Chapter 33: Heaven Will Reward You
Such a big commotion at Song Laoer's house had already attracted most of the people in the village, and there was a huge crowd standing outside the gate.
In the yard, Mrs. Gu slammed her hands and yelled, "Hurry up and stop him! This Xue guy wants to snatch people from our village."
At this time, she still had a glimmer of hope. She thought that as long as the villagers helped, each of them could fight off the five or six men led by Master Xue, and her Shuirong could be kept.
However, everything was not as she imagined.
Everyone could hear Mrs. Gu's hoarse voice, but no one stepped forward to stop her, and some even made way for Mr. Xue and his group.
This is really a case of evil being punished.
Over the years, under the tyranny of Mrs. Gu, the people of Xiaoshi Village have long been accustomed to not getting into trouble. Even when the Song Zhenping brothers were about to torture each other to death, they only sighed a few times and were not willing to take action now.
Besides, Song Laoer said in the morning that it was the villagers who were doing labor service who stole things, and he reported them to the police to be arrested. Everyone was a suspect, and he had offended all the villagers, so he was even more unwilling to step forward.
Mr. Xue was not a kind person either. He came with the indenture to demand the release of someone. He had the upper hand both emotionally and logically. Even the village head could only say, "You deserve it."
Seeing that Master Xue was about to take his daughter away, Song Lao Er became anxious. He picked up the five taels of silver and chased out of the house: "Master Xue, I'm handing over a pure and innocent girl to you. You should at least give me another twenty taels."
The villagers were in an uproar. Although Xiaoshi Village was not rich and there were no families selling their daughters, Song Laoer was now asking for money in person, which was really unscrupulous.
Master Xue snorted coldly, "I bought Song Liyun, not Song Shuirong. You broke the contract first and still want to extort money. Then come with me to the government to file a complaint."
If he hadn't seen that Song Lizheng and his men had blocked the gate of the courtyard, making it difficult for him to escape, he wouldn't even want to give the last five taels of silver.
Watching his daughter go away, Song Lao Er sat on the ground dejectedly, hating Song Liyun to the core in his heart: If she were at home, Master Xue would definitely make up the money and not take Shui Rong away.
It’s all that bitch’s fault. She ruined my family.
And these people in front of me, each of them is cruel and vicious. They are all from the same village with the surname Song, but they watched their daughter being taken away and did not help to rescue her.
When the government escorts the civilians back to Xiaoshi Village and finds the thief, he will not let anyone off easily no matter who comes to plead for mercy.
Song Lao Er didn't even think about where he had gone wrong. He just stared at the villagers gathered in front of his door with red eyes and said with gritted teeth, "There will always be a time when you will beg me for help."
As long as the ungrateful person and the unlucky person come back, I will break their legs in public and drive them out of the house, letting these cruel people starve to death or freeze to death in front of me.
Little Gu stumbled out of the yard, crying with her mouth wide open, her face full of misery: "Shui Rong, Shui Rong, my son!"
When he turned around and saw Song Lao Er, all his heartache turned into anger.
This man was calculating money every day and now he has sacrificed his own flesh and blood.
She rushed over and grabbed Song Laoer's collar and started hitting and scratching him: "Song Laoer, give me back my daughter!"
Song Lao Er was already holding a grudge, and when he saw Xiao Gu throwing a tantrum at him, he became furious and kicked her.
Little Gu was kicked in the lower abdomen by him. She fell a few steps and hit the ground heavily. She didn't get up, but instead covered her stomach and groaned.
At the same time, a pool of blood spread out from under her.
"Oh my God! What a sin!"
When Mrs. Gu heard her son and daughter-in-law quarreling, she followed them out. When she looked up, she saw the glaring blood color and immediately screamed and fainted.
The villagers stopped watching the fun and took a few steps back in fear when they saw what was happening.
Song Lizheng had no choice but to call for a doctor and asked several wives and old women from the village to help carry little Gu into the house.
Listening to Mrs. Gu's wailing and looking at the panicked villagers, Song Lao Er was stunned. He knew that he had caused a big disaster.
After screaming and shouting all afternoon, by nightfall, Mrs. Gu gave birth to a baby boy who was already dead.
Looking at the child who had grown black hair and was at least four or five months old, Song Laoer burst into tears.
Not only did he not know that his wife was pregnant, even Xiao Gu herself did not know when she became pregnant.
She has always had irregular menstruation and is obese, so she can't feel her pregnant belly.
Even the back pain he had felt these past few days was attributed to Song Liyun being angry with him.
Song Laoer's family suffered a series of changes, and finally someone remembered that there was still a man in his family who could be the head of the family.
Song Xiaobao, who was studying at the town school, rushed back.
However, having this son in the family is useless except for causing trouble, and Mrs. Gu has to take care of one more person.
Song Xiaobao was also confused.
But in just two days, the originally comfortable and cozy home was completely changed.
The house was empty and impoverished, my elder sister was kidnapped and my cousin was missing.
Although his father said that his cousins ran away with the bitch and were the suspects who harmed their family, Song Xiaobao didn't believe it.
He is now twelve years old and has been studying in the town school for three years.
He hasn't learned anything else, but he has a lot of skills in bullying others.
Every time he came back, he would find a reason to play a trick on his two cousins. Even when he threw Xiao An into the pigpen and scared him until he fainted, no one ever resisted.
In Song Xiaobao's mind, these two brothers were just toys that he could manipulate at will, so how could they have the courage to run away.
Now my family must be lying to me, saying that they don’t have money to buy the storybook.
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The ups and downs in Xiaoshi Village did not affect the carriage that was still rushing on the official road.
The wooden wheels rolled over the road, shaking the people in the carriage so much that they groaned in pain, but the soldiers next to them did not stop at all and continued to urge their horses on.
Song Zhenping had never ridden in a carriage before, and he had already vomited bile.
There was not a single bit of the millet cake I had at noon left, and I could only sleep with my head tilted to the side.
Song Dekui couldn't stay in the carriage, so he squeezed in the front and chatted with the soldiers driving the horses.
Everyone else in the carriage was as drowsy as Song Zhenping.
Only Song Liyun was in high spirits, holding Xiao An and sitting in the corner, whispering.
"Xiao An, eat it quietly. This is what my second sister got in the city!" Song Liyun stuffed an energy bar into his hand.
Energy bars are the basic food in the apocalypse.
The main ingredients are seeds of various mutant plants, minced meat powder of mutant beasts and insect powder.
Scientifically formulated, it can fill you up, contains enough protein, fat and carbohydrates to replenish your energy and is easy to carry.
The disadvantages are also very obvious. It has no fragrance and no comfortable taste. Eating it can only ensure that you will not starve to death. It cannot be compared with real meals.
This kind of low-grade fast food becomes difficult to swallow after being eaten for a long time. It is what the lowest class of people in the apocalypse eat, and it is also essential for the survival of the lower class.
There are many energy bars in Song Liyun's space in case of emergency.
Song Zhenan blinked, his face wrinkled.
He didn't know what this thing, which was as thick as a finger, hard and heavy, and looked like a brown mud stick, was. Could it be eaten?
(End of this chapter)
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