Chapter Nineteen: The Road Sees Injustice

  The two of them walked a few steps outside before Wang Daifu finally spoke up in a soft voice: "It's rare for Master to be so kind-hearted, and I am deeply respectful of that. However, please forgive me for speaking bluntly - this woman has just given birth, and it would not be suitable for an old man like myself to get involved. It would be best to find a midwife to come over and help with the cleaning up, lest..."

  Yang Bo nodded, this doctor still has some insight and skills, at least he knows how to clean the wound to prevent infection, but the problem is that he has only been here for half a day, where can he find a midwife?

  Wang Daifu saw Yang Bo hesitating and not speaking, so he smiled and said: "Little old man has a few familiar midwives. Hmm, there's a nearby Li Dama who is decent and has some reputation in this line of work. Young master just needs to send her 500 coins, and everything will be taken care of."

  Yang Bo thought for a moment, considering the current prices, five hundred coins was not expensive for labor costs, so he nodded in agreement. He then took out the silver and settled the medical fee with Wang Daifu. As for the prescription, it was the same as the beggar's, so there was no need to open another one. He also gave about one coin of silver as a thank you for the house call, which Wang Daifu happily accepted and left.

  Soon, Tie Niu returned with two clay pots, which surprised Yang Bo. It turned out that the family he had asked for water from had some leftover congee from breakfast, and Tie Niu had bought it along with the pots without haggling over the price. Tie Niu's ability to get things done instantly earned him a newfound respect from Yang Bo, who also saw that he was a generous spender.

  The little beggar carefully held the bowl and fed his sister, while Yang Bo and Tie Niu stood by silently watching, the two of them speechless.

  Such bitter experiences they have also been through, several nights as soon as he closed his eyes what roast chicken, grilled chicken, KFC was in front of him constantly flashing, Yang Bo even fell down with sequelae, as long as slightly full or hungry, stomach pain is severe.

  Hunger is easy to cure, after drinking a few mouthfuls of thin porridge, the beggar girl had already recovered some energy, she sat up half leaning on her brother's side, gulping down large mouthfuls. The tattered and torn cotton-padded jacket over her abdomen kept heaving up and down, as if she was afraid that if she didn't hold onto the bowl tightly it would fly away.

  Just then, a small head with a queue appeared at the edge of the low wall outside the door, and upon seeing this scene, he seemed to be somewhat afraid. Under Yang Bo's inquiring gaze, he stammered out a sentence: "Which young master wants grandma's help? Grandma told me to bring you..." It turned out that Li Dama had sent her grandson to lead the way.

  Yang Bo snatched the clay pot from the beggar girl's hand and said, "Let's go! Don't let her eat too much for now. You can have some of the leftovers, Tie Niu? Come on!"

  Yang Bo and Tie Niu carried the door panel, one in front of the other, while Qi'er followed beside them, still holding onto the broken pot in her arms.

  Li Daign's home is not far from here, after turning two or three corners, we arrived. This is a common type of building in this era, with a small courtyard and a two-story house, the first floor is for business, and the second floor is for living.

  Mrs. Li was already waiting at the door early, and when she entered the yard, a middle-aged man who looked honest and reliable was adding material to burn water at the stove, it seemed that Mr. Wang had already come over to instruct them to make preparations. Mrs. Li was very talkative, according to her, she had been helping with childbirth for decades, this experience would be more than enough to be a head nurse in later generations. Under Mrs. Li's guidance, Yang Bo and Tie Niu carried the person into a single room, inside which a large bathtub had already been prepared, the wooden barrel was already filled with half a barrel of hot soup water, making the whole room steamy.

  Taking advantage of Li Danni's busy time, Yang Bo stood behind a tree in the yard with his hands behind his back and fell into deep thought. Just then, he suddenly heard a thud behind him, followed by the sound of knocking on the ground.

  Yang Bo sighed and said faintly: "Who did it?"

  The beggar did not answer Yang Bo's words, but instead kowtowed and wept: "I only ask the young master to spare my life for a few days, I will avenge that beast and then come to serve the young master... I only ask the young master to give me..."

  "Shut up!" Yang Bo shouted sternly, and several people in the distance were startled. They looked over here with some confusion.

  Yang Bo suppressed his anger and turned around, lowering his voice to say: "Want to die? First get up, come over and tell me the whole story clearly."

  The beggar knelt under the tree, crying and slowly telling what had happened. It turned out that the beggar's name was Xiao Mo Xiu, his sister was Xiao Yu Lan, and they were from Qingzhou, Shandong Province. Their father, Xiao Qian Yuan, had once held the position of Tong Pan in Qingzhou Prefecture. He had obtained this lucrative post through the influence of Wei Zhongxian's five tiger-like followers when Wei was 90 years old. After the case of Wei Zhongxian's rebellion was settled in the seventh year of Tianqi, their father naturally got involved and implicated. When the three parties and Wei Zhongxian fell from power, the Donglin Party dominated the court, and to avoid future troubles, they quickly sentenced these remnants of the three parties - all their property was confiscated, and the whole family was exiled to the border.

  When the house was being robbed, his brother and sister happened to be out and not at home. Seeing that things were not good, Xiao Mo Chou took her younger sister and escaped, although they temporarily escaped the disaster, but from a young age, they had been dressed in silk and jade, who would have thought that one day they would end up like this?

  The two siblings had no means of making a living and could only beg their way south, enduring untold hardships along the way. With no road permits and fearing pursuit by the authorities, they spent every moment in anxiety, but fortunately, it was a chaotic era and the road permit system had long since become a mere formality, so the two siblings were lucky to have escaped here.

  The Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions are relatively more affluent, so the two of them managed to get by with a meal one day and going hungry the next. Originally, they had planned to settle down here, but unexpectedly, there were frequent natural disasters in the surrounding provinces during this period, and a large number of refugees poured in continuously. What's worse is that the arrival of a large number of refugees has further fueled the local people's xenophobic sentiment, making it impossible for them to beg for food now.

  Two days ago, my sister Xiao Yulan was so hungry that she couldn't get out of bed. In order to save her sister, Xiao Moqiu reluctantly left her alone in the City God Temple and went out to beg for food. Unexpectedly, when she came back with food at noon today, her sister had already...

  Xiao Mo said with a sad face that he was kneeling in front of Yang Bo again, knocking his head non-stop, and his nose and tears were covered with yellow mud.

  Yang Bo sighed silently in his heart and remained silent for a moment before asking: "Do you know who did it?"

  Xiao Mo Xiang unflinchingly met his gaze, raised her head and firmly said: "I know..."

  Yang Bo's face turned sullen, Xiao Mo's heart was racing with anxiety, and he had to force himself to continue: "...the City God Temple was originally a beggar's den, not just my brother and sister lived here, but also a local beggar who came here before...it was him who did it..."

  Yang Bo raised his hand to stop Xiao Mo Yu's action of kowtowing again, stood up and turned around a few times. Xiao Mo Yu stared blankly at Yang Bo's unpredictable face, wanting to plead but not daring to speak out loud. Without a doubt, the young master in front of her was a good person, but in this chaotic world, a slave with a clean family background and good health was only worth 1,500 coins.

  Would he be willing to take the lead for his own sister? It's too common in this world that women are defiled, I've heard that Jianluo slaves have kidnapped tens of thousands of Han women and children at once, who would care about their fate?