After two or three days of hunger, some of the bandits finally couldn't hold on any longer and knelt down, tears streaming down their faces.
“Girl, we shouldn’t have come out to rob food. We don’t care if we die, but we have no choice but to do it for the sake of our elderly parents and children. My old mother and my baby who is crying for milk are in that dilapidated temple over there. We haven’t been back for two or three days. They are probably starving to death in the temple. Please, girl, let us go.”
"So you also have elderly people and children? Don't other families have elderly people and children too? You've taken other people's food, what will happen to their elderly people and children?"
The bandits, upon hearing this, realized it made perfect sense.
They didn't think much about it at the time; they couldn't bear to see their wives and children go hungry, so they went out to find food.
But I heard that the Shen family cleared land and planted a full thousand acres of rice. While other people's fields don't grow until autumn, the Shen family's rice is strange. It's only July and the rice has already been harvested.
Thinking that the Shen family had a lot of grain, they thought they might as well rob some. They didn't actually want them to hand over all the grain; they were just saying that to scare them.
"Girl, we were really wrong, please let us go."
With someone taking the lead, the other bandits disregarded their own public personas and all started crying their eyes out.
"Qingtan, go to the dilapidated temple and see if what they said is true."
"yes."
Half an hour later, Qingtan returned in a carriage, which was full of people. There were several other carriages behind her, all of which were full of people. She had hired them in town.
There were forty or fifty people getting off the carriage, mostly children and women, but also a few elderly people. They were all sallow and thin, looking as if they would fall over with a gust of wind.
Two elderly people fainted as soon as they got off the carriage, and a woman knelt down on the ground with a thud, crying and begging Shen Danru: "Girl, please save my child. I will be your ox or horse in my next life."
"Sister-in-law, please get up first."
Shen Danru helped his sister-in-law to her feet and looked at the baby in her arms, who looked to be about ten months old.
Shen Danru touched the child's forehead and was shocked to find a high fever.
The baby felt someone stroking his forehead, opened his eyes halfway to look, and then closed them weakly again.
Have you seen a doctor?
The woman continued to weep, but when Shen Danru asked her a question, she immediately replied, "Yes, I've seen a doctor. I saw one in Sifang Town. The doctor said the child, the child..."
The woman could no longer speak.
"Please, young lady, could you take my child to Ningzhou City to find a doctor?"
At this moment, for some reason, Shen Danru felt that the system had changed, and the system told her that when she touched the baby just now, she had already diagnosed his illness and prescribed medicine.
If you agree to the treatment, simply click "agree" to have the medicine prepared.
Furthermore, by treating patients, the system can also increase points and experience points.
Shen Danruo chose 'Agree' without hesitation.
“Sister-in-law, if you trust me, you can drink this medicine. It can save your child’s life.”
The woman hesitated for a moment.
Can we really trust this girl who didn't even take my pulse and just pulled out a bottle of medicine?
But at this moment, she didn't believe the girl, and it seemed she had no other choice.
Shen Danru ignored the woman and instructed Cai Bo and He Bo to settle these people down, especially the two elderly people who had fainted.
Both elderly people had underlying age-related illnesses, and this time, coupled with not eating for two days, they fainted as soon as they got off the carriage.
Shen Danru handed two bottles of nutritional fluid to the two elderly people's daughter-in-law, telling them to drink them first to save their lives before treating their illnesses.
Without the slightest hesitation, the two women immediately fed it to the two elderly people.
Not long after, the two elderly people opened their eyes.
Seeing that the two elderly people had drunk the drink and survived, the woman holding the child dared not hesitate any longer and fed the child the drink as well.
Two more days passed, and the bandits were on the verge of collapse. They thought their families had all starved to death, and they all looked at Shen Danru with cannibalistic eyes.
The leader, Xiao Weiren, said, "Either you kill me with one blow, or I'll be a hero again in eighteen years."
Through the women and elderly people who came to take them, it was learned that they were not evil people, nor were they bandits. Because their hometown had suffered a disaster, they had no choice but to pretend to be bandits in order to save the lives of the elderly and children. Today was their first time robbing, and they were caught by Shen Danru.
Shen Danru smiled and didn't argue with him: "Your life was given to you by your mother. Whether or not to kill you is up to your mother. Qingtan, let Aunt Xiao in."
Xiao Wei was shocked. What did that mean? Did they bring his mother here too?
When Qingtan helped an old woman in, Xiao Wei realized it was his mother; she had also been brought here by them.
He shouted angrily, "Let go of my mother!"
Seeing her son's state, Old Mrs. Xiao scolded loudly, "Xiao Wei, what are you doing? You've frightened your benefactor."
Xiao Wei was stunned. What did his mother mean? What benefactor?
“My son, I fell ill the day you left. It was thanks to this young lady who found us that I was saved. She not only cured my illness but also gave us food and clothes. Look at these clothes I have…”
Xiao Wei then noticed his mother's clothes. Although they were still coarse cloth, they were much better than her previous clothes.
"I never expected this, I never expected you to do such a beastly thing. You use the guise of robbing the rich to help the poor to bully ordinary people. Instead of robbing those wicked rich people, you robbed a good person like Miss Shen. It's truly a sin."
"I almost suffered retribution because of this and died in that dilapidated temple. It was Miss Shen who saved my life. Don't call me mother anymore. I don't have a son like you."
"Mother, I'm not...."
"Still trying to argue? Kneel down and apologize to Miss Chen."
Under the coercion of Old Madam Xiao, Xiao Wei, who had never bowed his head to anyone before, knelt down: "Thank you, Miss Chen, for saving my life."
When Grandma Xiao saw that her son had admitted his mistake, she felt there was still hope and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
When the others saw that Grandma Xiao had been brought over, they couldn't help but ask about her family.
"Don't panic, Miss Shen sent people to pick us all up. She not only cured our illnesses, but also gave us food and clothing. Miss Shen is our great benefactor."
These men thought their families had all starved to death in the dilapidated temple, but that wasn't the case. Their families were all alive and well, and Miss Shen was even providing them with good food and drink.
Feeling as if they had been rescued from hell, the twenty-odd men all disregarded their image and burst into tears.
Seeing that it was about time, Shen Danru instructed Qingtan, "Give them the antidote."
The poison gas from the stink bomb dissipated, and all twenty-odd people knelt down: "Thank you, Miss Chen, for sparing our lives."
"Alright, your families have all been settled in the estate. Go and see them."
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