When Wu Yi left, he also took away the soldiers who came with him, and the already lacking manpower was even more insufficient.

Faced with a large number of victims, Zeng Yongbo gritted his teeth and decided to suspend the search for the collapsed area due to the snow disaster, and concentrate manpower and material resources on treating the living wounded.

The Qinzhou Pharmaceutical Chamber of Commerce played a major role in this treatment.

In the early stage, various pharmacies and clinics contributed medicines and set up three temporary rescue points to save many wounded people from becoming disabled or dying.

When the food and medicines from the imperial court were in place, they asked the doctors stationed in each store to take turns to see the doctor for the people of Qinzhou. As long as the trauma or frostbite caused by the snowstorm, they would see the doctor for free without taking any money.

The common people all praised this, and Governor Zeng even inscribed "Benevolence and Benevolence" for the chamber of commerce, which was made into a plaque and hung in the hall of the chamber of commerce.

"Miss Xiao, thanks to your Chamber of Commerce's action this time, otherwise the people of Qinzhou would have suffered more casualties."

Zeng Yongbo personally visited the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce to express his gratitude to Xiaoruo.

"My lord, you're being polite, we're just doing our best." Xiao Ruo handed over a cup of hot tea and said, "It's just that the common people suffer."

"Yes, according to rough statistics, more than 48 people were injured, 96 people were confirmed dead, and [-] people were missing. I'm afraid these missing people are still buried under the snow..."

Although Zeng Yongbo can't say that he loves the people like a son, he really cares about the people. Qinzhou has lost so many people in one breath, and the farming in the spring will be affected. He hasn't had a peaceful night's sleep since the first day of the new year.

"Now that the snow has melted and frozen, it is even more difficult to dig. We can only wait for the weather to warm up and the ice and snow to melt before converging."

The other shopkeepers also shook their heads and sighed, indeed, as Governor Zeng said, that was the only way to go.

Fortunately, Qinzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River. After the first month, the weather gradually warms up.

The warm sun began to envelope the newly traumatized city, and the hard snowdrifts began to melt into puddles of water stains, mottled on Qinzhou's skin like dark wounds.

Taking advantage of the good weather, Xiaoruo and old man Cen took out the quilt at home and patted it to dry, so that they could sleep comfortably in the fluffy and soft quilt at night.

Through the open courtyard door, a face covered with thick rouge came in. It was Xie Chunhua from next door.

"Busy?" Xie Chunhua saw that there were only Xiaoruo and old man Cen in the courtyard, so she walked in with her waist twisted.

"Aunt Chunhua, why come to me today when you are free?" Xiaoruo greeted her with a smile.

Xie Chunhua was a young official when she was young, and she played the pipa well, and she was considered a living sign in Zuixianglou.Later, when he was old, he used his savings for many years to redeem himself and married a butcher who sold pork in Qinzhou.

There is only an alley between her yard and Xiao's house, and Xiaoruo often sees her leaning against the window with her crooked body, putting her white and delicate hands in the sun to look at them carefully, admiring herself.

Sometimes if she is interested, she will find out the old pipa, pluck the strings and sing a few lines.

The nearby neighbors may dislike her background, and few people are willing to talk to her, and she herself is very sensible and rarely goes out.

"Hey, am I bored, just walk around."

Seeing that there was still a quilt that had not been shaken off, Xie Chunhua rolled up the sleeves embroidered with peach branches and said, "Let me help you!"

As soon as she approached, old man Cen took a few steps back. Seeing that Xie Chunhua was shaking the quilt, old man Cen simply went to the pharmacy, planning to cut some more orange peels that he hadn't finished cutting yesterday.

It's not that he dislikes Xie Chunhua, it's just that men and women are different. Xie Chunhua is here alone with his wife rolling up her sleeves and showing her arms. He wants to avoid suspicion.

As soon as the sleeves were rolled up, Xiao Ruo noticed that Xie Chunhua's Bai Shengsheng was wearing a golden wishful bracelet on his wrist.

"Auntie Chunhua's bracelet is so pretty, did Uncle Big Niu buy it for you?" Xiaoruo asked with a smile.

She probably guessed why Xie Chunhua suddenly went out for a stroll today, she got new jewelry and wanted to show off.No one else paid much attention to her, so she wandered over to Xiao's house.

"Where does he have the money to buy me this gold thread jewelry! It was given to him by Goddess Guanyin!" Xie Chunhua looked proud.

Having won such a beautiful thing, there was no place to talk about it, but she was so overwhelmed that Xiaoruo casually asked her right into her heart.

She patted the quilt hard a few times to make the cotton wool inside looser. Xiao Ruo kept working on her hands, and said casually, "How did Empress Guanyin reward Uncle Da Niu? Did she give it in a dream?"

She didn't really want to know, chatting, asking casually, and answering casually, no one took it to heart.

Xie Chunhua suddenly became mysterious. She first walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked around to make sure that the partition wall had no ears. Then she walked to Xiaoruo in small steps, pulled Xiaoruo to the corner of the courtyard, put her hands together and whispered: " It was admired by Goddess Guanyin in the west."

"West?"

Xiaoruo's heart moved, and there was a subtle feeling.

"Yes, let me tell you quietly, don't tell others, there are many good things in the west now."

The corners of Xie Chunhua's thickly painted lips curled up, and she said triumphantly: "My big cow went there early, and got this bracelet as soon as I went, isn't it the goddess Guanyin who gave it to me?"

"Those who went later may not be able to pick up such a treasure!"

Sure enough, as Xiaoruo thought, these things are not rewards, but the butcher Wang Daniu took them from the collapsed house in the snow disaster, or even picked them off from the dead!

"Aunt Chunhua! You can't wear this!" Xiao Ruo frowned and looked at Xie Chunhua.

"Why can't you wear it? These are all ownerless things. Whoever encounters them will belong to them. If my big cow picked them up, they will belong to my family."

Xie Chunhua was a little unhappy, and said: "It's not just my big cow picking it up, many people are picking it up! Those pots, pans, tables, chairs, and benches have all been picked up and carried away!"

Seeing the expression on Xiaoruo's face becoming more and more dignified, Xie Chunhua's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally felt a little self-deprecating, muttering a few words about whether she was jealous or something, and leaving Xiao's house twisting her waist yard.

Xiao Ruo sighed helplessly at her reaction.

The barn knows the etiquette, and knows the honor and disgrace when there is enough food and clothing. In this world where supplies are not abundant, she really can't ask everyone to understand the weight of death.

"The lady of the Wang family is gone?"

Old man Cen pushed open the window from the pharmacy, and saw that Xiaoruo was the only one in the courtyard again.

"Well, I just left."

After the bedding was finished, Xiao Ruo also went into the pharmacy to help old man Cen shred oranges, and while cutting, told old man Cen what Xie Chunhua had just said.

Listening to Xiaoruo's report, old man Cen's eyebrows became more and more furrowed.

After she finished speaking, old man Cen stopped cutting the orange shreds, holding the hail in his hand and fell into deep thought.

"Old man, what's the matter?" Xiaoruo asked puzzled.

Suddenly old man Cen let go of the medicine, got up and walked out, telling Xiaoruo as he walked, "Girl, you and Taili together, go and call Xun Boy and Niaoyou back, and I'll go pick up Zhaozhao."

It's only three quarters in the afternoon, and it's still early for Xiaozhao to finish school, Xiaoruo doesn't understand why old man Cen made such a decision suddenly.

"Grandpa, what happened?"

"Don't ask, just do as I say, and I'll explain to you when I come back."

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