happy event

Chapter 572 Inquiry
Chen Xi was kind-hearted, and felt uncomfortable seeing this scene.

The three brothers and sisters were all wearing bamboo hats and holding umbrellas, and seeing that they were all soaked in thin clothes, many of them had children younger than them, trembling and listless in their mother's arms.Most of the women wash their faces with tears.

Brother Qi'er had an idea in his heart, knowing that the three of them alone were not strong enough, so he comforted his sister and said, "Let's find our parents first, and discuss how to resettle these refugees."

The three brothers and sisters had no objections, and when they came to the opposite street, a carriage rushed towards them, and the clatter of horseshoes was particularly harsh on this quiet street.

Brother Qi'er and Brother Ming'er quickly retreated to protect Chenxi, only to see seven or eight men on horseback reining in front of Brother Qi'er, and the horse neighed and stopped.

The two brothers became more alert, and silently stepped back.These horses carry some things on their backs. They are dressed in grassland costumes, with big hats on their heads, and a chain made of colorful agate stones hanging on their chests, which is the dress of herdsmen on the grassland.

These people didn't care about Brother Qi'er and the others, they got off their horses and each carried the things on the horse's back, and walked behind Brother Qi'er.Among them was a boy who was younger than them, and stepped on the stirrups himself.

Behind Brother Qier is a teahouse.

When the young boy passed Brother Qi'er, he looked at them curiously, and followed the person in front of him to turn around and shout something in dialect, so he hurriedly followed without delay.

Brother Qi'er and Brother Ming'er could understand the herdsmen's dialect, and after they entered, Brother Ming'er whispered, "Are they caravans?"

Brother Qi Er nodded: "It looks like a caravan on the grassland, but their goods are too small."

"Caravan?" Chen Xi looked at their backs curiously and asked.

"It's the horse team used to consign the goods." Brother Qi'er explained, with a thought, they came from the grassland, maybe they could find out something.

He said to Brother Ming'er: "Let's go in and take a look? Maybe we can get some news."

Brother Ming'er had this intention, Chen Xi and his two brothers did not make a fuss, but when they entered the door, they looked back at the refugees, touched the money in their pockets, and were calculating how many buns they could buy.

Brother Qi'er didn't understand what his sister was thinking. He touched Chen Xi's head and said in a low voice, "Just sending food won't solve the problem. Father and mother will take care of it, and I'll find them later."

Chen Xi looked back, and nodded unhappy.

The teahouse not only drinks tea and listens to books, but also has rooms upstairs for lodging, similar to an inn.

The weather has been cold these few days, and only one-third of the guests are seated in the entire teahouse, and most of them stopped to rest on their way.The second brother saw Qi'er and the others and immediately stepped forward to say hello.

Brother Qi'er scanned around and sat down not far from the prairie men. Everyone in this group of caravans was wearing sabers.It is the kind of long knife used for chopping and stabbing, with a slightly curved blade and a length of about one meter.Neither did they put down their knives when they sat down.

It seems to be scary, but the teahouse receives all kinds of guests every day, and the younger brother said to the caravan in a familiar tone: "Masters, is it still the same as before?"

"Same, give him a bowl of Yangchun noodles." The leader pointed to the young boy beside him and said.

The second brother expressed his understanding, glanced at the young man and said kindly: "I haven't seen you for a month, and the young master has grown a lot taller."

Obviously Xiao Er knew them well.

Brother Qi'er handed over the task of ordering food to Brother Ming'er and Chen Xi. He was not interested in these things, but just stretched his ears to listen to these prairie people.They talk to Xiao Er in Central Plains.Chen Xi and Brother Ming'er ordered the same dim sum, and the dishes outside didn't smell as good as their mother's cooking.

The young man sitting next to the caravan seemed to feel something and looked back at Brother Qi'er and the others. In order not to attract the attention of his family, he turned back after two glances.

Brother Qi'er thought that the boy had found out that they were eavesdropping, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The expressions of this group of people were not very good. After sitting down, they couldn't help but began to complain in their native dialect.

"This heavy rain has lost so much of our goods, really! Nima, how should we explain to Mother Ji and the others?"

The man sitting next to the young man should be Nima, who was just talking about. He said very calmly: "Let's go back and compensate them first. The flood outside is so serious. I hope our family is okay."

"Compensation? Nima, this is a natural disaster. It's too much for us to compensate. We almost can't come back, and there are a few brothers behind!" Another man complained in a rough voice, but the voice was not very loud. .

Brother Qi'er can still hear clearly.

"It's our responsibility to not protect the goods. What to do depends on the employer's wishes." Nima glanced at the brothers, with dignity.

Being able to be the leader, this Nima should be quite prestigious among this group of people. After he emphasized his tone, no one mentioned the matter of refusing to compensate.

After a while of silence, the young man who hadn't spoken all this time spoke up, with a crisp voice, "Father, those flooded villages suffered disasters because they were located in low-lying areas. Our house will be fine as far as the eye can see. The front There is also a canyon on the road, I don’t know if there is a possibility of landslide.”

Immediately after he finished speaking, someone echoed, and the person who echoed seemed to recall some scene, and said with some fear: "Nima, what Nahan said makes sense, anyway, the goods have been lost and cannot be saved, we'd better pay attention to safety. You see those refugees have all fled to this city to take refuge."

