Chapter Thirty-Eight: If You Want to Enter the City, There's No Way
Early the next morning, Jiang Chen changed into his outfit and prepared to go to Ziyang.
Last night, he also promised Wu Yue that he would take her to the outside world to see the world, so the two traveled together today.
Jiang Chen's purpose was to go to Ziyang in advance to learn about the market situation for the sake of the sales of medicinal wine, and Wu Yue was full of excitement, this was the first time she had left Shanguan Town since she was so old.
"Brother Chen, what do you say is different from our Shanguan Town?"
"Well, that city is much bigger than ours, and the market inside is very lively, probably from our house all the way to the foot of Rao Mountain."
"Is it that long?" Wu Yue's eyes widened suddenly, looking very shocked.
Jiang Chen teased: "Look at you stupid girl, you are so surprised just to hear this, then you turned back and entered Ziyang City, and you still can't look dazzled?" ”
Wu Yue pursed her lips and pretended to be dissatisfied: "Do you dislike me and embarrass you?" ”
"How dare you! Not only will I not dislike you, but if anyone dares to make fun of you, I will also ask him to apologize to you! No one is allowed to bully my family Yue'er, I said it! ”
Looking at Jiang Chen's sworn appearance, Wu Yue sneered.
The two of them set up a mule cart, and it was not until evening that they saw the head of Ziyang City in their sight.
Compared with the majestic and towering city walls, what surprised Wu Yue even more was the hundreds of homeless people living on the ground along the way, who settled in a forest very close to the gate of Ziyang City, and some of them were obviously on the verge of starvation.
"Brother Chen, why are they staying outside the city?"
Jiang Chen sighed: "Because the guards of this city do not allow them to enter the city, and they have reached the limit of being able to come here from the north, and they may not be able to find a way to survive if they continue to move forward, so they can only stay here." ”
"Isn't that tantamount to their lives?" Wu Yue stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, this cruel reality brought her a great psychological impact.
Looking at the skinny and sunken eyes of these homeless people, their appearance is almost far from that of normal people, and their desperate faces and dull eyes are poking at the heart of a person who still has a conscience.
Jiang Chen didn't want Wu Yue to see these human tragedies, but unfortunately he still encountered it.
The mule cart drove past these dead woods, and went straight to the gate of Ziyang City, where they were soon greeted by two defenders.
"Wait!"
"Ziyang City is not the place you should be, leave quickly!"
The soldiers didn't ask the reason, and directly scolded Jiang Chen and Wu Yue to stay away from Ziyang City immediately, and when Jiang Chen explained that he had a letter from the county lord himself, this person stretched out his hand impatiently.
"Hmmm......"
He frowned and looked at it for a long time, and wondered, "This is the same as a dog. Climb the same words, is it really written by your county master? ”
Jiang Chen smiled bitterly: "The county master is drunk, so the handwriting is a little worse, but the official seal on it is like a fake." ”
The two soldiers got together and exchanged a few words, and then said unceremoniously: "Our general said that this is an extraordinary time, even if you have a letter from the county master, it is useless." ”
"This ...... We just want to go into the city to do some business, please be accommodating. ”
The soldier said: "No, if we let you in privately, the general will definitely engage in our military law, and I want to live a few more years!" ”
Jiang Chen asked, "So, what is the way to enter this Ziyang City?" ”
"Ha, unless you have a handwritten letter from a state pastor or above, nothing is to be talked about!"
After the soldiers said this, they shook their hands vigorously at Jiang Chen, signaling them to retreat the same way immediately, otherwise they would be unwelcome.
The handwritten letters of officials at or above the state pastoral level, how can an ordinary person have such a thing, it is simply ridiculous?
Jiang Chen said to Wu Yue helplessly: "It's hard work Yue'er, follow me for this trip in vain, I didn't know that things would be like this." ”
Wu Yue smiled sensibly: "It doesn't matter, I'll go wherever Brother Chen goes, it doesn't matter if I enter Ziyang City or not." ”
This little girl is so innocent and kind, so Jiang Chen can't help but touch the tips of her hair lovingly, but at this time, there are a few stalks from the homeless people not far away, it seems that someone is starving to death there!
Wu Yue couldn't bear it, and asked Jiang Chen, "Is there no other way to save them?" ”
"My current ability is limited, and I really can't help it, but since Yue'er said so, we can do something within our power, save one by one, and save it for a while."
Saying that Jiang Chen rushed to the road with the mule cart, he told Wu Yue that they had passed through a river at that time, and he believed that there should be a lot of fish caught there.
"Brother Chen, do you want to catch fish for these homeless people to eat?"
"Well, although it's a drop in the bucket, at least it can make some people stay up for a little longer, and I'll think of a way when I go back, maybe I can save them."
The two came to the river while talking, Lin Bufan used a dilapidated curtain on the car to make a fishing net, and placed it somewhere downstream in a position shaped like a gourd mouth, and sure enough, it didn't take long to catch several fresh big river fish.
Wu Yue clapped his hands happily and said, "Brother Chen, you really have a way!" ”
After catching almost two dozen big fish, Jiang Chen drove back to the place where the homeless people were, Wu Yue borrowed a big pot from others, and the two immediately buried the pot to cook, and they were busy.
"Everyone comes to us to drink fish soup with their own bowls, and only when they fill their stomachs can they wait for hope!"
Under Wu Yue's Zhang Luo, these hungry homeless people surrounded the cauldron one by one.
For those who really don't have the strength to move around, the two of them also intimately serve fish soup to others, and they want to take care of them carefully.
Someone gulped down the fish pond, tears flowed uncontrollably from their eyes, and they called the two of them great benefactors sent by God to save them.
Jiang Chen said seriously: "Please insist on persevering, you have persevered for such a long journey, do you still care about these three or five days?" As long as you can continue to persevere, I believe that you will be able to wait for hope. ”
The man cursed, "However, the general who guards the city is not a human being, if he has such a kind eye as you two, we will not be left to fend for ourselves here." ”
Speaking of the depths of love, the hardships and ups and downs experienced by these homeless people along the way have all surfaced, and after a while, they all cried into tears.
Jiang Chen comforted them and said: "The rules are dead, but people can be flexible, give me a little time and I'll help you fight for it." ”
At this point, someone behind Jiang Chen suddenly spoke: "Who is this, who wants to be a great hero who helps the world and saves the people in this troubled world?" ”