The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Chapter 343: Life is too hard. If I can’t go on, I won’t go on!

"Why did you deliberately lead those Jin soldiers down today? If you say that you killed your father, mother and brother because they sold you to a brothel and ruined your innocence, we have never done anything to let you down!"

The guard still stood there, pointing his sword at Yingxiang motionlessly, and asked her in a cold voice.

"You should blame the little girl who brought me back. I followed that deputy general and had no worries about food and clothing. My life was very good. Did she have nothing to do? She killed the deputy general and brought me back without even asking my wishes! I led those Jin soldiers down because I wanted to follow them and live a good life! As for you, even if you are killed by the Jin soldiers, don't blame me. Blame that little girl named Yuanyuan!"

When Yingxiang mentioned Yuanyuan, her eyes were full of complaints. It was all her fault that she had ruined the good life that she had worked so hard to get!

"Good days? You actually think being insulted by the Jin soldiers is a good thing?"

The women looked at Yingxiang as if she were a monster, not understanding what was going on in her brain and why she had such strange ideas!

"Humph! If you stay in that brothel for a while, you will understand why I feel that the days with that deputy general are enjoyable! In the Jin army camp, I don't have to do anything, I don't have to worry about food and drink, and I am only responsible for accompanying the deputy general at night. The deputy general is quite caring. I coaxed him so much that he wanted to marry me. Don't you think this is better than receiving customers every day in the brothel?"

After hearing her words, everyone was silent for a long time. According to her, following the deputy general seemed to be indeed better than her previous life!

At this time, Grandma Xinghua walked tremblingly to Yingxiang, sighed and said: "I don't know whether to say that you are young and naive, or that you are deceiving yourself. Do you think that since he has become a deputy general, he will really marry you, a person who has been deflowered long ago? When the deputy general gets tired of playing with you, he will throw you to those Jin soldiers. Then your life will really be hell!"

"That's right. Fortunately, Miss Yuanyuan brought you back. It would be fine if you didn't feel grateful to her, but you actually harbored resentment and even wanted to lure the Jin soldiers down to harm everyone. You are such a fool!"

"You must have been kicked in the head by a donkey. You followed us and hid here until the soldiers drove away the Jin soldiers. Our benefactors will definitely take good care of us. Isn't it better than you giving yourself to those beasts and not knowing when they will abandon you?"

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The women spoke to Yingxiang one after another.

After knowing Yingxiang's experience, they felt pity for her, but also thought she was stupid and cruel!

"Drive away the Jin soldiers? Settle them down? Haha! You think too highly of Daxia's soldiers, don't you? If they were really that powerful, how could they let the Jin soldiers invade? How could they not retake Guanxi Prefecture for so long?"

Yingxiang said with a disdainful sneer.

"I believe that my benefactors can definitely do it!"

"I believe too!"

"I believe it too!"

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The women seemed to have great confidence in Lin Xi and the others, and they all spoke up.

"Well, even if the soldiers of Daxia drove away the Jin soldiers, our emperor of Daxia is incompetent and there are corrupt officials everywhere. So many people in my family worked hard in the fields, but they couldn't eat enough because all the food was used to pay taxes. How can I survive alone now? So, following the Jin soldiers is my only way to survive! Haha! Is it sad? Don't I know the consequences of being abandoned by the deputy general of the Jin soldiers? But by following him, I can at least live a peaceful life with enough food and warm clothes! As for the future, if I am really abandoned and can't stand it, I will end my worthless life! The world is too hard. If I can't go on, I won't leave!"

After Yingxiang finished speaking, she closed her eyes and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks.

She just leaned against the wall and stopped talking. She was no longer afraid of the sword in the guard's hand. Maybe she felt that death would be a relief! She no longer had to suffer in this world. She had not been happy for a single day in her short life of more than a decade!

After hearing Yingxiang's words, the women all fell silent. They returned to their beds and sat down with their knees hugged, thinking about their future lives.

Yingxiang was right about one thing. Daxia was rotten to the core and the lives of the common people were miserable. Even if they repelled the Jin soldiers, how could they continue to survive?

I don’t know what the benefactor’s family background is like. Would so many of them following her be a burden? If that’s the case, they should just go back to the small mountain village, stay at the ancestral home, and live one day at a time. If they’re about to starve to death, they can just crawl to the cemetery with their tattered mats!

The guard looked at the uneasy expressions on everyone's faces and sheathed his sword.

He said to the women seriously, "Aunts and sisters-in-law, you are in a small mountain village and don't know what's going on in the court. The regent has taken over the government and is punishing corrupt officials. It is said that there will be tax exemptions next year. As long as you work hard to farm and fill your stomach, your life will definitely get better!"

When the women heard this, light appeared in their eyes again. They stood up and surrounded the guard to ask him questions carefully.

Yingxiang, who was leaning against the wall, opened her eyes and listened to what they said. A ripple appeared in her lifeless eyes!

After learning the details from the guards, the women regained hope for their future lives.

In this way, they would first ask their benefactors whether it would be of any use to them. If not, they would go back to the village to farm together. If taxes were reduced, they could live a few more years to burn some paper money for their relatives, and then they would guard their family members' graves and spend the rest of their lives there.

"Aunts, it's getting late, you should go to bed!"

The guard spoke gently to the women. After that, he glanced at Yingxiang who was leaning there motionless, walked up to her and squatted down!

Yingxiang looked at him as he cast a scrutinizing gaze at her and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Why are you looking at me like that, Master Guard? Do you think I'm dirty and vicious?"

The guard didn't say anything, but lifted her arm and reset the joint with two clicks!

Yingxiang's face turned pale with pain, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

She looked at the expressionless guard in front of her with some confusion, wondering what he meant.

Although the guards had repositioned both of her arms, they found a bundle of ropes and tied her to a large rock.

Then he left the innermost cave without saying a word.

Grandma Xinghua took a quilt and covered Yingxiang with it. The women all lay down on their beds and got into their quilts to rest.

In the light of the torches on the cave wall, Yingxiang looked down at the hay and blanket that the guards had pulled under her before leaving, then looked at the quilt covering her, and suddenly began to sob softly.

It's like a confused child, feeling aggrieved, puzzled, venting, and moved!

The entire cave was unusually quiet, with only Yingxiang's suppressed crying as the sound remained!