At this time, the child came up with several large plates of beef, but did not bring wine.After he put the dishes on the table, he asked, "Are you going to stay in the shop overnight?"

Nima raised her head and glanced at the waiter, "Why do you ask me so much? We've seen us stay overnight before."

"You guys just came back from the west gate, and the east gate that you must pass through when you go back to the grassland is full of refugees. I'm afraid you can't go out through the east gate right now." You can know a lot of news in just a few sentences.

Nima's eyes widened a little, as if he hadn't expected this situation, and then his bushy eyebrows twitched, and he glanced at the brothers and said, "Large rooms, cheaper ones, come three."

"Hey, that's good!" the shop clerk said with a smile as he flicked the towel on his shoulder and ran to the shopkeeper.

Hearing Nima said to stay overnight, the expressions of the other men eased a lot, and there was a look of exhaustion on their faces.

Brother Qi'er listened to their words verbatim, and brother Ming'er did the same.Only then did I realize that the horse team came back from the outside, not from the grassland, so I didn't know anything about the grassland.

Coincidentally, all the things they ordered were delivered to the table at this time.

Chen Xi glanced at her two elder brothers, picked up a pastry and put it in her mouth to taste, only tasted a small piece and didn't touch it again.

They sat blankly for a while, checked out and got up without hearing any other news, ready to leave.Chen Xi also asked for a piece of paper to wrap these untouched foods.

Brother Qi'er left with Chen Xi, feeling a gaze behind him, and inadvertently turned his head to look, and met the bright eyes of the young man.

He nodded slightly as a greeting, and then walked out of the teahouse with Chen Xi without looking back.

Brother Ming'er took the food from Chen Xi and gave it to the refugees hiding under the eaves.

Brother Qi'er's Chenxi put on a bamboo hat and watched Brother Ming'er give food to a child, when suddenly there was a voice that they were familiar with from the side.

"Qi'er Chenxi!" Dong Rong stood ten steps away from them, looking at them with some surprise and some seriousness.

Chen Xi turned her head first, and saw Dong Rong standing there at a glance. She happily called "Mother" and let go of Kai'er brother's hand and ran over.

Brother Qi'er wanted to reach out and grab her, telling her not to run slower, but he couldn't catch her when he reached out.He couldn't help laughing a little, and shouted to Brother Ming'er who was still staying in front of the refugees: "Brother Ming'er, mother is here."

The child's mother was still grateful to Brother Ming'er. Brother Ming'er couldn't bear to glance at them. Hearing Brother Qi'er's words, he immediately got up and walked towards Dong Rong. With his mother around, these refugees would definitely be able to feel happy. So miserable by the rain.

Chen Xi ran over to hold Dong Rong's hand, noticed Shan Xing who was holding an umbrella beside her, tilted her head to look twice, Shan Xing saluted her, she nodded and coquettishly said to Dong Rong: "Mom, where have you been?" , I can't find you anywhere."

"Mother came out to do something, didn't the manager tell you? Why did the three brothers and sisters all run out?" Dong Rong touched Chuan Chenxi's hand and didn't say much because it felt warm.

Brother Ming'er and Brother Qi'er also came in front of Dong Rong. Fortunately, there was no one on the street, and they would not block the way if they stood together.

Shan Xing called out one by one, it was inconvenient to hold an umbrella, so he didn't salute.

Brother Minger saw Shan Xing at first glance, but he was a little surprised and said: "Shan Xing? Why do you..." Seeing that he was holding the umbrella, he didn't ask any further questions. He nodded at Dong Rong and said, "Mom, you came out for Settle these refugees?"

"Well, your father has already sent people to build a temporary shelter, food and clothing are being prepared, and the clinic is already working on treatment." Dong Rong said, looking at the refugees under the eaves, and sighed.

"Let's go back to the house. Things have been arranged. After a while, soldiers will come to take them to a temporary place to live."

It was inappropriate to talk on the street and it was raining. Dong Rong came to the refugees under the eaves and told them that they could go to the Pingxin Medical Center for treatment if they were sick. She couldn't bear to look at those hopeful eyes, so Dong Rong took her children back home.

After returning home, she didn't say much, and started to send people to prepare ginger soup and porridge.She was so busy that the three brothers and sisters didn't dare to ask more questions, and Dong Rong refused to help her.

Murong Huaide is resettling those refugees, she is busy preparing supplies, and the affairs of the mansion still need to be handled by these two sons.

It happened that the steward had something to look for his master, Murong Huaide went to Brother Qi'er when he was not around, Brother Qi'er handed Chen Xi to Brother Ming'er, and left with the steward.

Everyone got busy, Brother Ming'er and Chen Xi stood under the eaves, you looked at me, I looked at you.Then they sighed together.

Brother Ming'er said: "Let's go, let's take a look at Master's place?"

"Yeah." Chen Xi answered without much energy, and followed Brother Ming'er.

They came to Nanyuan, where Master Miao was, and when they entered the yard, they heard a hog-killing cry.

The siblings looked at each other calmly, and Chen Xi said, "It's the voice of Brother Fatty."

Brother Ming'er: "..." He really didn't want to admit that he was actually lower than his sister.

(End of this chapter)