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After a thorough clean-up, the 20,000 victims began to change dramatically. As the old saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and when they put on new clothes, they can no longer see the appearance of the victims at this moment. It can be said that 99 percent of the victims of the disaster are families who have been in poverty for a long time, and they do not buy a new piece of clothing a year, but often wear one piece of clothing for several years. It's still the old saying, three years of new and three years of old, and another three years of sewing and mending. Then the boss wears it, the second wears it, the second wears it, the third wears it, hehe, new clothes, or fill the stomach first.

After bathing, more than half of the victims were left with tears in their eyes as they received their new clothes. Such clothes, they have not worn for many years. Later, a few older victims knelt down and kowtowed to the horsetail soldiers guarding the shore, and when the other victims saw it, they all knelt down, and a large area of black pressure was overwhelming. The soldiers were distracted by the actions of the victims, and they had never encountered anything like this before.

The women on the island were a little slower, and although forty or fifty large houses were divided for bathing them, they had to be done in batches because of the large number of people. And the guards here are no longer horsetail warriors, there is a difference between men and women. Geng Jingzhong ordered to specially arrange the military families of the soldiers, and some sisters-in-law and aunts were responsible for patrolling and inspecting, and the soldiers were far away. Like the "men's bathhouse" by the sea, the women here also received a new set of clothes after washing, which they chose according to their figures.

Clothes are limited in color. Only black and blue. The ancients did not wear only pure white clothes. Pure white clothes can only be filial piety robes. It was worn only when the dead were killed. When the workers received the order to produce, they were responsible for sewing the fixed number of sizes of clothes in batches, and although not all of them were included, at least eighty or ninety percent of them were included. Like Kuroko's little sister Yue'er, she is young and her body is also very thin, and she also has more suitable corresponding clothes. But Kuroko Niang didn't choose the one that just fits, but helped choose clothes that are one or two sizes bigger. Although it is a little older to wear, Yue'er is the time to grow her body, and the larger clothes can be worn for a few more years.

By the time the victims had all cleaned up and reunited with their families, it was almost dark. The soldiers in charge of guarding immediately beckoned Kuroko and the victims to get on the boat. There weren't as many houses outside for them to live in, but it wasn't the same when they got to the big ship. The Kunpeng caravan consisted of sixty large sea ships, and all the cabins on board were empty, and there was no problem with each ship carrying five hundred people, although it was a bit crowded. But that's it. Kuroko's family was assigned to a cabin with prepared bedding. Although it is very thin, it is the height of summer at the moment, and although the temperature at sea will be a little low at night, a thin quilt is already very good.

Due to the large number of victims who will come later, the first batch of victims can only use 40 large ships. The space on the ship is limited, and a small cabin is filled with as many people as possible, and some families with a small number of people will be arranged with another family in a cabin, and the Kuroko family can live in a cabin alone, which is already very lucky. Originally, the plan of the port was to set sail for other transport vessels as soon as a ship was full, after they had been named and boarded in turn. But now, it is not possible to set sail for the sea immediately, you must get to the nearby Houyu Port to stay for the night, and wait until the next morning to set off again.

It's good on this big ship, you can hardly feel the shaking, although there is also a reason for being moored at the harbor pier, but it also shows that this big ship is very stable. As soon as Kuroko and the others got on the ship, they had just cleaned up the cabin, and the caravan steward on the ship began to shout for dinner. Now there are only a few horsetail naval warriors on this merchant ship, and the rest are the stewards and men of the caravan. The Mawei Navy couldn't have so many people to take care of these victims, but the Kunpeng caravans, which had temporarily halted trade, could. When the victims heard the shouts, everyone lined up in turn to take the dishes and chopsticks to the back cabin to receive the meal, and as for the chopsticks, they were placed on the side of the cabin corridor and could be picked up by themselves. However, everyone was asked to wash themselves after eating. Of course, when you go to the sea, you can only use seawater to clean the dishes and chopsticks, and the fresh water is limited, and everyone only has a little bit every day, and it is only about 500 milliliters in the unit of measurement of later generations.

On the way to Fujian, due to the rush and lack of preparation, the Tongguò offshore fleet only had time to purchase a batch of food when it received these victims, and not to mention the rest of the dishes. On board you will be served two meals a day, thick porridge and a piece of bread. This is also due to the fact that they are walking near the sea, and they can replenish some food on the shore every other way, otherwise, after the average of fifty or so people in these small boats, there is not much place to pile up food, and even cooking is built on the stove in the bow of the boat.

With so many sick people on board, in addition to poor hygiene, it is also important that the food cannot keep up. But even so, the victims were already very satisfied with this, and on the way to Kaifeng Mansion and to the riverside, the San Lang Xiang Society only provided gruel. Now it's time for dinner again, and the victims step out of the cabin one by one, while picking up a pair of chopsticks from the side. The Kuroko family was arranged in the cabin in the middle, and when they lined up, there were already many people in front, and of course, there were many people behind them.

