Chapter 42: Two Pennies Bring Disaster

Su Yin and Yang Lizheng looked at each other with shock and worry in their eyes.

“Where have those people gone now?”

“I don’t know.” The man shook his head.

“Have you seen clearly who that group of people are? Bandits?” Su Yin asked.

The man thought for a moment, “They are bandits, a group of extremely vicious bandits.”

At this time, the old man on the side interrupted, “I know where those people are.”

Several people looked at the old man. The old man’s clothes were in tatters and had signs of being burned. There were varying degrees of burns on his arms and legs.

The old man said bitterly, “After the robbery, those bandits took the young women, food, and money to Fushun County. These bandits must be bandits from the Fushun County area.

After they finished the robbery, not only did they kill all the men, they also set fire to our village.”

“I was forced into a well by my son and barely escaped death. It was in the well that I heard the group of people talking and found out where they were. “

“These gangsters are not human beings! This is a difficult time, and their robbery and killing are driving us to a dead end.” The old man burst into tears when he thought of his killed son and wife.

When the people around heard the sound, they seemed to be infected, and many shed tears.

“Now we have no choice but to go to the county town to find a way to survive.”

Most of the people who fled were young men, with only a few old people and women.

Everyone in Xinghua Village knew why these people were in such a mess, and they all felt sad.

Isn’t that what they are?

Fortunately, they still have some possessions, otherwise it would not be much better than them.

Yang Lizheng secretly gave the old man a noodle cake, with a sad expression on his face, “The world is getting more and more chaotic.”

“Yes, all kinds of monsters and ghosts are coming out.”

“The life of ordinary people is getting more and more difficult.”

Some people couldn’t help but say happily: “We are lucky to be walking in the mountains and forests today. If we were walking on the official road, we might encounter those bandits.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was frightened for a while. There were so few people, and everyone was on edge.

Farmers like them who work in the fields all day long are no match for the vicious bandits.

Yang Lizheng couldn’t help but glance at Su Yin, feeling from the bottom of his heart that this child was blessed.

“Our Yinyin is a lucky child.” The eldest aunt said with a smile.

“Yinyin, this kid looks smarter than other kids.” Someone praised with a smile.

“No, he knows a lot, and his courage is as good as a man’s.”

Mother Su straightened her back unconsciously as she listened to the comments from the people around her.

Su Yin was ashamed, and the praise made her feel a little embarrassed.

Su Baozhu came up to her and said with a smile: “Yinyin, how are you feeling now?”

“Go, go.” Su Yin pushed the girl’s head away.

“Oh, I’m so shy.”

When a group of people walked to Yongqing County, a group of robbed villagers had gathered outside. These people were penniless and could not enter the county.

In the Yong Dynasty, you had to pay money to enter the city, usually one or two cents, depending on the local official.

As soon as many caravans entering the city arrived at the city gate, a group of people came up to them and asked for coins, but no one gave them.

As soon as a large group of people from Xinghua Village appeared and encountered the situation of a caravan, a group of people came forward to ask for money and food.

These people’s clothes were in tatters, and their faces were stained with blood. Some of them were well-dressed, but they were also in a state of embarrassment.

A young man rushed to Su Yin’s mule cart with a lean little boy.

“Madam, madam, please give us some copper coins, not more, just two copper coins.”

“We only need two copper coins before we can enter the city. Once we enter the city, I can find a job and make a living.

Myself and my children. Please do me a favor and give us a way to survive.”

Before they were about to open their mouths, the man knelt down and kowtowed to Su’s mother, banging his head against the ground repeatedly. Blood was starting to appear.

These miserable looks were truly pitiful.

Su’s mother was a little moved. Just when she put her hand deep into her arms and was about to take out the money, Su Yin pressed her mother’s hand with one hand and shook her head at her.

She didn’t understand. The other party was indeed pitiful. If the two cents could help them, she would still be willing to give up the two cents.

However, when her daughter blocked her, she did not move out of unconditional trust in her daughter.

Su Yin looked at the man and said, “We don’t have any money, so you can go get it elsewhere.”

The man kowtowed for a moment, but he still refused to give up and kept kowtowing, as if to soften their hearts.

Su Yin said expressionlessly: “Even if you knock your head off, we won’t give you the money. You’d better give up.”

The man stopped kowtowing and raised his head to look into her eyes.

There was no trace of pity in him, only full of anger and resentment.

He spat hatefully at the mule cart, turned around and left with the little boy.

Su Baozhu was shocked by his move. She was stunned for a few seconds before coming back to her senses. “Hey, why are you like this?”

Mother Su was also stunned. She thought this man was honest and pitiful before, but she didn’t expect it. In a blink of an eye, this face appeared.

She looked at her daughter, “Yinyin, how did you know he wasn’t good?”

“I didn’t know.”

“Then you…”

At this moment, the screams of Aunt Wang and her family rang out from behind the team.

“Don’t come here, don’t grab it.”

“You can’t take it away!” “Don’t grab it.”

Su Yin told Su Baozhu and Su’s mother, “Mom, if you get the knife, if anyone comes close, just slash at it. Don’t be afraid.”

After saying that, Su Yin immediately moved towards Aunt Wang and her family.

Yang Lizheng shouted to everyone: “Guard your own things, and one person from each family will come to help.”

After Yang Lizheng spoke, the people in Xinghua Village acted together.

Su Yin and several families near Mrs. Wang’s home arrived first.

Su Yin noticed at a glance that a man with a deer-headed and rat-like head did not grab things with the others.

Instead, he reached out to the still young grandson of the Wang family.

She stepped forward quickly, kicked the man away, grabbed Aunt Wang’s grandson, and protected the little guy in front of her.

The man with a deer-headed head and rat-like eyes groaned, got up from the ground, and stood up to find his place, but when he saw the long knife in Su Yin’s hand, he left angrily.

Someone enlisted the help of other young and middle-aged men and quickly drove away those who fished in troubled waters.

They just want money and a chance to survive, but they don’t want to risk their lives.

After driving the people away, most of the things on Aunt Wang’s family’s trolley had been robbed, with only a few parts being protected by family members. Everyone had varying degrees of injuries on their faces and bodies.

Aunt Wang looked at the miserable state of her home, sat down on the ground, and cried loudly.

“It’s all my fault, it’s all my fault!”

“If I hadn’t given those two cents, my family wouldn’t have suffered.”

“How could these people be so cruel!”

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.” How can I live? “