Chapter 166: This is the way the world

is Aunt Cheng’s sudden appearance was beyond everyone’s expectations.

Her target was very clear. She stared at Wang Mang with her only remaining intact eye. Her expression looked quite ferocious. She raised the stick and was about to hit him.

Wang Mang: “???”

Wang Mang was completely confused by being targeted like this and didn't understand how he had offended this crazy woman.

Fortunately, Xun Ke reacted quickly and immediately stood in front of Wang Mang, shouting, "Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Aunt Cheng, don't get excited. This is my friend. He is not a bandit, not a bandit!"

"Not a thief?"

Aunt Cheng rushed over but still refused to put down the stick in her hand. She glanced at Wang Mang with her dim eyes, her vigilance showing no sign of decreasing. "Why would he wear such clothes if he wasn't a bandit?"

Wang Mang was wearing a set of fine leather armor, which was of the Dayue style. He looked neat and capable - there was no doubt that this thing was a trophy he had captured.

But in Aunt Cheng's mind, anyone wearing this outfit is a bandit.

"This is what he picked up and wore after killing the bandits. It's not his clothes."

Gu Dan's reaction was of course quick, but he didn't dare to reach out to stop Aunt Cheng, for fear that if he accidentally used a little more force, it would easily cause irreversible damage.

"Really? Thieves are the most despicable and cunning. Don't be fooled."

Aunt Cheng still had some doubts and her eyes were still wandering back and forth on Wang Mang.

Gu Dan thought about it and immediately punched Wang Mang, "Look, if this is a bandit, he definitely wouldn't be so honest, right?"

"Yes, yes!"

Xun Ke also nodded repeatedly and punched Wang Mang several times with an apologetic look, "He is really my friend. Aunt Cheng, if you don't like this dress, I will ask him to change it right away."

Erniu finally found the time to interrupt, "Aunt Cheng, it's me! I'm Erniu, I can prove that this person is not a bandit."

Everyone was explaining at once, but Wang Mang, who had been punched several times for no reason, looked a little confused.

What sin has he committed? "Oh, that's a misunderstanding."

Aunt Cheng, who understood what was going on, put away the stick in her hand with embarrassment, and said with some fear: "I was in the house before, and suddenly I heard a loud shout. When I came out, I saw a man wearing thief's clothes riding a horse down. I thought it was a thief again, so I hurried back to get the stick. I thought you had been thieved again just after you came back. It turned out to be a mistake, it's good that I made a mistake, it's good that I made a mistake."

Several people immediately understood.

It turned out that it was Wang Mang's loud shouting before he arrived that disturbed Aunt Cheng, causing the current situation.

Those punches I took before were not in vain!

Wang Mang immediately took off his leather armor and said with a pleading look on his face: "I am so sorry. I am a rough man and I frightened you. I really deserve to be beaten!"

“What a shame.”

Aunt Cheng put down the stick in her hand, which was almost in a tattered state, and showed Wang Mang a simple and embarrassed smile, "Since you are Ke's friend and killed the thief, you are a good person. The village was robbed before, and many people left in fear. Xun Ke finally came back, and I... I thought to myself that I must not be bullied by thieves again."

Wang Mang probably understood it in his heart.

"It's okay, it's okay. You're so alert and brave that even a grown man like me is ashamed. It's all my fault for being so loud just now and for not bringing any gifts this time."

As Wang Mang spoke, he reached into his arms and touched the silver and money, and immediately froze.

Of course money is a good thing.

But since Aunt Cheng is here, I probably can’t spend it.

No place to spend.

Wang Mang's mind raced as he looked at the White Lotus Saint Xu Wanrong standing beside him. He immediately said, "This is my wife, she is pregnant. She got caught in the rain while traveling, and I'm afraid she will catch a cold. Can she go to your house to take shelter from the rain? I need to prepare some hot water for her to take a bath."

"How can you ride a horse when you are pregnant? You can't ride a horse anymore. It's even worse if you get caught in the rain. What if you get frozen? You can come to my house and sit for a while. I have a bucket of hot water at home."

Several people followed Aunt Cheng all the way to her home.

Compared to the weed-covered yards in front of other houses, this yard looked much cleaner, but the house seemed particularly empty, without even a decent piece of furniture.

Aunt Cheng took out two stools and came in front of the crowd with some embarrassment. One of the stools looked quite dirty, probably because she often sat on it. The remaining stool was covered with dust and looked relatively clean.

