Zhao Huanyu took it unceremoniously, covered her mouth and nose, and then continued to follow the little beggar inside.
It's quite quiet outside, but when you walk inside you can hear some quarreling and looting sounds.
Zhao Huanyu thought to herself that this was either a slum or a place where beggars specifically settled.
Sure enough, with their appearance, those who were arguing stopped and looked at them warily.
Zhao Huanyu saw that their clothes were all tattered and dirty. This was definitely a gathering place for beggars.
There were a few brave ones who knew they were rich people when they saw their unusual clothes. Just as they were about to come forward to beg, they saw Fu Yuan's long sword hanging on his waist. They did not dare to act in an instant. It was important to save their lives.
The little beggar also noticed the gazes of those people and said: "Your cuteness scares them, so you are treating Wu Liang!" (Don't scare them, my sister is treating my mother)
Seeing the little beggar talking like this, some of the younger people around him couldn't help but laugh and said, "Fat girl, why do you talk like this?"
Fat Ya? It turns out her name is Fat Ya!
Zhao Huanyu glanced at the back of the little beggar. How could he be called Fat Ya with such a thin figure?
For some reason, Zhao Huanyu felt quite sour.
When she first came to this world, she felt hatred and resentment in her heart. But at that time, she was still in the ordinary Zhao family. Although the conditions were not very good, she still had glutinous rice flour for every meal.
They both have separate rooms to rest.
Unlike these beggars, so many people can only squeeze in such a dirty and smelly alley. Neither men nor women avoid it, and there is no way to avoid it.
She simply couldn't imagine that in a place like this, something so spine-chilling happened every day.
"Fat girl, you're finally back. I'm afraid your mother may not be able to survive. She's been unconscious for a long time!"
Granny Li, who had a fairly good relationship with Fat Ya and her daughter, saw her coming back and hurried out to get her.
When the fat girl heard this, she ran in anxiously and saw her mother lying on the straw mat, breathing out but not coming in.
"Liang! Liang! Mom! Ooooooh, wake up!"
After being stimulated, she finally spoke normally and started crying while hugging her mother.
Her mother is her only relative in the world, and she doesn't want to be left behind.
Zhao Huanyu looked at the pale woman on the ground, and then heard Fat Ya's cry. Her eyes felt hot. She sniffed, stepped forward and said, "Your mother is still alive, let me try."
Fat Ya woke up from her dream. Only then did she think of Zhao Huanyu. She hurriedly moved out of the way, pulled Zhao Huanyu and said, "Sister, please save my mother. I'll be a bull and a horse for you. Please, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!"
As long as her mother is well, she is willing to go to the inn and restaurant every day to find leftovers to eat. It doesn't matter even if she is chased and beaten by the waiters. She is willing to do anything. She just asks her mother not to abandon her.
Zhao Huanyu didn't dare to guarantee it, but just said: "Okay, I'll try my best."
As she said that, she took the fat girl's hand and started to feel her pulse. The pulse was so weak that it was almost nonexistent, and then she checked her eyes and tongue coating.
Her body was very hot, and she was obviously running a high fever. Zhao Huanyu handed the handkerchief that Ji Mingxuan had just given to her to Fat Ya and said, "Take this handkerchief, wet it, and put it on your mother's forehead."
Fat Ya nodded repeatedly and went to do it. Zhao Huanyu found the silver needle and was about to give Fat Ya Niang an acupuncture. He turned around and saw everyone looking here curiously. The men did not shy away and even looked forward to something.
Zhao Huanyu frowned and said, "Everyone, please step aside. You will need to take off your clothes for the acupuncture."
When Granny Li next to her heard this, she stood up and shouted: "Go, go, go, what are you looking at? Those who should sleep should go to sleep! You guys, come here and block people!"
Although Granny Li is old, she can still speak well here. As soon as she finished speaking, several women came over here, while the men left obediently.
In order to avoid suspicion, Ji Mingxuan and Fu Yuan also retreated.
Zhao Huanyu saw that everyone was surrounding her, so she quickly untied her clothes and started to inject acupuncture.
The woman next to her looked surprised and asked, "Girl, can fat girl still live? She has been sick for a long time."
Before feeling the pulse, Zhao Huanyu did not dare to speak nonsense, but now, Zhao Huanyu said with certainty: "It's okay, it's not a serious illness."
It is indeed not a serious illness. In post-modern times, it is just a common fever and cold. But here, the conditions are harsh and the medical technology is backward. The most important thing is that they are beggars and cannot afford medicine to drink, so they procrastinate.
So serious."
"It's good if you can live, it's good if you can live. Fat girl met a noble man today!"
Several women nearby became happy, and Zhao Huanyu had a great change in their views. It seemed that most of the people in this alley were good, or at least had empathy.
Zhao Huanyu asked about the situation while inserting the acupuncture: "Have you all known each other before?"
"Yes, we were all from the same village before, and most of us were from the same clan. But there was a disaster in our hometown, and we had no choice but to escape here to make a living."
"This County Magistrate Qi is a good man. Unlike other counties that did not allow us to enter the city, Magistrate Qi allowed us to enter the city. Even if we eat some scraps, we can still have a way to survive. Alas, I don't know what to do these days.
The time has come to an end!”
"Our hometown is not very far from here, that's why so many of our people came here alive. Like others who were far away, they died on the road before they even got here."
When talking about these sad things, everyone was not in a good mood, and some women even shed tears.
There are very few families who have made it this far and are still in a perfect state. They either died when the disaster struck or they died on the way to escape the famine. So those who can survive now should try their best to help each other and try to live longer.
time.
Disaster?
Zhao Huanyu really didn't know about this. She asked: "What kind of disaster is it? How long have you been here?"
"Drought! It didn't rain all year long last year. All the crops were dead. There wasn't a drop of water in the river. We couldn't survive. So we had no choice but to flee here with our family. We were pretty fast, and people couldn't survive.
It’s not a lot. Magistrate Qi only let us in. I heard that all the people who came later were blocked outside and either went to find other places to make a living or died on the road.”
The more Zhao Huanyu listened, the more frightened she became. In this era, communication was slow and a lot of news was blocked, so she had not heard anything about such a big thing.
On the way to and from the county town, she didn't see any refugees, and she always simply thought that other places were as good as here, and that even if the people lived in poverty, they wouldn't be unable to survive.
But the truth is so cruel.
There was nothing taboo about their chat. Ji Mingxuan, who was standing outside, also heard it and frowned deeply.