Yun Yiyi lowered her head and smiled. The bandits in Qingfeng Village were quite calculating. The food they collected for these villagers must have been carefully calculated.
This amount of food is not only sufficient, but also within the villagers' affordability. Unless the villagers are pushed to a certain extent, they will not choose to leave here.
The bandits used the boiling frog model to slowly turn the villagers around Qingfeng Village into their food bags.
If the bandits from Qingfeng Village had asked for a lot of food at the beginning, the villagers would probably have gathered together to resist.
What I fear most is what is happening now. After being made an example of by the bandits of Qingfeng Village, everyone just lies down and stops resisting.
However, Yun Yiyi still had some doubts in her heart. There were more than 600 bandits there at once.
An ordinary mountain stronghold cannot gather such a large number of bandits.
"Uncle, but if the people of Qingfeng Village keep asking everyone for food, it won't be a solution in the long run."
The vendor thought for a moment and then said, "Let's talk about it later. One person can't resist. Besides, life is still manageable now."
Yun Yiyi comforted him, "Uncle, think on the bright side. Maybe one day, the government will come and suppress the bandits."
"Yeah, that's hard to say."
Xie Zirui suddenly asked, "Uncle, is there a small road from the town to Qingfeng Village?"
The vendor glanced at Xie Zirui and said, "There is a small path. However, it has to go through the mountains. The road is also very narrow, so a horse-drawn carriage or a donkey-drawn cart definitely can't pass through."
Yun Yiyi nodded to Xie Zirui, "Uncle, thank you for telling us so much news today."
The vendor looked at the people on the street and started to walk away. He was a little anxious. "Okay, little girl. It's fate that I have talked to you for so long today."
"But now the market is over, and I have to go home. Let's meet again sometime."
"See you again, uncle."
"Uncle, see you again."
The peddler said goodbye to Yun Yiyi and Xie Zirui, then left carrying the empty wooden rack.
"Brother Zirui, what do you think about this bandit thing?"
"Yiyi, I don't feel well. So today we need to find out more about Qingfeng Village."
"Brother Zirui, I think the same thing. Okay, let's go back quickly. Dad must be waiting anxiously."
After Yun Yiyi finished speaking, she pulled Xie Zirui back.
Yun Yiyi handed a string of candied haws to Yun the butcher, "Dad, I bought some candied haws. Can you try them and see if they're delicious?"
Butcher Yun's face was full of smiles. He took the candied haws and bit into a hawthorn ball. "Yiyi, it's delicious. You two should have some too."
Yun Yiyi put two strings of candied haws into the basket inside the mule cart.
Then, she and Xie Zirui shared a string of candied haws.
The candied haws are very delicious. The hawthorn fruit is very large and covered with a lot of sugar, which makes it very delicious.
However, the quantity was a bit small and we finished it quickly.
"Dad, my brother Zirui and I just asked the candied haws vendor about a Qingfeng Village on the official road ahead."
"There are over 600 bandits in Qingfeng Village. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to circumvent them."
Butcher Yun was surprised. "Yiyi, are there really bandits?"
Yun Yiyi looked at the surprised Yun the Butcher and said, "Dad, it's true. And there are more than 600 people in Qingfeng Village."
Yun the Butcher fell silent instantly. The stronghold with more than 600 people had very strong combat effectiveness.
"Dad, we must find out more about Qingfeng Village today. I asked, and if we want to bypass Qingfeng Village, we can only take a small road."
"But the vendor selling candied haws said the path is difficult to walk on, especially since we're in a hurry. It's even more troublesome."
"Okay, I understand what you mean. You want to take the official path, not the shortcut."
Yun Yiyi nodded. "Yes, Dad, the small road wastes a lot of time. The key is that it is difficult to drive. We are carrying so many things, so it will definitely be difficult to deal with it."
When Yun the butcher heard this, he also began to worry.
"Dad, let's not think about it now. Let's go get some information first."
"I heard from the candied haws vendor that there are bandits in Qingfeng Village, and everyone in town knows about it."
Butcher Yun's eyes lit up, "Then we have more people to ask."
"Uncle Yun, I see a lot of people at the wonton stand not far ahead. Let's go there and ask."
After hearing this, Yun Yiyi and Yun the Butcher turned their heads at the same time and looked at the wonton stall not far away.
The stall owner was an elderly couple who had set up six tables, five of which were full of people, with only one empty.
"Dad, let's go there. There are crowds of people, and there will definitely be people talking about Qingfeng Village."
Yun the Butcher had the same idea.
"Let's go, drive over there and have a bowl of wontons each."
Yun Yiyi and Xie Zirui were delighted when they heard this. They could eat delicious wontons again.
Butcher Yun brought his two children and quickly arrived at the wonton stall.
"Grandpa, how do you sell your wontons?"
The old man who was making wontons looked back and saw that the person asking the question was a chubby little girl.
"Turns out she's a lovely little girl. There's an empty table, so you can sit down and rest for a while."
"Also, our wontons are filled with fresh meat, and they cost ten cents a bowl."
"Dad, how many bowls of wontons do we want?" Yun Yiyi said as she sat down at the empty table with Yun the Butcher and the others.
"Let's order three bowls of wontons. I haven't had wontons in a while, and I'm sure you two are craving them."
"Okay, Dad, we'll take your advice and have three bowls."
"Grandpa, we want three bowls of wontons."
"Okay, wait a moment. Our wontons need to be freshly made and cooked for you once they're done."
"Okay, then we'll wait a while."
At this moment, a discussion came from the next table. Yun the Butcher and the others tacitly stopped talking and listened attentively to the conversation at the next table.
"Brother Wang, have you heard? A wealthy family was recently intercepted in Qingfeng Village. They said they had a whole cart of silver."
"Is this true? I haven't heard of this. Where did this news come from? Is it credible?"
"Brother Wang, I'm telling you this in secret. Don't tell anyone else. I have a relative who works in the government. My relative told me."
"This must be true. And my relatives specifically told me not to tell anyone."
"Did the people from Qingfeng Village rob all the wealthy families and take them up the mountain?"
"It's said they robbed the bandits up the mountain. This wealthy man hired a lot of escorts, and they initially defeated the bandits who came down the mountain. Later, more bandits from the mountain came down and subdued the guards."
"The bandits in Qingfeng Village are too brutal. If they rob people like this, who would dare to pass by here in the future?"
"Who said it wasn't the case? I'm just worried. What will happen if the bandits from Qingfeng Village can't rob the wealthy families they pass by?"
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