Surviving the famine: I made my fortune by helping others

Chapter 117 Acquaintance Game

As soon as Ye Chuyi made a little noise, someone in the merchant team immediately shouted loudly.

This is nothing like the way they looked when they were just robbed. This clearly tells others that there is something wrong with them.

Ye Chuyi secretly curled his lips, expressing his contempt for them.

During the fight, she discovered that these people were not using their full strength at all, as if they were deliberately letting them take things away, as if they were protecting something.

As for what they are protecting, it is probably related to the strangeness in their carriage.

"long time no see!"

Ye Chuyi smiled and pushed aside the leaves that blocked his view, then stood in front of everyone.

"County Magistrate Ye!"

A chubby head suddenly popped out from a group of rough guys, which was quite festive.

Ye Chuyi tilted her head and thought for a long time before she dug out an unfamiliar name from her memory. She asked uncertainly, "Lai Xiang?"

"County Magistrate Ye, do you still remember me? I am Lai Xiang!" Li Lai Xiang said, with a bigger smile on his face.

"I didn't expect to meet you here." Ye Chuyi smiled back at him.

Originally, she came out because she saw Liu Dachui, whom she met in Yunshan County, but she didn't expect that there were other acquaintances there.

The Li brothers from Shanglin County, who had once sent her a donkey cart, were among the few nice people she met along the way.

"I never thought I would be able to meet President Ye again."

Li Laixiang wanted to say something else, but was pushed aside by two men, one fat and one thin.

"Brother, please move aside first. We also have something to say to Miss Ye."

Liu Dachui rubbed his hands and moved towards the owner.

"Miss Ye, it's really like a long time since we last met. It's been so long since we last met, and I miss you so much."

"Captain Liu, if you have anything to say, just say it directly."

Ye Chuyi couldn't stand the look on his face.

"We all know that I have the best relationship with Miss Ye, so I will speak frankly."

Liu Dachui chuckled, took out a cloth bag from his arms and carefully handed it to Ye Chuyi.

Ye Chuyi looked at the two shiny gold bars in his hand and blinked in confusion, "Old Liu, what do you mean by this?"

Are you trying to bribe her?

Was she really risking her life by bribing her with such a golden thing? Did she not know that he would really be tempted?

Ye Chuyi screamed in his heart.

"Thanks to Miss Ye's help, we were able to get this escort opportunity. Naturally, we cannot forget Miss Ye's kindness. These should have been given to us when we were in the county town, but we were in such a hurry that we didn't have time to pay attention. I hope Miss Ye won't despise it."

Liu Dachui looked sincere and expectant as he raised the price of the gold bars a few points higher.

Each of the people in charge of escorting this time received several such gold bars, and those who held high positions like him received double the amount as everyone else.

So even though it hurts to take out these two now, it’s not unacceptable.

As long as he thought about the greater benefits he would get in the future if he had a good relationship with Miss Ye, he could just grit his teeth and get over the loss of the gold bars.

"Did you really give it to me?"

Ye Chuyi's hands were already eager to try, he really wanted to grab this golden thing in his hands, it would be even better if it could be made into a bracelet and worn on his hand.

It's tacky, but it's really worth the money!

"I hope Miss Ye won't mind. These are just some tokens of our brothers' love."

The two gold bars were not taken out by him alone. His brothers all participated. Since he ate the meat, it was natural for him to take his brothers to drink the soup as well.

A few people at the foot of the mountain were chatting happily, but the people on the other side of the mountain were getting anxious.

"Miss, are you in danger? Why are you suddenly surrounded by people?"

"Has something happened? Did they recognize us? Should we go down?"

Everyone was talking at once, and for a moment no one could make out what was going on.

"Well, you all know the young lady's skills. If something really happened, there would definitely be a fight. Judging from the current situation, there should be no problem."

Du Jiaren made the final decision.

"Jia Ren, what you said is not right. Although the young lady is good at fighting, there are so many people under them. They have surrounded the young lady together. Maybe the young lady can't use her skills. We need to help her."

Someone in the crowd immediately started to disagree, but every word they said made sense.

"How about this, I'll take a few people down to take a look. If there really is any problem, I'll give you a signal and you can come down then."

Lian Yunxi proposed a more reliable solution.

Everyone thought about it and nodded.

"I want to go too!" Du Jiayi raised his hand first.

Then he was glared at by his brother and his father.

Du Jiayi curled his lips unhappily, "I know people down the mountain. Do you know them? Maybe it will be useful if I go there. Why can't you let me go?"

Wang Chengde also nodded, "We know a few of them. Jiayi is indeed very familiar with their leaders. Why don't we let him go down and take a look?"

Du Jiayi immediately looked at his elder brother Wang with gratitude.

Brother Wang is indeed a good man.

"Okay, you follow me. Just three or four more will be fine. Too many people won't be good."

Lian Yunxi made the decision directly. He did not select anyone directly, so almost all the people who followed him were from Dujiawazi.

He didn't care and led people out.

"Miss, we still have to find a place to stay before the sun sets. Are you ready here?"

Lian Yunxi was neither humble nor arrogant, as if this was really the case.

Ye Chuyi did not hold back and immediately understood what he meant, "Oh, yes, I was so excited to see an acquaintance that I forgot about it."

After saying that, Ye Chuyi turned around and looked at the runners around him with a smile, "I'm really sorry, we still have to go to the nearest county town to buy food. I'm afraid we have to sleep outside at night, so we should find a good place quickly."

After saying this, she sighed deliberately, "I was originally planning to rest here, but when I saw so many refugees just now, I suddenly felt that this was not a good place. I can only hurry up and get on with my journey. Let's say goodbye now."

The yamen runners in the merchant team looked at each other in bewilderment.

I didn't expect it to be such a reason.

"Miss, we are actually a traveling merchant group, traveling between counties to sell food and exchange goods. Why don't you take a look at us first?"

Before anyone could react, Liu Gentou very attentively introduced himself.

"Do you have any food?"

Ye Chuyi deliberately pretended to be suspicious and looked at their carriage.

“Didn’t the refugees just come here?”

Saying that he didn't see what happened earlier would seem like he was trying to cover up something, so it would be better to just admit it openly.