diskusbooks Chapter 392: None of the people in Zhaojiazhuang are worth anything
Chapter 392: None of the people in Zhaojiazhuang are worth anything
"This matter starts from our escape..."
The bearded man and these people were from the same village. They had fled together at the beginning. Because they were old, weak, women and children, it was difficult for them to keep up with the main group. The bearded man took the initiative to walk with them and protected them all the way.
Later, I came to the county town here and was assigned to Zhaojiazhuang.
Everyone in Zhaojiazhuang has the surname Zhao, so they are very united. Several waves of refugees came here before, but they did not stay in the end for various reasons.
But they don’t know these things. They are very happy thinking that they don’t have to wander around anymore.
When they arrived at Zhaojiazhuang, the head of the village first asked them to pay for the land. Asking them to buy the land was the right thing to do, but the land was small and expensive, and it was all halfway up the mountain.
The most infuriating thing is that there was no room for negotiation. Those people had no choice but to scrape together the money for the homesteads for the three of them.
There were more than twenty people in their family, big and small, and the house for just three people was definitely not enough, so the bearded man wondered if he could buy on credit first.
The head of the village waved his hand and said it was impossible, unless interest was calculated.
In fact, if those who wanted to escape had no money, they were allowed to buy on credit, and of course no interest would be charged, but Zhaojiazhuang did not allow it. The bearded man knew this, but considering that one has to bow his head under someone's eaves, he chose to swallow his anger.
Everyone had no choice but to sign the IOU, thinking that life would gradually get better after they had a family, but who knew that even more outrageous things were yet to come.
When it was time to harvest the land they had reclaimed and planted, most of the crops were stolen by the people from Zhaojiazhuang. Even if they were caught in the act, the head of the village would not punish them, which made the people from Zhaojiazhuang even more arrogant.
Not only did they steal their food, they also stole their people...
Qinghua is the maiden name of the woman who narrates this story.
Qinghua was the best looking of the group. Her husband never came back after joining the army and probably died on the battlefield.
The son of the local official, seeing that Qinghua had found a good match, always looked for opportunities to take advantage of her. There were even two times when he would have succeeded if the bearded man had not arrived in time.
He held a grudge against the bearded man because he had repeatedly ruined his plans.
Later, because someone from Zhaojiazhuang stole their things, the bearded man taught that person a lesson. However, he actually stirred up a hornet's nest.
The people in Zhaojiazhuang shouted to drive the bearded man out. Of course they didn't want to do that, and they also understood that if the bearded man hadn't protected them, they might have died long ago.
They didn't want to, but they were still afraid of the threats from the people of Zhaojiazhuang.
Either the bearded man goes, or they all go together.
They have fled all the way here, and now they have built houses and bought land here. If you ask them to leave now, they will not be willing to do so.
This went on for a few days, and suddenly one day, Tietou was called aside by the village head's son.
Tietou was just a teenager, and he was fooled by the headman's son with just a few words.
Tietou took the knockout drug given by the headman's son and put it in the water that Big Beard drank. Big Beard was a veteran with many years of experience. He realized that the water was wrong after taking a sip. Seeing Tietou's evasive eyes, he knew that something was wrong. Before he could interrogate Tietou, Tietou told him everything.
The bearded man ran out without saying a word, picking up his sword, but it was too late.
The headman's son led the people from Zhaojiazhuang to chase after them. Everyone knew about it, but no one came out to stop them, and no one offered to help the bearded man.
In this way, they watched helplessly as the people from Zhaojiazhuang hacked the bearded man all over his body. Of course, the people from Zhaojiazhuang did not gain any advantage, and several of them were injured.
After all, Zhaojiazhuang had a large number of people and strong forces. The bearded man fought and ran at the same time, and finally jumped into the river. This was the end of the bearded man's story.
But their story is not over yet. In the past, people in Zhaojiazhuang were afraid of Big Beard. But now that Big Beard is gone, people in Zhaojiazhuang no longer regard them as human beings.
The land they reclaimed was taken away by people from Zhaojiazhuang. For just saying one more word, they were beaten and unable to get out of bed for ten days or half a month.
The young widow who was alone with her children was even more pitiful. One was forced to hang herself, and two others had unclear relationships with widowers in the village. As for Qinghua, she was the woman favored by the son of the village headman. The village headman was the eldest son here, and he was the second oldest, so naturally his son could not be a good person.
Now that Big Beard was gone, no one could stop him. He would go into the Qinghua House whenever he had something to do. If he hadn't had a daughter, she would have hanged herself long ago.
Even though she knew that the headman's son was a damned beast, she had to swallow her anger.
The affair between the two soon reached the ears of the village head's daughter-in-law. The head called her family members and dragged Qinghua to the village. They tore her clothes. If someone hadn't protected her, Qinghua would have died long ago.
Despite the great humiliation, she looked at her daughter and swallowed her anger.
That day, she hugged her daughter and burst into tears: "It would be great if you were a boy. If you were a boy, I would jump into the river or hang myself! But you are a girl. If I am gone, you will be finished..."
Qinghua knows that life is hard for women in this world, and it is even harder for women without anyone to rely on...
In the year since they moved to Zhaojiazhuang, they have been living a humble life every day.
Near the end of the year, a heavy snowstorm damaged many houses, and Zhaojiazhuang was no exception. Several houses became uninhabitable.
At this time, the head of the village would come to them with the loan note to ask for money, and if they didn't have the money, they would take back the house.
Of course they couldn't agree to this, but the village head was kind enough to give them some time to delay.
"It's not easy for you to escape. If it weren't for our Zhaojiazhuang taking you in, you wouldn't have the good life you have now. How about this, I'll let you spend a peaceful year here, and after the new year, you can move out. This house will have nothing to do with you in the future. Don't blame me for being cruel, it's your fault for not paying the money back in time."
They will always remember what that beastly village head said that day.
This time they decided not to obey, so they started making trouble on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year and have been making trouble until now.
There were several conflicts during this period, and people were injured every time, but today the people in Zhaojiazhuang got ruthless and drove them all out.
After hearing this, not to mention Lu Shian, even Shen Teng couldn't stand it anymore.
"This is not Zhaojiazhuang at all, this is a bandit's den, it's nothing. There are actually villagers like this in this world. I'm so angry, so angry. Liu Xing, go get some people for me, I want to level this Zhaojiazhuang."
Qinghua was already sobbing after she finished speaking. Not only her, but everyone else, regardless of gender, was crying...
Lu Shian turned to look at the head of the village: "Do you have anything to say?"