Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

Xia Shengsheng was carrying so many things back, and he thought he would run into some difficult people when he passed by the village entrance.

Xia Shengsheng had thought it through. If Old Madam Liu came to cause trouble again, she would not waste any words but would just take action. She didn't even want to put on an act. The main reason was that she was too tired and didn't have time to accompany the old lady and let her torment her.

But unexpectedly, several people walked safely through the village entrance, which was completely different from what was expected.

And at this time, Mr. Liu.

Liu Sun was lying on the ground, looking out through the crack in the door. After making sure that Xia Shengsheng and the others had gone far away, she touched her chest and let out a breath.

"What are you afraid of? Look at you, you're just like a thief, you have no future at all."

Old Mrs. Liu was sitting at the table in the main room, holding a piece of jerky in her hand and putting it into her mouth. Looking at her daughter-in-law Liu Sun's frightened expression, she felt a sense of disappointment.

Liu Sun smiled awkwardly twice and sat next to the head of the Liu family.

I thought: Isn't this just stealing? If I get caught, will my reputation be preserved?

But then he thought again, that’s not right. Even if it’s embarrassing, it’s the Liu family’s shame. It damages the reputation of the Liu family. What does it have to do with her?

Seeing Boss Liu and his sons eating the food they stole from Xia Shengsheng silently, she was so greedy that her saliva was about to flow.

Seeing that Old Lady Liu wasn't paying attention to her, she quietly reached out to the butcher on the table and just touched the edge.

slap~

A crisp sound made Liu Sun immediately withdraw her hand.

Looking at my hands that were beaten red, I felt very uncomfortable.

"Half of it has gone down in one go, what else is there to eat?

I put the rest away and save some for my grandson Qianger."

After saying this, Old Lady Liu packed up all the food on the table, not leaving a single piece behind.

"Grandma, if you can take the meat jerky, please leave a few of those white candies for me.

My second brother is so old now and doesn’t like to eat candy anymore.” Liu Zhonghui didn’t know that the white candy was called milk candy, he just knew that it tasted very good.

There were more than ten pieces in a pack, and he only got one piece, which he felt was not enough to fill his stomach.

"Why keep it? Can't you eat all the good things in one go? Can't you keep it slowly over time?

I tell you. No one can think of taking these things. Who should they be distributed to? When should they be eaten? I have the final say."

After saying this, Old Lady Liu picked up her things and went back to her room.

Boss Liu looked at her mother leaving, and a look of resentment filled her entire body from the hair to the soles of her feet.

He thought to himself, his son is about to get married, but he is still suppressed by the old lady. He finally ordered some delicious food, but he can't even eat enough. It's really frustrating.

And Mrs. Liu Sun even thought that it would be better if the old lady died sooner so that she could take charge of the family earlier.

Boss Liu's two sons were also sitting there with different thoughts in their minds, and the scene fell into silence for a while.

……

"Oh~"

"When I passed by my uncle's house just now, I was a little scared. Fortunately, we walked over here."

"Yeah! I was worried just now, too."

Xia Shengsheng couldn't help but feel worried when she saw that the other children were in the same situation.

If everyone was timid every time they passed by the village, or every time they met Old Lady Liu and the people from the Liu family's main house, then they would not be able to live a good life in the future.

Xia Shengsheng looked at the children and asked, "Are you afraid of your grandma and your uncle and aunt?"

The children looked at each other and then nodded.

It was indeed very scary. They were used to being suppressed for so many years, and their grandmother would beat and scold them, so they were afraid from the bottom of their hearts.

"If they scold you, hit you, or hit your mother, or your brothers and sisters next time, what will you do? Hide?"

Hiding?

How can it be?

Liu Yiyi was the first to answer, "No, if mom and my brothers and sisters are bullied, I will stand in front of them."

"Just standing in front of others and taking the beating for them?" Xia Shengsheng asked.

