Miss Chu screamed hysterically, her dirty hands desperately scratching her face, her terrified eyes seemed to be about to pop out, and she kept muttering to herself: "What Fu Yanting, what Fu family, I, a dignified young lady, simply don't look down on you despicable servants!"
"Get out of here, all of you! Get out of here!"
Miss Chu was talking, and finally she laughed crazily, "I want to be the young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion! No! I want to be the current crown prince! When the Prime Minister becomes the emperor, I will be the crown princess! Hahaha~"
She laughed and continued to scratch her face hard, her increasingly long nails leaving streaks of blood on her face.
"Chu Chenyin, you will never be better than me! Ever! Hahaha!" Miss Chu grinned, turned around and ran into the alley ahead.
There were many refugees living in that alley, and most of them were hungry men in their twenties or thirties.
The world is in chaos nowadays, and the consequences can be imagined if a weak woman runs into an alley full of refugees without any help.
Chu Chenyin looked up at the dejected figure gradually moving away, her eyes turned cold, and she did not go up to stop her.
A woman like Miss Chu deserves it.
Soon all kinds of noises were heard in the alley.
Chu Chenyin didn't stay here for long. He turned around and left with Fu Yanting.
After leaving the market, the two saw a nearby river on their way home.
Like the Hualong Village before, the water source here is also drying up little by little.
The riverbed is clearly almost exposed.
Chu Chenyin squatted down and touched the soil on the ground, and said seriously: "We have to quickly stock up some more things and continue to head north before this place is completely weathered."
Fu Yanting's eyes narrowed slightly, then he nodded.
Chu Chenyin then returned to the market and went to several delicatessens again. This time, she not only stocked up on a lot of steamed buns, but also a lot of roasted chickens, roasted ducks, roasted intestines, and smoked meat.
She stockpiled whatever food she could find.
These foods are already cooked and stored in a fresh-keeping space. They can be taken out and eaten directly at critical moments without heating, saving time and effort.
It was already evening when they both returned home.
Madam Fu strode over and said, "Yanting, Chenyin, did you encounter anything strange on the road?"
"What's so strange?" Chu Chenyin's heart skipped a beat and he asked her quickly.
Mrs. Fu said sternly, "I heard from people nearby that all the foreigners who came here would have their money stolen. I wonder if you encountered any thieves when you went to the market to buy things today."
Thief? Who else would dare to steal from her?
Chu Chenyin reached out and touched his sleeve, and found that the ten taels of silver that he had placed in his sleeve was missing.
Mrs. Fu noticed that she looked a little strange and asked quickly, "Chen Yin, what's wrong?"
Chu Chenyin slowly raised his head and smiled helplessly, "I think I really ran into a thief."
She and Fu Yanting have always been smart, and few thieves can steal from them.
It seems that this person is not simple.
However, this thief was not a mysterious person, but a country gentleman in Lamb Township.
This country gentleman was considered a powerful person in the area. In addition to his wealthy family, he also had a very good relationship with the local county magistrate.
However, this country gentleman had a special hobby, which was stealing. He not only liked to steal money, but also liked to steal people.
If he saw a pretty daughter-in-law, he would sneak into her room and leave the next day.
The villagers nearby were miserable, but they dared not speak out.
Chu Chenyin didn't hear about this from Fu Yanting until the next day.
Within three days of Fu Yanting's arrival, he had learned every detail of this place. When Chu Chenyin heard him talk about this, he couldn't help but sigh at his strong ability to take action.
"Do you still want to get your ten taels of silver back?" Fu Yanting asked her, leaning back in his chair.
Chu Chenyin didn't care about the ten taels of silver, but after hearing what he said, she became interested. "I want to see how much stuff the person who stole the silver from us has stored in his home."
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