Chapter 58

These days there is heavy snowfall, and there are more than a dozen light snowfalls. Quiet, every day, I pray in my heart that the snow will not fall again. But God didn't seem to hear the quiet prayers, and the goose-feather snow was still falling. The snow has not stopped, and the weather is especially cold.

As soon as the morning dawned, Quiet sent Leng Qiu to call Tong Feng.

Tong Feng entered the living room, bowed his head to the quiet and asked, "Miss, are you looking for me?" ”

Quietly stood up, looked at the overcast sky outside and the snow still falling, and whispered, "You can go to the town in a moment to see what the situation is now, and tell me when you come back." ”

"Yes, Miss, I'll go." With that, Tong Feng turned around and went out.

When Tong Feng came back, it was already an hour later. With red eyes, a big man cried like a child, and he elaborated on the situation in the town.

Quietly listened expressionlessly, thinking in his heart, "Mama Tong has tied up all the cotton clothes we have made, so let's bring a hundred pieces first, and take some of the small socks we made." And Tong Feng, you go and put the ox cart on it, load two bags of brown rice, two bags of big ballast, and then take two bags of sweet potatoes in the cellar. Grab a straw curtain and a wooden pole and head to the town first. When we got there, we found some shacks to give them shelter, and we came later. ”

"Leng Yue, why don't you go to Uncle Bolt's house to see if his oxcart is there? If you are there, you will borrow it for a day, and if you are not there, you will go to the village chief's house to borrow it. ”

"Everybody put on some more, and we'll go out of town for soup porridge in a moment."

"Leng Qiu, you go and inform Sister-in-law Tong and ask her to load the dried ginger in the cellar in a back basket."

After a quick order, he also got up and changed into a thick cotton coat, put on a hat, mask and gloves, and the group got into an ox cart and headed for the town.

When it was quiet to the ruined temple outside the town, Tong Feng had already set up two shacks. Even the cauldron for boiling porridge has been propped up. Sister-in-law Tong quickly added water to the fire, and the two cauldrons boiled thick brown rice and sweet potato porridge. The smell of porridge spread far and wide, and the refugees in the vicinity gathered around to smell it.

Most of these refugees were women, old people and children, all of them were skinny, their clothes were thin and shabby, their bodies were frostbitten, and their outstretched hands were red and swollen, all of them were so pitiful.

Tong Feng organized everyone to line up, and there were two rows of one or two hundred people. A bowl of porridge for each person, a cotton coat, and a pair of cotton socks if there are young children. The refugees were holding each other, snuggling and grateful

There is goodness in everyone's heart. As it is written in the book, "At the beginning of man, nature is good," even if he is in the dark, everyone is looking forward to that light in their hearts. And at this moment, the quiet group is the only light that brings them out of the darkness.

Quiet and busy with everyone, more and more refugees came when they heard the news, and the cotton clothes were not enough, so they sent Tong Feng back to pull it back. There were always people outside, and there were fewer people until sunset. The rice brought is gone, the sweet potatoes are long gone, the cotton clothes and socks are also shining, only a basket of dried ginger remains, and quietly ordered everyone to chop the ginger into pieces and boil two large pots of ginger soup. A big bowl was served to everyone, hoping to remove even a trace of the cold for them on this cold winter night.

When they returned home, it was almost midnight, although everyone was very tired, but no one was complaining, they all knew that maybe a bowl of porridge, a piece of clothing, or even a bowl of ginger soup they boiled could make a person survive, and their hearts were relieved.

Ten days have passed, and the food in Quiet's hands is about to bottom out. The rest of the food will last for two days at most, and what will happen after two days? Quiet was worried, although she wanted to save these people's lives. But he won't take out the food he left for his own house, it's night, quiet and sleepless.

Before dawn, there was a quick knock at the door, and the neighing of horses. Quietly got up in surprise and put on her clothes and went out of the house. Tong Feng's inquiry voice came from the outer courtyard, "Who is outside?" What's going on in the middle of the night? ”

"We are from Fucheng, and we are here to give Miss An a New Year's gift on the order of our lord."

As soon as I heard that the people outside said that they were from Fucheng, I knew that it was Xiao Qifeng's person. Busy let Tong Feng open the door.

The visitor entered the courtyard, bowed to the quiet standing under the window, and said respectfully, "Girl, my subordinate Changhuan has come to give you a New Year's gift on the order of our prince." There is also a handwritten letter from the master. As he spoke, he offered a wooden box to silence.

Quiet took it and didn't rush to open it. smiled at Changhuan and said, "On this snowy day, it's hard work, Brother Changhuan." Go into the house and have a cup of tea to warm up, and I can also go and write a reply to your prince. ”

"Changhuan thanked the girl, we still have to rush back, and I will tell the brothers to unload the things in the car. As soon as the girl's letter was written, the subordinates were about to set off. ”

While they were talking, they were already carrying bags of things into the courtyard.

"Girl, the prince knows that the price of food here is very high now, and he is worried that the girl's family will not have enough food, so he asked us to bring some more food. The prince said, let the girl not have to save food, and she will send food here in the spring. Chang Huan pointed to these bags and said quietly.

"Then bother a few people and move all this grain into the warehouse." Quietly, she said happily, now she is worried about the food, Xiao Qifeng's food was delivered at the right time, just to solve her urgent need.

After saying that, Jing Jing hurriedly turned around and went back to the house, and quickly wrote two reply letters. One is for Xiao Qifeng, and the other is for Xiaobai Tuanzi Chengzhi. He also ordered two bags of sticky bean bags, a bag of spiced peanuts, two cans of peanut butter, two jars of sauerkraut, fifty salted duck eggs, and fifty pine flower eggs. These things are home-made, and they don't exist in this era, so I just brought them to taste them. There are not many things, and they are not worth much, there is no way to compare them with what Xiao Qifeng gave her, but these are indeed quiet thoughts. If you want to come to Xiao Qifeng as a dignified prince, there must be nothing missing? What they have with each other is the purest friendship that is not mixed with any interests.

Tranquility handed over a cloth bag and two letters to Chang Huan. Jing thought for a while and said, "You go back and tell your prince that everything is fine here, so he doesn't need to worry about it." ”

"The subordinates will definitely inform the prince, and we will leave. Take care, girl! ”

Quietly nodded, and watched Changhuan and them go out of the yard before turning back to the house. Sitting quietly on the wooden couch and opening the letter of the little white tuanzi first, the little guy's letter is the same as before, there are written and drawn, and they are all about some things on weekdays. Although they were all useless words, Quiet could still feel the thoughts and warmth from that little white ball in the letter, which was a distressing child.

Xiao Qifeng's letter was as concise and clear as ever. I talked about what had happened in the recent past, and asked her about some things. also said that the world is chaotic outside, and told her not to go out and run around. Quiet thought of the man who was a little indifferent on the surface but warm on the inside, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile.

This time, as every time before, Xiao Qifeng and Chengzhi still brought her some small gifts. The gifts are not expensive, but they are all practical, and you can see that you have put a lot of thought into it. Thinking that Xiao Qifeng knows the quiet temper, those valuable jewelry, clothes and fabrics, even if he sends the quiet, he will not accept it. So every time I give a gift, it is quiet and usable, but it is not very valuable.

In fact, Quiet also didn't expect that the man who was cold on the surface would have such a careful side.