Chapter 56: Imperial Court Disaster Relief (1)
In fact, this kind of worship has given Li Qing a lot of convenience, at least there are no more objections when doing things, and there are a few fewer whys.
This is also because Li Qing is very Buddha, if he changes his eyes, he will be repaid, who is willing to obey the command with a pleasant face?
Li Qing took Yun Ji to collect medicine, and even took a group of women from the village to collect medicine. They had also picked them before, but because they didn't know many kinds of herbs, they couldn't meet their needs. Li Qing was originally going to get it with the mentality of prevention, so as long as there were herbs with certain effects, she taught them to recognize them, and then collected a few large baskets and found branches and shrubs to dry.
Jiang Kui and other clan elders are also supportive, most of the old people or middle-aged people in the village have seen the severity of the epidemic more than 20 years ago, so it is not wrong to take precautions.
At Li Qing's suggestion, strict regulations were enacted in the village. Attention must be paid to personal cleanliness, as well as the cleanliness of food. You can't eat indiscriminately, and you can't defecate in the open to prevent repeating the mistakes of the past.
Several people failed to survive before, especially the old man, who had no way to do the dojo, so he could only cut down trees and nail them into coffins on the spot and find a piece of feng shui treasure to bury them. As for the dead child, it was naturally not so grand, so he found a place to take a box and put it in, and buried it.
After a few more days, the flood waters receded, revealing muddy land.
Flooded houses have collapsed to varying degrees, and some houses are made of stone and are relatively solid. Some people's houses are made of dirt and disappear when they are washed.
Li Qing pulled Yun Ji and Jiang Shi to stand at the door of his house, and his feet sank deep into the blistered ground. The stone floor in the courtyard was covered with dirt and other slag. Half of the bamboo house collapsed, the thatch on the roof was in a mess, and in some places there were gaps.
I hope I don't come across a corpse or something when I enter the house, Li Qing prayed.
Li Qing was about to raise her feet to enter the courtyard, but when she looked back, she saw Jiang's face full of tears, staring at her house in a daze. Li Qing's heart instantly became sour,
Jiang's heart must be very painful!
This house carries half of her life's hard work, brick by brick, grass and fiber, all poured her feelings.
Jiang himself should be very tough, but he still couldn't help but reddened his eyes and shed tears. Jiang Shi took Li Qing's hand and cried like a child.
"It's going to be fine, there's going to be baked dough, there's going to be a house, it's going to be okay, mother." Li Qing cried with Jiang.
"Grandma, when Yun Ji grows up, build a big house for you, grandma don't cry, mother don't cry."
"Yun Ji~" Jiang Shi hugged Yun Ji in his arms, as if he had the whole world.
This scene did not only happen in Jiang's house, but also in the entire Shilitang Village.
After crying, hurting, and hurting, people are more likely to roll up their sleeves and rebuild their homes.
It took the Jiang family three days to clean up the house.
God has been very powerful these days, there has not been a drop of rain, every day the sun is sun, and everything that should be dried has been dried.
The water in the river and the well was still muddy, so there was no place to wash the clothes, so they had to be left to dry there. The benches, tables, pots and pans were covered with mud. Li Qing and Jiang went to the mountain to pick up mountain spring water and came back to wash it, and they ate and drank mountain spring water.
Li Qing didn't dare to drink the well water, who knows what was inside?
Because of the rain, the spring on the mountain was so abundant that the whole village went to pick up the spring, and the water level of the spring did not drop much.
The laborers of the village found a day to go up the mountain and cut down trees for the construction of houses.
According to Jiang Kuide's statistics, most of the dozens of houses in the village need to be rebuilt.
It was at this time that the imperial court's disaster relief troops arrived. Jiang Kui led the group to take a boat to receive the imperial court's money and food.
Li Qing was also among them, she looked at the situation in Shilitang Village and thought that everyone was the same. When I came out to take a look, I found that my village could be said to be thousands of times better than others.
There are more than three villages in Lexu County, there are more than ten other large and small villages, plus a small town.
As soon as I walked into the county, I felt that I had been washed with water, and I had completely lost the prosperity of the past.
The streets are full of straw, garbage, coffins, and everywhere you can see children and girls. Almost all of them are yellow and thin, and the clothes on their bodies are not complete.
In this comparison, I feel that my village is a thousand times better than them. At least because you rely on the mountain and eat the mountain, you have a chance to live.
Not all of these people are from the county, but there are also some people from villages and towns who come here just to eat.
Poor thing!
The sound of crying dad and shouting mother is endless.
Li Qing and a few women who were traveling with him were protected in the middle by a group of men, lest a mob suddenly appear and hurt them.
Payments and food were distributed at the county office.
"Why don't you give it to us? Aren't you disaster relief officials sent by the imperial court? We are the victims, so why don't you give it to us?"
A ragged but rampage young man was making a big noise about a middle-aged man in an official uniform.
"Why don't you pull him away from the officer?" The officer shouted to the side.
Left and right immediately stepped forward, and the young man from Ghana stood aside. The guards were all practitioners, and no matter how hard the young man struggled, it would be useless.
"You make it clear to the official that the supplies here are distributed to the surrounding villages, and you beggars take the bowls to the porridge shack, which is where you should go." The officer waved his hand, and the guards immediately dragged the young man out and threw him out.
Maybe it hurt from the fall, and it hurt my self-esteem. The young man reached out and wiped his face, and his unclean face became more and more flowery.
"Dog officer, wait for Lao Tzu! Look at Lao Tzu and don't lift your stall. After the young man finished his cruel words, he stomped his feet, turned around and left, and his steps were not ordinary six relatives who did not recognize.
"My lord, the villain is the head of Shilitang Village, leading the villagers to receive money and food."
Jiang Kui arched his hands and said with a smile to the officials behind the desk.
"Jiang Kui of Shilitang Village."
"Well, yes, yes, yes." Jiang Kui leaned his back, like a flattering villain. Li Qing knew that he wanted to earn a little more for the village.
"There were originally sixty-four families in your village, how many are left now?"
"Back to the adult, sixty-four households are all there, but they are ...... It's just that some people died too. ”
Jiang Kui said, and began to touch his tears. "Before the flood came, there was a lady in the village who shouted loudly to go up the mountain, so some survived."
"Oh? Who is this Li Niangzi, who is sacred, and who has such a true mind?" The official asked.
Jiang Kui looked at Li Qing behind him and motioned for him to step forward. Jiang Kui's move was intended to win a place for Li Qing and expand Shilitang.