Biting wind whistling to blow, from time to time to passers-by hit. The street was silvery white, and the breath of passers-by turned into white smoke.
The biting wind whistling on her face was as painful as a knife cut. Sister Shang shivered a few times, wrapped her clothes, and then quickened her pace.
Aunt Jia heard the knock and said, "who is it?" Men go out to fight, only their mother and son, even if the law and order here is very good, aunt Jia is usually anti - intrusive. Aunt Jia opened the door when she heard that it was sister Shang's voice.
When she saw aunt Jia, she burst into tears: "sister-in-law..." she couldn't say anything more.
Aunt Jia was startled. She reached for her sister-in-law, but she found that her hand was cold: "hurry to warm up."
After entering the room, Mrs. Shang explained her intention and cried: "Xiaoqin has a bad fever, but she has used up all the money in the family." There is only one child left among the four children. If there is another one, it will not kill her.
Aunt Jia knew that she had come to borrow money, so she took three Liang silver from the box and said, "sister-in-law, take this money to Xiaoqin first. If it's not enough, let's think of a way." Aunt Jia bought half yard firewood because she had money. As soon as she felt it was getting cold, she set the Kang on fire, so Er wa didn't get sick.
Still moved and guilty, she said, "sister-in-law, thank you, thank you." She's been borrowing money from several companies, but she hasn't got any.
When sister Shang went out, aunt Jia handed her a half worn jacket and said, "sister-in-law, now Xiaoqin is ill, you can't fall down any more! Otherwise, who will Xiaoqin lean on? " Aunt Jia takes care of her children by herself. She is afraid that the child will be ill, so it is not easy for her to visit Xiaoqin.
She put on her jacket and went out.
When the door was turned upside down, aunt Jia said to herself, "I don't know what happened to the master?" Li Er Pao, Hu DA and others have gone to war with Yun Qing. Before sending out troops, there were paid people in the army, two or two for each. If it had not been for this accident, these two liang silver would have been enough for sister Shang and Xiao Qin to have a safe and stable new year.
The next morning, aunt Jia got the news from Aunt Hu next door, saying that Xiaoqin didn't survive and went.
Aunt Jia said hastily, "sister-in-law, they are going to fight now. We have to help each other." Xiaoqin is gone, and sister Shang will die.
Although Mrs. Hu's mouth was broken, she was not a cold-blooded and heartless person. See still elder sister-in-law that way, she also heart have sorrow: "that you say, this matter how we help?" It's OK to contribute, but it's definitely not OK to pay for something. She has two more children to support and can't stand the toss.
Although Mrs. Hu has a lot of small problems and likes to take advantage of them, she takes care of her two children and raises them well. When fleeing, I would rather not eat myself than let the children have enough to eat first. The two children had a good foundation. The weather changed suddenly this time. They also suffered a little cold. They just drank two bowls of ginger syrup.
Aunt Jia said, "first go to the coffin shop and buy two boards to bury Xiaoqin. The rest will come later." Young children can't use coffins. It's good to make a wooden box with wooden board. Many of them were directly rolled up with straw mats and buried outside.
After Xiaoqin was buried, aunt Jia brought her sister-in-law Shang to her home, so that she would not stay in the original room and feel more sad. Aunt Jia took sister Shang's hand and said in a soft voice, "sister-in-law, if you want to open a little bit, we'll all come here, and we'll certainly be able to pass this time." Xiaoqin also lost her body when she was on the run. After she settled in the northwest, she didn't make up for it. She was too weak. The sudden change of weather makes the body unbearable.
When Mrs. Shang heard this, she burst out crying: "I have only ah Qin left. He will take ah Qin away. God, why are you so cruel? Why don't you give me a way to live? " If not for her husband, she would like to go with her daughter.
Like Shang's sister-in-law, the loss of children is relatively rare in Northwest China, but it can be found everywhere in Shanxi and Henan.
Since it snowed, the local folds, like snowflakes, flew to Yuxi's desk. These Eclectics are basically about disasters and complaints. There are too many people who are sick, not to mention that children can't bear it, but many adults can't bear it and fall ill, so medicinal materials are extremely scarce.
Yuxi put down a folded letter and gave a wry smile. Before the drought, Yuxi had stored a lot of medicinal materials, but most of them were distributed to various military camps, and some of them were left in the warehouse for a rainy day. No matter how kind-hearted Yuxi was, he couldn't get rid of these herbs. But looking at these people did not die of famine, but died of disease, Yuxi heart unspeakable suffering.
Meilan brought a food box and said, "princess, mother Quan has made soup for you." Now mother Quan will make supper for Yuxi every night, because Yuxi is very thin now, so she can eat anything. After a while, Yuxi looks much better than before.
Yuxi this meeting actually has no appetite, but she also didn't refuse the whole Mammy's kindness. Sitting on the carpet playing, Qi Hao smelled the fragrance and cried happily: "Niang, Xiang Xiang, want to eat." Kai Hao is taken to his study. When he's hungry and pees, he shouts. At other times, he either listens to Yu Xi's discussion seriously or plays his little game attentively. He's very clever.
