Farmer's Ruyi Manor

Chapter 360 Wu Jingniang's Regret (3)
Li Zhao was stunned. In fact, since the last time Xiaohua wrote to You Zixuan alone, he and Du Yuchen both understood that there was nothing for them to do.But he just couldn't be reconciled, he was waiting, waiting for Xiaohua to give him a clear answer.

If Xiaohua told herself that there was no chance, that she didn't love him, that she never even liked him, then she would let go and turn around to bless her.

Looking at the grandson with his mouth tightly pursed, the old man of the Li family sighed in his heart.Not wanting to make him unhappy, I had no choice but to change the subject: "By the way, what did you want to tell Grandpa just now?"

It just so happened that Li Zhao didn't want to continue this topic that made him feel uncomfortable, so he followed his grandfather's suggestion and continued: "There are a lot of refugees outside now, so our cloth dyeing workshop and cloth village should be closed."

"That won't work. Do you know how much we will lose if they are all closed?" the old man of the Li family protested.

"Grandpa, it's not a matter of loss now. Do you know how much water we use in a day with so many cloth dyeing workshops? Grandpa, you think so many cloths, so many colors, and washing. All of these require a lot of water, Don't you know?" Li Zhao looked at his grandpa in disbelief.

"Of course I know this, but have you ever thought about it? There is not much cloth left in our warehouse. If we don't continue, there will be a long period of time and there will be no cloth to sell. How big is this loss? , don't you know?"

The old man of the Li family thought that he had made a lot of money some time ago, but relatively, those cloths were also sold out, and there was only a small part of the stock on site.If all these are closed this time, it may not be so easy to open when the time comes, because there is no stock to sell.

"Grandpa, let me ask you, do you think that paying back money is more important than human life? Do you know how much water we use in a cloth dyeing workshop can save people who died of thirst due to drought outside? Grandpa, since childhood you Just tell me, businessmen can’t be mercenary, but at the moment, they still only care about their own interests. What do you think the common people think, what do you think of us?”

The old man of the Li family was silent.

"Grandpa, I'll take you out to have a look. I must take you out for a walk today. Let you have a look. Only then will you know what's going on outside now, and then you're making a decision."

Li Zhao thought that grandpa didn't go out, even if he said more, he didn't see it, and he wouldn't feel any shock in his heart.Instead of doing that, my earnest persuasion is useless, I might as well take my grandpa out to have a look.

It just so happened that the old man of the Li family also wanted to go out to see if the situation was as exaggerated as his grandson said.For many things, hearing is believing, seeing is believing, and you will not know until you go there.

"Okay, let's go and have a look together."

Li Zhao directly took his grandfather to the west of the city, and then to the east of the city.Looking at the people queuing up to get water, he said, "Grandpa, did you see that? They don't have water to drink every day. Now the whole city still has some water in those two wells, so now they have to line up to drink water every day. Wait a minute." , I will take you outside to see those refugees in a while, you see how they are, and you make a decision."

Li Zhao looked at the children on the road with chapped lips who were still licking, with pitiful faces.The children with shabby clothes, disheveled hair, black fingers, sallow and emaciated faces were heartbroken.

"Big brother, can you give me a sip of water?" When Li Zhao and his grandfather were about to reach the gate of the city, they were stopped by a boy in his teens.The little boy also spoke the language of Qingzhou City, but with a strong accent, presumably from the surrounding villages of Qingzhou City.

Looking at this skinny little boy, the old man of the Li family felt very uncomfortable.

Li Zhao untied the water bag and handed it to the little boy in front of him.

"Thank you brother." The little boy thanked him and ran away with the water bag.

"Mother, mother, we have water to drink." The little boy shouted loudly while running.

"Brat, hand over your water." A man about 14 years old stopped in front of the little boy.

The little boy put his hands behind his back and shook his head vigorously.

"Don't give it, right? If you don't give it, you're going to blame me for being rude." Before the man finished speaking, the little boy burst into tears.

"Give me back the water, woo woo woo...you give me back the water." It turned out that someone pulled the little boy's water bag away from behind.

The person who was threatening the little boy just now, seeing the water in his hand being robbed, became angry and rushed forward, and the two started fighting.

Weeping, the little boy walked up to a woman who was leaning against the wall and sat down, and said with an aggrieved face, "Mother, it's all because Zhi'er didn't bring water to mother to drink, woo woo woo!" ..."

Li Zhao and the old man looked at each other and sighed, hey!

"It's okay, mother is fine. Zhi'er is good, just bear it, mother is not thirsty," the woman said weakly.

In fact, she was so thirsty that she felt like she was going to die, and her throat was smoking.There is no water and nothing to eat here. She hasn't eaten anything for two days.

All the food left for the child was eaten at noon, so what should the child do next?Thinking of this, I couldn't help but burst into tears.

"That child is a good child, a filial child, that's all, Zhao'er, you take that child with you, the child's mother, take it back to the mansion, and see if there is anything suitable for her."

At the moment the old man of the Li family said, in fact, he had already made up his mind to suspend all work in the cloth dyeing room.The cloth shop also stopped, and everything will wait until the disaster is resolved.

Li Zhao understood what grandpa was thinking at the moment, and immediately smiled: "Okay, thank you, grandpa."

"Stupid boy, why are you thanking grandpa? You said that human life is more important than money. When we do business, we must also pay attention to our conscience. When the common people have no water to drink, when they are dying of thirst, how can I take the water that everyone saves? Are you doing business? It’s better to save one more person.”

Chengjiakeng.

"Who is outside?" The Chengjiakeng patrolling shouted.

A few days ago, the village head had been resettled, and these days they were still busy, farming, and working as usual.But no matter what you do, you will save water.

The number of people in the village is limited.Since I picked up some relatives a few days ago, no strangers are allowed to enter.

I heard that there are already many refugees wandering around the villages.When they saw food and drink, they robbed and looted, and there was no peace in every village.

Only their Chengjiakeng is not bad.As long as a stranger approaches, he will be expelled.Here is the same as before, what to do, or what to do, but it will reduce going out and going out.

"It's me." Xiao Hua and You Zixuan's carriage walked to the entrance of the village, and saw someone in the village patrolling there with a spear.I am extremely satisfied with Cheng Wenqiang's arrangement.

(End of this chapter)