Concubine's true colors

Chapter 31
"Boom!" With a sound, the thatched hut, whose beams and pillars were bent by the snow, was finally overwhelmed and collapsed.

Little Six, looking at the collapsed house, I can't remember clearly. This is the first house in Yangzhou that has collapsed since the snowstorm.

But these have nothing to do with him. As a recruit of the city defense battalion, what he needs to do now is to move the frozen corpses out of the city as soon as possible, so as to minimize the panic in the city.

Just after Xiaoliuzi was struggling to put the corpse of a [-]-year-old man onto the broken carriage, before he had time to rest, he was kicked hard in the back.

"Liu Zi, you should hurry up. It's cold weather. Hurry up and get back to warm up. Otherwise, sooner or later we will be like these people in the car, and we will all be frozen into popsicles."

The one who spoke was a tall, black and thin soldier with a cigarette pipe in his mouth. He was chattering happily, but he stood there without even touching his hands.

Xiao Liuzi repeatedly said yes to what he said, but secretly hated the old nigger in his heart, he only moved his mouth but didn't move his hands, but whoever told him that he was a veteran, as a new soldier, he had to hold his nose and admit it when he was ordered.

After moving around and loading another five or six corpses into the car, Little Six took a look, and the area he was in charge of should have been cleaned up.

Just as he was about to push the cart to leave, suddenly on the right side of the alley, in a standing broken vat, half of his leg wearing embroidered shoes was exposed, and he caught a sharp eye.

Shaking his head, Liu Zi resigned himself to his fate and walked over to dig out the snow in the vat, revealing the pale face of a young girl, about eleven or twelve years old, with a delicate appearance and an oval face, she looks really good.

The six sons sighed: "It's a pity", then stretched out their hands, and dragged the frozen woman out of the broken tank, grabbed an arm, and dragged her towards the carriage.

It seemed that because his movements were too rough and dragging was too painful, the girl who was supposed to be frozen frowned, slowly opened her eyes, and then said weakly: "Don't, don't take me away, I'm not dead yet. "

Although she was so frozen that she couldn't move anymore, her consciousness was still clear. She naturally knew what these officers and soldiers were doing. If she was thrown to the corpse slope in the suburbs by these people, she would really have no way out.

When she opened her mouth, Xiao Liuzi was terrified, thinking that he had encountered a fake corpse, he yelled "Oh my god", lost the girl, and took a dozen or so steps back abruptly, only then did he stabilize his footsteps.

Standing aside, looking at Xiao Liuzi, a tall, skinny old soldier, he snorted disdainfully, and said in a commonplace way: "I'm afraid of the ball, this girl is just not frozen through, so hurry up and drag her to the carriage, and wait until the corpse is gone." Poe, she's dead too."

Little Six stared at the boss, and couldn't bear to say: "Brother Heizi, but she is still alive, can this work?"

After hearing this, the veteran named Heizi said nonchalantly: "How many people have died in this snow disaster? Look at her, she can't survive today. Why don't you take it with me, so that you have to collect her body tomorrow, won't you?" trouble."

Little Six wanted to say something, but Heizi glared at him, and immediately he didn't dare to speak. He stepped forward a few steps, grabbed the woman by the shoulder, ignored her pleading, and was about to get her into the carriage.

But at this moment, a young man ran over suddenly, stopped Xiaoliuzi, and said with a smile: "Officer, please don't, this is my sister, she got separated from me, please spare her life, I will take care of you immediately!" Take her away, and promise not to cause trouble to the men."

The boy who spoke was only thirteen or fourteen years old. He wore a worn-out felt hat on his head, and his cotton-padded jacket was patched here and there, and there was a gap here. , just like a little beggar.

But don't look at him dressed in tatters, but Zhang is extremely handsome. Although he is a man, he has two willow-leaf eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, a thin and red mouth, and a fair and rosy face.

If it wasn't for his voice, he would have sounded like a man, and anyone who saw him would have regarded him as a woman at first glance.

But the only thing that makes people feel awkward is that the boy's temples are white before he gets old, and his eyebrows are as white as snow.

He was reluctant at first, and the little six son who loaded the living people into the car immediately let go when he heard this, but Heizi who was beside him quit.

With a pipe and pot in his mouth, he came over and said with sideways eyes: "She is your sister? You look like a bear, and you can't live for a few days. Don't make trouble for Master Bing and me, what should you do, this girl No, I have to carry her away."

Hearing the words, the young man rolled his beautiful phoenix eyes twice, and said with a smile on his face: "You two officials, she is really my sister, and I know that I have caused trouble for you two. I still have two pancakes." , if you two don’t dislike it, just take it, and treat it as a little filial piety to the men.”

When Heizi heard this, his tense expression showed a little smile, he snorted and said, "Your way is very good, if that's the case, take your sister and get out, it's half a month before Chinese New Year. Live well, don't freeze to death and make trouble for Grandpa."

After finishing speaking, he put the two cakes handed over by the young man into his arms. In the event of the snowstorm, all the rice shops in the city were either closed or the price of grain skyrocketed. Now this grain is very precious. With this With two cakes, the wife and children at home can last another two days.

As soon as the boy heard Heizi let go, he hurriedly gave another flattering word of thanks, then pulled the girl up and left in a hurry.

