The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 222 These people fleeing famine are different

After the gatekeeper finished speaking a bunch of precautions with a stern face, Shen Zhiqiu and his team finally entered the city gate.

The city is not in a canyon-like shape like the city gate, but rather a large flat land.

They seemed to come in from the spout of the pot and fell into the huge round belly. The slopes on all sides were gentle and the towering mountains and peaks were walls.

Shen Zhiqiu took the lead and walked quickly. He had to be in a hurry. Didn’t he hear others say that he should quickly get the food and find a place to stay?

In fact, at this point, not only Shen Zhiqiu and his companions were anxious, but also the housekeeper, old women, maids and servants at the porridge distribution point were anxious.

But they were in a hurry to get off work and were already packing up things in the soup kitchen.

A steward was instructing the servants to load things onto the cart when he looked up and inadvertently saw a group of people walking towards him from a distance. They looked skinny and ragged, and were obviously refugees.

He quickly called out to the others: "Don't clean up yet, there are refugees coming."

As a result, a group of little kids got off the ox cart. The oldest was seven or eight years old, and the youngest looked only two or three years old.

They walked up to him with their short legs and said in a baby voice: "May the peach blossoms bloom for a thousand years. May the kind-hearted people live longer and be better than gods."

Looking at the row of little kids, watching them raise their little fists, bow and say blessings.

Wishing them longevity with the clear and tender voice of children is like being a god!

The maids and servants who had originally been complaining about their late arrival and delaying their work schedule immediately put their dissatisfaction to rest.

Who can refuse the sincere wishes from a group of little kids in their baby voices?

All of a sudden, including the housekeeper, the old women, the maids and the servants, all showed great enthusiasm.

"Come, take the remaining dry food with you. The city gates are about to close. I don't think there will be any more refugees coming."

"Yes, put them all in. Do you have any bamboo baskets? I still have a lot of steamed buns here. If you can't use them, you can use the baggage wrapping. Just be careful when you stack them, don't let the heavy objects crush them."

"And I have some hot porridge here. Do you have a wooden bucket? I'll fill it up for you to take away. Now all that's left is the thick porridge."

Shen Yuanbao was not afraid of people and asked directly: "Benefactor, can a bamboo tube be used? The wooden barrel is easy to shake when it is opened, and it is difficult for our father to push it."

"Okay, this kid is sensible and smart!"

The housekeeper immediately called out, "Come quickly, all of you, come to our shed and line up for porridge. Empty your bamboo tubes."

Shen Luming hugged Shen Zhiqiu's thigh shyly, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Shen Zhiqiu lowered his head: "What's wrong?"

Shen Luming whispered: "No one gave me money."

Shen Zhiqiu chuckled and teased his son deliberately: "Oh, this is a bad start! Son, there are only housekeepers here, and we can't make any decisions. The nobles have all gone home for dinner at this time. This is a bad idea."

The voice was very low, but Li Jingshu next to him still heard it. She reached out and pushed Shen Zhiqiu: You are not a good person, and you made a mistake? Aren't you afraid of corrupting the child?

After scolding, he picked up Shen Luming and walked towards the ox cart. After keeping a distance from the crowd, he gently taught him:

"Lulu, when we receive favors from others and eat from them, we say blessings to them to show our gratitude.

People are kind enough to give us food for free, and we have nothing to give them. We can only give them some blessings and say thank you.

This doesn't mean we should be greedy and ask others for whatever we need.

Moreover, we can't buy anything even if we have money now, because we are not allowed to wander around. There is nothing we can do about the situation.

But you have to remember, when we settle down and become stable in the future, we can no longer ask others for help. After all, we have to rely on ourselves to survive, and others don’t owe us anything. "

It was the first time that Shen Luming saw his mother look so serious. He nodded his head obediently: "Okay, Mom, I understand."

Li Jingshu smiled slightly and touched his son's head with one hand: "You are so good, and remember the help these people gave you.

As the saying goes, a drop of water should be repaid with a spring. When we settle down, you should study hard. When you grow up, I don’t ask you to repay these kind people.

But at least we should learn from these people and lend a hand when others are in trouble.”

"Okay! A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of water. Mother, I will remember this."

While Li Jingshu was educating his son, the city guard who stamped their cards was actually worried and wanted to come over to take a look.

As a result, I happened to see this scene.

The official basically heard what was said, and a smile appeared on his face, which had been serious since they met.

He came here because he was worried that these refugees had been fleeing for so long that they would easily get jealous when they saw food.

It’s not that the refugees are really ungrateful. After all, the journey has been so difficult that they are really afraid of going hungry.

The gatekeepers had to stop it at this time.

Even if this is not the case, the refugees must finish their meals quickly and leave.

Especially in Huguan County, where porridge stalls are located in the city, they are not allowed to stay for too long.

But today this group of people entered the city too late. When they arrived at the city gate, it was about to close.

If it was any later, they would probably have to spend the night outside the city gate.

But he let the people into the city, and there were no officials following them, so if something really happened, the biggest responsibility would be on him.

So after closing the city gate, he came over to check on them out of concern, and when he saw that they had almost finished eating, he ordered them to find a place to settle down quickly.

But now, he felt a lot more relieved listening to Li Jingshu educating the child in a gentle voice.

The main thing is that although this group of people are a far cry from the group led by Leader Zhou at noon in terms of attire, you can tell from the way they speak that they are very reasonable.

At least they are definitely not those who take the initiative to stir up trouble and cause trouble for him for no reason.

However, he still had to remind him, so he walked straight towards the oldest Mr. Shen, who was obviously the head of the family.

"Old man, it's time to find a place to stay. Don't waste too much time here. There will be a curfew soon. If there are patrols in the city, it would be bad if they catch anyone walking around."

"Okay, okay, let's go now."

The gatekeeper suddenly added, "Go along this north-south street to the third alley entrance. There is an inn on the west side.

It was a business inn with relatively cheap prices, but one thing was that the people staying there were all merchants and traveling businessmen, so they were required to take good care of their children when they went in.

When you get there, you can tell the shopkeeper directly that I introduced you and my last name is Sun."

"Sir, thank you so much. We were just wondering where to find an inn."

As soon as Mr. Shen finished his polite remarks, he waved and called everyone: "Gather, let's go."

After gathering, all of them, led by the old man, from the oldest to the youngest, bowed to all the people in the soup kitchen.

Just as a group of stewards, old women, maids, and gatekeepers were watching their receding backs, they couldn't help but sigh: This group of refugees seems to be a little different,

Master Shen pulled Shen Zhiqiu aside and said, "Little Sanzi, the official introduced us to a business inn. Is that not good for you?"

Shen Zhiqiu waved his hand: What's good or bad? As long as it's cheap, why are you still concerned about these things at this time?