Sun Heng grinned so much that he saw the roots of his teeth, squeezed out wrinkles from the corners of his eyes, thanked the master again and again, and continued to worry about Shoujin's affairs. But Gansun and his grandson didn't know that there was no impermeable wall in the world, and the notices they set up in order to collect wealth not only stabilized the hearts of the displaced people in the city, but also enveloped the displaced people outside the city.

The small city of Houze is like a whirlpool, under the praise of the soldiers and the word of mouth of the displaced people, a considerable number of the victims who originally planned to go to Changping, Jianxing, Yongning and other nearby counties have turned to the city, just to beg for a bite of visible food.

There is no hope of tracing Shoujin's whereabouts, and Gan Lin has a new way, so he will no longer strictly defend the city of Huoze. Especially when he had free time one day, he went out to relax, and as soon as he got out of the gate of Ganfu, a bunch of people surrounded him to beg.

Where has Gan Lin seen such a battle? These homeless people had nowhere to bathe, and the layers of sweat and mud were mixed with the dust and dust, and they were so bad that they almost fainted. He pinched his nose and patiently asked the porter to get some pancakes and steamed buns to give alms, and then he withdrew from the homeless people.

However, he obviously underestimated the recent security in the city, because every time he turned a street, the same thing would happen again nine times out of ten.

"Where did so many homeless people come from in this city of Houze, I remember that there were three or five people in one street who died in the past, and now there is almost no place to stretch their feet on both sides of the street! The most annoying thing is that when I bumped into Hu Yuanwai, people were swaggering and walking, and there was not even a Diao Min who annoyed him! Gan Lin returned to the living room to sit in the wind, Liu Yan came up with tea, and complained on the spot.

Liu Yan put down the tea tray, stretched out her hand to smooth Gan Lin, and said: "Master, people have always worn patched clothes when they go out, and they don't show their wealth when they open and close their mouths all day long, you can pour it well, wearing royal blue satin, holding a sandalwood fan, at first glance, he is a rich patron, what are those people starving, and you have to be eaten alive before you are finished!" ”

Gan Lin looked down at his dress, and suddenly had nothing to say, that Liu Yan's mouth was clever and tongue-like, and he amused Gan Lin in a few words. After the depression dissipated, Gan Lin thought for a moment and said: "There are more and more displaced people in Huze City, how can I get it if it goes on like this, no, this city gate can't be closed anymore." ”

As soon as Liu Yan saw that the old man began to think about official business, he also retreated, and as soon as Gan Lin's decree was issued, Hou Zecheng shook three times. There was no hope of going out of the city for a long time, so that the entire city of Won Ze was like a spring that was pressed by a stone, and now that the stone was moved, the spring naturally jumped into the sky all of a sudden.

It's just that after the promulgation of the order to leave the city, the movement of the displaced people did not change much, but the residents who had houses and land in the countryside did not hesitate to lock up their houses and leave. The number of people willing to give porridge and rice gradually decreased as the number of displaced people increased, so that the gateway to the city of Houze who was able and willing to do good deeds was even more stretched.

However, the auspicious day is not among them, not because of the industry that is reluctant to hold on to its twists and turns, but because of the people who are distressed by the unjustified disaster. Not everyone has the ability to have an auspicious day, and it took so much effort for him to bring down Gan Liang and keep the shop, even if he was as martial arts as Wang Xiaohu, he was still stuck in the neck with a penny.

Scattering the steamed buns that had just been steamed out of the pot, Ji's mother sighed: "What kind of world is this, I can't live in peace, I have gone evil, and I can't ignore the hungry people!" ”

Ji Ri said: "Mother, who hasn't had a difficult time, if Mr. Lu didn't help us at the beginning, I really don't dare to think what the situation would be." Forget it, let's not mention this, let's eat first. ”

Ji Ri took out three of the previously steamed jujube cakes, and brought out a bowl of vegetarian stewed vegetables, which were distilled hot in the basket drawer, and the two of them ate silently. After eating, Ji Ri felt that someone was staring at the door, and when he turned his face, a black and thin little girl stood timidly outside the door, but refused to step in.

The little girl looked to be no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and her slender legs supported her weak body, as if a gust of wind could blow it down. The auspicious day looked at her for a long time, and the girl did not ask for food, nor did she speak, nor turned away.

Ji Ri turned his face and went on to eat. After a quarter of an hour, the meal had been eaten and wiped clean, and the girl was still standing outside the door. Ji Ri couldn't help it at this time, and asked, "Girl, do you want steamed buns?" ”

The girl nodded, then shook her head again.

Ji Ri was a little confused, and asked, "Will you speak?" ”

"Yes."

"What are you doing here for a long time, I'll give you what you want to eat. Give, although it is cool, it is no problem to pad the stomach. Ji Ri was not very happy, but still took a steamed bun and handed it to her.

The girl took the steamed bun, sat on the threshold of the shop, and munched on it silently. She ate very slowly, neither like a man who had been hungry for a few days, nor like a child of a poor family. When she was eating steamed buns, she steamed another basket of steamed buns on an auspicious day, took out one and handed it to the girl, then packed the rest and asked her mother to send it to the Chunlai Teahouse.

