In the early morning, two large pots were set up outside the gate of Jingtian City, and the soup in them was thin porridge. Everyone who rushed into the city to work could get a big bowl of porridge here.
Shu Huan and Xin Xin dressed in men's clothes and joined the crowd.
Naturally, they didn't rush to get the porridge on purpose, but wanted to go into the city early in the morning, go to Danqingju and Gu's to look around, see if they could meet the person they were looking for, but the government servants who were guarded outside the city I was stopped back, saying that the magistrate had issued a ban, no one is allowed to enter the city at will unless they are going to work, so the two of them had to go back, found the husband of the woman yesterday, and asked him to take a piece of paper with him. go to town.
That uncle was easy to talk to, seeing that they changed into men's clothes, he didn't show any strange look, he just laughed and said: "You guys look so weak, can you do things?"
"We can do it." Xin was relieved knowing that Shu Huan was going to the city to check, and quickly replied: "I don't dare to boast about heavy work, and it's no problem to help out."
Shu Huan also said: "To tell you the truth, we wanted to go to the city to find someone, but we didn't expect the magistrate to issue a ban. If we want to go to the city, we can only go to work."
The uncle glanced at them, nodded his head and said: "I heard that there were people looting things in the city yesterday, and the ban came down in the evening. He said that the ban will be lifted only after the city is cleaned up."
Shu Huan thought for a while and said, "This is also what it should be."
The victims cannot get money and food, and it is difficult to escape to other places to live. It is better to stay in Sedum City, work every day in exchange for food, and still survive in peace. Run away after looting, no one in the city cleans up the corpses and ruins, then the plague may break out at any time, and more people will die at that time.
When they gathered together to talk, corpses were carried out from the city gate from time to time. Since it rained frequently these days, with water, the survival rate of the victims would be higher, so occasionally the wounded were searched and rescued. At this time, someone will rush forward to treat the wounded and apply medicine.
Everything is bloody.
That strange smell was mixed in the hot air from the porridge pot, making one's chest very uncomfortable.
Shu Huan felt a little churning in her stomach, she turned her head away, trying not to look at the city gate, she thought, maybe she didn't want to drink porridge again in her life.
Xin Xin timidly asked from the side: "Uncle Lin, what do those people over there do?"
The uncle looked around where she pointed, and saw many people gathered around a big bucket, and someone was pouring water into the bucket carefully, so he smiled and said: "That's mixing lime, the magistrate said, every time you clean it After finishing a piece of land, these lime slurry water should be sprinkled carefully."
Hearing what they said, Shu Huan also looked over. It was obvious that what those people were mixing was slaked lime, which was a good way to disinfect. It seemed that this magistrate was different from the magistrate she knew a little bit. Ideas.
It was their turn in the team, and Shu Huan brought a bowl of porridge. Naturally, she couldn't drink it down. Seeing that no one saw it, she handed the porridge bowl to the uncle, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Lin, I'll get up early to eat it." After that, you can drink this bowl of porridge together."
The uncle was still waiting to shirk, when he saw a few people dressed in yamen uniforms coming over, and urged him repeatedly: "Everyone, eat quickly, and go to work after eating, there are a lot of things to do today."
Following this shout, the sound of drinking porridge around him became louder and louder. After a while, twenty or thirty people stood up.
Those yamen servants looked at them, didn't say anything, and led them into the city with a wave of their hands.
Shu Huan and Xinxin were mixed in the crowd. They changed into men's clothing. Although they still looked slender, they deliberately smeared their hands, face and clothes with dirt in order not to be conspicuous. Therefore, if they were not careful, they would look There is not much difference with those disaster victims.
After entering the city, I walked a long way, but I still haven't reached the place.
Feeling a little apprehensive, Xin tugged on Shu Huan's sleeve, and asked her quietly: "Will we be called to carry the corpse?"
Shu Huan is also worried about this issue.
It's no problem to ask her to save people, but to ask her to carry the corpse, she still has some psychological shadows, and she may not have the strength, but since she has already come, she can't back down. It passed, so she shook her head, and only asked Xinxin: "Did you bring the mask you prepared this morning?"
"Hmm." Xin took out a mask from his sleeve pocket and handed it over.
It was soaked in vinegar solution and half-dried in the shade. Regardless of whether the disinfection effect is great or not, at least the pungent sour smell can resist other smells.
Shu Huan took the mask and stuffed it into his sleeve pocket.
Along the way, you need to be very careful when walking, because there are broken bricks and broken wood under your feet, if you are not careful, you will twist your feet, and finally reached the place, but it is a place that is more open than other places.
Those yamen servants stopped, pointed at the various tools scattered on the ground and said: "I picked up the tools and went to work, dug up the grain and don't hide it privately, put it in the car and transport it outside the city."
It turned out that this was a collapsed granary.
Shu Huan turned his head and looked around, and saw five or six wooden wheelbarrows parked nearby, with some sacks scattered on them, everything was ready, so he didn't say anything, stepped forward to pick up some tools, and planned to go to work.
"You—" Suddenly someone stopped her.
She looked back and saw that the yamen servant was still pointing to the others: "And you, you, you guys will be in charge of pushing the cart later, be diligent and don't be lazy."
She and Xinxin were both selected, and looking at the other people ordered by the yamen servants, they all looked a little thinner, and they knew that they were considerate and asked them to do some light work. As for the work, he didn't leave in all directions or stand on the sidelines to supervise the work, but he also picked up tools and started to work. Such an example and strict discipline made Shu Huan look at the prefect even more differently.
However, pushing a cart is said to be light work, but it is really hard work, at least for Shu Huan and Xin Xin who have never pushed this kind of unicycle before. It took a little effort to master the balance and balance. Skills, after transporting food back and forth twice, both of them were sweating and panting, the worst thing was that a famous yamen servant was also pushing the cart like them, and they couldn't even go elsewhere if they wanted to go around halfway, they could only count on I can find a chance to sneak away for a while during the break.
The third round of grain transportation, after leaving the city gate, the two of them were about to push the cart to the pile of grain, but the other three victims who had been following them suddenly pushed the cart and overtook them, speeding in different directions. Started to run, but before realizing what was going on, Shu Huan heard the yamen servant who was working with them shout: "Someone is robbing food, stop them!"
There was chaos all around, and the yamen servants guarding the city gate were all chasing him.
Just as Shu Huan was about to leave the car and hide aside to wait for the chaos to subside, he felt that his wrist was grabbed, and then a rope was involuntarily tied up tightly.