Chapter 54: The Crime of Gender 54
As soon as the refugee spoke, the atmosphere instantly froze, and everyone fell silent, looking at each other in disbelief! They all thought their ears were deceiving them!
One of the people from Qin Family Village laughed dryly, "What nonsense are you talking about? Someone from our village called you here? Even if you’re afraid to die, don’t tell such childish lies to deceive us!"
"It’s true, it’s true! Everything I said is true. We are not lying, it really was someone from your village who called us here, it was Qin the Third. He said there’s water and meat in your village, and if we take over this place, the meat and water would be ours. As long as we share a bit of the meat with them, it would be fine. Everything I said is true, if you don’t believe it, you can ask!"
When Qin the Third was mentioned, everyone exchanged glances for a moment, and they surprisingly began to believe it. If this refugee had mentioned someone else from the village, they might not have believed it!
The ancestors of the Qin Clan had once held the position of Magistrate, and though they declined later, they never gave up on education. It was only in the last couple of years that several scholars emerged, giving the Qin Family Village a much stronger moral sense than other villages!
Yet in this village, there famously stood out one peculiar family, naturally, it was Mr. Qin’s family! If it was said that someone in the village with high morals wouldn’t do such a thing, but if it was Mr. Qin’s family, whoever it was, everyone would believe it!
Although they believed it in their hearts, they still asked the refugee to explain the matter in detail. This time, not only that refugee, but other refugees also chimed in, and soon the whole story was clear.
These refugees were originally hunters from Qin Family Village in the north of Daqing Mountain. With abundant resources and wildlife, these hunters lived better than farmers dependent on harvests, enjoying relatively affluent lives.
They lived well on weekdays, but during the drought, when wildlife migrated and vegetation withered, as they didn’t farm, they had no food reserves and almost immediately fell into a state of food shortage.