Chapter 583 The Old Lady's Statement
Aunt Zhang was stunned, looking at the old man and the young man in front of her.
Of course, there are also tenants in Zhengdao Village. The prisoners exiled here also have their close family members who come along to rent houses here so that they can take care of the prisoners nearby.
But there are too few people like that, since most people are unwilling to leave their hometowns to come to this poor and remote place.
Wealthy families are mostly large and prosperous, with many members. Who would come here to suffer?
Those without money are even worse off. Their whole family has come here without land, roots, or anything to rely on. Life will only get harder for them. Let alone taking care of prisoners, it will be difficult for them to even take care of themselves.
So out of all the prisoners in Zhengdao Village, only two had families who couldn't bear to leave them and came here to rent houses and live a hard life.
Is this yet another one?
If it were someone a little younger, it would be fine, but with an old person and a child, isn't this just suffering for nothing?
Seeing that Aunt Zhang didn't speak, the old lady quickly moved the basket forward, saying, "This is some food we made ourselves. We've just arrived, so we might need the help of our neighbors."
Aunt Zhang suddenly came to her senses, and she instinctively tried to refuse.
However, the cloth on the basket had already been lifted, and a faint aroma wafted into her nose. She could even see that there was dried meat inside.
Aunt Zhang swallowed back the words she was about to say. Although her family was doing a little better in Zhengdao Village, they were still very poor and might not be able to eat meat even once a month.
Thinking of her children at home, Aunt Zhang finally decided not to refuse.
Since they're neighbors, she should help them out more after accepting their gifts.
Aunt Zhang immediately smiled and stepped aside to let the old lady and Sanya in. "Auntie, you're too kind. Come, come, don't stand at the door, let's go inside and talk. You want to borrow a water bucket, right? I'm so sorry, my eldest son just went to fetch water, so it might take a while. Please come in and sit down."
The old lady didn't stand on ceremony and took Sanya's hand as they entered the courtyard.
Only Aunt Zhang and her youngest son were at home. The child seemed to have been born not long ago and couldn't even walk yet; he just wobbled and was barely able to stand.
Aunt Zhang led the two women into the house, poured them two cups of hot water, and while supporting her youngest son, asked, "Auntie just said that you only moved to Zhengdao Village today?"
"Yes, I just paid the rent this morning."
"Why would you rent a house in this village, Auntie? As you can see, life is tough in Zhengdao Village, and it's inconvenient to buy anything. Do you have relatives here?"
The old lady sighed, "It's a long story. I won't lie to you, our family was originally from Dong'an Prefecture. If we hadn't had no other choice, we wouldn't have come to such a far place."
Dong'an Prefecture?
Aunt Zhang felt the name sounded familiar, and after a moment's thought, she suddenly remembered it.
Miss Shu Yu and her entire family who came a couple of days ago, weren't they from Dong'an Prefecture?
Could it be that this old lady is related to the Shu family? Is she a member of the Shu family? But she had specifically inquired about it, and the entire Shu family had been exiled.
However, I heard that their family used to be an official family, so it's possible that some loyal servants couldn't bear to leave their master and came with them.
Even though that's what she thought, Aunt Zhang still asked, "What did you mean by that? Has something happened?"
(End of this chapter)
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