Chapter 253: The victims outside the city are already in chaos
"They pulled my mother and me out of the car. My mother clung to their legs and wouldn't let them go. They kicked her hard, and when they saw she wouldn't let go, they started beating me.
My mother was protecting me the whole time. There were people all around us, but no one helped us. It was already afternoon, and my mother and I supported each other and struggled to go into the city to find the government officials..."
Mrs. Cao's eyes lit up and she asked, "What did the official say?"
Cao Youcai's eyes flashed with resentment, and he shook his head and said, "I didn't see the official at all. The yamen runners only asked a few questions and said there were too many people and they couldn't do anything about it. They said that even if they found the donkey, it would have been slaughtered and eaten, the carriages smashed and burned, and the goods divided up.
He also said that it was our own fault for not being careful. Money will be targeted only when it is exposed and seen by others!
He sent us away without saying a word. I took my mother to the clinic where we used to buy medicine. The old doctor knew me and was willing to bandage my mother's wound on credit.
We had no money to stay in an inn, so we stayed in the infirmary for the night;
I'm lucky today, I met a rich man, otherwise, I don't know how to bring my mother back. "
After hearing this, Cao Qingzhu only thought about his meat. "Where's my pork? Is it all gone?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Cao's bright eyes turned cloudy again.
It seems that Fu Ping was not lying. Those victims came here purely for their property.
But the officials are really hateful!
That was a donkey cart pulled by two donkeys, and there were goods worth two or three taels of silver!
Cao Youcai thought of the medicine fee and quickly added, "Madam, the consultation fee and medicine were all paid by Dafu brother."
Mrs. Cao's face darkened even further as she said impatiently, "I understand! You two are truly useless. You went out and wasted twenty or thirty taels of silver in vain!"
Two donkeys, a carriage, two or three taels of silver worth of goods, and medical fees.
Pinggu and Cao Youcai lowered their heads silently as if they had done something wrong.
Granny Qin couldn't help but say, "How can you blame them for this?"
Mrs. Cao glanced at me with her triangular eyes and said unhappily, "We are both women. The women in your village can drive donkey carts out and come back intact, so why can't she?
Don't blame her, who else can I blame? "
Shen Qing looked at Mrs. Cao and argued with reason and evidence: "In our village, women do go out, but not just one or two, but more than ten or twenty;
And you only saw us going out, why didn't you see that we women were all wearing crossbows and hatchets on our waists? Those are not just for show! "
If women want to make a name for themselves, they cannot have the same abilities as men. They need to be more ruthless and accurate than men!
This old lady Cao only saw the results, but not the previous efforts and hard work.
Mrs. Cao opened her mouth to argue, but finally closed it reluctantly and said to the two people on the cart, "Let's go back!"
Lei Dafu looked at the two people lying there and said, "Let's lend a hand and lift them up."
The men present responded in unison: "Okay!"
Pinggu's lips trembled, tears streaming down her face, and she whispered, "Thank you, thank you."
The old lady blamed her as usual, but the difference this time was that a group of women came to speak up for her, defend her, and say it was not her fault.
Although she knew that the old lady didn't listen to a word she said and would continue to criticize and blame her when she returned, their words were enough.
For the first time in more than 30 years, someone spoke up for her.
And the men in the village, because she delayed their shopping and made them make a wasted trip;
Dafu even helped to advance the medical fees, but they didn't get a word of recognition or gratitude from the old lady. However, she still couldn't bear to see her suffer and wanted to help lift her up.
How could she repay them...
There were many strong men in the village. They first separated the two men and laid them on the carts, with four people on each side of a cart. The leader shouted "one, two, three", and the two carts immediately rose half a man's height from the ground.
"Walk!"
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The villagers had no time to care about the things they had bought because they had not yet returned.
Everyone gathered together and couldn't help but sigh.
Life is hard nowadays, and the hardship comes from being unable to control one's own destiny. Even if one encounters a vicious master, one can only go down one path to the end, with no choice but to change paths.
You have no control over life or death.
Mr. Jiang's eyes were heavy, and he pointed out a fact after a while: "The victims outside the city are already in chaos, and the officials and yamen runners don't care."
Xie Qingshan suggested another possibility: "Perhaps the yamen runners are involved and trying to profit from it!"
"Ah, that's impossible! He's a man who eats official food and receives a salary from the court!"
"Yeah, if this is discovered, their official positions will be in jeopardy. Is it worth it for them?"
“But I’ve seen it on the road before…”
Xie Qingshan calmly analyzed: "Those yamen runners directly said that the donkey would be slaughtered and eaten, and the carriage would be chopped up for firewood. The victims are not stupid, how could they not know that these two things are valuable?
They must be selling it for silver. How can someone who accepts stolen goods be someone without connections? The tribute silver will still go to them."
Everyone: .....Indeed!
"Qingshan, what should we do? We didn't buy anything for today. Do you think we can still buy more?" Hong Ming asked anxiously.
Today the men all came back with empty cars. If they had gone shopping, they would not have been able to reach the village so early.
It was Mr. Jiang who answered the question: "I won't buy it. Not only this year, but also next spring, we will see how it goes."
Everyone felt much more relieved after hearing this.
Thanks for stocking up early!
Eighty to ninety percent of the medicinal herbs have been sold, and the acorn powder has been exchanged for food. Coarse grains were also bought back a few days ago. Originally, they were only enough to last until March or April, but now they are enough to last until September or October next year.
And in September and October, they can grow new crops in their own fields to continue the supply next year!
I bought a batch of chickens, ducks and geese earlier, and another batch yesterday. I also bought a flock of sheep. Although I can't go into the city to buy pork, I have eggs and sheep.
The Lei family would go hunting every once in a while and buy more prey to supplement their food.
It doesn't matter if the mountains are blocked by heavy snow and hunting is impossible. Shen Qing's family still has a lot of rabbits, and some of them have already started giving birth. We can buy a few and raise them.
Without jars, kimchi and salted duck eggs were affected, but the victims were already in a mess. It was already very good to have vegetables and eggs to fill their stomachs. Why take the risk!
Shen Qing agreed with Mr. Jiang's decision.
Her only worry was what to do with the wedding banquet?
Her original plan was to go to the city and buy two pigs, one to keep for the winter and the other for the wedding banquet.
Pork is delicious, oily, and can be paired with any dish. It is an indispensable and versatile pairing at wedding banquets.
Now that we can’t go to the city, what can we use to replace pork?
I have to rethink the wedding banquet dishes, I’m so worried.
After a while, the men who helped carry the people came back, and their expressions were indescribable.
"What's wrong?"
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