The sun set and the sky gradually darkened, and Song Jixiang and his colleagues ended a busy day.
Jiang's father, Jiang's mother and three uncles returned to the county accompanied by Wu, while the village chief and his family returned with the villagers. Only the Song family were left in the store, still taking inventory.
Qin Sanniang looked up at the clepsydra and found that it was getting late. She hurriedly urged, "Boss, you should go back early! Things have been uneasy lately. Many refugees have come to the area. I heard that they are all ordinary people from the surrounding counties. They left their hometown to find a way to make a living because they couldn't make ends meet."
Song Jixiang nodded, put the last item into the box, and said to Jiang's people, "Okay, let's go. Let them take care of the rest!"
Before leaving, Song Jixiang told them to make sure to close the shop door.
Qin Sanniang and several of the little girls who were helping nodded in agreement. There were many new faces in the town, and there was no guarantee that there were no bad people with ulterior motives. Fortunately, they could stay in the store and did not have to go home in the dark, thus avoiding many unpredictable dangers.
Song Jixiang and Xiao Ruyi looked at each other, and the worry in their eyes became more and more intense. Natural disasters and refugees will occur, and chaos will occur.
"Let's go!" Song Jixiang said softly, and then took Jiang and a few others and set off on the journey home.
Song Xiaoqi seemed to be thinking about something, his eyelashes trembling slightly.
Yan Nan was also full of thoughts. She remembered that the book said that when a natural disaster struck, Song Yanran relied on her incredible luck to lead the villagers to leave the mountain village. They had food and drink along the way and settled in another place with a pleasant climate suitable for planting. The villagers and the common people who came along the way regarded her as a god.
But now, everything has changed. Song Yanran, who should have made a name for herself long ago, is still in the county jail, while the third branch of the Song family, who should have disappeared, is getting better and better.
She blinked her big eyes, looked at Song Jixiang, then at Jiang and Song Xiaoqi, and smiled sweetly. No matter how the plot changes, they will never change being a family!
Jiang's joy was about to overflow from her mouth. She took Song Jixiang's hand and said with a smile on her face, "Jixiang, I didn't expect the store's business to be so good!"
Song Jixiang was a little absent-minded. He forced a smile and said, "It's pretty good."
She looked into the distance through the rolled-up car curtains. The night wind blew the loose hair on her forehead into the wind, as if there was a kind of calm before a storm.
Jiang felt a little nervous for no reason and couldn't help but hold her daughter's hand tightly.
"Mom, you have to take stock carefully tonight. How much did you earn today?" Jiang felt that she was overthinking, so she turned around and picked up the account book.
Song Jixiang came back to his senses, took Jiang's arm, and said with a smile: "It must be a lot!"
"Of course." Song Xiaoqi raised his head with a bright smile on his face. His eyes were shining like two stars. "But I think the most important thing is that our family can be together forever."
Yan Nan's little head came over as well, "We are a family! We must be together forever!"
Song Jixiang scratched their noses one by one and smiled indulgently.
Xiao Ruyi deliberately said angrily: "Hey, hey, hey, you guys are so loving and caring for each other, do you think I'm air?"
His words caused several people to laugh.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped hastily, and Wei Yang's voice was heard outside: "Who is blocking the road? Get out of the way!"
Xiao Ruyi pulled open the car curtain.
Everything outside was reflected in the eyes of the people in the car.
A ragged woman holding a baby was blocking the road. If the carriage was faster, it might have run over her. When the woman saw the carriage stop, she knelt down and begged with tears, "Kind people, please be kind. My child has not had anything for three days and three nights. Please save him, please..."
Her voice was hoarse and weak, as if she had used up all her strength to shout out this sentence. Her eyes were full of despair and helplessness, and tears kept flowing from the corners of her eyes, dripping onto the swaddling clothes in her arms.
Xiaohong, who was sitting on the shaft of the cart, saw this scene and couldn't help but feel sad. She thought of the hard days when her family had nothing to eat and nothing to wear, and asked with pity: "Sister-in-law, please get up quickly. What's wrong with you?"
The woman rubbed her eyes and said hesitantly, "I am from Shuyang County in the west. Because my hometown suffered a disaster, I had to flee here. The child's father starved to death on the road. Now this little one... please save us..."
After hearing what she said, Xiaohong felt even more sympathetic towards the kneeling woman. Not only did she wipe her tears, she also wanted to get out of the car to help her, but Song Jixiang grabbed her arm.
Song Jixiang glanced at the woman coldly without saying anything.
This place is remote and deserted, how could a woman suddenly appear?
If something seems fishy, there must be something fishy going on!
Song Jixiang didn't believe a word of what this woman said.
She looked the woman up and down, and saw that her skin was dark with mud spots, she was thin, and her clothes were patched up, and she looked very pitiful. However, her eyes flickered a little, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.
Seeing that they were unmoved, the woman cried even more bitterly, and even knelt a few steps. Her already tattered clothes revealed a large area of snow-white skin because of her movements. There was something fishy about this woman. She was probably after the money in their hands. She must have been eyeing them in the town, and knew that they had made some money in the store in the town today, so she plotted to plot against them.
Song Jixiang and Xiao Ruyi looked at each other and became more certain of their thoughts.
Both of them possessed special abilities, and Wei Yang's kung fu was not weak either, so it was not a problem for him to protect the people around him. Therefore, he was not in a hurry and asked, "Oh, you are from the west. Shouldn't you go directly to Yongning County to ask the county magistrate for help? Why did you come to such a remote place like ours?"
The woman raised her head and said with tears on her face: "My dear young master, you don't know that my family of three wanted to go to the capital, but we got lost on the way and ended up here. My child and I haven't eaten for three days and three nights. If there is no food, my child... Please, please save us! I kowtow to you..."
The woman kowtowed several times while holding the baby.
Song Jixiang seemed to be really moved and waved at her, "You two are already in this state, how can we just stand by and watch you die! But we don't have any food with us now, so why don't you just come home with us..."
The woman showed surprise on her face. She glanced casually at the bushes beside her, then immediately stood up and walked to the carriage with brisk steps.
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