When the carriage returned to the gate of Nanyang City, Tao Qiqi, who was driving the carriage, found that there were many more refugees than the ones he had seen before.
If this continues, Nanyang City may not be able to protect itself, and we don’t know when the disaster relief food will come out.
It stands to reason that farming in the south has not been affected so far. It has been almost a month since the summer harvest in May. After all, the people have paid the grain tax and the disaster relief grain should be more abundant.
If nothing unexpected happens, as long as the higher authorities get the approval, grain warehouses in various places can be used for disaster relief.
With food, refugees no longer need to wait at the gate of the city for soup kitchens.
It is not a good thing that there are too many people in the disaster area at the city gate.
Once a commotion breaks out or something happens, a small matter can turn into a big deal.
But for some reason, it’s already late June and I haven’t heard of any news about grain release.
This damn year of famine, I don’t know when it will end.
According to the memory of the original owner, droughts have never lasted this long in the past. It has been three years, and I don’t know what the situation is like in the north now.
She had encountered sandstorms when she left before, and later she heard that there were two or three more sandstorms there, each time more serious than the last.
If it doesn't rain again in the north, I'm afraid it will all turn into a sandbar.
Since the city gate was about to close, Tao Qiqi didn't pay much attention. After saying hello to the chief guard guarding the city, she took Nangong Yi directly into the city.
Tao Qiqi was with Nangong Ye. Nangong Ye lived in Master Yang's house for the convenience of entering and exiting the city. Master Yang had greeted the people below in advance, so there was no need to pay money for entering and leaving the city.
But as soon as she entered the city, she heard someone calling her from behind.
Fortunately, Tao Qiqi's ears were sensitive enough. Although the sound of the carriage wheels was a bit loud, Tao Qiqi still heard the call of "Qiqi".
And this voice is familiar to her.
Stopping the carriage, Tao Qiqi jumped up and got off the carriage.
"Why are you going?" Nangong Yi asked doubtfully.
"It's nothing to do with you, just stay well." After saying this, Tao Qiqi walked towards the city gate again.
"Qiqi, Qiqi, it's me." Ma Zhu saw Qiqi walking towards him, and happily raised his hand to indicate his location.
Tao Qiqi walked up to Ma Zhu and looked at him: "Brother Zhu Zhu, why is it you? Are you alone? Where are your uncle and aunt?"
Ma Zhu replied: "My father and mother are both there, and the whole village is there."
"Then what are you?" Tao Qiqi looked confused.
"Qiqi, I'm sorry, I really can't help it. I happened to see that you seem to be familiar with these officials, so I had to call you out shamelessly."
"It doesn't matter. If there's anything urgent, just ask."
"My mother was feeling a little unwell this morning. I originally wanted to let her go to the city to have a look, but she was reluctant to spend the money, so she kept putting it off. But as a result, she just vomited yellow water and couldn't eat anything. But now
It was getting dark soon, so I asked her to go to the city to see a doctor, but she said she would wait until tomorrow. But I'm worried..."
"Auntie has always been used to frugality. It will cost a lot of money to go to the city to see a doctor, and it will get dark soon. Where to live is also a problem. It is normal that she does not want to go to the city. Please take me there to have a look.
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"But those people...it doesn't matter. I just want to see if you can help tell the officials and ask them to be accommodating and wait for us for a while, and then close the city gate after we come out from the hospital."
Tao Qiqi thought for a while, although she was not afraid of those people in the Tao family, but it was better to do less than to do more, so she nodded and replied: "Okay, you go and ask Auntie to come over, and I will tell them."
"Okay. Thank you Qiqi."
"It's okay. In the past, my uncle and aunt took care of me in the village."
Then Ma Zhu went to call his mother over, and Tao Qiqi briefly explained the situation to the chief guard.
Naturally, the chief of guard would not deny face.
However, Tao Qiqi had already said hello, and Ma Zhu and Aunt Ma were not seen coming.
Tao Qiqi looked in the direction Ma Zhu pointed just now and saw Village Chief Ma scolding Boss Tao with an unhappy look on his face.
Tao was also arrogant and unreasonable. I don’t know what several people said, but Tao immediately fell to the ground and the eldest daughter-in-law seemed to be worried.
Although Tao Qiqi couldn't hear what they were talking about specifically, she could make a rough guess.
The people from the Tao family must have seen that Ma Zhu had successfully taken the Tao Qiqi line to enter the city, and they wanted to follow him. With Tao Qiqi here, food and accommodation would not be a problem.
Not only that, but you can also save the cost of going to the city.
If you don't take advantage of such a big advantage, it wouldn't be the Tao family.
But their calculations were still wrong.
Not to mention that Village Chief Ma would not agree if he knew about the situation between the Tao family and Tao Qiqi. As for Tao Qiqi, the Tao family wants to take advantage of her? It is impossible to dream during the day or at night, and it is even less possible in reality.
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But it seems that Tao Shi is determined to follow.
Seeing her lying on the ground, Village Chief Ma was really embarrassed.
Fortunately, when Village Chief Ma was in trouble, Tao Qiqi came over and said slowly: "Uncle Village Chief, it doesn't matter. They want to go to the city to see a doctor. After all, they can't delay if they are sick. In case they really need to
We can't afford to take the responsibility if there is someone who is both long and short. Anyway, I am just leading the way. It doesn't matter if I bring one, it doesn't matter if I bring two. The cost of entering the city is the same for everyone."
When the eldest daughter-in-law heard this, she looked at Tao Qiqi with a look of disdain: "Don't bluff, you can make the official accommodating, but you can't let the official give us money? And I saw it just now, you brought that man in
City, neither of them gave me any money."
"What you said really makes me laugh out loud. The people who went in with me just now are relatives of the prefect. Isn't it normal for the guards not to accept money from others? Also, just because I don't need to give money when I enter the city, it doesn't mean that I brought it in.
People don’t have to give it. If that’s the case, wouldn’t there be chaos in the city? Why do you think you’re the prefect?”
Tao Wuwu, the daughter of Boss Tao on the side, couldn't help but said after hearing this: "Then you can also help us. We went to the city to see a doctor, not for anything else. We came out immediately after seeing the doctor, just for a moment
You shouldn’t collect money for your work. Human life is a matter of heaven and earth.”
"I'm sorry, I don't have that much face. If you can, go and talk to the chief of guard yourself. Seeing how beautiful you are, the chief of guard should give you face." After Tao Qiqi responded, she looked at Aunt Ma and said, "Aunt
, let’s go, I’ll take you to the city to see the doctor.”
After speaking, Tao Qiqi helped Aunt Ma and prepared to leave.
As for those in the Tao family, they can follow them if they like, and if they don't, they can be dragged away.
Of course, although Mrs. Tao believed what Tao Qiqi just said, she still wanted to take a gamble, so she followed Ma Zhu with her eldest daughter-in-law and Tao eldest son.
If they don't give you money, they will follow you.
If they really give money, they will get it back.
What Tao didn't expect was that Tao Qiqi actually watched Ma Zhu pay the city entry fee for two people before taking them into the city.
After weighing the pros and cons, Mrs. Tao and Boss Tao and the others had no choice but to return to the resting place in the village.
However, because they failed to enter the city, Boss Tao and his wife returned angrily and scolded Tao Qiqi for a long time before they stopped.
