Su Banxia knew that the two of them were for her good, but she really didn't want to go back.

Moreover, this is the imperial city, full of patrolling officers and soldiers, and in broad daylight, she doesn't believe anything will happen.

comforted: "I know you two are worried about me, but I don't think anything will happen, so it's okay, let's buy some steamed buns and distribute them along the street today, and wait for tomorrow morning, how about we find a place to make porridge?" ”

She couldn't see so much suffering, especially some children kneeling pathetically on the side of the street begging, such a scene touched her very much.

Thinking back to the time when she was here, the life she lived with the Jiang family, if there was a condition, I was afraid that she would also beg on the street.

The two saw that Su Banxia had made up their minds, and they knew that there was no result in continuing to persuade them, so they had to follow Su Banxia's wishes and take Su Banxia to the nearest steamed bun shop.

Opposite the steamed bun shop, an old man with a child, holding a bowl in his hand, looked expectantly at the passers-by, the young child had messy hair, the clothes on his body were also tattered, and his eyes looked at the steamed bun shop across the street expectantly.

"Grandpa, I'm hungry." The child's voice was weak, and he tugged at the sleeve of the old man's shirt, and his eyes were full of anticipation.

He had been hungry for a day, and yesterday he found some food in a bucket in the back alley of a restaurant, and came out to beg early this morning, but he didn't get anything.

The old man felt guilty in his heart, but he couldn't do anything: "When grandpa wants to eat, I'll give you something to eat, okay, you bear with it first." ”

The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is getting harder and harder to beg for food, he hasn't eaten for a day, his whole body is tired, and the most important thing is that the weather is getting colder and colder, and he looks up at the sky with tears in his eyes, and he doesn't know if he can survive this winter.

He was thinking about it when he suddenly saw a young lady standing in front of him with two women, and he quickly came back to his senses and looked at the young lady expectantly.

I saw the young lady put two steamed buns in their bowls.

Su Banxia noticed the grandfather and grandson when she hadn't bought steamed buns yet, but the six or seven-year-old children came out to beg, and they looked very pitiful.

Before the steamed bun was put down, the child picked up the steamed bun and devoured it, and put another one in the child's bowl and said, "Where did you come from, old man?" And what about your family? ”

The old man was very grateful, he met a good person today, looking at Su Banxia's good face, he hurriedly said: "We are from Nanhe City, this year's drought is great, there is no harvest, and the taxes are too high to support it, so we were driven out of the staff, and there are eight out of ten in the village. Nine people came out to flee the famine, and when I fled, my daughter-in-law could not stand it and left alone, and my poor son worked on the dock in order to give me and the child a full meal, but was robbed and beaten, and when he came back, he could not afford to be sick, and we spent all the money and did not cure his illness, and my family was left with me and my grandson. ”

When Su Banxia heard this, she couldn't bear it, thinking of the geographical environment of Nanhe City, if the land was not completed, then she would really starve to death, the terrain around Nanhe City was flat, there were no mountains, unlike their village, even if there was no harvest in the field, as long as she went to the mountain, she could find a bite to eat, and she would not starve to death, but the days were a little harder, and when she came, she didn't go to the mountains to dig yams and find wild leeks and the like to eat.

Looking at the two grandchildren, she couldn't bear it, thinking that Si Nanzhu said last time that there was a shop in Jucai Lane that had been empty, because it was relatively remote, and she didn't know what it was used for.

Jucai Lane is clean, and it is also a good choice for soup kitchen, and said: "I will give porridge to Jucai Lane early tomorrow morning, if you have someone you are familiar with, you can tell each other, and if you don't get food in the future, come to me." ”

After speaking, he put a steamed bun in the old man's bowl, and then left with Jin Niang and Xiu Niang.

Jin Niang and Xiu Niang are not happy in their hearts, although they used to live hard, they are not as pitiful as the old man.

Xiuniang gritted her teeth and said viciously: "That person is really not a thing, natural disasters can't be avoided at all, if you have a little conscience, you shouldn't put all the responsibility on the people, and you can't pay the rent and drive it away, is this still a human thing, there are no farmers to help farm, and the staff is not worried about the land shortage next year." ”

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Su Banxia frowned and said: "I heard Nanzhu say before, the emperor has been exempted from taxes until the drought in Nanhe City this year, why does the old man say that he can't pay taxes, this is completely unreasonable." ”

She believed that the old man was not lying, so there was a moth in the government.

This kind of thing is absolutely intolerable, she knows how hard the people are, and no one wants to suffer a disaster.

Jin Niang sighed and said: "It is estimated that the local officials deceived the superiors and subordinates, a distant relative of mine has encountered it before, and it is the misfortune of the people to meet such an official." ”

Su Banxia doesn't plan to forget it like this, it's okay to say that she is nosy, she can do anything, and if she hasn't met it, she won't say it, since she has met it, she has to seriously investigate it.

Steamed buns were distributed along the street, she probably counted them, and on the street she walked, she met more than 20 begging people, and most of the begging were women, old people and children, but there were no young and strong men, and most of these begging people came from Nanhe City, they begged along the way, and walked for more than two months to the capital.

Because they feel that there are many rich people in the capital, it is easier to beg, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, if there are too many victims, they can also attract the attention of the people above.

This thinking is very good, but they probably didn't expect it, because there are too many people begging and there are few people who give alms, and they will also be hungry.

A cloth bag of steamed buns was quickly delivered, and the three of them had no choice but to return to the house.

Si Nanzhu was reading a book in the house, holding a travelogue in his hand, which recorded the beautiful scenery of various places, he had been planning to take Su Banxia around after getting married, and he had been reading various travelogues recently, in order to really go and introduce Su Banxia to him.

On weekdays, Su Banxia is always smiling when he comes back, but today, Su Banxia's expression is a little different.

Although Su Banxia's reaction was not very obvious, he still felt it keenly.

"What's going on? Frustrated, what happened to you? It's still the one who doesn't have long eyes to provoke you. He put down the book in his hand and poured Su Banxia a cup of tea.

Su Banxia picked up the teacup, and Si Nanzhu said gently: "It's not hot, you can drink it directly." ”

After drinking it in one go, Su Banxia poured another cup of tea and drank it, and then sat next to Si Nanzhu angrily and said: "Today I went to the street with Jin Niang and they went to distribute steamed buns, I heard you say before, the emperor knows about the disaster in Nanhe City, and he exempted the people from paying taxes, right?" ”