pastoral beggar woman

Chapter 270 Refugees Attack (4)
Qin Shuang couldn't help frowning, "Let's go directly to the slums." The most important thing right now is to find out what measures the government has taken and what the refugees need most.

Both Ah Chen and Qin Tian had no objection. They had never been to the slums in the county, but they also knew that it was in the north corner of the city, and they would naturally find the right place if they went north.

There may not be many people in the slums on weekdays, but in recent days due to the earthquake in the neighboring county, almost all the nearby places were filled with refugees, and many people even gathered around the houses near the slums without being able to squeeze in.

Qin Shuang and the other three were startled by the dense crowd in front of them when they were tens of meters away from the slums. Although they were somewhat prepared, they really saw the dark complexion, the dim light in their eyes, and they were shivering from the cold. The refugees, the three of them were still shocked.

In the distance, someone could be vaguely heard shouting loudly to maintain order. Qin Shuang glanced at the refugees and saw that each of these refugees was almost holding a small bowl. Only then did he realize that the reason why these people were so cold was not in some broken houses that could keep out the wind. Waiting is waiting in line for the porridge ahead.

At the front of the line were the people sent by the yamen in the county to give porridge to the refugees.

Qin Shuang and the others passed the refugees and walked forward. They saw a person who had taken the porridge sitting in a corner holding the porridge and snorting. He could tell from the sound that there might not be much rice in the porridge. He said it was rice porridge. Rather, it is more accurate to say that rice soup comes, which does not fill much stomach at all.

Moreover, at least half of the refugees in the queue had more or less injuries on their bodies, most of which were traumatic injuries. They may have been hit by something during the earthquake, and many of them had frostbite on their hands, faces, and so on. Some of the shoes on some feet had holes in them, exposing their swollen toes, which made people feel sad.

Qin Shuang didn't expect that the earthquake had only happened for six or seven days, and these people who were living a comfortable life would be tossed to such an extent. Natural disasters are really terrible.

"Sister, how do we help these people?" Seeing with his own eyes that so many people were starved of food and clothing, Qin Tian didn't have time to think about how much money would be spent. He just felt uncomfortable and wanted to do something. What to help them.

Qin Shuang knew the measures taken by the county yamen in the past few days from the occasional whispers of some people. Don't look at the rice soup given by the people sent by the yamen to give porridge. In fact, it's not that the yamen doesn't pay attention to refugees. It is true that the relief food from above is not delivered, and the Yamen cannot provide a lot of food to these refugees in a short period of time.

In the first two days, there were only a few hundred refugees, but now there are already two to three thousand!To ensure the food supply for so many people, the daily consumption must be thousands of catties. Is the food picked up for nothing?The yamen also collects grain from many merchants in the city, but only the grain shop has some stock. The stock is because the people in the city also bought some for the winter, and there is not much left, and there is still a batch left It has been insisted on until the beginning of spring that various villages and tenants plant a batch of winter wheat before they can be supplemented.As for other merchants, even if they are willing to donate money to show their affection, can the money be transformed into food and other supplies needed by refugees immediately?

In addition to food, the refugees also need a lot of cotton clothes, and the injuries on their bodies must be treated in time, otherwise there will be more people.Cotton clothes, unprepared yamen can't produce much at all, and only let the clothing stores in the city rush to dry out a batch of urgent needs, which can only be provided to a very small number of refugees. There are only a dozen large and small pharmacies in the county seat, and there are seven or eight doctors in charge, even if they are all called, they will be too busy, right?
(End of this chapter)