Liu Ercheng thought for a while and said, "If anyone dares to hit my mother, my eldest sister, my youngest brother or my third sister, I will hit him. If anyone dares to scold my family, I will scold them back. I am a man and I will protect my family."

"So if you meet someone you don't want to meet, will you go around them?" Xia Shengsheng continued to ask.

Several children were silent.

Xia Shengsheng found that she seemed to have set a wrong example for several children.

Will this make the children more and more cowardly?

It seems that I have to find a way to educate these children properly.

People should not provoke trouble, but they should not be afraid of trouble either.

If I were to be bullied all the time, would I end up like that Liu Da?

When they were almost at the end of the village, Goudan came running hurriedly from the direction of the village.

"Aunt, Ercheng, you are finally back. Go back and check! There is a thief in your house."

Xia Shengsheng didn't expect that his house would be robbed after only one day without anyone staying there.

I don't know who is so blind.

Such a dilapidated house could also be targeted by thieves.

Could it be that the exchange of wild ginseng for silver was wrong?

Xia Shengsheng and his friends hurried home.

The low courtyard wall had not changed at all, and the dilapidated door was still hanging there.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether this door is hung or not.

The problem is that the courtyard wall is too low and has several leaks.

Anyone can step in.

The door of the bedroom where Xia Shengsheng and others lived was still in good condition.

But at this moment, I could clearly see the door locks scattered on the ground.

The door in the room seemed to have been forcibly opened, and the door frame was somewhat loose.

Xia Shengsheng and a few children put down their things and entered the house, only to find that the backpack where the cloth was previously placed was gone.

In addition to some unfinished fabrics bought in the capital, the backpack also contained some snacks that Xia Shengsheng bought for the children at the supermarket in the mall!

The four newly bought quilts on the kang were also missing.

The few old quilts on the kang were turned into a mess.

Even Xia Shengsheng's and several children's old clothes were scattered everywhere.

"It's over. It's all gone, mother."

"kitchen?"

A few people ran to the kitchen again and found that all the rice, flour, grain and oil in the kitchen had been looted.

Several bowls were broken, and the new pot on the stove and the small-handled pot next to it were all gone.

It's like plucking feathers from a passing goose, leaving nothing behind.

He must have known for sure that no one was at home today, otherwise who would dare to steal things in broad daylight?

The first person Xia Shengsheng thought of was not the two people with bad character in the village, but the eldest wife of the Liu family and Old Lady Liu.

If someone wanted to do it, they would at least do it after dark. How could they steal so blatantly in the daytime?

I'm afraid there's no one else except that side.

Liu Ercheng ran out first, grabbed Goudan and asked anxiously.

"How did you know something was missing from my house? Did you see who stole it?"

Goudan lowered his head, holding his left hand with his right hand, not knowing what to say.

He did see it, but his mother wouldn't let him tell.

Because he had a good relationship with Liu Ercheng, he sneaked out when his mother wasn't paying attention and alerted Xia Shengsheng and Liu Ercheng and others who had just returned.

Liu Ercheng and Goudan are about the same age, and they used to play together a lot. Looking at his expression, you can tell that he definitely has something to say.

So I kept asking, "Tell us what you know! Goudan, aren't we best friends? You know who stole it, but you didn't tell me. How can we still be friends in the future?"

Xia Shengsheng came out of the kitchen and understood what was happening. It was probably because Goudan's family didn't want to cause trouble, so they didn't let Goudan tell anyone.

"Goudan, if you don't want to say it, I won't force you.

Ercheng, you are not allowed to force him."

Although Xia Shengsheng had already determined who the culprit was, if he wanted to prove their guilt, it would be better to have witnesses.

Only with witnesses can we ask the village chief to make the decision, and then if we find the things, it will be physical evidence.

It would be easier to talk only if there were both witnesses and evidence, but if Goudan didn't want to say it, she didn't want to threaten him to say it.