Chapter 133: Let’s go together

Not to mention that a young man like her, who was born and raised under a red flag, would feel uncomfortable.

Those who were illiterate and only knew how to immerse themselves in farming would also feel uncomfortable.

This would be the case for anyone who has not yet lost their sense of humanity.

Li Rui looked at the half-grown boy behind him with cold eyes, “Li Xiang, tell the truth, what’s going on with this piece of meat?”

Li Xiang shivered in fright when his name was called, especially when everyone’s eyes were on him.

After he got on the body, his expression was extremely tense, and he became at a loss. He was frightened and stammered, “I, I…”

“Speak!” Li Rui shouted sharply.

“I picked up the meat from over there. After I picked it up, I happened to meet that person.

He insisted on saying that it was meat that he had roasted, and that I was a thief.”

Li Rui pointed to the crowd opposite. Big boy.

Everyone’s eyes instantly shifted from Li Xiang to the other party.

That kid was not only stared at by others, but his own family members were also stared at him with probing, questioning, and scrutinizing eyes.

He was scared, his face turned pale at a speed that was visible to the naked eye, and his mouth trembled, “I, I, it’s not me.”

The bearded man stared at the kid, “Tell me carefully, what’s going on?”

Under this pressure, the boy burst into tears and replied with a choked voice: “I saw those people sleeping, but no one touched the meat, and it was all burnt.

I thought about stealing it back and feeding it to my parents, but I didn’t expect anyone I rushed out and grabbed it first.

That, I didn’t do that meat. Really, I didn’t do anything like that.”

Everyone knows what happened to the so-called food grabbing.

The bearded man stepped forward and gave the boy a slap. “Next time you lie, it won’t be as simple as a slap.”

The half-grown boy lowered his head and sobbed.

“Did you hear that?”

“Listen, heard that.”

The bearded man raised his hands to Li Rui and his group, “I’m sorry, this matter is our fault.”

When things got to this point, Li Rui didn’t rely on Su Yin and the others held on tightly and bowed to each other, “Just clear up the misunderstanding.”

Both sides laughed away their grudges.

“We are both refugees, so there are not so many fights to the death.”

“This meat…” Nan Wu said.

Neither Li Rui’s side nor the bearded side wanted to take it back.

Although they are not rich, they are not inferior to animals yet, so naturally, they will not take the meat back for consumption.

Nan Jingzhi, Doctor Li, and others all looked at Su Yin in unison.

Su Yin looked at the roasted meat and then at the child, Li Xiang, “Li Xiang, take your sister to see where you found this thing.”

“Okay.”

Li Xiang was a little scared but still agreed.

Li Rui held his son’s hand, and they walked at the front. Su Yin and Nan Jing followed behind, and the bearded man, who was supposed to leave, also came along.

A group of people entered the forest and passed through a bush. They saw several men with withered faces leaning against the tree trunks with their eyes closed. The fire in front of them had extinguished at some point.

Nan Wu took the lead and approached the four men. He put his long knife on their necks, but the other party made no move.

He squatted down and placed his fingers on their noses. They were no longer breathing.

He stood up and said to everyone, “They are dead.”

Su Yin looked at the four people, reduced to skin and bones from hunger.

She couldn’t tell whether this was their first time, their last, or both.

“Look for other parts.”

Li Xiang huddled behind his father, and Li Rui kicked him and ordered him to follow him to search.

Soon they found the head in a bush, but not the limbs.

“It’s probably gone,” Nan Wu sighed.

Su Yin found a location and started digging a hole.

Others saw her move and joined in one after another. There is strength in numbers, not to mention how big the pit would need to be to bury even a small body.

Su Yin took off her patched clothes. Seeing this, Li Rui quickly stopped her.

Although Su Yin’s clothes were patched, they had very few patches and looked like good clothes.

“Use mine. This can be considered a blessing for my son.”

If it hadn’t been for the earlier conflict, they would have done something wrong. Although it was unintentional, there was always some guilt in their hearts.

“Okay.” Su Yin understood his intention and nodded in agreement.

Li Rui took off his clothes, wrapped the head and body, placed them in the pit, and covered them with soil. Stones were piled on top of the small mound to serve as a grave marker.

Li Rui kicked his son and said, “Come here, kneel down.”

Li Xiang didn’t dare to disobey, so he knelt in front of the grave and kowtowed three times, apologizing.

Su Yin murmured softly to the grave, “May you be reborn in a peaceful, prosperous, and beautiful society in your next life, and no longer live such a homeless life.”

Nan Jingzhi listened intently to her words, intrigued by what she said. A peaceful, prosperous, and beautiful society felt novel.

Is there such a place in the world?

I’m afraid it only exists in imagination.

Su Yin was not a great person, but since she encountered such a thing, all she could do was to bury him and her in peace.

If it were placed elsewhere, it might be picked up by others and consumed.

This is all she can do just hope that the child can be reborn in a peaceful era in his next life.

Nan Wu’s rough voice followed, “My child, give birth to a good child in your next life.”

The bearded man bowed three times to the grave, “I’m sorry for what happened before.

I hope you won’t hold it against us. You were a good boy. May you stay safe on your journey. Let’s go.”

Wan Sanye, Doctor Li, Nan Jingzhi, and others were speechless, only bowing to the small grave in respect.

After coming out of the forest, Yang Tufu and others had already met up with Li Rui.

Everyone from Lijia Village had packed up and was just waiting for them to return.

As soon as they came back, everyone looked at them expectantly.

Li Rui surveyed their sizable group and asked hurriedly, “Yinzi, are you going south too?”

Su Yin nodded.

Li Rui was overjoyed but hesitated as he spoke, “Can I, can we join you?”

There were too few of them only eight families in his group, including a few close relatives.

As if afraid they would disagree, he added, “Don’t worry, we’ll keep right behind you and will never be a burden.”

Su Yin looked at the people around her. Most of them were from Lijia Village and were familiar to her.

She didn’t need Lijia Village now, because there was a group from Nanjing. Others would see that and wouldn’t provoke them easily.

However, when Nanjing and the others arrived in Linzhou, they would likely separate.

At that time, their group, plus Doctor Li, would consist of only sixty-one members from the Zhang family young and old.

If Li Rui and his party were added, their total number would exceed a hundred, with a significant increase in young and middle-aged men.

The safety factor would be much higher.

“Brother Li Rui, you are joking. We all come from the same village, so we can just go together.”