Chapter 173: Liang Rice Shop
Leng Yunshan left, Su Muling returned to Xiao Wenxuan's bedside, and was about to sit down and continue to guard, Nangong Yi, who was sitting in a rocking chair under the window, opened his mouth to catch her:
"I'm afraid he won't wake up in a few hours, so you can go and rest too."
Su Muling glanced at Xiao Wenxuan, Xiao Wenxuan's face was obviously much better than before.
Unload the tension, and the feeling of exhaustion hits instantly. Su Muling nodded slightly at Nangong Yi: "Then there is Master Lao." ”
Su Muling no longer insisted and returned to Westinghouse.
Pomegranate poured hot water to help her wash her hands and face, and Su Muling found that Pomegranate's hands were scratched to varying degrees.
"Pomegranate, your hand is broken, don't say anything."
Su Muling gently wiped it for her distressedly. Pomegranate smiled: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt." ”
Su Muling knew that Pomegranate had scratched her hand in order to dig her.
"Wait." Su Muling opened the door and went out, and after a while, he turned back again, with the ointment he had taken from Nangong Yi in his hand.
"Come, sit down."
Su Muling pulled the pomegranate to the edge of the bed and sat down, and seriously applied medicine to her. Then, he tore two more from his undershirt and wrapped them up for her.
"Don't get wet these days."
"Miss, I'm not so squeamish......" Pomegranate saw Su Muling glaring at her, smiled and changed her words: "Yes, Miss." ”
Pomegranate's hand was wrapped, and Su Muling took off his coat and got into the quilt. Pomegranate stared at her torn undershirt and covered her with the quilt, and within a quarter of an hour, Su Muling was breathing long.
Pomegranate lightly carried Su Muling's coat and quietly went out.
Throwing his clothes at the door, Pomegranate reached out and beckoned Fang Ping and whispered a few words in his ear. Fang Ping nodded and went out.
At noon, Fang Ping and Wuying came back together. Fang Ping was holding a deformed wisteria box in his arms, and he was carrying a few dirty packages without a shadow.
The pomegranate who came out of the kitchen stepped forward to open the box happily, and Su Muling's things were still there, and even the small burden of the ten million taels of silver tickets that Xiao Wenxuan gave her was lying there intact.
"Great, you found this." Pomegranate picked up the small bag and looked at it carefully, but there was no damage except for the dirty ones.
"It took me a few hours to go through the Princess's room." Fang Ping proudly invited credit.
"Thank you, I'll ask you for credit from Miss." After Pomegranate finished speaking, she hugged the box and carried the baggage, and entered the Westinghouse.
Su Muling was woken up by the movement outside, she sat up and was just about to get off the ground, when Pomegranate walked in with her baggage.
Su Muling recognized her own things and smiled.
"What you're looking for?" She scrambled her shoes down to the ground.
"It's Wuying and Fang Ping, Miss's important things are here." Pomegranate took out a fairly clean undershirt from the bottom of the box and handed it to Su Muling.
"I found some rice in the kitchen and boiled porridge. The young lady changed her clothes and went to eat something. ”
"Is Lord Leng back?" Su Muling asked while changing clothes.
"Not yet, such a big thing happened outside, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back for a while." Pomegranate took out the clothes from the bag, shook off the wrinkles and dust, and put them in the closet. After the ground moves, the water source is tight, and the clothes that can be washed without washing are not washed.
"Is the prince awake?" Su Muling, who had changed her clothes, sat in front of the dresser, and Pomegranate came over to comb her hair.
"Still sleeping."
With Nangong Yi here, Su Muling was relieved.
After combing her hair, Pomegranate put a hosta in her. Su Muling doesn't like to wear too much makeup, especially when she is away from home.
Su Muling came to the East Room and glanced at Xiao Wenxuan on the bed.
Nangong Yi opened his eyes, glanced at her and closed them again.
"He hasn't woken up yet, I heard there's something to eat?"
Su Muling smiled secretly, her ears were quite good.
"Pomegranate boiled porridge and invited Master to eat."
Nangong Yi got up and came to the bed, and after checking Xiao Wenxuan's pulse, he followed Su Muling to the hall.
"What's going on out there?" Su Muling took a small bite of porridge and asked Wuying.
"The official road leading to the outside world in Dongjia Town has been collapsed, and the landslide has blocked the road tightly. If you want the road to be opened, it won't be open in a month and a half. ”
Wuying poured a bowl of porridge into his mouth and carefully talked about the situation outside.
"So serious?" Su Muling put down the bowl and couldn't eat it.
"What action can the yamen take?"
"Lord Leng has gathered some people and is going door-to-door to save people. I took a few people with me, and rescued a dozen of them from the ground in one morning. The living have nowhere to go but to burn a fire on the spot to keep warm. Also, Lord Leng is worried about food. There are more than a dozen rice shops in the town, and in the afternoon, Lord Leng wants to go to the rice shop to borrow grain, but I don't know if I can borrow it. ”
"If you can't borrow it, we'll spend money to buy it." Su Muling slapped the table and stood up.
"No shadow, square flat, pomegranate. You have eaten and gone out with me to find food. Master, You'an will be handed over to you. Crown Prince, Crown Princess, you stay here to recuperate in peace. When the road is opened, I will definitely find a way to send you back to China. ”
At this time, Su Muling suddenly matured a lot, Xiao Wenxuan was seriously injured, and as Princess Ning of the Ming Dynasty, she should do what she could to share the worries of the people.
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After the meal, Su Muling left the yamen with a few people and walked all the way to Huazhi Lane.
