Thinking of this, Song Lili felt much better and walked out with light steps.
The people who heard Song Lili's words were somewhat confused.
"What does she mean by that?" Zhong Hu asked, somewhat sullenly.
Mu Shaohua's eyes flickered for a long time before he said, "It seems she has already come up with a plan and just needs our cooperation."
Huang Zhen, who was standing nearby, said, "This girl is quite capable. I've seen it these past few days. Judging from what she said about being hungry, it's nothing serious. Let's do as they say."
Guqin was much weaker than before. She was already in poor health and had only managed to get here by sheer willpower.
After several days of recuperation, I was finally able to catch my breath and recover from my previous weakness, but then all these things happened again.
Being locked up here, unable to sleep well at night, and having to work non-stop during the day, the intensity was simply too much for the guqin, which had never experienced anything like it before.
At this moment, her body was already showing signs of collapse.
This is why Song Lili was so eager to get a few people out; she was afraid that if things continued like this, Guqin would die in the cowshed.
Lin Mu was also standing nearby, squinting his eyes. "Should we cooperate with her?" To be honest, they were still wary.
These individuals had all suffered betrayal from those close to them, leading them to begin to doubt human nature.
Although Song Lili showed goodwill, they wouldn't easily believe her. They were only grateful for what Song Lili had done these past few days.
Before Lin Mu could finish speaking, Huang Zhen readily agreed, saying, "Of course I'll cooperate. I think that's the right thing to do."
The others were somewhat surprised, astonished that Huang Zhen could make up his mind so quickly, seemingly trusting Song Lili a great deal.
"Don't look at me like that." Huang Zhen chuckled as he looked at the shocked expressions on their faces.
"Firstly, I don't think that girl would harm us. Otherwise, she wouldn't have taken such good care of us these past few days. If she wanted to harm us, she wouldn't have done so many thankless things."
"Secondly, even if we don't cooperate, we will still be criticized and re-educated. Even if what she said is false, we won't lose anything."
"In that case, why not cooperate? What if we bet right? Wouldn't that be a pleasant surprise?"
Huang Zhen actually had his own thoughts, and he believed that he had a good eye for people.
Although he had suffered a setback, he still felt that Song Lili had clear and honest eyes and was not the kind of person with bad intentions.
Therefore, he decided to believe in humanity one more time. If he was betrayed again this time, he would completely despair of humanity.
Therefore, this was also a test for him on Song Lili.
Upon hearing this, everyone else fell silent, because Huang Zhen was right and they could not refute him.
Song Lili was unaware of all this. She went to the courtyard where a few people were staying, intending to disturb them for a while so that she could move in immediately once they came out.
But the scene she saw when she entered the door made her head spin, and she almost rushed to the town to beat up Luo Juan and her group of people.
She stared at the scene before her with eyes wide with horror. This was nothing like the tidy little courtyard she usually knew.
Although the group of people had fallen on hard times, they were all clean and tidy, and usually kept their things in perfect order. But what about now?
The yard was not only ransacked, but also had many things scattered around, making it look very messy.
Moreover, many things in the house were smashed, including the kang (a heated brick bed), which had a large hole smashed in it, exposing the stone slabs inside.
Song Lili was furious. How was she supposed to live here?
Fortunately, the house is still in good condition and wasn't demolished, but she's really having a headache right now, not knowing how to fix it to make the yard better.
Finally, she had no choice but to ask Zhang Qinghua for help, because she really couldn't solve it on her own.
When Zhang Qinghua saw the courtyard in front of him, he was also furious.
“They really are a bunch of bandits,” Zhang Qinghua said with a gloomy face.
"Bandits? Calling them bandits is giving them too much credit. They are far more terrifying and detestable than bandits."
"What do you think we should do?" Song Lili looked at the messy scene with a sense of dejection.
"Go find Daqing and ask him to help me. It will be faster if the two of us work together. The kang needs to be rebuilt, and it will take several days to dry."
“Otherwise, I’ll be slower if I’m alone. I’m worried they won’t have anywhere to stay when they come out,” Zhang Qinghua said, frowning.
Song Lili had just told him about her plan, so he knew that the group would be back soon.
"Well, this is the only way it will be," Song Lili sighed. "I'm so glad I came to take a look today, otherwise we wouldn't have known it had become like this."
"When they come back, we'll have to clean up ourselves. Who knows when things will get better? Their bodies can't hold up anymore."
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to help as much as we can in the future," Zhang Qinghua could only say, offering words of comfort.
That's the nature of our times; no one can change it, we can only adapt and survive.
"I know." Song Lili lowered her head and went out to find Daqing, while Zhang Qinghua tidied up the scattered things by himself.
"Wow...wow, these people are incredibly destructive!" Daqing exclaimed upon arrival.
"Alright, stop joking around and come help me. The project is quite large, and it might not be finished until tonight."
"It's alright, I'm coming." Daqing replied and immediately rolled up his sleeves to go help.
"Put these things down and I'll tidy them up. You go and repair the kang (heated brick bed). I can't help you with that, so you'll have to rely on yourselves."
Although Song Lili had slept on a kang (a heated brick bed) and seen one when she was a child, she was not capable of doing it herself and could only rely on these two people.
After thinking about it, Zhang Qinghua agreed with Song Lili's suggestion, since cleaning up these things wasn't tiring anyway.
And so, the three of them worked hard in the small courtyard, striving to provide a comfortable living environment for the people who were locked in the cowshed.
Qin Hongxia, who had agreed to Song Lili's request, was now preparing to lead her people to carry out her plan.
However, before setting off, she couldn't help but remind everyone again, "Remember, that's enough."
“This is our own village. There’s no need for violence or bravado. I think you all remember what happened before, right?”
"If you remember, then you shouldn't have forgotten the principle that only when everyone unites can we avoid being bullied by outsiders, right?"
“Although they are not from our village, we are aware of their behavior here. Everyone has eyes and can see it.”
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