Cheng Qingwan heard this, and suddenly remembered what Ah Zhu said when she was in the town.

Although they had been prepared for a long time, the city gates were closed, and the refugees were so hungry that they would inevitably flow into the nearby villages, but after such a long time, everyone forgot about it.

"Qiaoqiao, do you have any surplus food at home?"

"Yes, but not much."

"Then you go home with me and bring some rice and grain." Cheng Qingwan pulled her to the house: "These days, you and Aunt Liu don't go out, even if someone knocks on the door, don't pay attention." ”

"But what if a long-hungry refugee comes to ask for food?"

"Two or three people, you pass the food out of the window and make it clear that you don't have any food left at home. If there are a dozen or twenty people, ignore them. ”

"Just, do you really let it go?" Song Qiaoqiao raised her mouth and asked in a daze.

"It's not that you don't care, but that you have enough food to give them a few meals. If there is no food behind them, and you are in a hurry, you orphans and widows will become fish and meat, and you will be cut off by others. ”

Cheng Qingwan sighed and said softly: "Don't worry, Yuanqi won't care, don't you say it back, have you already let people guard the entrance of the village?" ”

"However, the people and horses of the Wei County Order have not yet come, and although the men and horses of Lord Yuan have already guarded several village entrances, there are still several small roads that are not guarded."

When Cheng Qingwan heard this, she immediately quickened her pace, planning to let her hurry up and take the food home.

As soon as I walked to the door of the house, I saw Cheng Hua'er holding a few cakes and distributing them to a few people in tattered clothes.

The refugees, men and women, looked like a family, gobbling up the bread in their hands.

"Auntie." Cheng Qingwan walked forward quickly, pulled the woman behind her, and separated the distance: "Who are these people?" ”

"They were refugees from a foreign country, and when they heard that they hadn't eaten for days, they brought them some bread."

"Didn't Lord Yuan seal the entrance to the village, where did they come from?"

"It was Brother Ah who brought us in from the back mountain." The little girl said vaguely with a pie in her mouth.

Cheng Qingwan turned her head and happened to bump into the eyes of the man staring at the woman, like a hungry wolf staring at food.

Her heart jumped, and she hurriedly said: "Ah Niang, Lord Yuan will come over for dinner, and I will bring three or four attendants over then." ”

"Huh?" Cheng Hua'er was stunned for a moment, and then immediately said, "Then I'll hurry up and cook." ”

Cheng Qingwan nodded, turned around with Song Qiaoqiao and went into the kitchen, and came out with a few bowls of water.

"How do you know that the back mountain can be turned in?"

The man at the head took a sip of water: "When I was looking for food, I saw that there was a village here, so I thought about trying my luck, but I didn't think that I would really come in." ”

Cheng Qingwan smiled and nodded, and before she could speak, she heard the man ask.

"Is it just your mother and daughter in your family?"

Song Qiaoqiao, who was standing behind Rao is words, also heard that something was wrong, and remembering what Fang Cai said on the road, she slammed a spirit.

Cheng Qingwan hid the sharp edge in her eyes, and sneered in her heart, this is to listen to the situation and plan for the follow-up.

"Not really, my family ......"

"My sister's husband hasn't returned home yet."

Song Qiaoqiao's cold sentence made Cheng Qingwan stunned for a moment.

She half-opened her mouth and replied stiffly: "Yes, he is still outside, come back later." ”

The man couldn't hide his disappointment on his face, and he replied with a smile.

After eating the bread, he took the people with him.

Cheng Qingwan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, although these people are not necessarily bad people, they can be guarded against, not to mention that the sentence is really weird.

At this time, he didn't dare to let Song Qiaoqiao go home alone.

She rubbed her forehead, looking at the busy figure of the woman, it seemed that she had to make up for her aunt's common sense.

Cheng Qingwan walked into the kitchen and said this, but Cheng Hua'er immediately refuted it.

"If everyone thinks like you, I would have starved to death when I brought you to Huaxian, how can there be so many bad people in this world."

"A-Niang, I'm not saying that they are bad people, but they have to guard against others. If they are indeed bad people, if Qiaoqiao and I have not returned, how are you going to deal with them alone? ”

"No one has ever been in trouble, but a mouthful of food can be given. At that time, you were young, so naturally I can't remember the days when I took you to ask for water from house to house, but I can't forget it. Since we still have a surplus in our family, what about giving rations. ”

Cheng Qingwan listened to her tough tone, and could only say what she said to Song Qiaoqiao again.

Cheng Hua'er sneered when she heard this, but she didn't answer again.

"A-Niang, you and I are an orphan and widow, living alone since then, if something really happens, do you expect the Song Daqiang family who was sent to the official by me twice to save it, or Yuanqi, who is out of luck?"

Song Qiaoqiao, who was standing at the door, looked at the tense atmosphere of the mother and daughter, and said embarrassedly: "Wanwan, Lord Yuan is here." ”

Cheng Qingwan was stunned for a moment, thinking that it was good to come, just so that he could send Qiaoqiao back.

She walked to the door and looked at the young man standing outside the door with a tired face and bloodshot eyes, and wondered if she had seen the wrong person.

"Lord Yuan, why are you here?"

Yuanqi handed over the food box in his hand: "Ah Zhu can't leave the entrance of the village, so I brought it over by the way." ”

"When will the people of Wei County's order come?"

"It will take two days at the earliest."

"Why is it taking so long?"

"The village near the city gate received two or three refugees, and the whole village was already infected with the epidemic, and the people and horses ordered by Wei County went there first."

When Song Qiaoqiao heard this, she blurted out: "Shouldn't those refugees also have an epidemic?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Hua'er, who had been listening to the movement with his ears pricked up, was stunned, and the spatula in his hand fell to the ground instantly, and there was a sound.

"Refugees have already come?"

Cheng Qingwan nodded.

"Food?"

Cheng Qingwan nodded.

"Are you sick?"

Cheng Qingwan nodded... suddenly reacted, and hurriedly said, "No, I'm not sick." ”

Yuan Qi glanced at her deeply and advised: "In the past few days, if any refugees come to the house to ask for food, bring them to the entrance of the village, and I will arrange them." Do not open windows and doors to avoid contracting the disease. ”

Cheng Qingwan nodded, and suddenly said, "Can't those refugees be sent to the government and resettled well?" ”

"What can be sent has already been delivered, and the government is already overcrowded at this time. A shed was set up at the entrance of the village, and if it didn't rain, it could be resettled for a few days, and when Wei County ordered the time to take time, people could be sent over. ”

Cheng Qingwan was just about to speak, when she saw Aunt Liu coming from not far away.

"Why is Lord Yuan here?"

"Passing by."

Aunt Liu nodded, smiled and said to her daughter, "Qiaoqiao, let's go home." ”

Cheng Qingwan subconsciously grabbed Song Qiaoqiao's hand and said, "How do adults deal with the food of the refugees at the entrance of the village?" ”

"I still have some surplus food at home, and I have already asked people to cook food and send it to the village."

"My lord, it's not good, a refugee suddenly fainted, and the doctor diagnosed and treated it, saying that it was an epidemic."

Ah Zhu ran over from not far away, panting and replied.

Widow Liu's mother and daughter immediately took a step back and looked at Yuanqi with a frightened face.

Seeing that the girl standing there did not react, she hurriedly pulled it.

Cheng Qingwan was pulled like this and came back to her senses.

Without waiting for her to speak, Yuanqi spoke: "Don't go out these days." ”