Bai Su's actions alarmed the woman who was taking care of her.
The woman asked, "Madam, do you need anything?"
Bai Su was caught red-handed, and she felt a little guilty for no reason. She lowered the curtain with an awkward look on her face, and suddenly a plan came to her mind, ready to dig out some information from the woman: "Nothing is needed... Madam, do you know the origin of that young master?"
The woman asked cautiously, "Why are you asking this?"
"I was in great trouble, and only by chance did I save my life thanks to you, my benefactor..." Bai Su lowered her head, her eyebrows graceful, deliberately covering up her overly heroic and beautiful face. Just by hearing that soft and delicate voice, she subconsciously imagined a delicate young lady.
No one would be on guard against the weak and pitiful.
Even feel pity.
The woman said, "So that's how it is. Alas, how pitiful."
She looked at the injured Bai Su with pity, and couldn't help imagining a scene of "a delicate woman met with misfortune, and a ruthless bully took advantage of her power to commit a crime". Then she put herself in her shoes and finally let down her guard. She sighed and started talking: "I don't know the origin of the master, but I know his surname is Shen, and he is a rare kind man."
Bai Su was surprised when she heard that.
"A kind man?"
The lady nodded: "Yes."
"Madam, are you the people under the rule of Lord Shen?" Bai Su asked the woman again, with a more pointed question, "Following Lord Shen all the way to Heyin - do you know what a dangerous place Heyin is? Not to mention the hardships of sleeping in the open and the travel along the way..."
The woman just thought Bai Su was concerned and curious.
As for the tea talk in the conversation, she didn't notice it and just answered Bai Su's questions one by one.
She said, "I am not a commoner under Lord Shen's rule. My family has lived in Sibao County for four generations. I am a native of this place. A while ago, the army was in chaos and several members of my family died. Only I and my young children are left..."
A woman who was not too old and a child who was ignorant, their family savings were looted by the rebel army, and their house was burned down. They had no savings, no money, and no skills to make a living... I just want to ask, how can these two people survive in this world
This combination is as easy to bully as an elderly person.
If she had not followed Shen Tang, but chose to stay in her hometown and start over, the woman could guess what she would encounter with her eyes closed.
She needs to go out and find a job to make a living, and cannot stay with her children all the time. Her children will be bullied because everyone is poor and hungry. There is a greater chance that the children will be abducted and end up in a worse situation, sneaking into a butcher's shop and pretending to be jerky.
If she is lucky, the child is fine, but that doesn't mean she is safe - because her house was burned down, she is homeless.
She either had to live with her children in a dilapidated building or in a thatched hut that barely provided shelter from the wind and rain. There was no safety at all. In the middle of the night, different hooligans would even break into the hut, steal her money, force her, and take advantage of her.
This kind of thing is too common.
Because she has no self-defense skills and no strong men in her family, she will be bullied. When she is bullied, no one will speak up for her, so she can only swallow her anger. Bullying women and children has the lowest risk and the highest return.
How could the woman dare to stay
Even though she knew that Heyin was a dangerous place, she had no choice but to come here. At the very least, she and her child could have some dry food for the next few days, and she would not be threatened with being whipped by the military commander if she walked slowly. The woman even received extra compensation for taking care of Bai Su.
Bai Su felt as if she were listening to a divine book when she heard the woman's words.
However, her first reaction was not how kind Shen Tang was, but how rich he was. You know, there were more than 3,000 people in the team! More than 3,000 people, not more than 300 people!
More than three thousand mouths!
Ordinary people account for 60%!
The remaining 40% are private troops.
Food was not reserved for the young and strong men who could fight, but was instead shared among the elderly, the weak, women and children. Although not everyone could be fully fed, they had enough energy to walk such a long distance after eating, rather than the minimum standard of "lying down without starving to death"...
Bai Su made a rough estimate in her mind.
That is also a considerable expense.
If Master Shen is not a wealthy man with a huge family and wealth, then he is a complete fool, otherwise who would do such a thing
Bai Su responded, "Master Shen has a kind heart."
The woman also nodded with a look of relief.
