When the villagers of Shenshu Village saw these people, they shouted that the thieves were punished.

"Iniquity!"

"Hurry up."

Old Lady Bai and Zhen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law spoke to the kneeling woman together.

"Where are you from?" Zhen's eyes fell on the girl in the woman's arms, and he couldn't help asking.

"Our ...... from Qingyang County" The young woman hugged the girl in her arms and cried, "Our Qingyang County has suffered the most serious disaster, and we have no harvest, so we can only come out to ask for food." ”

"Our town is the most serious in Qingyang County, and even the bark has been eaten, and there is really no way to live......," the young woman's husband, a young man with a wound on his leg, lay next to his son, and his chapped lips pulled out a wry smile.

"Woo woo woo ......" the other women in the crowd cried.

A few days ago, Bai Sanzhuang and Tian Maimiao went home, and the villagers learned from Bai Sanzhuang's mouth that the drought outside was more serious than that of Shenshu Village, especially Qingyang County, which was the most serious county in this drought.

But I didn't expect it to be so serious, so serious that these victims had to leave their homes to beg, and it was so serious that Shenshu Village could meet these disaster victims.

You must know that Shenshu Village is in a mountain col, and the traffic is not very convenient, so it is not so easy to get in and out.

"How long have you been out?" Aunt Hu was soft-hearted, and she couldn't stand it when she saw the child in the young woman's arms.

"It's been more than ten days." The young woman said.

"How did you get to our village?" Village Chief Zhao asked.

"We begged all the way, and now we are suffering everywhere, and we are running out of food, and we have not begged for food along the way. On the way, I heard that ..... heard that the drought in Yangfeng County was not serious, so I walked here......" The young woman whispered.

"When I came to Nanguan Mountain, I heard that there was a harvest in Shenshu Village this year, and said that there is a blessed girl here, and if you get it, you will be blessed, so we will ...... Here we ......," an old man sighed, "We really didn't want to steal your things, these children are so hungry that they can't stand it, so they ......."

"Woo-woo-woo......" the skinny children sobbed quietly.

When the victims arrived at Shenshu Village, they saw that the door of their house was open and there was no one in the house.

There were porridge and steamed buns in the stove, so they rushed in desperately when they were hungry, grabbed the steamed buns and stuffed them into their mouths.

Qiu Niang and Qinghe were excluded from praying for rain because of their status as "widows" and divorced daughters, so they were the first to discover this group of people.

The people of Shenshu Village are generally simple and kind, and they have already risen to compassion when they see the skinny image of this group of victims, and when they ask a few words, they are even more sympathetic.

Especially when these are the elderly and children among more than a dozen people, it is even more unbearable.

Whoever has no old people, who has no children.

"Come, give me this child." Zhen's eyes were red and he stretched out his hand to the young woman.

The young woman's body stiffened, and she held her daughter blankly and did not let go.

"It's not robbing your child, your daughter looks sick." Bai Muban looked at the emaciated girl, thought of his daughter, felt distressed for a while, and shouted at Wu Chaojing, "What about your father, let your father come and take a look." ”

"Brother Ah Zhen, can you bring your milk?" Xiao Fuyuan suddenly thought of something and said to Ah Zhen beside him.

Ah Zhen frowned and said to Wu Xiaoying: "You go and get it, and there is a spoon." ”

Wu Xiaoying quickly took the milk. Zhen took the little girl from the young woman's arms and fed the milk into her mouth spoonful by spoonful.

The young woman covered her mouth and cried softly.

Xie Chuntao came out of the house and brought a basket of hot steamed buns, and Qiu Niang followed behind with a large bucket of porridge.

When the victims saw the steamed buns, their eyes straightened.

"Come on, eat." The old lady Bai picked up the steamed buns and handed them to the victims.

The victims grabbed the steamed buns with their dirty hands and devoured them.

"It's not easy to go out, let's ......"

Without waiting for Village Chief Zhao to finish speaking, the villagers ran towards their homes one after another, and then ran out in a swarm.

It's just that there are more steamed buns, porridge, and pancakes in my hand......

