happy event

Chapter 90
The young couple were just in the middle of their love, but there was a noise coming from the foot of the mountain.It turned out that Guanshi Zhang and Dong Ping rushed back with a carload of food and supplies. Dong Rong stopped the silly Zhu who wanted to get up, insisted that he sleep under a quilt, and then put on a coat and went down the mountain to help get together.

Sister-in-law Liu has a quick temper and is quick to do things. She has already arrived with Mei Hua'er in a short time.The two were cleaning three chicken houses, and then called the coachman and two handymen on patrol to help move things inside.

Guanshi Zhang pointed to the last carriage and told Dong Rong, "Boss, I have taken back all the old clothes from the pawn shop in the city, and it is probably half of it. When I left the city, I saw two children lying on the side of the road with cold , I really feel uncomfortable, so I gave up two things first, and the recruiting thing should be done earlier."

Dong Rong nodded. She originally wanted to prepare for a few more days before recruiting refugees.But now it seems that you can't wait any longer, "Well, tomorrow you can hire some carriages and horses, and the old and weak women will take the carriages, and the men will be fine." After finishing speaking, she called Mrs. Liu over again and asked , "What's going on in the village, how many families are willing to lend their houses?"

Sister-in-law Liu thought for a while and replied, "Before I came here, I entrusted my mother-in-law to help with this matter. Everyone has heard from the clan elders that doing good deeds and earning food, where can such a good thing be found? Everyone vacated their rooms."

Although Yimianpo Village is not big, there are dozens of families. If each family only gave up two vacant houses, it would be enough for the refugees to resettle.

Dong Rong breathed a sigh of relief, and instructed, "Hurry up and build an earthen stove. Tomorrow, when people come, they will first feed a bowl of hot porridge to their stomachs. Then I will invite Dr. Feng to treat the wounded. Those who are not sick should share some herbs. Take a bath as much as possible to kill the lice and the like on your body, so as not to be disgusted by the folks in the village."

"My boss, don't worry, they are all from poor families, so everyone won't care too much."

After discussing for a few words, everyone went to work separately. Zhao Qingshan, who was not on duty originally, heard the news and called Liu Ergou to come together, just in time to help carry wood with mud, and set up a row next to the three chicken houses. Southeast grass shed.

Ten earthen stoves were built under the thatched hut, and when a large iron pot was set up and wooden tripods were burned, the water in the pot soon turned into splashes.The white mist rose up, and everyone felt that the sky was not so cold in the white world.

Sister-in-law Liu and the others washed all the pottery bowls and pots, chopsticks and other things they bought back with hot water, and finally put them in a big basin and carried them back to the house.There are three chicken houses, grain, oil, salt, etc. are placed in the east room, and a large pile of old clothes and quilts are placed in the west room. The room that was a little empty because there was no kang is now full.

Dong Rong thought that everyone would be busy here in the future, so she asked Zhao Qingshan to see who took off the adobe in autumn when he returned to the village at night.It doesn’t matter whether you buy it with money or exchange it for grain, pull a few carts to put things on the kang, so that the work that can be moved in the house in winter can be moved in. No matter how much you burn in the wooden shed, it will not be as warm as the house. .

After finishing chores, Guanshi Zhang and Dong Ping's master and servant had to rush back to the city.Dong Ping dug out the gifts brought back from Kyoto, and planned to take them to the college to give to his husband and close friends.Xizi hugged Hui carefully, shrinking her neck and complaining, "Going back to the city is against the wind, I'm afraid it will take a quarter of an hour longer."

Dong Rong touched the padded robe on her younger brother, feeling a little distressed, so she thought about it and told Guanshi Zhang, "Uncle Zhang, there will be more and more things at home in the future, and it will be too inconvenient to travel without a car and horse. If you go to the city again in a few days Just go to the Chema Market and buy one no matter how much money it costs.”

Manager Zhang has been traveling between the city and the orchard these days, and he has long hated walking for a long time. Now that he heard the words from the master, he naturally responded with a smile, "Don't worry, master. I will go to the Chema Market in a while. We are here Recently, Beiman can buy a good horse for not much money."

Dong Ping also had a happy face, and Xi Zi cheered directly, "I will have a carriage in the future! Ride a big horse, da da da, pull the children and laugh haha!"

Everyone laughed at Xizi's childishness, and finally tucked up his robe carefully before urging them on the road.Seeing that the sky is getting dark, if we delay any longer, it will be even more difficult to travel.

Sister-in-law Liu walked around the three rooms again, and finally caught two young men who were on patrol at night and nagged for a long while, then said goodbye to Dong Rong and hurried home.Every family in the village is clearing up empty houses, and she plans to go from house to house, so as not to let some black-hearted man clean up the pigsty and warehouses to make up for it, not to mention cheating the owner of the food, and losing the face of the whole village if it spreads.

Dong Rong and Sha Zhu didn't eat at noon, and they were busy all afternoon, so they felt hungry and panicked when they were free.Thinking of going back to the mountain and cleaning the pot to boil water again, Dong Rong opened the bag and scooped up a scoop of fine noodles, added some water to form small lumps.

