Chapter 14: An Empty City
Xiao Wang looked at Jiang Yulai, who was beaten and screamed, and pulled him aside funny.
This person has a lot of eyes, even if it has a relationship, then can you say it!
"The kid kicked me last year, and Zhiyue said there were two." Xiao Wang talked about the events of last night, intending to distract everyone.
Sure enough, they were distracted and asked in surprise, "Two!" Are you sure? ”
Old Mrs. Jiang and others also came over, staring at Xiao Wang's stomach in surprise.
But after a moment, she was worried again: "This woman gave birth to a child is a ghost door to close the door, and the second family's Huai Saburo Shiro suffered the boss's big crime, not to mention that now we are still running outside all day long......"
Everyone understands Mrs. Jiang's unfinished words, Jiang Yulai looked at Xiao Wang with a nervous expression.
It was Xiao Wang himself who smiled and comforted them: "Don't worry, although we have to run around outside for a while, you guys will take good care of me, and it will be fine." ”
Zhang also hurriedly added: "What can Zhiyue see, there may not be two in the stomach of the younger brother and sister, no matter what we say, it's always right to take care of it carefully." ”
"Yes, what the old man said is right, let's take care of it carefully, even if it's two, we're not afraid, but fortunately, Zhiyue let me buy a fetal pill in advance and prepare." Old Mrs. Jiang said.
Then he arranged for Xiao Wang's to say: "In the future, when the sun is not so sunny, you will also come out and follow along, otherwise you will have no strength when you give birth." ”
……
The people who went around to look for Jiang Popi came back intermittently, and they all said that they didn't find anyone.
Jiang Popi has no relatives in the village, and the second has a bad relationship with everyone in the village, and few of these people who go out are bothered to find it.
It's just a show that I walked a few hundred meters and came back.
"Yesterday, Jiang Popi didn't want to go, and if this is gone, maybe he will run back." Someone said.
"Yes, let's hurry up, or the sun will be hot again in a while."
Hengrong listened to everyone's opinions and shouted: "Go!" ”
Jiang Zhiyue walked behind, remembering that when she got up in the morning, her mother complained that there were too many mosquitoes, and when she looked at them again, there were several small packets that had been bitten by mosquitoes.
She found a mosquito repellent ointment from the space.
She gave the ointment to her mother and her grandmother.
She said mysteriously: "This is the ointment given to me by my grandfather, which is used to repel mosquitoes, and you can rub it on your body for other people to use." ”
Old Madam Jiang took the smooth little jar, and when she opened it, it was an emerald green paste.
"Oh, it smells so good, it's a lot of silver." Mrs. Jiang lowered her head and sniffed it, and immediately became reluctant to use it.
She said: "All of them are rough and thick-skinned, how can you use this, how can you not be bitten by insects in summer." ”
"Put it away, and when we find a place to live, this thing may be able to sell for a lot of silver."
After saying that, he was going to stuff the baggage she was carrying.
Jiang Zhiyue hurriedly stopped and said, "Grandpa, maybe when to give something, since it is given, we will use it now." ”
"If we don't use it, his old man is angry, and he thinks that we don't accept his kindness, and he won't give it to us in the future."
Mrs. Jiang was frightened and exclaimed, "What about that serious? ”
Jiang Zhiyue then flickered: "That's not it, if you didn't give this thing before, you can't say this kind of thing again in the future." ”
She remembered that Mrs. Jiang believed in gods and Buddhas the most, and she would definitely not dare to say such things again in the future.
If they are reluctant to use it every time they take something out, they don't know how troublesome it is to explain it, so they put an end to it at one time and directly break through the line of Mrs. Jiang first.
Mrs. Jiang held the small jar that Jiang Zhiyue gave her in her hand, she was distressed and entangled, and finally made up her mind and said: "Use it, all the big guys use it." ”
Then he quietly smeared the ointment on his body and passed it on to the others.
The Jiang family knew in their hearts where this thing came from, and it wasn't that old man who liked his childish moon to give it to her, so they all used it happily.
Zhang handed the jar to Huang Huaihua, pulled her arm and said, "Rub this ointment on your body, and you won't be afraid of insect bites." ”
Huang Huaihua opened it and pushed it back: "How can you use this good thing, take it back quickly." ”
Zhang's pushed her again, and the yellow locust flower was carefully taken and wiped on her body.
After walking for most of the day, when they were about to reach the border of the county seat, the people of Jiangjia Village finally met another group of teams.
