Du Mudan looked a little messy with her clothes and hair, Yu He was in a worse condition than her, but Sun was slapped a lot without any worries.
Jiang Xiaoming lay on the ground and looked lifeless. Just now Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang were so hard-fisted that they dared to covet their sister. They should be beaten.
Du Mudan turned around and saw her son lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive, and cried heartbreakingly: "Ah, I'm going to fight with you!"
After saying that, he found the direction of Little Wang who was standing nearby and rushed towards him. The Jiang family was frightened. Some people were protecting Little Wang, while others were running towards Du Mudan to stop her.
The baby in Xiao Wang's belly is only four months old. If it were hit like that, it's hard to say whether it would be able to keep it.
Jiang Zhiyue became angry, grabbed the little Wang next to her, and then kicked Du Mudan who bumped into her.
With a 'bang' sound, Du Mudan fell to the ground and stirred up dust on the ground.
When Jiang Zhiyue just kicked someone, she had no strength at all. You can imagine how lethal this kick was. Du Mudan lay on the ground and coughed several times and vomited a large mouthful of blood.
The onlookers were so frightened by Jiang Zhiyue's harsh behavior that they took two steps back, and the crowd fell into an eerie silence.
Suddenly, the sound of rolling wheels and a particularly excited voice broke the silence.
"Why are you all gathered around, Mom? My eldest brother and I have brought two carts. Let's go back to the money-losing merchants to bring more grain." The person calling the message was Jiang Jiangmao, Jiang Xiaoming's second son.
The crowd was silent. Jiang Zhiyue looked at the three people lying on the ground in different postures with a sneer.
The crowd automatically moved out of the way, and Jiang Jiangmao and his eldest brother Jiang Jiangsheng walked in pushing a cart.
The villagers who were watching had mixed emotions when they saw the two carts pushed by the Jiang brothers. What did they expect that they would push two carts? It is estimated that after the two carts were pulled, the Jiang family would have no food.
All I can say is that the Sun family is so shameless, and it is indeed right to beat them!
When the Jiang brothers saw Jiang Xiaoming lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, Yu He, whose face was swollen from being slapped, and Du Mudan, who had blood at the corner of her mouth, they were stunned.
The two put down the cart and rushed over to help Jiang Xiaoming, who was nearest, up.
"Dad, what's going on? Why were you beaten like this?" Jiang Jiangsheng asked, shaking Jiang Xiaoming's head.
Jiang Xiaoming's head started to hurt when he wanted to speak, so he had to close his mouth, but Jiang Jiangsheng kept shaking, rolled his eyes and fainted.
"Expecting money, my father is here to get some food from you. Why didn't you stop him when he was beaten in front of your house?" Jiang Jiangsheng couldn't figure out anything, so he vented his anger on Mrs. Sun.
The two Jiang brothers had not met Ms. Sun a few times, so they could not bear to hear her confidently calling her a money loser.
Mrs. Sun spat on the ground: "Bah, if he hadn't fainted, I could have given him two more slaps."
Jiang Jiangmao looked at Sun in disbelief and said angrily: "You lose money, you are indeed as heartless as my grandma said."
Mrs. Sun rolled her eyes at him, and listened to what he said without any emotion in her heart. If she had still longed for that kind of family affection before, she would still be sad, but now she has figured it out, and she will live a good life in the Jiang family.
"My dear grandson, it was his family that beat us. You two must avenge your father." Du Mudan shouted while lying on the ground.
The two of them suddenly felt a rush of blood in their hearts and rushed towards Sun without thinking.
In their hearts, Mrs. Sun is a loser who can be beaten or scolded, and she will definitely not dare to fight back.
Jiang Zhiyue secretly cursed idiots in her heart and said to Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang: "Big brother and second brother, teach these two a lesson. Don't beat them to death. The three on the ground will have to be pulled back in a while."
"Let them also remember what will happen if they insult our family in front of our Jiang family."
She also supported the frightened little Wangs, otherwise she would have to teach them a lesson herself, but she just happened to take a look at the recent training of her eldest and second brothers.
"Okay." Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang looked at each other, clenched their fists and walked to the opposite side of the Jiang brothers. After a while, they were beaten until they screamed and begged for mercy.
The two Jiang brothers became a lot more honest after being beaten. They were very cowardly and clumsy, and at the request of the Jiang family, they carried Jiang Xiaoming and the other two people onto the cart and pushed them away like flying.
The onlookers were stunned, and some who wanted to take the opportunity to 'borrow' some food from the Jiang family also thought so.
Mr. Jiang stood up and said, "If you guys have nothing to do, just leave. There are too many housework matters, so I won't stay for everyone to drink tea."
