Chapter 52 I'm going to destroy them
The threshing ground is usually a very clean place, but after raining for so long, the dirty water from every household has flowed down the slope here.
She shook her head in disgust, "Mom, this place is too dirty except for being flat. I don't want to camp here."
Xue was also disgusted. Although she knew that this was not the time to be pretentious, she really didn't want to put herself in such a difficult position.
Su Nuan said, "Mom, let's go to the ridge over there."
The fields here have just been harvested, and the view is wide. The roads along the ridges have become very hard from being trampled on frequently, but now they are washed very clean by the rain, unlike the threshing ground which is covered with a layer of dirt.
Su Nuan greeted the soldiers and the family headed towards the ridge of the field.
Su Nuan had nothing to do in the cave these days, so she sewed a large triangular pocket made entirely of oilcloth. When it was stretched out and supported by wooden sticks, it became a nice little house.
It's just a little low, barely enough for three people to lie down.
Not long after, Li Shitou brought back a quilt and a thick straw mat, which was just right for laying inside the tent.
Li Shitou looked around the tent twice and said with a smile, "That's a good idea. I'll tell the captain when I get back. It gets colder the further north we go. This can help us avoid freezing to death."
Su Nuan recalled that it seemed to be very cold. She remembered that many people would fight for a sack at that time.
At present, these people are stopping and starting, and their evil has not yet fully erupted. After all, when facing the threat of death, other people's lives are worthless.
The sun was halfway down, and Su Nuan quickly took out the charcoal stove and lit it. The temperature was still okay during the day, and she wouldn't feel cold while exercising. But once she stopped and the sun set, it would be very cold.
In the evening, the family drank a pot of wild vegetable and meat soup. The threshing ground was very lively, probably because someone had brought money to buy food.
Su Nuan sighed, "Isn't our exile a little too easy?"
Xue laughed and said, "How can it be easy? It's only been a short while. Once all their money is squeezed out, hard times will begin."
Su Nuan recalled her past life, but her memory was vague. At least she was not hungry or thirsty. This was all the result of the Ling family pampering her.
She lowered her head silently. The drizzle would continue for another half month. After enduring this half month, it would be a period of complete drought, and then she would no longer suffer from the humidity.
However, there is one bad thing, which is that the water will become less and less. But I have never heard of anyone dying of thirst in the previous life, so it should be fine.
Su Nuan didn't know what was wrong. She felt upset and couldn't sleep at night, so she quietly avoided people and sneaked into the village.
I wanted to see if there was any dry firewood and secretly exchange it for some food, but when I got to the largest house, I found that there was still an oil lamp burning inside and people were talking.
Su Nuan was curious and squatted under the window to listen to what they were saying.
Then an old voice was heard saying, "I heard that this group is from the General's Mansion. Let's take action."
Another elderly woman said, "I asked the maids to inquire. The escort officers wanted to make some money, so they were very lax in their searches. I'm sure these people must have a lot of gold and silver on them."
The old man hesitated, "There are too many people, it's not easy to end it."
The old woman snorted. "Useless things, what are you afraid of? Those little cuties I raised can sleep for a day, and we'll have finished collecting them by then."
The old man nodded and said, "Okay, let them play with the women in our village, and let the men play with them too."
The old woman actually didn't stop him and even approved. "Okay, that's settled. I'll go release the insects."
"It doesn't rain tonight, but if it does rain tomorrow afternoon, they'll wake up and won't notice anything. Even if a woman feels something's wrong, she won't dare to say anything."
Su Nuan was shocked by the words of the two old men. People's hearts are treacherous and there is nothing that evil people cannot do except what they themselves have imagined.
When she saw the old woman go out the back door, she collected all the firewood in the woodshed in the front yard. Unexpectedly, when the firewood was cleared away, a cellar door was revealed.
Thank you, Daxi. This is definitely not the first time for these people to rob. They might have hidden things they stole before.
She opened the wooden lid, took out the night pearl and threw it in. The night pearl rolled, and in the dim light she could see that there were many boxes inside.
She threw a tinder down, and it burned beautifully, so she jumped in.
Su Nuan didn't dare to put the things into the space rashly, for fear that there might be bugs inside.
He opened the nearest wooden box, which was filled with small change. However, the small change was black, the largest one was the size of a thumb, and had irregular shapes.
Su Nuan used a wooden stick to dig around, and when no strange insects came out, she put the box away.
The other boxes were filled with jewelry with simple patterns and some jade pendants and other decorative items.
Su Nuan dug it out again and put it away when there were no bugs.
The total value of these things is several thousand taels, which is a huge sum of money for the people in the mountain village.
Perhaps they robbed not only the exile group but also passers-by.
Su Nuan returned to the woodshed and closed the lid. She then went to the backyard, where there was only an empty vegetable patch.
She didn't dare to stay for long and went to other houses. She found that everyone in the village was a villain, and even the babbling baby was full of malice and shouting for killing.
Of course, Su Nuan would not burn the place down, so she took away all the firewood in the village.
Although she had no feelings for the people in the threshing ground, Su Nuan still sprinkled insect repellent powder around the threshing ground.
Cheng Feng didn't sleep. He saw Su Nuan's movements with the help of the torches in the camp and walked over.
"What are you doing?"
Su Nuan replied: "Sprinkle insect repellent powder."
Cheng Feng raised his eyebrows, "You went to the village?"
Su Nuan's heart trembled. Could it be that Cheng Feng was in cahoots with them? Then she would be caught red-handed for ruining Cheng Feng's plans.
Cheng Feng noticed Su Nuan's strange expression and asked with concern, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Su Nuan quickly shook her head and asked directly, "Are the villagers in cahoots with you?"
Cheng Feng was stunned. "What do you mean by the same group? When I passed by here a few years ago, there was no such village. Back then, we went west after leaving the town."
He was telling Su Nuan that this was his first time seeing this village.
Su Nuan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Just now I was thinking of getting some dry firewood, but I heard the people inside saying that they would release insects to knock everyone down, and then come to steal gold and silver, and let the men in the village sleep with the women here."
Cheng Feng, who had a bad temper, exploded when he heard this and shouted angrily, "Damn it! I'm going to kill them."
Su Nuan quickly pulled him back, "No, insect powder can repel insects. Now I don't know what Brother Cheng is planning. Is he going to beat up the villagers or something?"
Cheng Feng pondered for a moment and said, "We are forced by the chaotic times, so let's just give it a try."
Su Nuan didn't think he had a change of heart. He should not waste force.
"Brother Cheng is kind and righteous. I admire him."
Cheng Feng chuckled, "Sister, I know what you're thinking. The world is in chaos right now, and the higher-ups are unreliable. I just want to make some money and find a stable place to live with my family."
Su Nuan suddenly came up with a bold idea, but she didn't know whether the other party would agree.
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