First Wife of Zhu Family

Chapter 458 Refugees
After getting up early in the morning and having breakfast, Du Rongzhi immediately ordered people to load the luggage into the carriage and prepare to go home.

Before leaving, Nanny An couldn't help persuading her, "Didn't Young Madam promise to wait for Master to pick you up yesterday? Besides, there are so many disaster victims in the city, and it's not easy to come and go..."

"You don't have to persuade me, mother." Du Rongzhi casually handed over the box containing the valuables to Yuan Yuan for safekeeping, "Today I have to go back no matter what..." She paused, and said seriously, "I have a lot You have to tell the young master about important things."

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Because of the rush to go back, the time it took to go back home was shortened by half compared to the time when I went out.

Guan'er was woken up early in the morning, and was pushed into the carriage by her mother as soon as she was full. The bumps along the way made her drowsy and drool.When the carriage stopped and Nanny Gu came over to hug her, the little guy opened his eyes in a daze, "...Mother, are we home yet?"

"Well, it's here." Du Rongzhi took out the handkerchief to help her wipe the corners of her mouth, and was about to hand it to Nanny Gu.

Guan'er rubbed her eyes, "Mother, won't you go home?"

Du Rongzhi smiled softly, "Mother still has to go find your father... If Guan'er is sleepy, go back and sleep for a while."

Guan'er nodded obediently, "Then mother and father will come back early."

Looking at her daughter's soft and waxy face, Du Rongzhi's eyes blushed for no reason...

She took a deep breath, nodded with a smile, "Well, mother will be back soon to accompany Guan'er... let's go."

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The carriage moved forward.

Du Rongzhi is still in a mess.

She couldn't figure out why the dam that was supposed to break in two years broke down this year, and she didn't know whether the plague that changed her previous life would come earlier...

She searched repeatedly about the past plague in her mind, but she still had no clue, so she could only raise the curtain in a daze to check the scene outside.

It was obviously still a familiar street, but it was completely different from when she left.

The bustling market, which used to be full of merchants, is now bleak and desolate.

Ragged and skinny refugees can be seen everywhere on the road. Occasionally, when pedestrians pass by, they all rush forward, "Master, please do me a favor and give me a treat..." "Master, please take pity on us..." "

Some passers-by would throw them a copper coin, but more would push away with disgust and leave in a hurry.

Many of those beggars were half-grown children with bare arms and no shoes on their feet...

Du Rongzhi's eyes were astringent, her heart felt like a big stone was pressing on her, the pain made her breathless, she was about to put down the curtain, when she suddenly heard a loud shout from the front, "Damn mother, I'll ask you to steal again!" A loud slap followed.

I saw a tall and thick man grabbing a skinny and ragged woman like an eagle grabbing a chick. The woman was holding a steamed bun tightly in her hand, and her dirty face could no longer recognize the original appearance.

She desperately put the steamed buns in her arms, and cried loudly, "Master, please take pity on us... We haven't eaten for three days and three nights. If there is no more food, my child will starve to death." It's gone!"

Behind her stood a sallow, thin, wimpy little boy, tremblingly tugging at the corner of his mother's clothes. Seeing the strong man grab his mother, he was so frightened that he let out a few cries like a kitten.

"Damn it, you're pitiful, so I'm not pitiful?" The man opened his eyes wide and said fiercely, "You fucking stole my steamed buns and made me unable to make money. Who can I cry to?!" As he said that, he went to grab the steamed bun in the woman's arms.

Seeing that she couldn't break free, the woman turned her heart and opened her mouth to bite the man's hand.

"Hiss—" the man hissed in pain, and subconsciously let go of his hand.The woman hurriedly grabbed the child and was about to run away, but unexpectedly, the man grabbed her by the hair and yelled angrily, "You stinky bitch, you dare to bite me for stealing from me... see if I don't beat you to death today!" !” As he spoke, he pushed the woman to the ground, and his fists and feet were about to go up to greet her.

Seeing the brutality of the man, the victims nearby, who were still a little ready to move, also extinguished the fire, and just hid aside to watch him violently attack the mother and child.

Seeing that the big man's fist was about to fall, the woman tightly protected the child in her arms, and closed her eyes in despair——

"Stop!" A woman's shout suddenly came from the carriage.

The man raised his hand involuntarily.

However, the carriage that was still driving just now had slowly stopped.

A pretty girl got out of the carriage, and the girl turned around and helped a young woman out.

Seeing the woman's friendly face and well-dressed clothes, the other begging refugees all gathered together and stretched out a pair of black and thin hands around Du Rongzhi, "Ma'am, ma'am, please do me a favor... Let's all I haven't eaten for a few days..."

Seeing this, Chang Xing and others who accompanied them quickly stopped those people, and protected Du Rongzhi and Yuan Yuan to the man and woman.

Du Rongzhi has been walking around a lot in the past few years, and everyone in the county recognizes her. When the man saw this, he quickly saluted and said, "I have seen the magistrate's wife."

Du Rongzhi nodded slightly, looked down at the woman paralyzed on the ground in shock, and smiled coldly, "Zhang Ahu, you are more capable now, you can even deal with women and children..."

Hearing this, Zhang Ahu turned embarrassed, and quickly said, "Madam Zhixian, you didn't know about this just now, this woman... this woman not only stole the little steamed buns, but also bit the little one..."

Du Rongzhi didn't want to get entangled with him on this matter, so she just said lightly, "How much is your steamed bun?"

Zhang Ahu was taken aback, "One penny...one penny for one."

Du Rongzhi gave Yuanyuan a wink, and the latter stepped forward, took out a purse and handed it to him, and said condescendingly, "Look, is this money enough to buy all your steamed buns today?"

Zhang Ahu opened it and nodded repeatedly, "Enough is enough... enough!" He paused, "You want to..."

"You give this sister-in-law two more steamed buns..." Du Rongzhi glanced at the refugees who were stopped behind her and stared at her one by one, and sighed, "The rest, let's share with these victims..."

"Okay, okay." Zhang Ahu smiled when he took the money, and snorted coldly at the woman on the ground, "You are lucky today, you met our kind-hearted Madam Magistrate..." He said to Du Rongzhi with a doggy face , "Little one, go and wrap the steamed buns." Then he went to get the steamed buns.

Du Rongzhi leaned down and asked the woman softly, "Did you get hurt just now?"

The woman shook her head with tears streaming down her face, "...Thank you, lady, thank you for your great kindness!" As she spoke, she hurriedly pulled the child over, "Quick, come and kowtow to the benefactor!" The child was just stunned. , just curled up in her mother's arms and cried out of breath, her little face was flushed red.

(End of this chapter)