Ye Fuxun and Ji Yannuo looked at each other, dismounted and walked over together.
"Water...water."
The young woman with a sallow face and thin muscles seemed to feel someone approaching, and her dry mouth tugged.
Ye Fuxun turned around and took out the water bag from the saddle and handed it to the woman. The woman took the water gratefully and carefully fed the little girl about four or five years old in her arms. After a few sips, she slowly
He took a sip of water.
Then he gratefully handed the water bag back to Ye Fuxun, and asked nervously and timidly: "Madam, can you give me some... food? She, she hasn't eaten for two days, really.
I'm afraid she'll be very hungry..."
Ye Fuxun quickly took out a paper bag from the small bag behind him and handed it over: "Here are some snacks for you."
"M-Thank you so much!" The little woman's eyes turned red with excitement. She opened the paper package with trembling hands, picked up some snacks and put them into Nannan's mouth, "Nanny, I have something to eat..."
The little girl drowsily took two bites of the snack and slowly opened her eyes: "Mom, eat."
The little hand pinched her mother's hand and pushed the snack into the little woman's mouth, "Mom, eat it too."
The little woman cracked her dry lips and said, "Mom has eaten. Nanny, please eat quickly."
The little girl ate a piece of snack obediently. When the little woman handed her the second piece of snack, she refused to eat it no matter what: "Mom, mom will eat it, mom won't eat it, and my daughter won't eat it either."
The little woman had no choice but to coax: "One bite for mother, one bite for daughter, okay?"
Ye Fuxun took Ji Yannuo's hand and looked away.
After the two of them finished their snacks, Ji Yannuo held Ye Fuxun and stepped forward: "Where are you from? How come you don't even stutter?"
Thinking that she was shocked by Ji Yannuo's noble aura, the little woman unconsciously hugged the child into her arms and responded nonchalantly: "Sir, my surname is Hu, and she is from Xishui Village, Fanyang County.
.”
Ji Yannuo and Ye Fuxun looked at each other quickly.
Ye Fuxun asked in a low voice: "Ms. Hu, I heard that Fanyang County was hit by an earthquake more than half a month ago. Is this possible?"
When she mentioned this, Mrs. Hu's eyes welled up with tears: "To be honest with you, madam, the little woman escaped because she was homeless during the earthquake and planned to go to Liyang County to visit her relatives."
Ye Fuxun handed the water bag to Madam Hu again: "Madam Hu, can you tell us about the situation in Xishui Village?"
Madam Hu gratefully took the water bag, took a few sips carefully, and wiped her tears: "The earthquake happened in the middle of the night, when every household was asleep.
The little woman remembers that her daughter couldn’t sleep well that night because she was not feeling well, so the little woman had to hold her in her arms and coax her in the yard.”
"Fortunately, we were able to avoid the earthquake disaster."
"The little woman was walking in the yard in a daze with her daughter in her arms. Suddenly, she felt the sky shaking, and the mother and daughter fell to the ground together..."
Madam Hu recalled the scene that night and told Ye Fuxun and the others in detail.
"The good house collapsed for no reason, the chickens and dogs in the yard were running around, and various objects rolled to the floor. The little woman only had to protect her daughter, but she was accidentally knocked unconscious by the falling shelf.
past."
"When the little woman woke up, there was a wailing sound in the village," Mrs. Hu wiped her tears. "It was the neighbor who rescued the little woman and my daughter from under the shelf."
"All the houses in the village collapsed, and only a dozen people were left alive," she continued. "The village chief said that he should go to the county town for help quickly, but everyone was worried that there were still relatives waiting for rescue, so they
Go back to your respective homes and search for it.”
She shook her head: "However, the house collapsed so badly that no one could be found alive. After two days of delay, everyone decided to go to the county town together to seek help after the village chief's persuasion."
Xishui Village is the furthest away from Fanyang County. The group walked for a day and a half before arriving at Fanyang County when the sun was about to set.
"Although it was late at that time, the village chief said that he should be able to make it in time before the city gate was locked." Madam Hu continued, "But when we were still far away from the city gate, we saw that the city gate was closed.
Tight."
"The village chief led everyone to ask about the situation. The soldiers guarding the gate said that there were too many victims coming for help. The county magistrate specially allocated a place on the outskirts of the county for everyone to live temporarily and provide food and shelter."
"So we all followed the soldiers there," Madam Hu bit her lip, "At first we were really in charge of food and housing, and everyone was especially grateful to Magistrate Luo for his benevolence."
Ye Fuxun's eyebrows twitched: "What happened next?"
"After living for a while, everyone was worried about the situation in the village, so they asked the soldiers if they could go back to the village." Madam Hu took a breath, "Unexpectedly, the soldiers didn't say anything and didn't let everyone leave.
.”
"We were basically locked up in the outskirts of the county by Magistrate Luo. We were not allowed to leave even half a step except for giving out some food every day."
"But later on, there was almost no food, and each person only had one bowl of gruel every day." Mrs. Hu's eyes turned red. "Everyone was really worried about the situation in the village, so they got into trouble with the soldiers. We took advantage of the chaos.
Escaped."
"Because I have relatives in Liyang County, I wanted to bring my daughter over to visit her relatives. However, I couldn't find anything to eat along the way. Fortunately, I met my wife and the master."
After hearing Madam Hu's description, Ji Yannuo and Ye Fuxun's hearts sank.
"Our motorcade is going to Liyang County," Ye Fuxun saw Ji Yannuo signaling to her and said to Mrs. Hu, "We will give you two a ride."
Liyang County is not far from their location, it takes about two-quarters of an hour to arrive.
I saw a long queue outside the city gate. Eunuch Xu came forward to inquire about the news and came back: "Your Highness, the soldiers guarding the gate asked for directions, but no common people coming from Fan Yang and Pi Yang are allowed to enter."
The King of Chu glared angrily: "Why? Let's go! Let's find the magistrate of Liyang County and ask clearly!"
Ji Yannuo grabbed King Chu, glanced at the many victims near the city gate who could not enter the city, and looked at Eunuch Xu: "Can you ask the reason?"
Eunuch Xu hurriedly said: "Back to Your Highness, my servant asked. The soldiers said that there were too many victims who poured into Liyang County in the past few days, and the city could no longer handle them.
For fear of something happening, we will not allow the victims to enter from today onwards. We will only guide the victims to go to the next county town to have a look."
"Benefactor," Mrs. Hu hugged her daughter and her eyes turned red, "I only have an uncle in Liyang County who I can rely on. If I can't get in..."
She looked at the thin child in her arms and was so sad that she couldn't help but choke.
Ye Fuxun comforted him softly for a while, then went up to ask Ji Yannuo.
Ji Yannuo thought for a moment: "It should be fine if we take Madam Hu into the city."
A group of people lined up to enter the city. Seeing that they were the guides coming from the capital, the guard guard let them in without any further obstruction.