Chapter 241: Full of food and clothing, plenty of years
The Night Travelers never expected that they could get meritorious missions in Si Ye’s Mansion. They were so coveted about the things in the Meritorious Merit Treasury that they were obsessed with merit points. How longing for it.
What’s more, the significance of this mission is extraordinary. Even if there are no merit points, they will not refuse if they are assigned to do it by the superiors.
What these teenagers didn’t expect was that this task was accepted as a team, and the supplies were delivered to Chu Qianqian. Instead of receiving boxes of bulky items, they received Lightweight bag.
The people who took the wish-fulfilling bag in their hands were still in disbelief, "This, is this for us?"
Chu Qianqian glanced over and said, "It's just for your use for the time being, but if you want to embezzle it, it's not impossible."
"I won't do that." The Night Traveler who asked the question was startled. He straightened his posture immediately.
He was just shocked for a moment, how could he embezzle the public property of Si Ye Mansion.
He said: "I will work hard to make meritorious deeds and get them based on my strength."
There is also a wishful bag in the merit library. The Night Travelers all know the function of this thing, and currently no one has it. .
Now I can try it out during missions, which is really an unexpected surprise.
At the scene, there was a team leader trying out the effect of the wishful bag. A piece of charcoal appeared in his hand and disappeared, and then another object appeared and disappeared again. The teenagers around him watched intently.
Chu Qianqian laughed at their ignorance and waved them out. If you don't have any merit, don't block them here.
The teenagers said goodbye to her politely before leaving.
After they left, the accountant next door said to Chu Qianqian: "Miss Qianqian, why do you have to induce them all the time."
Although the accountant was an ordinary person, Chu Qianqian was more polite to him than to the night wanderers. Because according to the rules, the accountant and her have the same position, which is equivalent to the same status.
It would be bad if the accountant complained to her.
Chu Qianqian innocently argued: "Sir, I don't understand. The slave family is testing them. Don't be fooled by me. Only when you go out and experience the same situation can you deal with it calmly. After all, I am a low-level person. It doesn't hurt if you fall into a trap "If you fall into someone else's trap outside, you may be doomed."
Mr. Accountant heard that what she said was clear and reasonable, and coupled with her trust in Si Yefu, Chu Qianqian was convinced. They faked it and deceived it.
The night tour envoys set off collectively.
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The cold and freezing weather makes the people in Beiyuan City happy, but the surrounding villages are actually living miserable lives.
This year's climate is much colder than the previous two years. Coupled with the premature snowfall, the people in small border towns have already had some experience in predicting the climate to survive in this environment. It is speculated that there is a high possibility of a cold wave coming this year.
This makes the people in the border villages miserable but helpless.
Yongmengxiang is also one of the villages outside Beiyuan City. It is not much better than other villages.
The farmers' harvest in the village has been poor in the past few years, and the villagers' health is obviously worse than in previous years, and some people often get sick. This makes the young men in the village have to travel far away to find work, and the daughter's family is more looking forward to marrying outside. The matchmaker the parents find is also to arrange marriage with outsiders, in the hope that they can move away with their daughter who marries well, or has a daughter. Plans to provide relief.
On the narrow path, cattle carts were carrying goods, with a few children sewing clothes sitting on them, and more people were walking.
There are men, women, and children among the people walking. This is something that doesn’t happen often. Not to mention that it is inconvenient for the elderly to travel long distances. Under traditional concepts, women are not allowed to go out easily, especially girls of marriageable age.
Their destination was Beiyuan City. They had been walking for several hours. The dirt road was icy and difficult to walk on, so it was slower than usual.
At this time, there was a commotion in the walking team, which forced the team to stop. After checking, it was found that someone had fallen, and the reason for the fall was the crying child he was holding.
"Dad, Dad, I will only eat one steamed bun a day from now on. Don't sell me, don't sell me." The girl with withered hair cried and begged while hugging the short and thin man's legs.
The man's eyes flickered, "I said I'm not selling you, I'm not selling you. Didn't you hear that your Uncle Wu said you were going to the city to live a good life."
As the saying goes, a child from a poor family. Already in charge of the family, the girl is not too old, but she already knows how to read the man's words and emotions. When she sees the man's guilty expression, she looks even more desperate.
Although she had heard from the villagers that if she was sold to the city, she would be lucky enough to work as a slave in a powerful family, and her life would indeed be better than in the village. But there are not so many lucky people in this world. Most of the children who were sold did not end well. Most of the slaves in powerful families were born at home, and they were more loyal than those bought from outside. They did not need to be trained hard.
The girl's pitiful cry triggered a series of effects, and other children in the team were also infected, and for a while they burst into mourning.
"What's going on? What's going on?" the visitor asked.
The girl's father saw him and immediately said: "Wu Ping, you came just in time. My daughter thought I went to the city to sell her. Come and explain to everyone."
