The two changed into regular clothes, came out of the East Palace, passed through Donghua Gate and Dong’an Gate, and came to the area where ordinary people in the capital lived.

Despite the heavy snowfall, the streets of the capital are still bustling, and the surrounding shops are lively with hawkers and snacks.

If this were in normal times, Zhao Rui would definitely be very interested, but now she didn’t know whether she was alive or dead, and no matter how lively the scene was, she couldn’t arouse her the slightest interest.

She followed behind Li Chen numbly and nervously, came out of Chongwenmen, passed through Yongdingmen, and walked out of the capital.

As soon as you leave the Yongding Gate, it is like coming to another world.

Desolate and vast, the mountains can be faintly seen in the distance, the snow is white in the near distance, the whole world is covered in silver, and there are pedestrians, tourists and business travelers lining up to enter the city on the official road, but everyone’s face is heavy.

“This uncle, okay, pity this child, he hasn’t eaten a bite for three or five days, uncle is merciful, just give something to eat or a copper plate, so that the child can eat a cake.”

Li Chen took Zhao Ruicai out of the official road, and immediately a skinny old man with a wooden stick, limping on one leg, came over and nodded and begged, and at his feet was a four or five-year-old dirty child, and the little child who was not clothed was holding the old man’s leg like a thin monkey, and a pair of eyes that had become godless looked around blankly.

When the wind and snow blew, the grandfather and grandson trembled.

And there are still a lot of such people nearby.

Li Chen knew that there were a large number of disaster victims outside the capital, but he did not expect that the number of disaster victims had spread to the vicinity of the capital city gate.

When Li Chen went out, it was naturally impossible to bring money with him, so he looked at Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui, as a woman, has a softer heart, seeing the disabled of the grandfather and grandson in front of her, the small and weak, sympathy suddenly flooded, but she didn’t have money with her, she took off a bracelet and wanted to hand it to the old man.

This move was stopped by Li Chen.

“You want to kill them?”

Li Chen pointed to the victims who were staring at this bracelet not far away, and said.

“The rich also pay attention to not revealing their wealth, and their grandfathers and grandchildren, if they take your bracelet, they don’t wait to sell it for money, and in the blink of an eye, they can let these people who see wealth kill for money.”

Zhao Rui was shocked to realize that he had almost done something bad with good intentions, and said busily: “Yes, I’m sorry.”

Li Chen ignored Zhao Rui and clapped his palms.

A disguised brocade guard immediately walked over.

“Go, buy two steamed buns and baked cakes.”

After Li Chen sent away Jin Yiwei, he said softly to the old man: “Old man, where are you calling?” The

old man knew that Li Chen had sent someone to buy food for himself, and he was immediately grateful for his kindness, and he also had no answer to Li Chen’s question.

“This kind uncle, our grandfather and grandson came from Xishan Province.”

“I heard that the disaster in Xishan Province is the worst, and the old man came from that side, and he had to cross the south all the way, so it was not easy to walk, right?” Li Chen asked again.

The old man lowered his head, stretched out his rough and rugged hand and touched the head of the child at his feet, and said in an almost numb tone: “Our home is fifty miles away from the Yellow River, I thought that no matter how big the flood was, it would not be affected, but that night the dam collapsed directly, I don’t know how many people died, the water rushed over, our family was sleeping, thinking about whether to go to the field to hide, but in the blink of an eye, the house collapsed, son, daughter-in-law, wife, and two newborn fat doll twin grandchildren, all.” …… Gone.

“That’s all there is left, follow the old man all the way to ask for food.”


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