happy event

Chapter 91

I didn't expect that someone came to recruit workers this morning, and regardless of age, they promised to provide accommodation and three meals of porridge a day.They don't care about the truth, as long as they can fill their stomachs, they will follow even hell.Now that they have personally received the guarantee from the master, they feel that their hope of survival is even greater.

"Thank you, Dong's family, for your life, thank you, Dong's family, for saving your life!" The refugees knelt down, and the old people and young children who had just jumped off the carriage also lay down on the snow.

"Get up quickly, put on cotton clothes and have a bowl of porridge, and wait for the rest to warm up."

While talking, Dong Rong helped up a gray-haired old lady who was kneeling at the very front, then turned around and signaled everyone to arrange food and clothing quickly.Zhao Qingshan and the others swiftly opened the two wooden doors of the orchard, calling for everyone to line up according to men, women, and children, while Sister-in-law Liu and the others led the elderly and children to the front door to receive cotton clothes.

Although there are a lot of refugees, the orchard has already made preparations. Everyone is looking for cotton clothes, looking for cotton shoes, and distributing bowls and chopsticks. The division of labor is very clear and the efficiency is extremely high.Soon, all the old people put on cotton-padded clothes. Although the children's clothes were a little loose, they were better than wearing air-tight single clothes.Only a few dozen of the remaining middle-aged men and women were allocated clothes and pants, but no one asked questions.

Because the big bowl of brown rice porridge had already been held in their hands, the tangy food aroma made them forget to wipe their noses and tears. They just poured it into their stomachs one after another, and finally looked at the cauldron in front of the team eagerly.Mei Hua'er filled another spoonful for each of them, and kept asking, "I'll cook sweet potatoes later, that one is even sweeter. You've been hungry for too long so you can't eat too much at once. Pad your stomach first and wait for the arrangement." Good place to have another meal."

The refugees kept their heads down and drank the porridge as usual, but they didn't know if they heard the words in their ears.The children are naughty by nature, they are warmly dressed, and their stomachs are full, so they turn their little heads and look at the orchard curiously, as if they are estimating how much work there is in such a place, and whether they can be hired to support them in the early spring. through this long winter.

Manager Zhang sent the hired carriages away, and took the last one to Dong Rong with his own hands, and reported with a smile, "Boss, I bought this at the Chariot and Horse Market last night. It costs 28 taels in total. The horse is The best cold jujube flowers are strong and docile, and the frame of the cart is also made of ebony, which is extremely strong."

Dong Rong walked around the small green cloth carriage, very satisfied, and praised, "Uncle Zhang has a good eye for picking things, let's use this carriage first, and we won't go into the city if we have nothing to do. "

"Thank you, Master, for your understanding." Steward Zhang was very happy, and replied, "Then I will use it first, and when the master enters the city, I will send a message, and I will come to serve immediately."

"Okay."

The two discussed a few more trivial matters. Dong Rong turned around and saw that the rice porridge in the cauldron had bottomed out, and the refugees cheered up, so she called Sister-in-law Liu to take them back to the village for resettlement. .

In Yimianpo Village, from the early morning, men, women and children from all families have no intention of doing work. From time to time, they make excuses and walk to the gate of the courtyard with their hands in their sleeves and their necks tucked in for a look.

Some naughty children wore dog fur hats on their heads, and ran to the entrance of the village to look around regardless of their parents' scolding.Finally, when the sun had risen to the middle, there were many figures walking on the mountain road covered by heavy snow. From a distance, they looked as thin and long as the black thread embroidered on the white brocade.Slowly, the black line became more and more obvious, and the children finally saw the appearance of the refugees clearly.

They looked at each other with their mouths open, and they didn't know which one yelled first, then turned their heads and ran back home like a swarm.The parents thought that the children were being bullied, and when they found out why the children stayed behind and refused to go out, they hurried to the entrance of the village.

The old man sighed and recited the Buddha at that time, the young men and daughters all turned pale from fright, and the soft-hearted ones already wiped away their tears.Everyone is ordinary people who depend on the sky for their food. Today, these people in front of them have suffered, and they are extremely pitiful.But who can guarantee that there will never be such a time at home?Comparing your heart to your heart, help if you can, don't expect anything in return, just hope that in the future, if there is a day in my family, I will meet a kind person to rescue me.

Everyone thought this way, and the old man who was in charge said to Dong Rong and the others who were walking in front, "There are two wing rooms vacant in my yard, and I will find two families with a small population to follow me. Zhuzi's wife also Don't bring food, the people who plan food in the world are all family members, there is no reason to charge money for a house for a few days."

"That's right, I have three vacant rooms in my house, and I can accommodate seven or eight people."

"I have a room in my house, and I don't need rent." The crowd was in high spirits, and they reported dozens of vacant rooms in a short time.

Dong Rong waited for the noise to subside, and then she bowed deeply and thanked loudly, "Thank you uncles and aunts for your righteousness, willing to lend vacant houses to these villagers who are in distress. But these villagers are for Working in the orchard, my uncles and aunts gave up the house to share my worries. I am grateful, but the food must be harvested. If the uncles and aunts still want to help me, please take care of these folks on weekdays, but good?"

