roccoschili Chapter 152 Body search
Chapter 152 Body search
Su He specially sought help from the four aunts in Dahe Village who were best at searching for things.
"Since one says there is gold and the other says there is no gold at home, then let's search. It's not easy to search people from the same village. The people behind me are all aunts from Dahe Village. Let's start."
Su He signaled the four people to start. They first moved out the luggage of the old lady Guan's family and checked them one by one.
Mrs. Guan was panicking now. "Hehua, this is really unkind. I am your elder after all. How can you just rummage through my things?"
"You are the one who caused this trouble. I don't care whether you are an elder or not. In my eyes, you are just a villager. You want the money that people paid for their lives. It shows that you are not a good person either."
Su He spoke without leaving any room for negotiation. Everyone rarely saw Su He with a cold face, so they were actually a little scared all of a sudden.
A gold bracelet was found within a few minutes, but the two gold rings were not found. Su He ordered a body search. Old Mrs. Guan and her two sons and their wives were all searched. In the end, 100 taels of silver bills, two gold bracelets, six gold rings and three pairs of gold earrings were found.
Now old lady Guan was so angry that she cried and screamed on the ground, but unfortunately no one paid any attention to her.
"Confiscate them all and hand them over to the village."
Su He made the decision expressionlessly. The matter was out in the open and there was no way he would not deal with it.
"Nowadays, all the food we eat is bought with the money we pay. You selfish people are enjoying the food. But we who pay the money honestly have pity."
Old Lady Guan jumped up and pointed at Su He's nose and cursed, "You little girl, we have a village chief, who can make decisions for you? There's an earthquake coming, I think you are a disaster, if you meddle in other people's business again, I will tell the officials to arrest you, a witch!"
Su He listened expressionlessly, and Liu Bai came out from behind her, grabbed Grandma Guan's fingers and twisted them back.
"Ah! Ahh!"
How could Mrs. Guan, who was only 1.5 meters tall, withstand the attack and fainted.
"Hand over all your silver, or you will no longer be a member of Tianyuan Village."
"Also, I'll give you one more chance. If you have anything you found in the valley that you haven't handed in yet, please hand it over to the village chiefs within one hour. If anyone keeps it secret again, they will no longer be members of Tianyuan Village."
Su He looked around at the villagers with cold eyes, some of them didn't dare to look at him out of guilt.
After Su He finished speaking, he took Liu Bai away and asked Su Yuwen to register all the things they had found.
"What a ruthless bunch of you, Hehua. Our family is going to Yunhe, and we won't take these people with us."
Grandma didn't want to take these people with her. Her heart was only for her family.
"Fortunately, the silver we found in Plum Village was not divided up. These ungrateful people don't deserve it."
Wang Quangui thought about how he had foolishly asked Hehua whether she wanted to hand over half of it, and now he wanted to slap himself twice.
Su He was also reflecting on whether she had gone too far. Everyone has their own destiny, and maybe she was being too demanding.
"At first I thought there was strength in numbers and we could look after each other if we travelled together. Now I think I was wrong."
Su He was a little depressed. She didn't mind the selfishness of these villagers, but she kindly reminded everyone to be prepared, but was instead pointed at and scolded by these villagers whom she had spent money and time to take care of. It was really disheartening.
"Let's wait an hour before we talk about this. Now those of you who have nothing to do should go to sleep. The earthquake could come at any time, so we need to save some energy to escape."
Grandpa spoke, and everyone followed his instructions. By now everything that needed to be done was done, and everyone went to sleep.
Su He sat next to her grandfather and said, "Grandpa, I've figured it out. All good things must come to an end. Let's go to Su'an County and separate from them. We can each go our own way. It's good for them to settle down in Su'an. The clan has enough money, and everyone will live no worse than before."
Grandpa smiled and nodded, "Just listen to me, Hehua. Girl, don't be sad. They also played a role in our safe arrival here. Let's just think of it as helping each other."
Su He nodded and stopped hesitating.
Su He did not sleep that night. She didn't know whether she was anxious about the earthquake that might come at any time, or sad about the villagers who she thought were kind but turned out to be hideous.
At five in the morning, when it was just getting light, we set off.
Before setting off, Su He went straight to the three village chiefs and told them that the Wang family would go to Yunhe on their own. If anyone wanted to follow, they had to be the first group to hand over half of the silver. And even if they followed, they would eat and drink separately and would just be companions traveling together.
As soon as this was said, Village Chief Xu expressed his intention to stay in Su'an. Su Yumin was hesitant and said he would discuss it with his family. Wang Zhun wanted to follow Su He's family, but he was in charge of the most people and didn't know what the people below thought, so he didn't give a definite answer.
Su He didn't care and told Zheng Da about it as soon as they set off.
"Captain Zheng, we will arrive at Su'an in two days. I will give you the silver first. Thank you for your hard work on the journey."
Zheng Da took the silver, looked at Su He's expression, and said a few words of comfort to her in a subtle way.
"These villagers are lucky to have you leading them. Now they can't figure it out. They will regret it in the future."
Su He smiled indifferently and didn't want to talk about this. These people were already a thing of the past.
"Besides the two I mentioned, there are other signs of earthquakes, such as ground lights. The colorful ground lights are very beautiful, just like a rainbow after rain, but I would rather not see ground lights in my life. When an earthquake comes, you must stay away from the house and run to a relatively open place for shelter. These few days, I suggest you carry a cloth bag on your back or put it beside you when you sleep, and also a water bag. This is what our Wang family requires."
Zheng Da nodded seriously, "Don't worry, we all believe you. To be frank, even if there was no earthquake, we should thank you for thinking of us. We, the people in the escort agency, know how to be grateful."
Wang Zhun, who was following closely behind, turned green in the face when he heard this. Who was he talking to? Who would be ungrateful?
After listening to Zheng Da's words, Su He felt relieved. She was also stubborn. Why did she have to tie these villagers to herself? Those who were destined to be together would stay, and those who were not destined to be together would be separated no matter how hard they tried.
"We will stop for an hour at noon today to let the livestock rest. If they are thirsty or tired, they can eat the prepared dry food. We will leave at the appointed time and hurry to Su'an."
Then they went their separate ways.
The next afternoon, we arrived at Su'an County.
Counties with docks are indeed different. There are people everywhere and it is extremely lively. The people in Tianyuan Village are like country people coming to the city, and everyone is dazzled by what they see.
"Our new home is so nice."
Wang Laoba from Liushu Village sighed.
Su He on this side didn't have time to just stare around like these people.
She was saying goodbye to Zheng Da and his group.
"Captain Zheng, I have to say goodbye to you. I am going to Yunhe with my family. If there is a chance in the future, we will meet again."
Su He brought the Wang family to see Zheng Da off.
"Yes, Lotus. When are you leaving?"
Su He frowned, "Not sure yet, maybe we'll leave tomorrow, we have something urgent to do."
Zheng Da nodded in understanding, "Then I wish you a safe journey. We will also stay here for two days. Su'an has a branch of our Weiyuan Escort Agency."
The two groups briefly discussed their future plans, and Zheng Da took his people and left first. They wanted to return to the branch to rest.
The carriage from Tianyuan Village was still parked at the county gate, and the three village chiefs were already waiting.
"Village leaders, please follow me to the county government office. The rest of you can find a big bunk bed to stay in first."
After Su He finished speaking, he left with a group of people, and Liu Bai followed silently.