After being reborn as a widow, the mistress of the Hou family remarried a powerful official

Chapter 66 Relief for Work
"how many people?"

The man's tongue was so excited that he was chattering, "Th-so many!" He gestured with two fingers.

Li Wei couldn't believe it, "Twenty?"

"No, no, yes"

He looked disappointed, "Only two?"

The man stomped his feet angrily, "It's more than 200!"

Li Wei stayed where he was. When he reacted, he clapped his hands with joy, "More than 200?!" His tongue was a little knotted, and he couldn't turn his head around. He could only mutter stupidly, "It's saved! It's saved!" "

Ke Yiqing also rushed over, "How much?"

After hearing what this man said, she was so happy that she couldn't help but smile. Great, the progress will be much faster now!

"What's your name?"

The man was stunned. Although he was not sure about Ke Yiqing's identity, judging from Li Wei's respectful attitude towards her, this woman must be extraordinary. He immediately smiled flatteringly and said, "Madam, my name is Li Chang, and Li Wei is the same person." Those who grew up in the village are considered half brothers!"

"Li Chang?" She smiled, "Your good brother is still busy rescuing people, so you should organize it first."

Li Wei didn't think much about it. He only said a few words about not being confused, and then continued digging.

"Yes, yes, my good brother, hurry up and save people. Wangcheng is still waiting for you to save!" The Wangcheng in his mouth was Li Wei's brother who was buried in the landslide, and his family of five came to escape. Yes, he is the only one left to die.

In any case, Li Wei never wanted anything to happen to Wangcheng.

After hearing the news that there were many helpers over there, he worked even harder to pick up the dirt.

Li Chang was thoughtful, but he was not stunned. He organized quickly with his hands and feet. Behind him were sallow and skinny refugees, almost all of whom were carrying one or two baby babies.

This was found according to Ke Yiqing's request. During the famine years, it was not easy for anyone to live, and it was not easy to identify who was good and who was evil. But she wanted people right now, many people.

He wanted to find those refugees who had children and promised them that if they came to help, their children would be fed, clothed, warm, and even given books to read.

After all, cannibalism has already occurred, and those who are willing to take their children to protect them are already too strong.

These words were originally empty promises and unsubstantiated, but Li Chang is a man who knows how to get things done. He has been among the refugees for a long time, and he knows that no one will believe him if he talks nonsense, so he simply said: If you don't believe it, you won't live long. , why not come and take a look, it is worse than waiting to die anyway.

His attitude of breaking the rules has awakened many people: Yes, he is penniless now and can't take out half a grain of rice in his two pockets, so what else can he do to cheat?

Why not try it!
"Li Chang, we are here with you. Everyone is here, but we can't not give you any protection!" The person who spoke was a tall woman. She was wearing coarse linen clothes and holding a baby in one hand. She was all skinny.

"This..." Li Chang didn't feel confident. After all, he was not familiar with Ke Yiqing, and Li Wei was not here, but he rolled his eyes and said, "Just wait, I'll ask if I can trick you?"

After saying that, he reluctantly took out half of the black-faced steamed bun that he had saved for a long time and stuffed it into the woman's hand.

The woman quickly broke it into two and stuffed one into the little baby's mouth.

The little kid devoured the dry steamed buns and rolled his eyes several times, but he swallowed them alive. The woman herself swallowed hard and forced herself not to look.

The other people around were so hungry that their eyes were glowing green, but they all had children of their own, so it was not easy to steal from others.

"Madam, you saw what happened just now. If I don't give you some guarantee..." He rubbed his hands, feeling embarrassed.

Ke Yiqing smiled with satisfaction. Yes, this person guessed that her identity should not be exposed in a few seconds. In such a hurry just now, he did not call her on the spot. Instead, he came over quietly, even looking around on the way to avoid others following her.

"Of course I know. Just take these banknotes and say that they will be used to build a school for the children after finishing the work."

