Chapter 276 Female Beggar
Xia Daohua did not go to help the Wu family - quite a few members of the Xia family had already gone.
Besides, she was just a young lady, unable to carry anything, and most importantly, she was not very familiar with the Wu family. Even if she reluctantly went to the scene, she would only cause more trouble.
Xia Daohua didn't like trouble, nor did she like to cause trouble for others, so she consciously did not go to the Wu family to help, but instead took on the task of taking care of the children.
She also took her aunt Xia Yujiao, and the younger ones Linghua, Zaohua, and Liulang, and went to the street to buy snacks from shops.
A Liu and Huaihua are smaller, but Xia Daohua really can't reach out to them.
If such a young child gets bumped into something, it would be no joke.
Besides, we wouldn't feel safe taking such a young child out to eat outside.
So the family entrusted the two children to the care of the eldest aunt Xia Xuejiao. The eldest aunt has a cheerful personality and is good at taking care of children.
She was not familiar with the Wu family, and she was very aware that she was a widow, so she didn't want to get involved in other people's happy event of building a house.
Xia Daohua took her aunt Xia Yujiao and the children to the street.
At this time, she already knew that the snack street that was attacked last time was the territory of Eunuch Wei's subordinates.
But since he has already developed Eunuch Wei into one of his own, there is nothing wrong with going to the snack street.
I treated the children to a few snacks, wonton noodles, mutton head meat, baked buns, roasted quail, crispy abalone, ice bowls, sugar paintings...
The children were eating with their mouths full of oil, and they were very happy and enjoyed themselves.
Their bellies were bloated and they were staggering from side to side, looking a bit like sparrows or chicks whose crops had been crooked by overeating.
Xia Yujiao also showed a rare smile.
After eating and drinking their fill, the group slowly walked towards "Daohuaxiang" and took a walk along the way, which was convenient for chatting and also helped digest the food.
When passing by Huichun Hall, I happened to see a female beggar lying at the door of Huichun Hall.
The beggar was unkempt, with dishevelled hair and ragged clothes, and her true appearance could not be seen, but from her figure, it could be seen that she was an adult woman.
Still a pregnant woman.
Or, it could be a disease like ascites or schistosomiasis...
She was carrying a child on her back, also in ragged clothes, tied to her body with a strap, and there was another child about the same age as Liu Lang beside her.
Both children were very thin, with frail bodies that looked light and fluttery. Their thin necks made their heads look particularly large and shaky.
The chin is very pointy, the eyes are very large, and the eye sockets are very deep and sunken.
The Huichuntang staff came out to chase them away: "Hey, if you want to die, go die somewhere else. Don't die here. It's a waste of our business! It's bad luck!"
The woman struggled to crawl twice, and then she could no longer struggle.
When Xia Yujiao saw this woman, she felt sympathy for her. The children were also a little sad.
Xia Daohua was a little confused.
Normally, a clinic like Huichuntang has to consider its reputation. Aren't they afraid of losing support and affecting their business by doing things this way?
After asking the people who were watching the fun nearby, I found out that this female beggar was not originally a beggar, but a refugee who fled famine to Jixiang County with her husband's family.
In addition to the husband's relatives, the couple had three children. In addition to the one on the back and the one standing beside her, there was also a daughter who was about fourteen years old.
The family arrived at Jixiang County, but at that time, County Magistrate Xie had not yet been convicted, so naturally there was no matter for County Magistrate Yang to settle the refugees.
Fortunately, there were not many refugees at that time, and some odd jobs could be found. Most people lived in shacks at the foot of the south city.
But as more and more refugees gathered, chaos gradually set in. The woman's husband died in a fight.
After the woman's husband died, she gradually became pregnant.
She said the child was her husband's, but her husband's family didn't believe her and occupied the shack she and her husband lived in, drove her and her two children out, and sold her eldest daughter.
The woman had two young children and was pregnant, and she was not a local, so naturally she couldn't find a job.
Unable to even support his family, he gradually became a beggar.
At this time, the woman fell ill again. Her whole body felt like burning charcoal. She could not bear it any longer, so she thought of asking Huichuntang for some medicine, but was kicked out by the waiter.
Xia Daohua listened to the whole story from the old lady who was watching the fun, and she felt that there were many doubts. The old lady seemed to be hiding something.
But Xia Yujiao, with tears in her eyes, went to help the woman.
Xia Daohua hurriedly stopped him: "Aunt, please don't move. What if she can't move easily due to her illness?"
Xia Yujiao hesitated for a moment, and Xia Daohua said hurriedly:
“Aunt, I’m not against you helping her.
You should go to Huichuntang immediately and ask a doctor to check on this woman. We will pay for the consultation and medicine.
I heard that some patients cannot be moved.
You have to ask the doctor before you know if you can help her up. If you go up and help her up directly, you might end up doing more harm than good and make her condition worse."
Xia Yujiao was originally overwhelmed with emotions, but when she heard Xia Daohua say this, although she didn't know whether it was true or not, she listened to the advice, stopped, and entered Huichun Hall.
Xia Daohua walked closer to the pregnant woman and looked at her appearance.
His face was covered in mud, so it was hard to tell what his complexion was. His exposed hands were red and swollen, and I didn't know if it was frostbite or something else.
The two children's faces were covered with snot and tears, but their clothes, although very worn and ill-fitting, were washed clean.
It can be seen that this female beggar lying on the ground must have taken good care of her two children on a daily basis.
Xia Daohua was thinking about it when she suddenly heard a quarrel. Then, she saw the waiter from Huichuntang pushing Xia Yujiao out.
Xia Yujiao staggered twice and almost fell.
Xia Daohua became furious, rushed forward to support Xia Yujiao, and yelled at the waiter:
"Is there anything you can't talk about in a nice way? You are such an ignorant boy, how could you hit someone? Could it be that Huichuntang actually relies on beating people to cure diseases?"
Xia Daohua spoke quickly and urgently, raising her voice in anger, but her words were clear. At this moment, the crowd that had been watching the beggar woman started laughing after hearing what Xia Daohua said, and then everyone started laughing, clapping, cheering, booing, and whistling.
The medicines in Huichuntang are usually expensive, and they have a bad attitude towards ordinary people and poor families, but when these people are bullied, they just cry or their faces turn red and they are unable to speak.
This time they actually met someone who could quarrel, which made those who were watching couldn't help but get excited.
The young man was not convinced and shouted, "Who dared to scold our Doctor Zhu? Our Doctor Zhu has already said that he will not care about that bitch!"
(End of this chapter)
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