After being beaten several times, Wang Zibao finally no longer dared to pursue Chen Cuihua's ideas.
Shen Zhiyao felt that it was a bit boring now that there was no "sandbag" to beat.
Of course, she just sighed a little, and now she is focusing her energy on another thing, that is, the five piglets she raised are now almost ready for slaughter.
It can be seen with the naked eye that her five pigs definitely weigh more than a hundred pounds.
In addition to the fact that the pigs were about to be released, Shen Zhiyao also discovered that there were more refugees in Tongfang County these days.
Upon inquiry, it was found that these refugees were fleeing famine from Changling Prefecture.
Their clothes were in rags, their hair was unkempt and they were hunched over, looking like they had been hungry for a long time.
As soon as the refugees arrived in Tongfang County, Gan Lixin arranged for people to set up temporary tents in Huangguoshu Square for the refugees to live in. He also took out food from the county government warehouse and had people cook porridge and distribute it to the refugees.
Later, more and more refugees came to Tongfang County.
Shen Zhiyao asked Chen Cuihua and Lin Suxinshuisheng to pay attention to their safety.
"Zhiyao, don't worry. I go back with Ye Nan every day. I don't have anything to worry about if I have company on the way."
Lin Suxin patted Shen Zhiyao's hand.
The Ye Nan in her mouth was a girl in her twenties. She was met by Lin Suxin when she sold herself to bury her father. Lin Suxin gave her money. After she buried her father, she insisted on repaying Lin Suxin and followed Lin Suxin.
"There's a dispute at the city gate!"
An exclamation sounded in the street.
"What's wrong? What's the argument about?"
"I heard that some of the refugees ate rats that had eaten dead people. The doctor at Huichun Hall said that these refugees were likely to get the disease. Everyone stopped the refugees at the city gate to prevent them from entering the city."
"Epidemic! Oh my god, hurry up, don't let the refugees enter the city."
"Those who came in first will also be driven out. Who knows if they have any disease?"
"Let's go and ask the county magistrate to close the city gate and drive out the refugees."
Hula~
A group of people ran quickly to the county government office.
Before the people arrived at the county government office, Gan Lixin learned about this and made a quick decision. He strictly inspected the city gate and stopped allowing refugees to enter.
The refugees in the city are under centralized supervision at Huangguoshu Square, and the refugees are not allowed to move around freely until doctors confirm that they are fine.
As for the refugees outside the city, Gan Lixin also ordered people to build relief sheds in the open space outside the city.
"It is also inevitable to prevent refugees from entering. Now that there are more and more refugees, if they are all brought in, there will be no place to settle and unrest will easily occur."
Gan Lixin sat behind the desk, his brows furrowed into the character "Chuan".
Now that the imperial court has not ordered the resettlement of the refugees on site, he cannot reset their household registrations when these refugees arrive in Tongfang County, and distributes the refugees to various villages below.
It seemed that there were more and more refugees in Tongfang County, and he couldn't ignore them.
"Have all the doctors passed away?" Gan Lixin looked at the county magistrate below.
The county magistrate said: "My lord, the doctor has made arrangements, and also appeased the government servants who distributed porridge to the refugees. Those refugees may not have the disease, but..."
"Just what?"
County Magistrate: "Sir, seeing that the number of refugees is increasing day by day, the food in the county government's warehouse may not last long."
Gan Lixin sighed, Tongfang County's taxes and grains had just been paid not long ago, what if...
"Sir, someone has come to donate food."
Just when Gan Lixin was thinking about food, the county government secretary walked in with joy on his face.
"Where?"
"In front of the county government office."
Gan Lixin, the county magistrate and others all went to the gate of the county government office.
"Miss Shen, it turns out to be you." Gan Lixin didn't expect that it was Shen Zhiyao who came.
"Sir, I thought the county government might need food during this period, so I wanted to donate some."
When Shen Zhiyao goes in and out of the city gate these days, he can see the suffering of the refugees in the distance outside the city gate.
Especially the hungry and desperate eyes of some refugees who have just arrived in Tongfang County are shocking.
Changling Prefecture is thousands of miles away from Tongfang County. These people were able to escape the famine to Tongfang County alive, but they experienced many hardships on the way.
No one can remain indifferent to these refugees.
"I didn't save much, only more than four thousand kilograms." Shen Zhiyao hired some trucks to pull the grain over. She only kept a few hundred kilograms and took the rest of the grain.
"Miss Shen is a generous person. These grains have come in time. I thank you on behalf of all the victims." Gan Lixin sincerely expressed his gratitude to Shen Zhiyao.
Shen Zhiyao waved his hand: "Master Gan, there is no need to be polite, I just want to do my best."
Gan Lixin asked the county magistrate to write down the amount of grain donated by Shen Zhiyao and Shen Zhiyao's name.
A few days later, there were basically no more refugees outside Tongfang County, but bad news spread.
Among the refugees, some really got the disease.
In response to this, the people in the county are reluctant to go out of the city gate. Although the sheds built for the refugees are some distance from the city gate, everyone is afraid of being infected.
After hearing about this, Shen Zhiyao, who was still in the city, moved to the house in Qinglian Lane and asked Wan Fang to go to the private school to pick up Shen Baiqiu and then take him directly back to Qinglian Lane.
And let Chen Cuihua and Madam Wu live here as well.
She also added some spiritual spring water to the well in her house on Qinglian Lane so that everyone could drink it every day, hoping to strengthen everyone's immunity.
Information about the epidemic among refugees comes almost every day.
I heard that no doctor is willing to go to treat the refugees anymore, and the government officials don’t dare to distribute porridge to the refugees.
Some of the refugees outside the city have died.
I heard that County Magistrate Gan was very worried every day, and in the end it was the swordsman next to him who was responsible for distributing porridge to the refugees.
"My father donated some food, and he also wanted to donate medicinal materials, but the doctors were afraid of being infected by the disease and did not dare to go. My father didn't know what medicinal materials to donate."
Pei Lingxuan sat in Shen Zhiyao's yard and told her about things in and outside the city. Their family was relatively well-informed.
"Zhiyao, what are you sewing?"
After talking for a while, Pei Lingxuan saw Shen Zhiyao and Chen Cuihua and Mrs. Wu holding needles and threads, sewing a square-like piece of cloth with two ropes sewn on it. She curiously picked up one and asked.
"Mask." Shen Zhiyao put one on her face and showed it to her.
"What's the use?" Pei Lingxuan was puzzled.
"Maybe it can prevent infection."
After finishing speaking, Shen Zhiyao took off the mask and breathed into the air: "Look, when we talk, the breath, smell or droplets in the body will come out. With the mask, if you are talking to people who have the epidemic, By staying in one place, you can prevent yourself from being exposed to their droplets, etc.”
“This is called a mask, and it’s so useful!”
Pei Lingxuan was amazed. Then, she thought of something, opened her eyes wide and said, "Why do you want to stay with people who are sick? Do you want to go outside the city?!"
