After the groom escaped from marriage, she married Jiangmen

Chapter 215
The place where the Cheng family was serving porridge was close to the fire. When Lu Hanzhi saw the collapsed shed coming towards him, it was about to bring down his own shed. He hurriedly dragged Zheng out and narrowly avoided the falling shed.Wang Xueran and Lu Hanzhi stood side by side sharing the porridge. Seeing this, they also hid outside. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Liang inside also ran out. In front of them was a table with porridge buckets. In their haste, the two of them did not go around the table and let the table block it. , suddenly the table overturned and the porridge bucket overturned. The two of them were crushed by the collapsed shed and table, and a lot of white porridge was spilled on them.

Relatively speaking, the people who came to receive the porridge were all standing outside, making it easier to escape in the event of an accident. Some people were still thinking about the porridge. Seeing that the fire had not yet come over, they went to scoop up the spilled porridge, and by the way Liang's The two pulled together.

Fortunately, the structure built here is just a simple shed, and the wood used is not heavy, and the wood and bamboo pieces that fall down will not hurt people's lives.It's just that Wang Xueran comes from a wealthy family, and she married as a young lady. She has never suffered like this since she was a child. When someone pulled her up, Wang Xueran was already angry, and when she saw someone's rough and dusty hands, she subconsciously opened her hand. The other person's hand, angrily said: "Don't touch me!"

The accompanying maid and woman hurriedly came over to check on their master. The person who had previously helped Wang Xueran retracted his hand and saw that there was still a lot of rice porridge spilled on the ground, so he wanted to scoop it up.

Lu Hanzhi saw that the fire was not big and was under control, and the adjacent shed did not continue to collapse, so he went to check the situation. He saw the woman reaching out to scoop up the rice porridge on the ground. Lu Hanzhi saw that there was still something in the porridge bucket that rolled to the ground. There was a lot of rice porridge. He brought the porridge bucket over and said, "Sister-in-law, there is still some rice porridge in this bucket. If you don't mind, take it back!"

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it!" The woman looked up. She had been here in the morning and brought back a bowl of porridge. No one in the family was willing to eat it, so they all left it to their youngest son to replenish his health.Seeing that the weather was fine in the afternoon, I thought about trying my luck again. Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened, and I thought I could no longer continue giving porridge.I saw the rice porridge spilled on the ground. Although it was mixed with the soil, it was boiled from white rice after all. It was so white in my eyes. Poor people like them couldn't bear to waste it. Even if they couldn't eat it, they could still take it. Come and feed the chickens and ducks, it’s always useful.

As for what was in the porridge bucket, she also saw it, but she didn't dare to touch the nobleman's things for fear of making the nobleman angry and causing trouble.But Lu Hanzhi took the initiative to tell her, she was only happy and quickly took out the pottery bowl to receive it.

The porridge-sharing spoon rolled to the ground and stained a lot of mud, but there was not much porridge in the bucket. Lu Hanzhi simply lifted the bucket and distributed the porridge inside to a few people next to him.At this time, except for the porridge bucket knocking over and spilling a lot on the ground, the Cheng family's porridge task was completed.

It was already getting late, but this incident happened again. The patrolling officer asked the princess what she wanted, and today's porridge meal ended here.The Crown Princess and the Fourth Prince's Concubine left first in a carriage. Naturally, there were people here to clean up. Seeing that the Crown Princess and the Four Princes had left, other families also packed up and prepared to return home.

The house where the fire broke out was more troublesome than the other houses. The fire was not big. It was originally a charcoal pot used by the master to keep warm. He accidentally lit the cloth on the table. Because he was busy, the flames had already started when he discovered it.The young lady of that family had only been married for two years. She had never seen anything like this before. She was so frightened that she ran away, knocking over the table and the porridge bucket. In addition, the master's servants ran away in panic and brought down the shed above. The neighboring families were all implicated.

The patrolling officers controlled the situation in time, and the people leading the porridge outside were fine. However, the young lady of the family was knocked down by the panicked maid, and was hit by an overturned porridge bucket.Fortunately, the porridge service was almost over. There was not much rice porridge in the porridge bucket, and the temperature had dropped. The young lady looked very embarrassed, but she was not seriously injured.Wang Xueran was still familiar with the young lady of the Zhong family, but now they both fell down and spilled rice porridge all over their bodies. They wanted to cover their faces and run away, and they no longer had the energy to greet each other.When Mrs. Zheng saw that Lu Hanzhi had divided the remaining porridge and asked people to clean up the mess, she went up to ask Mrs. Liang and Wang Xueran if they were injured, and told them to pack up and prepare to go back home.

Both Liang and Wang Xueran felt that the other party was responsible for their fall and their embarrassing situation. They looked at each other and turned away angrily. When Zheng asked about it, Wang Xueran adjusted their emotions and said, "Thank you, Auntie, for caring about me. I'm fine." of."

Mrs. Liang snorted coldly and asked people to pack their things. The people who were watching saw that each family was packing their things and getting ready to leave. Those who got a share of the porridge were naturally happy. Those who ran away and didn't get a share were secretly regretful, but Looking at the sky, they all rushed back.Those who live in the capital are not from wealthy families, but they still have to make a living. Not many people come to receive porridge. Today, most of the people who come are from villages close to the capital.The journey is not far, so it is good to get some porridge and water, but if it is too late to rush back and you have to stay in the capital for one night, it will be more than worth the gain.

Mrs. Zheng saw that everything was almost done here and the carriage was coming, so she asked a few people to get on the carriage. As for the tables, chairs and tools here, the person in charge naturally packed them up and took them back.

Tired after a day of serving porridge, Lu Hanzhi rubbed his arms and said to Mrs. Zheng, "It's been a busy day today and the weather is cold. Is mother okay?"

Mrs. Zheng waved her hand and said: "It was the same in previous years, but I wasn't too tired." Giving porridge in winter is basically a common custom. Officials and those who enjoy salaries will not use their own money to feed so many people. But there is always something to do, and giving porridge is one of them.In previous years, there was no royal family taking the lead. Most of the time, each family would meet on their own, usually not on a certain day, but usually within a few days before and after.

To do this, physical exhaustion was secondary. Instead, I felt a little uncomfortable when I saw the people wearing thin clothes in the winter and coming all the way for a bowl of porridge.Mrs. Zheng sighed and said: "This year is pretty good. Although the weather is cold, there are no disasters. At least the prefectures and counties near the capital have good weather. They come to receive porridge. First, they are reluctant to spend money to buy it. It’s such good white rice, and secondly, it’s winter when the fields are slack, so there’s nothing wrong with getting some white rice porridge during this trip.”

"This is also near the capital. Even if the land is rented for farming, no one under the emperor dares to rent the land too high. If you work harder, you can always support the family, but it is much more difficult to pass the border." Mrs. Zheng did not go there in person. After crossing the border, she married into the Cheng family. The Cheng family was slowly recovering. Ning Guogong was guarding the border and there were many affairs to take care of in the capital. She learned about the situation at the border from the servants who followed her, "It's bitterly cold at the border." , and there are many wars, and the harvest from hard work is not much, and there are often various miscellaneous taxes. Even if the gods are kind, we can only make a living."

(End of this chapter)