The two of them changed into regular clothes, went out from the East Palace, passed through Donghua Gate and Dong'an Gate, and came to the area where ordinary people in the capital lived.
Despite the heavy snowfall, the streets in the capital were still bustling with people, and the surrounding street shops were selling food and steaming hot snacks, making it very lively.
If this was normal, Zhao Rui would definitely be very interested, but now she doesn't know whether she is alive or dead, and no matter how lively the scene is, it won't arouse her interest at all.
Numbly and anxiously, she followed Li Chen out of Chongwen Gate, passed through Yongding Gate, and walked out of the capital city.
As soon as you leave Yongding Gate, you feel like you have entered another world.
Desolate and vast, the mountain scenery can be vaguely seen in the distance, and the white snow can be seen nearby. The whole world is covered in silver. There are people coming and going on the official road, tourists and business travelers are queuing up to enter the city, but everyone's face is full of...
A heavy one.
"Uncle, please do me a favor. I have pity on this child. He hasn't had a bite of food for three to five days. I am very compassionate and will give you something edible or a copper coin so that the child can eat a piece of cake."
"
Li Chen took Zhao Ruicai out of the officialdom. Immediately, a skinny old man leaning on a wooden stick and limping on one leg came over to beg, nodding and bending. At his feet was a dirty man of four or five years old.
The child, a half-clothed child, was clinging to the old man's legs like a skinny monkey, looking around blankly with a pair of dull eyes.
The wind and snow blew, and the grandfather and grandson trembled for a while.
And there are many such people around.
Li Chen knew that a large number of victims had arrived outside the capital, but he did not expect that the number of victims had spread to the vicinity of the capital gate.
Li Chen went out and naturally couldn't bring any money with him, so he looked at Zhao Rui.
As a woman, Zhao Rui had a softer heart. When she saw the disabled and weak pair of grandfather and grandson in front of her, her sympathy immediately overflowed. However, she had no money on her and took off a bracelet and wanted to hand it to the old man.
This move was stopped by Li Chen.
"You want to kill them?"
Li Chen pointed to the victims not far away who were staring at the bracelet with shining eyes and said.
"Rich people are also very particular about not revealing their wealth. If they, the grandfather and grandson, take this bracelet from you and sell it for money, in the blink of an eye, these people who are interested in wealth will kill them."
Only then did Zhao Rui realize that he had almost done something bad with good intentions, and hurriedly said: "Yes, I'm sorry."
Li Chen ignored Zhao Rui and clapped his hands.
A disguised Jin Yiwei came over immediately.
"Go and buy two steamed buns and sesame cakes."
After Li Chen sent away the Jin Yiwei, he said warmly to the old man: "Old man, where did you come from?"
When the old man knew that Li Chen had sent someone to buy food for him, he immediately thanked him profusely and answered Li Chen's questions accordingly.
"This kind uncle, our grandson came from Xishan Province."
"I heard that the Xishan Province is the worst hit. My husband came from there and had to cross Nanzhili all the way. It's not easy, right?" Li Chen asked again.
The old man lowered his head, stretched out his rough hands to touch the head of the child at his feet, and said in an almost numb tone: "Our home is fifty miles away from the Yellow River. I thought that no matter how big the flood was, it would not affect it, but that night
The dam collapsed immediately, and countless people died. The flood rushed over. Our family was sleeping, thinking about whether to go to another place to hide, but in the blink of an eye, the house collapsed. Our son, daughter-in-law, wife, and
I have two newborn fat baby twin grandchildren, and they are all... gone."
"Only this big boy is left, following the old man all the way begging for food."
