Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

Of course, Zhang's son had to wear women's clothes. Even without Chu Shiyu asking, Madam Zhang immediately asked someone to find women's clothes that could fit him! Everyone knew the choice between gouging out his eyes and being blind from now on or being humiliated for a few days!

Moreover, despite the strong opposition from Zhang Dizi, he was given heavy makeup. Madam Zhang did not tell him that this was to make him unrecognizable, and that it would be a good lesson for him if he felt embarrassed.

While they were tinkering there, Chu Shiyu, Liu Rusi and their group had already returned to the city with loads of silver and rice.

Liu Rusi looked at the boxes and sacks on dozens of carriages, feeling a little nervous. If there were such scenes on TV, there would be a 90% chance that they would be robbed! Although there were more than 200 guards here, and they were all the kind that could fight ten to one, what if they ran into a group that could fight a hundred to one? !

In order to facilitate shopping and commuting, the Zhang family built the villa very close to Xingzhou City, not too high on the mountain, and specially built a road for easy access.

In less than an hour, they arrived safely in Xingzhou City. Facts proved that Liu Rusi was worrying too much.

From outside the city, Xingzhou City has not changed much except that it is a little dirty. Only a small section of the city wall has collapsed. But when you walk inside, you can see the difference: more houses have collapsed.

But there were far more people on the street than the last time I entered the city. Last time there were only a few businesses on both sides of the road, but this time there were quite a few people on the street. Some were cleaning the streets, some were pulling various bricks, stones and wood, and some were repairing and rebuilding houses.

Seeing the strange look in Liu Rusi's eyes, Chu Shiyu took the initiative to explain: "Before, Zhang Shiliang sent people to stop the people from entering the city. Those who could be persuaded to leave the city were persuaded to leave. Those who were in the city that day were unwilling to leave."

Considering what he had learned before, Liu Rusi felt a little emotional. It seemed that the dam breach was indeed a conspiracy. Because they knew that staying in the city would bring disaster, they did not allow the people to enter the city to reduce casualties...

This cannot change the fact that Zhang Shiliang participated in unscrupulous crimes, causing more casualties and losses to the people, but it also shows that he is not a completely bad person and has a tiny bit of conscience.

"Has there been any relief in the past few days? I didn't see anyone snatching food along the way." The two times I went into the city, the people were in completely different states. Although they were still suffering, they were now in a state of recovery.

"That's what I came here to do." Chu Shiyu said with a smile, "But I changed the method a little bit. I used the method I used in Fujiang Village before, which is to use work instead of relief."

"Look at those who clean the streets and carry bricks and stones. They are all hired with food as wages. They are assigned a certain amount of work and get paid after completing it. The daily wage for one person is enough to feed him for ten days."

"The pay is low but you still have to work hard. There are fewer wealthy people pretending to be here to collect relief, but the victims who really need it will not be dissatisfied, so we have to hire workers who can write and record the daily work. No one can be hired again within three days. We try to ensure that every disaster victim has the opportunity to work and get paid."

Liu Rusi couldn't help but nodded. She had always known that Chu Shiyu was capable of getting things done.

But she looked at the people working on the street, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Some women and children may not have men at home... Are they also working for relief?"

Chu Shiyu paused for a moment and said softly, "We have recruited a small number of women who can write and are physically strong, but we mainly give alms in the traditional way. There are porridge distribution points at the four city gates every morning and evening. You can eat until you are full and leave. Women and children are allowed to go, but adult men are not allowed to give alms."

"Well, it's already very good." Liu Rusi smiled and sighed inwardly. This is a problem of the times. Generally speaking, women do not have much advantage in physical work, but physical labor accounts for the majority of this era. And because only men can participate in the imperial examinations, educational resources rarely fall on women.

All the way to the government office.

The place has been cleaned up again. People have been hired to repair some collapsed and damaged buildings, and the surviving officials and yamen runners have been temporarily recruited by Chu Shiyu, and most of them have been assigned to do other things.

When Liu Rusi walked towards the collapsed yard, Chu Shiyu grabbed her and asked with a frown, "It's still dangerous there, why are you going there?"

"My suitcase and bag were dropped there. I'll go back and see if they are still there..."

Liu Rusi couldn't help feeling ashamed. She had carried it with her every day just in case, but when the emergency really happened, she didn't carry it with her - but it came in handy when she was riding on the road, at least she had clean clothes to change into for a few days.

Chu Shiyu's face showed a conflicted look. It would be great if those annoying bags were thrown away. However... he hoped that Liu Rusi had put them down on her own initiative, rather than being forced to lose them.

"Your things have all been found. They have been washed and dried and placed in the yard where you are going to live." Chu Shiyu pulled Liu Rusi and turned towards the yard where they were going to live, pretending not to notice that she was trying to pull her hand out.

For a moment, Liu Rusi didn't know whether she should thank him or scold him. As she was struggling with this, she was taken to the large yard at the back. There was no doubt that they would live in the same yard.

With the living conditions in place, Chu Shiyu reserved four rooms for them. They could choose to live separately or together, but he directly arranged the largest main room for Liu Rusi and put all her things there.

Chu Shiyu naturally let go of her hand only after he brought Liu Rusi to the room where she was going to live. Too much is as bad as too little. If he let go of her hand after she scolded him, it would be counterproductive.

Liu Rusi looked at Chu Shiyu inexplicably. Did he have some kind of emotional strategy system? Otherwise, how could he have such a precise timing? She was just about to speak up and ask him to let go.

Putting these strange questions aside for the moment, Liu Rusi focused her attention on the box with the red cross painted on it. The box was painted with wood, and the surface was a little flaky after being soaked in water, but that didn't matter.

There are three layers in the box. The first layer should be gauze and cotton balls wrapped in oil paper, but now the gauze and cotton balls are exposed outside. It is obvious that they were soaked by the flood and put back in after washing and drying. This is nothing. You can still use it after re-cooking it at high temperature and drying it.

The second layer was her instruments, including scissors, scalpels, suture needles, etc., as well as the sutures she had handled. After checking, the sutures were gone, but everything else was there, and they should have been wiped, and the white cloth used to cover and pad was also washed.

The third layer is her huge pile of alcohol. This one is more miserable. There are only three bottles left, and the wax seals of some of the bottles are missing. You can feel that they are empty when you pick them up.

It probably wasn't drunk. The bottles she used were specially burned. There were red skulls painted on them and a big word "poison" written on them... Maybe they were shattered by a collision during the flood and then cleaned up.

"Do you want to prepare the disinfectant inside? I'll ask someone to find you what materials you need." Chu Shiyu asked proactively.

Liu Rusi was silent for a while, and suddenly looked at Chu Shiyu solemnly and asked: "If something is very dangerous and can destroy many people, but it is also very useful, will you let it appear?"

Chu Shiyu didn't know why she asked, but he lowered his eyes and thought seriously for a long time, then raised his head and said: "If it is something that can be realized, sooner or later someone will make it happen. It is better to make it happen with your own hands, control the danger in your own hands, and enjoy the benefits."