After he took the girl, turned left and walked into an abandoned house, he threw his ass on the ground, exhaled and said, "Why are you so careless, you were targeted by these hell kings, fortunately I saw it, otherwise you would probably have been transported out of the city with those corpses."

These soldiers guarding the city camp have been moving dead bodies out of the city every day since the heavy snowstorm. At first, they only moved dead bodies. Later, as long as they were frozen, they also moved them. Urging the King of Hades means that he is being targeted by them, regardless of whether it is life or death, he has to report to the King of Hades.

The girl was frightened by this, and was dragged away for a long time, her hands and feet were no longer stiff, so she wiped her tears and whispered: "It's all because of me, you lost two cakes, I'm sorry."

Hearing the words, the young man sighed, and said with distress: "Yes, I begged for it from my aunt's house with great difficulty. I originally wanted to take it home and give it to my mother, but now it's useless. "

Hearing this, the girl cried even more fiercely, feeling that it was all her own fault, and that she had hurt others for no reason.

Seeing himself, the young man made the girl cry, he hurriedly said: "Don't cry, actually two cakes can save your life, if my mother knew, she would let me do it, let alone no more Cake, I still have this, you see."

Hearing this, the girl raised her tearful eyes and looked towards the boy.

He saw the other party open the rag pocket at his waist, and then took out two buns.

Then the boy thought for a while, put one of them back into the cloth bag, and handed the other to the girl.

"Hungry, I'll leave one for my mother, you can eat this."

The girl looked at the Wowotou and swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva. She was really hungry, but she was too embarrassed to take it. She just lowered her head slowly and started crying again in a low voice.

Seeing this, the young man chuckled, put the cornbread into the opponent's hand, and said cheerfully: "Eat quickly, by the way, my name is Xiao Wenxin, I don't know what your name is yet."

Holding the Wowotou, the girl said in a voice lower than that of a mosquito, "My name is Zhang Baishu."

After she finished speaking, she silently gnawed on the cornbread. She hadn't eaten properly for four days, and now this steamed bun, which was not much softer than a rock, was the most delicious thing she had ever eaten.

Xiao Wenxin chanted the other person's name twice, and then asked: "Why do you live on the street, where is your family, where do you live?"

Hearing this, Bai Shu's tears flowed down again, "My father froze to death due to the snow disaster, and I have no relatives anymore. In fact, I escaped from Meishan, and I was going to Xiao's mansion to join a nobleman there. .”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wenxin regained his spirit immediately, and said curiously: "Which Xiao family are you talking about? What relatives?"

Bai Shu took a look at Xiao Wenxin, who was dressed in rags, but still couldn't bear to say the words of shock, but said softly: "I'm talking about the Xiao family of Yangzhou Jiedu envoy, and I want to find Miss Xiao Si in the house."

When Xiao Wenxin heard this, he said in surprise: "You are talking about this family, don't tell me, his family and I are really distant relatives, why don't I take you there, I know where his family is."

Bai Shu felt that he had really met a noble person today, so he didn't care about chewing on the corn bread, so he hurriedly said, "Thank you, Wenxin, let's go now, I'm worried that I can't find a place."

Wen Xin was also happy, stood up and led the way ahead, after half a stick of incense, when the two of them felt their legs were frozen and filled with lead, the Xiao Mansion could be considered to have arrived.

Seeing that Bai Shudong was having difficulty walking, Xiao Wenxin gritted his teeth and walked a few steps quickly, came to the gate of Xiao's mansion, and knocked on the gate vigorously.

It didn't take much effort before the door opened, and a servant shrank his body, poked his head out and asked, "Who are you looking for? If you beg for food, go elsewhere. Our Xiao's mansion gives out porridge every day, so come early tomorrow."

Xiao Wenxin rolled his eyes, knowing that his clothes were too ragged, and he was being treated as a beggar. After being depressed for a long time, he said: "Brother, I'm here to see the fourth lady of your family, please inform me."

The servant who was about to close the door was delighted when he heard this, looked up and down at Xiao Wenxin several times, and then said sarcastically: "Go, go, Miss Si is also a beggar like you who can see her. She is messing around. I can make people laugh." Luanzhu drove you away."

Nowadays, everyone in the Xiao family knows that the Xiao family has changed a long time ago. The most powerful person is not the eldest lady Ning, but the fourth young lady.

Now Miss Si is taking care of the entire Xiao Mansion, if Miss Si hadn't instructed not to make things difficult for these refugees, the family would not have been so polite a long time ago.

Just when the servant ignored Xiao Wenxin who was still explaining and was about to close the door, a gold hairpin appeared in front of him.

Then, Bai Shu said in a weak voice: "Miss Si gave it to me when she left Meizhuang. She also said that if there is anything to do, you can use this hairpin to find her. If you don't believe me, you can use this hairpin to ask her." , we will wait outside the door if we don’t go in.”

Although this family member is a gatekeeper in the Xiao Mansion, he still has some eyesight. Seeing that the gold hairpin is well-made, he believed it a little bit in his heart. He asked Bai Shu and the other two to wait. He closed the door and immediately trotted towards Xiao Jinxuan. Xiangge ran.

(End of this chapter)