Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 228: Taking in someone, someone is stealing

When letting these refugees in, the village chief had already made a harsh statement: "We took you in out of kindness because it's not easy for everyone. In this heavy snow, if we don't let you in, you might freeze to death outside.

You can come in, but you must listen to our arrangements. You are not allowed to disturb the normal life of the villagers, and you are not allowed to do those petty thefts. Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless!

We will send someone to guard the gate of the yard. First, it is for everyone's safety, and second, it is to take care of you if anything happens. If you agree, you can stay. If you don't agree, you can leave now."

The refugees were already very grateful to have a place to stay, so they had no other thoughts and nodded in agreement: "Thank you, village chief, you are such a kind person. Don't worry, as long as the weather gets warmer, we will leave!"

"Thank you!"

The refugees kept thanking them.

The village chief divided the people into four courtyards, each with about twenty people.

Seeing that these people were relatively honest, the village chief did not say anything more. After going back to discuss with everyone, he divided them into four teams, who took turns to watch each courtyard and report any disturbance in a timely manner. As for the village entrance, if anyone dared to be lazy and cause something like what happened today, they would be dealt with according to village rules and expelled from the village.

Today, Huang Jiabao and another person were on duty at the entrance of the village, but because it was cold, he didn't want to get up, which led to refugees entering the village. The village chief was furious and cut off half of Huang Jiabao's family's food. Old Mrs. Huang wanted to make a scene, but was driven back by the village chief, who warned her that if she made a scene again, he would drive them out of the village. It was already late, and he didn't have the heart to care about these trivial family matters. The most worrying thing right now was food.

The food in the village is not enough for so many people to eat every day, and it won’t last for a few days...

The courtyard of the scholar's house that Yao Qingnian and his friends had rented before was now home to more than 20 refugees. Four men occupied a room alone, and one of them had an injured arm, which was wrapped in a rag.

"Second brother, I looked carefully when I entered the village just now. There is a house over there. It is so magnificent. There must be a lot of good things in the house."

"I heard that Zhuzi's mother begged for a big bowl of porridge there. I've been hungry for days and I'm so greedy! In this situation, it's good to be able to fill my stomach, no matter what it is!"

"I don't know how big brother is doing?"

"Oh, I'm afraid it's going to be bad, that bitch! When I meet her, I will definitely avenge my brother!"

These people were the bandits who followed Yao Qingnian that day. Unexpectedly, they mixed in with the refugees and entered the village.

After being beaten by Yao Qingnian that day, they ran away and quietly returned to the remote wilderness the next day. They did not find any trace of their eldest brother, but only found two eyeballs on the ground. They thought that their eldest brother must have met with some accident.

"Oh! Damn it, when will this end? I don't have enough to eat or warm clothes, and it's snowing outside. I can't even go out and move around."

At this point, several people were very depressed.

It turned out that these guys were local bullies in Jiangmian Town. They got together and became sworn brothers. They lived in the same village with their eldest brother. They usually did debt collection and arresting work for others. In their place, they were notorious bullies and anyone who saw them would hide in fear.

On weekdays, the brothers got together, drank wine and ate meat in the town. When they had money, they would visit brothels and flirt with girls. They lived a comfortable life.

But one day when they woke up, there was a sudden snowstorm. All the houses in their village collapsed or were covered by the snow, and many people died inside. In order to escape, they could only follow the villagers and head south. They passed through the provincial capital and the county town, but they were not allowed to enter.

They could only follow their eldest brother to rob nearby villages, and finally came to Anding County. There was no snow here, and although it was cold, at least they could rob some money to live by following their eldest brother. But they ran into that bitch two days ago, and their eldest brother disappeared, and it started snowing here.

They had no choice but to follow the villagers to a nearby village to find something to eat, but the village had people guarding and would not let them in. After a lot of effort, they finally arrived at their current village and had a place to stay.

"We will stay here first and observe the situation for the next two days. If you come across someone who has goods, keep an eye out for them. We will go out at night."

"Second brother, we can't spend the money now. The most important thing is to save more food. If the money is gone, we can go back and earn more when the weather warms up, but now saving our lives is the most important thing."

"Old Five is right, but we all want the silver and food, so let's split up and go get the news."

The refugees stayed in the yard at night and went out to look for food during the day, begging at villagers' homes or looking for wild vegetables nearby. Anyway, all the edible wild vegetables and tree roots were dug up by them.

Fortunately, the snow in the village stopped falling soon. Although there was thick snow in the village, the refugees could still identify the direction and go out to find some wild vegetable roots. They could barely survive. If they were really hungry, they could grab a handful of snow and eat it to fill their stomachs.

At first, the village was peaceful, but after a few days, chickens and ducks were frequently lost. The villagers complained bitterly and went to the village chief to complain. The village chief was already worried about food, and at this critical moment, someone stole chickens and dogs, which made him feel more stressed. In the face of the villagers' complaints, he could only comfort them and promised to do his best to investigate the matter. However, he did not have many clues and methods for these stealing behaviors, so he could only put it aside for the time being and solve the food problem at hand.

In the scholar's house, the four brothers built a fire. The room was warm, and messy chicken and duck feathers were piled up in the corner.

The man called Lao Er wiped his greasy mouth, burped, stood up and threw the chicken butt and bones outside the door. Immediately, several people rushed to grab them. Those who got the bones put them in their mouths and started sucking them. Especially the one who got the chicken butt, for fear that it would be snatched away by others, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it, and almost choked...

Seeing those people fighting over bones and chicken butts, they laughed loudly and watched the show with great interest. They closed the door only when they saw that there was nothing fun to watch.

"These people are so stingy that they won't even give us a brown rice cake." The fourth brother complained.

"Be content to have a place to escape the cold! We are not exposed to the rain or snow here, and we have a fire to warm ourselves. We can even go out and catch a chicken to eat at night. This is much better than freezing to death outside. Before, the wind was howling at the city gate, and many people froze to death or starved to death."

"The people in this village seem to have noticed that the chickens are missing. They have become more vigilant and even more hostile to us!"

"What are you afraid of? We are here, and it's not easy for us to get out. Let's go to the big house to take a look at night."

"Okay! We've been to almost every place in the village, they're the only ones left."

The brothers agreed to go to Yao Qingnian's house in the evening to check...