Chapter 636
Uncle Peng, a grown man, burst into tears as he spoke.
"Prince Yi, look at our big family, how can we support them if we can't find a good job!"
"If the whole family is healthy, it's okay to suffer a little and get tired. But first, my father couldn't stand it anymore and fell ill. We spent all our money on treating him!"
"Peng Er wanted to help people dredge the river, but he didn't expect that misfortunes always come singly. Not long after he arrived, he was hit by a falling rock and injured his leg... Doesn't this make things worse?"
Seeing this, Aunt Peng also helped: "Prince Yi, the young lady, my aunt, and the eldest niece know some needlework, and they also want to do some sewing, starching, and washing to supplement the family income!"
“But we don’t have a fixed place to live, so who can trust us with our clothes?”
Uncle Peng's son also shouted angrily: "Although we are poor, we never do those sneaky things!"
"But just because we are poor, when we get close to rich people's homes, they either humiliate us as beggars or accuse us of stealing! They even let dogs bite us..."
Anzhe's face turned red. Thinking of his previous prejudice against these refugees, he felt ashamed.
Ling Yu was right, she couldn't accuse them all of this just because there were a few bad apples among the refugees.
"Prince Yi, please give us a way out! You don't know, we really have nowhere to go..."
Uncle Peng pointed to a large family with tears in his eyes: "When we left our hometown, there were nearly twenty people in the family!"
"My mother was pregnant when she came out, but she encountered robbers on the way and the child was not born. My mother and my little brother also died because they were ill and could not be treated!"
"I also have a little niece who is only ten years old. She got separated from her family and disappeared without a trace!"
"This niece is already fifteen this year, but she was afraid of being spotted by bad guys on the road, so her mother cut her hair short and asked her to dress up as a tomboy..."
Following Uncle Peng's instructions, Xiao Lintian and others saw the girl whose hair was cut as short as a flower.
Some dirt was wiped on her face to hide her original skin color, and she was wearing a patched coarse men's shirt. If Uncle Peng hadn't told her, they wouldn't have seen that she was a girl.
Xiao Lintian and Pei Yu looked at the former large family, but now only a few people were left alive, and their hearts were so heavy that they could not speak.
The hardships they experienced along the way and the pain of losing family members can be imagined just by looking at the remaining people.
Uncle Peng smiled bitterly and said: "Prince Yi, along the way we have seen many families like ours separated from each other and their families destroyed. Some even eat tree roots and grass in order to survive!"
"Prince Yi, is there any royal land in the world... If this imperial capital cannot accommodate us, then where can we be given a way out!"
This almost accusatory cry made Xiao Lintian and the other two people feel ashamed.
They grew up with fine clothes and fine food, but they never imagined that under the same blue sky, there were people living such a miserable life.
An Zhe even felt the deep sense of powerlessness and despair behind Uncle Peng's accusation!
What is the pressure of life?
He unconsciously thought that if he fell into this situation, then for the sake of his family, he would do anything not to mention stealing, but also murder and arson!
What An Zhe could think of, Xiao Lintian also thought of, and his face became serious. The problem of refugees should not be ignored.
An Zhe just said that many people in the Imperial Capital reported theft...
If these refugees are really hungry, someone will definitely steal...
If the situation is allowed to develop, theft will turn into robbery, and even murder for robbery!
