usatvline Chapter 2187 Fleeing from Famine (The End)
Chapter 2187 Fleeing from Famine (The End)
The villagers of the reborn mountain stronghold are engrossed in martial arts training and farming, and are fully capable of being self-sufficient.
Having learned martial arts, the group felt much more at ease and bolder roaming the mountains and forests, and occasionally they could even catch a roe deer to improve their meals.
Aside from morning exercises and bathing, the elderly group did not continue practicing martial arts, mainly because their bone age was indeed too old for them to practice martial arts. They were already quite content to practice Tai Chi during their morning exercises.
Consider it a way to improve your health; it would be good if it could help you live two more years.
As for the junior group, each one of them was more serious than the last. After being given body-tempering medicine by Su Yan, each of them possessed the talent to be considered an exceptional martial arts prodigy in the martial arts world.
Especially the youngest, Su Linglong, whose eight extraordinary meridians are all open, her cultivation speed is several times that of others, and Su Yan occasionally has to give her special tutoring.
Among all the children, Su Linglong made the fastest progress. While others were practicing to the first level, she couldn't even recognize the characters. But while others were practicing to the third level, she had already reached the fifth level.
She was only six years old at the time, yet she had already conquered the entire mountain stronghold, with almost no rivals except for Su Yan.
Su Yan was pleased to see their rapid growth. No matter what the future held, she had already taught them the confidence to make a living. No matter if the country was in turmoil or if natural disasters or man-made calamities occurred, at least they would have the ability to protect themselves.
The children learned martial arts and dared to go hunting in the mountains, or occasionally play and frolic in the mountains.
The mountains and forests were filled with the joyful laughter of children.
Su Yan disguised himself once again and went to the nearby prefecture to buy silk as usual. Just as he was about to enter, he was blocked by a beggar lying on the ground.
"Please, sir, have mercy and give me some money. I haven't eaten for days." The dirty beggar looked at Su Yan with a pleading expression.
Su Yan looked down and examined him. Although his face was covered in dirt, Su Yan still recognized who he was.
Isn't this the original owner's brother-in-law, the heartless brother-in-law who made Li Shan sell his daughter during their escape?
Now he's begging for food here. The state government provides free porridge, and someone with his disability is entitled to a free bowl of thin porridge.
"Why are you coming here begging for food instead of going to the yamen to get porridge?" Su Yan said, feigning authority.
Upon hearing this, Li Hai initially thought that he was a foreign businessman who didn't understand the situation in Zhou, but he was surprised to find that he was quite knowledgeable about it.
"I am in poor health. Every time it is my turn, I only get a little rice porridge, which is not enough to fill me up. I want to work, but no one wants to hire me. I really have no other choice."
Li Hai's words were pitiful, but before Su Yan could respond, a young lady who was also going into the cloth shop to buy clothes saw the beggar's pitiful state and ordered her servant to throw one hundred coins to Li Hai.
Li Hai, moved to tears, said thank you, living bodhisattva, thank you, great philanthropist.
The young lady ignored him, but her servants told him to go buy some steamed buns to eat and not to work so hard.
Li Hai kept expressing his gratitude, then put the hundred coins into his pocket and looked at Su Yan with eager eyes.
Su Yan ignored him and said, "Now that you have the money, get out of the way and stop blocking the way."
After saying that, Su Yan went inside without looking back.
Her ears were sharp, and she heard Li Hai muttering curses: "The people of Mu are so heartless. I've begged them like this, but they still won't give me a single copper coin. I curse you to be robbed by bandits when you go back, and to lose both your money and your life."
Ha, how vicious! Even as a beggar, he still won't behave.
Li Hai was unaware that Su Yan had his eye on him. Later, after he had enough money, he crawled into an alley.
After he climbed into the alley, Li's father and Li Hu came to pick him up. Li's father and Li Hu were also dressed in shabby clothes, looking no different from beggars.
The three men went to the refugee resettlement area in the prefecture. There, only Li's mother took care of Li's three grandsons. As for his wife and two granddaughters, they were nowhere to be seen.
Su Yan: "What happened to the Li family?"
999 started scanning and quickly got the answer: "The Li family sold two granddaughters. After Li Hai and Li Hu sold their daughter, their wives ran away. Cui Yan went to rescue her daughter, but they were eventually driven to desperation. The mother and daughter jumped off a cliff together. Cui Yan protected the child and died. The child only suffered minor injuries and was adopted by a herbalist family at the bottom of the cliff."
"As for Li Hu's wife and daughters, they were all eaten by the refugees."
Hearing this answer, Su Yan was somewhat surprised but also felt it made sense.
I just didn't expect Cui Yan to have such courage, actually risking her life to save her daughter.
"Li Shan ran away. He saw through the true colors of the Li family and left their ranks one day. He refused to eat the human flesh they had obtained by exchanging his niece, so he left alone and is now working on the canal. Now the Li family relies on Li Hai, who begs for a living despite his disability. The men in the family refuse to do any heavy work. Li's mother is now the family's workhorse and punching bag. She not only has to cook for the family but also wash clothes and take care of her grandson. The men scold her for the slightest dissatisfaction, calling her useless and a jinx. Even her grandson scolds her, receiving no respect whatsoever as a grandmother."
"hehe......"
She brought it upon herself; she looked down on women, and in the end, her whole family looked down on her.
Of course, the rest of the Li family wasn't doing well either. Li Hai had a broken leg, and Li Hu had a broken hand. Old Man Li was also riddled with ailments, so the family couldn't do any productive work and could only rely on Li Hai begging for a living.
The three grandsons are at least eleven or twelve years old. Other people's children are already old enough to be adults, but the Li family's descendants are all still not useful.
Without their wives and mothers, they are nothing; they are nothing but a bunch of bloodsuckers, useless yet arrogant, incompetent yet shameless.
Su Yan didn't do anything more. The Li family was doomed sooner or later. She had broken his leg back then, and that settled the score.
I'm satisfied now that I see they're not doing well.
In this life, Su Yan lived to the age of seventy before passing away peacefully. The original owner of this body had suffered too much in his early years, and his body had long since collapsed.
If it weren't for Su Yan's arrival, the original owner wouldn't have lived past forty. Now, living to seventy before passing away peacefully is already the limit.
When Su Yan left, her daughter had already become a very important figure in the Zhou Kingdom.
Her eldest daughter, Su Hui, inherited her mantle, traveling north and south, and became the wealthiest merchant in the Zhou Kingdom.
The second daughter, Su Ying, entered the court and became the first female chief minister since the founding of the Zhou Kingdom. She was not only highly talented, but also said to be a master of martial arts.
The third daughter, Su Linglong, became a legend in the martial arts world. Her life was enough to write a martial arts novel. In short, it was colorful and exciting. After seeing all the splendor, she finally chose to retire to a mountain stronghold with her husband.
Each of her daughters has led their own lives. Seeing their success in their careers and happiness in their lives, Su Yan closed her eyes contentedly.