Zhou added firewood to the simple earthen stove and said worriedly, “When will such a day be the end?”
Aunt Yue also said to the side, “If the government does not resettle the disaster refugees, we will not be able to hold on.” The supplies they brought were almost used up in the past half month.
Yue Shu was working silently, and he was also worried. Although the government and the rich households in the city gave two porridge every day, they were just not full and hunger to death.
Living in such a place, the young are fine, but the elderly and children can’t hold on and they will get sick.
At this time, a shout sounded, “It’s a list! The government has a list!”
“From tomorrow, the government will collect refugees one by one. As long as they work, they will distribute food, clothing, medicinal materials and other supplies! Those who want to work will register!”
After they confirmed the news, countless refugees began to cheer, “It’s great, it’s great!”
Everyone believed that everything would be fine.
At night, after Yue Shu’s family drank the porridge they received, they also prepared to discuss how many people their family will go to register for work.
Just as Yue Shu was about to go in, he felt his shoulders being put on with one hand. The person behind him called out his name, “Yue Shu!”
He looked back and said, “My benefactor!”
The young man Yue Shu met that day was nothing but Qin Sheng. He went to help deliver the goods that day, and Liu Erxi asked someone to bring him back, saying that the buyer’s child might have worms on his stomach, so he asked him to bring some pagoda candy over.
Isn’t this just happening to meet Yue Shu and his son on the road. Seeing the child’s sick look, he gave them two pagoda candies.
Time is urgent, Qin Sheng got straight to the point and said directly, “I’m here to find you. There is something to ask me. The Liaodong Chamber of Commerce will transport a large number of grain to the north in the near future, and plan to hire a group of people to escort it. Are you interested?”
Liaodong Chamber of Commerce? Yue Shu has heard of it. Although he was outside the city, news still spread from time to time in the city.
He asked quickly, “My benefactor, are you from the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce?”
“It’s true.”
“Really speaking, I have to help you with my benefactor’s care, no matter what, no wages are needed. However, my family has not been properly settled yet, so it’s hard for me to leave too far away.” When he said this, Yue Shu felt very guilty.
“Then bring your family with you!” Qin Sheng said.
Ah? Yue Shu was stunned.
“Young and middle-aged people escort food, giving three to five kilograms of grain a day.”
Yue Shu’s heart moved, “Can my brother and the others be hired?”
“Yes. People like you will give five kilograms a day. Ordinary young and strong people 3 kilograms a day.”
Yue Shu calculated, heThere are four young and strong people in our family who can earn more than ten kilograms of food a day, which is enough for their food rations and may still have surplus.
“On the way, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce will hire some strong women to cook and give food, and it will also provide food.”
“My benefactor, let me ask my father what he means?”
“Go, think carefully, I’ll wait for your news.”
Yue Shu came back shortly after he left, “My benefactor, we have decided to accept the employment of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce.”
The main reason is that the Southland’s practice of disregarding the disaster victims for more than a month is so disappointing.
Although I have made a list today and said that I would distribute food, clothing, medicinal materials and other materials when working, it is still unknown how much it will be distributed.
Their family discussed and felt that the government in the south could not be as generous as the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce. Moreover, Qin Sheng is their benefactor. If it weren’t for him, then a few big bugs would be in the child’s body, and they didn’t know at all, and it would be terrible to think about it.
Anyway, they have no home now, so they escort the grain all the way north. If there is a good place, they will send the grain and then go back to settle it.