Put the boiling water in the large iron pot into the basin, reheat the oil, stir-fry the onion, ginger and a plate of bacon slices, add hot water when the aroma is diffused, and throw the noodles into the pot little by little.In less than a moment, fingernail-sized "pearls" floated on the water.Sprinkle some chopped green onion with salt and salt when it comes out of the pot, and the simple and delicious noodle soup will be ready.

Dong Rong raised her eyebrows regretfully. If she had thrown green spinach into the pot, the color and aroma would have been better. Unfortunately, in this winter day, it was a bit whimsical.

There were no tables and chairs in the room, so Dong Rong directly called the two young men on patrol to have a bite in the shed together.The two juniors refused at first, after all, their wages were converted into food and sent home, so it would be suspected of taking advantage if they eat the food from the master's house now.

Dong Rong didn't allow them to be courteous, and stuffed the full pottery bowl into their hands, and said with a smile, "It's so cold, you can cheer up and watch the night with some hot food. The house can be filled now." It is full, and there is no room for any mistakes.”

After hearing this, the two young men looked at each other, then lowered their heads and began to eat and drink.The poor peasant family can hardly eat fine noodles a few times a year, not to mention that there are a lot of red bacon slices in the soup.The two young men ate bowl after bowl until they couldn't hold on any longer, so they put down the bowl contentedly.

Dong Rong and Sha Zhu stopped their hands a long time ago. Seeing this, they pointed to the remaining half of the pot of pimples and said with a smile, "These are also reserved for you to pad your stomachs in the middle of the night."

The two young men touched the back of their heads, took it with blushing faces, and finally rushed to finish cleaning the stove, and kept urging the owner to go back to the mountain to rest.

Dong Rong accepted their kindness and went up the mountain hand in hand with Shazhu.The two juniors watched from afar, their eyes full of envy.No wonder old people often say that stupid people have stupid blessings.You see, Silly Zhu was laughed at by everyone before, but now he actually married a grandma of the God of Fortune as his wife. This blessing is so great that it will spread to the sky...

Not to mention how envious the two younger generations are, but only to say that the young Dong Rong and his wife rushed to the foot of the mountain after a simple meal the next morning to wait for the refugees to arrive.Sister-in-law Liu and the others took the money and went to the city long ago, leaving behind sister-in-law Liu and Mei Huaer with a few handymen to cook ten pots of rice porridge, and finally started to tidy up those old things.Separate the cotton clothes from men and women according to size in advance, and it will be more convenient to distribute them at that time.

Dong Rong wanted to step forward to help, but Sha Zhu didn't let her go.She also murmured a little bit in her heart, after all, this is not a modern place where old clothes can be disinfected at high temperature. It would be kind to rinse the old clothes with well water when they are returned to the pawnshop.So, no matter how you think about it, these old clothes are not going to be clean.

She made a little noise yesterday, saying that she was going to make some new clothes and new quilts, but Sister-in-law Liu and Mei Hua looked at her as if they were a prodigal.Not to mention the refugees fleeing famine, even the villagers often go to the pawn shop to buy ragged cotton clothes to wear when the times are bad. They can keep out the wind and keep warm.

Only then did Dong Rong deeply feel that the way she pursued was difficult and thankless here, so she simply threw it to the back of her mind.

The young couple had just walked around the orchard a few times when they heard people neighing on the mountain road in the distance, so they hurried to the gate of the orchard.Sister-in-law Liu and the others had been waiting there for a long time, and when they saw them coming, they gave up a place that was sheltered from the wind and had a good view.

Although everyone has some understanding of the tragic situation of the refugees, when they saw a large number of people arriving, they were still dumbfounded in shock and didn't know how to react for a while.

The "Tao Te Ching" says that the world is not benevolent, and all things are regarded as dogs.Lao Tzu originally meant that heaven and earth treat all things like a discarded grass dog, and they do not treat people particularly well, but treat all things very poorly.

In the past, Dong Rong was somewhat disapproving of this sentence, thinking that people are the darlings of the world, the top existence among all creatures.But seeing these ragged and unkempt refugees now, she really believed it.Sometimes, human tears may not even be as good as dogs in God.

Sister-in-law Liu and the others obviously didn't expect these people to be so miserable. Not to mention how thin their clothes were and how many holes they had, just stepping on the snow with bare feet was enough to irritate them.

Mei Hua'er watched a child grab the snow and swallow it in his belly while rubbing it vigorously on his face, she couldn't help but her eyes were red.The first one rushed over to hug the child and shouted, "You want to freeze to death, it's so cold, why wipe your face?"

It was a little girl of eight or nine years old, her sallow and thin face made her eyes round and big.She was probably a little frightened, and replied tremblingly, "Grandma Xu... said that the master will not accept me as a worker if I don't wipe my face clean."

Dong Rong's heart was so sour that it was indescribable. Hearing what the child said, she quickly comforted her, "Why don't you accept it? I am the owner of the orchard, and I have the final say! There is a lot of work in the orchard, as long as you don't cause trouble and work hard. can stay."

"Really?" The pupils of the originally numb refugees immediately lit up when they heard this.They walked more than 1000 miles all the way from south to north, begging and kowtowing just for a bite of food and struggling to survive.It has been snowing for the past few days, and even if they hide in a broken shed, their internal organs are as cold as ice. They are really desperate, and they are just waiting for the night when the north wind will take away their souls and go to the Lord of Hell. report ahead.

(End of this chapter)