The world is not benevolent and treats all things as stupid dogs. An Xin does not know whether the heaven and the earth are benevolent, but An Anxin knows that if the human heart is ruthless, it will be much more unkind than the heaven and the earth.
Xin'an Town is close to the Holy City. Although the current imperial court is weak and incompetent, it is still a holy place in the hearts of the people. When riots occur in their hometown, most refugees think of the Holy City immediately. This Xin'an Town also has an increase in the number of people.
In one afternoon, Xin'an Town was filled with refugees. Perhaps they were traveling too quickly. These people were sitting in groups or three together on the road.
Some of the people who brought their families with them naturally brought their wealth and lives with them, and all kinds of cattle, sheep, and mules were running around on the road.
An Xin looked at the crowd on the road and shook his head silently:
"The situation is pretty good now. In a few days, Xin'an Town will not be so harmonious."
Xingchen listened to An Xin's words but didn't say anything. He just silently walked to the door of the inn with a broom and cleaned the steps of the inn.
Most businesses in Xin'an Town are unhappy with the influx of refugees. After all, this group of people had affected their business, but they didn't say anything. The rich's sympathy for the weak still showed up in Xin'an Town, a somewhat peaceful place.
Sitting peacefully in the inn drinking tea. He no longer expected any business to come to the inn these days.
Xingchen cleaned the stairs and returned to the inn. That was all she could do for these ordinary homeless people. Of course, if you want to show off, you can give some food to these poor people, but if you really do this, these poor people will take advantage of her kindness.
The misery of the refugees was far more cruel than An An thought. In just one afternoon, seven parents holding girls bravely came to the inn and asked An An if he wanted to buy a maid to stay by his side. The price was not high. He sold his daughter to An Xin for only 5 shi of rice.
An Xin naturally refused, but Xingchen couldn't bear to see these girls who were quiet and silent in their parents' arms. How smart she is, she naturally knows how miserable these girls will end up if they can't be sold, but what can she do? She can afford to adopt 8 out of 10, and she can do her part for 100 or 1,000. But what can she do? What could she do if there were thousands of them.
The world is cruel, and what is even more cruel is the human heart.
The changes in the refugees in Xin'an Town occurred much earlier than An Anxin, and a murder occurred in Xin'an Town in the afternoon.
There was no other reason. Shopkeeper Zhou, who was selling rice in West Street, saw the large influx of refugees and launched the "Dead Man's Wealth", which increased the price of rice eight times. Several refugees who pooled their money to buy rice apparently felt that Shopkeeper Zhou was being dishonest, so they had a quarrel.
Shopkeeper Zhou was naturally not afraid of a few refugees and asked his servants to drive them away. Several refugees were so hungry that they had already forgotten about their benevolence, righteousness, and morality. Evil grew out of their courage, and their eyes became redder and redder as they looked at the white rice on the rice bed.
Just like that, several refugees were beaten to death on the street by Jianghu people hired by Shopkeeper Zhou.
Yes, these refugees are obviously not very smart. Since they want to rob, they don't know how to find more people, so they rush forward stupidly.
It was already sunset when the news reached the inn. Yin Ren closed the door of the inn and said to An Xin:
"Boss, why don't we take out some rice and cook some porridge for these people?"
An Xin shook his head:
"We can't open this hole first. If we do it first, these people will thank you at first. When you run out of rice and noodles, tell them that they will have no food, and you will be miserable."
"But~"
Yin Ren wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Xingchen beside him:
"Yin Ren, I know you want to say that they are pitiful. In fact, I also feel pitiful. But as your boss said, this first kind person cannot do anything. You should make dinner earlier and make more, but Don’t make it too much for 15 people. Make the food thinner and wash the slop bucket more cleanly.”
When Yin Ren heard Xingchen's words, he immediately knew what his boss's wife meant. He nodded and walked to the kitchen. Before leaving, he glanced at An Xin who was still drinking tea. Hmm~ Why do he feel that the boss is not worthy of the boss's wife?
Dinner was finished quickly. Yin Ren poured the leftover food in the pot and the leftover food for everyone into the swill bucket and carried it to the door. He was not stupid and pretended to put the swill bucket in the corner of the inn as usual. Then he returned to the inn.
When An Xin saw Yin Ren coming back, he said:
"There hasn't been much business in the inn recently. Do you want to go back to Dongdao to see Wu Nannan?"
When Yin Ren heard An Xin's words, he was stunned for a moment, looked around at everyone, and then shook his head firmly. If these guys could cook by themselves, they would not starve to death on the streets. The key point is that they themselves starve to death. If they cook without authorization and give the leftovers to the refugees, the refugees will not be in a worse situation.
An Xin saw Yin Ren shaking his head, with a look of confusion on his face. This guy has changed his gender. If he usually ran away more happily than anyone else, he wouldn't.
After everyone chatted for a while, they went back to their rooms to rest.
An Xin went to Liu Ruyue and Qin Huai's room today. After all, the newlyweds were still a little cautious.
......
Everyone got up early in the morning, not because they didn't want to sleep in, but because it was too noisy outside.
Yin Ren prepared breakfast for everyone and was about to go out to buy some buns for everyone to make snacks. As soon as he opened the door, a few resting refugees who were leaning on the door fell into the hall by inertia.
These refugees seemed to be kind-hearted people. In response to Yin Ren's constant apologies, Yin Ren shook his head and waved his hands helplessly to indicate that it didn't matter.
The refugee left the inn lobby. Before leaving, he caught a glimpse of the millet porridge on the dining table and moved his throat unconsciously.
Everyone in the inn was no longer in the mood to eat steamed buns, so they simply made rice porridge with pickles.
Over the course of one night, the number of refugees in Xin'an Town increased again. According to the latest arrivals, the war in the west had spread to Luo City, and those martial arts masters flying in the air started fighting on the streets without any scruples. .
