048 Soup kitchen
From the gray sky to the sun, Li Ping'an was sweating, his mouth was dry, he didn't even have much saliva, and every time he swallowed saliva, his throat felt a slight pain. What's more painful is the soles of my feet, I walked for a day yesterday, and I only felt a little sore when I rested at night, and today I started to get hot after walking for a while.
What's worse is that it is the height of summer, the sun is scorching, and the unobstructed shine on the body like a burn, the teenage children have to grit their teeth and insist, and the younger children can't stand it, the little ones howl and cry bitterly, and the adults who feel sorry for the children will endure the pain and scold after a few useless words, and there are just lazy glances at the lazy and lazy to care, they have the strength to toss by them, and they can't toss when they are tired.
It was almost time before the team stopped and found a shade to rest. At this time, the sun is the most scorching, adults can't stand it, even if they are in a hurry, they can't rush this hour, in case someone falls down from heat stroke, it will delay the time even more.
They are all mud legs, they have not been far away, and naturally there is no water bladder, the water boiled in the morning is packed in a clay pot, and it is poured into the bowl when resting, whether it is an adult or a child, they all hold the bowl "tons and tons" and drink the water to the end, and there is no second bowl after drinking a bowl.
There are one or two families with many clay pots and few pots, and they can't even share enough water, so they can only drink a little to quench their thirst, and they have to ask for a little water leftover.
"Cauldron!"
After drinking the water, the wilting little Ruyi was a little stronger, and ran to stick to Li Ping'an again. After shouting, he didn't speak, but sat quietly.
Now Xiao Ruyi is gray-faced, and her hair is messy, not at all as white and clean as before. If it weren't for the lack of patches on her clothes and the flesh on her face, she would have looked like a little Hanako.
However, it is also visible to the naked eye that he has lost a circle.
After tidying up Xiao Ruyi's hair, Li Ping'an asked, "Is Ruyi hungry?" ”
"I'm a little hungry!" Xiao Ruyi frowned and sighed pretending to be an adult, "Ruyi was so hungry, drink water and drink enough!" ”
Just a little bit of water and a little sweat is gone......
Li Ping'an secretly complained, turned his head and shouted: "Zhang Xiaoshan!" ”
"What are you doing?" Zhang Xiaoshan's voice in response was weak.
"Find a few people, let's find out if there are any wild fruits."
There were waves of homeless people on this official road, and everyone didn't dare to make a fire to cook and eat, Li Ping'an and Zhang Xiaoshan called the children of the same age and walked towards the mountain not far away.
This place was strange to any of them, and they did not dare to disperse, and gathered together like a headless fly, and when the time passed, not a single wild fruit was found, and some plants were recognized as wild fruits, but there was no fruit, and I don't know whether they were picked by the people who were hiding from the flood in the mountains, or the displaced people who walked ahead.
Life is not familiar, they don't dare to go far, but the food is not found, Li Ping'an found some herbs that invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, relieve pain and stop bleeding, and did not bother to find herbs when he was hiding from the flood before.
The little ones who were looking forward to them finding the wild fruits saw that they had not found anything to eat, and they immediately darkened their eyes in disappointment.
When the time passed, and the sun was not so hot, the group that had rested enough continued to set off until it was dark.
This time they found a good place, not on the edge of the official road, there happened to be a fork in the road, they turned in and stayed away from the crowd, and finally could relax a little and make a fire to cook, although they ate rice soup that could count how many grains of rice, but it was also a serious food, and people who were hungry for a day licked even a drop of rice soup.
Li Ping'an has the heart to cry, it is the first time in two lives to be wronged like this, no matter how much he was tortured by illness in his previous life, he would not be so hungry, even if he couldn't eat, he could still be infused with nutrient solution.
When he was hospitalized in his previous life, he also read online novels to pass the time, and he read all kinds of them, why are those protagonists who are ordinary people in modern times so prosperous when they travel to ancient times, and he doesn't talk about the tragic situation of being displaced now, even when he was in Xiaochen Village, he only dared to do some hard small business cautiously, which can only be said to be a livelihood, and he can't be called a fortune at all.
Obviously, his goal has been set very low, to be fed, clothed, and have a stable place to live. None of this is possible.
The next day we set out again when the sky was gray, and we rested during the day when the sun was at its hottest, and then stopped until it was dark, and so on for two days, the speed of the crowd suddenly slowed down, and it stopped.
Just when everyone was puzzled, news came from the front, there were still more than ten miles to the state capital, and the porridge was being given outside the city, and the senior officials of the state capital sent the state army to shout, and those who wanted to eat porridge lined up honestly, and those who did not eat porridge bypassed.
No one didn't want to eat porridge, and the homeless people just wanted to beg for a bite to eat when they went to the state capital, so everyone lined up honestly, so the speed of the crowd slowed down.
There are also people who want to eat porridge but don't want to queue up honestly, so there have been a lot of quarrels and even big fights. Li Ping'an admires these people very much, they are obviously skinny and skinny, and they still have the strength to quarrel and fight, can't they line up with such kung fu?
The movement grew louder and louder, and after a while, a group of soldiers dressed in armor and carrying large swords at their waists came on horseback, reined in their horses, jumped down, and indiscriminately caught the homeless people who were fighting, and beat them. After that, the state army came over and stood at a distance, which should maintain order.
Li Ping'an felt that the homeless man in Linhu County was right, the Taishou Lord of the state capital was a good official, at least the officials and soldiers of the state capital still took care of these homeless people. These soldiers stopped here, even if there were only a few of them, but compared to the fear of the previous few days, the sense of security was simply full.
The team slowly advanced, the sky darkened again, and just when Li Ping'an thought that he was afraid that he would not be able to eat the relief porridge of the state capital today, and these soldiers who had stood for most of the day would also collect the team and return to the camp, a long line of fire appeared in front of him.
The soldiers of the state army came to change shifts, and they also brought news that the porridge shed would not be withdrawn, and the porridge would continue to be served at night, so that the displaced people should not be in a hurry.
The originally restless team suddenly fell silent again.
When Li Ping'an saw the city wall by the light of the fire, it was already the middle of the night, and from time to time there were officials walking by with knives on both sides of the team of homeless people who received porridge, and their eyes glanced vigilantly.
Li Ping'an looked forward, the place in front of him was the porridge shed, and he couldn't count how many soldiers in Senran armor were guarding with weapons, and he looked up at the city wall with a feeling, and there were many people.