Chapter 6 That's Not a Rabbit
Su Wanhan, the mistress of the main house, was observing his expression from the side, and only then did she cautiously move forward.
She comforted him softly, "Husband, calm down. It's not worth getting yourself hurt by such a small matter."
Sang Yongfeng was still furious: "You think this is a small matter?"
"Mother has never suffered hardship before, so she doesn't know how difficult life is right now. Wait until she goes hungry with Fourth Brother's family for two days, and then she'll know who truly treats her well."
Sang Yongfeng had been an official for many years, but he was not a good official who was honest and upright, otherwise he would not have been found guilty, had his property confiscated and was exiled.
He was very cunning. He had kept a stack of banknotes close to his body and had bribed the police early on.
While others could only get one moldy coarse flour cake a day, he could get ten, and the group barely avoided starvation.
"That makes sense. We'll distribute the dough these past two days. Collect two of them and we'll take them with us to pick up mother."
Sang Yongfeng's mood finally improved.
After Su Wanhan saw him walk away for a distance, she dared to step forward to support her daughter who had fallen to the ground, and asked with concern, "Zhu'er, are you okay?"
Sang Anzhu first quietly opened one eye and looked outside. When he didn't see his father within his sight, he dared to open both eyes completely.
She gave a sly smile, "Mom, I'm fine. Dad is holding back."
It did hurt when I kicked him for the first time, but I immediately reduced the force.
In addition, she pretended to be very serious, so Sang Yongfeng was not so crazy as to kick his own daughter to death. She just had some bruises on her body.
"That bitch Sang Yu, if she hadn't interrupted, Dad wouldn't be so angry."
The pain in the body is far less than the pain in the heart.
She had always taken care of her grandmother in this way before, and nothing had ever happened to her. Why did something happen to her grandmother when someone from the fourth house arrived?
After this incident, she hated Sang Yu very much.
Seeing that three of them went out and four came back, and brought their mother-in-law back with them, Xie Qiujin was a little surprised, but did not ask any more questions.
"Yu'er, you and Jia'er go pick some more dandelions." Sang Yongjing ordered.
Although the grass leaves are bitter, they are very effective. He just gave all the grass leaves he brought to his elder brother, and now there is nothing left even for his mother to eat.
Sang Yu nodded, pulled Sang Xingjia out together, leaving space for them.
After the two of them walked away, Sang Yongjing looked at his mother and asked, "Mom, have you been wronged these days?"
He was afraid that his mother would be treated harshly in other ways without his knowledge.
The old lady just shook her head and said nothing more.
She is a family member who knows her own affairs. Her health is getting worse day by day, and she might die one day. She doesn't want her children to be alienated because of this.
Seeing that she was unwilling to talk more, Sang Yongjing did not force her. He quietly told Xie Qiujin the whole story and said, "We should save some food and feed mother first."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, husband."
Sang Yu followed the fresh green grass on the ground and walked a little further without realizing it. Suddenly, he heard a rustling sound coming from behind a big tree in front of him.
She suddenly had an idea. The current environment is much better than that of the future. There are wild animals appearing all the time. Could it be a wild rabbit?
She thought of calling Sang Xingjia to help her surround the area from both ends. If they could really catch a wild rabbit, even if they didn't make a fire and ate it raw, it would be much more nutritious than grass leaves.
When she looked back, she saw him following closely behind her, carefully picking up all the dandelion leaves she had picked.
Sang Yu: “…” Could it be that this guy has become stupid from reading too much?
"Brother, brother!" She called very softly, for fear of scaring the rabbit.
Fortunately, the two were not far away from each other. Sang Xingjia heard her voice and looked up in confusion.
"There seems to be a rabbit ahead, let's go and take a look." Sang Yu pointed to the big tree ahead.
Sang Xingjia's eyes lit up instantly. Rabbit! Meat! It had been so long since he had eaten meat.
The two of them tiptoed to the big tree, and faintly heard some small sounds from behind the tree, which were not very clear.
Sang Yu was about to walk around the tree to take a closer look when he was suddenly grabbed by Sang Xingjia.
She turned around in confusion, only to see Sang Xingjia with his head lowered. He looked like a cooked shrimp, with his ears and neck red.
“Brother, what’s wrong with you…?” Could it be that you’re allergic?
"Little sister, let's go back." Sang Xingjia didn't even dare to raise his head, for fear of seeing something he shouldn't see.
Although he was only sixteen years old, he had already known a little about matters between men and women due to the influence of his classmates in the academy.
He knew what was going on inside without even looking.
Sang Yu wrinkled her nose reluctantly: "Why? I haven't caught the rabbit yet."
"That's not a rabbit."
"What is that?"
"Yes, yes..." Sang Xingjia hesitated for a long time. He was too embarrassed to say it out loud, so he just used brute force to hold Sang Yu tightly to prevent her from passing.
After being repeatedly obstructed by him, Sang Yu gradually came to her senses.
She was not a simple little girl who knew nothing about these things, she just had not thought about it that way before.
Now that she understood what was happening behind the tree, she no longer insisted and obediently followed Sang Xingjia back.
Halfway through the walk, Sang Yu suddenly thought of a question.
She had observed before that all the officers were men, so there was no way a woman would do that kind of thing.
As they traveled further and further away from the capital, the officers' gazes became more and more presumptuous, constantly lingering on the women.
Could it be that they are so bold as to drag their female relatives out to do that kind of thing?
Sang Yu's heart sank. This was not a good thing.
She herself was relatively safe. She had been weak and sickly when she was young, but now at the age of fourteen she still looked like a girl of about ten.
Unless they are a pervert, no one would set their sights on her.
But her mother, Xie Qiujin, was different. Even if she painted her face black, her slim figure could not be concealed. She could only hope that the officers did not notice her.
With this worry in her heart, Sang Yu was a little absent-minded when she ate the bread at night.
Especially when she saw the officers openly dragging several women out of the crowd and taking them to the distant forest, her worries reached their peak.
It was impossible to drag the women away without encountering resistance, but how could a group of prisoners with their hands and feet tied be a match for the police?
They could only watch helplessly as their daughters and maids were dragged away and raped.
That night, almost all the women were too nervous to fall asleep, fearing that they would be the next to be raped.
It was not until the group of officers returned with their men, satisfied and snoring by the fire, that everyone felt a little relieved.
The next morning, Sang Yu was woken up again.
She opened her eyes in a daze and saw Xie Qiujin's face was pale with fear, without any blood.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Xie Qiujin held her hand tightly, as if she had found support, her voice filled with fear: "All the women who were taken out last night committed suicide."
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