Chapter 115: A Great Change Overnight
Suddenly, a spring breeze came, and thousands of pear trees blossomed.
When everyone woke up, they saw a vast expanse of white all around. The ground and treetops were all covered with snow.
"A-choo!"
“It’s so cold!”
"I'm freezing to death!"
Everyone huddled together and hid under the trees. They were woken up by the cold in the middle of the night and then frantically added firewood, otherwise they would have frozen to death.
They never imagined that winter would come in just one night without any preparation.
"Someone come quickly!"
“Help!”
At this moment, a woman suddenly shouted.
Everyone turned around to look and saw a woman holding an old man in her arms. The old man was lying on the ground unconscious, obviously frozen to death.
Xu Tian heard the noise and quickly ran over and yelled to everyone, "Get out of the way and carry him to the fire!"
Feeling the coldness of the old man's body and the lack of a pulse, Xu Tian's face looked very ugly.
"let me see!"
Doctor Yang hurried over with his medicine box on his back, followed by Yang Xiaohua. The first thing Lord Chen did when he saw it snowing was that he was worried that someone would freeze to death, so he asked Doctor Yang to help.
The medicine box was bought by Mr. Chen and his team in the county town. They bought two, one for Doctor Yang and one for Yang Xiaohua.
Xu Tian knew that he was the doctor serving Lord Chen, so he quickly made way and Doctor Yang squatted beside the old man.
After checking it out, he sighed, "It's too late. It was already last night..."
The old man has poor resistance and inadequate nutrition. He has to walk long distances every day and is very tired both physically and mentally. The sudden heavy snowfall last night has had consequences that can be imagined.
Upon hearing this, the woman immediately hugged the old man's body and burst into tears, "Dad, Dad, please don't leave me alone... Dad... why..."
Xu Tian stood up silently and looked around. There were wailing sounds coming from all directions. Obviously, more than one person was frozen to death.
"Make the fire bigger and get everyone together." Xu Tian reacted quickly and ordered other yamen runners.
"Also, quickly boil some hot water and cook some food so everyone can fill their stomachs."
After everyone gathered together, Xu Tian also counted the casualties. Only two people died of freezing, one was an old man and the other was a baby.
Fortunately, the snow did not fall last night. In a sense, it should have fallen in the morning.
At that time, everyone was almost awake, so when they felt the snow falling, they gathered together to keep warm and started a fire.
Otherwise, it wouldn't just be two people who would be in trouble.
When Xu Tian sighed, he felt a little relieved, but also a little confused. This place was still tens of thousands of miles away from the Southern Barbarians. He didn't know how many of these people could hold on to the end.
He shook his head and didn't want to think about it. He saw Lord Chen and others cooking, so he walked over.
Then I saw that Lord Chen and his men were cooking ginger soup, and then letting the children, the elderly and the women drink it first.
“Why?”
Some people were dissatisfied, "Why can they drink but we can't?"
"We took these out!" Chen Xue said coldly, "You can do whatever you want with our things!"
"you……"
The man didn't expect Chen Xue to be so direct and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
At this time, Master Chen also came out and looked at everyone, "You all have elders, wives and daughters, etc. This ginger soup is limited. Should you let your wives and daughters drink it or drink it yourself? Think carefully."
As soon as Lord Chen said this, everyone naturally chose to give it to their wives, children and the elderly, after all, they were weak.
Of course, there are also selfish people who don't give the wine to their wives and children, but drink it themselves. Such people have long been blacklisted by Lord Chen.
The snow fell suddenly this time and no one was prepared. Lord Chen had been in charge of disaster relief for sudden snow disasters in the Ministry of Revenue.
Therefore, he was very clear about the consequences of the sudden snowfall. If he did not take action, these people would not be able to survive until the next day.
Although he is not the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue now, he has the ability to help, so how could he watch these people die in front of his eyes?
Even if some of these people deserved their punishment, the majority were innocent.
Moreover, he doesn't need to pay a huge price. Just a small price can save a group of people. With Lord Chen's character, how could he not do it?
So, he asked his wife and daughter for their opinions, and after getting their consent, he used the ginger that Chen Xue had bought as seeds and seasoning to make ginger soup.
After all, it is well known that ginger soup can keep out the cold.
However, there is a limited amount of ginger, so the amount of ginger soup made from it is naturally limited. Lord Chen is certainly not a saint, so he cannot treat everyone equally.
Unless you add more water, it will only have a slight ginger flavor at best and will have no effect at all.
Therefore, he chose the elderly, children, and women, who were weak and easily frostbitten, and let them drink ginger soup. If there was any left, he could give it to others.
The yamen runners were asked to maintain order, and the women, children and the elderly were asked to come and receive their drinks, and they were required to finish their drinks on the spot and leave.
The man who had just questioned him curled his lips and said, "It's just a bowl of ginger soup. What's the big deal? It's not like I haven't had it before."
The others ignored him and looked at those people with envy. Some of them didn't have children or wives, so they were wondering whether they should get a free bowl.
"Thank you, Master Chen!"
The family of three suddenly came to Mr. Chen and knelt on the ground.
"Get up!"
Lord Chen was a little puzzled and quickly helped them up. Only then did he recognize that it was Wu Zhang who had explained to them how to build a bamboo house yesterday.
"If it weren't for Lord Chen, my family would probably..." Wu Zhang was very grateful to the Chen family. Yesterday, the Chen family gave him several cotton-padded jackets so that his family would not get frostbite when the temperature suddenly dropped.
It can be said that the lives of their entire family were saved by the Chen family.
"If Master Chen doesn't mind, we are willing to serve you."
After discussing with his wife, Wu Zhang decided to join Lord Chen. After all, if he followed them, he would not be bullied.
"this……"
Although Master Chen had considered recruiting Wu Zhang, he had only thought about it and hadn't figured out how to bring it up when they...
Seeing that Master Chen didn't speak, Wu Zhang seemed to be worried about being misunderstood, and hurriedly explained, "Master Chen, we are not here for food, we just want shelter. We will find a way to get food, and if Master Chen has any instructions, we will definitely do it without hesitation."
Lord Chen was not worried about the food, but he was hesitant because he had not examined Wu Zhang's temperament.
"Dad, agree!" Chen Xue suddenly spoke up, whispering in Master Chen's ear, "Didn't we agree before? We'll take these prisoners and use them for our own purposes."
That's right, they had discussed it before and decided to recruit all the yamen runners for their own use. As a result, Captain Sun and others got into trouble, but the result was exactly what they wanted.
Most of the yamen runners listened to them, and now as long as they could deal with all the criminals, their exile journey could really be regarded as a tourist route.
At that time, no matter what they do, these prisoners are theirs and will not leak any secrets in the future.
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