Plane Trading: A Peasant Girl Escapes from Famine and Becomes Rich Enough of a Nation

After this incident, the men in Houshan Village seemed to become braver.

The rest of the journey went smoothly, all the way to the gate of Xiangling County, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

We have already traveled two-thirds of the way and will be home soon. Moreover, more and more refugees are returning home here.

You don't need to bother to ask around, you all know that it's raining here. It's said that the heavy rain a few days ago lasted for two whole days in Xiangling County. Once you heard about it and knew that there was a way to make a living in Xiangling County, you no longer wanted to wander around and all went back.

When the fifteen households in Houshan Village heard the news, they could not help but kneel down and thank God for his mercy.

Finally, they no longer had to wander outside through the winter, suffering from the cold and hunger.

After arriving at the territory of Xiangling County, Chu Mingxiao disappeared.

He only said hello to Su Qiuyi, and the others didn't even know when he left.

The people in Houshan Village saw many refugees rushing to go home and had no mood to rest, so they traveled day and night.

When asked about Chu Mingxiao's whereabouts, Su Qiuyi simply said, "He went to look for his relatives."

In fact, what she said was not wrong. She felt that since Chu Mingxiao survived the disaster, he should go and reunite with his family.

But she didn't know that Chu Mingxiao didn't have the time to go home at all. After he talked to the magistrate of Xiangling County about disaster relief, he hurriedly wrote a letter back to Kyoto to instruct his good friend about the matters in Houshan Village, then contacted his subordinate Yuwei and continued his mission.

Not long after, the lifelike skeleton that Su Qiuyi had created was discovered by bandits, and the news of Chu Mingxiao's death spread.

By the time the news reached the front-line troops, it was more than ten days later.

Chu Mingxiao's father, Duke Dingguo Chu Yuenan, the first general of the Tiansheng Dynasty, fainted as soon as he learned of the death of his eldest son. His body could no longer bear the fatigue of the past few days.

The grain and fodder officer in the army had frequent accidents. Grain and fodder were robbed and burned by bandits several times, which made him extremely anxious. In addition, the repeated setbacks in the war on the front line made it impossible for Chu Yuenan to help his son who had gone to deal with the bandit problem.

This led to his son's tragic death at the hands of a treacherous villain, which Chu Yuenan could not accept for a time.

According to the subordinates who received the report, only a handful of dry bones were left of his son, but he couldn't even get those bones back.

Not to mention how difficult Chu Mingxiao's situation is, just talking about Su Qiuyi's situation, it is quite comfortable.

Every day was spent in the carriage, chatting and playing with my cousin and two younger sisters.

When it was time to eat, they all found a place to rest. After cooking and eating, they could rest for a while before continuing on their journey.

Because except for them, everyone else here has to walk, and they can't stand it without rest.

Fortunately, among the more than 100 of them, most were strong men, each holding a wooden sword and looking ferocious, so most refugees did not dare to approach them.

And for some reason, they never encountered the bandits that they always encountered when fleeing.

To put it simply, the bandits seemed to have disappeared and no longer came out to harm the refugees.

Su Qiuyi vaguely felt that this had something to do with Chu Mingxiao.

However, she was not sure, so she asked her father to let the villagers be vigilant and take turns to keep watch at night.

Fortunately, there were no major incidents along the way. At most, some refugees who thought they were very powerful came forward to provoke us, but they were all driven away.

Su Qiuyi rushed in front with a sword in hand, followed by a group of men holding wooden swords. She really got to experience the life of a female general.

On the way, the villagers who had left Houshan Village after it was attacked by bandits saw them and joined a few more families.

By the time we arrived at the village, the number of households had increased from fifteen to twenty-seven.

There are about three hundred people in total, big and small.

At the entrance of Houshan Village, everyone stopped with tears in their eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm finally back! I missed home so much!"

The first person who shouted these words out loud was actually the rough old man Qin Kui.

He was holding a wooden sword in his hand, his eyes red, standing at the front of the team, shouting that he missed home too much, but this reminded Su Qiuyi of something.

She secretly pulled her aunt to the other side of the carriage and asked, "Aunt, we were kidnapped by bandits. Was it at the Qin family? Is that the Qin family Uncle Kui's family?"

Her family members all knew that she had lost her memory, and they could understand that she couldn't remember anything. When Su Xiaofang heard her niece ask this, her excitement was suppressed a little.

He nodded with a sad face, "Yes! It's their Qin family! There is no other family with the surname Qin in Houshan Village!"

The aunt and nephew knew that the Qin family had been almost completely ravaged by the bandits. If Qin Kui saw this when he returned, he would probably be furious.

Su Qiuyi could imagine Qin Kui's furious look, but what she didn't expect was that it was not only the Qin family's houses that suffered. After entering the village, she saw a desolate scene.

Most of the wall of the house collapsed, and even the chicken coop and pigpen were not spared.

It can be seen that a lot of things happened in Houshan Village after they left.

A group of people came back happily, but when they saw their home destroyed like this, they burst into tears.

Hearing the noise, the surviving villagers who had returned earlier than them ran out to check.

Seeing that the village head had finally returned, they ran and crawled over here, and when they ran to the former village head, they all started crying.

The former village chief had been thinking about how he could find a way to take back the position of village chief after returning to the village, but after looking around, he had no idea at all.

Whoever wants this hot potato can take it. He should just be a good peasant and not have any other ideas.

So, when those people came to him to complain, he straightened up and spoke in a sonorous voice, "Everyone, listen to me first! The head of our Houshan Village has been replaced! I am old and can no longer manage, it is time for the young people to take over! From now on, the head of our Houshan Village will be Su Changning, the third son of the Su family! If you have any problems, you should go to him!"

After saying this, without waiting for the villagers who had just received the news to digest it, he staggered towards Su Laosan, leaning on a wooden stick.

After standing in front of him, he said earnestly and kindly, "Old Third, wait until tomorrow, after I have rested, you will come with me to the government office to sign the appointment document of the head of the village! If we want to be in charge, we must have a legitimate reason!"

After saying that, he patted Su Laosan on the shoulder.

Su Laosan originally had no interest in village chief or official positions, but along the way, he discovered that the position of village chief did have one benefit for him.

That is, no one in the village dared to have any ill will towards his three daughters anymore. Not to mention other things, no one from the old Su family dared to come and make trouble.

This made it impossible for him to refuse the headman's words, so he nodded slightly.

However, this nod also meant that he had to step in to solve all the current problems.

Looking at a group of villagers, young and old, with faces full of pain and anger, he rubbed his eyebrows with a headache and began to make arrangements.