Chapter 15: Falling Short

Xinghua Village is not a big village, with only thirty-five households in total. Twenty-six households are willing to follow Li Zheng this time, and the remaining households all have different ideas of staying.

“Yinyin, who are you looking for?” Su Yin looked back frequently, but never saw that familiar figure.

Before she could respond, a figure gradually became clear in the hazy mist.

Su Yin’s eyes brightened slightly and the corners of her lips raised.

Su Baozhu was carrying a basket on his back and trotting all the way.

“Sister-in-law.”

“Yinyin.”

The two looked at each other, and the corners of their lips rose in unison.

Su Yin led her sister-in-law to her uncle and said, “Uncle, my sister-in-law will come with us.”

“Have you made up your mind?” My uncle couldn’t help but ask.

“Think about it.”

There was nothing in that home worth her nostalgia.

The second aunt wanted to say something, but the second uncle stopped her and gave her a fierce look.

Mother Su wiped away tears and kept thinking about the father and son. She was very surprised when she suddenly saw Su Baozhu, and immediately understood.

The three people who died in their previous lives have taken different paths in this life.

My uncle’s family owns an ox cart, and she owns a mule cart. Among the Xinghua Village team, they are considered to be the ones with the best conditions. In addition to the bullock cart in Li Zheng’s family, Butcher Yang’s family also had an bullock cart.

In other homes, men pull carts filled with food for the family, while women help push the carts from behind or on both sides.

The children and the elderly walked separately, and no one could ride in the car, except for the baby babies who couldn’t walk.

“Yinzi, I can’t bear to think about it.”

Su Yin tilted his head with a question mark on his face.

Su Baozhu whispered three words, “Su Xiaoyong.”

After all, the three of them would have ended up like that in their previous life, and the culprit was none other than Su Xiaoyong.

Now they are gone, but the culprit in the previous life has no retribution. It is common sense for Su Baozhu not to give in.

“Don’t worry, I’ll leave him a good thing.”

Su Baozhu suddenly became interested and came to her, “Hurry up and tell me.”

In fact, that thing was of no use to others, but to Tong Sheng’s uncle it was Is the best baby.

She asked someone to send an invitation to her uncle at the odd hour the day after tomorrow. The content of the invitation was also very simple. In the name of a friend that the uncle often talked about, she invited him to attend a poetry meeting in Zhuangzi in the suburbs.

It takes half an hour to drive from the uncle to the village. When he gets there and finds out that he is being played, he will naturally come back.

This round trip took an hour, which was just in time for the group of refugees to rush into the village.

It is self-evident what the outcome will be when the uncle confronts the refugees.

She couldn’t do it, but that didn’t stop her from borrowing a knife to kill someone.

If the uncle is determined to let him escape, the days that follow will only make him more miserable. If a person has no money or possessions and runs away alone, the punishment he will suffer will only be more painful than a knife on his neck.

So no matter whether the uncle can avoid the group of refugees or not, his end will not be good.

Su Yin briefly talked about the beauty of the invitation, and Su Baozhu’s eyes were as wide as copper bells, “Yinyin, you are so awesome.”

Su Baozhu, who was still unhappy at first, felt refreshed in the blink of an eye.

Su Baozhu of the Su family carried a basket on his back early in the morning and said he was going to the mountains to find medicinal materials. No one in the Su family suspected it, and everything remained calm. Until Su Xiaozhong came back with his two sons, the Su family changed.

“What did you say? Your wife and your daughter followed them?”

“Lao San, are you stupid! You just watch your wife leave? It would be better for me to give birth to barbecued pork than to give birth to you.”

“Now you go back immediately and bring them back.”

Old Mrs. Su’s angry voice filled the hall.

After hearing the news, the two sisters-in-law took a long time to come to their senses.

“Are your siblings crazy?”

Li Shi, the second sister-in-law, said quietly, “Brother-in-law, are you sure that your siblings are following them to escape, or are they deceiving you and actually introducing your siblings to other rich widowers?”

These words are not unkind.

“Second sister-in-law, what are you talking about?”

“Oh, brother-in-law, don’t be angry. Sister-in-law, I am just guessing. After all, yesterday the elder of the Yang family kept saying that he would take his younger brothers and sisters back to worship their ancestors, but he took them away in the blink of an eye.

This is full of words. You’re lying. Who knows if what they told you is true. It’s not impossible to have a second-rate daughter like the second Mazi family in the next village.”

Old Man Su took two big puffs of cigarettes after hearing this. Old Mrs. Su was even more angry.

“You idiot!” Old Mrs. Su couldn’t help but pick up the wooden stick on the side and hit the third child hard.

Su’s father stood still and allowed his mother to beat him.

When the fight was almost done, Old Man Su knocked on his pipe and said slowly, “Okay. Third child, hurry up and bring your wife and daughter back.”

He looked at the second child Su Xiaoyi again, “Second child, you follow the third child. Let’s go together. If the Yang family doesn’t agree, just report it to the official.”

The second child nodded reluctantly.

When the second son and Su’s father arrived at Xinghua Village, the buildings were already empty. Especially when they saw that every house in Xinghua Village was closed, this made the second son, who had never believed Li Rui’s words, question it.

On the way back, Su Xiaoyi couldn’t help but ask, “Third brother, do you think what Li Rui said is true?”

Su’s father shook his head, “I don’t know.”

Su Xiaoyi felt a fist hit the cotton and was furious. He said, “I shouldn’t have asked you. What a waste of my saliva.”

Through Su Xiaoyi’s words, everyone in Lijia Village also knew that everyone in Xinghua Village had left. Now those who were hesitant before are also preparing to leave together to chase Li Rui and the others.

Their actions made the remaining people feel uneasy.

The second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Li, was the first to be unable to sit still.

“Mom, should we get ready too. I feel a little uneasy.”

Old Mrs. Su raised her eyebrows, “What do you mean? Do you believe in outsiders and don’t want to believe in your own family?”

“I, I am not… …”

Under her mother-in-law’s stern eyes, her voice became smaller and smaller, and finally she shut her mouth.

“What the nephew of the county magistrate said is not wrong. Those people who don’t listen to my son will regret it sooner or later.”

Old Mrs. Su said this, but she felt a little unhappy in her heart when she saw someone coming back from outside smelling of alcohol. The eldest son hurriedly came forward and asked kindly, “Son, Mom is asking you, is it really okay if we stay at home?”

Su Xiaoyong stuck out his tongue, “Mom, just relax. Don’t be like those stupid people. Yes. Well, if someone is selling fertile land, you take this opportunity to lower the price and buy a few more acres. When they come back knowing that the news is wrong, you will be the landowner and they will be envious.”

Old Mrs. Su’s eyes flashed when her son said this. She felt that what he said was right, so she asked the eldest daughter-in-law to help her son go into the house to rest, then turned around and entered the room to discuss buying the land with the old man.