It only took Shen Shuli and the other nine people half an hour to meet up with the main force on their way back.
When the villagers heard that there was a water source in the county town ahead, they walked faster.
Although they were mentally prepared, everyone was still shocked by the chaos in the city.
The northern barbarians haven't even invaded yet, but the people in the city have already started to panic.
How could such a dynasty resist foreign invasion?
The villagers of Taohua Village all walked on the messy streets of the city with heavy hearts.
Shen Shuli has already chosen a place for the villagers to rest.
It's located in several empty houses in the south of the city near the wells.
The surrounding mobs and the disaster victims who attempted to steal food were all dispersed by Shen Shuli and her men.
"Dad, there are two deep wells nearby that have been occupied by two large groups of mobs. You need to pay a high amount of silver or grain in exchange for a bucket of water."
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"I observed that many of the people who were able to exchange food and silver for water were secretly robbed and killed by the mobs, or forced to join them."
"These rioters are simply fishing with water." Shen Shuli said with a dark look in her eyes.
Shen Shuli’s voice was loud, and the surrounding villagers could hear it clearly.
The villagers were filled with fear.
Fortunately, they followed the Su family. If they were alone, they probably wouldn't be able to get out of Qingzhou City.
Su Yunhai and Shen Yuehua looked at each other, anger and helplessness in their eyes.
What makes people angry is the abominable behavior of these mobs, but what makes people helpless is the injustice of the world towards the people.
"Have you thought of a solution?" Su Yunhai became interested in asking when he saw his daughter was calm and composed.
Shen Shuli grinned, "Nothing else, just violence."
Su Yunhai rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "I thought you had a way to have the best of both worlds, but you still resorted to using force."
"Yeah, fighting violence with violence is the most effective way."
Shen Yuehua couldn't help but touch her daughter's head, which was covered in oil, and wiped her hands with her clothes in disgust.
She advised: "My daughter, you have to remember that you are a girl. Don't just think about fighting and killing all day long. Let your father do the dirty work."
"Wash yourself thoroughly once you get some water. Your hair is so oily it's almost dripping."
Shen Shuli knew that her mother was just saying that, and she didn't dislike her at all in her heart.
All of this was said for the villagers to hear.
"Hehe, mom, wash yourself well too." Shen Shuli said with a smile.
Li Jiao'e was a little moved by what she heard, and quickly came over and looked at Shen Yuehua and said.
"Mom, I'm dirty too. You said you would buy me new clothes when we get to the city. When will you buy me new clothes? Once I get some water, I can wash myself and change into new clothes."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Lanhua looked at Shen Yuehua with hope in her eyes, and it was obvious that she was also very interested and wanted to take a shower and change into new clothes.
Shen Yuehua didn't even bother to look at Li Jiao'e, and turned around and yelled at Su Changan.
"Su Changan!"
When Su Changan heard his mother's angry roar, he knew that she was angry again, and immediately ran over and pulled Li Jiao'e away.
Li Jiao'e was so angry that she shook off Su Chang'an's hand and couldn't help but throw a tantrum.
"Su Changan, what does your mother mean by this! Don't I even have the right to take a shower and change into new clothes at home?"
"Also, your mother clearly said that she would give me new clothes once we got to the city. Are you just going to break your promise and tease me?"
Su Changan looked at Li Jiao'e deeply. He said with a dark face: "Li Jiao'e, you were not awake when my mother said this, how did you know?"
Li Jiao'e was speechless after being asked.
Only then did she remember this and avoided Su Changan's sight guiltily.
Shen Yuehua was speechless towards the couple. She had long lost her patience and was too lazy to listen to their quarrel.
"Go and quarrel somewhere else, don't embarrass yourself in front of me."
Su Changan immediately pulled Li Jiao'e away from his parents, not wanting to cause trouble for them.
Shen Yuehua looked at her daughter's clothes, which had been soaked by sweat again and again, and felt distressed.
"My daughter, let your father take care of the water. You take some people to the cloth shop to see if you can find some clean clothes."
Shen Shuli understood the hint in her mother's eyes and knew that her mother wanted her to take the opportunity to take out some clothes from the space.
"Dad, can you do it?" Shen Shuli asked worriedly.
Su Yunhai raised his head and looked at his daughter proudly, "Don't worry, I will take care of those rioters."
Seeing this, Shen Shuli waved her hand and said, “Okay, I’ll leave first.”
"Remember to bring your people with you, don't run around alone." Su Yunhai quickly reminded.
"I know, Dad."
Shen Shuli continued to bring the eight people from the morning, and specially brought two girls, Shen Ziyu and Li Qinghe.
Seeing that Shen Shuli would rather take her cousin than her, Shen Zishi started to make trouble for her parents again.
Shen Shuli heard it vaguely, but ignored it. Instead, she quickened her pace and left with her people.
"Sister A'li, where are we going?" Shen Ziyu asked, looking at Shen Shuli with sparkling eyes.
She didn't expect that her cousin would take her out on the mission, and she was very excited.
"Let's go find some clothing stores and cloth shops and see if we can find some spare clothes or cloth for everyone."
"Oh, that's great. I've been wearing these clothes for several days and they're almost marinated in flavor." Shen Ziyu became more energetic after hearing this.
Li Qinghe had been captured by soldiers in Qingzhou, and he still had some psychological trauma.
At this moment, he was following Shen Shuli closely, with one hand gently pulling the hem of Shen Shuli's clothes.
Shen Shuli could feel that Li Qinghe was a little nervous, so she took her and Shen Ziyu's hands and tried to find topics to distract Li Qinghe along the way.
"Qinghe, I heard that you are good at needlework. If I can't find suitable clothes, please take some time to make a few for me." Shen Shuli said.
Li Qinghe was indeed distracted, and looked at Shen Shuli and nodded with a smile.
"No problem, but I don't know if I can find clothes or fabrics in those shops."
One look at the situation in Yamaoka County showed that the people had long since abandoned the city and fled.
Many shops were smashed beyond recognition.
Cloth and clothes are definitely valuable items for ordinary people, and poor people would definitely not want to miss them.
Shen Shuli didn't respond, but just nodded in agreement.
Anyway, she has a lot of fabrics of various kinds in her space, and she will find an opportunity to take some out.
Shen Shuli took Shen Ziyu and Li Qinghe into a group, and asked Shen Ziqian to lead the others to search separately.
I visited several cloth shops and garment stores, but most of the clothes in the stores were sold out.
The shelves where the cloth was kept were almost empty.
Only a few pieces of clothes and scraps of cloth for half-grown children were found. Shen Ziyu and Li Qinghe did not miss any of them and packed them all up and took them with them.
"There's a yard in the back. Let's split up and look for it."
"Okay, you have to be careful."
Shen Shuli sent the two away and went into a side room.
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