Chapter 1032 Enduring Humiliation and the Dancer of the Republic of China (7)

Shi Chu was afraid of the old village chief, who was worrying about her marriage all day long. It was obvious that she still had several years to grow up and there was no need to worry about it so early, so she quickly changed the subject.

After the autumn harvest was over and everyone had some free time, the old village chief enthusiastically organized the young and middle-aged men in the village to renovate Shi Chu's house. Seeing that Shi Chu could always hunt prey every time he went up the mountain, everyone was very enthusiastic.

Shi Chu did not disappoint their expectations. When they were building their own house, he went up the mountain to hunt every day to add some meat flavor to their meals. Sure enough, after everyone had meat to eat, they were like chicken blood, and they paid more attention to building a house for Shi Chu than for their own.

Ten days later, a sturdy and convenient mud brick house was built on the site of the original thatched house.

Shi Chu was very satisfied. Although the house was not big and was far inferior to those beautiful and practical houses in later generations, it could shelter her from wind and rain. It was much better than the thatched house she built at the beginning. Of course, it was even better than Wan Dingjun's life on the streets. Happiness is created by comparison.

Shi Chu then settled down in Huangshi Village. She no longer had to worry about food and clothing and lived a very comfortable life. Her body began to develop rapidly, she grew taller and stronger, but she still did not regain her identity as a girl.

"Shi Chu, are you going out to town? Can you bring back a jar of salt for me? I have run out of salt at home." An old lady saw Shi Chu walking out of the village with a backpack on his back, so she hurriedly chased after him and asked.

"Okay." Shi Chu agreed immediately.

The old lady was very happy, and quickly took out more than ten coins and handed them to Shi Chu: "I don't have enough money on me, so I'll give you this first, and I'll replenish you when you come back. Don't worry, I won't owe you money and not pay it back..."

"Of course I'm relieved. Auntie is not that kind of person." Shi Chu said with a smile, took the money, waved to the old lady and left.

"What a good young man he is. He looks like those scholars out there, well-mannered, and can hunt. But it's a pity that his family has no land. For people in our village, land is our foundation..." The old lady looked at Shi Chu's back as he walked away, and said to the people next to her with emotion.

"Don't look down on them. They live a much better life than us. Although they have to buy rice and grain, they have no shortage of meat. How tempting!" said another lady with envy.

"Xiaochu is still too young. He doesn't know how to save money to buy land and get married. He has no plan..."

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Shi Chu didn't know that the people in the village said that she didn't know how to live. She walked for more than half an hour to the town market. The town was much more lively, with all kinds of things for sale. Shi Chu felt as if she had returned to the afterlife. But when she saw the gray clothes and generally yellow faces of these people, she came back to reality from her trance, realizing that this was a chaotic world where human lives were worthless. She didn't know when the war would spread here, and she didn't know when these people would turn into ashes under the war.

She shook her head and put these bad thoughts behind her. She could not change the development of the times. The most she could do was to save a few more people when war broke out.

But hasn't the war happened here yet? Shi Chu stopped thinking about it. She first went to the rice store to buy a can of salt for the old lady, and then went to the largest restaurant in the town to sell the game she had hunted.

The innkeeper held up two still-living hares, weighed them with satisfaction, and said, "Not bad, these two are still alive and fresh. If you are sure in the future, try to keep these wild animals alive. I can decide to give you a higher price."

"No problem." Shi Chu agreed immediately. For her, this was just a matter of paying attention to the strength when hunting. It was a piece of cake.

After selling the prey, Shi Chu just wandered around the street and bought some snacks. When she passed a relatively quiet place, an angry voice suddenly rang out: "Catch that little girl for me! I'm going to break her legs. Let's see if she dares to run away..."

When Shi Chu looked in the direction of the voice, she saw a little girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old in bright clothes running towards her desperately, followed by several burly men.

The little girl ran very fast. Even though her face was covered with tears, there was a fierceness in her eyes. She did not let the big men catch up with her.

She ran past Shi Chu at a flash, raising a gust of wind. Shi Chu didn't know why, but when he saw the men chasing after him, he suddenly kicked a small stone on the ground and threw the stone at the calf of the man in front of him. The man's calf immediately made a slight clicking sound, and then he screamed and instantly fell to his knees. The men behind him followed too closely and too quickly, and they couldn't stop in time. Therefore, they couldn't brake in time and crashed into the kneeling man in front of them. In an instant, several people fell into a ball.

"My leg! My leg is broken!" The man in the lead held his leg and wailed, "Get off me!"

"Ouch! Ouch..." The other people also fell heavily and were in a mess. The little girl they were chasing took this opportunity to run away and disappeared.

Shi Chu walked past them calmly, keeping her achievements and fame to herself. When she reached the door of the small building where these people had come out, she found that the plaque on the building read "Yihong Building".

"Yihong Building"? Shi Chu immediately thought of Jia Baoyu's Yihong Courtyard, but this name has become another name for a brothel later. So the small building in front of him is probably a brothel? Those burly men are thugs and pimps. As for the little girl who ran away, she must have been abducted or sold.

When Shi Chu thought of this, he was very glad that he helped the right person.

I hope that little girl is lucky enough and can escape successfully.

After walking around the street for more than half an hour, Shi Chu went home.

She walked towards the country road of Huangshi Village. This road only led to Huangshi Village. Few people came out of Huangshi Village today, so this road was particularly secluded. Apart from the sounds of unknown birds, there was only the sound of Shi Chu's own footsteps.

However, after she had walked for seven or eight minutes, she heard cautious footsteps following her.

Shi Chu pretended that he didn't notice and continued walking towards Huangshi Village as usual. He wanted to wait for the purpose of the person behind him to be revealed. If he had ill intentions towards him, he could just deal with him on this secluded and deserted road. It was normal to have one person missing in this world, not to mention in such a desolate mountain and wilderness. It would be easy to make a person disappear completely.

However, Shi Chu was disappointed. The person behind her followed her without any action and actually followed her all the way to Huangshi Village.

(End of this chapter)