Chapter 69: Government Attitude
The magistrate of Tianhe County was a good official. He knew how to organize forces to rescue survivors, dig up corpses, and provide porridge to the people to ensure their safety. When the team gradually left the scope of Tianhe Town and entered the next county town, Shen Xiangwan saw a different scene. Among the ruins, he could always see people digging desperately with their bare hands, and their painful wails were endless.

From beginning to end, she didn't see a single official, as if the government didn't exist.

It was not until the team arrived at the city that had also collapsed due to the earthquake that Shen Xiangwan saw the shadows of soldiers and yamen runners. The former were lined up in several rows to guard in front of the city wall to prevent the victims from entering the city, while the latter were supervising the strong laborers recruited from nowhere to rebuild the city wall.

"Sir, please let us in, please? We just want to buy something."

"Wuwuwu... Oh my God, please leave us a way to survive."

"Our home was destroyed by the earthquake. Please have mercy on us..."

"Sir..."

Today is the third day since the earthquake and the aftershocks are still continuing. The people who have lost their homes can only run to the county town with their families, hoping to find a chance of survival, but the soldiers guarding the city block them outside, so that a large number of victims gather outside the city. Their painful wails resound through the world, but cannot move the soldiers or the officials in the city.

This scene was exactly as Wei Chengyi said, no one cared about the lives of the victims.

"damn it!"

Shen Xiangwan did not consider himself a good person, but he was still very angry when he saw this situation. What were the people to those officials?
Evening!

Reaching out to hold her hand, Wei Chengyi showed pity on his face. She must have never seen such a scene before? He had never seen it before his death in his previous life. After all, since he went to the battlefield at the age of fourteen, his attention was all on the battlefield. It was not until he died and drifted as a soul that he saw clearly how dark the officialdom was and how difficult the lives of the lower-class people were.

"They are all fucking dogs."

Yan Lang, who had been following the donkey cart, could not stop cursing. The city wall here did not need to defend against foreign enemies, so why did it need to be rebuilt so urgently? If they had that energy, they might as well put it into helping the people. But... the people were already like this, and they not only did not care, but also tried to stop and expel them. Are they still human?

"father."

Looking at him and then looking at the soldiers in front who were already violently driving the civilians away, Yan Junling's handsome and unpredictable face was also covered with a layer of frost. They were not leaving any way for the civilians to survive!

"Boss, how are you?"

As they were talking, Zhao San and Lao Zhou, who had gone to negotiate with the soldiers, came back one after another. The escorts rushed forward. Although it was only the afternoon, the road condition was not good, and there were still aftershocks from time to time, so they did not plan to go any further.

Facing their expectant gazes, the two men shook their heads at the same time: "The soldiers guarding the city said that the post station has collapsed and will not let us in."

"Grass!"

Hearing this, the escorts all burst into swearing. If they couldn't enter the city, they would have to sleep outdoors today. Who knew if there would be another bad accident at night? Moreover, they were planning to ask the government for more food rations, but now it was impossible. With only the food rations they got in Tianhe County yesterday, they could only last until tomorrow at most.

"Okay, let's keep going and find a village to stay in."

Zhao Shan and Lao Zhou also looked unhappy. They couldn't stay in the city and had no food replenishment. How could they not be annoyed?
"God damn it, get going now."

“Pah pah…”

The escorts felt unhappy and took their anger out on the exiles, cracking their whips. Even though they didn't hit anyone, the sound was horrifying enough. Everyone was quite dissatisfied at first, but after seeing this situation, they dared not say a word and all followed the team in silence.

When the donkey cart turned around, Shen Xiangwan, who had calmed down, turned his head to look at the nearby county town. A light surged in his eyes, and terrifying sparks burst out faintly.

The exile team walked forward another ten miles, until the end of the You hour, when it had already darkened, and finally entered a dilapidated village.

"Sir, I am the head of Datao Village. What are you doing?"

Seeing them enter the village, the village chief, who was about 40 or 50 years old, came up with a few villagers. They were ragged and haggard, and it was obvious that they had also suffered a great disaster. "We are the officials escorting the exiles. We would like to rest in the village tonight. Is it convenient?"

Jumping off the ox cart, Zhao Shan spoke as kindly as possible.

"It's not inconvenient, but, Officer, as you know, we have encountered a once-in-a-century earthquake here. Almost all the houses in the village have collapsed. I'm afraid we can't provide you with a place to stay."

The village chief did not refuse and spoke frankly about their situation.

"It doesn't matter, as long as there is a vacant place to stay."

The reason they entered the village was not to find a good house to stay in, but to seek a safe place. A place where people gathered was better than the wilderness, right? At least when sleeping at night, they didn't have to worry about being attacked by wild animals.

"Okay, Sanwazi, take them to the cleared area at the east end of the village."

"it is good."

The villager called Sanwazi looked to be in his twenties at most, with dark skin and very tall. "Sir, please follow me."

"Thank you."

After thanking them, Zhao Shan jumped onto the ox cart again and led everyone to follow Sanwazi who was walking in front.

The village chief arranged for them to live in an area that had been cleaned up spontaneously by the villagers. All the houses here had collapsed, leaving only half of a wall. They randomly picked a ruined building and moved in. After walking for a whole day, everyone was tired, especially those who had caught a cold. They didn't even have the energy to complain.

Fortunately, there is a well here, so they don’t have to worry about water.

"Mom, let's sleep in the carriage with the children tonight."

The escorts were distributing steamed corn bread to everyone. Shen Xiangwan took out pots, pans, and bowls from the carriage. In order to make it easier to carry and to extend the storage time of the food, their dry food was all dried biscuits. The lunch break was short, so they could only swallow it with water. She didn't want to eat like that at night.

"Ah."

Zhao Yuping did not object, but Wei Chenghe asked doubtfully: "What about me and my second brother?"

"You guys, take charge of keeping watch for us."

With his eyes rolling around, Shen Xiangwan smiled and teased him on purpose.

"what?"

Wei Chenghe was stunned. Do we still have to keep watch?

Seeing his silly brother playing around, Wei Chengyi shook his head in amusement, then leaned over to Shen Xiangwan's ear and whispered, "Are you really going to sleep in the carriage tonight?"

For some reason, he always felt that she couldn't be that honest.

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