After saying that, he followed the Jiang family into the courtyard. Once the door was closed, the outside view was cut off.
In the yard, Mrs. Jiang thought about the situation just now, and said with some sadness: "We have a large family and there are still people who want to come to grab food. Your father's family is small, so I don't know if anything will happen."
She was talking about Xiao Wang's father, Wang Fugui, who was also her eldest brother.
The Wang family had few heirs, so her mother gave birth to her eldest brother and her two children. Her sister-in-law also passed away early, leaving little Wang and her other son Wang Fengshou.
When Wang Feng harvested his children, the number of heirs became even thinner. Now he only has one child, Wang Hao, so the Wang family now has four people.
There is no one in the family to take care of things, so the villagers must have seen them when they were harvesting grain. If there was any accident...
Jiang Zhiyue thought about the current situation and suggested: "Why don't we take them here first? We can still fit in them if we are crowded."
Anyway, we haven’t lived there for a long time. If the people don’t wait for the government to open warehouses to release grain, chaos will probably break out in a few days.
She looked at her mother Zhang again and asked, "Mom, let's go to grandma's house soon and tell them about the current situation and see what their plans are."
"Okay." Mrs. Zhang said, and a big stone fell to the ground in her heart.
Although her mother's family is not small, if the villagers really get interested, they may not be able to stop her.
After saying this, Jiang Zhiyue told everyone about the situation she saw in the county again, and said: "I think the court should not be concerned about the situation here for a while. We must be ready to leave at any time."
Everyone nodded seriously.
Without any time to rest, Jiang Yulai immediately left for Wangjiacun, and Jiang Zhiyue also went to Zhangjiacun with Zhang.
When Jiang Zhiyue came back in the evening, the courtyard was bustling with activity and there were a few new faces. It seemed that Jiang Yulai had brought the people there back.
Seeing Jiang Zhiyue and Mrs. Zhang coming back, Mrs. Jiang hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's going on? What did your mother and the others say?"
Mrs. Zhang said: "I told my mother and the others. They said that if anything happens, they will definitely come to us, so you don't have to worry."
"Okay, then I'll be relieved." Mrs. Jiang said, patting her heart.
Then he continued: "The third child came back earlier than you. There were only a few of them, and they were afraid of something happening. When they saw the third child, they went to ask him to pack their things and immediately followed him."
"That's good. No matter what happens, we can be fine." Mrs. Zhang answered with a smile.
More than ten days have passed since the locust plague. With the comfort of the county magistrate, the mood of the people has gradually stabilized from the initial panic.
However, there was still no news that the warehouse would be opened to release grain. Instead, another major event happened.
An earthquake occurred in the north of King Changding's fiefdom, affecting two counties and causing heavy casualties.
The successive disasters made the people more panicked, and they rushed to the county seat again to ask the county magistrate to open warehouses to release grain. In the end, the government officials killed several people who took the lead in making trouble and finally suppressed the incident.
But the resentment in the hearts of the people has escalated to a higher level, taking root and sprouting in their hearts.
After such a long wait, many people realized that the imperial court might not open warehouses to release grain at all, and began to go to grain stores to buy grain.
But now the price of food is also increasing every day. Brown rice that used to only cost more than ten yuan per catty now costs thirty yuan to buy.
In order to survive, many people bought grain no matter how high the price was, but some people struggled to support themselves and felt that the court would definitely not ignore them.
News of the soaring food prices spread throughout the surrounding villages and towns, and everyone in Jiangjia Village naturally knew about it.
Food in the town has become more expensive, and there are still people who have collected food in advance!
They targeted those families who collected grain in advance.
Hengrong's family didn't dare to make a decision, and their family only collected half of the grain. After much deliberation, they finally decided on Jiang Zhiyue's family.
"Jiang Xiucai's family didn't have to pay taxes in previous years, and this year they harvested grain from these acres of land. How could his family eat so much grain? If you ask me, we are all fellow villagers, so he should help.
Let's light it up," said Jiang Huzi, who was standing under the big tree at the head of the village.
There are two major households in Jiangjia Village: Jiang and Jiang. However, the households with the Jiang surname moved here later, and there are a few residents with other surnames who moved here later.
When people around him heard what he said, they knew that he probably hadn't heard about what happened at Jiang's house yesterday, otherwise how would he dare to make such an idea.
Someone immediately said to him: "The boys from Jiang Xiucai's family are not easy to mess with. Yesterday, Sun's family came to ask for some food, but they were beaten away. That girl from Jiang's family is also very powerful. She kicked everyone.
