Chapter 29 You're called a tiger.

Some of them were so stupid that they couldn't find the chestnut tree themselves, and they even blamed Liu Ye for not taking them there or telling them where the chestnut tree was. For example, this man named Wang Dapao came up to Liu Ye and the others angrily: "Hey, how can you be so mean? You're eating all by yourself. The food on the mountain belongs to all of us. Why don't you share with us? And why didn't you tell us where the chestnut tree is!"

"Give me half of your chestnuts, and then take me to the chestnut tree, or I'll make sure your fists don't let you get away with it!"

Wang Dapao arrogantly raised his fist at the two men. Liu Ye looked at the man in front of her like he was an idiot. She wondered why she always encountered morons.

"Hey, what is this Tiger Brother saying? I don't understand a word he said. The things on the mountain are yours, and of course they're mine too. If you want chestnuts, go pick them yourself. Those two holes under your eyebrows aren't for breathing or pooping. I can find chestnut trees, are you blind? You can't find them, so you come here to bully a little girl like me. You're a grown man, how can you be so shameless!"

Wang Dapao never expected that this silly girl would be so sharp-tongued: "Hey, you big idiot, my surname is Wang, and you actually changed it for me? You want a beating, don't you!"

Liu Ye stood up from the ground, crossed her arms, and stuck out her neck, saying, "Your surname is Wang, so it's not wrong for me to call you Brother Tiger. Aren't you called Tiger-Bitch?"

"Pfft!" Bai Zilin couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Hahaha, hahaha, this is the first time I've heard of someone with such a name. Tiger Brother, you'd better hurry up and go find chestnuts on the mountain, or they'll all be picked by others, hahaha, hahaha..."

Those nearby joined in the laughter, "Hahaha, hahaha, this silly girl is right, hahaha."

Wang Dapao was so angry that the veins on his head bulged. He clenched his fist and punched Liu Ye, yelling, "You big idiot, I'll teach you to curse me! I'll beat you to death today!"

Liu Ye had anticipated Bai Zilin's attack, and she quickly dodged to the side. Bai Zilin's cane slammed into Wang Dapao's head, causing blood to gush out. He fell straight back, his head hitting the ground with a loud thud.

The laughter around them stopped abruptly. They quickly got up and went to rest elsewhere. Oh my god, that disabled man is not someone to mess with. They'd better stay away from him to avoid getting covered in blood.

Bai Zilin calmly put away his cane and continued eating chestnuts. He seemed completely unconcerned about whether the man would live or die.

But Liu Ye was worried. She looked at the man lying motionless on the ground and swallowed hard. Could he be dead? Brother Bai had just killed one last night. If he killed another one today, that would make two people. What if the authorities found out...?

She was about to go over and check if the man was dead when Bai Zilin stopped her: "No need to go, he's not dead. Look, his chest is still rising and falling. Come here and continue eating chestnuts."

Liu Ye looked at the man's chest and saw that it was indeed moving. Well, as long as he wasn't dead, that was fine. She sat back down next to Bai Zilin, grabbed a handful of chestnuts and continued eating. After she finished the handful of chestnuts, the disaster victims, who had rested enough, started their journey again.

After Liu Yebai and Lin Zilin had eaten their fill and rested enough, they pulled their carts and continued on their way. As for the man who had been beaten, he was still lying there when they left. It wasn't cold, so he could just lie there.

As Liu Ye and her group walked, the sun set again. This time, they didn't encounter any villages. The roadsides were lined with trees, and the disaster victims were all sitting on the ground, some of them going into the mountains to find food.

Liu Ye continued pulling the cart forward until it was completely dark. She finally found a secluded spot, stopped to rest, set up a pot and started a fire. Liu Ye threw the pebbles she had picked up from the road into the pot: "Brother Bai, are these pebbles okay? They don't look clean."

Bai Zilin poured the chestnuts into the pot and stirred them continuously with a spoon: "It's okay, they'll be clean once heated up."

Liu Ye thought it made sense. She took out the water bag from her basket, drank a big gulp of water, and put it back. The other water bag belonged to Bai Zilin. They each had one water bag.

Soon, the aroma of chestnuts wafted out, and each chestnut had a slit in it, indicating that it was cooked. If it was stirred any longer, it would burn. Bai Zilin made a pair of chopsticks out of a twig and took the chestnuts out of the pot: "Don't eat them yet, wait until they cool down."

Liu Ye smiled but didn't say anything. She wasn't stupid. After the chestnuts cooled down, she couldn't wait to wrap one up and throw it into her mouth. The chestnuts were soft, fragrant, and sweet, just like they were roasted with sugar. "Wow, they're so delicious! Brother Bai, you should try them. The chestnuts you roasted are so delicious, they're absolutely amazing!"

Bai Zilin had already started eating; they were so delicious. Looking at the few chestnuts left in the bowl, he felt a little regretful. He was afraid he wouldn't be able to eat such delicious chestnuts again. "These chestnuts are indeed delicious. Liu Ye, you should eat more. There aren't many good chestnuts on the mountain. You're just lucky to have found them."

Liu Ye nodded perfunctorily. The chestnut tree in the space was full of chestnuts, and there were more than ten seedlings under the chestnut tree, waiting for her to pick them again, so that there would be even more chestnuts to eat. If there were too many, she could sell them. Her chestnuts were so delicious, if she opened a stall selling roasted chestnuts, she estimated that the business would be good.

Although she has gold in her spatial storage and doesn't have to worry about money, she still needs to have a business and a source of income so that she can spend the gold in her spatial storage. This is called money laundering.

Before long, the two had eaten half of the chestnuts and were full. There were still half of the roasted chestnuts left. Liu Ye carried them to her basket and handed the water bag to Bai Zilin: "Brother Bai, have some water."

Bai Zilin took the water pouch, drank a sip of water, and, not wanting to drink too much, told Liu Ye to put it back. He then spread the bamboo mat on the grass, and the two of them lay down to sleep. However, neither of them dared to sleep too soundly, since there were all sorts of people around, especially people like Wang Dapao.

There's an old saying that goes, "Wealth breeds conscience, poverty breeds evil thoughts." Some people are driven to evil by life's hardships, harboring evil thoughts just to make a living, while others are born evil. So we must be wary of them.

The night passed peacefully. In the morning, Liu Ye and Bai Zilin ate fried rice, packed their things, and hurried on their way. Not everyone walked quietly on the road. Some families chatted, some chatted with their neighbors, some children cried, and some old people scolded. It was quite a lively journey.

There was never a moment of peace and quiet. Liu Ye could tolerate the noise, but what she couldn't stand the most was the stench of sweat in the air. It was simply too unpleasant. Of course, she herself also had a body odor, which was also the smell of sweat. Her clothes were sticky and clinging to her body, and she couldn't take a shower.