Famine and Chaos: Weaving Cloth in Exile to Escape the War

"Shh! Keep your voice down, you bastard! Are you yelling like you want everyone to know we're here to steal?"

"But, but big brother, your voice... is quite loud too."

"Shut up! If you keep babbling, I'll deal with you first! Just follow my orders later."

A few days ago, when I passed by that woman's thatched hut, I could smell the aroma of meat every time!

Her family must have plenty of food and meat, and maybe even some silver!

Don't underestimate her just because she's an exile. Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; their ancestors were wealthy. A little bit of money they've saved is enough to feed us poor folks for a while!

"Hehe! Big brother is right. Now that you've scouted the place, let's hurry up and go."

Now that the city won't let us in, everyone's starting to run out of food. If we don't hurry, someone else will take our job!

"You've been smart this time."

Their conversation, carried on the wind, drifted intermittently into Kyoto Haru's ears.

Kyoto Haru quickly turned around and slipped back into the thatched hut, then barricaded the door with a stick.

Besides the Shen family, she was the only one living here.

She guessed that the two men were after her.

Immediately, she ran to the stove and put the iron pot and water on it into her spatial storage.

Then he quickly bought protective clothing and a mask, put them on, and used his mind to take out a pistol from his spatial storage. He crouched behind the door, pressed his ear against the wooden door, and listened to the sounds outside.

Soon, the footsteps grew closer and closer, and then stopped outside her thatched hut.

Immediately afterwards, a soft, hushed voice came out.

"Brother, it's dark in this room, there's no fire. Are the woman and the baby fast asleep?"

"Isn't it easier to just sleep soundly? We don't even need sleeping pills. Quick, cover your face."

"Okay, okay!"

Immediately afterwards, the door to the thatched hut was pushed.

Kyoto Haru took a deep breath and stood up.

These two were indeed after her and her child, so she shouldn't blame them for being impolite.

Moreover, judging from the meaning behind their words...

The man had passed by her hut on his way back and had also scouted the area.

That means this person lives in this exile area.

If we let them go today, they will come back again in the future. Keeping them around will only cause trouble.

Therefore, she had to ensure that these two people never returned.

Thinking of this, the warmth in Kyoto Haru's eyes vanished completely. She cleared her throat and called out towards the outside, "What do you two mean by coming here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping at home?"

The two people outside who were about to break down the door froze upon hearing Kyoto Haru's voice.

"Oh, my goodness!" Li Lao Er was so frightened that he stumbled back several steps. "Big, big brother! She's awake! She's found us! Quick... quick, run!"

Wang Mazi was taken aback by the sudden response, but he quickly recovered and grabbed Li Lao Er by the back of the collar as he tried to slip away, cursing:

"Run? Run my ass! She's a woman with two breastfeeding babies, and her in-laws have all gone to the city. What are you afraid of? We're two grown men, do you think she can scare us?!"

With that, Wang Mazi addressed the thatched hut: "Listen up, you little women inside! If you know what's good for you, open the door now, we'll take some food and leave without giving you any trouble. If you don't, well, don't blame me for being impolite!"

There was a moment of silence inside the room after Wang Mazi finished speaking.

Immediately afterwards, Kyo no Haru's voice, filled with fear, rang out.

"Big brother... I'll open the door, I'll open the door right now... But, are you really just going to take the food and leave?"

Wang Mazi chuckled, his eyes filled with greed. "Don't worry, I mean what I say. We'll take the grain and leave."

"Alright, I'll open the door then. But I'm a little scared of you. Could you please move away for a bit? I... I'll take out the food for you, okay?"

Hearing the fear in her voice, Wang Mazi felt reassured and couldn't help but sneer smugly, "Ha, you little wench know what's good for you. Fine, we'll step back a few paces, and you'd better hand over the grain!"

Li Lao Er hadn't expected things to go so smoothly, and his courage grew a bit. He leaned close to Wang Mazi's ear and whispered something...

"Brother, we still need to go inside."

Who knows if that woman will bring out all the grain? Besides, she might have other good things in her house. We have to go in and see for ourselves; we can't trust what this woman says!

"Shut up!"

Wang Mazi slapped Li Lao Er on the head. "Once she opens the door, she won't have a choice. Go in and get your things first. I'll go and deal with that woman..."

After saying that, Wang Mazi pulled Li Lao Er back a few steps as a symbolic gesture, his face full of lewd grins.

He had never tasted a woman from the capital before. Since this woman was so obedient, how could he let her go?

Seeing the lewd grin on Wang Mazi's face, Li Lao Er instantly understood what Wang Mazi meant, and he also grinned and chuckled silently.

"Big brother, when you're done playing, I'll play for a bit too."

"Of course, of course! I'm the kind of person who shares good fortune with his brothers. When have I ever wronged you, Li Lao Er?"

"Hehe, what you say is true, brother. Even if you were eating shit, you would always leave me a bite. I, Li Lao Er, will remember that kindness!"

"Shut the fuck up!"

Although the two spoke in hushed tones, Kyo no Haru still heard them.

She peeked through the crack in the door and saw that the two had indeed walked a little further away.

Jing Zhichun opened the door and walked straight out.

The wind and snow were blowing against our faces outside.

When Wang Mazi and Li Lao Er saw that Jing Zhichun had really come out, they exchanged a glance, their eyes brimming with greed and lust.

Without hesitation, the two of them took off and rushed forward!

"The little girl is quite sensible!" Wang Mazi chuckled twice.

Just then, two loud "bangs" were heard. Wang Mazi felt a chill on his forehead, followed by an excruciating pain.

Before he could even scream, he lunged forward and fell into the snow. His limbs twitched twice, and then he lay still.

After running a few steps, Li Lao Er also staggered a few steps and saw Wang Mazi lying motionless on the ground.

"Big...Big Brother?!"

Li Lao Er shouted, then felt a sharp pain in his chest. When he touched it, he found warm, sticky blood.

"You bitch!"

Li Lao Er looked up fiercely at the white figure at the doorway. He knew that this woman had killed Wang Mazi.

"You, you bitch, I'm going to kill you!" Li Lao Er roared and charged towards Jing Zhi Chun.

"Bang!"

Jing Zhichun pulled the trigger and fired another shot at Li Lao Er.

Li Lao Er suddenly shuddered, collapsed to the ground, and never got up again.

Jing Zhichun quickly put the pistol back into his spatial storage, then strode forward, squatted down, and checked the breathing of the two men.

They're all dead.

However, in the dim light of the snow, she noticed that both of them had blisters on their necks and hands.

Both of them have also contracted the plague.

Therefore, the only option is to burn the two corpses on the spot.

Immediately, Jing Zhichun dared not delay any longer. He quickly moved the two bodies to the back of the thatched hut, and then carried several bundles of firewood from the woodshed and placed them on top of the two bodies.

Next, I opened the system store and bought a can of fuel oil.

Just as she poured the oil on it and was about to light it, Shen Qingzhou's voice came from in front of the thatched hut.

"Kyo! What the hell are you doing?! What was that loud noise just now?!"

"And besides, I clearly heard a man talking! Well, you unfaithful slut! I've only been sick for a few days, and you dare... dare to cheat on me!"

"Ms. Jing! You, you...you come out here right now, I'm divorcing you!"

"I'm also going to kill your bastard child!"

"Eunuch Wang, break down the door for me!"