Here comes someone. It was Wu Ping, the leader of this team, or in other words, the leader of the team going to Beiyuan City was the Wu family from Yongmengxiang.
The four brothers of the Wu family had made enough money by participating in the construction of the temple. They rented a house in Beiyuan City together and thought of returning to their hometown to bring their family and children to live in the city. day.
They returned to their hometown and told their parents about their plan. At first, the family did not believe it, but Wu Laosan took out the saved medicinal powder and soaked it in water for his father to drink. For people who suffer from illness and are in poor health, the results can be said to be very quick and the feeling is extremely obvious.
With the example of Father Wu, the four brothers of the Wu family spoke eloquently and told everything they had seen and heard when they went to Beiyuan City.
“The Emperor is gone?!”
“The ray of light that day was actually divine light?”
“No wonder someone in the village said they heard the sound of galloping horse hooves.”
“Li Zheng and the others haven’t come back yet, and that’s the reason.”
After some talk, Father Wu made the decision and agreed to the four brothers' plan, but he had other ideas, which was to tell the news to other people in the village and let other fellow villagers who were having a hard time go to Beiyuan City to seek a chance to survive.
Dad Wu thought that if Beiyuan City is as good as the fourth son said, then the villagers this year will be saved.
The four brothers of the Wu family did not refuse their father's request. They also have feelings for their fellow villagers.
After another round of persuasion, it took several days to get some people in the village to agree to go together.
Most of these people traveling with us were having a hard time, and they had no choice but to follow them with hesitation and take a gamble. The rest went to the city to look for people, and they were looking for those Li Zheng who had never returned. , and others took advantage of the situation to go to the city to see the situation.
For example, the father with his daughter was someone who couldn't make it. He thought that if the situation was just like what the Wu family said, girls could also work and get paid in the city, and the wages were not low, so he would stay with his daughter. Looking for things to do in the city. If it was fake, he would sell his daughter. Anyway, he had originally planned to sell his daughter, and the family's food reserves were really not enough to have an extra mouth.
At this time, Wu Ping, the eldest of the four Wu brothers, came to solve the problem.
He first reassured the girl that he did not want to sell her, but the girl did not listen to him at all and kept staring at her father.
The girl's father lied: "You don't understand people anymore, do you?" He raised his hand as if to hit her.
Wu Ping stopped him and said angrily: "Speak well, why are you beating the child?"
Wu Ping was already strong, but after working in the temple, his strength became even greater.
When the girl's father was caught by him, he couldn't move no matter how hard he struggled.
"I can't touch my child. I even had to pay for her because of her fall." The girl's father couldn't bear to face her, so he took out his anger on the girl.
With tears in her eyes, the girl still picked up his trousers, begging him not to sell herself.
My hands were grabbed and I couldn’t move them, but my feet could still move. The girl's father kicked the girl out.
This kick was meant to express anger, and the force used was not small. In addition, the girl was thin, and she was kicked more than a meter away. She rolled in a circle and fell to the ground without moving.
“You!” Wu Ping never expected that this man could be so cruel to his own flesh and blood.
After staying in Beiyuan City for such a period of time, he saw a lot of people being harmonious and children laughing and playing, which made him forget that many families in the village beat and scold their children at every turn.
This incident made the commotion in the team even greater. Some of the other children accompanying them were crying and some were silent. The same thing was the sadness and despair on their young faces.
"Mother..." Wu Zhu clutched her mother's sleeves in fear.
She is Wu Ping's eldest daughter. This time the whole Wu family is leaving. Even if Wu Zhu knows that her family's situation is not bad, they are not so poor that they have to sell their children. But when she saw a girl of a similar age experiencing this in front of her, she still couldn't help but feel afraid.
Sister-in-law Wu originally didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but her daughter's reaction aroused her compassion, not to mention that this team was led by her husband.
She handed her daughter over to her mother-in-law and took the initiative to check on the girl who fell to the ground.
Because her father-in-law is in poor health, she is the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wu family. On weekdays, the main man is not around, so she takes care of many things at home. When Mi August came to Wu's house to see Father Wu, she was waiting nearby and listened to Mi August's explanation of some medical principles.
It was also like this that Sister-in-law Wu checked the girl's condition and was not in a hurry. She helped the girl breathe a sigh of relief and opened her eyelids tremblingly.
"How is it?" Wu Ping asked his wife.
Sister-in-law Wu said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to walk for a while."
"I'll carry her." Wu Ping did not hesitate.
Sister-in-law Wu glanced at her husband. She felt that her husband had changed after returning from Beiyuan City. He was not only more confident and independent, but more importantly, he respected his wife and daughter more than before.
This was one of the reasons why she believed her husband's words and had more expectations for leaving her hometown to live in Beiyuan City.
Wu Ping gently put the girl on his back, and the other children were comforted by the other three brothers one after another.
But this section of the road was still not peaceful, and the child on Wu Ping's back suddenly vomited blood.
