Chapter 219 The Darkness in the County
A few days passed again, and the black clouds continued to press over the fourth county, and the heavy rain continued to pour down, melting the world in the county.
On the fourth night of the heavy rain, it finally stopped for an evening, which made many people feel relieved. Many things to do began to be organized at the moment when the rain stopped.
In the women's workshop, many spinning yarns that had not been dried before were piled up together, as if they were about to get moldy.
As the heavy rain continues to bless you, many things seem to be moldy, and some other disgusting and unpleasant smells are emitted.
The market has not been arranged for a few days, and people who want to buy some fruits, vegetables and raw meat cannot buy them; those sellers who have accumulated a lot of goods are frowning every day, hoping for the arrival of a sunny day.
In the family of wealthy families, there are enough food, some have enough clothes, and enough fun, but they are difficult to move forward for four or five consecutive days. When they stay in that mansion, people will become moldy, and their vitality will gradually be lost.
The children of these wealthy families also have other families. Their eyes are those brothels, the gambling arena, and the restaurant. The people of them are just thinking about enjoyment now and have not thought about the difficulties of this heavy rain for others. Perhaps they will not think about it either.
Because this is the case in this era, there is a natural gap between wealth and poverty, and there are natural differences between people. Some people have no worries about food and clothing, and they can live happily every day; some people work hard every day and do countless coolies, but because of a natural disaster, all work turns into nothingness.
"The meat smells bad for the rich, and the road is frozen to death! Perhaps this is the portrayal."
When the rain stopped, Liu Shi sent the letter to the county magistrate's mansion. After he left the county magistrate's mansion, he passed by several wealthy families, with many people enjoying themselves in luxury. He heard many singing and dancing, and the beggars were ruthlessly kicked out of the door and then closed the door tightly.
The beggars were all wet and shivering, their faces were covered by scattered hair, and their bodies emitted a moldy smell, as if their bodies were soaked in rain.
When the rain stopped, they finally helped them out and wanted to beg for some food, otherwise they would either be frozen to death by the rain or starved to death.
But after a few hours they came out, they did not beg for anything. They staggered away, staggering, walking along the road filled with rain, and wondering where they were going.
The wealthy families didn't give them any food. They didn't know where to beg for food. They went all the places they could beg for, but they couldn't figure out where they were going.
Liu Shi secretly looked at the beggars. He knew that such suffering people would meet every day, but when it was raining heavily, he felt that these people were particularly pitiful.
Liu Shian used the remaining money to buy some steamed buns for the beggars. The people were so grateful that Liu Shian felt sad.
All he can do with his money is to help them in this way. Such an approach can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and it cannot solve the livelihood problems of these people.
Liu Shinan rode a horse with an umbrella immediately. He also gave the umbrella to the beggars. Perhaps the umbrella could allow them to escape the heavy rain that would come, but Liu Shinan's original intention was that perhaps the umbrella could allow them to exchange for more steamed buns.
He rode his horse and did not rush back to the clinic, but went directly to the north shore. He saw many current situations in the Fourth County along the way.
The horse stepped on the water everywhere on the long street. The water gathered into a stream of water, flowing towards the low place, and finally flowed into the river, and then continued to flow to somewhere.
He saw a city god temple full of people, all of whom were sleeping in the open and some people sleeping in the streets. He had to find a place to hide from the rain on rainy days.
So in that small City God Temple, every place and every place where you can settle down, can become a home for people with nowhere to go.
Someone in the City God Temple saw Liu Shian and cast a begging look, but Liu Shian was not a god after all, and could not help anyone, so he could only ride a horse forward.
When he left, he saw the lost eyes of those people, even some hatred eyes.
Several people rushed out and wanted to steal food from passers-by, but because they were exhausted, they fell to the ground and were trampled by passers-by. Then passers-by left, leaving behind those hungry people, muddy and the water flow, falling to the ground in place, shouting for the injustice of heaven and earth.
Liu Shian also saw such a scene.
He also saw a middle-aged man pulling his daughter to a brothel, selling his daughter to the brothel, and then leaving with a bag of silver without looking back.
No matter how her daughter cried or begged, her father did not look back at all.
Her heart was ashamed and was brought into it by the brothel. The madam said, "It is better to come to us with such a father, eat, drink, and have no worries about food and clothing."
The daughter with pear blossoms and rain stood in front of the brothel, watching her father's departure, and then said, "But it has ruined my entire life here!"
The daughter also saw Liu Shian. Liu Shian slowly rode by the horse and couldn't help at all. There were still many such things, but Liu Shian knew that he could do nothing.
The boy sighed in his heart when he left on a horse.
Liu Shinan knew that there was a lot of darkness in this county and many scenes that made people feel angry when they saw it. However, this is not only the current situation of the fourth county, but also the current situation of the entire state dynasty.
The two places in the East and West continents of Daling are the darkest places in the dynasty. In the past, he followed the young masters and high officials in the Dongzhou city, and did not know enough about some of the obscene acts of Dongzhou.
These days, in this fourth county, I have indeed seen many dark places. The darkness exists everywhere in the county, not only for wealthy families, but also for the government.
Everyone has their own difficulties, and the gap between high and low is also revealed. Only those sufferings are deeply experienced by those who are in dire straits.
"What I can do now is to minimize the flood losses in the fourth county, and then let those displaced people have a place to settle in this fourth county."
Liu Shi secretly had this idea in his mind, and then rode his horse towards the north bank. He needed to know the actual situation of the destruction of the embankment on the north bank so that he could formulate a reasonable plan.
The water on the road splashed, and was then left behind by a horse. One by one, one by one, and the sky gradually became darker.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!