Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 530 - 467: Confiscation of Property

Yu suspected that the bandits who stole her family’s chicken were Ma’s husband and son; they robbed her own chicken and promptly gave it to Ma.

The chickens she raised at home were never tasted by her, yet others enjoyed them fragrantly while she could only catch a whiff. Who wouldn’t be angry?

Ma had been the wife of a bandit for over ten years and was naturally not a timid person. Now that her husband and son are dead, with no proof of their crimes, she also possesses a fake identity with a red seal. What does she have to fear?

Unless government officers came for questioning, Ma wasn’t concerned with anyone else.

"What makes you think you can come and take things from my house because you lost yours? Today, I’m setting it straight: if anything is missing from my house - a needle, a thread - it’s because you stole it."

Although neighbors for years, Ma was a recluse by nature, never socializing with those nearby, and she forbade her son from playing with other kids.

Previously, she didn’t think Yu had such a big issue with her, only seeming a little jealous of her good food. Now it seems Yu had been targeting her for a long time.

Yu jumped three feet high, "I just had a rooster with a unique pattern that you can’t find anywhere else in the village. You ate it; I saw the thrown chicken feathers. You had your starving bandit son steal my chicken; may you be struck by lightning!"

Ma sneered, "Your accusations are baseless. Why don’t you bring out some evidence?"

Yu had no evidence, but she didn’t want Ma targeting her in the future, living in fear, so she quickly rallied the villagers, "Last time, when bandits entered the village, every household was robbed clean, with no food left. The next day, everyone had to eat wild vegetable soup, but your home smelled of rice. Tell us, why did the bandits not rob you?"

Ma calmly replied, "That’s because I hid my food well, and they couldn’t find it."

"That’s nonsense! Bandits put knives to people’s necks and demanded the food; refusing meant death. Who dared not hand it over?"

"I did hand it over. I gave the bandits more than two scoops of millet. I told them my home only had this amount of food.

You surely didn’t put all your food in one bag, right? I didn’t; I hid mine in several places!" Ma said with a bit of pride.

Yu was at a loss for words; indeed, her family’s food was all packed in one bag. They didn’t have much, so who would separate it into several bags?

"I just can’t believe there’s no way to deal with you anymore. If you don’t agree to move, I’ll go to the county tomorrow and report you, let the new Lord County Magistrate judge your case, and then see what you can argue!" Yu threatened, glaring at those around.

They lived in the same village, yet no one stood by her side to support her, leaving her heart cold!

Ma had nowhere else to go and didn’t want to go. She held evidence of Cao Dewang and her husband’s stolen goods. Within these fields, Cao Dewang would protect her, but leaving Wuyuan Town might be unsafe.

Moreover, she didn’t have extra money to start anew elsewhere.

Ma brought her young son back inside, sitting on the bed as she pondered.

Continuing like this isn’t the solution; the villagers aren’t sure if her husband is truly dead, so they dare not act rashly. Once her family goes without visitors for a long time, they might collectively target her.

She should consider relocating; Ma gathered all her possessions and counted them: twelve taels of silver.

It’s not enough; this little silver is not good for much, and food is precious now. Just feeding herself would cost a lot of Silver Coin.

Ma’s gaze shifted to the ledger alongside the broken silver, thinking she could perhaps trade this ledger for travel expenses with Cao Dewang.

Early the next day, before dawn, Ma set out with the ledger, holding her young son’s hand.

Of course, she carried the silver with her, intending to ask Cao Dewang for a hundred taels more, so she could start a new life somewhere unknown with her son.

Upon reaching the town, Ma realized Cao Dewang had long been arrested. After inquiring with others, she found that Lord County Magistrate discovered many ledgers in the bandit hideout that contained evidence of collusion between village chiefs from several towns surrounding Wuyuan Mountain and the bandits.

Some village chiefs even directly sold goods for bandits, then shared the profits with them.

Ma knew that once she left the village, her home would be ransacked with nothing left. Today, she hadn’t planned on returning. Though her plans fell through, fortunately, she had twelve taels of silver and some gold and silver jewelry with her. Spending frugally could see her through several years.