Chapter 145 Being a village chief is also an official
Li Shitou, who had not been seen for a long time, had a weathered face and a fierce look in his eyes. He came to Su Nuan and reined in his horse.
Erlaizi's wife thought the officers and soldiers would make the decision for her, so she immediately knelt down and kowtowed, shouting, "Sir, please make the decision for me!"
Li Shitou ignored her and looked at Su Nuan. Seeing that her face was rosy and she looked refreshed, he smiled and said, "I'm glad you're okay."
Su Nuan raised her finger and pointed at Er Laizi's wife, "She said she was a commoner. Has she redeemed herself?"
Li Shitou frowned, "Who would redeem themselves and still live here? All those who redeemed themselves went to Xiangyang Village."
He reacted after he finished speaking and said angrily: "How dare you, a criminal, call yourself a commoner. You knowingly commit a crime and commit it willfully is an even greater crime."
"Come here, drag these two to the quarry. It will take eight cartloads of stone to come out."
"Yes!" The soldiers immediately went up and dragged Er Laizi and his wife away.
Li Shitou glanced at the others and said, "Get lost."
The people on the field scattered instantly.
Su Nuan rolled up the whip in her hand and asked, "What happened?"
Li Shitou pointed at the horse and said, "Let's go to the military camp."
"Yeah." Su Nuan waved to the old ladies who were watching the fun.
Xue raised her hand in response, and the fire poker fell out.
Tuan Tuan asked in confusion, "Mom, what are you doing with the fire stick?"
Xue said awkwardly, "Uh... I'm using it as a crutch for your grandma. The road is slippery... hehe..."
The old lady threw away the melon seed shells in her hand and said with a smile: "Yes, the road is slippery, let's go home."
The three of them walked slowly towards home.
Su Nuan rode a horse with Li Shitou to their camp.
The soldiers' camp was a U-shaped building with a circle of houses and a training ground in the middle. It was very clean and decorated with various stone locks.
As soon as Su Nuan entered the yard, she smelled a strong smell of blood.
"Are there any soldiers injured?"
Li Shitou sighed, "He's a newly exiled prisoner from the capital. Can you see if you can rescue him?"
Su Nuan knew that saving people was the most important thing now, so she didn't ask any more questions and followed Li Shitou into one of the rooms.
The room was very simple, with a wooden bed, a wooden table and two chairs.
There was a man lying on the bed in prison clothes, his back completely stained red.
Su Nuan stepped forward and cut open the prisoner's uniform with a dagger. There were still many whip wounds on the man's body. Judging from the degree of healing, he must have been beaten in the capital.
Without saying a word, she took out a bottle of river water from her bag and used a cotton ball dipped in the water to clean the wound.
The wound was very fresh, as if it had been cut less than half a day ago.
After cleaning the wound, Su Nuan sutured it with needle and thread.
After the wound was treated, Su Nuan took the man's pulse.
The man has a fever, but it's not life-threatening. However, he has lost too much blood and needs to rest well.
Li Shitou asked, "How is he?"
Su Nuan said, "It's not a big problem. I didn't take the herbs. I'll send someone to go back with me to get the medicine later."
Li Shitou breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that he didn't die. If he died, the people would be so sad."
Su Nuan raised an eyebrow and asked, "Who is this person? How can he have such a great influence?"
Li Shitou reached out and lifted the man's hair, revealing a pale and handsome face.
Su Nuan felt a little familiar. The thick eyebrows were raised upwards somewhat rebelliously, and under the long and slightly curled eyelashes were a pair of eyes that were closed like a fox...
She exclaimed, "Li Fengxing?"
Li Shitou asked in surprise: "Aunt knows him?"
Su Nuan smiled awkwardly, "I've heard of him. I met him once in the capital, but we're definitely not close friends. I just know his name."
Li Shitou hummed and looked unhappy.
Su Nuan asked, "Where have you been lately? You didn't even come to my place during the Lantern Festival."
Li Shitou smiled innocently, "Is Tuantuan better now?"
Su Nuan nodded, "Okay, this is the bleak year."
Li Shitou knew that she was not talking about the misery of having food, but the misery of not being able to eat meat.
"I went to the cold city, but it was surrounded by heavy snow. It took me several days to dig my way out."
Su Nuan was stunned. "Such heavy snow? Here we are only half a person's height."
Li Shitou sighed, "Otherwise why would it be called Hancheng? But at least I'm not freezing or starving over there."
Su Nuan noticed the deep sorrow in his eyes and asked curiously, "What happened to you? Is there any news about your uncle?"
Li Shitou shook his head. "No, it's this person. I don't know how to place him."
Su Nuan looked at the bed and said, "I'm not going to die. I can support myself by working and farming."
Li Shitou glanced sideways, "You know his name, but don't you know his identity?"
Su Nuan sneered, "Have you forgotten that once you get here, you only have one identity. If you want to live, you can only rely on yourself. If you want to die, that's much easier."
Li Shitou was a little dissatisfied. "But he was a kind man. He spent all his wealth to buy food for the refugees. Finally, the higher-ups found out that he had no money, so they found some trumped-up crime and exiled him."
Su Nuan sneered, "Who isn't carrying a false accusation? Isn't it me? Isn't it the old lady? Tuan Tuan is still so young, isn't it her?"
Li Shitou was speechless after being confronted.
Su Nuan asked again: "You lived a good life before, so now you can't live alone?"
Li Shitou scratched his head. It was like dumplings in a teapot, with a spout but unable to pour them out.
Su Nuan glanced at the bed again. "People come into this world empty-handed, and they leave empty-handed too. All the enjoyment we get is gained while we are alive. As long as we are alive, we will get back what we lost, or even better. So we should live well while we are alive."
A groan came from the bed, "Alive..."
Li Shitou's eyes lit up and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Nuan immediately understood that the person on the bed didn't want to live anymore, but Li Shitou didn't want him to die, and he was too tongue-tied to know how to persuade him.
Su Nuan reached out and grabbed Li Shitou's ear and walked out. Li Shitou didn't dare to struggle and grimaced in pain.
When they reached the door, Su Nuan asked in a low voice, "How are you going to accommodate him? Is he coming with a family or alone?"
Li Shitou rubbed his ears and said, "Originally, it was just one person. He wrote a letter of severance not wanting to implicate his family, but the people above didn't care and sent his entire family here."
"Currently, there are 32 people who have made it to the local area alive. Once they arrived here, they bought their freedom and went to live in Xiangyang Village."
Su Nuan nodded, "So no one wants him?"
Li Shitou grinned and said, "It's just that no one wants me. Your medical skills are the best here, so you can take me in."
Su Nuan shook her head repeatedly, "I don't even have a place to live, I won't accept you."
Li Shitou said, "How about this, I'll be responsible for building a few more snow houses."
Su Nuan shook her head. "You might as well divide the land. The city guard doesn't care about the development of the village, so this matter falls on you."
"I think there will be more and more people coming in the future. If you don't divide the residential land in advance, the law of the jungle will happen again and again."
Li Shitou said helplessly: "The village chief of your village doesn't care. Why don't you be the village chief? I guarantee they will all be as obedient as little chickens."
Su Nuan shook her head repeatedly, "No, no, no, I don't care about those people. If anyone bullies me, I will just fight back. If anyone treats me well, I will just take care of them."
Li Shitou was very confused and asked anxiously, "Why? Being a village chief is also an official position."
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