He also said that those can be exchanged for money, because he promised that each family would have at least a hundred kilograms of grain and one tael of silver, so we..."
This group of people may have never seen a tael of silver in their entire lives. In order to get a tael of silver and have enough food to eat, they of course chose to rob.
Old Qian, Old Li, the old village chief, Old Mrs. Wen, and several other elder uncles in the clan had finished interrogating the people, but they looked at the pile of corpses at the scene in silence.
These people, like them, were just fleeing famine for a living.
But because of their own selfish desires, they failed to rob and became corpses on the ground.
Li sneered at the look of sympathy on the faces of these people.
"Do you sympathize with them? We didn't stop them today, and we're the ones standing there. The reason we didn't burn it down immediately was to warn everyone, to tell you that if you don't unite, you'll end up like them.
Those who don't listen to the leader will be foolish enough to follow their lead. Village chief, I suggest that everyone come and watch the burning of the body.
It's a disguised reminder and warning."
"Okay, I agree. Call everyone in the village over to watch the burning of the body, even the children.
The reality of fleeing famine is so cruel that we cannot afford to be careless or make mistakes. Even children must grow up quickly in this environment."
There is no childhood in the years of famine, and being alive is the best year!
Seeing how cooperative the village chief was, Li's tense expression relaxed a little.
She glanced with satisfaction at the group of men who were still holding pine trees and looking at the hooks.
"Today's actual combat also proved that our earlier team combat training was effective.
According to the statistics just now, only five of our people suffered minor injuries, falls, and exhaustion.
So from now on, if we want to survive and avoid being wiped out, we must stick together and keep training."
Old Qian and Old Li were the first to nod. "Yes, yes, we sympathize with them now. If we don't defend ourselves, they will drink our blood and sell our wives and children."
"We have no sympathy for these sons of bitches. Let's burn them."
A group of people put aside their cheap sympathy, hardened their hearts and started to burn the body.
All the villagers, including children, stood together and watched.
The children are very silent. Don’t underestimate them because they are young. In fact, they know how to read people’s expressions better than anyone else.
At this moment, they noticed the solemn atmosphere of the adults and everyone behaved very well.
As the fire was lit, a group of refugee robbers were set on fire, and many people at the scene showed expressions of horror.
But more than anything else, they were determined, because the facts before them told them: if anything went wrong on the way to escape the famine, they would end up like these burnt corpses on the ground!
After the burning was over, the old village chief felt embarrassed when he saw the shivering captives.
"Mr. Li, Mr. Qian and Mr. Li, how should we deal with these people? Should we kill them all with a single blow, or..."
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