readsfreenovel Chapter 258 The weak and the strong
Chapter 258 The weak and the strong
Yuan Qi nodded, but there was no trace of joy on his face.
"Today is the seventh day of December. The eighth, ninth, tenth... Seven of the thirty days have passed, and there are only twenty days left. And it's already been completed?" Zhou Chang, a "math idiot", had to count on his fingers to figure out how many days were left.
Yuan Qi said calmly: "In twenty days at most, father promises that it will be completed."
"Do you have any other concerns?" Zhou Chang was surprised and noticed that Yuan Qi seemed worried.
Yuan Qi shook her head and said, "It's nothing. The construction of the tower is going very smoothly. It's just that my father has been guarding the construction site day and night for more than a month. As a daughter, I am worried about his health."
Building the tower in one month is an incredibly fast speed even in modern times.
"Master Yuan is indeed working hard, but I'm afraid that even if we persuade him now, he won't be able to rest," Zhou Chang felt deeply about this and could only comfort Yuan Qi, "In this regard, you, as his daughter, can only care and take care of him more."
"It's my duty. It's a pity that as a daughter, I can't help much in this matter and can't share my father's worries." Yuan Qi said this with even more worry in his eyes.
"Once the tower is built, everything will be fine." Zhou Chang had no other choice but to say, "If I have time, I will go to Dafu Temple to take a look."
"Okay, Your Highness Prince Yi will be welcome then." Yuan Qi was in a bad mood today.
Zhou Chang didn't know why, and it was inconvenient to ask more, but he asked, "Since Miss Yuan is here, do you want to take a look? The situation in the blockade area has been much better than the previous few days. If there is no problem in a few days, it will be unblocked."
Yuan Qi seemed to hesitate for a moment, but finally whispered a word: "Okay."
The two men walked towards the fence.
Behind the fence, a ragged, skinny boy squatted on the ground and ate the porridge he had just received, but it was obviously not enough. He almost buried his head in the bowl and licked the entire bowl clean.
Zhou Chang originally wanted to take Yuan Qi to the gathering point where porridge and medicine were being distributed.
Yuan Qi went straight to the little boy and said, "My Lord, this way."
Zhou Chang naturally accompanied him.
Yuan Qi opened the paper bag, picked up a piece of peanut candy, bent over the fence and handed it to the little boy: "This is for you, take it and eat it."
The little boy was squatting on the ground, looking reluctantly at the empty bowl. When he looked up, he saw two tall and thin figures in gorgeous clothes, and was stunned.
"Take it." Zhou Chang stood beside Yuan Qi and smiled kindly at the boy.
The boy squatted on the ground without moving, his face so thin that only his two big eyes were left rolling around.
After being stunned for a while, Yuan Qi never withdrew his hand.
He confirmed that the two people outside the fence were talking to him, then he stretched out a thin, dark hand, took it, but stuffed it all into his mouth the moment he got it.
"Hey, slow down." Yuan Qi's mood suddenly improved a lot.
Zhou Chang was also happy and snatched the bag from Shouhou's hand: "If you like it, take them all."
"Your Highness Prince Yi..." Yuan Qi wanted to stop him, but it was too late.
This time the little boy didn't hesitate at all. He reached out and snatched the paper bag, held it in his arms, jumped up from the ground, turned around and ran back.
Yuan Qi hesitated to speak, but Zhou Chang pressed on, "What did you say?"
The little boy had run away.
Yuan Qi smiled faintly, unwilling to repeat: "Nothing."
Zhou Chang always felt that Yuan Qi had something to say.
Yuan Qi looked down at the whole bag of candy left in his hand, then looked up at the little boy who had run away.
Zhou Chang was puzzled and looked in the direction he was looking.
The little boy holding the candy suddenly fell to the ground for some reason.
In the blink of an eye, several ragged and obviously tall boys rushed over, kicking and grabbing, trying hard to snatch the candy in his arms.
"They..." Yuan Qi seemed to speak out to stop them, but then he kept his mouth shut.
Zhou Chang was about to wave to the soldiers guarding nearby to stop them: "Monkey, let them pass..."
"Your Highness Prince Yi, that's not necessary." Yuan Qi suddenly stopped him.
Zhou Chang followed his words, but was puzzled: "Why?"
As soon as he turned his head, those who were grabbing the candy scattered, leaving the little boy lying on the ground.
"It's too late." Yuan Qi looked at him and said only four words.
"You stopped him just now because you were worried about a situation like this? I shouldn't have given him the whole bag of candy." Zhou Chang also came to his senses.
Thinking of the lessons learned from the past, I can’t help but think of Mr. Zhang.
The principle is the same, the strong prey on the weak, and the weak are unable to keep the extra food in their hands.
Yuan Qi also seemed to have felt something, and said in the same way: "The strong prey on the weak. I can stop it today, but I can't stop it tomorrow. Unless he has the ability to protect himself, it all depends on fate."
The two of them never took their eyes off the boy.
The little boy whose candy was stolen took a long time to stagger to his feet from the ground. He didn't look seriously injured. People passing by turned a blind eye to the scene and no one even stopped to watch.
Yuan Qi finally sighed: "It's my fault. The hungry child may have never tasted candy. I don't know whether giving him candy is good or bad."
"What's good about it?" Zhou Chang felt bitter in his heart, and he wanted to comfort Yuan Qi, "At least he got to eat a piece of candy. This kind of strong sweetness, maybe he has never tasted it in his life, or it may be the best taste he can taste in his life, who knows. You have done a good thing after all."
Yuan Qi smiled and stopped worrying. She looked at the other side and saw that the herbs had been delivered. She was ready to leave: "Your Highness Prince Yi, now that the herbs have been received, I will take my leave first."
Zhou Chang felt a strange feeling in his heart, as if he was worried and reluctant, and he reluctantly said "hmm": "hmm..."
Yuan Qi had already taken Lu Ju to the carriage.
Zhou Chang watched them as they got into the carriage.
The carriage turned west, separating from the two cargo carriages, and was not heading in the same direction as before.
Zhou Chang looked up at the sky. Although it was still morning, the sky was covered with dark clouds. He wondered if it would snow.
"Monkey, where is the Dali Temple?" She always felt that Yuan Qi should have something to do today, but she couldn't figure it out clearly, and somehow she could blurt it out.
The thin monkey pointed in the direction where Yuan Qi's carriage left: "The Dali Temple is on Guanghua Road in the east of the city, over there."
Yes, Zhou Chang’s heart skipped a beat.
Oh, how could she forget about Wen Qingyan again.
Yuan Qi wore dark clothes today and was in a hurry to leave. It was time to go see his "future fiancé".
Thinking of Wen Qingyan, the epidemic issue can be said to have come to an end. The live streaming business of selling goods in the dimension still has no capital, so it is time to find a way to get Wen Qingyan out.
Not to mention that Yuan Qi was worried, even as a face control freak, she couldn't bear to let such a god-like figure spend the New Year in the Dali Temple prison.
Zhou Chang had a thousand logical ideas in his mind, but for some reason, he always felt like a cat was scratching him in his heart.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" The skinny monkey saw Prince Yi grabbing his collar and refusing to let go.
"I don't know, maybe this dress is old and needs to be washed." Zhou Chang was also puzzled and jumped onto the carriage in two steps, "Monkey, let's go back home."
"Well, yes. It's the end of the year now, and it's time for Aunt Jing to prepare new clothes for us." As the skinny monkey spoke, he jumped into the carriage and returned to Prince Yi's mansion.