Chapter 278 We Can’t Lose Our Integrity
The boy wiped away the tears from his eyes and said with a sob: "Mom, you are not dead, and I am not dead either. We are all fine."
Are you okay?
When the pregnant woman heard this, her cloudy eyes moved slightly.
She forced herself to cheer up and looked around.
When she saw those familiar faces, her eyes turned red, and she didn't hide the disappointment in her eyes at all: "Why aren't we dead yet?"
It would be great to die.
If you die, you won’t have to suffer and starve, and you can be reunited with your family.
But why didn't God accept her? Why did he let her continue to suffer in this dirty world?
"Don't be like this, you have to consider the baby in your belly." Shen Wan looked at it and felt a pain in her heart, "Looking at your current appearance, the baby in your belly is probably six or seven months old."
"Just hold on for a while longer, and everything will be fine after the baby is born."
Hearing this clear voice, the pregnant woman finally noticed Shen Wan.
"Mom, it was this beautiful sister who saved you." The little boy held her hand and said in a baby voice, "Sister is a very kind person."
The pregnant woman looked at Shen Wan for a while, then smiled sadly.
"This sister is indeed a good person." She said helplessly with red eyes, "But in the current situation, everyone is hungry. How can I, a pregnant woman, hold on?"
It doesn't matter who you are. You can do odd jobs to make a living in the town.
But what about her?
With a big belly, no one even wanted to help me wash clothes.
"How about this, you and your son come with me first." Seeing that the woman was well-spoken, Shen Wan thought for a moment and said, "When we get to the town ahead, I'll find a place for you to stay, and we'll talk later."
After hearing this, the pregnant woman burst into tears of gratitude.
Her lips trembled and she couldn't utter a word for a long time.
The eyes of the other refugees lit up, and they also came forward and begged: "Girl, please take us with you."
"Yes, we are also pitiful."
After hearing this, Shen Wan subconsciously looked at them.
Among these more than 20 refugees, except for two or three children and the old man, most of them are men and women in their thirties or forties.
If they were willing to endure hardship, these people would not starve to death.
"Can you guys show some promise?" The old man saw this and shouted, "Although we are down and out now, we still can't lose our integrity."
"We have hands and feet, why can't we be self-reliant?"
"Look at how you are now. Are you worthy of your families who died tragically protecting us?"
After hearing this, Xie Mubai's eyes moved slightly.
He frowned and asked expressionlessly, "Where are you from?"
"Qingfeng Town, located on the border." The old man said with red eyes and choked up, "The foreign bandits plundered the village. In order to protect us from escaping, most of the young men in the village died in the battle."
"We had no choice but to flee."
Shen Wan asked curiously, "The imperial court doesn't care about this kind of thing?"
The court?
Upon hearing these two words, the old man sneered with disdain: "They do want to take charge, but the question is how?"
"The only Duke of Wei who can fight is dead. Who do you want them to send?"
"The villagers along the way thought we were bad people, so even finding odd jobs was extremely difficult."
When Ling Xiaoxiao heard this, her eyes almost rolled up to the sky.
"You know what, those villagers are pretty good at judging people." She glanced at the old man out of the corner of her eye and said with a forced smile.
The old man's face turned pale.
He gritted his teeth and glared at his grandson hatefully.
My reputation in this life has been ruined by this kid.
Xie Mubai didn't say anything.
He just wanted to understand the reason and had no intention of helping.
He is not a good person and he will not save everyone he sees.
What's more, these refugees are of mixed quality, and there are bound to be a few bad ones.
"This elder sister's situation is special, so I can help her." Shen Wan thought for a moment and said, "As for the others, as this old man said, you should find a way on your own."
"Ranqiu, share the remaining porridge with the children. Anyone who dares to grab it will have his hand chopped off by Black Hawk."
As she spoke, she returned to the carriage.
These refugees have bad intentions, so she has to keep a close eye on them.
Although there are a lot of supplies in the space, they cannot be given to bad guys.
After hearing this, Ranqiu distributed the remaining porridge to the children as instructed, and the boy also got a big bowl.
"Mom, please eat a little more. Don't let the baby go hungry." The boy quickly handed the bowl to the pregnant woman's lips and said in a baby voice.
Looking at his sensible appearance, the pregnant woman smiled weakly: "Mom is not hungry, you can eat it yourself."
The boy wanted to insist, but Shen Wan looked at him with a smile and said, “Eat it.”
"Your mother is too weak to eat too much food at one time."
After hearing this, he drank the porridge in big gulps.
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had eaten rice. The last time he ate rice seemed to be when his father was still alive.
The other refugees saw this and drooled all over the floor, especially the old man's grandson.
He rolled his eyes and prepared to grab the porridge from the child next to him.
Seeing this, Black Hawk drew out his long sword in a flash.
When they saw the long knife, several refugees who also wanted to grab the porridge immediately became obedient.
"Why are we afraid of them?" the old man's grandson was anxious, and shouted at them with red eyes, "Instead of starving to death, we might as well give it a try!"
"As long as we have food, none of us will have to die!"
When the old man heard this, he was so scared that he tried to stop him.
Unfortunately, these refugees were starving.
Instigated by the old man's grandson, they rushed towards the carriage with red eyes.
Black Hawk stood near Ling Xiaoxiao with a long knife in his hand. They didn't dare to move forward rashly, so they prepared to pick on Chen Wan, the soft persimmon.
They really miscalculated.
If they offend Black Hawk, he will kill them with one blow.
But Shen Wan is different.
If you offend her, she will make you feel what it means to be miserable.
When she was in Yaowang Valley, the old valley master gave her a lot of poisons, but she never had the chance to use them. Now they have become the property of these scoundrels.
Just as Xie Mubai was about to make a move, he saw Shen Wan had already thrown out a paper bag.
Suddenly, white powder all over the sky fell like snowflakes.
Ling Xiaoxiao and the others just stood aside and watched the show, with no intention of helping at all.
They knew clearly that these scoundrels were in trouble.
"Little sister, if you like rouge and powder, I will buy them for you in the future!" The old man's grandson wiped the powder off his face and looked at Chen Wan with lust.
"Okay!" Shen Wan smiled mischievously, with a cunning glint in her eyes, "I just don't know if you have the life to buy it."
She thought that this scoundrel must not have washed his face for a long time, so he was so confident.
The old man's grandson wanted to say something when he suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his face.
He reached out to scratch it, but it only made it more itchy.
At first it was just my face, then my neck and hands all started to itch.
Soon, the sharp nails scratched the skin, and the face became bloody and mangled.
“Bitch, how dare you poison me!” The old man’s grandson seemed to understand something and looked at Shen Wan viciously, “I will kill you!”
He screamed and stretched out his hand to attack Shen Wan's neck.
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