The two exchanged some polite words, and then Chief Li asked to send a car to take him back, but Bai Yunsong refused.
"It's difficult for carriages and horses to travel in heavy snow. I can go back faster by myself, so I won't bother the elders. We only hope that the adults will arrest the thieves as soon as possible and return peace to our hometown. This is our greatest wish."
"Don't worry, Bai Lizheng. It is my duty to hunt down the thieves. I only need to find their hiding place and I can take them down in one fell swoop."
Regarding the thieves, they actually knew it well. Who let the victims of the disaster spread all over the place and the refugees ran around?
When Bai Yunsong returned to the village, it was already dark. As soon as he entered the village, he was greeted by someone.
"Li Zheng, why have you been gone for so long?"
"That's right. We've been waiting for you all day, and our feet are numb from the cold."
Bai Yunsong looked at everyone's eager expressions and waved his hand,
"Let's go home first. Chief Li won't go back until the afternoon. There are some thefts in several villages around us. Other villages reported early, so Chief Li took people to the countryside."
"I have been guarding the gate of the town office until the elder came back and then reported the situation in our village to him. Elder Li suspected that it was a group, and I guess there will be results in the next two days."
The villagers finally breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Bai Yunsong's narration.
"That's good. We are afraid that the elder will shirk the responsibility and the thieves will not be caught. We have to live in fear every day."
Bai Yunsong looked at their eager eyes, his face as black as the bottom of a pot,
"Li Zheng, since you are back, let's start collecting donations. Our family is still hungry."
Bai Yunsong looked at them quietly for a moment, then turned and left, his face gloomy as if he was about to drip ink.
"Yeah, I just tolerated it today, but I have to eat tomorrow,"
Listening to everyone's anxious tone, Bai Yunsong was extremely depressed.
"That's right, our family is still waiting for dinner."
When they thought about being hungry tomorrow, everyone didn't care whether Bai Yunsong was really angry or didn't want to help them solve the food problem. They rushed over and took his arm.
Someone suggested, and the others followed suit,
Everyone was startled, looking at Li Zheng's back and looking at each other.
"Stand at attention, you can't leave us alone?"
"What's wrong with Li Zheng? Doesn't he want to take us to collect food donations? How can this be done? Our family will run out of food tomorrow."
"You only care about whether your belly is full, but have you ever thought that I ran around for you all day, starving and freezing in the town, without a sip of water or a grain of rice? Shouldn't I have a meal first when I get home?
, warm your tummy and take it easy?”
He had just come back from running for a day, shivering with cold. No one asked him how his day was, or whether he was safe on the road, but they only cared about his belly.
"Don't tell me that your family is out of food. My family's food jars were all broken. There are only a few pieces of sweet potatoes left, and they have been eaten today."
"You have to tire me out and freeze me to death to be worthy of you? I am your right person, but I am not your father and mother. I must take care of what you eat and drink."
The more Bai Yunsong talked, the angrier he became. Finally, he just shook his sleeves, snorted and walked forward. He was really angry to death.
He just wanted to be a good person, but he didn't want to exhaust himself to death.
The imperial court did not pay him a salary, so he just wanted to have a good reputation. If there were any instructions from above, they could get the news as soon as possible, so that it would be more convenient when going to the town government to do things.