The four of them started discussing Jin Shaoyang again. When that kid first came, he didn't get along well with them. He didn't talk much on weekdays and was always practicing martial arts diligently, which caused them to be often scolded by their master.
But during this drought, this kid was able to fight hard and work hard, and the relationship between him and his fellow apprentices also eased a lot.
Moreover, if this kind of thing really happened to them, they might not do better than Jin Shaoyang.
The four of them were talking about being thirsty, but Song Yuehua had no intention of boiling some water, so they talked for a few words and prepared to go back.
Erguotou, Gouwazi and Ji Ming left first, and Zhang Rushan was the last to leave. When he reached the door, he turned around and said to Song Yuehua, "Daya, Jin Shaoyang has no choice."
"I know."
Zhang Rushan hummed, and then said, "If you disobey the military order, your relatives will be executed, Master Duan..."
"I know."
The next day, Zhou Dafu led the villagers to clean up the bloodstains outside the wall and repair the traps.
Zhou Ergui and his men first demolished the burned house. The women found a piece of vacant land, mixed mud and laid new bricks in preparation for building a house.
"Ergui, our eldest and second sons were injured so badly, do you have to help us repair the house first?"
As soon as Mrs. Song opened her mouth to ask, the villagers nearby started cursing.
"Two people from your family were injured. Why? Didn't other families have injuries? The Cai family's son and the Zhang family's son were both hacked to death, and their families haven't said anything yet. How dare you say that?"
"Why don't I have the face to do that?" Mrs. Song pointed at the man's nose and said, "If I hadn't told you to hide in my Daya's courtyard, would you still be alive to talk here?"
"Your eldest daughter?"
Everyone in the village laughed. "Mrs. Song, you don't think that no one would remember it after so long, do you? Or do you have to wait for people to expose all the bad things you did before you'd be happy?"
Seeing everyone's mocking expressions, Mrs. Song said angrily, "So what? Doesn't she have the surname Song anymore? Didn't her father come out of my belly?"
"Mrs. Song!"
Zhou Dafu walked over and shouted, "Every family in this village has had their house burned down and suffered disasters. If you continue to make trouble like this, I will chase you away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Ergui came over and said.
"First, demolish the burned houses, and then start rebuilding. There is no such thing as building first or later. We will start from the head of the village and rebuild house by house. It will not be easy to rebuild the entire village, and everyone must work together."
The villagers thought this made sense and said, "We didn't have any objections anyway."
"Yes, if it weren't for Mrs. Song yelling here..."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Song became unhappy again. When she put her hands on her waist and prepared to scold, Zhou Dafu stood in front of her and said coldly, "Aunt Song, don't force me to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys!"
When Mrs. Song saw that everyone in the village was staring at her, she could only snort angrily and shut her mouth.
The sun is very strong today. The villagers are working in the ruins, sweating profusely, waving and shouting. For a moment, the scene is quite bustling.
Song Yuehua was going to look for Carpenter Yang. On the way, she couldn't help but stop for a moment, watching the ruins in front of her gradually gain new life under the sunlight.
The dead are buried in the ground, and the living live in newly built houses, and the cycle of life and death continues endlessly.
Carpenter Yang built a shed in the open space at the entrance of the village. More than a dozen coffins had to be driven out. Song Yuehua and Duan Yidao also came to help.
"Da Ya..."
Song Yuehua was planing wood when she heard someone calling her. She looked up and saw that the person was Ren Xiaoxi.
"Brother Shaoyang is missing. Everyone in the village says that he is a spy from the Mo Kingdom. Daya, is this true?" Ren Xiaoxi looked haggard.
Duan Yidao looked over, Song Yuehua shook her head at him, then pulled Ren Xiaoxi aside and told him the whole story about Jin Shaoyang.
Ren Xiaoxi's face turned pale and he was stunned for a moment, "Brother Shaoyang, is he a bad guy?"
"He's not a bad person, but he's not a good person either." Song Yuehua told the truth.
Ren Xiaoxi's lips trembled as he asked again, "Will he die?"
"I don't know." Song Yuehua really didn't know.
Ren Xiaoxi opened her mouth, tears silently streaming down her face, and walked away in a daze. Song Yuehua sighed softly, chased after her, and asked her to go find Zhang Rushan and Erguotou, perhaps they could find out some news about Jin Shaoyang.
"Thank you..."
Ren Xiaoxi did not go to find Zhang Rushan and the others.
She and Jin Shaoyang exchanged their houses for Grandma Lan's. The house was at the end of the village and was not burned down because it was very remote.
She thought she had married into a golden nest, but it turned out that this chicken coop caught fire, and now she really has nothing left.
She had never thought about spies or Mo people. She got married with great difficulty, but became a widow before she even entered the Jin family's door.
Why do hopes always get dashed in unexpected ways?
Thinking of this, Ren Xiaoxi couldn't stand the grievance any more, and started to cry with her hands covering her face.
"Ren Xiaoxi?"
Ren Xiaoxi looked up and saw Gouwazi and Wang Xiaoye.
"What are you two doing here?" Ren Xiaoxi was choking with sobs.
Gou Wa Zi said, "The house we just built was burned down. Now we have nowhere to live. I want to stay with you for a few months until our house is built. Do you think it's okay?"
Ren Xiaoxi nodded, wiped his face and said, "You have to pay."
"Give!"
Gou Wa Zi said helplessly, "I can't ask anyone for money."
Because of Jin Shaoyang, even though Ren Xiaoxi had an empty house, the villagers were afraid of getting into trouble and would rather build a shed than stay at her place.
Gouwazi's new house was burned down, and he was afraid that Ren Xiaoxi would be unable to understand what was going on, so he discussed with Wang Xiaoye and chose to stay in their house.
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