It is a team of less than 100 people, all of them are disgraced.
The leader is an old man who is over half a hundred years old, looking more vicissitudes than Jiang Hengrong, but looking at his kind face.
When they looked at the people of Jiangjia Village who appeared in their field of vision, as well as the large bags of luggage they carried, their eyes lit up.
The luggage looked bulging, and there must have been a lot of food.
Several middle-aged men standing behind the old man approached the old man and said, "Uncle, they see that there is a lot of food, and when they come, let's... Ask for some. ”
The middle-aged man said it extremely difficult, obviously thinking that this idea was not feasible.
finally clenched his fist and said ruthlessly: "Or let's grab a little bit and come over, at least live the current day first." ”
"The grandson of the old aunt's family hasn't eaten for two days, and I'm afraid it won't be long before I have nothing to eat."
The others looked at the old man expectantly, as if as long as he spoke, they would have to wait until the people of Jiangjia Village came over and puffed up their hands.
The old man shook his head when he saw that there were three times as many people in Jiangjia Village as there were them.
"Let's stand in the back and let the family pass."
Those people looked unwilling, but no one refuted the old man's decision, so they had to move back.
However, when everyone in Jiangjia Village approached, an old woman holding her grandson rushed to the front of the team.
"Give me some food, please give me some food, my grandson hasn't eaten for two days, please give me some food."
The old woman knelt down in front of the Hengrong family who were walking in front of her, crying.
Jiang Hengrong's mother-in-law glared at her eyes and said angrily: "We don't have any food to eat, how can we have extra food for you, get out of the way." ”
With that, he stepped forward and pushed the old woman who was kneeling on the ground to the side.
The men in the group held the old woman who had almost fallen.
Several daughters-in-law of Jiang Hengrong's family tightly guarded the grain bags on the ox cart, and stared at the old woman with wary eyes.
And all the people behind him also looked at this and that, but did not look at the old woman who was crying on the ground.
Even those who couldn't bear it were pressed by the rest of the family.
At present, I can't eat enough to eat myself, how can I have this kindness to help others.
The refugees behind the old woman stared at the team in Jiangjia Village, and they could only speed up their pace, trying to distance themselves from this group of refugees.
At the end of the line, Jiang Zhiyue saw the old woman who was still kneeling on the ground and crying, and the yellow-skinned refugees behind her.
The old woman was holding a little boy who was only five or six years old in her arms.
The little boy's lips were chapped and pale, and his eyes were closed and he was held in the arms of the old woman.
The people in Jiangjia Village are quite good, some families have collected grain in advance, and some people have bought some grain at her house, although they can't eat at a full stomach, but they are not to the point where they can't eat.
The team of less than 100 people in front of him looked like they hadn't eaten for days, and their cheeks were sunken.
There were also men with injuries and appeared to be in a state of exhaustion.
Everyone in the Jiang family couldn't bear it, so they could only force themselves not to see them.
When she was about to walk past the group of refugees, Jiang Zhiyue suddenly said: "Mother, we have to take a good look when we get to the county seat in a while, although the displaced people have been swept through, maybe there is any food missing." ”
Jiang Zhiyue's voice was not small, and the refugees next to her and the few families walking in front of the Jiang family heard her words clearly.
If there is food in the city, you can't let someone else find it first.
The families quickened their pace, and in a short time they overtook the people in front of them.
"What's the hurry, I don't know how to save some effort." The crowded man muttered.
Jiang Zhiyue turned her head to look behind, and sure enough, she saw that the group of people behind was not far behind.
"Is there really food in the city?" Zhang, who was beside Jiang Zhiyue, asked in a low voice.
Jiang Zhiyue said: "I don't know, but maybe I'm lucky enough to find food that hasn't been robbed." ”
After walking for a day, it can be regarded as walking to the gate of Shaoxian County.
It was desolate as far as the eye could see, the gates were wide open, and there were corpses outside that had been dead for an unknown number of days.
There were no people in the city, and the displaced people were menacing that day, and a large number of people gathered outside the city, and what the people of Jiangjia Village saw on the mountain that night was only a fur.
After those displaced people entered the city, they burned, killed and looted, and vented their resentment that had accumulated for many days here.
The people in the city have long run out, and now this Shao County is an empty city.
Everyone covered their mouths and noses carefully to avoid the corpses, and planned to settle in the city tonight.
