Chapter 193: Mercy
On this day, the spring breeze was slightly cool, Wang Caiqi gave porridge as usual, and the porridge shed outside the city gate was set up very large, but after all, it was outside the city, not many people came, but the victims of the disaster came from all directions, and heard that there was a porridge shed for soup soup in the east of the city, and they came one after another.
Looking at the men, women, and children who dragged their families and brought their mouths, and wore rags, Wang Caiqi couldn't wait to take them all to Canglan Courtyard to raise.
It's a pity that Canglan Courtyard is too small, and in the past three days, more and more people have poured in, there are nearly 1,000 people, and no one in the imperial court cares, but the city gate has strengthened its precautions.
"Line up, come one by one, don't grab it, there's still a lot of porridge!" Wang Caiqi held a spoon and served porridge to the victims.
Bai Mei on the side commanded the queue.
Wang Caiqi's four big maids are very busy, and the steward Wang Yue is also helping on the side, a few guards and a few family members, boiling porridge, serving rice, and constantly carrying dishes and chopsticks.
Everything is going on in a hectic and tense way.
Looking at these homeless people, Wang Caiqi felt pity in his heart, to be honest, although there were many poor people in his previous life, at least there were people in charge, no matter where there was any disaster, rescue and disaster relief, post-disaster reconstruction, and the protection of the victims, they were all done very well, so that all the people who were already affected by the disaster had no worries.
But now, the imperial court doesn't even open the city gates, and these victims are already poor and white, and now they have to suffer a second injury.
I heard that there were many people who starved to death on the way, which made me feel sorry for Wang Caiqi.
I even had the idea of wanting to change all this.
Soup porridge, only porridge, the eldest lady is quite conscientious, with rice, mung beans, red beans, peanuts and other grains boiled, very thick, although there is no guarantee that the victims can eat, but at least will not starve to death.
After distributing porridge to all the victims, Wang Caiqi also held a bowl and sat on the ground very casually, sitting among a group of lovely children.
Looking at the child's mother, holding the bowl, carefully feeding her child first, they seemed to know each other, taking care of each other together, and seeing Wang Caiqi coming, their faces were full of gratitude.
"Sisters-in-law, is the porridge enough to eat? If it is not enough, don't be hungry, especially children, it is the time to grow their bodies!" Wang Caiqi took a sip of the five-grain porridge that tasted good, with a kind smile, and smiled gently from the heart.
Her smile stunned everyone, and they were slightly stunned, and the women nodded and said, "I can eat enough, thank you Miss Wang for your concern!"
They looked at this thin, cold woman who was peaceful and unpretentious, and could mingle with them vulgar people, and smiled back with gratitude.
"Where did you come from, I haven't seen you before!" Wang Caiqi asked casually, reaching out to tease the tender face of one of the little girls.
"We all came from Gecun, Guangdong, far away from Jingshi, and begged along the way!" the women were a little sad, and one of them, who was still a good woman, replied.
"What about your husbands, why didn't they follow?" asked Wang Caiqi again.
Generally, those who flee for their lives are men who are more likely to escape, so around the porridge shed in the east of the city, there are mostly adult men, and there are very few old and weak women and children, and most of them have not escaped.
"Hey!" the Wenxiu woman sighed, with tears in her eyes, as if she recalled: "My name is Xiaowen, we are all in the same village, when the dam in the village was flooded, our village was a little farther away, I thought it would not be flooded, the men went to help the neighboring village, who knows, the water is raging, none of them escaped, only we orphans and widows ran out, even the old lady in the family, some did not escape, some died, on the road, we can only work together to dig a pit and sell them!"
The children bowed their heads one after another, their faces sad.
Wang Caiqi sighed, took the little hand of the child next to him, and said softly: "Don't be sad, natural disasters are avoided, no one can hide, you can rest assured, since you come to the capital, someone will take care of you!"
As she spoke, she sighed, commanded Bai Su, and looked at the sad eyes.
I couldn't bear to comfort them too much, lest they be more sad, so they changed the topic and said: "Little baby, tell my sister, are you full today?" Wang Caiqi put down the porridge bowl, picked up a little girl who looked cute and cute, but had some dust on her face, put her on her lap, and shook her like a baby.
"I didn't eat enough!" the girl's innocent big eyes rolled, glanced at her mother cautiously, and then looked at Wang Caiqi's bowl, and replied in a low voice.
"How about your sister's porridge for you to drink?" Wang Caiqi picked up the porridge again and approached the girl's mouth.
The girl held the bowl in both hands and looked at her mother tentatively, "Mother, you eat first!"
"Mother is full, Xiaorou eats!" The girl's mother shook her head, swallowed her saliva, and then looked at Wang Caiqi and smiled gratefully.
"Uh-huh!" the girl hummed slightly, and began to swallow the porridge in the bowl.
At this moment, the tears in Wang Caiqi's eyes slowly fell, and she could no longer suppress the emotion in her heart.
Simple family affection, just a few words of dialogue, is the warmth she has never felt in her two lives.
At this moment, how she hopes that she is the girl in her arms, whether she is begging for food or hungry, she can throw herself into her mother's arms and be coquettish, and depend on her relatives for her life, what a luxury.
"Xiao Rou'er, you eat slowly, when my sister comes in the afternoon, I will prepare more porridge to ensure that Xiao Rou'er is not hungry!" Wang Caiqi said in a gentle voice with tears in her eyes, pretending that nothing had happened.
"Thank you, sister, you're so nice, sister!" Xiao Rou hiccuped slightly, and her big smart eyes looked at Wang Caiqi with gratitude.
"Don't thank me, be filial to your mother, you have to be a strong child, when you grow up, protect your mother, you know?"
"I see!" she said, reaching for her mother with both hands.
The small body naturally wrapped around her mother's neck, put her face in her mother's arms, and a pair of purring eyes, peeking at Wang Caiqi, obviously shy.
"Good boy!" Wang Caiqi rubbed the girl's chicken-like hair, laughing with tears.
"Beautiful sister, why are you crying!" A little boy looked at Wang Caiqi's eyes, looking innocent.
"My sister thinks of my father, my sister also has my father, and my sister's father and mother are no longer there, so ah, you must be filial to your mother in the future, do you know?" Wang Caiqi felt a feeling, thinking of her relatives who had not had time to meet in her previous life, and remembering her parents who loved her countless times in her dreams in this life, and felt sad for a while.
"Sister, don't cry, brother said, they didn't leave, they watched us from heaven, and they will come to us in their dreams!" the boy comforted.
Wang Caiqi nodded and said solemnly: "Well, yes, you are right!"
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