After rebirth, I went from a peasant girl to the richest man

After eating two big buns in a row, the girl looked at Bai Qingyun and shook her head.

Fortunately, there was no situation where he had to try to please Bai Qingyun and hold on by himself.

Bai Qingyun took out a few more cakes, handed them to the little girl and said, "Take them with you, and come back to me when you're done, okay?"

The girl was also very sensible and carefully put the dessert into the pouch around her waist.

"My name is Bai Qingyun, what's yours?"

Since I have decided to adopt her, we will live together in the future. I can't just call her that.

I thought that after comforting her, the girl would be able to communicate with me smoothly.

But I didn't expect to just murmur Bai Qingyun's name.

"You are from Lijia Village, so your last name should be Li, right?"

Last year, on the way back to Dayang Village with Bai's father, the two met Li Shoutian, the village chief of Lijia Village.

It was also because of that encounter that saw the cattle that fell to the ground after eating sprouted potatoes by mistake, that Bai Qingyun obtained potato seeds, and the people of Dayang Village were able to grow potatoes on a large scale.

When the potatoes were planted, Bai Qingyun even had the urge to go to Lijia Village to find that person, hoping that he could get Lijia Village to plant some as well.

Later, after a few trips, I was delayed for a long time in Qujiang County because of Wei Xi's matter. When I came back, it was already past the time for sowing, so I gave up.

People from Lijia Village probably have the surname Li!

The girl nodded slightly, but was not willing to talk too much about Lijia Village with Bai Qingyun.

It can be seen that the girl's current condition is more serious than Bai Qingyun expected.

"Forget it. Tell me when you want to talk about it later! Can I call you Xiao Yan first?"

Yan is the fire flower, which is composed of three fires. All things related to Yan are composed of Yan.

Although surviving the fire is not like the phoenix nirvana, it is better than it.

"We are from Dayang Village. Now everyone in the village is moving to a new place to live. We may even be pursued by government troops."

"Xiao Yan, if you are willing to follow us, you may face danger. If you are not willing, I will find a good family for you when we get to the next town."

"I know that although you are young, you can understand what I say. I will give you a chance to choose, okay?"

Avoiding the topic of Lijia Village, Bai Qingyun guided her step by step to recognize the current situation, his voice neither slow nor slow.

Xiao Yan just stared at the lake in a daze, as if he was really thinking about Bai Qingyun's question.

"No rush. There are still a few days to the next town. You have time to think slowly."

"It's just that recently, we have been living with the people of Dayang Village, just like in the cave tonight. Sometimes we even need to sleep in the wild, which is very dangerous. Remember not to run around alone, okay?"

Xiao Yan kept leaning on Bai Qingyun's shoulder and didn't know when he fell asleep again.

When Twelve came back from exploring the route, he saw the backs of two people sitting by the stream.

"You shouldn't have brought her with you."

It was the same calm and indifferent voice as last night.

It can soothe people's hearts in times of impatience, but at this moment Bai Qingyun always felt that this was the numbness caused by experiencing too many life and death experiences.

Seeing that Bai Qingyun ignored her intention, Twelve picked up a flat stone beside the two of them, wiped off the snow on it, and sat down.

"The bandits who have been entrenched here for many years are not ordinary people. If they knew that there are still orphans in Lijia Village, they will definitely fight to the death!"

It is true that bandits are loyal, but it is also true that they are ruthless.

Unlike those officials who insist on leaving room for maneuver, for them, only by cutting the weeds at their roots can future troubles be eliminated forever.

"I have never figured out why the gang of bandits attacked Lijia Village at night?"

The government is still recruiting soldiers in Bishui County, and the order in Qujiang County has not yet collapsed. How can those bandits have the confidence to not be afraid of the government's investigation?

In previous years, although there were cases of bandits attacking villages in winter, most of them robbed the villagers of their property, and more often food.

They live off the mountains. Throughout the year, only in winter, when there is no life in the mountains and few resources, the bandits have no choice but to rob in order to survive.

We can't expect those desperate criminals to use the money to buy food, can we?

But no matter what, there was no such situation of village massacre.

After all, the bandits in the past only needed food to survive the winter, so they left the people living in the mountains alone. No matter whether they had food to survive the winter or how many people starved to death or froze to death, there would always be people who would continue to live and farm in the spring of the following year.

Only by keeping these civilians around can the bandits continue to rob next year.

If we kill all the people nearby at once, can we expect those bandits to come and farm the land next year?

Therefore, the mountain bandits who attacked Lijia Village at night were most likely not the group of people who had been entrenched in the vicinity all year round, or the original group of people, for some reason, no longer needed to keep the people living at the foot of the mountain as their "logistics".

But the latter possibility is very small, unless they want to leave this place in a hurry in the heavy snow like the people in Dayang Village.

The bandits are not as afraid of the half-baked sword-carrying constables as ordinary people. If they are provoked, they will pick up their swords and fight back, and it is hard to predict who will win or lose.

This is also why the government needs to borrow nearby troops to suppress bandits. If they only rely on the few people in the county government, not to mention the inequality in force, even on the smallest hill, the number of people occupying the hill will not be less than that of the county government's constables.

If it’s not because of the government’s conscription, then it’s because of other reasons, or... someone entrusted you!

This brings us back to the most fundamental question: what is so special about Lijia Village that makes those people do this?

"I don't know!"

After Twelve answered, he just like Bai Qingyun, staring at the dug lake in a daze.

"She... has been to Lijia Village?"

When people lie, their eyes will subconsciously avoid the viewer. Even for trained secret guards, the micro-expressions of their bodies will flash by within a few seconds.

Twelve did not choose to dodge this time, but looked directly into Bai Qingyun's eyes: "No!"

Both sides were testing each other, but both chose to stop at a certain point.

Perhaps both of them were focused on the conversation and did not notice the person sleeping on Bai Qingyun's shoulder. His eyelids began to tremble slightly, and then returned to calm.

"Tell me the results of your investigation!"

The team had only been on the road for two days, and for safety reasons they were walking along the foot of the mountains that stretched out from Dayang Village, trying to avoid the villages as much as possible.

No matter how long the mountains are, after two days, we have reached the end. We always have to plan in advance what to do next.

"Tomorrow afternoon, we will pass through Qiachuan Town. It's okay if we take a detour, but Yang Dashan and others want to go there to see if they can buy some supplies."

Previously, due to the obstruction of the mountains, people could not choose to cross the mountains to go to Pingcheng Prefecture, and could only detour at the foot of the mountain.

Now that we have a choice, going to Qiachuan Town again will actually result in a lot of detours. What's more, the team has only been set out for two days and will not really lack anything.