The aunt was still dubious. She looked at the well-behaved Wen Ranran, then at the thin Du Chisheng, and then at the round-faced Jiang Tang, dubious.
Wen Ranran also looked towards the aunt's gaze and understood immediately.
Du Fantian and Miao Lianhua behind them, one looks ferocious, the other looks charming, like a brothel madam...
Wen Ranran suffocated for a second.
"No, ma'am... we are just here to stay, we are a passing caravan!"
The aunt obviously didn't believe them, curled her lips and said: "Oh...someone said before that they were a caravan...but in the end, they were not kidnapped, but they also specialized in abducting men. There were also girls, but there were few, only
Kidnapping young people...those things are so unconscionable!"
Wen Ranran was slightly stunned, "Auntie, are there frequent cases of child abduction and trafficking in your area?"
"That's right!" The lady clicked her tongue twice, then took a closer look at Wen Ranran and Du Chisheng to make sure there were no traces of whipping on their bodies. Only then did she really confirm that they were a caravan and warmly entertained them.
There is nothing particularly entertaining at the farmhouse, and even for most things, the villagers follow the bartering model.
Wen Ranran and his group had nothing to repay with the gold and silver.
The coarse porcelain bowls at the farmhouse were filled with brown rice porridge. Wen Ranran drank the wind and ate the earth, so this coarse grain was naturally edible. She was about to turn around when she saw Xia Lishuang holding the bowl, seemingly thinking about something.
"Mr. Sir, let's just eat today. Let's eat something else when we enter the city tomorrow!"
Xia Lishuang just looked at the rice in the bowl and thought a little.
After a long while, he waved to Wen Ranran.
"Ranran, come here!"
Wen Ranran came over, bumped heads and chatted.
"What's wrong?"
"Look at this rice!"
Wen Ranran raised her eyebrows, "There's nothing wrong with the rice. It's Chen rice that has been stored for a long time..."
A hint of understanding flashed across Xia Lishuang's eyes.
"It's just the end of the new year, and spring hasn't started yet. The crops near Yunzhou basically depend on the weather. It takes a year of hard work to sow them... Yunzhou has a good harvest this year, so..."
Wen Ranran quickly understood what Xia Lishuang meant.
This year is the harvest season in Yunzhou, so even if you are hungry, you will not be so hungry.
This lady is a nice person, but she looks sallow and thin, and there is no one else at home.
He treated them very warmly. Ordinary people would definitely use the best rice to entertain guests during the good years... But now...
Wen Ranran looked at the porridge in front of her that was as thin as water, and suddenly thought of what the aunt said when she first entered the village.
"Ms. sir, do you still remember what my aunt said when you first entered the village?"
Xia Lishuang narrowed her eyes slightly and whispered: "The traffickers only traffic in men, there are also girls, but most of them are young women!"
Not a boy, but a man.
Wen Ranran took a deep breath and whispered: "Or maybe they are not kidnapping at all, but... recruiting soldiers on our territory?!"
Xia Lishuang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became enlightened.
"But most of our military recruitment in Rongguo is voluntary... Are you saying that people from the guest country pretend to be human traffickers and come to Rongguo to recruit soldiers?! They specialize in recruiting young and middle-aged men, and there are also young and beautiful women who are used as military prostitutes...
"
"I'm not sure, but this can explain why this village is still hungry even though it's a good year this year. Even when we came in, we couldn't see a single man."
In the name of trafficking, they burned, killed, looted, recruited soldiers, and robbed people of the food they had grown for a year...
This Jiang Zijing doesn’t do anything that has anything to do with others!