Chapter 27: The Masked Bodhisattva
"It's coming, it's coming! It's coming, it's coming! The Masked Bodhisattva is here! ”
Suddenly, there was a child in the crowd who had good eyesight, as if with all his strength, and screamed excitedly.
When the refugees heard this, they looked suspiciously inside the city gate, but saw a carriage approaching this way.
The carriage was getting closer and closer, and for a moment, everyone seemed to hold their breath and look directly at the carriage.
Finally, the carriage stopped outside the city gates, and a masked man in white jumped out of the carriage.
"It's coming, it's coming, the masked bodhisattva is coming!"
Everyone stepped forward in exclamation, all of them with joy, and their empty eyes immediately regained some light, and they all seemed to have the urge to rush forward, but they all tried to restrain themselves.
"Everyone line up, today there are not only white-flour steamed buns, but also some clothes and quilts, all you have to do is line up! If you have a cough, cover your mouth and nose with your sleeves, the children are in front, the elderly are followed, and the young and middle-aged are at the back. ”
The masked man in white stood on the edge of the carriage and explained loudly to everyone.
Just as everyone was queuing, another red-clothed masked man got out of the carriage, calling the coachman to carry food, quilts and other materials from the carriage down.
Tang Zhe and Liu Yun glanced at each other, and when they saw that the team was formed, they also lined up behind.
The team moved forward slowly and orderly, and there was no phenomenon of jumping in line. Someone kept chanting, "Thank you, Masked Bodhisattva!" Thank you, Masked Bodhisattva! ”
A few children received the steamed buns first, stuffing them into their mouths like gobbling them up, while wiping their tears with their frozen red and swollen hands.
A woman standing in the middle of the line suddenly cried out, "My son! Why didn't you make it to the Bodhisattva! Ah...............h
"Eat slowly, it'll be tomorrow." When the masked red-clothed man heard the cry, he quickened the movement of his hand, and when he saw the child desperately stuffing steamed buns into his mouth, he choked up and whispered a sentence, but I don't know if anyone could hear it; The circles under my eyes couldn't help but turn red, and I didn't know if anyone could see it.
"Everyone listened to me as they lined up. There are not many quilts raised, so you can share a bed with many people when you go back, and leave cotton clothes for the elderly and children. Tomorrow morning, everyone is still waiting here to receive steamed buns. Also, when you go back to the shed, you must boil the water before drinking, and the broken skin should not be smeared with mud, it will not work, but after the boiling water has cooled, the wound should be cleaned, and then the herbs I brought to you yesterday should be applied........."
The masked man in white watched all this, maintaining the scene while shouting loudly in a hoarse voice!
In the same way, when he shouted the fifteenth time, only Tang Zhe and Liu Yun were left in the long line, and the two stood in front of the steamed bun basket, but saw that there was only one steamed bun left in the basket.
Seeing this, the masked man in red looked at the man in white. I saw the man in white step forward, picked up the steamed bun, skimmed it in half, and handed it to Tang Liu and the others: "That's all there is left for today, come back tomorrow, I'll let you two be the first one, do you think it's okay?" ”
The tone of the man in white was full of apology, as if these refugees couldn't eat, and it was all caused by him.
Tang Shu glanced at the masked man in white, hesitated, and stretched out his hand.
Who knows, at the moment when he touched the steamed bun, a whip "brushed" and pulled over.
I only heard the masked white-clothed boy "ah" and squatted on the ground in pain!