A full 2000 taels of silver? !Li Chang's eyes widened. His parents had died since he was a child, and he was half a beggar. This was the first time he saw such a large denomination.

"Yes, yes, little one, go right now!" He took it with trembling hands, his knees unconsciously weakened, noble man, this is a truly noble man!
On the way back, his heart was beating fast. If he took the banknote and ran away, he would be able to be a wealthy family even during the famine. The thought made him thirsty.

Li Chang couldn't help but look back. The woman as beautiful as a peony smiled softly at him, but he couldn't help but shudder. Someone who could spend so much money at once would naturally have the means to treat him.

He composed his mind, ran back to his place obediently and said, "My boss brought this, please take a look."

Some of the refugees had the same reaction as him, and even wanted to reach out to grab it. How could Li Chang not know?It was dangling in front of everyone like an old loach, but no one touched half of the banknote.

"Here, I put the banknote among you. It is such a thin piece of paper. If you snatch it, it will be broken into pieces and no one will get any benefit. If you obey me and go poaching people, you little kids will have a way to survive. .”

He paused and then said: "Of course, if the progress satisfies my boss, many people will be saved. As you know, the shop owned by my boss is the famous Deji Hall in Shengjing, and there will be no shortage of people." How many mouthfuls of food do you need!"

The latter promise was made temporarily by Li Chang himself, so it was very vague, but the refugees had long lost their minds. That was a full 2000 taels of silver!
Not to mention building a school for little kids, even if there are so many of them, they can buy rice and grain for half a month!Who would joke with them with 2000 taels of silver? !
Seeing that everyone believed it, Li Chang also knew that it was not too late and quickly organized them to join the rescue team. Although it was dark, he could not hold back the enthusiasm of everyone.

The ones who lighted the fire folds and held the torches were the petite women. They also formed a team, one holding the torch and the other poking the earth to dig people.

The men, who had not eaten for a long time and were half as strong as before, were ordered by Li Chang to form teams and take turns to push the heavy objects away.

With this excitement, the villagers who had given up hope for a long time burst into tears and joined the team one after another.

Soon, in the second half of the night, more than 300 people had been dug out sporadically.

Xiaoyu and the others also cheered up, put the boiled rice in again, poured in more water, boiled it and drank it in one gulp.

"Sorry, there are not so many bowls now, please don't dislike it."

The rice porridge is bland, but everyone feels much more at ease once the hot soup is in their stomachs.

In the middle of the night, Li Wei was afraid that Ke Yiqing wouldn't be able to hold on, so he asked her to go back to the carriage to rest.

Being in the wilderness, and with the rescue team still working hard, she was embarrassed to fall asleep, so she had people wake her up whenever there was any movement.

Li Chang later asked Xiaoyu for the remaining bowl, went to the river to wash it, and fished for a long time before bringing the rice porridge filled with rice grains to her.

He stood outside the carriage and listened to what was going on inside.

After making sure that Ke Yiqing was awake, Li Changcai whispered a few words, "Madam, there is nothing good at this late night, so just make do with some."

She was stunned, but felt a lot of emotion in her heart, "You can eat it, what I do is not physical work."

Li Chang said anxiously: "The little one has been cleaned long ago, Madam, don't worry."

Looking at his thin body, even though she knew he had an agenda, Ke Yiqing still declined, "You are a capable person. I will naturally use you, but when you do things with me, it's better to find out first."

It means: The ability is good and you won’t use it, but you must know that excessive tendency to follow the crowd is not beautiful.

I was rewarded with a sweet date and then slapped again in the blink of an eye.

Li Chang paused. He had been a beggar for many years. Although he didn't know a few Chinese characters, if he wasn't smart, he would have starved to death long ago.

"What the madam said is, I'll eat it right now and move it to the hospital!" After saying that, he immediately stood up and drank it. Even the rice grains at the bottom of the bowl were licked clean, and he was not sloppy at all when doing his work.

In the car, the admiration in Ke Yiqing's eyes deepened.

(End of this chapter)