In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Su Zhizhi's face immediately turned cold, and she retorted without hesitation.

The beggars were stunned when they heard Su Zhizhi's words. They didn't expect that Su Zhizhi, who was polite and easy to talk to just now, would suddenly change his face.

At the same time, Su Zhizhi's behavior completely angered the beggar leader. He pointed at Su Zhizhi's face and said viciously, "Okay! Since you won't pay us protection money, don't blame us for being rude. Brothers, take action!"

After saying that, the beggar leader suddenly had an idea and immediately found the books that Shen Wenjun had placed aside. So he pointed at the books and said, "Go and throw those books into the fire. Today we will use these books to make grilled fish. I will also see if there is any difference between the grilled fish made with the books and the other grilled fish."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the beggars present burst into laughter, and their triumphant voices echoed throughout the temple, as if capturing Su Zhizhi was a matter of course.

The beggars guessed that Su Zhizhi and her friends must be scholars, so they naturally knew the importance of protecting books to Su Zhizhi, so they wanted to deliberately destroy the books as a way to take revenge on Su Zhizhi.

Su Zhizhi naturally saw through their thoughts.

"You are so despicable! If you are like this, don't blame me." Su Zhizhi said gritting her teeth. Since the other party treated her like this, there was no need for her to show mercy to the other party.

Thinking of this, Su Zhizhi took out her exclusive weapon - anti-wolf spray - from the universal capsule without hesitation.

When the beggars saw Su Zhizhi's harsh words, they stretched their necks, thinking that Su Zhizhi was going to take out some powerful weapon. However, they didn't expect that Su Zhizhi actually took out a seemingly ordinary bottle, which immediately made the beggars laugh.

"Oh my god, is this woman scared silly by us?"

"That's right, he pointed a broken bottle at us, thinking that would scare us."

"I'm dying of laughter, hahahaha, I thought he was some powerful guy, but this is it?"

……

The beggars pointed at Su Zhizhi and mocked her without hesitation.

When Su Zhizhi heard this, she pressed the spray switch without hesitation. In an instant, a cloud of white mist rushed into the beggars' eyes. At the same time, a very pungent and unpleasant smell quickly spread in the temple.

Seeing this, the beggars wailed and fled in all directions. In an instant, the whole temple was filled with the beggars' screams. They had never seen such a thing as pepper spray, so they mistakenly thought that Su Zhizhi was spreading some poisonous gas, and they were all scared to death.

"Oh my God! Is this some kind of poisonous gas? Am I going to die?"

"My eyes hurt so much, I can't see anymore."

"I want to vomit. My head hurts and I feel dizzy."

……

Su Zhizhi almost laughed out loud when she saw this, but she managed to hold it back. She even took the opportunity to deliberately say loudly, "That's right! I did put poison gas in there. The more you smell it, the faster you'll die. If you have the guts, don't leave!"

After these words were spoken, the beggars ran even faster.

Looking at their fleeing backs, Su Zhizhi couldn't help but smile happily.

After a while, Shen Wenjun, who had gone out to buy food, came back. As soon as he entered the door, he found that the temple was in a mess, and most of his books were too unbearable to look at. Some of them were even spilled with some unknown liquid.

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi quickly explained the whole story.

"Uh, just now, a group of beggars came when you were not around. They insisted that this was their territory and asked us to pay them protection money. I didn't like it, so I started fighting with them. I guess the liquid on it was spilled during the fight without my noticing."

Su Zhizhi said this with some guilt, because according to her guess, these liquids were most likely spilled from the anti-wolf spray, and then accidentally spilled on it. Since the words on the book were written with a brush, the words were instantly blurred once the ink touched water.

"It's okay." Shen Wenjun said calmly. After that, he put the food he bought into Su Zhizhi's hand and said, "You must be hungry! This is food I bought specially for you. Eat it! I finished my portion on the way."

"Okay." Su Zhizhi nodded, and then she took the food from Shen Wenjun without any hesitation.

At this time, Shen Wenjun was not idle either. He silently walked to where he put his books and checked his books. However, the result disappointed him greatly, because many important books related to the exam had been wetted by unknown liquids, and the words inside had long been blurred. Seeing this, Shen Wenjun's face suddenly became a little ugly.

Su Zhizhi, who was standing by, also noticed it and quickly asked, "How are the books? Are they okay? Can they still be used?"

Su Zhizhi asked tentatively.

Shen Wenjun sighed helplessly, shook his head, and answered truthfully, "These books have been soaked by water. The words and content in the books are no longer legible. Moreover, these are essential test points for the exam and are extremely important."

When Su Zhizhi heard this, she felt extremely guilty and a little panicked at the same time, because she also knew that important exams like the imperial examination were not held every year, and if she missed it, she would have to wait for several more years.

However, she didn't want Shen Wenjun to waste several years because of her, so Su Zhizhi asked, "Is there any way to remedy this?"

Shen Wenjun thought for a moment, then answered very seriously, "It seems that I can only find a way to find some wealthy families and work as a copyist for them. That way I can get a new copy of the book, and at the same time I can review the contents of the book."

After listening to this, Su Zhizhi thought about it for a while and realized that this was indeed the only good solution they could think of at the moment.

"Okay, then let's stay here for a while. We'll leave after you finish copying the books." Su Zhizhi looked at Shen Wenjun and said seriously.

"Okay." Shen Wenjun also nodded in agreement.

In this way, Shen Wenjun and Su Zhizhi stayed in Lejun County temporarily.

After Shen Wenjun and Su Zhizhi entered the city of Lejun County, Shen Wenjun took the initiative to go to the street to find a family who could let him copy books. Su Zhizhi was not idle because of this. She estimated that copying books would take a long time, and she could use this time to think of new ways to make money. After all, the two of them didn't have much money left, and now there were places to spend money everywhere outside.

Su Zhizhi did what she said and went to the street without hesitation to see if she could encounter any opportunities that she could seize.