"What are you two doing here?" In the big mansion, Xie Xiaolian saw Liu Yishou and Wu Xiaoying holding two large baskets in their hands, which were full of meat, fish and eggs.

"The young master asked the two of us to bring food to the victims outside." Liu Yishou said.

"Are you two confused? Those victims have been hungry for so long, and they can overcome these big meat and fish meat? Besides, it's so difficult outside, are you two carrying these things out to bring hatred to the young master? Xie Xiaolian straightened his face.

There is no better way to empathize with those who have been begging for food since he was a child.

"Go, get it again, porridge, cakes, and pickles are the best."

The dozen or so victims from Qingyang County devoured the food given by the villagers of Shenshu Village, and it was the happiest day they had since the drought.

The daughter in the young woman's arms was in good spirits after being fed by Zhen's milk.

Wu Langzhong checked it and found nothing wrong, the reason why the child was dying was that he was hungry.

Zhen wiped the little girl clean with a hot towel, and asked Xie Chuntao to take out the clothes that Xiao Fuyuan wore when she was a child and put them on for her.

The young couple almost knelt down for Zhen, but were helped up by Zhen.

"Brother, how did you hurt your leg?" Bai Dazhuang asked.

The young man said with a gloomy face: "I saw a starving child on the road, and I wanted to bury the child, which was bitten by a few wild dogs." ”

Everyone was sad for a while, and at the same time sighed that this young man was kind-hearted.

Wu Langzhong carried the medicine box on his back and helped the young man clean up his wounds, while Xia Qinghe helped wrap it in a piece of silk cloth on the side.

"Didn't you say that the relief food has arrived in Qingyang County, and you haven't received it?" Ah Zhen asked suddenly.

The young man shook his head and said bitterly: "I said that I had arrived, but no one saw it, and we were greedy for it." ”

An eldest lady in the crowd gritted her teeth and said: "Li Zheng's sister is the concubine of the county government's master, and he has always been used to being powerful. Other towns have come with relief food, but we don't have it. ”

Ah Zhen frowned, and his eyes were cold.

Here, Xie Xiaolian rode out of the village quietly.

"What are you going to do next?" Village Chief Zhao suddenly asked.

If it is a good year in normal times, others fall into trouble and suffer disasters, and live in Shenshu Village, everyone will help and support it.

But with so many people, and the famine doesn't know when it will pass, if he wants to leave these people behind, the people of Shenshu Village will not have extra food to help.

One or two meals are fine, but a long time is definitely not good.

"Thank you for giving us a full meal, which lasts for ten days and a half. We'll be on our way tomorrow. The old man who had just spoken stood up tremblingly and saluted the villagers of Shenshu Village.

The old man was clearly the leader of the group.

Several young people among the victims showed obvious reluctance, and opened their mouths to say something.

"Now in the disaster year, everyone is having a hard time, but fortunately, the villagers of Shenshu Village have helped us, everyone must remember this feeling." The old man's stern gaze swept towards the crowd.

The young men bowed their heads.

Originally, the people of Shenshu Village were worried that they would stay, but when they heard the old man say this, they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts and at the same time developed great pity.

"There's just one more request, if we are allowed to sleep in the barley field in your village for the night, and we will be on our way early tomorrow morning." The old man looked at Village Chief Zhao.

Village Chief Zhao nodded.

"It's not easy for everyone to go out, and everyone has difficult times. If you want me to say, our family will take out some food and give it to them to eat on the road tomorrow. Old Lady Bai said.

The villagers of Shenshu Village nodded one after another.

Seeing their tragic situation, everyone was a little glad that although this year's harvest was not good, they still had food to eat, so that they would not leave their hometowns to beg.

……

In the evening, everyone brought out their own meals to the victims of Qingyang County who were resting in the wheat field.

"When will it rain, God won't let people live." Village Chief Zhao couldn't help but look up at the sky, he even felt that Ah Zhen was right to scold him today, especially when he saw the tragic situation of the victims.

"It's coming, it's going to rain." Xiao Fuyuan said.

As soon as the words fell, I only heard the rumbling thunder pressing from the direction of Nanguan Mountain!