Chapter 123 Arrangement for transfer
and Wei Ruo is worried that the rain will fall even more heavily and the temperature will continue to drop.
"Okay, miss, I have no problem, I will go wherever you go!" Xiumei replied without hesitation.
"And the batch of charcoal I purchased in Huzhou Prefecture before. I remember that in addition to coal and better-quality silver bone charcoal, there was also a batch of poor-quality black charcoal, which was also purchased at a low price." Coal is suitable for
burning Kang-fired boilers, while homes in the South generally use charcoal for daily heating. Both silver bone charcoal and black charcoal are charcoal, but the smoke produced when burning is different, and the price difference is also relatively large. Silver bone charcoal is generally used by wealthy people, while most ordinary people use black charcoal.
"Yes."
"Send a message to the nanny later and ask her to set aside this part of the charcoal. I plan to give this batch of charcoal to poor families in need for free. We didn't spend much money when we bought it, but now In this situation, even the price of such low-quality charcoal is unaffordable for many families." Wei Ruodao.
"Miss, I heard that Madam is in a hurry to buy charcoal. The cold wave came early this year, and the house, like many other families, has not had time to buy charcoal." "Ignore them for now, the Wei family will definitely be the one in
Xingshan County no matter what. Life is good, but for the Wei family, life is just a little more difficult and money is tight, but for many people, it is life-threatening." Wei Ruodao.
Wei Ruo and Xiumei prepared a little before going out.
Before going out, Xiumei bought Wei Ruo several pieces of clothes. Fortunately, the clothes they brought back from Mojiazha were thick. Although they were simple in style, they were very effective in keeping warm.
Wei Ruo came to the magistrate's office. Because of the incident in the south of the city, most of the officials at the magistrate's office knew Wei Ruo, so they invited her in and informed Magistrate Qian.
Qian Zhixian was also very busy these days, but when he heard that it was Wei Ruo who wanted to see him, he put down what he was busy doing and came to see him.
"What do you mean Miss Wei came to see me today?" Qian Zhixian had no time to be polite to Wei Ruo and went straight to the topic.
Thinking about it, if Wei could brave such a heavy rain to come to see him, he would definitely not be here to chat about ordinary things.
"It's for the people who are clearing up wasteland in the south of the city. They now live next to the fields. Those thatched huts are too simple and have serious leaks from rain and wind. They are also easily flooded or collapsed. I hope Mr. Qian can arrange for manpower to move them as soon as possible. Go to a safe place." Wei Ruodao.
Qian Zhixian suddenly slapped his forehead: "How could I forget them!"
In recent days, Qian Zhixian has been so busy with all kinds of things, lakes are overflowing, bridges are collapsing, and all kinds of things are happening one after another. I didn't even remember that there were still some people in the south of the city.
Those are all human lives!
"I'm going to send people to transfer people to the Yamen! The Yamen has a warehouse that can accommodate some people!"
As he said this, the magistrate Qian hurriedly called the Master and told the Master to immediately take people to transfer the people in the south of the city.
"I'll go too." Wei Ruodao.
"Miss Wei, this is not good, because it has been raining for days and the south of the city is muddy. Moreover, it rains so heavily and the weather is cold. It would be bad if you catch a cold." Magistrate Qian persuaded.
"I'm fine. I'm wearing very warm clothes. I'm already much better off than the people in the south of the city. Just let me go. I'm afraid they won't leave because they're worried about the newly sprouted wheat. It would be more effective for me to persuade them. "
That makes sense.
"Okay then, I will let the government officials protect your safety." Qian Zhixian then told the government officials who were going with him to protect Wei Ruo's safety.
Wei Ruo was someone that all the seventh princes valued, and he didn't dare to let her get into trouble on his hands.
Arriving in the south of the city in a carriage, Master Chen asked Wei Ruo to stay in the carriage while he took people to persuade the people to leave. Wei Ruo didn't listen, got off the carriage directly, put on the same raincoat as the others, and rushed to the people's residence.
"Master, please take care of me first. Let's move everyone away as soon as possible. It will be more troublesome when it gets dark. I'm afraid it will rain heavily tonight, and I'm afraid the temperature will drop again."
After listening to Wei Ruo's words, the master did not dare to delay and quickly took action with the government officials.
Except for the official road in the south of the city, the other paths were recently reclaimed and trampled, and they became muddy after the rain.
When Wei Ruo walked into the first house, it was a bamboo house made of moso bamboo. The room was very simple. On the left side of the door was a bed, also made of bamboo.
In the entire room, only the roof above the bed was reinforced and did not leak. The rest of the room leaked from here to here, and the raindrops made a dripping sound.
The three grandparents and grandson in the room hugged each other tightly and curled up on the bed. A cold and hard quilt was wrapped around the three of them, and the two old people protected the children in the middle.
At this moment, Wei Ruo regretted that he came late. He should have come when he had known it had rained for just two days.
When it first started falling, Wei Ruozhen had no idea that the rain would be so heavy and cause so many problems.
Based on the memory of the original owner, Wei Ruo only knew that winter started early this year and it rained once. He didn't know how the poorest people spent their time this year.
The original owner was busy venting his anger with his family at the time and did not go out. He did not care much about the rain, so he did not know these details.
Wei Ruo asked the three of them to follow him: "You guys, come with us. The magistrate has arranged a temporary shelter for you from the wind and rain." The old man shook his head: "No,
our crops have just been planted. I have to watch if the rain continues. " What should I do if they are all flooded?"
"Don't worry, even if these batches are flooded, I can get you a new batch to plant." Wei Ruodao.
"If you don't plant it again, it will be too late. The time is wrong." The old man said.
"Don't worry about this, I will find you late-planted wheat seeds, and I will also help you improve and plant them later, and make sure they grow well!" Wei Ruo assured the old man.
The old man looked at Wei Ruo and hesitated.
Wei Ruo continued: "Don't you believe my ability? Haven't you seen the rice grown in your field? Is it later than other rice fields, but more productive than other rice fields?" "You
guys Come with us now. Even if you don't think about yourself, you still have to think about your wife and your little grandson. If they get cold and suffer, what's the point of having a good harvest?" Wei
Ruo The persuasion worked.
The old man hurriedly got off the bed, holding his wife with one hand and holding his grandson with the other.
They put on straw sandals on the ground. The ground was covered with rainwater, and their feet were directly soaked in the cold water.
Wei Ruo and Xiumei came forward to help the old man hold his grandson and support the old lady.
After handing over the family to the government officials, they rushed to the next family without stopping.
(End of chapter)