"I didn't expect so many people to come. There are not enough stools. This stool was made by Dingcheng before. But thieves came later, so Dingcheng hid first and hasn't come back yet. I don't have any skills. I can't do many things. I can't even make stools."

She lowered her head and placed the stool next to Wang Mang and Xu Wanrong.

"Oh! We are all family. We are grateful that you let us in to take shelter from the rain. Why should we be so polite? Where is the wooden barrel you mentioned? I will go get some water to heat it up first."

Wang Mang reacted very quickly and grabbed Aunt Cheng's hand. "You're welcome. I'm a good worker. Just point to a place."

Aunt Cheng then took Wang Mang to the room and found the wooden barrel. The barrel seemed to be in good condition, with some water almost empty inside.

Wang Mang lifted the wooden barrel and looked at Erniu, "Come on, come with me to fetch water."

When both of them walked out of the yard, Gu Dan heard Wang Mang asking about Aunt Cheng's specific situation. Aunt Cheng and the White Lotus Saint started chatting - mainly about the child.

"You have to be extra careful when you are pregnant. Giving birth is like going through the gates of hell. When I was pregnant with Sheng'er, I often couldn't even eat. I couldn't get wet in the rain in the first few months. But my boy is tough. Except for the first few days, I was able to go to the fields to do farm work."

Speaking of this, a happy smile finally appeared on Aunt Cheng's face.

Xu Wanrong's performance was somewhat beyond Gu Dan's expectations.

Not only was she not the least bit shy or uncomfortable when faced with this topic, on the contrary, she was even able to have a lively conversation with Aunt Cheng, appearing extremely skilled and experienced.

One can't help but ponder what the White Lotus Sect does on a daily basis, and why does the Saint have to master such a method? After listening to the two chatting for a while, Gu Dan walked out the door, ran to a farther place, randomly selected an unlucky tree, and directly cut it into several sections with his true energy, then threw away the parts that had been soaked by water, and took the intact tree core back to make a fire.

When he came back and lit the fire, Xu Wanrong was already chatting with Aunt Cheng about the situation outside.

"Everything is fine now, don't worry! Those thieves have been driven away, otherwise how would we dare to come here? Although my husband is careless, he is very good at killing thieves." Xu Wanrong said seriously.

"A good man! A good man is one who can kill a thief!"

Aunt Cheng was very happy, and her tone of voice rose a lot. "The thief should be killed. He made people in the village unable to stay at home."

Soon Wang Mang and Erniu came back, and they heated the water together and diluted it to the appropriate temperature.

Wang Mang nodded to Xu Wanrong, and everything was said without words.

"Aunt Cheng, I still have a lot of experience that I haven't asked you for. The water has boiled. Come, let's go take a bath first."

Several grown men immediately retreated to another room.

"Aunt Cheng is actually not even forty years old."

Xun Ke said somewhat gloomily.

She is less than 40 years old, which would make her a grandmother in an ordinary village. Her hair is gray, her skin is dark, thin and dry. Years of hard work have long since hollowed out her body and burned away her life energy.

It is rare for a person to live to be seventy years old. Among ordinary people, forty years old is really considered to be an old age.

It’s just that when she was in the Gu family compound before, the people she met were all too high-class. Take Lin Xiaoyi, who is only a few years older than Aunt Cheng. At 36, she is still in great shape, with only a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Apart from that, you can’t tell her real age at all.

But one is the queen of Dayue, and the other is a crazy woman in the village. The only distance between them is age.

“There are a lot of those things.”

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Wang Mang's expression was a little cold, without the gentleness he showed at the beginning, and his voice was a little serious, "If you go out for a walk, you will always encounter such things. There are countless families broken up, children sold, and only one person left in the family. This is the way the world is."

Talking about the emergence of heroes always makes people excited, and their ambitions are awakened, making people want to join in.

But when you bend down and take a look, it is not difficult to see that behind the emergence of so many heroes are the blood and tears of countless families, and countless days and nights of pain and suffering.

I would rather be a dog in peace than a man in chaos! Who would be happy in such a world? Lin Xiaoyi, the queen, had her parents murdered; Wang Mang, who had achieved something at this time, had his fiancée killed; Xun Ke's parents were brutally slaughtered in order to stop the rebellious warriors. Even Mo Qiu, who was called a saint at this time, had his ten years of hard work turned into nothing. He could no longer bear it and killed the dragon with three punches.

When misfortune strikes, everyone can only bear it.

If you can get through it, then keep living; if you can’t, then you will just die.

It’s just a matter of the length of the process.

"Let's go after you finish your shower."

Gu Dan said, "It's time to get things done."

