Chapter 26 I'm scared
Early the next morning, the Su family was ready to build their new home.
But within half a day, everyone was collectively dumbfounded.
Even if you want to build the simplest thatched house, you need wooden supports.
They worked for a long time, digging through the snow on the mountain behind to collect dry grass and thorns, and then weaving them into bundles, which could only be used to build a roof.
Without support, all the work is in vain.
Su Da and Su Er ran all over the nearby hills, but couldn't find a tree, let alone bamboo.
"What should we do?" Su Da and Su Er looked at each other.
The women were silent with worried looks on their faces.
Old Man Su squatted beside the thatched curtain, also at a loss. He subconsciously reached for his waist, only to find that he didn't bring his pipe at all.
"Dad, Mom, can't we build a house?" Su Wen and Su Wu were young, and they had a premonition that their place of residence was going to be ruined. Their eyes turned red, their mouths drooped, and they started to cry, "Then will we have no place to live again?"
He Daxiang hugged the two children in her arms, patted their heads to comfort them, "Why are you crying? Who said we have no place to live? Mom and dad will bring back the wood later, and we will definitely have a place to live!"
Su Er gritted his teeth and stood up suddenly. "I'll go ask the supervisory office! The people around here can even build houses. It's impossible that there's not a single piece of wood to be found in the entire Tubei Mountain!"
At that moment, the gate of the house closest to the Su family, more than ten meters away, opened. A middle-aged woman in a gray jacket and cotton pants walked out, cracking a handful of melon seeds as she lazily approached. She raised her eyebrows and sneered, "Don't ask. There's no one at the Supervision Office. It's pointless to go there. Those who are exiled here live or die at the mercy of fate. If they can endure, they endure. If not, they'll be thrown into the mass grave in the back mountain and burned to death. You're thinking of going there to ask for wood? What good are you dreaming of?"
This information made the Su family even more dumbfounded. "Why is there no one in the supervision office?"
"Why is there no one here? They're scared out of their wits. If any steward dares to show off his power in Tubei Mountain, he'll be killed. If too many of them die, who will dare to come? Hehehe!"
“…”
Su Da looked at the whole family's worried faces and bravely asked the woman, "Since the supervision office didn't have any wood and there was no wood to be found in the mountains here, how did you build your house and yard?"
"All the trees on the mountain have been cut down, so of course there's no wood to be found. If you need wood, go to Fengyun City and buy it from someone." The woman threw away the melon seed shells in her hand, clapped her hands, and raised an eyebrow. "If you don't dare go to Fengyun City, you can buy it from me. I have plenty of building materials in my yard. You have a big family, young and old, so you need to build at least four or five houses. I can help you with thirty taels of silver. Come find me when you're ready."
"Three, three, thirty taels?!"
"This is already a bargain for you! You don't want to go to Fengyun City to buy it yourself! I'm afraid you won't be able to buy anything and die in the city! Think about whether it's worth buying your lives for thirty taels, humph!" The woman curled her lips, looking at you with a sharp and sarcastic look, "Don't blame me for not warning you, Fengyun City is full of bad guys. One stick can hit three desperate people. If you don't have any skills, you will never come back."
After she finished speaking, the woman turned around and left without staying any longer.
Until the yard gate was closed again not far away, the Su family had not yet recovered from the shock.
Fengyun City, it’s Fengyun City again!
There is no one in charge at the Supervisory Office, and the things they want are only available in Fengyun City. Not to mention whether going to the city is as dangerous as the lady said, even their family doesn't have any money!
Thirty taels of silver! Where can I get it?
Back when they were still in Dahuai Village, a hundred copper coins or so were considered a lot for their family to save throughout the year.
The one or two taels of silver he earned later were all earned from selling pears, and he spent it all on the journey.
The Su family members squatted on the ground, their eyes dull, and a feeling of gloom and despair grew uncontrollably in their hearts.
Seeing this, Old Lady Su hugged Tianbao tightly, gritted her teeth, and shouted, "Why are you all so dejected? At worst, we can just leave the house and stay outdoors! If all else fails, we can find a cave to stay in! I don't believe that God really wants to force us to death! No matter how dangerous or difficult it is, I will carry on with my three children and Tianbao!"
The rest of the people were awakened by a stick.
Of course, what’s the point of being dejected?
The most important thing is to stay alive.
They have three little cubs and a sweet little baby who is crying for food.
Even if it means breaking bones, I have to raise these cubs!
"Mom, let's hold on together!"
"Hold on together!"
Shaking off their previous dejection, Su Da and Su Er stopped tidying up the thatched curtains and prepared to go to the mountain to find a place to stay temporarily, a cave or a sheltered valley would be fine.
Liu Yuelan and three other young women were also unwilling to sit idle, so they decided to go into the mountains together and search separately with the men.
This small world suddenly bursts with infinite vitality.
In a small courtyard not far away, a mean woman listened to the enthusiastic shouts coming from outside and snorted coldly, "These newcomers really don't know their place. Wait a while and see if they can still laugh. There are several exiles in North Vietnam, and the most difficult one is Tu Beishan!"
"Ahem! Ah Xian, we still have a lot of wood in our yard. It would be helpful to give it to them." A soft voice came from the house, low and weak.
When the woman heard this, she shrieked, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "Bullshit! Don't even think about it! We didn't get that wood for free, so why should we give it to them? If they don't have money, I'll use it as firewood instead! And if you keep trying to be a pushover, I'll never let you go!"
There were faint footsteps in the main hall, and a pale, thin, middle-aged man walked out. Even though his face looked sick, he was still handsome. He coughed twice and said helplessly, "Ah Xian, who among the exiled people can hide dozens of taels of silver? Besides, these woods are taking up space here. That family has old and young people, and there are several children. Give them."
The woman turned her head away with a gloomy face, "No!"
The man sighed, "You."
After saying that, he walked out of the main room and headed out to the yard, coughing every three steps and panting heavily every five steps.
Woman, "What are you doing?"
"I'll go get them to come and get the firewood."
"You dare!"
The man leaned against the gate and looked back, his deep eyes filled with helplessness, pampering, and a gentle smile.
"..." The old woman's face flushed, she grunted for a moment, then gritted her teeth, "Alright, alright, alright! Here, here, here! I'll go get them to bring the firewood myself, okay? You hurry back to the house! You cough at the slightest touch of wind, and you think I'm not worrying enough?"
The man's lips stretched out in a faint smile, "Okay."
"...Ahem." The woman's face turned even redder, and she glared at the man fiercely, "You bastard, you only know how to manipulate me! Do you know how much delicious food I can buy you with thirty taels of silver? You're such a pushover!"
"You just can't stop being so stubborn. If you weren't soft-hearted, why would anyone have seen you go out of your way to warn someone?"
The woman was furious when her secret was exposed, but she was reluctant to act tough with the man, so she rushed out of the door angrily.
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