In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

The two beautiful young women that Li Gang was just embracing were ones he had snatched from a merchant caravan!

The caravan, commissioned by some wealthy family in the county, had taken two beautiful young women on a ride during the journey. According to the women, they were concubines bought from Liangzhou by Master Ding of the county town…

Li Gang didn't know who Master Ding was, nor did he bother to find out. All he knew was that Master Ding was a good man who had given him two beauties for free.

You have to understand, in this dense forest, let alone women, even sows are extremely rare. To find two beauties for free is even luckier than winning the lottery.

Of course, Li Gang seized far more than just these two women; however, the other women were of average appearance and were given to his subordinates as a way to win their loyalty.

Of course, women are just tools for pleasing himself; for Li Gang, money and food are still the most important things!

Li Gang was the boss, so he had priority access to women, money, and food, and naturally he had no shortage of them. But his subordinates weren't so lucky!

In this village, which Li Gang and his gang called Conghu Village, only Li Gang and a few others were able to get enough to eat. As for the majority of the rest...

Although they wouldn't starve to death, they were going hungry for two meals every three days. Therefore, money and food were essential for Conghu Village.

It was precisely for this reason that Li Gang set his sights on Wu Han's caravan.

Li Gang was a cautious man. Before he would target a caravan, he would always investigate first and only make a move if he was sure he could secure the deal.

The two men who came to report at this moment were the subordinates that Li Gang had sent to keep an eye on Wu Han's caravan!

More than ten days ago, Li Gang had noticed this caravan that frequently passed through the official road outside the city, and he coveted the large amount of goods that the caravan transported each time.

It was only because Wu Han's caravan was large and they were somewhat wary of the possibility that there might be martial artists among the caravan members that they had not yet chosen to make a move.

And now...

After observing for several days, Li Gang was able to confirm that there were no martial artists in the caravan. Although there were quite a few guards, they were all honest, ordinary people.

From then on, Li Gang had no more scruples and planned to take action against that caravan!

Li Gang waved his hand and said, "Go and call all the brothers over. If we pull off this job, everyone will be able to eat meat and everyone will be able to have a woman to warm their bed!"

"Yes!"

The two men who came to report left excitedly. Soon after, a large crowd gathered in front of Li Gang's house. Looking at his excited subordinates, Li Gang laughed and said, "Brothers, do you want to eat meat? Do you want to sleep with women?"

"miss you!"

The crowd shouted in unison.

"If you want to, then grab your weapons and come with me. I'll take you to rob money and women!"

At Li Gang's command, the men of Conghu Village gripped their weapons tightly and stormed out of the dense forest.

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"Brother Chen Shi."

At the entrance of Chenjia Village, Wu Han greeted Chen Shi, who was guarding the entrance, with a smile: "I heard you recently got married?"

Speaking of this, Chen Shi couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, Brother Wu, it's a pity you couldn't attend my wedding!"

It's easy to see from Chen Shi's smile that he is extremely satisfied with his new wife, Zhao Xiaomei.

Zhao Xiaomei is not only pretty, but also hardworking. Now her mother has much less to do at home, as most of the work is done by the three new daughters-in-law.

"It's a real shame."

Wu Han was inevitably a little disappointed, but he still took out a red cloth bag from his pocket and stuffed it into Chen Shi's hand: "Although I couldn't attend the wedding banquet, I still have to give this money. Brother Chen Shi, please take this money."

"No, no, that won't do!"

Chen Shi quickly pushed the cloth bag back, waving his hands repeatedly, saying, "I didn't even give you any wedding wine, how can I take your money!"

This reflects the simple mindset of the villagers of Chenjia Village. In Chen Shi's view, it was inappropriate to accept money from Wu Han, who hadn't even been able to attend his family's wedding banquet.

"Take it!"

Wu Han forced the cloth bag into Chen Shi's arms and said, "This is a token of my appreciation. With our relationship, Brother Chen Shi, you won't even accept this token of my appreciation?"

"This……"

Chen Shi hesitated.

Wu Han didn't give Chen Shi a chance to speak again, and forcibly stuffed the cloth bag into the lining of Chen Shi's clothes. Then he waved his hand and said, "I'm not saying anything more. I'm going to deliver the goods to Dao Ge'er!"

With that, Wu Han led Zhang Ming and the others, driving the donkey cart into the main road of Chenjia Village.

"This Chenjia Village is really lively!"

Looking at the busy young men ahead, Zhang Ming couldn't help but say something.

It's been a while since I last visited Chenjia Village, and it has undergone quite a few changes.

The biggest change is the road under our feet. It has become much flatter and is no longer muddy.

On the road, there were also many young and middle-aged people working hard, giving people a sense of bustling activity.

"They're actually building roads in Chenjia Village?"

"The road in Chenjia Village should have been repaired a long time ago. Every time I come here, it's so bumpy that my butt gets numb."

"Now the road is much smoother and easier to travel on."

"..."

Other able-bodied men responsible for guarding the village also spoke up, saying that the road repair in Chenjia Village was a good thing for them, as they often needed to come to Chenjia Village to do business. With the road improved, they would suffer less from the bumpy ride when riding in their donkey carts.

"Chenjia Village is getting better and better!"

Wu Han couldn't help but sigh. When he first came to Chenjia Village, the main road was a muddy mess, but now it is much flat and wide.

In addition, as far as the eye can see, there are many newly built houses, which means that some of the villagers in Chenjia Village will be moving into new houses.

These days, most people can't even get enough to eat, let alone live in a new house...

That's something I wouldn't even dare to dream of!

While reminiscing, Wu Han and the others headed towards Chen Dao's house.

Meanwhile, Chen Shi, who was guarding the village entrance, took out the cloth bag that Wu Han had given him. Just as he was about to see how many copper coins were in the bag, he suddenly saw a large group of people coming from the front.

"It happened!"

Chen Shi's expression changed drastically. Just by looking at the group of people carrying weapons and looking menacing, Chen Shi knew that they had come with ill intentions!

"We need to hurry and inform the village chief and the others!"

Knowing he was no match for the group, Chen Shi turned and ran back to the village without a second thought, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Thieves! Thieves!"

"He's quite a smart person!"

Li Gang, who was leading the team to the entrance of Chenjia Village, watched Chen Shi rush away and couldn't help but sneer. The villager guarding the gate was clever enough to know to go back to the village and call for help, but alas…

This is completely useless!