Chapter 140: Not Paying

Su's mother changed grains several times and showed her money, so she was targeted. Read М

These days, the problem is not the scarcity but the inequality. Everyone is the same. Why do you have money to buy grains for your children, while my children can only watch helplessly?

Someone secretly reported it.

Most of the people in this team are from all kinds of people. They have done all kinds of things before. They are just a wild army. Few of them have really carried guns and touched knives. It is hard to say how strong they are and how good they are.

The soldiers also wanted to collect the money of the people below as military expenses so that they could make a contribution.

They took Su's mother to the resting place of the Su family.

The Su family immediately surrounded them when they saw them. Because there were so many people, the two soldiers let go, but their momentum did not diminish at all, and asked the Su family to hand over all the gold, silver and money.

Su Qingmei frowned when she heard it.

Family members were allowed to accompany the army, but they only had to eat. There was no military pay. It was fine if they handed in the food for unified distribution, but they also had to hand in their personal money?

Before, Su's mother, Su Dagu, Su Dahu, and Su Qingliu all said that they would give the money to Su Qing'an for unified use, but Su Qing'an confiscated it and asked them to keep it safe. They asked them to change it into small silver notes and gold and silver leaves, and wrap them up and sew them into their inner clothes.

Not only adults, but also several children hid some silver on their bodies.

They were worried that if they were separated on the road due to the chaos of war, they would have silver and money to spend, so as not to be penniless. Su Qing'an's silver, she hid it so that others could not find it, and even if she threw it there casually, others would not see it. They brought enough things along the way and did not spend much. They still hid it on everyone's body.

Now because Su's mother loves her grandson, she uses the money to buy fine food, is it jealous?

"We followed General Huang all the way and saw him recruiting civilians into the army. Most of them followed the principle of voluntariness. We handed in all the food because we had to eat from the troops. But General Huang did not ask the civilians to hand in their personal income. Now that the personal income of the civilians is being collected, will everyone be given silver every month in the future?"

"Pay silver? Are you daydreaming? Look outside, the civilians can't even eat. You can still eat with the general, you should be thankful. Why are you still thinking about the salary!"

After the soldier finished speaking, another soldier also laughed: "You follow the army and are protected by the general. What's wrong with asking you to pay some silver? You eat from the general, but you are reluctant to make some contributions?"

Su Qingmei was about to speak, and the aunt pulled her behind her.

He smiled at the two soldiers and said, "Two young generals, don't argue with her. We are also afraid of poverty. There are many children in the family. They get sick and suffer from acclimatization along the way. The few copper coins we save are also spent on the children. It would be bad if the general's journey was delayed because of the children at home. If everyone pays, we will also pay immediately. But in the future, if the children get sick, will there be someone in the team to take care of them? There will be doctors to see them and medicine to take? In this way, we can relax."

What good things are you thinking about. You want to have a doctor to see you and someone to take care of your medicine. Why don't you go to heaven?

The two soldiers complained in their hearts.

It is a great favor to let you women and children follow the army. They also care whether you get sick or take medicine!

The two soldiers did not listen to the explanation of the Su family, nor did they listen to good words. They just wanted to search the luggage and ask the Su family to hand over money.

There were a bunch of people watching the excitement around them, but no one dared to come up and say a few words. Some smart ones immediately turned around and returned to their own territory. I wonder if they hid their money.

Seeing that the Su family did not allow the search, the two soldiers started to push and shove with Da Hu and Da Jiang, and gradually started fighting. Soon the four of them rolled to the ground, using their hands and feet.

They were all just show-offs, and it was not clear who was the winner for a while.

Su's mother and others were very anxious, afraid of attracting more soldiers. Their family just wanted to live in peace and not cause trouble. This family of old and young was most afraid of causing trouble.

Seeing that they actually started fighting, more soldiers and civilians gathered to watch. Some people even applauded.

Su's father and uncle went up to try to break them apart, but failed. The two young guys were already angry at the two soldiers who came to provoke them, and they were not willing to let go. They pressed the two soldiers to the ground with all their strength, and gradually gained the upper hand.

The situation here immediately attracted the attention of the superiors.

Two leaders came running over and stopped the four people.

Su's mother and others hurriedly pulled Da Hu and Da Jiang to their side and helped to pat the dirt off their bodies. They were all angry, but they were not afraid of the two small leaders who came.

"What's going on? You have energy but don't save it to fight others, but you have internal strife among your own people? What a shame!"

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Da Hu and Da Jiang didn't speak. Su Qing'an and others didn't speak either.

The two soldiers were afraid of their superiors, so they immediately exaggerated the story. They said that the Su family hid a lot of gold and silver, and they couldn't get used to the coarse grain porridge in the team. They spent a lot of money every day to buy fine grains to eat, and they didn't even think about handing in the money to the military supply department.

"It's unfair, General! It's not that we are not used to eating whole grain porridge, it's that the child is too young and was seriously ill two days ago. We adults feel sorry for the child, so we want to change some fine grains for the child. General, look at my grandson, he is only fourteen months old, he can't walk steadily, and he can't speak. His father was conscripted and he is not known whether he is dead or alive. He is the only one left in his family. If something happens to him on the road, how can we face his father?"

The leader touched his nose and said, "We are not generals. Don't yell. Who are you to him?"

Su's mother then said, "I am his grandmother. My two sons-in-law and nephew died on the battlefield. These children are left to live with their parents. If we can't support them, how can we explain to their families in the afterlife?"

When the eldest aunt heard this, she immediately sat on the ground, slapped the ground and cried, hugged Jin Hai, and cried, "My poor son, you were drafted and sent to the cannibalistic battlefield. Your body was not found, and you didn't even have a dream to ask your parents. Your wife also ran away, leaving this child to us. Your father and I can't support him."

"Grandmother..." Jin Hai was frightened and started crying.

The Su family thought of the dead, whether real or fake, and cried non-stop.

The onlookers, who had similar situations, couldn't help but cry. Someone came up to persuade them, saying that everyone had a hard time, and they didn't look very rich, so they shouldn't ask them to hand over the money they secretly saved for their children.

The crowd was talking to each other.

Huang Shenzhi was outside the circle, watching the excitement for a long time without saying a word.