Soybeans are cooked rotten, so it's no problem to swallow them without chewing them. So Yuxi didn't have any scruples. He scooped a spoon to feed Qihao.
Kai Hao prefers meat, but he eats all kinds of fruits and vegetables, which is better than jujube and willow. After eating a mouthful, excitedly called: "mother, also want."
Meilan said: "princess, I'll feed shiziye. You eat first! Otherwise it will be cold later. " On weekdays, it's Licorice that takes care of Kai Hao. But today, licorice accidentally fell and sprained her foot when she was walking.
Yuxi asked as he ate: "what did Rui Ge'er eat in the evening? How's your appetite? " I went back to see my three sons at noon. I didn't have time in the afternoon.
Meilan said hastily, "each of the three young masters ate half a bowl of minced meat for dinner." Triplets more than seven months, last month began to eat complementary food.
I can eat half a bowl of minced meat, which proves that it's no big obstacle. But Yuxi thought about the children of the common people's family, not to mention minced meat, afraid that they didn't even have rice soup to eat, and his heart was a little heavy.
The next day, Yuxi said to tan Tuo, "how about the government providing two Jin of white rice to the children of the common people?" See Tan Tuo puzzled, Yuxi said: "the child is sick, can drink some rice porridge is also good."
Tan Tuo thought about it and said, "the princess is kind-hearted, but let's give her a age limit! I think it's better to be under six. " There are not many children under the age of six in Northwest China. If we remove the children of the rich families, we will give up no more than one million jin of white rice. The number is still within their capacity.
Yuxi thought about it and said, "under ten years old!" The number of children has increased since Yunqing and Yuxi took charge of the northwest. In the past, most of the adults were arrested to fight, and there were not many newborns. Coupled with the poor environment, the rate of premature death of children was also high. So even under the age of 10, the whole northwest adds up to hundreds of thousands, not more than a million.
"Wang Feiren is kind," Tan said Although this is a bit casual, who let the princess have this capital.
Yuxi shook his head and said, "I just want to do something for those children. It's a pity that I can do very little for them." She made a lot of preparations, but she could not resist the cruelty of the Lord.
"Don't blame yourself, princess. You've done enough for the people," Tan said Such a big drought only killed tens of thousands of people, which was unimaginable before, but Yuxi did.
Yuxi waved his hand and said, "I don't want to talk about this anymore. I just hope God doesn't bother me any more." She couldn't stand it any more, let alone ordinary people.
Two days later, Feng's army sent a discount saying that the northern captives had retreated. Although it snowed for only one day, the weather changed suddenly, and the northern captives did not have enough clothing and food to protect themselves from the cold. No matter how strong they were, they could not stand it. Within two days, many soldiers captured in the North fell ill.
Barthel didn't want to retreat, but the situation forced him to, unless he wanted more than 100000 soldiers to die in the West Sea.
Yu Xi said with a sigh of relief, "just retreat." When the northern captives retreat, they will not worry about the rear. As long as Yunqing will bring down Shanxi before May next year, he will not be afraid of the North plunder again.
Xu Wu told Yuxi the news he just got: "princess, I've got the news. Although it's getting cold in Shanxi, few soldiers are sick." Yunqing was not a pedantic person. Seeing the cold weather, he asked the soldiers to cut down trees and demolish houses to keep warm. On the other hand, he ordered the rear to deliver the cold proof materials as soon as possible. Because of the drought, many places in Shanxi are empty. There are many empty houses. I don't worry about demolishing them. Of course, the reason why there are not too many people sick is because of their good physical quality.
Yuxi took a breath and said, "it's good news."
However, it seems that God did not let Yuxi relax. That night, Yuxi got the news that zaozaozao was assassinated by a northern assassin, but fortunately there was no danger.
Xu Wu said: "these people lie in ambush near Han's house. They did it after the princess saw Han's second wife come out." After a pause, Xu Wu said again, "princess, this time the fine work of the northern captivity has been lightly suppressed."
Yuxi is a smart man. As soon as he hears the words behind, he knows something is wrong. Yuxi cold face said: "who let jujube as bait?" If you don't know the identity of jujube, it's impossible for you to suppress it.
Looking at Yu Xi with angry face, Xu Wu could not help but lower his head and said softly, "it's the idea of adoptive father."
In fact, there is no need for Xu Wu to say that Yuxi also knows that it must be Huo Changqing's idea, because Cui Mo and Chu Shaoguang have absolutely no such courage. Yuxi said with a sneer, "that's a good idea."
Xu Wu said: "princess, the adoptive father arranged a lot of people around the princess, these people are enough to ensure the safety of the princess."
Yuxi said: "if I arrange several experts around yunjie'er, these people are enough to protect her safety, and then I ask her to be bait, will you agree?" Sister Yun is Xu Wu's daughter.
Seeing that Xu Wu didn't say anything, Yuxi said without expression: "don't do to others what you don't want."