When there is no coarse food, how will she raise the child? If the child dies, will Chu San still love her so much?
Chen Lin's eyes flashed, and she couldn't help but look around. Seeing that many villagers were asleep, she couldn't help but look at the other human trafficker again.
"Mom, you take a rest. I'll be the one keeping watch." Big Brother Chu said, "Let the second child come in the second half of the night. Don't just think about being lazy."
Second Brother Chu snored in response.
Chu's mother touched her eyelids and felt that they were twitching violently. She couldn't find the reason, so she had to remind her a few more times before sitting down to rest.
There was almost no light in the house at night. In the middle of the night, the fire went out and the watchmen were drowsy, so no one added fuel to the fire. But early the next morning, the rain was getting lighter and lighter. It was estimated that it would stop in less than half a day, and then we could continue our journey.
A scream rang out, breaking the morning silence.
"Ah, the trafficker ran away."
Chu Xiaomei noticed that the seat next to her was empty and the cut hemp rope fell down. Outside the temple not far away, the human traffickers were stumbling out.
"He's there, carrying food!" Big Brother Chu's flagging spirit was awakened by the shock. He was so angry that he ran after him: "Stop right there."
Chu's second brother also followed, but before leaving, he reminded his family to guard the remaining food and not to make a mess.
"Brother Chu, we will help you too."
There were still several kind-hearted young men from the same village who went to help. Suddenly the house became bustling with activity, leaving some empty spaces. Someone asked, "Did the traffickers steal the Chu family's food again?"
"Chu San, Jiaojiao, how much food did you lose?" a woman asked kindly.
Zhou Jiaojiao and Chu San were standing next to their own carts at this moment, both of them looking a little ugly.
"The coarse grains we just exchanged yesterday were stolen." Chu San said angrily.
When the villagers heard this, they were all shocked and felt that they were too unlucky. The coarse grains they had exchanged for with great difficulty were stolen again.
Thinking of what was thrown away last time, a woman asked, "Jiaojiao, did you only throw away the coarse grains this time?"
"Well, only those. Auntie, did you lose any food?" Zhou Jiaojiao asked with concern.
The woman said subconsciously: "My house is definitely not lost. It was stolen by that human trafficker. How could he steal my house..."
"Mom! The naan we took out yesterday is gone!"
"What?" The woman, the mother of the Sang family, immediately shouted angrily upon hearing this. She pointed at her daughter-in-law and said anxiously, "Hurry up and look for it. Don't talk nonsense. That's enough food for us for several days."
Seeing this, the other villagers also became a little panicked and followed suit to check their own food. The result was...
"My family also lost some dry noodles." Hunter Fang Jia said that his sick daughter-in-law was so angry that her eyes turned red. She kept wiping her tears and said that it was because he did not watch her closely that this result happened.
There was also a commotion in Huang Shuangming's family. His family was closest to the Chu family, but this time they also suffered heavy losses. It can be said that they lost more than 20 kilograms of food!
Even worse than Zhou Jiaojiao.
"My family's food is gone! We clearly kept it behind the wall." Aunt Huang was furious. She subconsciously looked at Zhou Jiaojiao, her voice filled with grievance, "Chu San's wife, why did you leave that trafficker behind? Now we're all suffering."
These words aroused some concerns among the villagers. After all, food was life-saving at this time. Isn't this asking them to die?
Huang Shuangming pulled his mother and said, "Mom, this matter has nothing to do with the Chu family. I'm going to chase the trafficker and get the grain back."
"Why don't you go quickly!" Aunt Huang slapped him on the back. After the people left, she sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
Other villagers in the house also came one after another, saying that they had lost some food, ranging from more than ten pounds to five or six pounds. They all started to make a fuss and soon called the village chief.
When the village chief heard this, his brows furrowed.
"Everyone, please calculate how much food you have lost in total," said the village chief.
"Village Chief, my family lost eight kilograms..."
"My family has a full twelve pounds of it. It's the only food left for our family."
"I have five pounds...but it's also filled with dried meat."
The village chief knew that everyone was anxious, but he did not get angry. He was still patient and quickly counted the items, from weight to type. However, when it came to the Zhao family's turn, something big happened.
"Village chief, please save us quickly. That damn thief stole more than 60 kilograms of food from us!" Mrs. Zhao really cried this time. She didn't react just now, and the first and second wives were hiding something, so no one was willing to say it. But when they found out that so much was missing, the people in the two wives couldn't bear it anymore and started making a fuss immediately.
The village chief's brows jumped: "What did you say?"
"Over sixty pounds?"
"Yes! Village Chief, we absolutely wouldn't dare lie. If you don't believe me, just look at the traces of our luggage. There's a lot less." Mrs. Zhao, fearing the Village Chief wouldn't believe her, glared at her two daughters-in-law and finally spoke awkwardly, "We usually hide the food under the cart to prevent it from falling..."
Saying that they were afraid that the food would fall was definitely a nice way of saying it. After all, everyone knew the Zhao family's temperament. It was probably that both daughters-in-law kept the food secretly.
"This doesn't prove that there is really so much food..." The village chief just felt a headache.
Chen Lin also folded her arms and sneered, "Mom, didn't you say there was no food at home? That's why we only had one steamed bun for Xiaochuan and me every day. We were so hungry that we ate Guanyin soil, and you didn't even give me any more food."
With a smug look in her eyes, she deliberately said, "Mom, please don't deliberately take advantage of the chaos to rob. You're just causing trouble for the village chief when you have nothing to do."
"Shut up, Chen Lin." Mrs. Zhao didn't expect Chen Lin to continue talking nonsense at this time. She screamed, "We have already lost so much food, what nonsense are you talking about!"
"Can you prove that you lost so much?" Shen Lin asked back directly.
Mrs. Zhao said without hesitation: "My family has already lost so much, what else do we need to prove?"
"Village chief, don't listen to her nonsense. Why would my family lie at a time like this? If you really don't believe it, you can ask other villagers nearby. They will always know the general situation of my family."
The villagers around looked at each other, and considering the Zhao family's temperament, no one stood up, mainly because they were afraid of being entangled by the Zhao family.
When Mrs. Zhao saw that no one reacted, she was so angry that she almost fainted.
Shen Lin smiled proudly.
Boss Zhao couldn't help it. He stood up, still sounding dignified. "Village Chief, I am a scholar with a good reputation. I would never lie about such a thing. Please help me record this. I swear on my reputation that if we lie, I will never be able to make any progress in my life."
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