Died In Infancy! My Wife Is Actually A Villain

Chapter 165 Village

In about half an hour, Gu Chen and his party, led by Zhang Erniu, arrived at a village.

This place is called Tanjiang Village, a small village under Qingshui County, Huzhou. The distance from the village to the county seat is less than three miles. Almost all people living in this place are farmers.

Boom!

The loud sound of horse hooves sounded at the entrance of the village. Many people came out of their mud houses and looked curiously at Gu Chen and others riding horses into the village. Maybe Gu Chen and others were dressed more gorgeously. , so that they only dared to hide in front of their homes and look out, but did not dare to approach.

Gu Chen also looked at the people in this village. They were all thin, with sallow complexions, and the clothes they were wearing were similar to those of Zhang Erniu and others.

"Let them all go."

Gu Chen withdrew his gaze and then gave instructions to Liu Yun behind him.

Immediately, Liu Yun rode to the back of the team and untied all the prisoners who had been injured before.

However, just as Liu Yun and others helped them loosen the ties on their hands, the leading man immediately led his brothers to stand in front of Gu Chen and others, threatening: "You guys should leave quickly, we are not welcome here." you!"

"Brother Tiger, don't do this!"

Seeing the big man leading people blocking the road ahead, Zhang Erniu suddenly showed a trace of anxiety on his face.

This group of adults is quite powerful. They are no match for them. If they do this now, wouldn't they be seeking their own death? !

The big man glared at Zhang Erniu and roared: "You traitor, stop talking to me here, or you will no longer be a villager in our Tanjiang Village!"

This sudden scene also made the faces of the men and women hiding in the tile-roofed house suddenly change, and the looks they looked at Gu Chen and others became fearful and fearful.

Gu Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at the leader of the big man indifferently.

To be honest, this guy really has no brains and is simply a retard. If I really have any purpose, can these people stop me? !

Now there is no point in taking his brothers to stand in front.

If Gu Chen really wanted to do something, his behavior would be a complete suicide.

"Brother Erniu, who are they? Are they here to deliver food to us?"

At this moment, a little girl suddenly ran over and looked curiously at Gu Chen, who was riding a horse.

She looked to be only five or six years old, her fair face was stained with yellow mud, and she was wearing a tattered gray cloth.

"Xiaozi, who asked you to come out!"

Seeing the little girl suddenly appearing, the big man's expression changed and he quickly stepped forward and pulled her over.

The little girl looked at the big man, then at Zhang Erniu and Gu Chen's group opposite, and wondered: "Uncle Hu, who are they? Why is Brother Erniu with them?"

"They are bad people, and your Brother Erniu was kidnapped by them." The big man said.

On the opposite side, Gu Chen looked at a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, flicked the reins, and the black horse slowly approached them.

Seeing Gu Chen's men and horses approaching, the big man couldn't help but take a few steps back, but he still said arrogant words.

"I'm warning you, leave the village immediately, don't force me to do anything!"

Gu Chen remained unmoved and continued to approach.

"You are the one who forced me to step on the horse."

The big man felt cruel and rushed towards Gu Chen with a big knife, but before he could get close, Liu Yun stood in front of Gu Chen and kicked him out.

"Stop it all!"

Just as other villagers were about to attack Gu Chen, a male voice suddenly came from the village road entrance, and then, an old man was seen walking slowly, and then stood in the middle of the two sides.

The villagers immediately stopped and looked at the old man, "Village Chief!"

"Everyone put down their weapons."

The old man looked at the weapons they were holding and ordered in a low voice.

A man said: "Village chief, they are not good people, and they even injured Li Hu."

"Do you still think I am the village chief? If so, then listen to me."

The villagers hesitated for a while, and finally put down their weapons.

Immediately, the old man turned to look at Gu Chen opposite, and asked in a low voice, "I wonder where this gentleman comes from and why he comes to a poor village like ours."

Gu Chen lowered his head and looked at the old man, "Are you the head of this village?"

The old man nodded, "Well, if you have anything, you can talk to the little old man."

"Speak somewhere else."

"Okay, sir, come with me."

....

More than ten minutes later, Gu Chen and others arrived at a house, which should be the village chief's home. Then the old man opened the door and invited Gu Chen and his party to enter the house.

After entering the room, the little girl skillfully brought tea to Gu Chen's table.

It seems that this little girl should be the granddaughter of the village chief.

The old man smiled and said, "The place is a bit shabby, I hope you don't mind."

Gu Chen said: "You should all be farmers! I heard that the harvest in Huzhou this year is not good. Can you tell me about it?"

When he heard about the grain harvest, the old man shook his head helplessly, "There is no harvest. There has been a severe drought for the past two months. There has not been a drop of rain in the fields, and almost all the rice is dead. That is to say, in the southern region It’s better, it rained a little.”

Gu Chen said: "So, you have almost no harvest this year?"

The old man sighed: "Yes! If there was a harvest, we wouldn't be so hungry."

As farmers, they have to pay a large amount of grain to the county as taxes every day. Each household can only keep a small amount of grain for self-sufficiency and rice seeds for the coming year.

This year's severe drought has left no grain harvest in the fields. Not to mention paying taxes, even eating is a problem.

Gu Chen asked again: "Didn't the county officials take the lead in fighting such a huge famine?"

Upon hearing this, the old man glanced at Gu Chen subconsciously, "Sir, I see that you are well-dressed, so you are probably not from our place, but you should find out some things yourself. I, an old man, don't know much. ."

Gu Chen said: "Old sir, to tell you the truth, I came from Kyoto, and I happened to bring some food with me this time. If you can tell me about the things in the county, I can get some food for you in case of emergency. .”

The old man frowned and fell into silence.

Gu Chen immediately added: "Old sir, you have nothing to worry about. It's just you and me here, so nothing will be leaked."

"OK."

The old man's expression softened a lot, and he turned back to look at Gu Chen and said: "Sir, since Xinzhi County took office, our annual food delivery has been 40% more than before. However, without this drought, we can barely fill our stomachs. "

"But once the drought broke out, every household was basically unable to survive because there was no surplus food at home. Although the county had set up soup kitchens, the rice porridge cooked was the same as water. The white rice in a bowl of rice porridge There are so few that they can't fill their stomachs at all, and many villagers starve to death on the streets because they have no food to eat..."

Gu Chen frowned slightly.

Sure enough, the current situation in Huzhou is similar to what he imagined.