Chapter 985: Shameless Kindness (3)
When life was good, Meng's character weaknesses were not obvious, but now that he has suffered hardships, Meng's character shortcomings have been revealed.
Along the way, as long as Meng saw a poor person who couldn't eat, he thought about helping the other party.
Once his subordinates questioned it, Meng would stare at them with the eyes of "how could you be such a ruthless person" until they ignored her anymore.
The blessing of the Tuo Meng clan, before they had left the Central Plains, they had already eaten almost all the food they had exchanged before.
Several subordinates discussed with each other, and then told Meng the seriousness of the matter, and obtained Meng's consent to exchange their belongings for food with those villagers.
and also told Meng that after arriving at the farmhouse, no matter what the other party said, she had to pretend that she couldn't hear anything.
Meng Shi promised to be good, but when he arrived at the villagers' homes and was cried by others, Meng Shi regarded himself as a living bodhisattva who rescued the suffering.
not only agreed to the unreasonable requests of those villagers, but even reprimanded their maids on the spot for being vicious.
Meng's words made these maids very desperate, the head and face jewelry on their bodies were all precious things they usually cherished, if it weren't for the suffering of the main family, who would be willing to exchange these things.
But look at what they got back, a pearl hairpin was only exchanged for a cornmeal cake, and there was a tooth mark on it.
A pair of pure gold earrings were replaced with half a bowl of corn mixed with two mixtures, and there were several notches in the bowl, and the stubble on them made them not know how to put their mouths.
A sheep's fat jade wrench was only replaced with ten corn cobs, and the Diao woman opposite was still sitting on the ground patting her thigh and crying that she had suffered a loss.
And Meng Shi saw that the Diao woman was crying pitifully, and even ordered them to return five corn cobs, so as not to really make the other party suffer a big loss.
A few maids just wanted to cry: Who is at a loss, that jade wrench finger was rewarded by the emperor when the old man was in high spirits, not to mention ten corn cobs, and it was enough to buy thousands of acres of corn land.
Just by looking at the tricky appearance of the old woman without a tear in her eyes, they knew that this person definitely knew how valuable this wrench was.
Seeing Meng Shi speak, the old woman nodded in thanks, and looked at these people with her eyes.
She wanted to know how much more she could get out of these stupid and moneyy fools.
In the end, the Meng family left hungry, and the little things they got in exchange couldn't fill their stomachs at all.
Unlike before, the loss of their belongings is not a fraction of what they have.
In the days that followed, they continued to change food while hurrying.
Although it is not always possible to meet those black-hearted farmers, as long as there is more food, Meng Shi always can't help but give it to others.
And she often reprimanded these subordinates who became more and more yellow and thin because of their hunger: Everyone in the world is suffering, we can help if we can, otherwise we will be punished by God in the future.
The subordinates looked at Meng's face, which was still white and round, except for being a little haggard due to the sadness of spring and autumn every day, and couldn't say anything, so they could only comfort themselves numbly: think about it at best, when they starve to death, maybe they will be free.
Because the Meng family was returning home from a family visit, the property on his body was not much, and the silver tickets in the Central Plains could not be used in the territory of the Qiang people at all.
Therefore, the more they went, the poorer they became, and in the end they could not even get what they could buy in exchange for food.
They are all women in the back house, and they don't have any special crafts.
It's hard for them to drive the carriage on weekdays, and they really can't do technical work like hunting and fishing.
Therefore, there are fewer and fewer things that several people can eat, and after a long time, even Meng's cheeks are suffocated, not to mention Mo Wanxia, who is not yet five years old.
Mo Wanxia is sensible, she vaguely knows that something has happened at home, and she needs to keep hurrying morning and evening.
Therefore, along the way, Mo Wanxia was quiet as if she was not a five-year-old child, but it made people feel a little more pity.
Meng's body
Mama Fang on the side, who was originally her grandmother, took the initiative to propose to Meng Shi to serve Mo Wanxia after Mo Wanxia was born, and her feelings for them were naturally deeper.
At this time, seeing that his own family and children began to be hungry, the grandmother was anxious in her eyes.
It's a pity that she is the son of a big family, and you let her talk about the big family, take charge of the feed, and feed the flowers and plants.
But if she was asked to look for food in the wild, she would also have a black eye.
Thinking that they were going to ride in a carriage, but the two horses could not be killed, in the end, Mama Fang was ruthless, and during a break, she left the carriage alone.
After a long time, when Meng Shi was not in a hurry to find her, she saw Mama Fang limping back with a knife of meat wrapped in grass.
Handing over the meat to Meng, Mama Fang said that she was tired, so she climbed into the carriage alone and fell asleep.
Several little maids looked at Mama Fang with unbearable eyes, as if they knew something.
But at the urging of Meng Shi, he still carried the meat to cook it quickly.
Meng Shi stared at the pot expectantly: she really hadn't eaten meat for a long time since she had fled for her life.
Only Mo Wanxia was left alone by Mama Fang's side, touching his head for a while, and touching her hand for a while, very anxious: she smelled the smell of blood that often appeared on her father's body from Mama Fang, and the smell of gold sore medicine.
The possible injury of Mama Fang made Mo Wanxia very anxious, and she even ignored the voice of Meng Shi calling her to eat meat: she didn't want to lose Mama Fang.
Meng's meal was very large, and after she was full, she still knew that she had to leave some for Mo Wanxia.
But before Mo Wanxia got out of the carriage, a down-and-out Qiang woman appeared in front of them with two children.
Seeing the pitiful appearance of the mother and son, Meng's sympathy instantly exploded, and he didn't want to give the meat and pot to the mother and son together.
The woman originally just wanted to come over and set a bowl of hot soup, who would have thought that there would be such an unexpected surprise, such a delicate small pot is worth a lot of money.
So after thanking Meng Shi for her kindness, the woman ran away quickly with the two children in her arms, for fear that Meng would regret it.
Meng Shi looked at the back of the woman leaving, his heart was full of pride, and he didn't notice the desperate faces of the people in the slightest.
Feeling that his life realm was sublimated again, Meng Shi turned his head with satisfaction, and happened to meet Mo Wanxia's expressionless face.
Probably out of instinct, although Meng is not smart, he has an unusually obvious perception of other people's emotions.
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