Chapter 23 The Qiao family delivers food

Widow Zhao held the child who was wilting from hunger and silently wiped her tears.

This scene was seen by the sharp-eyed Qiao Ran.

Qiao Ran discussed it with her grandmother, took out a bag of rice, and gave it to several elderly households in the village who could not afford to buy food, and to widows whose husbands died and had to raise children.

All those families were extremely grateful to the Qiao family for their generosity.

In this era of famine, food is so precious, but the Qiao family is willing to help them. How righteous is this?

Widow Zhao even pulled her son to kneel on the ground with a bang, kowtowing desperately to Qiao Ran.

There were thousands of words of gratitude, but I couldn't say them out for a while, so I had to kowtow to express my gratitude.

Qiao Ran quickly helped the man up, and felt heartbroken when he saw that the calf was so hungry that it was almost skin and bones.

She took the opportunity to help Widow Zhao sit on the grass and stuffed two pieces of brown sugar into Widow Zhao's hand.

Widow Zhao felt something was stuffed into her hand and looked up at Qiao Ran in surprise.

Qiao Ran smiled at her and whispered: "Sister-in-law Zhao, this is the brown sugar I bought for my third aunt in the city. You and Xiao Niu can use it to make some brown sugar water and drink it! Your complexion is really bad. , If you don’t take good care of it, you’re afraid you won’t reach your destination. The calf is still young, and he can’t live without you, so you all should take good care of him!”

Widow Zhao's tears burst out again, and she wanted to stand up and kneel down to Qiao Ran, but Qiao Ran quickly stopped her.

"Don't attract attention. Put away the brown sugar quickly so that no one can see it."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Widow Zhao hid the brown sugar in her sleeve and bowed deeply in Qiao Ran's direction.

When other families in the village saw Qiao Ran's act of sending food, they had to admire the Qiao family's righteousness.

They have nothing to be jealous of. This money was bought by Qiao Ran who risked her life to save her.

If it were them, even if they had a chance, they wouldn't dare to step forward to save people!

Others are not jealous, but some family members are so jealous that their eyes are red.

Qiao Dewang and his wife were jealous that their sister-in-law's family had so much money to buy grain, and they distributed it so generously to others, but did not give a grain of rice to themselves.

They were so angry that they silently cursed Mrs. Qiao and her family countless times, but his family had also bought grain, so it was not easy to go up to beat the autumn wind.

The same goes for Mrs. Chen's family. They watched helplessly as their idiot granddaughter gave away one of the three bags of grain she got back, but did not give any to her grandfather's family. They were very angry.

Not caring about what others might hear, he gnashed his teeth and cursed Qiao Ran and Chen Huiniang for being unfilial, while the two daughters-in-law of the Chen family were still fanning the flames.

On the other side, the old couple of the Wang family saw Qiao Ran taking the grain to distribute to the villagers, and thought she would also give some to them.

After all, the Wang family has not eaten a grain of rice for many days. For the sake of their son, that fool should give more to his family!

However, they watched eagerly as Qiao Ran finished dividing the bag of grain and returned to her carriage with an empty bag in hand, without even glancing in their direction.

The Wang family were dumbfounded. Did this fool Qiao Ran really have no affection for their son?

Could it be that he fell in love with some other pretty boy and cast aside their Lu Sheng?

They waited in a daze for a long time, but Qiao Ran didn't come to deliver food to them. In desperation, they had to take the initiative to find the door.

"Well, Ran Yatou, your family has so much food, can you give some to my family? My family hasn't eaten a grain of rice for several days. You see, your brother Lu Sheng has lost a lot of weight. Can you bear to see it? Do you want him to suffer from hunger?"

Qiao Ran was about to distribute the cloth shoes she bought to her family members when she saw the shameless Wang family approaching again and frowned.

Before she could speak, a not very strong figure stood in front of her, separating her from the shameless couple in the Wang family.

Qiao Dong held an arm-thick firewood stick in his hand, patted it on the other hand, and said in a threatening tone:

"What does it have to do with my sister whether you have food to eat or whether you are hungry? What does your Wang family have to do with our Qiao family? Get lost and don't bother my sister again!"

Mrs. Wang and her husband looked at this half-grown boy who was thin but very strong, and saw him pointing a wooden stick at them with sharp eyes. They were afraid that the thick wooden stick would really hit them, so they had to turn around and curse. gone.

As she walked, she muttered: "What a frivolous woman! Before yesterday, she was still pestering my Lu Sheng, but her face changed so quickly in the blink of an eye. Could it be that some pretty boy seduced her and abandoned my Lu Sheng?" Otherwise, the devil has changed his temper. My Lu Sheng is really miserable, being taken care of by a fool like you!"

Hearing such dirty words, Qiao Dong was so angry that he took a few steps forward to catch up with the two old guys and beat them up, but his eldest sister stopped him.

"Xiaodong, don't argue with that kind of person, so as not to speak out against others and affect your reputation."

"Sister, I'm not afraid! Those two old guys slander you like this, I'm going to beat them up and take it out on you!"

"Okay, don't be angry. It's not worth making people angry like that. No matter what they say, we just have a clear conscience. One day they will have to pay for their unabashed words. . Come, come quickly and see what I bought you."

Qiao Dong came back angrily and saw his sister taking out several pairs of new cloth shoes from a bag and handing one pair in front of him.

"Put on the cloth shoes that my sister bought for you! Your pair is too rotten to wear, take them off and throw them away!"

Qiao Dong looked at Xin Cancan's cloth shoes and was deeply moved.

"Sister, I can still wear these shoes. There is no need to waste money on me. You can buy more clothes, shoes and socks for yourself, and save some dowry for yourself. I will also work hard to save a dowry for you, so that you can be more prosperous in the future. Marry a good man in a glorious way, and don’t live such a miserable life again.”

Qiao Ran was moved by the boy's heart-warming words.

She smiled and scolded: "Just take it, why are you talking so much nonsense? Your sister doesn't want to get married, she just wants to stay with her mother for the rest of her life. Why, are you going to kick your sister out?"

Qiao Dong was anxious and quickly explained: "Sister, don't get me wrong, I don't mean it like this! Of course I don't want you to leave us and live in someone else's house, but my mother said that men should be married when they are older, and girls should be married when they are older. If you want to marry into someone else's family, the old girl who can't get married will be laughed at by the villagers, and I don't want you to be laughed at by others."

Qiao Ran raised her hand and touched the head of this young man who was half a head taller than herself, and said with a smile:

"Okay, I haven't even finished these horoscopes yet, why are you thinking so much? I bought a pair of these shoes for everyone in the family. Everyone has been traveling so hard that the soles of their feet have blisters. It feels better to wear comfortable cloth shoes. Just a little. Change it quickly, don’t think so much, our family has a lot of money now!"