Chapter 1071 Forced to come

Chapter 1071 Forced to come

Mr. Qiu really meant well when he said this.

Regardless of why these people came, whether they were instigated by others, or whether they had ulterior motives, they knelt in the snow for a long time, their knees were cold, and if they were injured, they were really injured.

They are all weak, and this is really hurtful. Even if they get through this time, they will suffer from chronic illness in the future.

With such a family background, there is no way that one can afford to spend money to treat the disease and recuperate. One would really die from the pain.

It's not cost-effective anyway.

"Hurry up and get up. It's the same if you get up and talk."

Mr. Qiu said one more sentence.

The victims were indeed moved and found kneeling indeed uncomfortable. Some of them hesitated and wanted to stand up.

But when they saw that the others didn't get up, they didn't dare to get up either.

Someone told them that the Qiu family members all practiced martial arts and had cold personalities, and that only by begging them on their knees would they soften their hearts and take them in.

"You are Mr. Qiu? You are the boss of the Qiu family now, right? Then you have to save us!"

"My child is dying of illness. Please find a doctor for him and give us medicine."

"Second Master, look at us, we can't survive!"

"General Qiu guards Subei, so he will definitely protect the Qiu family. Any benefits will be shared by his family, so the Qiu family has such a magnificent house. But we are also citizens of Subei, and we should be protected by General Qiu."

"The Qiu family can't be the only ones who have enough food and clothing! Master Qiu, you have to take us in!"

These disaster victims all started shouting, some told of their miserable lives, some spoke with resentment and blame, and some almost cursed the Qiu family.

These noises are quite loud.

When the people from the Qiu family heard these words, their faces changed.

Now these disaster victims are almost about to say that it is all General Qiu's responsibility. When General Qiu is not around, the Qiu family has to protect them, provide them with food, drink and medicine.

"Fellow villagers! Listen to me!"

Mr. Qiu said loudly, "We in the Qiu family certainly don't want to see everyone suffer from the disaster. We are all upset and anxious. However, the Qiu family really can't take in so many disaster victims."

"nonsense!"

Several old men shouted in trembling voices.

"Your Qiu family is so big, and I heard you have several granaries! It's no problem to feed thousands or even tens of thousands of people, so how can you not be able to feed a few of us!"

A Kuan and others were angry when they heard this.

There are nearly a hundred people here. Can it also be called “such a few people”?

Did you know that they are only half full now?

"When the weather is good and the harvest is good, we do have grain in our granary," Mr. Qiu raised his arms and shouted, "But! Now it is a disaster year! Everyone is affected by the disaster, and the Qiu family is also affected!"

"A lean camel is bigger than a horse! The Qiu family must have stored food!"

"Yes! How could General Qiu not stockpile food!"

"With so much food, why don't you share it with our suffering people? What does the Qiu family want to do?"

Mr. Qiu said, "The soldiers in the Subei camp are also short of food. The remaining food of the Qiu family has been used to support the Subei camp! Now we have no food at home either!"

In fact, the remaining food was transported to Yulan Pass two days ago, and the defenders of the pass were also short of food.

The Qiu family did not hide anything at all.

They even put money into it!

The Qiu family's land and grain are all the Qiu family's legitimate industries. He worked hard all year round, running around everywhere, and earned them!

The camp was in urgent need of help, and with just one word from his eldest brother, he had to transport all the food over.

He said that when the military rations arrived in the future, he could write a memorial to explain the situation, and if there was any surplus food, it could be returned to the Qiu family or converted into silver.

But Mr. Qiu knew that it was easy to fill it in, but it would be difficult to take it back out.

If the rivals want to find fault with my eldest brother and the Qiu family, they can use this incident as an excuse. Who would believe that they really used their private property to join the army first?

So Mr. Qiu had actually already prepared himself mentally and just treated those things as nothing.

"Who believes it?"

An old man was kneeling so uncomfortably that he yelled and raised his arms to the sky and shook them.

"Can you be so kind? You gave so much food to the military camp? You must have sold the food to the camp at a high price, and sold it very expensively to make a high profit, right?"

"Where in the world is there anyone who would give away so much food for free without asking for anything in return?"

The servant of the Qiu family couldn't help but shouted angrily, "So you still want to come and ask for food for free?"

"Shut up." Master Qiu immediately scolded the servant.

Then he turned to those people and said, "Subei has been hit by a disaster. The soldiers in the camp cannot go hungry. They have to protect our safety. If they go hungry, how can they fight if something really happens?"

"So, the food is tight for them. In fact, there is not much. The disaster is serious and everyone is having a hard time. So our Qiu family is tightening their belts now. There is no surplus food!"

No matter what Mr. Qiu said, the victims would not listen.

All they care about now is food and their own survival, so why would they care about the soldiers in the camp?

Besides, in their eyes, the people in the camp must be more capable than them and have a better chance of survival.

How can they, the poorest people, compare with the soldiers?

So they continued to shout, and some of them lifted up the children in their arms to let Master Qiu see that they could not just stand by and watch them die.

"If our children die of illness, freezing, starvation or death, we will pile their bodies in front of your Qiu family's gate! Let everyone see how cruel and heartless you are, the Qiu family, for not saving anyone who is dying!"

Several children burst into tears.

There were one or two whose cries were very weak and sounded like kittens. They looked really pitiful.

"Second Master, someone actually strangled the child to make him cry on purpose!" Ah Kuan was furious when he saw the little actions of several people.

Seeing this, Lu Zhaoling stood up.

"Let me show you the child."

"Miss Lu," Mr. Qiu said with some worry, "you can't take care of so many children."

Besides, Miss Lu is not a doctor.

If the child wasn't possessed by some evil spirit or something, she shouldn't be able to see anything, right?

He was also worried that if these children were already dead and had passed through Lu Zhaoling's hands, then the victims would push all the responsibility onto Lu Zhaoling, and wouldn't she be blamed?

It's not good for her or for King Jin.

"It's okay, let me take a look."

Just as Lu Zhaoling was about to step forward, a man came quickly from behind and got ahead of her.

"Nonsense! There's no need for a little girl like you to get involved in this matter!"

The other party shouted, "Get back!"

Lu Zhaoling felt that such scolding sounded familiar.

Then Yin Changxing walked out and stood in front of the victims.

"You are disrespectful to your elders and are stealing my limelight..." She said this with tears in her eyes.