Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

"My dear masters and ladies, kind people, my child has been unable to eat for a day. I beg you kind people to give me some. I don't want much, just give me a little."

"And me, and me. My child is still young, only two years old, and he has been eating tree bark and grass roots for a month..."

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Women holding their children swarmed up and knelt down to beg Zhou Guo and his party for some decent food.

Seeing this, other refugees also joined in. After all, this group had a lot of things, so they could take as much as they could. If they were lucky, they might even be able to get some food.

More and more people came and surrounded them.

The team is surrounded by people and there is no way out.

Zhou Guo and his group were frightened. They were about to attack with hoes and sticks, but they found that the people kneeling and begging were mothers with children. How could they bear to attack them?

But there are so many people. If everyone is given a portion, what will they eat later? They are also disaster victims who have lost their homes, and they have children, elderly people, and families at home.

They hesitated and couldn't make up their minds.

But if they didn't take action, the other victims didn't care and took advantage of this opportunity to rush forward, hoping to grab as much as they could. With these people taking the lead, the mothers, fearing that their children would also have no food, also came forward to grab.

The team was confused by this sudden change.

Zhou Guo took action when the people rushed over. She had only one thought: if the food was snatched away by these people, they would starve to death later.

Huang also beat them one by one with a stick.

Led by these two people, the Zhou family and the people around them reacted immediately when the people rushed over. Since they could not run away or escape, they had no choice but to fight.

Zhou Dacang led the duty team to pick up hoes and sickles and beat those men with ruthless force. It was these men who started the trouble and caused the trouble.

Everyone in the team, including children from each family, resisted with sticks and stones, not caring who was in front of them. They only knew that these people wanted to steal their things, beat them to death, and not let them live. Those who had lost their loved ones in their families became even more ruthless and vented all their pain on the people in front of them.

They were all blood-thirsty and showed no mercy. Compared to the beginning, they had improved a lot.

The whole team of more than 200 people went crazy and beat anyone they saw. Some members of Zhou Dacang's duty team even made the other side bleed. They didn't care about anyone's life and just hit people's arms and thighs.

The victims had never seen such a scene before. It was not a war. Normally, they would just rob and steal, and run away if they could grab something. Those people would not chase them. There were no people like them. From the elderly to the children, everyone had a murderous look on their faces. For a moment, they could not tell who was the robber.

Everyone gradually became timid. In fact, tree bark, grass roots and other things were still edible, and a few drops of water could be found. A little bit was enough to survive for a day. This group of people were obviously not easy to deal with, and there was no need to risk their lives here.

If one person quits, many will quit.

The mothers holding their children saw that they had not gained any advantage and could not snatch the water away, so many of them ran away. So they knelt down and begged for a chance to live for their children, or at least for some water to drink. Water was hard to find in those days, and even if they could find a little, it was occupied by those evildoers and bullies, so how could they share it with them?

"Now you know to beg, why didn't you look so pitiful when we were fighting in the crowd just now? You beg us to let your child live, but where will our child live? If we hadn't been so ruthless, who knows who would be kneeling here now."

"Stop talking, let's go. I've seen that there is not a single good person here."

The team began to hurriedly pick up the things that fell on the ground.

This is indeed not a place to stay. The guys just had such a fierce fight with others, and the next second they ran away pushing carts, carrying things and carrying children on their backs.

He ran as fast as possible, as if there was a wild beast chasing him.

Some of them were still chasing after him, holding women in their arms.

Zhou Guo pushed the cart and followed his family. He took the time to scan each person. There was no blood on the body of the family members. This time was much better than the last time. After all, most of the victims were women holding children, and the damage was not that great.

They walked seven or eight miles without stopping, leaving the others far behind, and only then did the team slow down.

As they slowed down, everyone began to count the food and supplies at home and check each other's injuries.

The Zhou family did not lack anything. After all, they had Zhou Guo, the door god, and Zhou Gu and Li, the two laborers. The other family members worked very hard and ordinary people could not get close to them, so nothing was missing.

Some people's bamboo tubes containing water were stolen, and food was also stolen, but overall, the losses were much smaller than last time, and at least no one died this time.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

Now that I feel relieved, I have time to settle the accounts. After all, the original cause of this incident was that someone was doing good deeds indiscriminately.

"Hey, Zhuzi's grandmother, this incident was caused by Zhuzi's mother. If it weren't for her kindness, we wouldn't have been robbed and fought with others. Not only did we get beaten, but our food and other things were also lost. Your family has to compensate for this loss."

"Yeah, this wasn't caused by us. It was your wife who caused this trouble herself. We've evened it out. We can't be the ones to bear the loss ourselves, right?"

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Those who lost something were clamoring for compensation, and those who were seriously injured also complained. Everyone surrounded this family, wanting to get an explanation.

Grandma Zhuzi bowed and bowed, repeatedly apologizing, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, everyone. It's all my daughter-in-law's fault. It's her fault. You see, our house was robbed badly, and the remaining food was almost snatched away. We don't know where to eat our next meal. Where can I compensate you? If you want to find someone, just look for my daughter-in-law. I have nothing to compensate you."

When everyone heard this, they were furious. It was obvious that they didn't want to pay. How could this be possible? Wouldn't their loss be lost in vain?

Zhou Guo looked at the woman. Facing so many people's criticism, she just stood there quietly, expressionless and with empty eyes. It was unclear whether she heard a word.

She also recognized her. Wasn't this the woman whose child was kidnapped? She still remembered that the woman chased after the man like crazy, and none of her family members followed her, so naturally the child was not caught up.

From then on, the woman became like this. She didn't talk to anyone all day long and was stupid and dull. This time, she probably felt pity for the other person's child and thought of her own child, so she was moved with compassion.

The crowd was arguing fiercely when a man stood up.