She had also experienced years of disaster. At that time, the country was still the Xin State. There was either a locust plague here or a flood there. The people's lives were "ups and downs", jumping back and forth between "almost starving to death" and "a little hungry but not starving to death" all year round.
Once a disaster occurs, some places will release grain for disaster relief.
The so-called porridge was sometimes so clear that you could count the wheat grains, and sometimes so turbid that it was mixed with half mud and sand. It was enough for people to drink it and not starve to death, let alone the distance they had to travel every day with their families. They didn't even have the energy to say a few words.
Comparing the two, the woman truly felt that Shen Tang was a kind man. She was not the only one, but all the people who had chosen to follow him thought so. They had no way to survive if they stayed in their native land, so they made up their minds and chose Shen Tang. Who knew they could have enough food
Because Master Shen was at the front of the team most of the time, he did not see the soldiers distributing food to the people. The people who received the rations all accepted them with tears in their eyes. They either wolfed them down, fearing that they would not have enough for the next meal, or they were reluctant to eat them and hid them secretly, fearing that they would have too much for the next meal.
But they didn't expect that it would be available at every meal.
This past half month—
Stop when you are told to stop, rest when you are told to rest, and go when you are told to go.
Has anyone ever complained about the hardship, tiredness, or unwillingness
No!
Not one!
Bai Su was moved when he heard this.
However, she was worried that the woman might be exaggerating, so she wanted to see it with her own eyes. Half a day later, Bai Su used the excuse that she felt better and wanted to get off the bus to walk around and get some fresh air, and when the group stopped to rest, she was helped off the bus by the woman.
The soldiers were carrying bamboo baskets to distribute dry food.
Bai Su secretly stretched her neck to look.
The bamboo basket was indeed full of round cakes.
These pancakes are very substantial, thick and heavy.
When the soldiers handed the tickets to Bai Su, they handed her one without even looking at it. Basically, there were two tickets for adults and one for children.
Eat during half of the break.
Eat the other half on the way.
Bai Su chewed a piece of the biscuit which had no taste but smelled of wheat, softened it with saliva, chewed it and swallowed it.
The woman handed her a piece of bamboo tube.
This is for drinking water.
Not to mention that all the people's belongings were burned, even if they were not, they would not have brought all the pots and pans with them on the road of escape, and there was a shortage of drinking utensils. Just passing by a remote wild bamboo forest, Shen Tang unceremoniously ordered Zhao Feng's private troops to cut down the bamboo.
Free labor, don't waste it.
Bai Su took it and thanked him in a low voice.
While she was eating, she secretly observed the expressions of the people. It was just as the woman said, and it was not false. She sighed and ate the cake together with the crumbs. At this time, the young lady she had seen last night approached this side.
Bai Su saw Lin Feng coming towards her.
He smiled and asked, "But can the benefactor see me?"
Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
She said, "No."
Bai Su was puzzled: "What's this young lady doing?"
Lin Feng: "The girl's injuries have not healed yet and she needs to be nursed back to health."
She glanced at Tu Rong who was following behind her and pursed her lips. Tu Rong resigned himself to his fate and handed a small pot of food to the woman beside Bai Su. Bai Su was puzzled at first, but when the small pot came closer, she could smell the tempting meat aroma and couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
She asked, “What is this?”
Lin Feng answered truthfully: "Oh, this is a wild animal that the scouts hunted while exploring the way. They plucked its hair and cooked it."
Bai Su knew that this was well-intentioned, but she had already eaten one pancake, and coupled with her injuries, she had no appetite at the moment.
So he wanted to offer flowers to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng thanked her for her kindness: "It is hard to refuse your kindness, but I am still in mourning and have some dietary restrictions."
Although they have been traveling a lot recently and it is very tiring, her teacher's cooking skills are much better than those of a chef, and meat is provided every day - the teacher cooks for her own husband, and she will also leave a small portion for others to satisfy their appetite.
But she and Tu Rong were still in mourning, so they had some dietary restrictions.
Their portion is a little special and needs to be made separately.