When Pomegranate and Fang Ping accompanied Delang and Imantha shopping, they saw a rice shop with a small shop in Huazhi Lane. The rice shop was not far from them, and Su Muling decided to start with this rice shop.
From time to time, they encountered victims digging up their possible surviving relatives under their collapsed houses.
The corpses were placed in the open air, with different shapes and scales all over the body, and the injuries were terrible!
Survivors picked up stones and wood from the rubble, set up improvised sheds in the open space to protect them from the cold, and some kept rummaging through the rubble for edible items.
Seeing someone passing by, these people just glanced blankly and went on with their business.
Su Muling was in a heavy mood, these people lacked food and clothing, and in such bad weather, the chances of survival were simply too low. Even if you survive the earthquake, you can't escape a 'death' without eating or drinking!
Pomegranate carried Su Muling across a swaying wooden plank and crossed several alleys to Huazhi Lane.
The situation in Huazhi Lane is similar to the neighborhood of the inn where they are staying, and only a few connected shops are still standing on the entire street. And the Daliang rice shop is one of the few shops that have not fallen.
Su Muling came to the door of the shop, and Wuying reached out to push the door, only to find that the door was inserted inside.
Wuying leaned through the window and looked inside for a moment, and then whispered to Su Muling, "There are people in the house." ”
"Knock!"
Su Muling gave an order, and Wuying began to slam the door.
"Is there anyone in there? We're here to buy rice. ”
Shadowless stopped, and there was silence inside.
Su Muling stopped Wuying's hand raised again, and led the group around the ruins to the backyard of Daliang Rice Shop.
The courtyard door in the backyard of the rice shop has long been deformed and peeled off. The doors of several warehouses in the courtyard were wide open, and the inside was empty!
Out of food? Su Muling couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in her heart.
She stepped forward and pushed the back door of the shop, but it didn't move, it was obvious that someone had bolted it inside.
Su Muling tentatively increased the strength of his hand, and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone? We're here to buy food. ”
The people outside held their breath, but the inside was silent!
Su Muling continued to knock on the door again, "Is there anyone?" There was still no answer inside.
"Miss, I'll come."
The pomegranate pulled Su Muling away, stepped forward and kicked out, and the door fell in response. There were a few exclamations from inside the door, followed by several sharp knives and sticks against their chests.
"You ...... Who are you? Come here...... Do? ”
A short, stocky man in his forties in a long shirt hid behind a group of people and dared to question.
"We're here to sell grain, who are you?" Before Su Muling met, seven or eight people were holding the guy in their hands, trembling and showing fear, and they already understood a little in their hearts.
"This is my shop, and I am the owner of the shop." The stocky middle-aged man puffed up his chest and reported to himself.
"It turned out to be Boss Liang, rude and rude! Don't be afraid, we're just here to buy food for disaster relief! Su Muling stepped forward and saluted and said hello.
"I'm sorry, we don't have anything to sell, please go back." Boss Liang blinked his shrewd eyes and resolutely refused.
"Boss Liang, I heard that you are a well-known grain storer in Dongjia Town, and now that Dongjia Town has suffered a disaster, we must work together to help the people in the town tide over the difficulties. I bought all the food in your shop, so you can make a price. ”
When Boss Liang heard that Su Muling was here to buy food, he secretly looked at her.
I saw that this woman was outstanding, wearing an extremely simple long jacket, and a moon-white fine shearling fur cloak on the outside, surrounded by a white fox collar. There was nothing extra on his head, only a hosta. Look at this woman's dress, it's not bad for money.
It's just that I heard that the road to the outside world in Dongjiazhen has been blocked, so it's impossible for the imperial court to come so soon? Besides, even if the court comes, you can't send a woman, right?
Looking at the two guards behind Su Muling, as well as the girl who kicked the door off with one kick, Boss Liang beat a drum in his heart: This person must want to take advantage of the fire to rob, I heard that there is food in his shop to rob.
"You? Who are you? Do you know how much food I have? Can you afford to pay that much silver? Besides, it's up to me whether to sell my family's grain or not, and it's up to you to be my master. ”
"Boss Liang, the country is in trouble, and the husband is responsible. You obviously have a large amount of food to save the people, but you choose to watch the people starve to death and freeze to death. What good will it do you if all the people in Dongjiazhen are dead? Su Muling was a little angry!
"You don't have to worry about this. My own things, I am in charge of my own things, and I don't need you to be a female ruffle! Boss Liang looked at Su Muling in front of him with a look of disdain!
"Presumptuous, do you know who you're talking to?"
Wuying stepped forward to teach this arrogant fanatic a lesson, but before she could get up, she was held down by Su Muling, she didn't want to reveal her identity.
"I don't care who she is, even if the king of heaven is here, it's not easy to do it here with me!"
Boss Liang saw that Su Muling stopped Wuying, and thought she was bluffing, and there was disdain in his tone and eyes.
"Boss Liang is really a tiger and a dragon? Who is not afraid? ”
"Wuying, you said that if we release the news that Boss Liang has a large amount of grain stored here to the victims, will those victims who are freezing and starving kneel down and beg him to release grain?"
Su Muling took a few steps back and forth in front of Boss Liang with his hands in his hands, smiling maliciously.
"Hmph, beg him? I'm afraid that I don't know how Boss Liang died by then. "Wuying hates Boss Liang's dog for looking down on people, and he can't come forward and end up with him.
"Okay, since Boss Liang doesn't want a lot of silver, then let's go, Boss Liang, you still have to ask for more blessings!" Su Muling dropped this sentence and led people to turn around and leave.