Chapter 752: Prince?!
When Di Renjie saw Li Chengqian take over the pottery bowl, he couldn't help but touch Li Chengqian with his elbow, and said with his mouth: "It's dirty!" β
This pottery bowl was taken out of the old man's arms, and Di Renjie could see it clearly, this old man's clothes had not been washed for a long time, and his open front arms were covered with stains.
Because he was infused with the knowledge of bacteria by Leng Feng, Li Tai, who was the laziest after fighting, also developed the habit of washing his hands before meals.
But Li Chengqian didn't see it, so he brought it to his mouth and sucked a mouthful of porridge fiercely.
Seeing Li Chengqian drink the porridge, the old man opened his toothless mouth and smiled, and drank all his porridge.
After the old man drank the porridge, Li Chengqian handed the pottery bowl to Di Renjie and took the old man to the shade of the tree and sat down.
"Old man, don't you have any children at home? I remember that the soup kitchen could be brought by children to the elderly in the family! β
Because soup kitchens are life-saving places, and as long as they are disaster victims, they don't have to worry about eating this meal or not, so there are no people who take it at all.
As long as it is taken away by multiple collars, there must be elderly people with limited mobility at home.
The old man wiped the bowl with his clothes, stuffed it directly into his arms, and then said with a smile: "It's all gone, the eldest son starved to death when he was in a famine, the second son died in the army, and when the daughter-in-law gave birth to the third child, she died in childbirth...."
Listening to the old man's homely talk about their own disasters, Li Chengqian and Di Renjie both felt blocked in their hearts.
It's obviously a tragic thing, but it's very plain to say in the old man's mouth. It can be seen how many years this old man has suffered.
Di Renjie couldn't help but ask, "That.... So how do you make a living? β
"Making a living?" The old man looked back at Di Renjie, and then suddenly realized: "You ask the old man how I survived!" In fact, I usually help some villagers in the village to farm, and they will also give the old man some food to eat, so I have lived until now. β
Looking at the old man's withered face, thin arms and legs, it was hard for the two brothers to imagine how such an old man could work in the fields.
At such an age, you should live up and enjoy the filial piety of your children and grandchildren!
Li Chengqian couldn't help but say: "Old man, there are provisions in the Tang Dynasty that when people are over eighty, everyone in the world has the obligation to support them, why do you still have to work for a living?" β
The old man looked at Li Chengqian like a fool.
Such a gaze made Li Chengqian very ashamed, and his ears turned red.
The old man pouted: "Baby, you are dreaming, the words of the court are just talking, you are really a fool!" Maintenance? Who will support you? Each family can't raise their own mothers and children, how can they have time to care about people who don't matter? ...."ζζΊη«― δΈη§θ¨δ½γβm.\B\iq\u\g\\o\mγ provides you with wonderful \ novel reading.
Listening to the old man uncover the hypocrisy of the imperial court system little by little, Li Chengqian's face became more and more ugly.
No wonder Master suggested that it was best for him to go out for a walk, these things could not be heard in the palace. Before he met this old man, he had always fantasized about the old man outside Chang'an City, and when he was old, someone took him to his home to support him as his biological father.
Now, reality has dealt him a hard blow.
The foundation of the Tang Dynasty is a blank check, how much of the real situation is different from what he imagined?
At this moment, Li Chengqian found that he was really like an idiot....
A year of time? Now that it's out, let's take advantage of the time of the year and see all over Datang!
When the old man saw Li Chengqian's embarrassed appearance, he probably felt that what he said was a bit excessive, so he suddenly changed his words and said:
"Actually, with such a court, we ordinary people should be content. This year, there was a drought, and there was no harvest in the field, so didn't the imperial court immediately mobilize grain and transport it! Although the speed of transportation from Chang'an is slow, the surrounding state capitals have temporarily brought food to us to feed our stomachs. Lord Thorn Shi also mobilized the fishermen on the beach to fish for us, and it is estimated that there will be fish porridge to eat in a few days.
You know, these don't cost money, what a good court! In the past, during the Great Cause years, we had a famine, and the imperial court did say that it was a disaster relief. But where did their food go? Didn't you starve a lot of people to death? β
Di Renjie couldn't help but nodded, in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, corrupt officials were rampant, and relief grain in many places was exploited layer by layer. The emperor thought that the relief was complete, but in reality he was still starving.
These, when he was studying history books, the great Confucian who taught the class kicked over the table with hatred of iron and steel, and viciously said that the students he taught, if there is a hand to the people to provide disaster relief food when he is an official in the future, he will definitely fight with him endlessly.
Li Chengqian sighed and asked, "Old man, since your second son died as a soldier, why do you still support us to become a soldier?" β
The old man grinned and said, "The court that can prevent the people from starving to death is a good court, and such a court naturally has to keep it." And you don't know, now our soldiers of Datang can enjoy happiness.
I heard from the soldiers next door who were home to visit their relatives that many of the troops were equipped with thunder. He didn't say what the thunder was, and we didn't understand it. He said that the thunder thing can kill a lot of barbarians without using a knife. That's all, he said he couldn't say it easily. β
Hearing the old man talk about thunder, Li Chengqian and Di Renjie glanced at each other, and they both saw the smiles in each other's eyes. TVmobile/
I didn't think that ordinary people could know the power of thunder now, although the soldier was a little talkative, but now it seems that the outflow of thunder news has made the people more and more confident in the army.
When it comes to thunder, the two of them think of the real developer of thunder, their master.
Now the master is also in Dengzhou, but because of the disaster relief, the master and apprentice can't see each other.
Thinking of this, Di Renjie was depressed. I heard that the master took Senior Brother Li Tai and Senior Brother Li Ke to the sea for a big battle, and they used the latest ironclad ships. He had always been curious about how the iron bump floated on the water, but with Senior Brother Prince, he couldn't see it.
Di Renjie was depressed here, and Li Chengqian on the other side had already helped the old man up.
"Old man, since you have no family, why don't you let me arrange a place for you to go, how about it?"
The old man looked at Li Chengqian's hands and arms, which were whiter than the eldest girl, and wondered, "You are not refugees?" β
Li Chengqian smiled: "Naturally not, you just need to come with us." β
The old man was confused and was helped onto the road by Li Chengqian.
After a short walk, a luxurious horse-drawn carriage stopped on the side of the road.
After seeing the three of them, the soldiers around the carriage all knelt on one knee: "His Royal Highness the Prince!" β
The old man, who was still being held by Li Chengqian, let go of Li Chengqian as if he was electrocuted, looked at Li Chengqian in disbelief and asked, "Prince?!" β
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