Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 237: Dangerous Journey Continues

"Then why choosing Jiangxi Village? There are several villages nearby, and choosing one is unfair to the others. So, we used the fairest method, drawing lots to decide," Su Yijia said, making up nonsense.

But Wang Cuihua was even more dissatisfied with this explanation. "Why should the fate of our village be decided by a stranger?" she retorted.

"Because the person who invented this medicine drew the lots. She has the right to decide which village will grow the medicine she invented, right?" Su Yijia asked lightly.

Actually, she wasn’t angry. She just felt a headache from the argument.

But in reality, she could understand Wang Cuihua, the woman in front of her. People from villages like this had suffered for most of their lives. If you told them that things would get better in a few years, they wouldn’t believe it. Now that they finally had a chance, but the result was that it went to another village, it was even more painful than killing them.

"Why? This is unfair! How are the people in our village supposed to live?" Wang Cuihua’s eyes immediately turned red.

Not only her eyes, but also several other Aunties who were not from Xinghua Village beside her, also had red eyes.

Su Yijia pursed her lips slightly, not saying any comforting words to them, nor making any promises. There were too many villages like theirs. Maybe there were even poorer and more miserable ones that she hadn’t seen. Being kind to these people now was cruel to others.

She believed that there was a plan from the higher-ups, and everything would be handled properly.

If she really wanted to help more people, it would be better to come up with more good prescriptions, so that more villages suitable for growing medicinal herbs could be assigned tasks.

When these Aunties dispersed, Gao Huabin immediately took two security guards and put the baskets on the ox cart. Their luggage was also packed and put on the cart.

Just as they were about to leave the Educated Youth Center, Auntie Chen returned.

"Comrade Su, here are the seeds you wanted. The small bag is ginseng, and the large bag is polygonum multiflorum. There are also dozens of other Chinese medicine seeds here, all packed with labels," she said, handing Su Yijia a small bamboo basket.

Su Yijia opened it and looked inside. In fact, there was little difference between the large bag of polygonum multiflorum seeds and the small bag of ginseng seeds. They weren’t much different from the seeds of other medicinal herbs either.

"Auntie Chen, how much for these seeds?" Su Yijia was very satisfied and asked quickly.

"Seeds are not worth much money. These are gifts from us," Auntie Chen smiled.

But Su Yijia immediately shook her head seriously, "No! I can’t just take them for free, otherwise it would be a mistake. Auntie, I know you want to take care of me, but you’ve already done me a great favor by finding these seeds. I have to pay for them."

"Then, ten yuan for ginseng? Five yuan for polygonum multiflorum? One yuan for the others?" Auntie Chen hadn’t sold these seeds before and wasn’t sure about the price.

"Okay!" Su Yijia took out four ten-yuan bills from her pocket and handed them to her.

Auntie Chen frowned as she watched her casual movements. "Comrade Su, there are many thieves in the county and on the train. You have to keep your money safe. It’s best to keep it close to you, sew it into your clothes."

"Thank you, Auntie. I’ll sew it into my clothes later," Su Yijia knew she meant well and immediately smiled and agreed.

Auntie Chen finally felt relieved.

The people from Xinghua Village accompanied them all the way into the mountains until the road became difficult to traverse, and then reluctantly bid them farewell.

When the villagers were no longer visible, the twenty-four people hiding in the forest appeared.

Su Yijia originally thought that the danger was over, so they wouldn’t need to disguise themselves anymore. But seeing their serious expressions, she became nervous again.

"Will we encounter danger on our way back?" she asked in confusion.

"Maybe, so we need to leave quickly. The train to Fu Province leaves at 8:30 tonight," Qin Kaize reassured Su Yijia, holding her hand as he pushed the wheelchair. "Jiajia, don’t worry, we will protect you."

"I’m not afraid. We have so many people this time," Su Yijia replied confidently. She wasn’t afraid of encountering danger; she was afraid of owing the system more daily points.

Qin Kaize still hadn’t fully recovered. The part of him that should have recovered the most had shown no response at all, making it impossible for her to take any shortcuts.

Seeing the thirty-two people on their side, Su Yijia reluctantly gave up on the idea of giving each person a danger warning. Since they were all together now, it was enough to give one warning to herself alone.

Xia Weiguo glanced back at Su Yijia, whose face was tense. He had originally wanted to blame Qin Kaize for mentioning these frightening things to Jiajia, causing her to be nervous as well. But when he thought about how Jiajia had managed to escape and retrieve such important evidence after being kidnapped, he felt that there were some things he shouldn’t keep from her.

"I made some fake evidence and had the team submit it first. If someone intercepts it, they will definitely know that the evidence is fake, and they will come after us," Xia Weiguo explained in detail.

When submitting the evidence, he followed the procedure and didn’t hide anything. The people hiding in the dark would definitely notice.

"So Uncle Xia is entrapping now? The fake evidence is the bait, and so are we?" Su Yijia’s temple twitched.

Their journey to Fu Province would take a day and a night longer than the journey from Hu City. Wouldn’t they have to be on edge the whole way? 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Jiajia, rest assured. If we encounter danger, I will take the evidence and lead them away," Xia Weiguo promised.

"We are safer together," Su Yijia replied instinctively.

Originally, she thought that with the evidence nearby, she could secretly hide it in her space. Then, she could retrieve it from wherever she wanted and claim that it had been hidden there before. But she soon realized that whether or not they kept the evidence, they would be safer together.

"Uncle Xia, those people are ruthless. Even if you take the evidence away, they will still get rid of us without hesitation. From the way they treat their own people with, there’s no doubt that they are very decisive when it comes to obstacles or people who are of no use to them. They will definitely not leave any loose ends," Su Yijia reminded him.

Xia Weiguo’s already serious expression immediately became even more solemn. After thinking for a few seconds, he nodded gravely. "Jiajia is right. Those people will not spare anyone. We are safer together."

The mood of the group became even heavier with these words, and their steps quickened.