……
The Jiang family found a slightly cleaner yard to live in, there were many of them, and the yard they were looking for was also large, so they specially vacated a room for Jiang Zhiyue.
The last two words Jiang Zhiyue said before entering the city were only heard by the families in front of them and the group of refugees next to them.
Several families in Jiangjia Village who heard this were silent, if there was really food, they definitely didn't want to share it with multiple people.
When it was late at night, they went out to look for any food that had been pulled down.
But after rummaging through a few houses, I didn't find a grain of grain, and I thought that it had already been snatched away by those homeless people.
Dejected, they returned to their lodgings.
The people of Jiangjia Village also knew that these people had followed, but they lived in the east of the city, and they were in the west of the city, so they did not interfere with each other.
Jiang Zhiyue sneaked out as early as nightfall, and it was not surprising that they didn't find food.
Not to mention the grain, I'm afraid that the gold and silver are soft and these have also been scraped clean, how can they find anything.
"Knock knock~"
There was a faint knock on the door, and the man inside pulled the door open.
“…… Hengrong: "The one who opened the door was the old woman who blocked the road and begged for food.
Standing outside was the old man in the other group of people, and listening to her, this one outside was the Hengrong of their village.
That Hengrong sighed and said: "Hey, this is half a cake given by my mother-in-law, let the child eat to pad the stomach first, and our family has no food, after that... I can't help it. ”
The old woman was moved by the old tears, and whimpered in a low voice: "Thank you Hengrong, thank you Hengrong, when the dog baby grows up, I will definitely let him remember your family's kindness." ”
"It's hard to say if you can survive, so let's go back." That Hengrong waved her hand and asked her to go back to feed the child.
The old woman closed the door with a thousand thanks, and Hengrong also went back.
The food at home is about to bottom out, and if you want to go to other places, it is difficult to say whether you can hold it out.
When he walked around a corner, a voice that looked like a man and a woman suddenly came to mind behind him.
"Stop."
Hengrong turned his head sharply, not seeing anyone, and the voice came from another direction.
"If you want to save the lives of the people in your village, just stand there and listen to me honestly."
A gust of wind blew, and Hengrong shivered, but he still said honestly: "You say." ”
"You go to the Liang Ji Grain Shop in the west of the city tomorrow afternoon, there is food there to save your villagers."
That Hengrong had already recognized this voice as an old immortal, and he lowered his head and said respectfully: "Little Lao'er just went to see with the villagers, and there is nothing left in the Liang Ji shop." ”
They also went to a few grain stores, but there was a mess inside, and there was really nothing.
"Wait until tomorrow afternoon, and you will have it again." The voice said again: "It's also because you are in such a predicament and you are willing to lend a helping hand to your fellow villagers, so I want to save your life, do you know what to do after you get the food?" ”
Lao Hengrong hurriedly promised: "Little Lao'er will definitely distribute this grain to the people in the village, and he will never swallow it alone." ”
"Remember what you said, and remember to go again at noon, or the consequences will ......"
Lao Hengrong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, you will never go in advance." ”
Just when Lao Hengrong thought that the voice had disappeared, another voice suddenly came: "...... The Imperial City is not a good place to go."
Lao Hengrong reacted for a long time and no longer heard any sound, he tentatively shouted twice, and found that there was really no one.
Thinking of what the voice said just now, Lao Hengrong couldn't help but be excited, and he couldn't wait to go to Liang Ji Grain Store again now.
But when he thought of the old fairy saying that he had to go again at noon tomorrow, he was worried that going now would anger the old fairy, so he endured it and went back.
When they came out, they still brought some food, but they were robbed on the way, and if what the old fairy said was true, then they would have been saved.
Jiang Zhiyue didn't know that she had been regarded as an old immortal by that old Hengrong.
After finishing the matter, she went back to the Jiang family's residence.
She thought about it, and God gave her a golden finger as big as infinite space, and sent her to this place, giving her a second life.
Then she will return the favor and help the people of this world.
Although it is impossible for everyone to help, then do what she can to help without affecting her safety.
Originally, she just wanted to use the cover of this city to help the people of Jiangjia Village and those people, but the scene she had just seen made her change her mind.
The people in Jiangjia Village have not been cut off from water and food yet, so let's help those people first.
In order to prevent the people of Jiangjia Village from staying and searching door to door after discovering that there was food in the city, she decided to wait until tomorrow after they left, and then secretly put the grain in the grain store.
As for the people of Jiangjia Village, she will walk with them for a while, and she can think of other ways.