"Hey, one bowl per person, not much! They all went to the deck to eat. After eating, wash the dishes and chopsticks with seawater from the bucket next to you, and then go together! Do you understand? The caravan steward shouted loudly to the sunspots lined up in the cabin. When the victims saw some of the people in charge of the affairs with great power, most of them replied weakly, "Got it!" After receiving the reply, the steward did not feel embarrassed, and looked at the several mighty naval soldiers beside him, especially the captain who led it. After receiving a nod of approval, he waved his hand and ordered his men to open the lid of the cauldron.

Dinner for 500 people is a lot, one bowl per person, this is white rice, that also costs 300 catties of rice, not to mention vegetables. There are eight wooden barrels of rice and eight cauldrons of vegetables. The guys divided the meal into four pieces. They are two cauldrons. Two buckets of rice, the team of the victims was also divided into four groups, each lined up to eat. As soon as the man in front opened the lid of the barrel and cauldron, a strong fragrance drifted into the cabin with the sea breeze.

"Rice, it's rice!" The victims immediately smelled it, and then they were very excited, they hadn't eaten rice for many days, even though they had been eating thick porridge for the past few days. But porridge is porridge after all, how can it be compared to rice.

"No, meat! Braised pork!" In addition to the aroma of rice, there is another more enticing aroma mixed in. One of the victims shouted loudly that his family was quite good in the past, and he had eaten a meal of braised pork during the Chinese New Year, and the taste made him unforgettable for life, and as soon as the fragrance wafted over, he immediately knew!

"Coax!" When the victims heard this shout, they immediately became in an uproar. They looked at each other, and then they all stretched their necks. Lean closer to see what is going on. The three words braised pork are too tempting, and many victims are counting with their fingers in their hearts, and they haven't eaten meat for a few years? The Kuroko family, like other victims, heard these three words and smelled the tempting fragrance, and their eyes turned red. Especially his four-year-old sister Yue'er, who put her little thumb into her mouth, and kept smashing her mouth at the same time, drooling a lot.

"What's the noise, quiet down, do you want to eat?" The steward standing above shouted loudly. Suddenly, the victims were shocked, yes, they haven't started to eat yet, don't anger the uncle above and don't eat anymore, so they quickly closed their mouths one by one. "You should be glad that you can be here, our prince has always been kind-hearted and loves the people like sons. Specially ordered, let you have a good meal, remember, this is all the grace of the prince, and your ability to come here is also arranged by the prince, and it has nothing to do with that San Lang Xiang Club. Tonight, the prince invited everyone to eat braised pork and rice, and when they were done, they went back to sleep and set off for the island tomorrow. Someone will tell you about specific things tomorrow, okay, now let's start coming over one by one to eat!" The steward finished his words in one breath, then stepped aside and began to ask the victims to come and fetch food.

The victims had long been excited, but they still lined up honestly, and no one made a loud noise or cut the queue or anything. When I came to the front, there was a bucket full of rice on the left-hand side, and a pot of red braised pork and a pot of green vegetables on the right-hand side. Three men were in charge of each place, one for rice, one for braised pork, and the other for vegetables, all three in a bowl and piled high. Even the little ones have the same big bowl, and they don't worry that they will waste their meals, and the little ones can't finish it, and there are adults next to them.

Due to the large number of people, there was not enough squatting on the deck, but fortunately, more than half of them went to the deck, and the inside was relatively empty, and the rest of the people ate in the aisle. After everyone hit the meal, they all did the same thing, grabbing the chopsticks and digging them into their mouths without saying a word. There are almost two taels of braised pork in everyone's bowl, and a few pieces of meat are stewed very badly, red and cute. However, most people don't eat them in one go, but instead eat the rice soaked in broth first, hoping to save the good things for the end and enjoy them slowly.

Yue'er is still young, only four years old, as soon as she gets the meal, she immediately starts eating, and starts with the braised pork, and in a few bites, the meat in the bowl is put into the stomach, and the mouth is full of oil. After eating, she didn't let go of the gravy rice, and it all went into her little stomach. But when she had eaten it, she looked at the others. "Give!" Kuroko saw her sister looking at herself and the others, so she picked out the largest piece from her bowl and put it in her sister's bowl, while she continued to destroy the food in the bowl. Seeing this, Kuroko's father and mother immediately dialed the braised pork in their bowls to several children's bowls, they only ate one piece at the beginning, and the rest was originally intended to be left for the children to eat.

As the food in the bowl gradually decreased, and the victims' stomachs were almost full, only then did someone raise their heads. I don't know who started first, the first to cry, and then one after another, all of them cried, as if they wanted to vent their long-term fears at once, in this cry, in addition to the sadness of the past, there is also gratitude to Geng Jingzhong for providing this meal, and more is a vision for the future. (To be continued......)