Kicked away."
"Who in our village doesn't know that Mrs. Sun has long since severed ties with her natal family, but we have been with them for decades, so we can't afford not to give her this little face." Jiang Huzi did not put his words aside.
In my heart, and there are so many people there, how dare his family not bring out the food?
Some people think Jiang Huzi's words are reasonable. Jiang Xiucai's family can't finish the food anyway, so why not give it to them?
They hit it off immediately and decided to go to Jiang's house to force them to hand over the food.
A large group of people walked towards Jiang's house, attracting many people along the way to follow.
It's been a few days, and every household has run out of food. If Jiang Xiucai's family gives them food, they should also give them points for meeting people.
So more and more people gathered together, and when they arrived in front of Jiang's house, the number of people reached nearly a hundred.
When they just passed by Hengrong's house, Jiang Hengrong's mother-in-law inquired about the situation. She told Jiang Hengrong about it and said: "Let them only care about their own lives and not let everyone collect the food. They deserve to rob his family of food."
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When she said this, she had already forgotten that they had confiscated the food because they didn't want to believe it.
Jiang Hengrong crossed his legs and glanced outside, but said nothing.
There were several loud bangs, and the door of Jiang's house trembled with knocks. Jiang Zhiyue stood up and opened the door, only to see a huge crowd blocking the door.
In the past two days, Jiang Zhiyue and several members of the Jiang family went to the mountains to catch a lot of prey and planned to smoke it and store it.
When she opened the door, she held the kitchen knife she had just used to cut meat.
"What's the matter?" Jiang Zhiyue glanced coldly at the crowd outside, but she already guessed what they were here for.
The person who knocked on the door saw the shiny kitchen knife in Jiang Zhiyue's hand, and thought of the incident where she kicked someone away yesterday. He was so frightened that he took two steps back and said hesitantly: "Jiang...Jiang Huzi said he wanted to see you for something."
After saying that, he stepped aside, revealing Jiang Huzi behind him.
"What's the matter with you?" Jiang Zhiyue asked, looking at the man with triangular eyes in front of her who looked shorter than her.
Jiang Huzi raised his head and said with an arrogant look: "Where are your men? You asked a woman to speak. I'll discuss the food issue with your father."
As he spoke, he held his head high and tried to enter from Jiang Zhiyue's side.
Jiang Zhiyue's face darkened, and she raised the kitchen knife in her hand and placed it on his neck.
Feeling the cold touch on his neck, Jiang Huzi stopped in fear and swallowed carefully.
He took half a step back, and Jiang Zhiyue's hand stretched forward. The sharp blade cut his skin, and small blood drops rolled down his neck.
Jiang Huzi was too frightened to move anymore, but his body kept shaking like a sieve.
"If you have something to say, if you have something to say, take off the knife first." Jiang Huzi burst into tears and regretted standing in the front to take the lead. He should have been fanning the flames in the crowd. I bet they wouldn't be able to fight against so many people.
Jiang Zhiyue glanced at the blade attached to Jiang Huzi's skin with disgust. She would have to wash the knife carefully later, otherwise it would no longer be usable.
She took the knife back and saw Jiang Huzi trying to run back into the crowd, so she helped him and kicked him out.
"Why, you all came to us with the same business as him?" Jiang Zhiyue swept her eyes over the crowd one by one.
The person who was targeted by her felt a chill on his neck and quickly shook his head and took a few steps back from the crowd.
There were still many people standing there. Although they were scared, they also felt that the Jiang family really wanted to do something with so many of them.
A middle-aged man with a flattering smile on his face said in the crowd: "It's been so long since the locust plague, and everyone's family is also a little helpless. See if you can help me."
He didn't dare to treat this girl Jiang Zhiyue as the other women in the family. This girl was pampered by the Jiang family, and she was also very powerful.
"It seems that everyone has forgotten what I said." Jiang Zhiyue said casually.
Her reminder made many people think of what she said at the beginning: If you can't borrow food then, don't say that our family doesn't respect the hometown.
Some people looked confused, who knew what kind of locust plague would really happen at that time.
But some people felt that this was done by the Jiang family in an unethical manner. A stern woman in the crowd said, "We are all digging in the soil, so how can we understand those words? If Jiang Xiucai had said a few more words,
We will definitely listen to him."
"That's right, I think you just don't like the kindness of the villagers, so you said half and half were hidden. Now that everyone is going to be hungry, your family has to take out the food and share it with us." The person who spoke was someone who couldn't deal with the Jiang family.
Zhou family.
Jiang Zhiyue sneered. Others who came out of the yard were also surprised when they heard this. What a big face!
