After Zhao Dong left, the workers gathered together and happily began to allocate beds.
We have all lived through hard times, so we don’t care about beds or anything like that.
In the past, you could lie on the ground. Now you have a bed and bedding. Why can’t you sleep on the upper or lower bunk?
Soon everyone was assigned their belongings and went to their own beds.
Chen Siwu was lucky and was assigned to the lower bunk.
He sat cross-legged on the bed in a daze for a while.
Then he leaned over and pulled out a washbasin from under the bed.
There was indeed a cloth towel, a small piece of soapberry and a rubbed willow branch inside.
The wooden basin and the cloth towel looked particularly cheap, and the soapberry was pitifully small.
Willow branches used for brushing teeth are even more insignificant and can be found everywhere.
Chen Siwu just held the washbasin and looked at the few insignificant little things in it.
Fell into silence.
Chen Siwu was a most inconspicuous farmer. The flood destroyed the village. He relied on picking up food along the way and barely survived to Jianjiang City.
Along the way, both his parents died, his wife starved to death, and his child died of vomiting and diarrhea due to no idea what he ate.
When his parents passed away, Chen Siwu suppressed his grief, thinking that his wife and children still needed him, so he had to move on, searching for food in the wasteland every day.
When his wife and children passed away, Chen Siwu did not feel any pain in his heart. He just stared blankly at the bodies of mother and children, as if they were other relatives who had passed away. He simply buried them and continued on his way.
Chen Siwu was probably heartbroken.
His heart seemed to be frozen, without any feeling, and he relied on his survival instinct to hold on until he reached Jianjiang City like a walking corpse.
But when I got outside the city and saw the relief porridge stall, I drank the thin porridge and my stomach still felt hot and uncomfortable.
I just live in this half-dead state every day, with no hope at all.
But ever since the new official took office in Jianjiang...it seems that everything has changed.
This person doesn't seem to be an official at all.
From the way he spoke to his actions, he sounded like a village hooligan.
But this kind of person actually caused Chen Siwu's long-dormant emotions to fluctuate.
A pool of stagnant water began to ripple.
Life seemed to be getting better little by little.
The porridge outside the city is getting thicker.
But he knew in his heart that no matter how thick the porridge provided by the government soup kitchen was, it would disappear one day.
It's still possible to survive now because the weather is hot, but in a few months I will either starve to death or freeze to death.
But as wooden houses were built on a large scale outside the city, countless victims were led into the city and put on new pairs of pants.
Hope began to rekindle in Chen Siwu's heart.
Finally, it was his turn to live in this wooden house. Although it was extremely simple, it gave people a warm feeling of being protected.
The ice in my heart slowly melted.
The wound that was originally frozen seemed to be torn apart again.
Chen Siwu's eyes began to become moist, and the first tear fell.
Then the tears flowed down like a dam breaking.
The feeling of heartache seems to tear you apart.
Chen Siwu covered his chest and cried, "Mother...son..."
The wailing sounds spread throughout the dormitory, but no one looked at Chen Siwu strangely.
Some people watched him cry silently.
Someone quietly covered his face with a cloth.
Some people even stuffed cloth towels into their mouths and bit them hard to avoid crying.
A group of people with similar experiences gathered together, silently enduring the sudden burst of sadness.
After a long time, Chen Siwu stopped crying, carefully placed the wooden basin beside him, and then buried his head in his knees.
Everyone stayed in bed without saying a word. After some time, it was already dark.
Finally someone wanted to break the silence, got up from the bed, walked to the window and opened it.
The cool evening breeze blew in immediately, dispelling a lot of the melancholy.
Then Chen Siwu heard a voice saying, "We will start work tomorrow."
"You will have a good life in the future."
At this time, many people sat cross-legged on the bed and chatted with each other across the bed.
Chen Siwu also raised his head and looked at everyone with his red and swollen eyes.
Listening silently to the conversation in my ear.
"Don't feel bad, everyone. We'll be back to work tomorrow."
"If we work, we can earn money, and then we can live a good life. At least now we won't be cold or hungry!"
"The prince is here! What are we afraid of? The past is the past."
"Everyone, what are your names? Let's get to know each other. We still have a lot of time to live together!"
After this reminder, everyone suddenly realized.
This group of people don't know each other yet.
So they started introducing themselves one after another.
Chen Siwu still felt a little uncomfortable, but after being dragged down and having a conversation with Renren, he immediately felt much better.
The chirping sounds in my ears began to become more and more excited.
"What are we going to eat tomorrow?"
"I know! I heard that the Sun family used to provide porridge to the workers, twice a day."
"Fuck! What's the difference between that and working in a soup kitchen? The porridge in the soup kitchen is good enough. What's the point of drinking porridge? I still have to work. Why do I feel cheated?"
"Don't worry, I haven't finished yet!"
"There are two cloth shops in the city, the Sun family and the Liu family both sell cloth. When the Liu family found out that the Sun family gave porridge to their workers, they immediately gave them rice to eat, and I heard there were even pickles!"
"The Sun family was badly criticized in the city, and later they changed to a dry meal. In addition to pickles, there are vegetables. I heard that there is also a meat meal once a week!"
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