"As long as I can eat, so what if I, Li An, am a mountain bandit? Besides, ordinary mountain bandits won't set up tents to give out porridge. On the contrary, they will rob the beautiful women among us."
"You are very smart!"
Jiang Tian narrowed his eyes. When all the refugees were immersed in the temporary food and clothing, the average-looking, slightly older refugee in front of him actually began to think about the future.
"You can come back to the village with me, but you have to give me a more convincing reason!”
"Yinyin, come over and thank this big brother for saving my life.”
Li An did not answer directly. Instead, he waved his hand, and a little girl of eight or nine years old jogged over from not far away.
Although her face was covered in dirt and her body was a little thin because she did not have enough to eat, it was obvious that this little girl was very cute and beautiful.
"I am also an old woman. I only had Yinyin when I was thirty.”
Speaking of his daughter, Li An's eyes were filled with joy. He smiled at the little girl and said,"Yinyin, quickly thank this big brother for saving my life.”
"Thank you big brother for the porridge. Yinyin hasn't had a full meal in a long time.”
The little girl was very obedient and smart. She ran over and hugged Jiang Tian's arm, thanking him sweetly.
Although Li An didn't say it explicitly, Jiang Tian understood. Yinyin was his reason. As long as he could feed Yinyin and live a better life, he was willing to be a vicious bandit and be despised by others.
Everyone said that women were weak, but mothers were strong. How could fathers not be the same?
However, he had a daughter at the age of 30, and Li An had actually called her an old daughter. If the future generations heard this, they would probably die of shame.
"Alright, I got it. Three days later, bring Yinyin back to the village with us.”
After leaving Li An's place, Jiang Tian asked a few more people, and the answers he got were all similar. The root cause was the Turks.
"In the past, they only plundered, but this time, they even burned the village. It seems that the Turks really do treat our Great Tang as a free money house.”
One didn't need to guess to know that Jie Li must have acquiesced to this burning, killing, and looting. The purpose was to remind Li Er that it was time to pay tribute.
As the sun set, Jiang Tian left a few people at the foot of the mountain while the rest followed him back to the village.
The road up the mountain was not easy to walk on, and Zhangsun Wugou's body was weak from overwork. Jiang Tian did not say anything and directly carried her on his back.
At this moment, Zhangsun Wugou was leaning against Jiang Tian's broad back, his entire body heating up and feeling extremely ashamed.
Initially, she wanted to refuse, but Jiang Tian gave her two choices. She could either carry him in a princess hug or carry him on her back. Other than that, there was no third choice.
After thinking about it for a long time, she felt that it was easier to accept carrying her back than carrying her in a princess hug.
It was indeed very strange at first, but as time passed, he got used to it.
"Jiang Tian, how are you going to deal with these refugees?”
Zhangsun Wugou raised his head slightly and asked Jiang Tian with concern,""I heard from Old Liu that you're only going to provide porridge for three days. What about after that?”
"Bring a portion of the people back to the village. I won't care about the rest.”
Jiang Tian did not hide his intentions from Zhangsun Wugou. She would find out sooner or later anyway.
"Why don't you bring them all back? It's not like the village can't afford to feed these people.”
Zhangsun Wugou knew very well that the food in the stockade village was so abundant that they could not finish it in more than ten years. They could even afford to feed ten thousand people, let alone one thousand.
"Don't be too sympathetic. The matter of the refugees isn't my responsibility. It's Li Er's responsibility. It's already not bad that I can help him deal with a portion of the refugees.”
Jiang Tian could feel Zhangsun Yin's body trembling slightly on his back. He knew that Zhangsun Yin was a very kind person and would never have the heart to let refugees wander outside.
"I know you can't bear to see these refugees suffer. How about this? Three days later, as long as they are righteous and willing to contribute to the development of the village, I will bring them back.”
Jiang Tian, thank you." Zhangsun Wugou said sincerely.
"If you really want to thank me, then do something practical.”
Jiang Tian raised his eyebrows in anticipation, but what he received was Zhangsun Wugou's light fist.
"Why are you so indecent? I'm ignoring you.”
Zhangsun Wugou reached out and lightly punched Jiang Tian's shoulder twice. Then, he buried his head in Jiang Tian's back and didn't say another word.
Haha!
She was shy!
Li An's eyes were really sharp!
Jiang Tian's mood was instantly much better, and even his footsteps were lighter.
It was only a matter of time before they conquered Zhangsun Yin!
Concubine Yang saw this scene and sighed in her heart."Sister, are you really starting to fall?”
In the next two days, Jiang Tian didn't let Zhangsun Wugou and Yang Fei continue to help at the foot of the mountain.
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