Chapter Twenty-Six: Forced to Descend the Mountain
This time, the two of them brought a lot of edible vegetables and some medicine that could cure diseases, which were extremely needed for these villagers who were suffering from famine and disease, and in less than a while, most of them were empty.
The smiles on the faces of the Xiang couple became richer and thicker, and the folds of their eyebrows and eyes became deeper and deeper.
"The child's father, as long as we put it like this for a few more days, the matter of Ah Hu's house will be settled."
Xiang Yue weighed the silver taels in his hand and smiled a little from ear to ear.
The incense next to her is often happy, after all, no one doesn't like to see themselves getting richer and richer, and it's money that is easy to get easily.
It's just that when they are happy, they don't know that some hidden dangers have quietly stared at them.
When the last ginseng was sold, many people who came and went looked at them, as if they were surprised why they had these things, and one person couldn't help but step forward and ask.
The two were also a little nervous, and after casually replying "digging on the mountain", they sorted out their things and prepared to go up the mountain.
They cautiously looked behind them, and when they saw that no one was following, they ran to the path they had previously climbed up the mountain and climbed up as fast as they could.
Soon after they went up, several villagers dressed in tatters appeared at the intersection, all of them who had not eaten for a long time, and they did not believe what they said they had dug in the mountains.
"I'll just say, they must be greasy, who can dig ginseng at every turn."
One of them said, then beckoned to the person behind him, "Let's hurry up, I have a feeling that something good must be waiting for us on the mountain." β
As he spoke, his eyes also flashed with light.
Encouraged by him like this, those people also hurried to follow, and they were hungry for so many days that they desperately wanted to eat.
However, they did not dare to make much noise, so they only dared to quietly follow behind the two of them, carefully observing until they reached the mountain.
When they saw the fresh vegetables and the fruits in the fenced garden, their eyes immediately turned red.
"Oh my God, there's really food on it, and there's so much to eat." A person couldn't help but want to rush out, but was stopped by the person in charge.
"What's wrong?"
"There seem to be more than those two people in that courtyard, in order not to have any accidents, let's hurry down the mountain and spread the news here, and when the time comes, everyone will come up together, even if there are a few of them, it is impossible to stop us."
"You have a point."
Then they hurried down the mountain, and spread the news that there was a lot of food on the mountain.
At first, some people didn't believe it, but as people kept running up the hill, they followed, and the whole village was almost empty.
At the same time, Xiang Jiuling, who was preparing dinner for a few children, had just put down the bowl in her hand when she heard a noise from outside, and she looked around and found a bunch of people running towards her, and she was also shocked.
Wen Xi, who was in the back room, also heard the sound and strode out, his face very unsightly when he watched the dozens of villagers rush into the vegetable field.
Several children were also frightened by this scene, huddled around the two of them, and did not dare to speak.
The almost crazy villagers were no longer satisfied with what was in the vegetable patch and turned their eyes to the courtyard.
"I smell the food, it's delicious!"
I don't know who shouted, and a group of people rushed towards the courtyard.
Those people had completely ignored Xiang Jiuling and the others, and they only had abundant materials and food in their eyes that could fill their stomachs.
They were so hungry!
A few of the brave ones rushed to the simple little shed at the first time, after all, the smell of the food was simply too tempting, and nothing was more important now than filling their stomachs.
Looking at the people who were completely out of control and rushing towards them, Sanni was a little scared and tugged at the hem of Xiang Jiuling's clothes, "Mother! β
Xiang Jiuling took Sanni into her arms, looked at the crowd of people swarming up with cold eyes, and glanced at Wen Xi.
Fortunately, Xiang Jiuling's kitchen is located outside, otherwise so many people would have squeezed into the small shed, and the shed would have collapsed long ago.
A group of people rushed to the hot cauldron, but they couldn't care so much about getting started directly, and they devoured the food, for fear of eating less, so they just tore the pot and chewed it.
"Ahh
Some people screamed, and they didn't know whether they were beaten for grabbing things or being burned by the hot pot, and the scene was a mess, and everyone attacked indiscriminately, arresting and beating whom.
"Let go, it's my thing!"
"It's mine, let me go, get out of here!"
"No, we can't stay in this place any longer."
Xiang Jiuling looked at Wen Xi, if it was just the two of them, they might be able to suppress it by force, but they also had to take into account the safety of the three children, after all, these hungry people could do anything.
"Well, let's go down the mountain."
Wen Xi also made a decision immediately, they didn't hesitate too much, just took a few necessities and went down from another mountain road.
And after they had walked for a while, the door of the shed was slammed open, and a group of people rushed into the house.
At this moment, the Xiang family and his wife and Xiang Erhu were huddled and hid in the corner, holding the money in their hands, and hurriedly ran down the mountain when no one noticed.
They didn't expect things to come to this point, and the place to live that they had so hard to live was gone in an instant.
"Damn, why didn't that money-loser stop these people, those things are money."
Coming down the mountain, Xiangyue couldn't help but be a little unwilling when she remembered those things on the mountain, she hadn't exchanged those for enough silver, so she was just floating in the water, and it was not a taste in her heart.
"Mother, we don't have anything now, where should we go next?"
"Where to go, of course, to find the money-losing goods to settle accounts."
Xiang Yue's clan scolded and scolded, without reflecting on the disaster that was held for Xiang Jiuling's family because of her, but blamed Xiang Jiuling for being useless.
In this family, the Xiangyue clan has always been the one who says the same, especially that mouth, basically no one can beat her quarrel, so a few people rushed to a place in the team.
Xiang Jiuling and the others returned to the place where they lived before, although it was not as good as on the mountain, but the basic things were still there, plus some things she brought down, the family would not go hungry.
"Dabao, you should all be hungry, I'll go and make you something to eatβ"
"Xiang Jiuling!"
Before she could finish speaking, a shout interrupted her words, and then she saw the Xiang couple walking over with Xiang Erhu with a menacing face.