Ji's mother went out for a long time, and the girl finally finished the first steamed bun, and then nibbled on the second steamed bun. Ji Ri thought that it would be dark when she finished eating, so she opened her mouth and said, "I said girl, I care about your two steamed buns, you can take them and eat them elsewhere, you still have to do business here." ”

"You leave me behind, I don't eat much, I can do whatever you want."

I heard this sentence not a hundred times but eighty times, and said, "Do I want you not to stay in my shop, it's okay to come when you're hungry, I don't accept people here." ”

The girl gave Jiri a deep look, and finally got up and left.

"Alas, two steamed buns for one maid, how can human life be so cheap?" Ji Ri sighed and continued to work inside and out, "No, one cage drawer is still too little, I have to let Uncle Zhu call three more." ”

When Ji's mother came back from sending steamed buns, Jiri asked her mother to close the shop, closed early, carried a few jujube cakes, and walked to Junling. The patron who came later looked at the closing sign and scolded: "On this auspicious day, you know how to give up steamed buns every day, so I don't have to eat, and those poor ghosts don't give you money, I really don't know what you think!" ”

Ji Ri first arrived at his father's grave, put down three jujube cakes, bowed three times, and then walked to Zhu Tianqi's residence. There are not many people in Junling, there are only about 100 households in total, and when the auspicious day arrives, it is close to dusk, and there are almost no people on the road.

"Uncle Zhu, open the door, I have something to do with you!"

As soon as Zhu Tianqi prepared dinner and was about to eat, he heard someone call the door, and he said without thinking about it: "I don't have anything to eat here, I want to go elsewhere!" ”

Ji Ri couldn't cry and laughed, and said, "It's me, Ah Ri!" ”

Zhu Tianqi put down the dishes and chopsticks, took out a wooden stick from the corner of the wall, pulled out the latch of the door, slipped open a crack, and said, "Didn't you ask Hanako to come with you?" ”

"Junling has cleaned the streets, and I haven't even seen a ghost." Ji Ri saw the door open, and pushed the door directly in.

Zhu Tianqi said with a smile: "This Gan Lin is still a bit of a brain, at least our poor countryside is a lot cleaner." ”

Ji Ri smiled bitterly: "You are pure, it is difficult to say whether Hou Zecheng can survive this station." You don't know how many homeless people there are in the city, how many mouths to eat! ”

"What's the matter with us, we have our own government to open a porridge field, if you can't come back, I'll take care of your two mouths and eat easily."

Ji Ri shook his head and said, "I'm not here to escape the famine, but to make another cage drawer, which one is not enough." ”

Zhu Tianqi said: "As long as you are not tired, you can make ten or eight cage drawers." ”

"Then recruit a guy, you can steam more steamed buns and have more people who can survive, do you think this business can not be done?" Ji Ri got the letter and got up to leave.

Zhu Tianqi glanced at Ji Ri deeply and said, "Remember to come to me before you die, don't think that if you say Guan Gong, you really regard yourself as the number one person." ”

Ji Ri waved his hand, didn't say anything, and hurried to the city of Getze. Walking all the way back, it was almost dark, relying on a little moonlight, Ji Ri saw a person lying on the side of the road, vaguely and distinctly in a skinny state, most likely starved to death.

"Did the starvation finally show up?" The auspicious day is a little helpless, but the matter has come to this point, there is nothing to be done, as long as you live, you have to continue to move forward. A few steps had passed, when a carriage drove through the starry night, and the whip of the coachman kept thundering, as if it was still too slow. Seeing this, Ji Ri hurriedly flashed to the side and passed by the carriage.

Looking at the rut that was as fast as a fire in the distance, the auspicious day was a little strange. However, when he looked at the dead body again, his legs were broken, and Fang Gang's car didn't pay attention, and actually ran over the dead man. Not just anger or sorrow, Ji Ri silently moved the corpse to the side of the road, only to find something yellow on the corpse.

"This is Qinzhou Huang?" Ji Ri picked it up, put it in his mouth and tasted it. The millet is different from ordinary millet at a glance, the color is sallow and translucent, and the taste is even more fragrant. Ji Ri looked at the rut marks on the ground, and the carriage was very stable, at least it took a coachman who had walked thousands of times to drive out such a speed in the night.

"The people in Huze City are about to starve to death, and Gan Lin is actually sending food out!" Ji Ri was suddenly furious and wanted to scold, but there was only a corpse in front of him. He was silent for a long time, and then stuffed the half of the millet into the corpse's coat pocket before continuing on his way.

In order to allow the displaced people to leave the city at any time, Gan Lin did not even close the city gate at night, and it was already the second watch day to return to the shop on an auspicious day. Ji Ri was exhausted from all the way, and he opened the door and was about to cross the threshold, when he kicked a hard and soft thing, it was a person.

Before he could open his mouth on the auspicious day, a familiar voice came to his ears: "You take me, I'll be a bed warmer for you, don't drive me away......"

It's the little girl during the day.