Gu Xinran thought that since there were old and young people in the family, it would be nice to have two more people to help.
"Okay, I'll do as you say. Well, I really have to leave now, so be careful."
Xiao Mingzhan's passionate eyes were glued to her, and he hugged her tightly for a while before letting her go with a soft "hmm".
Gu Xinran calmed down for a moment, waited for the heat on her face to subside, glared at the culprit, then opened the door and left with Brother Gu and Xiao Ba.
Xiao Mingzhan's heart melted when he saw her coquettish glare. He stared at her departing back in a daze.
What a heartless girl! When will she grow up? Sigh, it's such a long wait...
The three of them arrived at the gathering place of the villagers and found that everyone had already had breakfast, still with food provided by the mine.
Led by the guards, a group of people happily left this cruel black mine carrying food on their backs.
The escort team was leading the way just by chance, as they had another mission to accomplish, which was to eradicate the cancer of Gouzi Village.
After leaving the natural cave group, Gu Xinran did not forget to remind Commander Qi Mo that after dealing with Gouzi Village, he should remember to go to the cave and take away the real tall and short duo. The more free miners, the better.
Two hours later, the Gu brothers and sisters, Xiao Ba, and Brother Qiu, brought the young and middle-aged people from Qingshan Village and Shanghe Village back to Xiahe Village and successfully completed the rescue mission.
After expressing their gratitude profusely, the villagers of Shanghe Village happily took the food and went back to reunite with their families.
The elderly, weak, women and children who were left behind cried excitedly when they saw their grandchildren, sons, fathers and husbands who had been lost and found again, and were immersed in the joy of reunion after the disaster.
Grandma Gu and Mother Gu were overjoyed to see them return. They looked at the three of them with kind eyes and only felt relieved after confirming that they were all safe and sound.
I was so happy that tears came out. A mother worries about her son even when he is thousands of miles away, let alone going to save someone in such a dangerous place.
Holding their hands, I kept repeating: "It's good that you're back! It's good that you're back..."
Grandpa Gu's eyes were red, and Xuanxuan Tingting held Gu Xinran tightly.
The villagers who stayed behind calmed down and found that each of them had brought back 50 kilograms of food, and they were overjoyed.
When Grandpa Gu saw the food the three of them brought back, he also smiled happily.
After learning the details, all the villagers came to thank the Gu family, especially Gu Xinran.
Thinking that he was Gu Xinran's benefactor, he helped rescue the villagers and gave them food for her sake.
Of course, we have a lot to thank Brother Qiu for. His contribution of venturing into the tiger's den cannot be buried.
Everyone is in harmony and the people of Qingshan Village are laughing again. It’s great.
The team that rescued the villagers returned victoriously, but what about the other team that went after the food and money?
I didn't see them.
Gu Xinran asked about Master Qiu and the others' situation. When Master Gao's wife saw her youngest son return safely, her good mood disappeared in an instant.
He frowned worriedly, "There's still no movement. I'm so anxious."
The young man who was rescued began to get anxious when he heard that all the things in his house had been stolen and the people who had chased them out had not returned yet.
Gu Xinran became uneasy, and everyone discussed sending someone to Hong County to provide support.
The village chief organized the villagers to empty all the remaining animal carts, and everyone went to look for people with light luggage.
The man from Qingshan Village, who had just returned home, set off again in a mighty procession.
As soon as we got on the official road, we met the team led by Master Qiu and Uncle Zhang.
The horse-drawn and mule-drawn carts were filled with recovered food and money, and everyone reunited in victory.
People, food and money are all back!
The catastrophe in Qingshan Village is finally over!
A group of people returned to Xiaohe Village, completely relieved of their anxiety and fear, and happiness filled the hearts of every villager in Qingshan Village.
Master Qiu and Uncle Zhang told the whole story.
They hurried and finally caught up with the team from Xiaohe Village when the sun was setting.
There were about 200 people in the team, and only five ox carts, on which lay the emaciated victims of the mine.
There were also many elderly, weak, women and children who were pushing carts, carrying luggage and backpacks, and they could not walk fast at all.
The people of Xiahe Village did not expect that the villagers of Qingshan would catch up so quickly.
They believed that losing people, food and money would at least cause a lot of trouble, so finding out the situation and trying to save people should be the top priority.
With this time buffer, they had already mixed into the team heading south, like mud into the sea.
They underestimated the strength of Qingshan Village.
Dozens of people took out their swords and hoes, and blocked the way of the villagers from Xiahe with great momentum.
The other refugees around with their families thought they were being robbed and were all scared away.
There are many people in Xiahe Village, but they are all old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children, and their fighting capacity is poor.
Dozens of relatively strong people came out to resist, but were soon knocked down by the Qingshan villagers. Having seen how powerful the father and son of the Qiu family were, they knelt on the ground and cried for mercy, and obediently returned the stolen things in their original state.
In order to save time, the people of Xiahe Village piled all the stolen goods on several carts without having time to divide them. This made it convenient for Zhang Bo and his friends because they only had to move the goods back to their own cars.
But the silver and money were all mixed together, and the quantities might not be correct, so I could only collect them first and let everyone claim them after I got back.
From the village chief's crying, we learned that they were instigated by the people of Gouzi Village to do such an unjust thing.
The village chief of Xiahe Village, who bought refugees for the first time, had the best financial situation in the village. After receiving the letter, he hesitated and spent ten taels of silver to buy two relatively strong refugees.
Unexpectedly, he really brought back his youngest son and eldest grandson.
When the bandit leader knew that he was the village chief, he gave him advice and asked him to kidnap refugees who were staying on the road and exchange them for other men in the village.
The mine is in urgent need of workers. Not only can the people they send be exchanged for people from their own village, but the extra people can also be paid five taels per person, and they are also kindly provided with low-priced drugs.
When the other villagers found out, they lost their moral principles for the sake of their own children and started digging tunnels and planning to kidnap people.
In the past two days, many people have come to stay overnight. We dare not take action against a large group of three or four hundred people, and the smaller groups are not enough.
It was not until the Qingshan Village team showed up that they started fighting after a dispute.
At first, he just wanted to knock them out and capture as many people as possible, but people are greedy and are tempted by the food, money, and swords, so he took them all. There was too little water, so he didn't take any of them and escaped.
He also wanted to take the cows and donkeys away, but he was afraid that the animals would make noise and wake up the other four families fifty meters away, so he had to give up.
They thought they had a conscience and that the number of people they kidnapped was just right, not too many to make money.
Master Qiu, Uncle Zhang and the others were so furious that they wanted to kill this group of taciturn and shameless people.
But the people of Qingshan Village, who have abided by the law all their lives, could not bring themselves to kill him.
Seeing them dragging a bunch of sick people on the road was already very miserable. After recovering the things in the village, they let them go.
We also learned from the crying complaints of the village chief of Xiaohe Village that the free water scheme in Hong County is a scam.
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