By the time Xu Wanrong and Aunt Cheng came out, the drizzling rain had stopped, but the wind was getting louder.

Looking at the sky again, it still seems gloomy and heavy. This moment of rest is probably not a grace from God, but a brief silence before the storm.

Heaven and earth are unkind; all things are like straw dogs.

The autumn wind is blowing, and I feel cold.

Aunt Cheng washed herself very clean and changed into a nice set of clothes. The clothes must have been brought by Xu Wanrong. They were not very fitted, but fortunately the material was very solid.

"This dress should be worn by you!"

Xu Wanrong took Aunt Cheng's hand and walked out of the room, where she saw several people leading horses.

"Aunt Cheng, we're leaving!"

Xun Ke led the horse and said, "Brother Gu said there are some thieves with bad intentions around. We are going to deal with them. We can't stay in the village any longer."

"Are you going to deal with the thieves?"

Aunt Cheng's eyes lit up, and she said with some worry: "Then you better be careful. The thieves are very powerful."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on. I came here to solve the problem of the thieves."

Gu Dan smiled and nodded, then waved at her, "It won't take too long. Once we've dealt with all the thieves, everyone in the village will come back. You'd better wait a little longer, don't think we're slow."

Erniu patted his chest and said, "Look, I'm back first. It won't be long before the neighbors come back too! I'll go clean up the house later. Maybe I'll need your help, Aunt Cheng."

"Okay."

Aunt Cheng nodded repeatedly.

Without any more idle talk, the four of them rode their horses and headed forward together.

When he was about to leave the village, Gu Dan looked back.

They saw Aunt Cheng waving at them, her lips moving.

The distance was quite far, and even with his hearing, he couldn't hear it clearly.

I could only vaguely make out from the movement of his lips that it was supposed to be "Have a safe journey".

In the autumn of the sixth year of the Kangjing reign, in Xun Ke’s hometown, a very ordinary place, he saw very insignificant people and things.

Gu Dan looked straight ahead and tightened his grip on the horse's reins.

There, there is his ambitious journey.

The autumn harvest had just passed, and I took the time to check the fields. There was nothing left. Everyone harvested everything this year! Not to mention wheat, not even a single ear of rice could be seen. Only Daniu's family, how come there are so many weeds growing in the fields, and they are right next to my fields, why don't they know how to weed? When I was busy in the fields, I saw a lot of rice scattered on a piece of land. I don't know whose family was so careless. I waited there for a long time, but no one came to clean it up. The sky was dark and it started to rain. If I don't eat the remaining rice on the ground, it will be ruined by the rain. I really don't want to take advantage of others. When my husband comes back, I will find the careless person and give it back to him. It is better than wasting it here.

When I returned to the village, I went to Daniu's house and was ready to talk to them and ask whose rice was lost on the road, but I couldn't find anyone. Then I remembered that thieves came some time ago, and everyone had to go out to avoid them. Only I, who was incompetent, was sick and couldn't move. Now it's autumn harvest, and they haven't come back yet. No wonder Daniu's field is full of weeds. It's a pity for the fertile land! The owner of the rice on the ground is probably a passerby, and he may have gone far away. If I lost so many things, wouldn't I be heartbroken when I go back? I would be laughed at by the whole village for several years!

When I was about to go home, someone called me. I thought it was someone who lost something, but it turned out to be Xun Ke. Xun Ke was back. I heard that he went to learn skills with someone, and he left earlier than the people in the village. He grew a lot taller, learned a lot of skills, and even passed the imperial examination! This is a matter of honor for the family!

I heard from his friends that he was favored by the queen's daughter, that is, the princess. If the princess favors him, does that mean she wants to marry him? Oh my god, that means he is a royal relative! This time when he came back, Xun Ke also brought a lot of good things, especially delicious, which were prepared by the queen for him. Other people in the village don't have that blessing, only I am here. When they come back, I'm afraid they will envy me to death.

Soon after dinner, Xun Ke had a new friend come to the village. People who are valued by the queen are different. His friend can kill the thief and take off his clothes. I made a joke! I almost thought the thief was coming again. His new friend said that the thieves outside had been driven away, and there were not many left. This time he came back specifically to clean up the thieves.

The thieves will be wiped out. After the thieves are wiped out, everyone in the village will come back, right? I have to keep a close eye on them. When they come back, I will tell Da Niu's family to weed the fields first. They are almost growing into my fields.

Now that the thieves are gone, Dingcheng, Sheng'er, please come back in time. (End of this chapter)