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"Mom, did you forget? Daddy joined the army, and yesterday you said he left for half a year."

Ah Jin said.

So that was how it was. Wars broke out one after another in chaotic times. It wasn't a rare thing for strong men to be on the battlefield.

Su Zhi sighed quietly and looked towards the window. The broken fences had been turned into paste by the rain, making it hard to go out.

There were only a few large white poplars visible.

"How long has it been raining?"

"It started early this morning and just stopped not long ago."

There was no kerosene lamp to light the room.

After the sky darkened, he still didn't know how to starve his way through the night.

"Mother will go out and find some wild vegetables to eat. You guys stay at home and don't come out."

"Mother, don't ?"

Ah Jin held onto her tightly, unwilling to let her open the door, "Don't go, it's been a few months since the village started growing, all the things that flew in the sky, the things that ran on the ground, the plants planted in the fields, they were all taken away by the villagers."

Su Zhi detected his nervousness, she stopped her steps and asked patiently. "My good Ah Jin, are you afraid?"

Ah Jin shook her head, she was stubborn and did not say a word, her small body stubbornly pressing against the door and not letting her go out.

How could three people spend a night on half a sweet potato?

Just as Su Zhi was about to speak, a voice came out from outside, accompanied by the sharp and ear-piercing sound of a village woman cursing.

"Su Zhi, you coquettish fox spirit, come out for me!"

Su Zhi looked over and saw a peasant woman standing outside the closed door. She only revealed a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks as she glared at.

Ah Jin bit her lips, fearfully but firmly guarded the door, took out half of her sweet potato and gave it to the little girl.

"What's going on?"

Su Zhi saw the unfriendly expression on the other party's face and knew that she was here to cause trouble.

Her head hurt, but she still patiently squatted down to comfort the trembling boy.

"Good child, tell your mother what happened."

Ah Jin held back his tears as he looked at her pitifully before replying, "They stole my sweet potato."

After forcing himself to finish his sentence, tears started dripping down his face, "I found it, it's in my house."

Su Zhi had a rough understanding of the situation. The drought had caused her hunger, hence the crops were not easy to grow. Most of the farmers lost their rations, so it was not hard to find food to fight over.

Ah Jin was indeed a sweet potato that he dug out from his own field, but when the youngest son of the Zhang Family saw this, he snatched half of it away.

"Don't be afraid. Since they're the ones that stole you, the fault lies not with you."

When Ah Jin's emotions calmed down, the woman outside the courtyard still could not stop swearing.

Su Zhi knew that if she did not clarify the matter, this woman would not let him off, and openly opened the door.

"Lady Zhang, why are you pestering me like this?"

Seeing Su Zhi coming out, the Lady Zhang's anger became even stronger, and she spitted out a mouthful of saliva towards the courtyard from her waist.

"Pah! You little b * stard, do you know who's wrong? What right do you have to hit my child with that little brat you're raising?!"

Su Zhi didn't lose to her imposing manner and asked back, "The little bastard you have raised doesn't learn well at such a young age. The bandits of Xuanshan stole my child's things, shouldn't he be taught a lesson?"

Lady Zhang was so angry that his old face turned red, she kicked the door that was blocked, "Scoundrel, if you have guts, come out, I'll tear off your face!"

Su Zhi was not angry, but instead laughed, and ridiculed: "You think that when you come to cause trouble, you can't bear to look at my face?"

The two men standing opposite the door refused to give in.

The Lady Zhang did not get any benefits as she cursed until her mouth was dry. However, for the first time in a long time, she had fought with the woman who did not dare to make a sound against her in the past few days?

Lady Zhang was angered to the point that her face turned pale. Staying at the door, he refused to leave, "Everyone come and take a look, it's this beautiful wife of the hunter family again. She stole her things and beat him up.

"Pei, this blind hunter, helping others raise their son, now that we are out fighting, this old lady even ordered me to rob things and beat people!"

Not long after, Lady Zhang started to attract the attention of the villagers, and when Lady Zhang saw this, she scolded even more fiercely.

Su Zhi was still unable to suppress her anger, she pushed the two children back into the house and went forward to argue with Lady Zhang alone.

"Don't spout slander, just blabbering doesn't end well. Be careful of your tongue being pulled out of the Underworld."

"Yo, you're scared, shameless vixen. You're not one of us at Tranquil Village at all, I wonder where you came from, and you even brought an illegitimate child. Only a hunter brat is honest, and is willing to help you raise a son."

With regards to the relationship between the original owner and husband, Su Zhi had yet to completely understand it. She could only roughly discern that Ah Jin was not the husband of the original owner.

No wonder they dared to bully the orphans and widows when no man was home.

"Let me advise you, hurry up and leave this place. You are framing me, I can report this to the government!"

Su Zhi's face darkened as she said this with a hint of warning.

Lady Zhang snorted in disdain, "Go and sue then! This county magistrate court in Qing He County has already been trampled to the ground by the refugees. Today, obediently kneel down and plead guilty to this old lady. If I were to teach that evil child of yours another lesson, I'll spare you! "

Su Zhi sneered, "Even if I dare to kneel, you might not be able to take it!"

Before the Lady Zhang could speak, a loud and clear voice cut in, "Who's there making a ruckus! Kneel before the lord! "