Wu Ping had to stop, but there was nothing he could do about the situation.
The remaining powder he had was given to his father and mother, and there was nothing left to save others.
In this chaotic situation, the girl's father wanted to add fuel to the fire, pointing at Wu Ping and scolding, "My daughter was good at first, but she was ruined when she got on your back. You killed my daughter, please pay for it!"
Wu Ping is not good at arguing with others, and was scolded several times by the girl’s father. Father Wu came forward to reason, but the girl’s father refused to listen. He insisted that Wu Ping had killed his girl, and now the girl is gone. , asking Wu Ping to pay compensation.
To sum up, the girl’s father is not concerned about the girl’s life or death at all, but he just wants to use the girl in exchange for money.
The surrounding villagers could see it clearly. Some people scolded the girl's father, while others said: "Hey, no matter what, it's a life. There's nothing that Douzi's father can do. What if he dies like this?" What should I do, Father Wu, just think of it as a good deed, or just buy beans, maybe you can go to the city to ask for a doctor..."
"You are standing and talking without pain in your back!"
"I'm afraid the money you spend to hire a doctor is more than the money you spend to buy a person. The third generation of the old Wu family doesn't even have one, so why buy it back?"
While they were making a fuss, a chill came over them. , snow fell from the sky.
This is not good. Traveling in the snow will be more troublesome for the rest of the journey.
Dad Wu sighed, angry and regretful. If he had not wanted to help the villagers, he would not have caused such troubles to his children.
When the situation became entangled, several figures appeared in front of them.
"Where are you from? What are you doing?"
The girl's clear voice seemed to make the cold winter day more alive.
Everyone looked around and saw several young men in black clothes and red tassels standing in the drifting snow. They were all wearing thin clothes and they didn't look like they should be spending the winter.
After such a short while, some snowflakes fell on my hair, but my face was still rosy and healthy.
Obviously he is still a teenager, but he has an aura that inexplicably intimidates others.
The originally noisy villagers became quiet and did not even dare to look at them.
"It's the Night Traveler!" Wu Laoer was in the front position. He recognized Shen Xiaowei and the others as soon as they were dressed and said quickly: "We came from Yongmengxiang and are going to Beiyuan City."
Hu Tong stared at Wu Laoer and suddenly said: "I seem to have seen you in the temple."
Wu Laoer said excitedly: "I worked in the temple."
Hu Tong smiled and said, "A helper from Yongmengxiang , you are an old fellow countryman with His Highness.”
At this time Wu Laosan came over and said, "Please, adults, please save me."
"What's going on?" Shen Xiaowei heard that she wanted to save someone and hurried inside.
They were so fast that the villagers got out of the way and came in front of the girl.
The girl was lying in my arms, Mrs. Wu, with vomited blood all over her chin. She was already on the verge of death.
Shen Xiaowei took a look and quickly took out a pill and stuffed it into the girl's mouth.
The people around her watched the girl's face improve visibly, and her eyes opened after a while.
This scene shocked everyone, their faces full of disbelief.
What kind of elixir is that? It can actually revive a dying person!
However, Shen Xiaowei and the others looked as usual, as if they didn't care about the pill at all.
In fact, after officially practicing, Shen Xiaowei and others really don't care that much about this kind of elixir for ordinary people.
"Okay." Shen Xiaowei also carefully took out a handkerchief and helped the girl wipe her face clean.
The girl stared at her blankly.
Shen Xiaowei smiled at the girl, and then looked around without forgetting business. She understood something from this look, and her eyes focused on the children with shabby clothes.
“What are you doing in Beiyuan City?”
The person who answered Shen Xiaowei’s words was Wu Laosan.
He directly explained the cause and effect, including the girl's injury and what the girl's father had done.
Shen Xiaowei glanced at the girl's father, with a look filled with determination after two months of experience in Lingzhou.
The girl’s father was frozen in place, almost holding his breath.
Shen Xiaowei did not do anything on the spot. She said: "Shen Yan, Wei Yan, you two escort them to Beiyuan City. Angkor, I was ordered to go to Yongmengxiang to deliver supplies, so I would like to trouble you to make one for us. "Guide."
"Don't dare." Surprised by the sound of 'Angkor', Wu Laosan responded calmly.
Others heard the word 'materials' and looked over.
Wu Laosi couldn't help but ask, "What is this material?"
Shen Xiaowei said: "The Pohan Night Festival is coming soon, and the Siye Mansion and the government office jointly gave gifts to the surrounding villages. , I wish you all to break through the cold night and welcome the spring breeze, have enough food and warm clothes, and have a prosperous year.”
Have enough food, warm clothes, and a abundant harvest.
This is really the most realistic wish of the villagers.
Although I don't believe how much material this gift can bring, the comfort that I have never experienced before and the simple wishes have already made many people's eyes red.
Two in one chapter
(End of this chapter)