Yin Shi, who was hiding in the dark, saw the target person appear and immediately winked at several bandits nearby.
The bandits nodded in understanding, walked out from the darkness and in the blink of an eye became part of the crowd in the city.
After Li Ruyi and his men left the grain shop, they prepared to go to the dilapidated temple outside the city as usual.
Just when passing by the nearby steamed buns shop, Li Ruyi saw three refugees who were as thin as monkeys, dressed in rags, and were looking at the buns and swallowing hard. She frowned, and a trace of pity flashed in her eyes.
After thinking for a while, she turned her head and said to the waiter next to her, Brother Zhang: "Brother Zhang, let's send the things to the old place. You go first. I have something else to do."
Brother Zhang glanced at the refugees and immediately understood that this kind-hearted young lady might have been unable to resist being kind again.
But the world is becoming more and more chaotic, and there will be more and more refugees in the future. One person’s kindness is really just a drop in the bucket.
But this has nothing to do with the clerk. He just needs to earn his own money and live one day at a time.
"Okay!" Brother Zhang agreed with a grin, then carried the rice bag and walked towards the city gate.
At this time, the shopkeeper of the bun shop came out after kneading the dough. Seeing the three refugees guarding their buns and swallowing their saliva, he immediately showed an impatient look on his face. He took out a feather duster from the house and waved it at the refugees, saying unhappily: "Go away, go away, all of you, don't block my business."
The three refugees were frightened by his ferocious appearance and quickly stepped back a few meters and stood far away, but their eyes still did not move away from the buns in the cage.
The shopkeeper was still not satisfied, and even spat at the door, deliberately saying, "Bah, you come here to see the buns when you don't have any money. Do you really think I can give them to you for free? It's really unlucky in the afternoon."
All the refugees lowered their heads. In Li Ruyi's opinion, they looked extremely pitiful. However, he did not realize that if they had not lowered their heads, the fierce look in their eyes would have scared the shopkeeper to death.
Seeing the shopkeeper swearing, Li Ruyi couldn't stand it anymore, so he took two steps forward, threw a silver ingot over, and shouted, "Shopkeeper, bring me ten big meat buns, some porridge and some side dishes."
The shopkeeper, who had a fierce look on his face, smiled brightly when he saw the silver ingots, and agreed repeatedly: "Hey, hey, come in, young lady, please come in. Today is a good time, there are still seats in the room."
Li Ruyi ignored the shopkeeper and turned around and walked towards the refugees.
When she saw that they were too reserved to look at her, and even shivered and wanted to move to another place to stand, her heart softened again.
She smiled and said in a very gentle voice, "Are you guys starving? Come with me, I'll treat you to some buns."
The refugees looked up at her in disbelief, and the smile on her face seemed a little unreal.
One of them even grabbed his trouser legs tightly, looking panicked and stuttering, "Are you really going to give us food? We don't have any money."
Li Ruyi nodded: "I will give it to you. If it is not enough, I will add more. You don't need to pay me."
"Miss, you are such a good person!"
"There are not many people in this world who are as kind-hearted as you. I believe that Miss will be rewarded."
"Yes, Miss is beautiful and kind-hearted. She will definitely find a good husband in the future." "Miss..."
The refugees' eyes all lit up, and they praised Li Ruyi without asking for any compliments, until her face turned red with shame.
However, the owner of the bun shop was indignant when he saw this scene. He felt that it was immoral for this woman to show up in public, but she also mixed with the refugees. He didn't know how she was brought up in her family.
But for the sake of money, the shopkeeper swallowed those unpleasant words.
"Sir, your buns are ready. Please enjoy." The shopkeeper brought the buns to the table and, while saying polite words, glanced at the three refugees with some disdain.
Li Ruyi thanked the shopkeeper and said to the refugees, "Eat. If it's not enough, just ask the shopkeeper for more."
The refugees looked at each other, exchanged glances, and immediately started fighting for food. They stuffed the buns into their mouths fiercely, and their wolfing down posture scared Li Ruyi.
But she quickly came to her senses and thought that they must have not eaten for a long time, and she felt even more sympathetic towards them.
"Eat slowly. There are porridge and side dishes here. Don't choke." She pushed the porridge next to her and spoke softly.
The refugees just smiled at her and started to grab the buns. Ten big meat buns were filled into their stomachs in an instant.
Li Ruyi understood now. The refugees naturally wanted to have some meat. No wonder they kept scrambling for the meat buns. She quickly asked the shopkeeper to bring out ten more big meat buns.
When the refugees were so full that they touched their bellies, Li Ruyi knew that they must have eaten too much.
"You all have nowhere to go, right? Well, come with me and I'll arrange a place for you to stay." At this point, Li Ruyi coughed lightly and said a little embarrassedly, "There are quite a few people staying here, so you'll have to bear with it."
Li Ruyi had thought it through long ago. They were all pitiful people. It would have been fine if he hadn't seen them, but now that he had seen them, he couldn't just give them a meal and ignore them. So he decided to arrange for them to stay in a dilapidated temple outside the city. Although the conditions were not very good, at least they had food and shelter.
Although her idea was good, the refugees shook their heads.
Li Ruyi looked at them in surprise, "Do you have other places to go?"
One of the refugees hesitated for a moment, looked around cautiously, and then whispered, "I can see that you are a good person, young lady, so I won't hide it from you. We are actually from Fengcheng in Song State. We came here to get a reward."
Another refugee also lowered his voice and continued, "We are all here to arrest someone. This man is very vicious and treacherous. He killed two young masters in our city in order to steal a woman, and then ran away with his wife. Now the two families have offered a reward of more than 100 taels of silver to bring him to justice. We chased this man all the way from Song State, and he lost his trace here."
The last refugee acted reluctant, as if he had been struggling for a long time, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "We have stayed here for several months, and we have used up all our money. If the young lady can help us find this person, we, we can share some of the money with the young lady."
Li Ruyi's eyes widened a little. She didn't expect this to be the case.
Of course, she is not short of this little money, but she likes to do good deeds.
And she also has the capital to do good deeds, so she said: "I can find a way for you, but what are the characteristics of that person?"