"Qiangzi! What are you doing? Don't you know that stealing is against the law?"
The village chief pointed at Lingzi-ge and shouted loudly.
"Uncle Ming! I don't understand what you are saying. Didn't Aunt Ming just say this to my dad?"
"Why, taking your food is against the law, but it's natural for them to take my food?"
"I didn't say that! Your Aunt Ming is just a woman, what does she know?"
The village chief Minggui glared at Brother Lingzi and was so angry that he almost threw the quilt at him.
"My family is in such a mess, why don't you do anything about it?"
Lingzi's brother did not show any weakness in front of the village chief. Instead, Lingzi's father pulled his brother's sleeve, hoping that he would give the village chief a way out.
"This...what can I do about this? Everyone is starving now. If I take care of this now, won't everyone come to me to steal food?"
The village chief rolled his eyes at Lingzi, asking him how could he be so ignorant of the ways of the world.
"As the village chief, you can't just do nothing, can you?" Lingzi's father had been staring at his own side. It was still noisy, and he wondered if any of his family members were hurt.
"Lingzi's father! To tell you the truth, instead of coming here to ask me for help, you might as well protect your family's food by yourselves.
I promise you, no matter what happens today, I will not care as long as no one dies.
"Dad! Let's go! Since Uncle Ming has said that he doesn't care, what are we afraid of? Go talk to those shameless women and reason with them! Otherwise, they really think that our family is easy to bully!"
Brother Lingzi took Lingzi's father and walked towards their home.
"Ah...shrew...this wild girl fights like she's risking her life."
"She is only good at her job. How could she be kidnapped by those Sakura people if she is so powerful?"
"What did you guys steal? You didn't get anything even though your face was scratched?"
"How is that possible? Am I the kind of person who would suffer a loss? Look, I stole half a bag of rice!"
"That's great. I just helped you twist that girl's arm. You have to give me some of this rice."
These women snatched things and talked while running, and almost bumped into Lingzi and her son who were hurrying back.
When they returned to their home, white flour was scattered all over the floor, and Lingzi and Lingzi's mother's faces and hair were covered with flour.
Sister Lingzi was squatting on the side crying, and there was a lot of flour on her body.
These people were really outrageous. They not only stole one and a half bags of rice, five steamed buns, and a bundle of lettuce.
Finally, there was only one bag of flour left, and Lingzi held on to it and refused to let go. The people then used branches in the cave to rub the flour hard.
Even when most of the flour in the bag had leaked out, Lingzi still felt sorry for the flour being spilled, so she took the initiative to spill it herself.
Some men in the family also came to help grab the food. For this little bit of food, the whole village lost all their shame.
Lingzi didn't cry, she just stared coldly towards the village chief's house.
The cold stare from her made the village head's wife startled. "Are you mentally ill? Your house was robbed, why are you glaring at me?"
The village chief's wife rolled her eyes at Lingzi, then turned around and told her husband and son to stay behind while she prepared some rice to cook lunch.
"I'll go get the things back!" Brother Lingzi got angry and picked up a small wooden stick that was used as firewood on the ground, intending to get the things back from the person who stole the things.
"Brother! Forget it! Even if they snatch it away, how many meals can they afford? Maybe tomorrow they will have to go to the village chief to snatch it. Does the village chief think that if they don't say anything, it won't be their turn?"
Lingzi pulled her brother back and stopped him from going. Lingzi's father also persuaded his son, saying that there were so many people fighting there, who could he fight with just a small stick?
"Qiangzi! Don't go! Those people are crazy and we can't defeat them!"
Lingzi's sister-in-law Chen Yao also stopped sobbing at this time. Like Lingzi, she pulled her man's other arm to prevent him from leaving.
"Then what are we going to eat for lunch? And what about dinner? If we don't eat, we'll starve to death. It's very windy outside now, and we can't even go out to dig up wild vegetables!"
Qiangzi threw the wooden stick in his hand to the ground, and was so angry that he hid aside, facing the wall and not saying a word.
"Let's just lie still and wait and see tomorrow. If the wind is a little lighter, we can go to the mountain to dig some wild vegetables." Lingzi said.
"We can survive if we go hungry for one or two meals, but what if this strong wind continues?"
"Also, when we really bring back wild vegetables, what should we do if others come to steal them?"
Lingzi's mother asked the question that she was worried about.
"If they dare to come and snatch it again, don't blame me for being rude!" As Lingzi said this, her eyes were fixed on the knife her mother used to cut vegetables.
"Don't... Lingzi... hacking people is against the law!" Lingzi's mother quickly discovered the bloody thoughts in her daughter's mind.
"We'll see what happens then! Anyway, I won't be as soft-hearted as I was today!"
Lingzi lay down in the innermost haystack, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
The other members of the family had no better idea, so they all lay down in their respective sleeping areas and prepared to go to sleep.
When they fall asleep, they probably won’t think about being hungry. Fortunately, their family had eaten something in the morning.
…
At this time, in a cave in another mountain.
Those people in the Sakura Country were also hungry and in a panic.
The strong wind outside the cave has been blowing for almost a day and a night.
There was a whistling sound of wind everywhere, which sounded like ghosts howling and wolves, and was very creepy.
At this time, the entrance of the cave had already been blocked by big rocks, but there were still some gaps, and air was leaking into the cave.
These Sakura people have been out of food for almost two days, and everyone is just relying on rainwater to fill their stomachs.
Chen Jie happened to have her period these days. There was nothing in the cave, so she could only cut her cotton coat into small strips with a knife to use.
Feeling unwell and without food, Chen Jie's strength had begun to decline rapidly. She lay on a pile of hay, her face pale, and Nakano Qing's eyes were full of heartache.
But no one dares to go out in this situation!
Even if Nakano Ao gave them orders, it would be useless. In this era, any assassin who could come out was not an easy person to deal with.
In the past, everyone followed Zhongye Qing and had food to eat, money to spend and girls to date, so naturally everyone was willing to respectfully call Zhongye Qing the boss.
Now we have nothing and everyone is starving to death. Who cares who is the boss?
Gradually, Nakano Qing found that his words were not so effective among these brothers.
Zuo Zhi was also very worried. If he couldn't get out of the cave, he would have no food. He planned to take the risk and go to the cave entrance to pick some food for a picnic to satisfy his hunger.
They just ate without pots and bowls. As long as they didn't starve to death, things would get better. No matter what, he wouldn't let so many people starve to death in this cave, right?
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