"At the beginning, there were groups of three or five, and I didn't pay much attention to it, so I opened as usual. But in the past few days more and more beggars have come to the town, and every day I go out to do business with my things, and the beggars are eyeing each other, and several shops have been robbed by these hungry beggars. I really didn't dare to take the risk, so I closed the door for a few days. ”

Hearing her explain like this, Chen Youyi also nodded understandingly, "It's right for you to do this, it's still important to be safe." It's just that you've been staying in town, haven't you heard what's going on, and that's why so many beggars have come here? ”

"In the past few days, everyone has closed the door of the store, and no one dares to go out easily, always for fear of being robbed by those beggars, and I don't dare to go out when I am alone here, so I don't know what happened."

Chen Youyi's face sank and turned to walk towards Mu Xiulian, "Mother, although these beggars have nothing to do with us, they are also poor people, I want to inquire to see what happened, so I wronged you to stay here for one night tonight?" ”

Mu Xiulian waved her hand and said, "You look down on your mother, how can your mother be the kind of person with a narrow mood, if you want to help these beggars want to do this good deed, your mother will be the first to support you, not to mention that it will be okay to live here for a month a day." ”

Hearing this, Chen Youyi was very grateful, and then asked Sister-in-law Lin and Xiaoxue to prepare the room, and said to Wang Da, "You drive the carriage back, Aunt Wang still needs you to take care of her at home." We're probably going to be staying here in a few days. ”

Wang Da said, "No, there are only a few of you women here, and you are pregnant." If there is really no one to help me, I'd better stay, I'll go out and find someone to send a message to the family in a while, and my mother will be fine, don't worry. ”

Hearing this, Chen Youyi was naturally grateful, and everyone began to get busy, because the room here is limited, even her sister-in-law and Mu Xiulian slept in the same room, Xiaoxue still followed Chen Youyi, and Wang Da slept alone in the downstairs room.

I also listened to the movement outside.

With Wang Da here, Chen Youyi's heart is much more steady.

Fortunately, there are plenty of reserves in the breakfast shop, and there is no problem with food and accommodation these days, but I don't know what will happen after these days.

Chen Youyi couldn't go out, so he asked Wang Da to go out and take a walk to see what the current situation in the town was, and whether someone had been sent to the yamen to solve this problem.

After he agreed, Chen Youyi gave him some broken silver, and asked him to carry it with him in case of emergency, and when I came back, I could buy some food and buy some more.

Then he turned and went out.

There were a few women left in the breakfast shop, and there were not many beggars around, so Chen Youyi asked Sister-in-law Lin to take the food in the store and send it to the beggars around. Most of them were given to the women and children, leaving for two days to eat.

After that, Chen Youyi was thinking about how to solve this problem, although he was also a common man, but seeing that there were so many beggars who had been affected by the disaster, he really couldn't ignore it.

More than two hours later, Wang Da hurried back from outside.

"Do you know what's going on?" Chen Youyi hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

Wang Da drank a sip of water, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then gasped and said, "I have already asked, it turns out that the town next door has a big flood, flooding many villages and fields, these people really have nothing to eat, so they beg everywhere, and then they came to this town." ”

"I see, what about the Yamen? Did you say that you want to take care of this matter, and what did Lord Xu say? ”

"Lord Xu doesn't know the situation yet, and I don't know what the yamen plans to do, so I said that there should be a place for soup kitchen. But I went around a few places, and I didn't see the beggars, who still had some strength and were so hungry that they could not do anything, robbing everywhere, and robbing people when they saw them, whether they were food or silver. ”

Wang Da sighed and continued, "The people in the yamen have arrested a lot of such beggars and put them in prison because of robbery, and when they enter the prison, they have food to eat, and the beggars who come later have begun to follow suit. As a result, the prison in the yamen is overcrowded, and now the yamen no longer arrests people, and the people in the noisy town do not dare to go out easily, and now there is no one else on the street except those beggars. ”

Hearing this, Chen Youyi's brows furrowed even deeper, "If it continues like this, not only the town next door, but even our town will have to be destroyed by these beggars." Master Xu must not sit idly by like this, I will go to him and discuss with him how to solve this problem. ”

She got up and was about to go out, but was stopped by these people at the same time.

Wang Da pleaded and said, "It's getting late outside, and it will be more dangerous to go out at this time, not to mention that this kind of thing should also be left to us to do." What if you go out with a big belly? ”

On weekdays, if they protect themselves, Chen Youyi doesn't feel anything, knowing that they are all kind, but now she is a little anxious if she doesn't let herself go out, "But this matter always has to be solved, and if it is delayed for one day, those beggars outside are likely to starve to death." ”

Mu Xiulian didn't hold her breath at the moment, seeing that Chen Youyi was a little impetuous, she lowered her voice and said, "You sit down for me." ”

This sentence shocked everyone, and they couldn't help but look at her, Mu Xiulian only looked at Chen Youyi, and said with a slight anger, "You are a woman, what can you do even if you come forward to manage this kind of thing?" If Lord Xu promises you, it will be a blessing for these beggars, if you don't promise you, what can you do? ”

"You also think about your body, so many beggars can't be solved by you alone and say a few words. If you really have that much ability, then wouldn't Lord Xu become an ornament? Do you regard all the officials of the court as eating dry rice? ”

Hearing her words, Chen Youyi was stunned for a while, and she also knew that she was too anxious.

"Everyone has their own creation, everyone's destiny, and you do what you can. Although you used to be the princess of Chen Guo, you can't even change your own fate, how can you control the fate of others? Just do your own thing and do your own thing, the rest is up to God. ”

Mu Xiulian breathed a sigh of anger, and several people around her didn't dare to speak anymore, and they still had to rely on the old lady to get out of the horse at a critical time.

"You go upstairs to rest, let Wang Da go to the yamen to inquire, Lord Xu must be worried about this matter, he will definitely not sit idly by, you should do what you should do as a woman."

With Mu Xiulian's order, it was very meaningful and she didn't dare to be presumptuous, so she accompanied Xiaoxue upstairs, and it was Mu Xiulian's words that made her mood settle down a lot.

"It's still my mother who is right, this matter can't be solved in a moment. Let's wait and see. Chen Youyi sat down in the room and said to herself lightly.

Xiaoxue also said, "You're just too anxious. I know that you are also kind, but after all, we are just ordinary people, you can't even ignore your own body for these things, if that's the case, you can't get any things back. ”

She took a deep breath, laughed instead, and said to Xiaoxue, "I used to only think of my mother as a kind and weak old lady, but now it seems that she is more courageous than me. ”

"That is, the old lady is from here after all, so it must be different." Xiaoxue said.