Chapter 70 Refugees
Xie Fengyue had just woken up and was still in a hazy state, but when she heard the word "refugee", her mind suddenly became clear.
"What's going on?"
Li Xiaobao looked like he had eaten shit.
He clearly heard no chaotic footsteps or rolling wheels in front of him, so how could he meet the refugees?
He immediately pulled out the long knife from his waist and placed it across his chest. His expression became heavy, and the scars that penetrated his entire face looked even more terrifying and fierce under his depressed eyebrows.
"It's still unclear at the moment, but the people coming now are the old, weak, sick, and disabled. I can still handle it. Girl, please lower the window brake and don't show your head."
To be cautious, Xie Fengyue asked Origami to lock the gates at the car curtain.
Several people were in the carriage, and for a moment they were like blind people, only hearing their voices but not seeing their people.
"Lords, please do me a favor and give me something to eat."
"We haven't had anything to eat in days."
"We will die if we continue like this!"
"Noble people and good people will be rewarded with good things!"
The chaotic prayers were accompanied by several wails that made the branches and stamens shrink back in unison.
Seeing this, Xie Fengyue clapped her hand soothingly, "It's okay, it's okay. These voices are just some old people. Li Xiaobao can handle it."
"What happened up front?" Li Xiaobao asked fiercely with his sword in front of him.
Seeing this, the people who came over stopped in their tracks.
The old man with gray hair staggered forward and replied: "There are noble people who are giving alms around this corner, but we are all old and can't even squeeze in the crowd."
As he spoke, he raised his eyes and glanced at Li Xiaobao's face. Seeing that he didn't scold him, he continued, "It was the little nobleman in yellow clothes in front who said there was a carriage behind, so those of us who can't squeeze in should wait here first."
Li Xiaobao was also staring at them intently at this time. Seeing that there was no strange color on their faces, he thought that maybe what they said was true.
So he knocked on the car window and asked in a low voice: "Can the girl give them the remaining sweet potatoes today?"
Xie Fengyue lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.
When he thought he wouldn't get a response from the girl, he wanted to throw the few sweet potatoes beside him to them.
A faint voice sounded in the car, "We don't have to eat either. My parents have passed away. I spent all my money to buy this carriage just to go to my relatives as soon as possible. Now we are not hungry yet. Originally I also want to catch up with the carriage in front and shamelessly ask for some food.”
Li Xiaobao did not expect Xie Fengyue to say such words, and was at a loss for a moment, not knowing how to face the surprised looks of those old people.
They looked at the carriage again. Compared with the previous one and several luxurious carriages, it really seemed that this carriage was not good enough.
There were no strings of beads, no gauze curtains, and even the wheels were not as big as the carriage.
They hesitated for a while and continued to ask: "Can't you give us some food? We really haven't eaten for three days, so we live on the tender grass and bark of the roadside."
Li Xiaobao couldn't bear it and wanted to plead with Xie Fengyue.
Xie Fengyue said again: "Old man, it's not that I don't want to help you. It's true that our dry food is also stretched. You should also know that there are no villages nearby. We can't even supply supplies. If we arrive later, In this village, I'm afraid we can only drink water to fill our stomachs, not to mention I have two young sisters." After he finished speaking, the expressions of the people around the carriage changed.
Another older man who looked slightly younger, with prominent cheekbones and sunken cheeks, spoke with a strong sense of disbelief in his roving eyes: "After all, these horses only cost twenty or thirty taels of silver, you?" If you really want to go to your relatives, you can obviously buy a mule or a donkey, but in fact you just don’t want to help us, but you still make some beautiful excuses.”
Xie Fengyue replied with some tears: "You don't know something. We only have three daughters in our family. My uncles and uncles all wanted to be extinct, so they almost divided up all the money in our family, and finally divided it among He gave us a horse and asked us to find our aunt who married far away.”
Xie Fengyue became more and more into the drama as she talked, and finally burst into tears.
The old man pointed at Li Xiaobao and asked, "Who is this person?"
Xie Fengyue cried and complained in a gentle and sad tone, "He is just a servant that my uncles were forced to hire for us out of face. The uncles are also afraid that something will happen to our line of work, and they can't explain it to the clan if they can't save their face."
Li Xiaobao, whose identity was suddenly changed, had a trace of astonishment on his face.
Although he didn't know why the girl said this, he was better at being obedient and cooperative.
He said with a cold face: "After I send these little ladies to the place, this horse will be my reward. Don't even think about trying to take advantage of this horse." He turned his eyes to the man who stared at the horse with a greedy expression. Such people.
Some people didn't know whether it was because of Li Xiaobao's fierce appearance, but they really listened to Xie Fengyue's words.
They turned around and left, looking like they were going back to where the noble person they said was.
Although the carriages were surrounded by water, as long as they could wait, they would be willing to give up. Then there must be something to eat.
After several people disappeared around the corner, Li Xiaobao asked the doubts in his heart.
"Girl, why didn't you give them anything just now? The food in our car is enough for the few of us?"
Zhe Zhi and Hua Rui also looked at her with confusion.
Xie Fengyue opened the gate, lifted the curtain, and looked outside. After confirming that those people were really gone, she answered seriously: "Do you believe that the people in the previous carriage only gave food to one person?"
Li Xiaobao was confused. He didn't quite understand what he meant.
Xie Fengyue then sighed, "These people are so old and can still survive among the refugees. Either they have the means or relatives to take care of them, or the refugees need them."
Li Xiaobao and Origami still looked like they didn't understand.
However, Huarui hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Are these people all Erbium?"
Xie Fengyue nodded, "Only the elderly and children are more likely to arouse people's sympathy. If it were you, and you met two beggars on the street, one is a young and strong young man, and the other is a dying old man, Who will you choose to give what you have in your hand? ”
Seeing that they were still thinking, she continued to explain: "They spoke so confidently that they looked like people who had been hungry for ten days and a half. If they got food from us, other refugees would follow suit in less than half a quarter of an hour. Come and surround our car. If they only want to grab food, it will be fine. I am afraid that they will be greedy. ”
After listening to this, Li Xiaobao began to think about it. He had indeed felt compassion because he saw that all the people who came over were old people.
But if it was true, as the girl said, that giving them some sweet potatoes would cause them to rob him, wouldn't he be a sinner?
He looked ashamed and embarrassed as a girl, "Then what should we do now?"
Xie Fengyue smiled and heard that since he asked this question, it meant that he must have understood the key and understood the whole story.
(End of chapter)