Chapter 99: I'm going to take your rations
Su Nuan continued, "There's no such thing as a land deed over there anyway. Let's just draw a bigger fence around it, and beat up anyone who refuses until they obey."
Ling Yun breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be the literal meaning, occupying the land as home, not becoming a bandit.
Su Nuan was fantasizing about and planning for the future, while Ling Yun was listening quietly beside her, feeling that the future days would be very beautiful.
Unfortunately, it seemed like God was against Su Nuan, and the peaceful days became chaotic again.
When they were setting up camp to rest that night, a middle-aged man with a square face came to Su Nuan.
Su Nuan frowned and looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?"
The square-faced man said, "My name is Ling Chengzhi, and I'm the village chief chosen by Lord Cheng."
Su Nuan glanced sideways. What other names could he choose? Exile Village?
She couldn't help but ask, "What's the name you chose?"
Ling Chengzhi nodded, "Yes, it's me."
Su Nuan curled her lips in disdain. This man seemed to have a bookish air, but why did he seem so uncultured?
Ling Chengzhi smiled and said, "Why don't you give me a name, Madam Su? I don't know what to name."
Su Nuan narrowed her eyes. This guy was indeed a bit scheming. He was trying to curry favor with her.
She really disliked the name, so she said, "The North is an isolated place, bordering the four countries. It would be better to call it Sifang Village."
Ling Chengzhi's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and laughed, "Great, that's brilliant, let's call it Sifang Village."
Seeing that he didn't leave, Su Nuan asked again, "Anything else?"
Ling Chengzhi smiled and said, "There's not much food in the team right now, so I want to gather all the food and distribute it evenly every day. As long as we can hold on for two days, we can reach the next city in two days."
Su Nuan thought for a moment and said, "I can only give you 20 kilograms of coarse grains, nothing else."
Ling Chengzhi nodded immediately, "Okay, twenty kilograms is enough. I won't be so shameless as to ask for the pheasants and rabbits in your car."
There is something teay about what he said.
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "Those are the rations for my little cutie. If you want them, go and negotiate with them."
After she finished speaking, she shouted to the carriage, "Xiaobai, Yunyue, someone is trying to take your rations."
A tiger and four wolves immediately stuck their heads out and glared at Ling Chengzhi with bared teeth.
Ling Chengzhi was mentally prepared, but he was still scared when he saw them up close and personal.
He quickly smiled and said, "No, no, I don't want it."
Su Nuan went to the back of the carriage and took out a bag of black flour. "Here, this is a mixture of black flour and coarse flour. It's considered semi-fine grain."
Seeing the bag of food weighing more than 20 kilograms, Ling Chengzhi quickly picked it up and walked back, saying thank you as he walked: "Thank you, thank you."
Su Nuan narrowed her eyes. This man was quite courageous. As long as it did not affect her interests in the future, she would not interfere with his becoming the village chief.
After the team settled down, Su Nuan did not start a fire to cook. In the evening, someone brought a bowl of porridge, and you could see large grains of wheat bran swimming in it.
Xue asked in surprise, "Is this what we're eating today?"
Su Nuan poured herself a bowl and almost vomited after taking a sip, but she still swallowed it.
"Well, I'll just make do with it for the next two days."
It's not that we're trying to make things difficult for them, it's just that the food supply is concentrated, and if we open fire we'll be targeted.
Although I can fight, I can't fight with such a group of people.
Thinking that we will all be from the same village in the future, my mother and the others will have to get along with their neighbors. They will see each other every day, so it’s better to avoid creating hatred.
Although Tuantuan is small, she is very sensible and said obediently: "If my sister-in-law can drink, I can drink too."
Everyone shared the black noodle soup and drank it. At that moment, they all felt unhappy. They had something to eat but couldn't eat it, which was very frustrating.
Seeing that they were having a hard time getting enough to eat, Su Nuan wanted to get something to supplement their income.
"Mom, let me go find something to roast."
The old lady said, "No need. No one can cook their own meals these days. Just drink this with them."
Su Nuan felt a little reluctant. She obviously had so much food, she could just eat some secretly, so why did she feel wronged?
The old lady said firmly: "Nuan girl, go back to sleep. You didn't eat much today. You won't be hungry if you go to bed early."
Seeing the old lady chasing people away, Su Nuan didn't know what to say and got out of the car and went back.
But after returning home, I always feel uncomfortable. Was I not good enough to them? Why did the old lady drive me away?
These distracting thoughts kept her awake, so she quietly got up and eavesdropped.
They discussed things in the last carriage of the ox cart because it was inconvenient for Ling Cang to move around.
Then Ling Cang asked, "Grandma, why do we have to drink this? Don't we have any food?"
Xue was also a little puzzled and asked: "Yes, mother, why?"
The old lady's eyes flashed, and she said, "You have never seen a disaster year, and you have never experienced the disaster year."
"Aren't we like a group of disaster victims now? We have little food and clothing, and we have to hurry on our way."
Xue smiled and said, "How can we look like disaster victims? We have had such a good life along the way."
The old lady glared and asked, "Then who gave you all these good things?"
Xue replied, "Nuannuan, without her we wouldn't have the comfortable life we have now."
The old lady nodded. "That's right. We have spring water when we are thirsty and food when we are hungry. Who would go hungry?"
Everyone shook their heads. No one was hungry. In fact, they had gained some weight compared to when they left the city. Who would believe this if they told anyone else? Shame appeared on their faces.
The old lady continued, "So I want you to know that if Nuan girl hadn't been here, we would have had to walk on our own, eating black flour steamed bread and drinking black flour soup every day, and even nibbling on grass roots and tree bark."
"We are almost there now. I am afraid that once we get there you will forget the hardships we have endured on the way and Nuan's dedication."
Xue understood and said, "Mother, you worry too much. I will never torture my daughter-in-law like other mothers-in-law do."
The old lady sneered, "People change. She's not a piece of flesh that fell from your body. You won't feel that kind of heart-wrenching pain."
"Don't argue with me. No mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can joke around as casually as real mother and daughter."
Xue wanted to refute, but she felt that the old lady was right. If Ling Cang and Su Nuan had a dispute in the future, she would help Su Nuan, but she would still feel sorry for her son in her heart.
She lowered her head, not knowing what to say, and could only listen.
The old lady added, "Just leave it at that for the next two days. Go hungry. When we get to a better place and have a good life, I will punish you all the time."
Xue looked up at the old lady and asked, "Mother, why do you see so clearly?"
The old lady sighed, "Because I have experienced more things than you. As for what they are, we will tell you later."
"Now you can experience what it's like to have no good food or drink, and no carriage to travel."
After saying that, she stood up and pulled Xue out of the car.
Su Nuan hurriedly trotted back. She was shocked that the old lady was actually helping her. What should she do?
Are they secretly subsidizing them? Or are they just listening to the old lady and turning a deaf ear to her?
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