Chapter 33: Evil Retribution
"It's so delicious. Grandpa didn't expect it to be so delicious, so he shook his head." Zhong Da said.
He had eaten delicious cakes before, but they were not as delicious as the cake in his hand.
I don’t know if the situation has changed or the mood has changed. Maybe it’s because the cake is delicious.
This way, he felt more at ease.
"Then grandpa, please eat more..." Jiang Xian handed over his plate.
The carriage drove slowly eastward.
Li Lao'er's family stopped where they were, looking at the direction in which the villagers were leaving with some confusion.
They were driven out of the village and had to travel alone.
"Brother, aren't we leaving?" Li Erlang stepped forward and asked.
The people in the village have all gone away, and if we wait a little longer, we won't even be able to find their shadow.
"Let's go, don't go with them." Li Dalang said angrily, and his eyes turned to Li Laoer in the carriage.
His father has had a high fever since last night and has not woken up yet.
It was all the fault of the villagers! They also took away a lot of food and money from his family!
"Then why don't we go with them? Let's..." Li Erlang looked at the end of the road.
No one can be seen in the village anymore. There are many trees here blocking the view.
"It's not like you don't have legs on your legs? Why do you always have to rely on them to walk!" Li Dalang said angrily.
He felt that his younger brother was really ignorant.
"But brother, look around..." Li Erlang said in a panic.
At some point, many refugees with sallow faces and skinny muscles came around them, all of them staring at them with strange eyes.
Li Dalang followed their gaze and saw bags of grain loaded on his cart.
Although they lost a lot, there was still a lot left, which was the basis for their family's survival on the road.
"Let's go..." Li Dalang said hurriedly.
The Li family's carriage quickly started moving, but after only a few steps, it was stopped by several burly refugees.
"It was the people from your village who caused my eldest brother to have his hands and feet broken?" A man with messy hair and dirty body came forward and asked.
"Brother, did you admit that you were wrong? We were not the ones who beat us? My father was also injured by them..." Li Dalang hurriedly denied.
"I don't care about this mess. It's just the money from your family that caused my brother's hands and feet to break. If you don't give me an explanation, don't even think about getting past here today." The man blocked the middle of the road and said.
The sun was so high now that it should make people sweat, but Li Dalang felt a chill on his back.
"I...I will compensate you right now..." He took out the money tremblingly with fear on his face.
Unexpectedly, the man snatched the money bag and looked at the silver coins inside.
He said with disdain: "What can I do with this money? What can I buy in this world today?"
"Where's the food? Give me the food!"
After saying that, he led the people directly to the Li family's carriage and untied the hemp rope tied to the bag.
"Okay, you have really prepared a lot of food. These, no, this cart is all mine! Think of it as compensation for our brothers!" the dirty man said with gleaming eyes.
"Brothers, come on, push this car away!"
A group of people said this and pushed out.
"Brothers, you can't do it! This is the food that our family needs to survive!" Li Dalang hurriedly stepped forward to beg for mercy.
"Gungungun, it's ours now."
A strong man kicked Li Dalang and knocked him to the ground.
"If you make trouble again, I will break your hands and feet."
The Li family cowered and hid behind, not daring to come forward.
"Mom, our food is gone..." The child was frightened and cried.
"Why are you crying? You are crying for mourning!"
After some threats, the Li family members immediately became obedient.
A group of people were very busy grabbing the food on the Li family's carriage.
When the other refugees around saw this, they felt greedy in their hearts.
Everyone was so hungry that they were dizzy, and there was a whole cart full of food in front of them.
Just grabbing a sip, even a sip, could get them through the day.
The first brave man went up, and the others followed.
"Brother, someone is robbing us!" The group of refugees panicked.
"Quick, protect the food. If anyone takes it from me, I will kill him!"
The chaos lasted for a long time, and the refugees all around were like crazy, running forward to snatch food.
The food bags were torn open by them, and the food fell everywhere.
Some people came up to grab a handful and stuffed them into their mouths, while others picked up the grain mixed with soil on the ground.
He stuffed it into his mouth without caring...
The Li family stood aside, too scared to cry.
This was a situation they had never thought of.
I didn’t expect that I couldn’t keep my own food at all.
Li Dalang knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, "Dad! It's gone! It's all gone!"
"Our whole family is gone!"
There is no food, and the donkey has been taken away by them. How can we go on this road?
No one in the village cares about the situation of the Li family, and they even feel a little scared when they think about it.
Just because Yun Xiucai taught them carpentry, Li Laoer wanted to hire someone to beat Yun Xiucai.
Then those of them who have learned the carpenter's trade have all made mistakes.
Will they be solved one by one later?
Fortunately, they were driven out. Such harmful spirits cannot be left in the village.
The further east you go, the hotter the weather gets, and it becomes harder to find water.
In summer, it gets bright earlier and gets darker later, and the walking days also get longer.
Wan Hongmei drove her carriage and looked at her daughter walking quickly beside her.
My daughter has been tanned a lot in recent days, and even though she is wearing a straw hat, she is still sweating profusely.
"Tao'er, come and sit in the car! It's such a hot day, what if you get heatstroke?" Wan Hongmei asked with concern.
Yuntao shook her head, picked up the sweat towel on her shoulders and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"No, mother, I said I have to walk for two hours every day, and it's only half an hour. We can't just rest like this."
"Mom, other people's children are still carrying things on their backs and pushing carts. Do you think I don't have anything with me? Isn't it easier than them?" Yuntao glanced behind her and said.
Children of her age, both male and female, are helping the family to move things in the cart, and they have to walk for a long time before taking a break.
"We don't need you to get anything at home, so come up and have a rest." Wan Hongmei advised.
She was driving a carriage, and even with the side of the carriage covering her, the sun was so hot that it could scorch anyone.
"I'll be back after a while!" Yuntao gave her mother a smile.
Her cheeks were so hot and red that they seemed to be bleeding.
After being attacked in the middle of the night last time, Yuntao felt that she was useless.
He is too weak and cannot keep up with his physical strength. If he encounters a bad guy, he will only get beaten.
Her mother came to comfort her, saying that she was a child and it was normal for her not to be able to beat an adult.
But Yuntao felt that this was different.
The world has changed, it is not the original world.
Especially from that night on, Yuntao had a clearer understanding.
Chapter completed!