Yixing people, the harvest of the family land is not good, can not pay the tax, can only use the land to mortgage the big family, the result of the family is getting worse and worse, in order to avoid taxes, can only bring their wives and children here, come coincided with the heavy rain, not only made the wife's illness worse, on the way also rescued a sick little girl, his burden is getting heavier and heavier.
So he went up the mountain early in the morning, wanting to hunt some game for his wife to replenish his body, but his strength was limited after all, and he was not a professional hunter, and he only picked some mushrooms and the like after tossing for a long time, and he was supposed to catch a rabbit, but he was frightened away by the sound of people.
He was very annoyed, and looked in that direction, only to find that a large group of people were slowly approaching, holding axes, shovels and other tools in their hands, and with a shout, a tree fell down with a bang...... At the same time as he looked over, a soldier over there also saw him, beckoned to him, and walked over.
"Outcasts?" It seemed that seeing Qi Pingqiu wanting to run, the martial guard hurriedly stopped, "Don't run, I won't hurt you, you can take a look at this decree." ”
Qi Pingqiu stopped turning around, but he was still vigilant, his body showed an explosive posture, as long as this martial artist moved, he could quickly escape, no way, the world was as black as a crow, these martial soldiers, he obviously couldn't believe it, he stared at the martial arts and said, "I can't read." ”
"Illiterate?" The military soldier was not surprised, and shook the paperwork in his hand in the air, making sure that Qi Pingqiu saw the official seal on it, and then he spoke, "Then let me tell you, the decree issued by the prince of the palace recruits displaced people and implements cash-for-work, you see that these people behind me are not, you help with the work, you can provide you with two meals a day, it doesn't hurt to have a family, women and children can participate in cooking, if you are sick, you can also be diagnosed and treated for free......"
"Free treatment?" Qi Pingqiu swallowed his saliva, although he was still skeptical, but the last word of free diagnosis and treatment stimulated him, and his gaze was extremely entangled, "Is this true?" ”
"Of course it's true, Wang Fujun you know, the children of the Langya Wang family, the second lang of Wang Yi's young family, and the famous people, they won't lie to you." The martial artist said, but there was a little impatience on his face, and he casually threw the document to Qi Pingqiu, "Believe it or not, it just so happens that this is too much, you take it to find a literate person, let him read it to you, and see if it's true." ”
"Where do I go if I want free treatment?" Qi Pingqiu took the paperwork and carefully put it away, then asked.
The warrior who had already turned around waved his hand: "See our group, we will go back before sunset, if you want to come, follow us before sunset." ”
Nodding vigorously and taking a sharp breath, Qi Pingqiu ran back with his legs, he was illiterate, but the little girl he saved a few days ago was literate, and he wanted to be confirmed as soon as possible...... His wife's illness could not be delayed any longer.
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Lin Changxiu heard someone calling him, so he walked out of the room, the sky was dark, and it was about to sunset, and he was called a military soldier, leading a group of timber pulled by ox carts behind him.
"What's the matter?" He looked at a long line stretching far away, and glanced at the women in the courtyard, who were cooking a big pot of rice, or the name of Wang Ning's order, but it was also appropriate, and there were children running around not far away, doing what they could, handing materials, serving dishes, and so on.
The warrior approached and said: "It is approaching dusk, and there will be some recruited homeless people in the team, some of whom are sick, I don't know if the real people have time to treat them and reassure the people." ”
"Okay, I know, I'll inform them to prepare, those homeless people are coming, sick people, just send them over." Sending the martial guards away, Lin Changxiu went out, greeted people on the way, and walked into a big house in the back garden, where there were some Taoists sleeping, all of whom knew medical skills, although there were not many, but fortunately, they believed in the evolutionary school, as long as they took care of the food, they didn't ask for much.
This is a recently opened place, because the weather is clear, some people move outside to set up a small shed, so make room, Lin Changxiu pushed open the door and walked in, coughed dryly, and saw that the Taoists inside were sleeping, obviously they had been constantly diagnosing and treating, they were also very tired, and after confirming that the Taoists woke up, he said: "Everyone wake up, there is another batch of patients." ”
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Qi Pingqiu still believed it after all, and when the little girl who called herself Yin'er read out the decree, he was convinced, and hurriedly packed up his things and rushed over with his wife and children.
He caught up, fortunately they were all farmers, after learning his identity, the tree cutter took good care of them, and gave his wife and children and Yin'er a place on the ox cart, and after more than a quarter of an hour, a house appeared in front of him, and he rushed over in an ox cart, and there were Taoists and military guards in front of the door in command, and there were many women and children talking inside, looking out, maybe they met their relatives and whispered hello.
Soon, the warriors gathered the displaced people, led them to the backyard, and met a small-faced Taoist, and heard the Taoist say, "If any of you is sick and has not been cured, line up and come with me." ”
Qi Pingqiu hurriedly helped his wife over, his son and Yin'er stayed in place, there were a lot of people, the reason why the homeless people were homeless people was because there were many people who were sick and disabled and could not afford to pay taxes, but fortunately they were in front, and after a while, the Taoist beckoned to him and motioned for him to help his wife go in.
Look at the complexion, listen to the sounds, ask about the symptoms, and feel the pulse...... After four steps, the Taoist who healed said something that made Qi Pingqiu feel at ease: "There is no threat to life, treat it well, take medicine on time, and you can recover in half a month...... Don't worry about the medicine, you go out to work every day, just come here at night to get the medicine, just get it tonight, it happens that the courtyard is ready to cook, eat and then take the medicine, okay, you go, let the next one come in. ”
The couple thanked them and went out of the room.
It was the setting sun that sank into the western land, and only the last rays of light swept out the red and yellow.
They squinted, glad they had caught the last glimmer of light......