Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 196 Return to the Village

Naturally, the woman refused to swear, and they were standing in the ancestral hall, with countless dead villagers lying at Huang Cuizhu's feet. The woman was frightened to death. How could she, who was guilty, dare to swear in front of her ancestors? What's more, every word Huang Cuizhu said was true. The woman stammered and dared not speak.

Seeing her hesitating, the villagers all understood that what Huang Cuizhu said was true. This woman really pushed her husband's family members out to die in order to save her own life.

The village chief's son spat at her viciously, "You vicious woman! The Huang family treats you well on weekdays, from the elderly to the children. How have they wronged you? What's more, your two sons are lying in here. When you ran away last night, did you think about your two children?"

The villagers also spat at her: "Bah! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but you dragged your entire in-laws to their deaths just to save your own life, and even ignored your own son. For someone like you, who knows whose bastard you are pregnant with? You use a bastard whose child we don't know is a boy or a girl to threaten the Huang family girl. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning? The Huang family ancestors will come looking for you at night to kill you!"

It was also the woman's own fault. Last night she watched Huang Cuizhu being dragged away by the Tatars, and she thought that no one could understand how disgusting she was. However, she never expected that the law would catch nothing and Song Chunlin would rescue her. Now it would be of no use even if she was really pregnant with Huang's child. She committed such a heinous crime, and it was only because of her pregnancy that she was not beaten to death by the villagers.

The death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment cannot. This woman will not be able to stay in the village in the future, let alone this village, or even in several surrounding villages. It is said that good news does not travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. Who would dare to let such a vicious person come to their village? Isn't that inviting a wolf into the house?

Seeing that her excuse failed and facing the accusations from everyone, the woman simply cried out, sat on the ground, and wailed, holding her stomach.

"Oh my God, please open your eyes and take a look. So many people are bullying me, a pregnant widow. My husband and son just died, and these people are mistreating me in various ways! Ouch, my stomach hurts so much..."

She howled in a rhythmic and vigorous voice. Out of curiosity, Song Chunlin used his mental power to test and found that she was indeed pregnant, but the baby was just a tiny embryo, which was already fragile in the first three months. Because of the woman's fuss, the fetus showed signs of instability.

A group of people watched her performing on the ground, obviously not believing that she really had a stomachache. An old lady walked up to her in a bad mood, pointed at her nose and started scolding her, telling her to get up and stop pretending on the ground.

The woman originally just wanted to make a fuss for a while, but she didn't expect that while she was making a fuss, she actually started to feel a sharp pain in her stomach. Facing the accusations of the old lady, she explained with a pale face: "I'm not pretending, I really have a stomachache now..." As she spoke, she covered her lower abdomen and bent over, as if to relieve the pain.

But the old lady did not agree with her. Instead, she gave a look and several burly men came over immediately, picked her up from the ground, and no matter how she screamed, she was still carried out of the village.

The men received the order and stood at the entrance of the village, staring at her and not letting her go back.

The woman was in so much pain that cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She could only beg the men to let her go back and pack her clothes and valuables.

The leader mocked, "You are an ungrateful person who killed your whole family. We are lucky enough to let you leave the village alive. This is because you are pregnant. If you were not pregnant, you would have been beaten to death by us. You still want to pack up your clothes and valuables? No way!"

When Song Chunlin brought the others out, he saw the woman still sitting on the ground stubbornly. When she realized that begging didn't work, she started cursing. When she saw Song Chunlin coming out, she wanted to scold him even more, but was stunned by his look.

When Song Chunlin and his group left, the woman still felt her scalp tingling and her hands and feet weak. She had no doubt that if she said one more word, Song Chunlin would definitely kill her in public.

After Song Chunlin had walked away, the woman got up from the ground trembling and ran away in the opposite direction of Song Chunlin.

Song Chunlin escorted those people and children back to their respective villages. Of course, every village was gossiped about to some extent. The children didn't care, but the brothers and women were scolded badly. They said all kinds of things. In the end, Song Chunlin got annoyed and asked for their opinions. Those who didn't want to stay could go with him.

"It just so happens that the wounded camp is short of a lot of manpower. Although your life will be harder, at least you can have enough food to eat and a place to stay. If you are willing, you can follow me."

Song Chunlin didn't expect that there were quite a few people willing to leave. Nearly one-third of the people stood up, and even a few children came out.

Song Chunlin walked up to the children, bent down and asked them: "Why do you want to leave? Isn't it better to stay in the village?"

The children shook their heads.

"My benefactor, our parents were killed by the barbarians. We are the only ones left at home. Our house was burned down and all the food was robbed. We will have nothing if we go back. It is better for us to follow you. At least we can have a full meal."

"Yes, yes, benefactor, although we are young, we can do any work at home. Please be kind and take me away."

"Please, please be kind!"

Song Chunlin looked at them. The oldest was only eight years old and the youngest was only five. They were indeed old enough to work in the countryside. Besides, all their family members had died, and they would be alone if they returned. Song Chunlin thought about it and compromised.

"Okay, okay, I promise you, but I have something to say first."

After hearing Song Chunlin's lecture, several children stood up straight and shut their mouths to listen obediently.

Song Chunlin was very satisfied with their obedience: "Although all the adults in your family are gone, you still have relatives in the village. If relatives are willing to come and take you back in the future, and you are willing to go with them, I will not stop you. Remember?"

Several children said in unison: "Remember."

Song Chunlin said this to give them a heads-up, in case their relatives found out in the future and thought he was trafficking children.

After getting the answer he wanted, Song Chunlin arranged for people to send the others back to their village first. As for those who did not want to return to the village, he would take them back to Bai Ta City.

After everyone had been struggling for a while, it was already noon when they arrived at Bai Ta City. Although these people had drunk the spiritual spring water in the morning, they had already digested it. When they walked to the city gate, Song Chunlin heard their stomachs growling with hunger.