Lin Feng is young and has a small appetite.
This half month has become round and plump.
Bai Su apologized, "I'm sorry for being rude."
She then passed the pot of soup to the woman's children.
Seeing that the child was not afraid of the heat at all, and drank the fragrant milky soup in a few sips, and chewed the not-so-full pieces of meat in the pot with big mouthfuls, with a very satisfied look on his face, Bai Su stared at him in a daze, and suddenly felt a little sad, and her eyes turned red.
The woman asked, "Madam, are you feeling unwell?"
Bai Su lowered her head to avoid the woman's concern. She didn't want others to see her fragility. She calmed down and soon returned to her normal state. She whispered, "It's nothing. I just saw the lady's children and thought of my brother and sister who died young..."
Strictly speaking, they didn't starve to death.
At that time, our family was really very poor.
My father had to beg people and take on debts to keep the family from starving. My two younger brothers and sisters were young and got the least food. They were so hungry that their legs often felt weak and dizzy. They would drink water when they felt so hungry...
One day, all the adults in the family went out.
The two children stayed at home and played.
At this time, the bald man at the entrance of the village passed by the door and saw two children playing house, with you playing the father and I playing the mother, cooking. The bald man sneered and coaxed the two children into saying that there was a place at the entrance of the village where the soil smelled much better than meat.
People will be free from disease and disaster after eating it!
They really dug it up, and ate it up voraciously, not forgetting to leave some for their grandparents, father, mother, brothers and sisters. When their father came back from work, the two children had been choked to death by the sticky mud... their bodies were stiff.
Bai Su is more "greedy" than his mentor.
She has too many regrets in her life.
For example, it is a pity that my younger brothers and sisters came into this world without knowing what meat is and what it tastes like. As for that bastard…
When she went to ask for justice, she was ridiculed. It was because of this incident that my grandmother got violent with the old lady and became seriously ill afterwards...
The woman didn't know the reason.
But seeing the sadness in Bai Su's eyes, she knew that it was her son who brought up the past. Her heart skipped a beat and she was so scared that she quickly waved her hands and signaled her son with her eyes to get out of Bai Su's sight.
In the woman's view, Shen Tang's willingness to pay her to take care of Bai Su meant that Lady Bai Su was a very important benefactor and she could not neglect her, let alone make her unhappy.
Bai Su did not miss the woman's expression and little movements.
She knew why after a moment's thought.
Just smiled and said nothing else.
Traveling is a very boring thing.
How boring
It was so boring that even Shen Tang felt bored and was making up a melodramatic story in her mind! She was enjoying herself, but it was a pity for Gu Chi who "caught up" to listen to the story, but only had the first half, but not the second half.
It was just like the eunuch in the inner court, who started something but then stopped!
Is there anyone
What a non-human!
Gu Chi showed a sad face as if he had been constipated for seven or eight days.
Qi Shan looked surprised.
He and Gu Chi were acquaintances with similar interests.
There is no need to be too cautious when speaking, just say bluntly: "Is it really not necessary for Chu Wuhui to sprinkle a handful of croton powder in your food?"
Gu Chi didn't understand what he meant.
Qi Shan took out a palm-sized round bronze mirror with delicate and exquisite patterns on the back from his cloth bag and showed it to him.
He motioned to Gu Chi to look at his face in the mirror.
Gu Chi was a beat late before he came back to the future, and said unkindly: "Croton powder? You can keep it for yourself and taste it slowly!"
This guy deserves a bowl of thick croton porridge!
Is it a loss
Qishan didn't get angry even when he was scolded.
Because he knew that Gu Chi was even angrier than he was.
Shen Tang heard Qi Shan's laughter from behind, and question marks appeared in his head. He looked back and saw Gu Chi holding up the scabbard to threaten Qi Shan. Qi Shan had a provocative look on his face, saying "If you have the guts, draw your sword"...
Shen Tang murmured to Kang Shi.
"Go back and ask Jishou and Yuanliang about it."
Kang Shi was turning his head to watch the fun.
"What do you want to know?"
Shen Tang said: "What color sack does he like?"
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