diskusbooks Chapter 130: Hide Out
Chapter 130: Hide Out
Those who were rejected did not all give up. Many of them carried farm tools and planned to go up the mountain to hunt on their own.
Most people only dare to wander around the small hills surrounding the village. They wander around here and there, and those who are lucky may catch one or two wild rabbits or pheasants in a day. Those with average luck can occasionally pick up a few pheasant eggs, but those with unlucky luck mostly return empty-handed.
Gu Wenxuan and the others were not surprised at this situation. After all, they were in a hilly area between the mountains and the plains, and the prey that could be hunted on the small hills had always been very limited.
Instead, it was a few people with more complicated thinking patterns who caused some accidents for Gu Wenxuan and the others.
Even though they had been clearly rejected, some weird people actually formed a team of their own and blocked the route that Gu Wenxuan and her team had to take to enter the mountain.
Judging from their posture, it was obvious that they wanted to follow Gu Wenxuan and the others into the mountains.
Having lived in the apocalypse for so long, what kind of people has Gu Wenxuan not seen? As soon as those people went over there to wait, Gu Wenxuan guessed their purpose.
On the one hand, they are trying to steal prey, medicinal herbs, fish, nuts and wild fruits. On the other hand, most of these people have some little calculations in mind.
The fact was just as Gu Wenxuan guessed. When this group of people were connecting with each other and "discussing major plans" last night, they had already shared their true thoughts with each other.
They felt that they were all from the same village, and even most of them had the same surname as Bai Jingzhou. No matter how dissatisfied Gu Wenxuan, Bai Jingzhou and others were with them, they would definitely not use force to expel them.
As long as they are thick-skinned enough, they can easily follow behind the other party and take advantage of the situation.
Moreover, if they encountered danger in the mountains, even if Gu Wenxuan, Bai Jingzhou and others did not come to help, they would run towards them shamelessly and the other party would definitely help them deal with those dangerous large and medium-sized beasts.
If any of them were bitten by a poisonous snake or insect, they would go to Gu Wenxuan, Bai Jingzhou and others for medical treatment and medicine. The other party would definitely not be so hard-hearted as to watch them die.
Even if Gu Wenxuan, Bai Jingzhou and others hated them and didn't want to help them, when it really came to a life-threatening moment, they could still use public opinion and tantrums to coerce the other party.
If they don't help, they will go to Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan's house and make trouble, making the two families restless. As soon as they say this, they don't believe that Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan will not care at all.
A group of people who had considered every aspect and were determined to take advantage of this no matter what, waited for Gu Wenxuan and her friends at the road that they had to take to enter the mountain early in the morning.
However, they waited and waited, until the sun climbed above their heads, but Gu Wenxuan and others, who usually went out early and came back late, still did not show up.
The bored and extremely anxious group of people had no choice but to send a few of them back to the village to get news.
This inquiry actually gave them some clues.
According to some villagers, Gu Wenxuan and his friends drove to the county town early this morning, probably because they had other things to do.
When everyone got the news, they looked at each other for a moment, then discussed it for a while, and finally went back to their homes in disappointment, preparing to stay here again tomorrow.
However, the second day, the third day, the fourth day... every day they failed to catch Gu Wenxuan and others.
So, where did Gu Wenxuan and the others go? The answer is in town.
They made a feint to make people think that they went to the county town, but in fact they rented a large house with two courtyards on the edge of the town and lived there temporarily.
Ning Cuizhi had to take care of the family and it was not convenient for her to go with them, so Gu Wenxuan brought her two older brothers and her eldest cousin Fang Youfu's wife, Li, to the town and asked them to help look after the house, cook, and assist Bai Chong and Bai Jingzhou.
Without the countless pairs of eyes staring at them in the village, everyone had less unnecessary trouble, and they returned home happily with a full load every day.
As for those people in the village who were jealous of their harvest.
Most people were still rational and just wandered around the mountains where there were few large or medium-sized wild animals. Although they didn't gain much, they were always safe.
Only a very small number of people were blinded by greed. After waiting for several days without seeing Bai Jingzhou, Gu Wenxuan and others, they finally couldn't hold back and formed their own team to go deep into the mountains and forests.
It is worth mentioning that, because they had been waiting for several days without being able to catch Bai Jingzhou, Gu Wenxuan and others, those who shamelessly wanted to go into the mountains with them spoke ill of Bai Jingzhou, Gu Wenxuan and others in the village.
However, the situation this time was different from the last time. This time, before the Gu family and the Bai family could respond, those who spoke ill of them behind their backs had already been targeted by other villagers.
The villagers who took the initiative to stand up to defend the Bai and Gu families, although they usually had no dealings with these two families, had basically all received benefits from the Bai and Gu families, especially those families with strong laborers serving in the army. They were still fresh and warm to the care that Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan gave to their relatives.
With Bai Lizheng, a leader who is fair and dedicated to the villagers, the atmosphere in Baijia Village is still very good.
Except for a very few weirdos, the vast majority of people have relatively normal outlooks. They have benefited from the Bai family and the Gu family, so when something happens, they will subconsciously protect these two families.
The villagers' reaction made the Gu and Bai family members, who had always mistakenly believed that the food and money were provided by the two masters Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan, and who were just helping out, feel guilty and ashamed.
So, Li and Ning Cuizhi took the initiative to give some wild fruits and nuts to the villagers who spoke for their two families as a token of gratitude.
The villagers were overjoyed. They never expected that just because they said a few fair words for the two families out of gratitude, the two families actually sent them gifts of thanks one after another.
This made them more convinced that the Bai family and the Gu family were both very kind people. When they heard someone say bad things about these two families, they became more motivated to "charge into battle."
Thanks to them, those people who were greedy but still blamed others, saying this and that about Gu Wenxuan, Bai Jingzhou and others, no longer dared to say those idle words in front of other villagers that would quickly attract criticism.
They could only speak freely within their own homes, or when they formed a team to go into the mountains, within their small group and make up stories about the Bai family and the Gu family at will.
These people wandered together in the mountains for three or four days. Although they did not gain much because they followed the same route as Gu Wenxuan and her group, they did not encounter any major danger either, so they all felt a little proud.