The families in the village didn't have much rations left after paying the food tax. Just now I shouted loudly in my head, but I regretted it before the truth came out.Now hearing that Dong Rong accepted their love, and she spoke nicely, she accepted it as soon as she saw it, and they all responded, "Needless to say, living under the same roof is a family, how can there be no reason not to take care of each other? "

Dong Rong once again saluted and thanked everyone, and then motioned for Sister-in-law Liu to hurry up and help with distribution.Only one-third of the refugees came here as a whole family. The rest included people from the same village and county, and some who had lost relatives and fled alone.Now that we are in trouble, no one has the mind to pay too much attention to etiquette.Two or three women live in one room with a few children, the old woman lives next door, and the young men live with the old man, so that it is convenient to take care of each other.

Soon, the number of refugees at the entrance of the village became less and less, until the last one entered the village, and only Dong Rong and others breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man Cao, who was standing not far away, walked forward slowly with his hands behind his back, and said, "Sister Rong, I borrowed the wing room from Chen's family to live in, and I can't help you with this matter. However, I will go tomorrow Orchard, even if you can’t do anything, it’s okay to help with odd jobs.”

"Father, it's too cold, so don't worry about it. There are 400 more people in the village suddenly, and there is no guarantee that something will go wrong. Father usually helps me take care of it, which is a big help to me." Cao Cao The old man's health has not been very good, Dong Rong naturally refused to let him go to the orchard to follow @心急痛痛, so he quickly pulled a light job and asked the old man to take care of it.

Sure enough, old man Cao also felt reasonable after hearing this, and replied, "Then, don't worry about it in the village, I'll keep an eye on you." After finishing speaking, the old man pulled away Mrs. Cao, who was always about to intervene. up.

Granny Cao struggled angrily, and shouted, "You old man, why don't you let me talk? I just want to ask her where she got so much money, she just hired people to work, why did she pick up so many old people and children... ..."

"Shut up!" Old Man Cao stepped up his pace, and scolded in a low voice, "Sister Rong must have a reason for doing things, why are you asking so many questions? It's all about honoring you!"

"She dares, if she is not filial to her parents, even if she dies, she will have her tongue cut off by Lord Yan..."

The old couple walked away while talking like this, Dong Rong called Mrs. Liu back to the orchard with a funny face.On the way, I happened to meet Mrs. Liu, who was going to the city to collect old clothes and quilts. The cart was full, and it was obvious that they had gained a lot.Sister-in-law Liu was overjoyed and took them directly into the village to find those refugees who had not been given clothes or quilts.

Dong Rong went into the orchard, helped Mei Huaer wash four or five bags of sweet potatoes, threw them into a big pot and boiled them, then put them in a big wooden basin and sent them back to the village.

So busy until it was dark, Dong Rong was so tired that her arm seemed to be broken, she sat down on the stool and didn't want to get up.Sister-in-law Liu had to report some trivial matters, but seeing her like this, she hurriedly said, "Boss, I have made arrangements in the village, and those women will come to help cook the porridge tomorrow morning. You can go back and rest, and there will be more tomorrow morning." Sleep and come down again!"

Dong Rong nodded, and said with a wry smile, "I haven't worked for a long time, and I'm really not used to being busy all of a sudden."

The two of them reached the door while they were talking, just in time to meet Sha Zhu who came back from the outside, he simply bent forward, picked up his wife and left.Dong Rong turned her head to see Sister-in-law Liu and the others snickering and blushed. She wanted to complain a few words but was afraid of the cold wind pouring into her stomach, so she had to keep her mouth shut.Sha Zhu's back was so generous and warm, she couldn't help but climbed up again, and soon fell asleep following the swaying rhythm.

Silly Zhu was still thinking about how to say that he was going out with Mr. Feng, but he heard thin and long breathing from behind him, so he shook his head with a wry smile, and his steps became bigger and bigger.

This night was lively and sleepless for Yimianpo Village, almost every household lived in strangers.Although everyone originally lived in the north and south of Daqi, separated by thousands of miles, there are many differences in accents and customs.But now we are in the same courtyard, holding a bowl of hot water, the refugees weep and sigh when talking about the suffering along the way, the villagers also look bad when they talk about the high grain tax, and finally both parties secretly cursed the rot together The Great Qi Dynasty Hall.After talking like this for a long time, everyone became closer to each other.

Chen Laoer's family in the west of the village only had three thatched cottages and did not take in refugees.But the couple also didn't fall asleep at the moment, there was no other reason, the Chen family's parents-in-law came to the door.

Sister Cao reluctantly made a pot of tea and put it on the table with three legs long and one short. She yawned and said, "Dad, mother, drink tea."

Chen Laoer gave his wife a hard look, and smoothed things out with a smile, "Father and mother, this is the good tea that my eldest sister brought back from my father-in-law's house. You can drink it."

(End of this chapter)