Chapter 4239 Aunt Bodhisattva
"Many beggars in Wanghai City are all lazy villains who write about things that are lazy. They can't do anything else, but bullying the elderly, weak, women and children. I advise you to try to stay away from these people as much as possible."
Hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, a bitter smile appeared on the woman's face.
Erya said with a grievance: "The Bodhisattva Empress is right. Those beggar uncles and beggar uncles are all very fierce, good or bad."
"They pushed my mother and I away, and my elbow hurt my head. In the morning, my mother asked for two steamed buns, but they snatched them. It's so bad..."
The woman looked at Erya, except for a bitter smile, she was very bitter.
Her eyes were filled with tears and guilt, but she was powerless, so she could only gently pull Erya into her arms and hug her.
Looking at the mother and daughter, Yang Ruoqing sighed: "Sister-in-law, are there any other people in your family? How can you let the two of you come out to beg for this cold day?"
Before the woman could answer, Erya rushed to say again: "Yes, there are my father, my two uncles, and my uncle and aunt!"
When Yang Ruoqing heard so many relatives were there, she was even more surprised. She looked at the woman and intended to ask.
The woman sighed and said, "To be honest, our family have all escaped from other places. We can't live in our hometown anymore, so we have to come out to find a way out."
"My two uncles are sick. My man went out to buy medicine for them on one leg and fell. They couldn't come out to find something to eat, so they could only come out and Erya and I came out." The woman said.
"Why is it so hard? Then where are you living now?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.
The woman smiled awkwardly and said, "Under the overpass..."
Under the overpass?
There are indeed many bridge holes under the overpass in Wanghai County. There are many gathering places for many beggars and wanderers, because the stone bridge above your head can shelter from the wind and rain.
However, because there is the river water next to it, the river surface is frozen in the past nine days, so it is easy to imagine the coldness.
"Yes, under the overpass." The woman said embarrassedly, "It will be fine when the first lunar month is over. After the first lunar month, my man's legs will be almost healed, and his two brothers' illness will be cured. This time, he must be unacceptable to the local conditions."
"When my man's legs are ready, my two brothers are also jumping around. Then, including my brothers, the four men go out to find work together. Our family will definitely be able to make a living in Wanghai County and find a place to stay."
After hearing what the woman said, Yang Ruoqing smiled awkwardly, "It's just the third day of the Lunar New Year. The opening of the county shops will basically last after the eighth day of the lunar month, and some industries will even reach the Lantern Festival."
"There are more than ten days left in between. How do you so many of you plan to cook? Not to mention taking medicine, where will you eat and drink from a few mouths every day? Do you have to rely on you and your mother to come out to beg?" she asked.
The woman said, "Not that. When we fled from our hometown, we still brought some of our belongings, but the rest can't last a few days..."
"The main reason is that I have been picking up medicine for my two brothers. Erya's father's leg was injured. He just applied ice every day and didn't do anything else..."
Hearing these words applied with ice cubes, Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but have a cold war.
She took out two small white porcelain bottles from her body and stuffed them to the woman: "These two bottles are golden sore medicines, which are used to stop bleeding and prevent inflammation. The other one is Panax notoginseng powder, which is used to remove blood stasis and reduce swelling. If you take these two bottles of medicines back and let your man apply them, it will be effective within five days."
The woman held the small porcelain bottle in her hand with both hands, and was so grateful that she didn't know what to say.
Although it was a chance meeting, she could tell from Yang Ruoqing's face that she was not a bad person and had no intention of harming them.
So the woman put this medicine in her arms with confidence and boldness, put it in her arms and put it away with her clothes.
If you want to have enough food and clothing and gain a foothold in this foreign land, Erya Dad is the key. As long as he can stand up, there is hope.
Yang Ruoqing originally wanted to pay the woman, but when she looked at the beggars around her who had not left, she took her back.
If you give the money to Erya and his daughter in front of so many people, it will not only not bring a turning point in life to the mother and daughter, but may also bring a catastrophe.
So, Yang Ruoqing raised her hand and touched Erya's head, and said, "Eya, are you hungry?"
Erya nodded: "Hungry."
Yang Ruoqing said again: "Didn't you eat the snack I gave you yesterday?"
Erya said: "Mom only asked me to eat two pieces. After taking them back, I will give them one piece for each of my father, uncle and others."
"The remaining pack is softer than the previous pack. My mother said that my brother doesn't have much milk now, so he has to eat some soft snacks to put his stomach on, otherwise my brother will starve to death..."
Yang Ruoqing understood.
She gently rubbed Erya's soft hair and looked at the woman again.
The woman looked ashamed, but her eyes turned red.
"We are incompetent as adults, so we let our children suffer." She murmured.
Yang Ruoqing shook her head, it’s not for them who are parents. These days, there are people who flee everywhere.
There were natural disasters and human disasters. I remember that in Henan, the drought was plagued, and then the locusts were in great prosperity. Not to mention that a family like this, people from a village collectively fled to famine.
Because if you don’t run away, you will be starved to death. Instead of sitting there and waiting for death, it’s better to come out and fight.
If you try it, there may be a way out and a glimmer of hope.
But when I walked away from home, I carried two torn quilts, old clothes, the last few kilograms of rice and grain at home, and the only little money left...
The whole family left the hometown where they gave birth to their own homeland and went to other places. It was extremely cheap to leave their hometown. They were inferior to others everywhere. Even if they came out to beg, they didn't dare to rob the local beggars. Alas!
"Come on, come on the carriage." Yang Ruoqing greeted the woman, then pulled Erya's hand and walked towards the carriage.
"What are you doing in the carriage? Aunt Bodhisattva?" Erya asked curiously while walking with Yang Ruoqing.
Yang Ruoqing smiled and blinked and said, "You will know when you come."
Then, she turned around and waved her head to the woman who was still hesitant behind her, signaling her to follow her.
The woman gritted her teeth and followed Yang Ruoqing to the carriage.
Yang Ruoqing first carried Erya into the carriage, then went up by himself, and then pulled the woman up.
"Wow, the carriage is so warm and spacious, it is bigger than the carriage I used to have. Mom, don't you think?"
After getting on the carriage, Erya touched the place excitedly and then there, her mouth chirping like a little sparrow.
"You kid, be quiet and be good, don't rub it around and dirty the mat carefully." The woman stopped him quickly.
Yang Ruoqing picked up a bamboo basket covered with a veil. When she heard Erya's words, she raised her eyebrows: "Why, you had a carriage when you were in your hometown?"
Chapter completed!