"Run?" Manager Li furrowed his brow and then let out a bitter laugh, "Ha... how could we run? An entire village running together? Even if we managed to escape, then what? Most people here are farmers, and the rest of us run small businesses... Without the land, without the shops, how are we supposed to survive? Go out and beg? He shook his head, "If we really become refugees, I'm afraid it'd be even worse than dying here in the village. If we stay... there's still hope. The bandits wouldn't dare to wipe out the entire village; at most they'd kill a few to vent their anger—after all, they'll want to rob us again in the future..."
This rambling of his was basically the common sentiment among the villagers of Gengs Village at the moment.
