Chapter 75 Help
Originally, seeing that the snow was so strong, Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun came to see if they needed any help. They also brought a thick cotton-padded jacket for Jiang Youcheng and some steaming hot braised pork rolls for the servants.
Seeing that Jiang Youcheng had already sent his men home, he just took these things and prepared to go home first.
Just after locking the workshop door, Jiang Mixia and the other two heard shouting.
"Excuse me, can you please help me..."
The three of them followed the sound and saw two figures walking towards them in the heavy snow.
Only when I got closer could I see it clearly.
They were a father and son. The man was about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and the boy who followed him was estimated to be five or six years old. The father and son had probably been walking in the snow for a long time, and their bodies were covered with thick, unmeltable snow, and their faces were red from the cold.
The man was standing on one leg, leaning on a branch as a crutch. The other foot was hanging loosely. There was a lot of mud and water on his feet and trouser legs, which had already frozen.
It looked like the leg was injured, and seriously injured.
"Excuse me, everyone."
The man was shivering from the cold, and his voice was trembling. "I took my child to stay with my relatives. The road was slippery due to the snow, and I accidentally broke my leg. I can't walk anymore... I wonder if I can go to their house and ask for a bowl of hot water to calm down a bit?"
"I, I am Zhu Yongwu from Zhujia Village in Luguang County. I am not a refugee. I have my household registration and travel permit with me..."
As Zhu Yongwu spoke, he reached into his bosom with his hands, which were as cold as radishes, and took out something to show Jiang Youcheng and the other two.
Jiang Youcheng hurriedly took it and took a look. He saw that it was indeed stamped with a seal similar to the one on his own household registration, which showed that the other party was indeed a legitimate citizen. He hurriedly asked Song Jingyun to support him.
Jiang Youcheng also picked up Zhu Guangtai, who was almost unable to stand due to the cold, and said, "Let's go home and rest for a while."
"Thank you, thank you very much..." Zhu Yongwu thanked repeatedly excitedly. With the help of Song Jingyun, he walked into the yard and sat down in the main hall.
Liu knew what had happened, so she added some charcoal to the charcoal basin and poured two cups of hot tea for the father and son to hold to warm their hands and drink a few sips to warm their bodies.
After roasting the charcoal fire and drinking two cups of hot tea, Zhu Yongwu felt that he had recovered. He hurriedly led Zhu Guangtai to kowtow to Jiang Youcheng's family to express his gratitude, "Thank you so much. It's so icy and snowy here. If it weren't for your help, maybe my father and I would have frozen to death outside..."
"Don't say such polite words." Jiang Youcheng and Liu hurriedly helped the man up. "Everyone has difficulties when they are away from home. It's only right to lend a hand."
When Jiang Youcheng was still a young boy and had not yet married, he did not know how to weave baskets and could only do heavy lifting for the boatmen. One winter day, when he was walking home from the dock, it was icy and snowy, and it was late at night and he could not see the road clearly, so he slipped off the road and fell into the ditch.
There was water in the ditch, and we were soaked through. The water soon froze and we were so cold that we couldn't walk, so we went to a nearby village to seek shelter and help.
A family at the entrance of the village took Jiang Youcheng in for one night and helped him dry his clothes. Jiang Youcheng then returned safely.
Although Jiang Youcheng also left a lot of money to express his gratitude that time, but in that situation, the other party's willingness to lend a hand was a favor. Jiang Youcheng remembered it for a long time and even went to visit the other party twice.
Others had helped him in the past, and in Jiang Youcheng's opinion, it was his duty to help others this time.
"Thank you so much." Zhu Yongwu obviously didn't know what to say. He rubbed his hands together awkwardly and kept repeating the word "thank you" over and over again.
"Don't be too restrained. It's snowing so heavily today and you can't leave. Just stay here and feel at ease."
Jiang Youcheng asked Liu to go into the house and get a pair of cotton trousers for Zhu Yongwu to change into, and then asked Jiang Mixia and Song Jingyun to prepare the meal.
Steaming hot braised pork rolls, soft and glutinous rice porridge, paired with cold cabbage hearts, shredded tofu and pickles, is a fragrant and refreshing home-cooked dish.
Zhu Yongwu and his son Zhu Guangtai were also very hungry and ate voraciously.
After eating and drinking, the father and son warmed up and chatted with Jiang Youcheng's family, briefly explaining their origins.
Zhu Yongwu was from Zhujia Village under Luguang County. His mother died early when he was a child, and his father remarried and gave him three younger brothers and two younger sisters, forming a large family.
With a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. Zhu's father disliked him more and more, and his five younger brothers and sisters also targeted him in every way. He endured it for many years and finally got married and lived on his own. He usually did some work for Zhu's father, and at least got paid, and he also cultivated a few acres of land, so he could live a decent life.
As a result, misfortunes occurred one after another in the family.
First, last year Zhu Yongwu’s wife, Wang, suffered a difficult labor, and both the child and the adult died. Then Zhu’s father fell and hit his head while working, and died not long after.
After Zhu's father passed away, the stepmother made a plan, saying that Zhu Yongwu was not Zhu's father's biological child and should not have taken anything from the family when the family was divided. She wanted to take back all the house and land of Zhu Yongwu's family.
Naturally, no one believed such an absurd thing. Even the village head stood up for Zhu Yongwu and scolded the stepmother, telling her not to talk nonsense again in the future.
Seeing that this plan failed, the stepmother and a few other children started bullying Zhu Yongwu and Zhu Guangtai in various ways.
They would either secretly pull out the crops planted in his field, or throw dead rats over the wall at his house, or pour manure at the door. Whenever Zhu Yongwu was not at home, they would beat and scold the young Zhu Guangtai.
Zhu Yongwu was fine with enduring a little hardship, but he couldn't stand seeing Zhu Guangtai being bullied, so he had a fight with his stepmother's family, sold all his houses and land, and left Zhujia Village with his children.
These things were originally private matters, and Zhu Yongwu was unwilling to mention them to outsiders.
But seeing that Jiang Youcheng's family were all warm-hearted and kind people, Zhu Yongwu felt relieved. He also wanted Jiang Youcheng's family to feel at ease about him and his son, so he told them a few general instructions.
After hearing this, Jiang Youcheng's family fell silent.
After a long time, Jiang Youcheng finally asked, "So where are you going after leaving the village?"
"I originally wanted to walk west to Anmi County, where my maternal grandfather's family lives. I wanted to see if I could go to my uncle and cousin's house and settle down there. When I was walking west along the official road, it was snowing and I accidentally slipped and fell. I fell like this, so I decided to look for a nearby village to see if I could rest for a few days..."
Zhu Yongwu grinned and said, "Luckily I met Uncle Cheng and Aunt Cheng's family."
"Since we have met, it is fate. Your foot injury is serious. Applying cold compress can only relieve the pain. You still need to see a doctor." Jiang Youcheng said.
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