Regarding this matter, Su Yaoguang respected Zhang Zhaodi’s decision.
The Wei Family and Zhang Laosan were her parents, who had given her the gift of life. As their daughter, apart from supporting her decision unconditionally, she couldn’t decide for her.
Zhang Zhaodi originally was already feeling uneasy, but the words "sending off the beggars" were like a bucket of cold water poured over her, calming her down.
"Since you do not value it, then I won’t give it to you." Zhang Zhaodi said, "Go ahead and make a scene, the government officers are outside, as soon as you cause trouble, they’ll throw you into the jail immediately. The jail is full of death row inmates, and if you catch a disease, no one will look after you. Being imprisoned with those people, there is only one way out — death."
Mrs. Hua tugged at Zhang Jizong, "This place is too ominous, we must hurry back to the village, or what if the child catches a disease?"
"Fifty pounds, give us fifty pounds of cornmeal, twenty pounds of rice, and we’ll leave immediately." Zhang Jizong said, "Also, arrange a vehicle to send us back."
"I only have fifty pounds in total, if I give them to you, the rest of us will be left with nothing! I already said twenty pounds, not a pound more." Zhang Zhaodi said, calling out towards the outside, "Big brother, officer..."
"Alright, alright, twenty pounds it is." The Wei Family quickly interrupted Zhang Zhaodi. "We spent several hours to get here, spending a few more hours walking back, and these old bones will be gone. You need to take us back."
"I’ll send you!" Wang Huanzhi said.
"No. Your health is fragile, once exposed to a disease, you’re more likely to get sick than the average person." Zhang Yingdi disagreed.
"I’ll send them!" Su Yaoguang said, "This time we’ll use a horse carriage instead of a bull cart, I must go and return quickly."
Zhang Laosan sized up Su Yaoguang, his eyes full of calculations, "Yao Guang is growing prettier. You haven’t arranged a marriage yet, right? I have a nephew..."
"Grandfather, I’ve already married." Su Yaoguang interrupted Zhang Laosan, saying to Zhang Pandi and Zhang Yingdi nearby, "Second Aunt, Third Aunt, could you please bring out twenty pounds of cornmeal and five pounds of rice?"
Zhang Laosan’s face was full of displeasure, "So young and already married, such a good girl and didn’t even find her a good match. Better to keep benefits within the family than let others take advantage..."
Zhang Zhaodi’s eyes were full of disgust.
If she could change this bloodline, she’d truly want to sever ties with them.
Mrs. Hua looked at Su Yaoguang’s clothes, her eyes full of jealousy, "I say Yao Guang, there’s not much food, but isn’t there plenty of clothing? Look at our torn clothes, shouldn’t you buy us elders some clothes?"
"Aunt, we can’t even afford the rent for our shop. You lend me some money to get by first, once our business breaks even, I’ll buy you clothes, how about it?"
"Stingy." Mrs. Hua curled her lip, "With such a big shop, you say you have no money, who would believe that?"
"It’s not our own shop, just bad luck that as soon as we started our business, we ran into this natural disaster, you saw earlier, our shop now only receives patients, no business at all."
Su Yaoguang sent them back to the village. On the way back, they kept asking questions, but Su Yaoguang pretended she couldn’t hear because of the wind. She urged the horse to go faster, and the journey that originally took an hour was cut down to at least half the time. When she dropped them off at the village and villagers came out to see, they saw Su Yaoguang unloading twenty pounds of cornmeal and five pounds of rice, then hastily left with the carriage.
"Zhang Laosan, who just sent you back, giving you so much food?"
"My granddaughter." Zhang Laosan said proudly, "My daughter and granddaughter have a big shop in the city, very prosperous! This time, they even used a horse carriage."
"Then why came back? Why not stay in the city and enjoy?" A villager asked sourly.
Zhang Laosan snorted, "A nest of gold or silver can’t compare to one’s own doghouse, I have sons and grandsons, why live with another family? Daughters only need to bring things home, nothing more to expect from them."
"I think it’s not that he doesn’t want to stay, but his daughter won’t let him! That Zhang Zhaodi is no easy target, wanting to take advantage of her, not necessarily let them succeed!"
"Nonsense, my daughters listen to me, whatever I ask them to do, they’ll do..."
"Baoshan’s father, the children are hungry, let’s hurry inside and make something to eat!" Mrs. Hua looked at the cornmeal and rice on the ground, swallowing saliva.
"I think it’s not the children who are hungry, but you! Doing nothing all day, only knowing how to eat and laze around, why don’t you choke to death?" The Wei Family muttered, saying to Zhang Jizong nearby, "Quick, get these things inside, or do you want the whole village to know we have food?"
Although rural people farm for their own food, most families have some surplus food, but this natural disaster’s duration is uncertain, it’s crucial to hold onto it.
Su Yaoguang sent off Zhang Laosan and others, driving the carriage back. As she passed by the official road, she saw someone trying to stop the carriage and quickly had the horse veer to the side, rushing past those people.
In this situation, one must not be overly kind-hearted, can’t give rides to roadside strangers.
As she rushed past those people, she faintly heard cursing, clearly indicating she had successfully avoided trouble.
Su Yaoguang returned to the city before dark.
Once she passed through the city gate, both her mind and body relaxed, and she no longer drove in such a hurry.
As she went through an alley, she saw several tall and strong men blocking a slender man. That man was wearing a brimmed hat, and she recognized that figure, it was none other than Young Master Zizhan.
She drove the horse carriage over, "What are you doing?"
Those men seeing Su Yaoguang, their eyes lingered on her carriage, their eyes glowing green.
In these chaotic times, there are many desperate people and many who resort to robbery.
"Stupid girl, you poke your nose into others’ affairs, let’s take care of you too." Those men rushed towards Su Yaoguang.
Su Yaoguang glanced back at ’Young Master Zizhan’, seeing he was in a relatively safe position, she stopped paying attention to him, and swung her fist, joining the fight with those strong men.
She punched one of the men’s heads aside.
The crowd watched the man fly out, expressions of astonishment.
They only hesitated for a moment, but didn’t have the chance to stay in a daze, Su Yaoguang’s fist was swinging towards them.
Su Yaoguang swiftly took down four of the strong men. She turned back to look at Young Master Zizhan standing in the corner, and said, "Are you alright?"
Young Master Zizhan bowed to Su Yaoguang, "Thank you, miss. I’ll visit to thank you another day, I’m in a hurry today, I’ll take my leave."
"Wait a moment..." Su Yaoguang called out to him. "Where are you going, I can take you."
’Young Master Zizhan’ hesitated for a moment, then said, "I’m going to Jiuhua Alley, just ahead, very close."
"That’s on the way, I’ll give you a ride, come on up!" Su Yaoguang scooted over.
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