The people who were originally following them had something to do. When they saw the Lijia'ao people busy, they took the initiative to step forward and lend a hand.
But those who cursed him sarcastically, calling them scoundrels.
Even if you help, people won't appreciate it.
If I have the energy to help, I might as well save myself from walking more tomorrow and so on.
The people of Lijia'ao didn't let their help go in vain.
Anyone who helps, when everyone stops to eat, they will serve a small bowl of vegetable porridge.
The so-called vegetable porridge is wild vegetable, sweet potato and broken rice porridge.
The wild vegetables were picked in Dankou Village before, and the sweet potatoes were brought by them themselves.
The broken rice was what they had saved before.
Of course, this porridge is mainly made of sweet potatoes and wild vegetables. There is some broken rice, but not much, and the amount is only one-fifth of the others.
When the Lijia'ao people cook the pot, they also sprinkle some salt into it.
Still, it's a rare treat for those who help.
They were hit by a disaster last year and have never eaten such thick food since they came back from Liuyun County.
During the lean years before, it was good for them to fill their bellies, so what choice was there?
When spring comes, there will be more wild vegetables, but there is not much rice or noodles at home.
As for the court's disaster relief materials, they have never seen them.
I have heard a few times that good people in the city gave food to them.
But when a lot of it reaches their hands, it either turns into stale rice or moldy rice noodles.
Later, they also heard that there was a lucky place that got food from Xie Xiucai in Liuyun County.
It is said that they sent people to deliver them in person, and they are all real good things.
However, things are limited, and they are not lucky enough to get them.
Now, they just lend a hand and get a small bowl of porridge, which is an unexpected surprise for them!
Food is hard to come by.
Those who got it, holding wooden bowls, would drink some carefully for themselves first, and then save some for their children, wives, and parents.
There are also those who are reluctant to part with any of it and give it all to their family members.
Of course, there are also those who don't help themselves, but sarcastically say when someone helps, and then grab the porridge when they see it.
The people of Lijiaao don't care about this. To them, if you help me, I will give you a small bowl of food.
If you can't keep what I gave you and it gets robbed, that's none of my business.
Li Yuan and Wang Can walked around the place where everyone stopped.
When they returned to the starting point, the greenhouse had been set up, and those who helped received porridge from the Lijia'ao people.
There were two pancakes in his sleeves. Wang Can, who didn't send them out, didn't know if it was because of his poor vision at night that he didn't see the woman and child.
Seeing that some people were already eating porridge, and someone was making a big fuss over a bowl of porridge, she pulled Li Yuan and asked softly: "Sister, have you seen the sister-in-law who stopped in front of our carriage before?"
Li Yuan was also secretly looking for the woman when she was getting pancakes.
When he heard this, he shook his head honestly: "No!"
Wang Can held the pancake in his sleeve tightly with one hand and stood there for a while with his eyes downcast. Then he raised his head and said hoarsely: "Sister, it's getting late, let's go back to sleep!"
Li Yuan took a deep look at her, and when she saw her mouth tightened, she sighed in her heart and said, "I can't sleep right now, and I want to go for a walk. Can Niang, will you accompany me?"
Wang Canduo knew Li Yuan well, so how could he not know that she said this deliberately for her own sake.
Hearing this, her eyes swelled, her mouth opened when she looked at Li Yuan, and she couldn't say a word for a long time, so she just nodded vigorously.
Li Yuan led her and walked around the greenhouse using the light of the torch.
They walked very slowly, and by the time they had walked half a circle, all the Lijiaao people's greenhouses had been set up, and even the patrols had been divided.
"Sister, since we can't find it, forget it, let's go back!"
Wang Can didn't know why, but she couldn't find anyone the first time, and she felt regretful in her heart.
And when Li Yuan accompanied her to search again, she felt that it was God's will that she couldn't find it.
Maybe God thinks she shouldn't be soft-hearted and meddle in other people's affairs.
Seeing that everyone was settled and ready to rest after eating, she didn't want to continue to be willful.
"good!"
After Li Yuan heard her words, she just breathed a sigh of relief and took her a few steps back when suddenly a shrill cry came from the right front.
The sadness and desperation in that voice made people feel chills in their hearts.
Wang Can reacted quickly. She subconsciously let go of Li Yuan's hand and ran towards that direction.
"Fourth brother and sister, where are you going?"
Li Duo, who happened to be patrolling nearby, saw this and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop the person.
Wang Can looked a little dazed. After being stopped, she murmured: "Someone is killed, someone is going to be killed..."
Li Yuan, who was a step behind, grabbed Wang Can's arm tightly with one hand and shouted sternly: "Can Niang, wake up!"
Wang Can heard Li Yuan's voice and slowly turned to look at her.
Her eyes were dull, as if she didn't recognize the person in front of her at all.
She soon regained her composure, and with tears streaming down her face, she clasped Li Yuan's arm with her backhand and pulled her to run in the direction where she was crying.
"Sister, help me, please!"
It was the first time that Li Yuan saw Wang Can like this, and because the other person was excited and too strong, she could only passively follow him and run away.
Leaving the place where everyone was stationed, the light gradually dimmed, and there were trees all around.
The rain hit the people indiscriminately, but in the blink of an eye, both of them were already soaked.
When Li Duo led people to catch up, Wang Can and Li Yuan had already stopped.
In front of them, a disheveled woman knelt.
Because the light was too dark and the woman's hair was messy, it was difficult to tell how old she was.
It could only be vaguely seen that she was skinny and she was holding a humming child tightly in her arms.
"Good man, please give my child a way to live. As long as you keep her, I will repay you by being a cow or a horse in the next life!"
She said, regardless of whether the person in front of her would agree or not, she hugged the child tightly with both hands, then lowered her head and kissed the child's cheek, then lifted her up to Li Yuan and Wang Can.
Wang Can was emotional. When she saw this scene, she turned her head and lay in Li Yuan's arms and cried bitterly.
She felt that the person in front of her at this moment looked very much like her in despair in her previous life.
Li Yuan did not reach out to pick him up, but said in a cold voice: "Whose child will be raised! If you don't raise it yourself, how can you expect others? Don't talk about repaying in the next life. You haven't finished this life, and there will be in the next life." What’s the point?”
The woman kept holding the child high with her hands. When she heard this, her face burst into tears and she choked with sobs: "Good man, I have no way to survive! If the child follows me, he will die."
Li Yuan did not answer her words, but just pushed Wang Can and said to her: "Don't you still have pancakes in your sleeve pocket? Give it to this sister-in-law, let's go back!"
Wang Can was immersed in the grief of his previous life, but he was still obedient.
When Li Yuan talked about pancakes, she took out the pancakes wrapped in oil paper and handed them to the person in front of her.
